Empire's Peak -

![[calradic empire banner 8.png|]] ![[peak of calradian empire prior to 882.png]] ![[sturgia 2.png]] ### Principality of [[Principality-of-Sturgia]] "Founded in 1002 by the warlord [[Gundar]], who united the fractious colonies established by raiders in the forests and bogs of the north. The [[Calradian-Empire]] granted him the title '**Warden of the Marches**.' Its people are a mixture of northern colonists and the tribes of the cold woods south of the Gray Sea." [— world_lore_strings.XML] ![[battania 2.png]] ### High Kingdom of [[High-Kingdom-of-Battania]] "Founded in 940 when the Battanians, a confederation of hill clans that had long been the [[Calradian-Empire]]'s most resistive subjects, revolted and massacred the [[Imperial]] garrison. Made up of farmers and herders in the lands between the Sefen river and the Sideric mountains." [— world_lore_strings.XML] ![[aserai 2.png]] ### [[Aserai-Sultanate]] Sultanate "Founded in 923 when the [[Calradian-Empire]] recognized Thalas al-[[Asera]], a chief of the southern tribes, as king of the lands between '**the Baetoric Sea**' and '**the Great Desert**'. Includes farmers in the lands near the sea, the nomadic Bedouin of the wastes and oasis dwellers in the far south." [— world_lore_strings.XML] ![[khuzait banner 1.png]] ### [[Khuzait-Khanate]] Khanate "Founded in 920 when steppe horsemen led by the Khan [[Urkhun]] overran an earlier [[Imperial]] client kingdom, itself made up of civilized former raiders, that had guarded the caravan routes leading to the lands of the Padishah (likely [[Hoshtar]]). Consists of wealthy trading cities and settled former nomads, recognized by [[Calradian-Empire]] as overlords of its eastern frontier." [— world_lore_strings.XML] ![[vlandia 2.png]] ### Kingdom of [[Kingdom-of-Vlandia]] "Founded in 882 when the Empire granted [[Uthor]], a warlord of the '**Waland Seafarers**' who had long ravaged the western coasts, the title '**Dux of the Sea**.' They have since declared themselves an independent kingdom, controlling the river valleys and pastures that were once some of [[Calradian-Empire]]'s wealthiest lands." [— world_lore_strings.XML]