Where the Power Lies

Let us dear reader talk about who the regents in the local realms are. Starting with the Chimaeron: the Council of Leaders control the law and the guilds under the name of the Chimaera. The Council of Leaders usually governs from the city of Lyssan but recently the city was set ablaze and the individual members of the Council are preparing their provinces for future changes. The magical sources of the realm are dominated by the Chimaera except in Hamein and Mhowe where the Three Brother Mages have wizard towers. There are temples to Nesirie in the provinces of Hamein and Lyssan; while there are hidden temples to Cuiraecen in Lyssan and Careine.

The realm of Rohrmarch is split between the brothers Alaric and Oden. The princely brothers fight over the land and the law of Rohrmarch. The temple holdings are dominated by Haelyn in the provinces held my Prince Alaric and temples to Cuiraecen can be found in the provinces controlled by Prince Oden. There are two guild regents: Siegfried Lessen and Frodrik Foresstannen are making a fortune off of the civil war. The Sayer of the Coullabhie has a few source holdings; otherwise there are no other major magicians in the region just a bunch of pretenders.

The Emir el-Duatim is the wizard-king of Sendoure. The many titles of the el-Dautim family require that the Emir be a wizard of some skill. The el-Dautim family is currently trying to acquire all the law and guild holdings besides ruling the land of Senoure. The Emir is almost at the point of fighting the Hydra Trading Company. The Hydra controls the law and guild interest of Sulaia and Tinsouf. The problem with the Hydra’s forces for the Emir is simple; the Hydra does not tax the people while the Emir does. Classically the el-Dautim family controls all of the source holdings in Senoure but during recent family strife the Sayer of the Coullabhie has gained a few source holdings.

The lands of Binsada are ruled by the popular Queen el-Reshid. The Queen controls the lands and the clans from the grand stone castle in Ber Dairas. The major religion of Binsada is the worship of Laerme; while in the provinces of Moura and Andujar are creeping up with the Zikalan Temple of Avani. Corazon bint Rilni, the Red Witch controls all of the magical source holdings in Binsada except in the province of High Asawre where the Sayer of the Coullabhie exerts control keeping the Red Witch at bay. The guilders of Binsada are three fold: the Hydra Trading Company, the Traders of Turin, and the Saere Consortium.

I believe dear reader you should be familiar with the famed Hydra Trading Company but let me tell you a thing or two about the other regents of Binsada. The neighboring realm of Zikala is trying exerting influence over the clansmen of Binsada in two forms: The Extraordinary Traders of Turin and the Zikalan Temple of Avani. The Saere Consortium is lead by a woman known in Khinasi as Delia of Coeranys. The Saere Consortium imports and exports between the realms of Binsada in Khinasi and Coeranys in Anuire.

But what of the Red Witch dear reader? I am sure that you are interested in this mysterious woman. Corazon bint Rilni originally hails from across the Asawre from the land of Sendoure. Corazon’s mother was also a well-known sorceress well over a hundred years ago. Corazon’s mother would eventually be killed by the Hydra and the Red Witch seeks revenge against the blood monster. The Red Witch has tapped into ancient magical sources of Binsada and has a firm grip of control of the magical happenings in Binsada.

And one last thing for you dear reader. Off of the southern shore of Binsada, directly across from a province that keeps watch over it; lies the Isle of the Harpy. For hundred of years the Queen of the Harpies plagued sailors, fisherman, and merchants who passed near the island. About a decade ago, a human adventure tried to kill the Queen Harpy and well things did not go as the adventurer planned. The legend goes that the human adventurer killed the Queen but gained her terrible curse. Now the new Harpy controls the island and the flocks of monstrous harpies that call it home. And that is that; where much of the power lies in the human realms of the Northern Marches and the Gulf of Coeranys.