Thoes­trand is one of the most for­mi­da­ble of the North­ern King­doms. Its alliance with Dar­ril­hin has shifted the bal­ance of power in the North, much to the dis­may of the other kingdoms.

Monarch and Government

King Denob rules Thoes­trand, as did his his ances­tors all the way back to the days of Astro­tolic. Just like his fathers before him, Denob holds his king­dom together with a com­bi­na­tion of diplo­macy, cru­elty and hard jus­tice. Despite a lack of lit­er­a­ture on the nexus of polit­i­cal and mil­i­tary the­ory, Denob has an uncanny abil­ity to chan­nel his nobles’ rest­less ambi­tions into for­eign bat­tle­fields with­out overex­tend­ing the kingdom’s resources.

Cap­i­tal

Gar­rothad

Mil­i­tary Strength

Typ­i­cal feu­dal mil­i­tary. Many of Thoestrand’s nobles are com­pe­tent and sea­soned medieval warriors.

Civil Life

Much of Thoestrand’s econ­omy depends on rivers that flow south through the coun­try. They pro­vide trans­porta­tion, fish­ing, and power for mills. The kingdom’s peas­ants and other com­mon­ers enjoy an exis­tence rel­a­tively free from inter­nal strife and exter­nal threats. Dis­ease kills more peo­ple than war in Thoestrand.

Local nobles serve as judges within their hold­ings and appoint sher­iffs and con­sta­bles to keep the peace. Trav­el­ing clerks of law appointed by the crown serve as courts of appeal.

No gods are tol­er­ated save Gob; here­sies are swiftly and vio­lently erad­i­cated by inquisi­tors and pal­adins of the Holy Guard.