Demor Lant

**Demor Lant** is an old continent, located roughly at the center of the Circle of Seven. It has had the name Demor Lant in various iterations for most of recorded history - many of its towns and buildings are over 500 years old - but it is a young *nation* in its current form. It is presided over by the black dragon **Tefyrthana**, and has been for about a hundred and fifteen years, since the period known as the Pelethian Usurpation around the turn of the previous century. At that time, a political group from the Peleth Islands had infiltrated Demorian centers of power and were staging a takeover, on the basis that the noble families of Demor Lant had violated terms of trade and abused Pelethian merchants. Tefyrthana alighted on the continent and presented herself to a Demorian population scattered by conflict, and offered to protect the people from the Usurpation. With her aid, the Demorians successfully drove Peleth out, and thereafter Tefyrthana unified the continent, becoming the nation's de facto ruler, judge, and figurehead. Tefyrthana does not have absolute authority – the noble class and kingships of the local Demorian monarchies can challenge her, and many Demorian cities have developed effective safeguards against dragon attack, so her power is not the end-all be-all. But she does have input on nearly all laws and policies, especially those touching on foreign relations. She is featured in some form on most Demorian flags. Demor Lant has several famous port cities and utilizes canals and fjords for shipping purposes; further inland are many lakes and mountains.

Demor Lant may be the last place in the known world still holding out against the debilitating Pestilence—a disease which originated on the continent of Lefwyne a little over three years ago, and quickly spread to the nearby nations. Since the once-bustling port towns of Greymouth Wharf, Torrine, and Addiston have shut down, the cold gray shores of Nereth on Demor Lant’s southwesternmost corner have become the central processing ground for refugees of the Pestilence, borne to land by the charitable voyages of Tefyrthana’s great passenger ships. Refugees are granted asylum and frequently citizenship, and escorted inland toward whichever towns and villages will have them. Tabril, the major road leading from the coast into the heart of the nation, passes through all manner of habitations before reaching the capital city of Drumna Canvy, ranging from settlements like Varog—a tiny outpost where quadrupedal feathered creatures, called Shuakai, are bred and raised for pack work—all the way to military training grounds, and finally, to major cities like Rothsgard and Meadowhaven. It is down this road that most refugees are directed, hoping to find safety in a land not yet devastated by the disease, and possibly encounter neighbors, friends, or family who came before them.

Major locations in Demor Lant are listed below.

**Nereth**

Nereth is a peninsular landmass which extends from Demor Lant's southwestern coast. The cliffs of Nereth shelter a few bays where visitors sailing from Lefwyne, Fallstaff, or Corrisgaul can anchor and disembark. Nereth is a landing site for refugees of the Pestilence; the refugee processing center there was raided and burned near the beginning of the campaign when local officials were hunting for the crew of the Manticore. The Tabril Road, a major thoroughfare, begins its inland journey at Nereth.

**Varog**

Varog is a farming settlement located on the Tabril Road near the southernmost branch of the Otogarr Mountains. It is a tiny, quiet village characterized by vast shuakai pens and hilly terrain.

**Freeburg**

Freeburg is a small city on the Tabril Road, the nearest administrative capital to Nereth. Its walls divide the city into several major districts, including the Entertainment District, the Shop District, the Southern Residential Quarter, and the Government District. Many scribes, bankers, performers, and merchants live and work in Freeburg.