Six Kingdoms Of Oud'Vhar

The realm of Oud'Vhar is divided into six major kingdoms, each ruled over by a member of the Oud Council. They are as follows:

Austeron: A large landmass to the west, bisected by the River Gaedis and bordered by both Selrune and Medratheer in the east. Austeron is the second-largest and most-populated of the six kingdoms, and is currently under the rule of Queen Niamh Bellestable, who rules from her seat at the capital of Corian.

Selrune: A small state, in comparison to her sister-Kingdom of Austeron, Selrune was once an agriculturally rich land that has been rocked by a series of environmental disasters in the last several decades. Most of the population of Selrune resides near its borders with Austeron and Meddratheer, with very few choosing to live in the frozen northern tundra that dominates the northern half of the kingdom. The current leader of Selrune is the Queen Aisling Khorr, ruling from the capital city of Vervaihn, in the foothills of Mt Elachatus

Medratheer: An enormous desert isthmus connecting the nothern regions of Oud'Vhar to the south, Meddratheer is a land with two distinct faces. While it is a wealthy nation as a result of brokering much of the trade between the realms that it divides, it has also been burdened with the responsibility of hosting the great majority of Etrimite descendants, thus being the most sensitive to outbreaks of Lightborne Plague. This has lead to the creation of several *Tymeh Delsit* or Shadow Cities across Meddratheer, dangerous and impoverished towns that are avoided by travelers and locals alike. King Ouros Syron is the recently-appointed ruler of Medratheer, although his seat is not geographically stable, being located in the wonderous Travelling Palace of Rih Shadid

Nikkemis: An archipelago in the south west, separated from the rest of Oud'Vhar by the vast Eritremas Ocean. It comprises eight major islands, and several smaller, privately-owned islets. Nikkemis has a historical reputation of near-defiance of the rules of the Oud Council Treaty, and as such has been subject to a series of interventions from the mainland realms. Nikkemis commands the legendary Paicomanus Navy, a force the rivals the Oud United Guard in size and power. The leadership of Nikkemis is currently in question, as the legitimacy of King Aichonus' reign is being interrogated by his adopted son, Severon.

Titan Vale: The largest of the realms and the current seat of the High Consulship of King Galen Dorne, Titan Vale is home to both the Oud United Guard and two of the four Magical Schools, and as a result is often considered the primary metropolis of Oud'Vhar. Titan Vale was once even larger than it is now, but has ceded farm land to Edarah and several islands of the Ashwater Gulf to Meddratheer in recent decades. Titan Vale is often celebrated for being responsible for the largest number of the The Twelve Lesser Terrors with four contained within its borders. It is also the only realm not to have any recorded deaths from the Uncanny Summer.

Edarah: Critiqued by some, and loved by others for its adherence to tradition, Edarah is a land of natural beauty and rich cultural history. Edarah is perhaps most famous for being the alleged birthplace of the great Paladin folk hero, Ixion Fortunas, and it is unlikely that anyone who visits even the smallest of towns in the Edaran Kingdom will do so without spotting a statue or plaque dedicated to the legendary character. Edarah is also considered the breadbasket of Oud'Vhar, providing more than half of the grain and meat across all of Oud. The Kingdom is led by Queen Sylvia Ironsight, the last remaining ruler of Eritreme ancestry