Stillwater Commandery

The **Stillwater Commandery** is one of the 3600 Commanderies that make up the Grand Xia Dynasty. It is controlled by the Marquis of Stillwater and ruled by the Northmont Clan.

## Important Locations

### **Stillwater City**

The capital city of Stillwater Commandery. It also houses the Black-White College, the Carefree Caverns and the local branch of the Heavenly Treasures Mountain.

### Crimson Dragon Mountains

The local headquarters of the Raindragon Guard. It contains a teleportation array that can reach to any part of the Grand Xia World.

### **Swallow Mountain**

A region containing ten commandery cities. It is the home of the Ji Clan. It initially housed many low-level clans and even a branch of Snowdragon Mountain, a mid-level sect. However, following Ji Ning's rise to power, the Ji Clan became the Swallow Mountain's sole ruler by pushing out all other powers.

### **Witchriver Immortal estate**

The former estate of Celestial Immortal Witchriver.

## Supreme Powers

### **Northmont Clan**

It is the ruling clan of Stillwater Commandery. It was founded by Celestial Immortal Unity and has existed since the Fiendgod Era.

### **Raindragon Guard**

It is the main enforcement arm of the Grand Xia Dynasty. They have a presence in every commandery and are considered to be one of the two strongest powers within Stillwater Commandery alongside the Northmont Clan.

### **Bloodcloud Hall**

It is an organization that focuses of assassination of powerful figures. In fact, in the span of twenty years, it managed to assassinate over a dozen Celestial Immortals. Despite being a fairly new organization in the Grand Xia Dynasty, it has very quickly become very powerful.

## The Eight Major Powers

It consists of three schools, three clans and two churches.

### **Black-White College**

The college is a major school with less than a 1,000 disciples due to the extremely harsh requirements placed while accepting potential disciples. Ji Ning joined this sect after coming to Stillwater City. It had a single Celestial Immortal before Immortal Diancai became a Celestial Immortal.

In the past, it was the most powerful of the eight major powers. However, it was overtaken by the Blood God Church after it became affiliated with the Bloodcloud Hall. Still, when Ji Ning returned and brought back priceless cultivation techniques, weapon arts and divine abilities, the upper echelon of the school instantly became much more powerful.

### **The Skysplitter Sword Sect**

A major school that specializes in swordplay. It has at least three Loose/Earth Immortals.

### **The Hundred Flowers Fairyland**

A major school that only accepts female disciples and is located in a standalone dimension.

### **Dragonhunter Clan**

A major clan that specializes in archery. It has a divine ability that is suited to archers but it is not taught to outsiders.

### **The Eastriver Clan**

A clan that is extremely skilled in commanding water.

### **The Bluewood Clan**

A clan that is extremely skilled in controlling golems and constructs; many of the constructs within Stillwater Commandery were created by them.

### **The Heavenly Saint Church**

It is a church that is said to "act in a manner which is big-hearted and honest, but also dominating and overbearing", they have existed for an extremely long time, and are also exceptionally mysterious.

### **Blood God Church**

The church was erected sixty million years ago. It is an extremely evil and crazed cult whose disciples are often pursued by the Raindragon Guards due to the vast amount of karmic sin that surrounds them. Its headquarters is in a mountain range near Stillwater City known as **Bloodlake Mountains**.

It was originally not too powerful even amongst the eight major powers of Stillwater Commandery. Recently, however, it became affiliated with the Bloodcloud Hall. Despite the fact that the Bloodcloud Hall had only slightly helped it, the church became powerful enough to tussle with the Northmont Clan.

## Lesser Powers

Powers that do not have Immortals guarding them, or whose Immortals are not considered strong enough.

### **Hun Clan**

A merchant clan founded by a Primal Daoist. While it does not have an Immortal of its own, it employs at least three Immortals and is one of the two major merchant clans of the Stillwater Commandery as well as having a presence throughout the entire Grand Xia Dynasty.

### **Meng Clan**

A powerful clan divided into several branches referred to as bends. Meng Roch hails from the East bend.

### **Cloud Clan**

The mid-level clan which Cloudship and Cloudjade originate from.

### **Thousand Rivers School**

A mid-level sect of the Stillwater Commandery. It has an estate within Stillwater City and has at least one Immortal.

### **The North River School**

A mid-level sect of the Stillwater Commandery.

### **Snowdragon Mountain**

A mid-level sect of the Stillwater Commandery, early on in the story it serves as the primary antagonist as it attempts to take of the Swallow Mountain Region, but is later destroyed.

It was led by three Primal Daoists: Daoist Snowplume, Daoist Blackdragon and Daoist Coldsun. Daoist Coldsun was a member of the Dong Clan and grandfather of Dong Seven, who had assaulted Ning's parents and was responsible for the death of Yuchi Mount which later lead to Yuchi Xiyue sending a detachment of Golden Imperials to wipe out the school.

## Other Powers

#### **Heavenly Treasures Mountain**

The local branch is located within a hollow mountain inside Stillwater City, they are backed by the Grand Xia emperor and posses branches within every Commandery within the Grand Xia.

#### Dongyan Clan

While the Dongyan clan have a presence in Stillwater Commandery, their headquarters are located in the Highwater Commandery and they are instead considered to be a major power of the Highwater Commandery.

The clan is sometimes called the Fresh Lotus tribe, after their secret manual the [Fresh Lotus Manual], their clan being considered to be very powerful in the Dao of the Lotus.

The Clan has a presence in three commanderies and possesses at least one Celestial Immortal.