Dominions: Northern Bay Marches

The marcher lords north of the Great Bay, between the shore and Lothbarth Forest [Alm-NorthBay]. Stat blocks are from the AC 1019 Mystaran Almanac dominion entries (linked per dominion); ruler class and level, where the Almanac omits them, are supplied from Gander’s roster and Neri’s claimant guide [Gander-Dom] [Neri-RBP].

Duchy of Draken

Almanac AC 1019 · draken4.html

• Location: Brun, northwest of Alpha.
• Area: 2,992 sq. mi. (7,750 sq. km.).
• Population: 6,300.
• Languages: Alphatian.
• Coinage: Alphatian Standard: crown (gp), mirror (sp), judge (cp).
• Taxes: 25% of income.
• Government: Duchy; member of the Kingdom of Alpha and the Norwold Confederacy.
• Ruler: Duke Beriak (Beriak Alanira), brother of Queen Christina and Ericall’s Lord General Mage [Alm-Alpha] [Neri-RBP]. (Gander’s roster lists Draken as a county [Gander-Dom]; the AC 1019 Almanac raises it to a duchy.)
• Flora & fauna: Coniferous and evergreen forest, much of its share of Lothbarth left uncut; rich coastal fisheries; elk, moose, bears, wolves, foxes inland; raptors and wild cats in the eastern foothills; dragons said to lair in the eastern mountains, and extra-planar creatures reported near the duke’s seat.
• Recent history: None to report for the year.
• Further reading: previous almanacs.

Barony of Latela

Almanac AC 1019 · latela4.html

• Location: Brun, northeast of Alpha.
• Area: 1,995 sq. mi. (5,165 sq. km.).
• Population: 5,900.
• Languages: Thyatian, Alphatian.
• Coinage: Alphatian Standard: crown (gp), mirror (sp), judge (cp).
• Taxes: 20% of income.
• Government: Barony; member of the Norwold Confederacy, but a de facto Thyatian client-state.
• Ruler: Baron Longtooth, Thief 20, Chaotic Evil, a Thyatian master spy (Longinus Dolichodon) working to undermine the kingdom [Neri-RBP].
• Important figures: Tano Tarantella, Guild Master.
• Flora & fauna: Coastal farmland and orchards; inland pine and sequoia forest; deer, boars, elk, moose, wolves, bears, pumas, yowlers; waters poor in fish.
• Recent history: Thyatian merchants, charged with extending the empire’s economic reach, drew Latela into a client relationship; it is now a de facto Thyatian dominion.
• Further reading: CM1 Test of the Warlords; previous almanacs.

Jarldom of Nordenhafen

Almanac AC 1019 · norden4.html

• Location: Brun; an isle in the Great Bay, west of Alpha.
• Area: 498 sq. mi. (1,290 sq. km.).
• Population: 1,000.
• Languages: Heldannic.
• Coinage: barter common; otherwise Alphatian Standard (crown, mirror, judge).
• Taxes: 30% of income.
• Government: titled a Jarldom; the stat block calls it a Barony, a member of the Kingdom of Ostland.
• Ruler: Baron Bardeen Longwalker, Fighter 15, Neutral; a former Ostland thrall turned knight [Neri-RBP].
• Important figures: Kleng Bloodhand, pirate.
• Flora & fauna: only stunted shrubs and subarctic flowers; seagulls, puffins, seals, small fish; monsters from the Elemental Plane of Water surface from a whirlpool south of the island.
• Recent history: growing friendly Thyatian presence and reciprocal trade have strengthened Bardeen’s position.
• Further reading: CM1 Test of the Warlords; previous almanacs.

Marquisate of Panteria

Almanac AC 1019 · panteri4.html

• Location: Brun, northeast of Leeha, on the northern coast of the Great Bay.
• Area: 2,494 sq. mi. (6,460 sq. km.).
• Population: 7,200, including 1,500 hin.
• Languages: Alphatian, Thyatian, Heldannic, Lalor.
• Coinage: Alphatian Standard: crown (gp), mirror (sp), judge (cp).
• Taxes: vary by guild, averaging 25% of income; non-guild members pay no tax but generally may not work.
• Government: Marquisate ruled through its guilds; member of the Kingdom of Alpha and the Norwold Confederacy.
• Ruler: Marquise Celia, Thief 19, building a trade-and-thieves empire [Neri-RBP].
• Important figures: Weston, Governor (Weston the Tall, Thief 15); Dame Lucci Dhay, Headmaster of the Trade Guild and reputed spy for a rival syndicate [Neri-RBP].
• Flora & fauna: short grass and shrubs; hin snow-tulip fields that feign death through an eight-month hibernation; snow crabs and the frost salamanders that hunt them; deer and wolves in winter; occasional wandering frost giants.
• Recent history: Minrothaddan merchants and Oceansender exiles have helped Thyatian agents reach agreements with the marquisate; a Thyatian-Heldannic deal over Oceansend could hurt it.
• Further reading: CM1 Test of the Warlords; previous almanacs.