Kerikal

Kerikal is north of the Gunstadtan hills and is a cold and inhospitable place for much of the year. The winters are long and the snows are heavy. Much of the mountainous terrain is taken by vast evergreen forests where dark and fell creatures are known to lurk. The population of white dragons in Kerikal is said to the largest of any human land, a statistic that isn't lost on the population. The society of this land, if one can all it that, is as horribly divided as the goblins to the north. Although Kerikal is less than half the size of Norandor there must be over two-hundred separate kingdoms and principalities in the area. Warlords, petty tyrants, wizards and princes all declaring themselves the rightful rulers of the land. This leads to may wars, and it is highly unusual for a country or nation state not be officially at war with some (if not all) of its neighbours.

What this means for the common folk is disease, poverty, starvation and death. The mortality rate of children in Kerikal is three times that of a child in Norandor, and the adults don't often live very much longer. Peasants are often seen as little more than commodities by their rulers and used as fodder in pointless battle after pointless battle. This is not to say that all governments in Kerikal are unenlightened, but most of them certainly are and as a result evil and barbarism is widespread.

The religions of the moon gods are at their weakest in Kerikal. The people are more likely to turn to the old druidic tradition, or a monastery for aid than one of the established churches. Priests are seen, rightly or wrongly, as the tools of an oppressive state and are distrusted. This situation compounded by continual attacks from the Land of the League of Tooth and Claw makes Kerikal an exceedingly miserable place to live indeed.