The Southern States

Capital: Mul

Ruled by: Pavel Fireforge, with a secondary council of delegates.

Key Values: independence, freedom of religion, trade and travel. Very pro-business.

The Southern States are a place where you can be anything you want: at least, that is how it is advertised. Many people find their start in the Southern States only to move on elsewhere. It's a capital of business, with institutions of sailing, science, religion and medicine thriving in their borders.

Their military is comprised of standard cohorts supported by a myriad of unusual mercenaries; barbarians, a dozen dragonborn, magisterial forces, the Purifiers of Byore, soldiers riding steppebeasts and and druidic support

Mul
Mul is Harbor town and the home and birhplace of Pavel Fireforge, the ruler of the Southern States. Once a small trade town, now a bustling city and important capital of business in the south. Famous for opening trade with the Kingdom of Thunderstone through the Mul Pass.

Sorenheim
A city built atop flat mountain peaks, connected by several bridges. Ruled by Magisters Dennek and Abella DeSoren. Famous for the nesting Roc that lived a nearby peak and often terrorised travellers and traders on the roads.

Byore
Town that used to mark the border of the empire of Altheim and the outlands of the Steppe beyond. Haven for people seeking passage away from the Empire. Now an important trade post at the other end of the Mul Pass marking the start of the Steppe Kingdom of Thunderstone.

Home to the feared Purifiers.

The Emerald Fortress
An abandoned fortress in the mountains west of the Mirror Lake, that the Loose Ends once commandeered. Used to belong to giants? titans? idk man