Kingdom of Setumia

### Overview

The Kingdom of Setumia is a sparsely populated Kingdom, in the south of Ferra. While the King or Queen theoretically have absolute power, they have historically very rarely exercised this power. The monarchy is content to let people and settlements live how they wish as long as the basic laws are respected and the mild taxes paid.

### Geography

The Kingdom stretches out along the southern parts of Ferra. It lies at the eastern end of the Flarian Plain. To the north, the Kingdom is pressed up against the Ertuvian Mountain ranges. To the east, it borders the Flarian Diarchy, near the Itiular River and the Itiular Highs. In the west, the Kingdom borders the Kingdom of Domia along the Orange River. Finally, it constructed a bridge connecting the mainland to the Wylder Shores, where the Kingdom has a few small trading ports.

The Kingdom itself is partitioned into two rough regions; the ocean swept, dry grasslands in the south and the arid Gronian Drylands in the north. Whereas the south as good east-west connections via the old New Imperial Road, the norths roads, under more stress from the climate and less drive to maintain have largely crumbled to unusability. Nowadays, the northern cities only practicable roads are the four major rivers running from the Ertuvian Mountain ranges to the ocean. These rivers are; the Itiular River, the Renian River, the Shifting River and the Orange River.

### History

#### The era of Discovery and Settlement

The western Flarian Plains were settled later than the eastern plains. Partly due to the better climate of the east and partly due to the presence of multiple dragon hosts on the Wylder Shores, regularly flying over to the mainland to hunt.

Eventually most of the dragons were killed and their skeletal remains still remain buried in the Gronian Drylands.

#### The era of Decline

When the Stormrift descended around Ferra, relatively little changed for the few settlements dotting the coast of the western Flarian Plains. They continued farming, fishing and occasionally organised hunting trips to the Wylder Shores in hopes or retrieving exotic goods.

#### The era of Chaos

The lands of the modern day Kingdom of Setumia stayed loyal to the Imperial Colonies, partially due to little unrest and partially due to there being no centralised organization pushing for independence. The Kingdom was officially founded in 226 AsT after the dissolution of the Imperial Colonies following the death of Governor Auxilium Damian, when Aester Setumia, the noble of Rhenus, in a rushed proclamation simply claimed the land between the new Flarian Diarchy and the Kingdom of Domia as the Kingdom of Setumia. This was generally accepted by both neighbour nations and the towns Queen Aester Setumia laid claim to.

#### The era of Tranquillity

The age of tranquillity progressed much like the other times in the Kingdoms history. Mostly void of notable events.

The biggest event in this 800 year long span was the construction of the Bridge of Setumia, connecting the mainland with the Wylder Shores.

#### The era of Unrest

Most notable during the ongoing era of Unrest was the slow establishment of permanent outposts on the Wylder Shores as well as the increasing frequency of raids from the Highlands Corridor. There raids would usually not strike deep, preferring to raid or extract tribute from the isolated border settlements.

With rising tensions between the Confederation of Haystan and the Laurian Empire, the two great powers declared the Kingdom of Setumia a unofficial buffer between their respective spheres in the south.