Dominions: Final Range Domains

Along the eastern coast, north of Landfall and touching the Wyrmsteeth, several of these domains are dwarven or elven [Alm-FinalRange]. Stat blocks are from the AC 1019 Almanac entries.

Dwarven Barony of Kildorkak

Almanac AC 1019 · kildork4.html

• Location: Brun, north of Oceansend, in the Final Range.
• Area: 498 sq. mi. (1,290 sq. km.).
• Population: 2,500 dwarves.
• Languages: Dwarvish (Kildorkak dialect).
• Coinage: gems or barter.
• Taxes: 30% income yearly, plus a 20% tithe to the Heldannic Knights every four months.
• Government: barony, formally allied with (and overseen by) the Heldannic Territories; a clanmaster governs under a Heldannic governor.
• Ruler: Clanmaster Gard Rocktooth (dwarf) [Gander-Dom].
• Important figures: Niddrow, Forge Keeper; Hölger Scholz, Heldannic Overseer.
• Flora & fauna: mountain cats (including intelligent rakasta), bears, moose, ibexes; yeti, sasquatches, snow apes; ropers, hulkers, giant spiders; occasional white dragons, mountain giants, dragonnes; plant life in the valleys, scrub above 7,200 feet.
• Recent history: unlike Oceansend, Kildorkak remained under Heldannic control; a green dragon displaced some dwarves to lair here.
• Further reading: CM1 Test of the Warlords.

Barony of Moonland

Almanac AC 1019 · moonlan4.html

• Location: Brun, southeast of Alpha, on the eastern shore.
• Area: 1,496 sq. mi. (3,875 sq. km.).
• Population: 4,400.
• Languages: Heldannic, Alphatian.
• Coinage: Alphatian Standard (crown, mirror, judge); barter common.
• Taxes: 20% income, collected yearly.
• Government: independent barony.
• Ruler: Baroness and Matriarch Sandralane, Cleric 16 of Ariana [Neri-RBP].
• Economy: fishing, hunting, agriculture.
• Flora & fauna: about two-thirds forested hills, flat eastern coast on the New Alphatian Sea; game and predators; humanoid bands from the northwest; hippogriffs and griffons; a notably high concentration of lycanthropes and dire wolves.
• Recent history: none to report.
• Further reading: CM1 Test of the Warlords; previous almanacs.

Elven Kingdom of Nordalfheim

Almanac AC 1019 · nordalf3.html

The former Barony of Ironwood, now a kingdom; Blackblade’s Great Project to unite the elves of Norwold has succeeded. See Ironwood for the AC 1016 picture.

• Location: Brun, southeast of Alpha, facing the New Alphatian Sea.
• Area: 3,486 sq. mi. (9,030 sq. km.).
• Population: 4,800 (about 77% elf, 18% human, 4% other demihuman in Laran only, 1% intelligent woodland creatures).
• Languages: Elvish (Callarii, Shiye, Alfheim, Vyalia), Thyatian, Alphatian, Fairy Tongue.
• Coinage: golden leaf (gp), silver acorn (sp); barter common.
• Taxes: the “gifts of the trees” (a share of gathered goods).
• Government: independent elven monarchy; the king advised by clanmasters.
• Ruler: King Elarianthas Blackblade, Fighter 10/Magic-User 15 [Alm-Ironwood] [Neri-RBP].
• Important figures: clanmasters Thyandros (Blackblade), Taragin Oakbranch (Lightseeker), Renshiye (Shalidye), Sythandria (Mythuinn), and clanholder Shelingar (Lightseeker).
• Flora & fauna: ancient evergreen forest and a narrow coastal plain; bears, deer, elk, boars, wolves; treants, centaurs, unicorns, fairy folk, hsiao, metamorphs; basilisks, gorgons, chimerae, decapuses, monstrous plants; humanoids purged from the forest, holding on in the northern hills.
• Recent history: none to report.
• Further reading: CM1 Test of the Warlords; previous almanacs.

Duchy of Stamtral

Almanac AC 1019 · stamtra4.html

• Location: Brun, about 250 miles southeast of Alpha, near the northern end of the Final Range.
• Area: 998 sq. mi. (2,585 sq. km.).
• Population: 3,500.
• Languages: Heldannic, Traladaran.
• Coinage: coins of various realms (mostly Alphatian in circulation); gems or barter common.
• Taxes: 30% income yearly, plus corvée labor.
• Government: independent duchy.
• Ruler: Duke Stano (the CM4 domain) [Gander-Dom] [CM4].
• Economy: agriculture, mining, hunting.
• Flora & fauna: oak, sequoia, fir, and spruce woodland; trout and salmon; grain, legumes, limited sheep and cattle; wolves, boars, bears, panthers, foxes, deer, moose, elk; werewolves, displacer beasts, yowlers; orcs, goblins, bugbears, trolls.
• Recent history (AC 1018-1019): built up its military for a confrontation with a neighbor, sponsored barbarian raids, and sent clerics of Talitha to blight the crops of neighboring Vyolstagrad.
• Further reading: CM4 Earthshaker!; previous almanacs.

Duchy of Vyolstagrad

Almanac AC 1019 · vyolst4.html

• Location: Brun, about 250 miles southeast of Alpha, near the northern end of the Final Range.
• Area: 998 sq. mi. (2,585 sq. km.).
• Population: 3,000.
• Languages: Heldannic, Traladaran.
• Coinage: coins of various realms (mostly Alphatian); gems or barter common.
• Taxes: 20% income yearly, plus a 10% tithe to the Church of Vyolstagrad.
• Government: independent duchy.
• Ruler: Duke Nevik (the CM4 Earthshaker! duchy) [Gander-Dom] [CM4].
• Important figures: Alexis Vatutin, Patriarch.
• Economy: agriculture, logging, hunting.
• Flora & fauna: fir, spruce, sequoia, and oak forest; wolves, boars, bears, weasels, deer, elk, moose; lycanthropes, displacer beasts, panthers, wood decapuses, wood imps; orcs and goblins in the northern hills.
• Recent history (AC 1018-1019): barbarian raids and blighted crops (see Stamtral) brought casualties, emigration, and a minor revolt.
• Further reading: CM4 Earthshaker!; previous almanacs.