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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rhineglade" data-source="post: 6768717" data-attributes="member: 6801931">DRAUGMOREOfficial Name: Duchy of DraugmoreRuler: His Grace, Duke Mierkos Hexhammer (NE male human, Brb 15)Government: Semi-independent duchy owing fealty to the Fell-Emperor of Aelinore; Draugmore is controlled by powerful land-owning aristocrats, many of whom owe their positions to the Lich Mathraxis; rulership is unstable and non-hereditary basedCoat of Arms:Notable Figures: Patriarch-General Bogdan Fellhammer (LE male human, Clr 15); Bronimir Firestarter (CE male human, Wiz 16), Eleonora, Duchess of Draugmore (NE female human, Sor 13)Rule of Law: Neutral Evil.  Government and legal system set up around self-serving needs of the state; little to no regard is given to the general population; sumptuary laws exist to greatly restrict rights of the common folkPopulation: 360,000Capital: Grossfort (pop. 16,500)Major Cities: Safeport, XanthidMajor Religions: Tormac, Mordagh, Kharon, Jocasta, NerthysMajor Resources: grain, iron, foodstuffs, silver, copper, horsesMilitary: 17,000 (consists primarily of light and heavy cavalry augmented by light infantry armed with longbow; token navy supported out of Safeport)Allies: Aelinore, Rhuthune, Golgathor, AverniaEnemies: Hrathgar, Fairdale, ValoriaLong the home of semi-nomadic herders, the region known today as Draugmore has never been one of long-standing stability.  Regime change is almost as common as the change in the weather.  The majority of the population understands this fact and attempts to focus on daily life and simple survival while letting the axe fall as it were.  The Duchy of Dragmore is divided into a lowland area in the north and a highland area in the south.  The central region is plateau and steppe which make it ideal for the great herds of horses that are driven across the landscape by the semi-nomadic population.  Historically, the society is based on a loose federation of barbarian tribes with a heavy focus on military education.  Children from an early age are separated from their parents and indoctrinated by clerics of Tormac.  Riding, archery and basic survival skills are taught to anyone capable of handling a bow.  Those who show particular promise are sent to serve in the national cavalry.The common population are virtual slaves and indentured servants under the control of the powerful wealthy class known as the Skudra.  The Skudra are mostly Comori lords from Aelinore who came to replace the former nobility of the Dheragos kingdom, a confederation that existed in these lands before being overrun by the forces of Aelinore.[ATTACH]72143[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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