Tincliff Surrounding Region

Regional "Settlers of Catan"-style Map: http://bit.ly/1wejEJd

Alvilda
:.Elves. Viking Elves
:.Strong, ancient capitol
: :.Asmund ("Divine Protection")
:.Terrain very defensible. People feel safe within borders
:.Traditional monarchy.
: :.Queen rules - matrilinear line
: :.Reigning Queen is named SOMETHING_NICE
: :.Royal court
: : :.King / Consort -
: : :.Military Top Commander -
: : :.Court Magister -
: : :.Finance Minister -
:.Alvildans raid their neighbours.
: :.Powerful Military
: : :.Prestige of military reflected in society
: : :.Mandatory service age (upon reaching adulthood)
: : :.Statues, Parades, Hero worship, Tapestries!!
: : :.Noble officers (Lord-Commander, etc)
: :.Plunder
: :.Slaves (captured people from raids)
: : :.Offspring of slaves are freemen
: : :.Can also be freed by owner

Daggershore Vale
:.Copperholm is the capitol
:.Humans
:.City-states?
:.Small democracy
:.Federation of city-states
: :.Elected central council (Council of Daggers)
: : :.Controls foreign policy
: : :.Controls trade & economic policy
: : :.Settles disputes
: : :.Organized centralized army
: : :.Held together by treaty system
: : :.Elected by people living in city-states directly
: : :.Each city-state has a seat, 9 seats total (roundtable peers)
: : : :.Each councilor has a ceremonial blade representing their power
: :.9 Individual cities/surrounding areas self-governing
: : :.Each has its own somewhat different culture
: : :.Highland vs lowland
: : :.Miners vs farmers vs fishers, forest folk
: : :.Railroad helps tie region together, speeds trade
: : :.Larger cities have decent tech base, guilds and mages

Mage schools
:.Come up with a name and seat (maybe in Khazal?)
:.Concentration of power (arcane)
:.Alumni maintain loyalty to school
:.Alumni often gain positions of power



Khazal
:.Dwarves primarily
:.it's a REALLY BIG place
:.Huge, prosperous place
:.Tieflings too, but marginalized
:.Monetary feifdoms - money rules the land
:.Massive internal trade
:.Every town has a market of some kind
:
:.Khazal has 4 major cities (London/New York-level)
: :.Vratsa (western end), TWO, THREE, FOUR
: :.Large cities are huge, diverse mixing pots.
: :.Steam age, so cities are dank, dirty places
:.Central government is not very powerful, individual cities/provinces own ruling bodies have more control
: :.Still more powerful than Daggershore's government, though.
: :.Government very corrupt
: :.Army is currently deployed on Northern border, fighting tribal invaders (steam-age mongols?)
:.Organized crime is rampant little being done to curb it
: :.Corruption is everywhere
:.Most powerful people aren't politicians, they're business barons
  :.Owner of Tincliff is a mineral baron named NAME
  :.2-3 other powerful business owners who wheel & deal




Alvilda and Khazal are on the verge of war over the Mountains of Metal.
Daggershore Vale is neutral but in danger of being overrun.