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[[folder:Avistan in General]]
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Basically a [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy fantasy and fantastic Europe]].
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[[folder:Nations]]
!!Brevoy
Brevoy was once two separate nations: Issia and Rostland. The two countries quarreled often until they were both taken over by Chroral the Conqueror, with the help of his Red Dragons. Choral and his descendants disappeared, leaving a unhappy Rostland and Issian noble families constantly posturing for the Dragonscale Throne.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with a touch of [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Westeros]].

!!Druma
This prosperous nation is primarily run by the ascetically materialistic Prophets of Kallistrade.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Switzerland and Renaissance Italy.

!!Hermea
This island city-state in the Steaming Sea is an attempt by a Gold Dragon to make an ideal society.

!!Isger
This Cheliaxian vassal state struggled with a devastating war against Goblinkind.

!!Kyonin
The homeland of the Elves. After they returned from Castrovel, they battled the demon Treerazer to reclaim as much of their land as possible.

!!Molthune
The ambitious nation broke away from Cheliax, only to have the same thing happen to them when Nirmathas rebelled.
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* ProudWarriorRace: Of the Proud Soldier Race variant - Molthune is decidedly militaristic, but these guys are Prussians, not Klingons.

!!Nirmathas
This small forested nation was a part of Molthune until they chafed too much under their law.
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* JustLikeRobinHood: It's an entire nation of free-spirited guerilla fighters.

!!Qadira
%%* ArabianNightsDays
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Of Persia, with overtones of being the Persian Mesopotamia to the Keleshite overall Persian Empire.

!!Razmiran
The sorcerer Ramzir took over this country, claiming to have ascended to Godhood via the Starstone.
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* ScamReligion: Razmir is not, in fact, a god -- his religion is a cult of personality, and his "priests" are wizards in on the scam using artifacts and arcane magic to pretend they receive divine magic.
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!!Five Kings Mountains
[[folder:In General]]
This mountain range holds several Sky Citadels still under control of the dwarves, making this their ''de facto'' homeland on the surface.
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[[folder:King Daralathyxl]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] male red dragon'''

One of the most powerful and feared red dragons in Golarion.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He's often called the Sixth King of the Five King Mountains. Has at least a dozen other powerful chromatic dragons under his control.
* AwesomeEgo: As mentioned below, anyone meeting him is advised to address him as "King", though he prefers "Emperor" or "God".
* BerserkButton: Not showing proper deference- anyone meeting him is advised to address him at least as "King". Also, rumors that he's dead or infirm enrage him to no end.
* TheDreaded: When dragons get together to discuss potential threats, he's a popular topic.
* FamedInStory: He's one of the most well known dragons in the world, to the point of being acknowledged as the defacto ruler of the Five Kings Mountains.
%%* PlayingWithFire
* RedBaron: He's often referred to as the Sixth King of Five Kings Mountains.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: He likes to slumber for long periods of time. When rumors of his death reach him, he goes on a rampage, letting the world know he is still very much alive.
* TheSpymaster: Because he always shows up when rumors of his death start circulating, it's speculated he controls a large spy network in the Darkmoon Vale.
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[[folder:Moschabbatt]]
->'''ChaoticNeutral male ancient magma dragon, CR 17'''

A magma dragon who claimed Jernashall as his territory after a volcanic eruption drove the dwarves out.
[[/folder]]

!!!The Vale of Shadows
[[folder: Norenza]]
->'''[[TrueNeutral N]] female fetchling summoner 12'''

A shadow caller who tends to a pair of monstrous worms and uses arcane energy from the region to breed increasingly dangerous gloomwings.
[[/folder]]

!!Galt
[[folder:Galt]]
Like Andoran, this nation broke off from Cheliax when House Thrune took over. Unlike Andoran, however, the transition has not gone well.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: French Revolution in the ReignOfTerror phase. A Reign of Terror that has gone on for fifty years.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Each Revolutionary Council rises to power by chopping off the heads of the last Revolutionary Council and imposing a new Terror, only to be overthrown by the next bunch of revolutionaries.
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[[folder:Lady Ninahu's Doll]]
->'''[[TrueNeutral N]] doll'''
A living doll that seeks to protect children above all else.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tattercoat]]
->'''[[ChaoticNeutral CN]] male half-elf fighter 8/rogue 2'''

A Grey Gardener who seeks Lady Ninahu's Doll for the destruction of one of the Final Blades.
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!!Hermea

[[folder:Mengkare]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mengkare.png]]
->'''LawfulNeutral male great wyrm gold dragon, CR 23'''

An ancient gold dragon who rules over the reclusive island-nation of Hermea, guiding it and its citizens towards a mysterious purpose.
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* FaceHeelTurn: His obsession with his mission has led him to losing sight of true goodness, and becoming one of the two gold dragons in history to tarnish. In the default setting he's slipped into neutrality, but by the time the party gets to him in ''Age of Ashes'' he's become fully LawfulEvil.%%In-universe alignment.
* HeelFaceTurn: While by the climax of ''Age of Ashes'' he's become a LawfulEvil KnightTemplar, it's possible for the players to make him realize the harm that he's causing, changing his alignment back to LawfulNeutral and setting him back on the path to goodness.%%In-universe alignment.
* KnightTemplar: In ''Age of Ashes'', he's revealed to have been rearing an entire island's worth of humanoids as [[spoiler:sacrifical victims for a summoning ritual]], justifying his heinous actions by reasoning that he's doing it for the -- in and of itself noble -- goal of [[spoiler:killing Dahak]].
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!!The Hold of Belkzen
[[folder:In General]]
When the Orcs were driven to the surface by the questing Dwarves, they came up in this barren valley. They have since made it their home.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Mordor from ''The Lord Of the Rings'', with all the orcs and little vegetation.
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[[folder:Juggerloathe]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] gargantuan magical beast, CR 16'''

The offspring of Lamashtu's herald and a bulette, this titanic creature is a living legend.
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* AbstractEater: Physical matter is actually completely unharmed by its stomach. Instead it feeds on life energy, which is separate from souls in case you were wondering.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Averted. While it doesn't control the bodaks it makes, they don't attack it and it is immune to their powers.
* InASingleBound: It can leap long distances, landing hard enough to knock down anything around it.
* MookMaker: Those it swallows become bodaks with its stomach as it leeches the life from their bodies, regardless of what the creature originally was. Mechanically they function just like any bodak but they're noted to look bestial and warped even beyond typical bodaks.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Sometimes called the Juggerloathe.
* SuperSpit: It can disgorge the contents of its stomach, spewing both acid and any victims or undead it currently holds within it.
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[[folder:The Burning Child]]
->'''[[ChaoticNeutral CN]] small undead, CR 10'''

A spirit of fire and ash formed from the soul of a child with sorcerous powers after his traumatic death.
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* GhostlyGoals: Despite everything, he's just a child who wants to be comforted. Putting him to rest for good requires someone to embrace and calm him while he's in physical form.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Most of the time he's invisible and intangible, detectable only by the scent of burning flesh and faint sobbing. Encountering combat, however, sets off his fear and grief, causing him to manifest in a physical form formed from fire and ash.
* PlayingWithFire: A fire sorcerer bloodline in life and a being of fie in death.
* PowerIncontinence: He has no control over the fiery energy that makes up his form. When incited to physical manifestation, it spills out of him in uncontrolled torrents of destruction.
* TragicMonster: In life he was a child whose magical powers caught the attention of orcs who abducted and experimented on him in hopes of turning him into a weapon. When they eventually pushed to far and killed him, his tormented and terrified spirit couldn't pass on and forced him to continue a solitary existence as he wanders in search of his parents in a desperate hope that they will save him. He's been this way for ''centuries''.
* WalkingWasteland: When physical, he trails fire with every footstep and scorches all around him.
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[[folder:Ungukk Fleshdredge]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] male orc oracle 14/hierophant 3'''

The shaman of the Defiled Corpse tribe.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Carcass Man]]
!!The Carcass Man of Belkzen
A powerful and unique flesh golem created by Ungukk Fleshdredge.
[[/folder]]

!!Lastwall
[[folder:In General]]
This embattled country is just south of Belkizen, and struggles with Orcish invasions frequently.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:Zedoran]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] male great wyrm green dragon, CR 20'''

A master chemist and botanist who lairs in Fangwood.
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!!Mendev
[[folder:In General]]
Just as Lastwall guards against the Orcs of Belkzen, Mendev was the last line of defense against the demons of the Worldwound. Now that the Worldwound has been closed, it struggles to recover in a post-war economy.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Of the Crusader States.
* WitchHunt: The natives there were practitioners of the Green Faith and were seen as suspect by more militant crusaders thanks to superficial similarities with the faith of Sarkoris. Tensions between indigneous Mendevians and former crusaders remain.
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[[folder:Terendelev]]
->'''LawfulGood female silver dragon'''

A silver dragon residing in the border city of Kenabres, aiding the crusaders in holding off the demons of the Worldwound.
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* {{Dracolich}}: In ''Wrath of the Righteous'', [[spoiler:the demons reanimate her corpse as a ravener, adding insult to injury by keeping her soul from moving on to Heaven, preventing her from being resurrected ''and'' netting themselves a powerful undead minion in one swoop]].
* OffWithHisHead: In ''Wrath of the Righteous'', [[spoiler: Khorramzadeh kills her by beheading her with a stroke of his blade once he manages to strike her from the air]].
* SacrificialLion: In ''Wrath of the Righteous'', [[spoiler:she's defeated and slain by the balor Khorramzadeh in the first act of the adventure, setting the stage for the scale of the foes that the [=PCs=] will have to face]].
[[/folder]]

!!Nidal
[[folder:In General]]
This shadowy state is nominally a vassal of Cheliax, but in truth is firmly and openly controlled by the dark god Zon-Kuthon.
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%%* DarkIsEvil
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[[folder:Mother Ravel]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] female human alchemist [vivisectionist] 14/trickster 7'''
One of the guardians of the Tower of Slant Shadows, one of the Star Towers that maintains the security of Rovagug's prison.
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!!Realm of the Mammoth Lords
[[folder:In General]]
A savage land full of megafauna.
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* BarbarianHero: The home of the most iconic barbarian cultures in all of Golarion.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: They don't call this place the Realm of the '''Mammoth''' Lords for nothing.
[[/folder]]
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!!!Tusk Mountains
[[folder: Jarl Gnargorak]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] male frost giant ranger 12/marshal 8, CR 25/MR 8'''

The self-proclaimed ruler of all frost giants, and a living legend among the giants of northern Avistan.
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* BraidsOfBarbarism: How he wears his hair.
* TheConqueror: Gnargorak is doing his best to conquer as much land as he can. The problem is, he really just likes the conquering part, not so much the ruling of what he has.
* HaremSeeker: He keeps a harem of cloud giants.
* HornsOfVillainy: His armor has several.
* NamedWeapons: He wields ''Winter's Heart'' almost exclusively and rarely lets it out of his sight.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Winter's Heart]]
->'''[[ChaoticNeutral CN]] +5 icy burst quenching bastard sword'''

A sentient sword hewn from the heart of a glacier, its ingrained purpose is to unite the lands of the north under one rule. It is currently wielded by Jarl Gnargorak.
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* AnIcePerson: Winter's Heart deals extra cold damage, creates a blast of ice on critical hits, and extinguishes non-magical fires it touches.
* EmpathicWeapon: It's a sentient sword with its own plans.
* SizeShifter: Winter's Heart is always the perfect size for its wielder.
* TheStarscream: It tires of Gnargorak's lack of interest in actually ruling what he conquers, so it's plotting to find a new wielder that will fulfil its goals.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gnargorak's Vassal Jarls]]
!!Karthugra
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] male frost giant cavalier 10'''
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* DragonRider: He rides a ''white dragon'' into battle.

!!Fronav
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] female frost giant sorcerer 14'''
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* AncientArtifact: She has a ''staff of the magi''.

!!Thimroth
->'''[[NeutralEvil NE]] male frost giant ranger 8'''
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* TheBeastmaster: He leads a pack of polar bears.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Murrog One-Ear]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] female orc cleric of Gorum 14/hierophant 7'''

A cleric of Gorum who wants to unseal a passageway to the depths of Orv and unleash its monsters on the world.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lenas]]
->'''[[LawfulNeutral LN]] male pod-spawned human druid 10/hierophant 5'''

The leader of the town of Haven and first victim of the body snatcher that truly rules it.
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* TheDragon: To the cold-tolerant body snatcher that rules Haven.
* KillAndReplace: This Lenas is a copy of the original, who fed himself to the body snatcher.
* TheQuisling: He found the body snatcher nearly dead and chose to nurse it back to health and sacrifice himself to it.
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[[folder:The Mammoth Graveyard]]
Once a resting place for mammoths, the Worldwound corrupted the collective spirits from a guardian into a predator.
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* GeniusLoci: The graveyard has a collective spirit. Originally it guarded itself from outsiders to ensure the peaceful rest of the mammoths who died in it, it now prefers to lure in outsiders to kill.
* TheUndead: Centuries of mammoth corpses makes for a lot of raw materials. The entire region is filled with boen golems and other undead created from their remains.
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[[folder:Larisa]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] female tiefling sorcerer 12/ archmage 4'''

Larissa seeks to twist an outer tendril of the Worldwound to her will, siphoning energy from it to transform into a true demon.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Fate Watcher]]
A mythic norn who rules the mountain pass known as Thremyr’s Steps.
[[/folder]]

!!The River Kingdoms
[[folder:In General]]
A loose collection of independent kingdoms on the Sellen river delta.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: The River Kingdoms may be lawless and amoral on the whole, but they don't tolerate slavery.
* WretchedHive: The ''entire'' region, to one degree or another.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:Eranex]]
->'''[[ChaoticGood CG]] female fey creature adult silver dragon, CR 16'''

Daughter of the legendary dragon Silverstep and his fey lover.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Darukarex]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] male variant contract devil'''
A contract devil who appears in the graveyard of the ruined town Nystra every year.
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* DealWithTheDevil: As a contract devil, it's his whole shtick. Specifically he made one with a druid for revenge on the merchants of Nystra after they killed his family, granting the grieving man the power to imbue his natural allies with infernal power. The deal also stipulated that Darukarex would return every year on the midnight of the vernal equinox, where the druid hoped to renegotiate their terms. While he didn't live long enough to do so, others heard the stories and flock to the site every year in hopes of making a deal of their own.
[[/folder]]

!!World's Edge Mountains
[[folder: The Qiaishan]]
An order of monks made up entirely of yetis who guard against the creatures that slip through from Leng.
[[/folder]]
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* WeaponOfChoice: He wields ''Winter's Heart'' almost exclusively and rarely lets it out of his sight.

!!The Hold of Belkzen
[[folder:In General]]
When the Orcs were driven to the surface by the questing Dwarves, they came up in this barren valley. They have since made it their home.

* {{Expy}}: Of Mordor from ''The Lord Of the Rings'', with all the orcs and little vegetation.

Just as Lastwall guards against the Orcs of Belkzen, Mendev is the last line of defense against the demons of the Worldwound.

* CaptainErsatz: Of the [[Myth/RobinHood Sherwood Forest]].

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: French Revolution in the ReignOfTerror phase.

The self-proclaimed ruler of all frost giants.

* TheConqueror: Gnargorak is doing his best to conqueror as much as he can. The problem is, he really just likes the conquering part, not so much the ruling of what he has.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Of Medieval Russia with a touch of [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Westeros]].

* TragicMonster: In life he was a child whose magical powers caught the attention of orcs who abducted and experimented on him in hopes of turning him into a weapon. When they eventually pushed to far and killed him, his tormented and terrified spirit couldn't pass on and forced him to continue a solitary existence as he wanders in search of his parents in a desperate hope that they will saave him.

* InASingleBound
* MookMaker: Those it swallows become bodaks with its stomach.

A sentient sword hewn from the heart of a glacier, its ingrained purpose is to unite the lands of the north udner one rule. It is currently wielded by Jarl Gnargorak.

!!Mendev
Just as Lastwall guards against the Orcs of Belkzen, Mendev is the last line of defense against the demons of the Worldwound.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Of the Crusader States.

!!Molthune
The ambitious nation broke away from Cheliax, only to have the same thing happen to them when Nirmathas rebelled.
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* ScamReligion: Razmir is not, in fact, a god.

!!Galt
[[folder:Galt]]
Like Andoran, this nation broke off from Cheliax when House Thrune took over. Unlike Andoran, however, the transition has not gone well.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: French Revolution in the ReignOfTerror phase.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lady Ninahu's Doll]]
->'''[[TrueNeutral N]] doll'''
A living doll that seeks to protect children above all else.

[[folder:Tattercoat]]
->'''[[ChaoticNeutral CN]] male half-elf fighter 8/rogue 2'''

A Grey Gardener who seeks Lady Ninahu's Doll for the destruction of one of the Final Blades.

!!The Hold of Belkzen
[[folder:In General]]
When the Orcs were driven to the surface by the questing Dwarves, they came up in this barren valley. They have since made it their home.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Mordor from ''The Lord Of the Rings'', with all the orcs and little vegetation.

[[folder:Ungukk Fleshdredge]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] male orc oracle 14/hierophant 3'''

The shaman of the Defiled Corpse tribe.

[[folder:The Carcass Man]]
!!The Carcass Man of Belkzen
A powerful and unique flesh golem created by Ungukk Fleshdredge.
[[/folder]]

!!The River Kingdoms
[[folder:In General]]
A loose collection of independent kingdoms on the Sellen river delta.

* EveryoneHasStandards: The River Kingdoms may be lawless and amoral on the whole, but they don't tolerate slavery.
* WretchedHive: The ''entire'' region, to one degree or another.

[[folder:Eranex]]
->'''[[ChaoticGood CG]] female fey creature adult silver dragon, CR 16'''

Daughter of the legendary dragon Silverstep and his fey lover.

[[folder:Darukarex]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] male variant contract devil'''
A contract devil who appears in the graveyard of the ruined town Nystra every year.

* DealWithTheDevil: As a contract devil, it's his whole shtick. Specifically he made one with a druid for revenge on the merchants of Nystra after they killed his family, granting the grieving man the power to imbue his natural allies with infernal power. The deal also stipulated that Darukarex would return every year on the midnight of the vernal equinox, where the druid hoped to renegotiate their terms. While he didn't live long enough to do so, others heard the stories and flock to the site every year in hopes of making a deal of their own.

!!Nidal

This shadowy state is nominally a vassal of Cheliax, but in truth is firmly and openly controlled by the dark God Zon-Kuthon.
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%%* DarkIsEvil

[[folder:Mother Ravel]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] female human alchemist [vivisectionist] 14/trickster 7'''
One of the guardians of the Tower of Slant Shadows, one of the Star Towers that maintains the security of Rovagug's prison.

!!Five Kings Mountains

This mountain range holds several Sky Citadels still under control of the Dwarves, making this their ''de facto'' homeland on the surface.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Daralathyxl]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] male red dragon'''

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He's often called the Sixth King of the Five King Mountains. Has at least a dozen other powerful chromatic dragons under his control.
* AwesomeEgo: As mentioned below, anyone meeting him is advised to address him as "King", though he prefers "Emperor" or "God".
* BerserkButton: Not showing proper deference- anyone meeting him is advised to address him at least as "King". Also, rumors that he's dead or infirm enrage him to no end.
* TheDreaded: When dragons get together to discuss potential threats, he's a popular topic.
* FamedInStory: He's one of the most well known dragons in the world, to the point of being acknowledged as the defacto ruler of the Five Kings Mountains.
%%* PlayingWithFire
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: He likes to slumber for long periods of time. When rumors of his death reach him, he goes on a rampage, letting the world know he is still very much alive.
* TheSpymaster: Because he always shows up when rumors of his death start circulating, it's speculated he controls a large spy network in the Darkmoon Vale.

[[folder:Moschabbatt]]
->'''[[ChaoticNeutral]] male ancient magma dragon, CR 17'''

A magma dragon who claimed Jernashall as his territory after a volcanic eruption drove the dwarves out.

!!!The Vale of Shadows
[[folder: Norenza]]
->'''[[TrueNeutral N]] female fetchling summoner 12'''

A shadow caller who tends to a pair of monstrous worms and uses arcane energy from the region to breed increasingly dangerous gloomwings.
[[/folder]]

!!Realm of the Mammoth Lords

A savage land full of megafauna.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: They don't call this place the Realm of the '''Mammoth''' Lords for nothing.

* CoolHorse: He rides a ''white dragon'' into battle.

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!!World's Edge Mountains
[[folder: The Qiaishan]]
An order of monks made up entirely of yetis who guard against the creatures that slip through from Leng.
[[/folder]]

!!Lastwall

This embattled country is just south of Belkizen, and struggles with Orcish invasions frequently.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zedoran]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] male great wyrm green dragon, CR 20'''

A master chemist and botanist who lairs in Fangwood.
[[/folder]]

!!Lastwall
This embattled country is just south of Belkizen, and struggles with Orcish invasions frequently.

!!The River Kingdoms
A loose collection of independent kingdoms on the Sellen river delta.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: The River Kingdoms may be lawless and amoral on the whole, but they don't tolerate slavery.
* WretchedHive: The ''entire'' region, to one degree or another.

!!Nidal

This shadowy state is nominally a vassal of Cheliax, but in truth is firmly and openly controlled by the dark God Zon-Kuthon.
%%----
%%* DarkIsEvil
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mother Ravel]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] female human alchemist [vivisectionist] 14/trickster 7'''
One of the guardians of the Tower of Slant Shadows, one of the Star Towers that maintains the security of Rovagug's prison.

!!Five Kings Mountains
[[folder:In General]]
This mountain range holds several Sky Citadels still under control of the Dwarves, making this their ''de facto'' homeland on the surface.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Daralathyxl]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] male red dragon'''

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He's often called the Sixth King of the Five King Mountains. Has at least a dozen other powerful chromatic dragons under his control.
* AwesomeEgo: As mentioned below, anyone meeting him is advised to address him as "King", though he prefers "Emperor" or "God".
* BerserkButton: Not showing proper deference- anyone meeting him is advised to address him at least as "King". Also, rumors that he's dead or infirm enrage him to no end.
* TheDreaded: When dragons get together to discuss potential threats, he's a popular topic.
* FamedInStory: He's one of the most well known dragons in the world, to the point of being acknowledged as the defacto ruler of the Five Kings Mountains.
%%* PlayingWithFire
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: He likes to slumber for long periods of time. When rumors of his death reach him, he goes on a rampage, letting the world know he is still very much alive.
* TheSpymaster: Because he always shows up when rumors of his death start circulating, it's speculated he controls a large spy network in the Darkmoon Vale.

!!!The Vale of Shadows
[[folder: Norenza]]
->'''[[TrueNeutral N]] female fetchling summoner 12'''

A shadow caller who tends to a pair of monstrous worms and uses arcane energy from the region to breed increasingly dangerous gloomwings.
[[/folder]]

!!Realm of the Mammoth Lords

A savage land full of megafauna.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: They don't call this place the Realm of the '''Mammoth''' Lords for nothing.

!!!Tusk Mountains
[[folder: Jarl Gnargorak]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] male frost giant ranger 12/marshal 8, CR 25/MR 8'''

The self-proclaimed ruler of all frost giants.
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* BraidsOfBarbarism: How he wears his hair.
* TheConqueror: Gnargorak is doing his best to conqueror as much as he can. The problem is, he really just likes the conquering part, not so much the ruling of what he has.
* HaremSeeker: He keeps a harem of cloud giants.
* HornsOfVillainy: His armor has several.
* WeaponOfChoice: He wields ''Winter's Heart'' almost exclusively and rarely lets it out of his sight.

[[folder:Winter's Heart]]
->'''[[ChaoticNeutral CN]] +5 icy burst quenching bastard sword'''

A sentient sword hewn from the heart of a glacier, its ingrained purpose is to unite the lands of the north udner one rule. It is currently wielded by Jarl Gnargorak.

* AnIcePerson: Winter's Heart deals extra cold damage, creates a blast of ice on critical hits, and extinguishes non-magical fires it touches.
* EmpathicWeapon: It's a sentient sword with its own plans.
* SizeShifter: Winter's Heart is always the perfect size for its wielder.
* TheStarscream: It tires of Gnargorak's lack of interest in actually ruling what he conquers, so it's plotting to find a new wielder that will fulfil its goals.

[[folder:Gnargorak's Vassal Jarls]]
!!Karthugra
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] male frost giant cavalier 10'''

* CoolHorse: He rides a ''white dragon'' into battle.

!!Fronav
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] female frost giant sorcerer 14'''

* AncientArtifact: She has a ''staff of the magi''.

!!Thimroth
->'''[[NeutralEvil NE]] male frost giant ranger 8'''
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* TheBeastmaster: He leads a pack of polar bears.

[[folder:Murrog One-Ear]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] female orc cleric of Gorum 14/hierophant 7'''

A cleric of Gorum who wants to unseal a passageway to the depths of Orv and unleash its monsters on the world.

[[folder:Lenas]]
->'''[[LawfulNeutral LN]] male pod-spawned human druid 10/hierophant 5'''

The leader of the town of Haven and first victim of the body snatcher that truly rules it.

* TheDragon: To the cold-tolerant body snatcher that rules Haven.
* KillAndReplace: This Lenas is a copy of the original, who fed himself to the body snatcher.
* TheQuisling: He found the body snatcher nearly dead and chose to nurse it back to health and sacrifice himself to it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Mammoth Graveyard]]
Once a resting place for mammoths, the Worldwound corrupted the collective spirits from a guardian into a predator.

* GeniusLoci: The graveyard has a collective spirit. Originally it guarded itself from outsiders to ensure the peaceful rest of the mammoths who died in it, it now prefers to lure in outsiders to kill.
* TheUndead: Centuries of mammoth corpses makes for a lot of raw materials. The entire region is filled with boen golems and other undead created from their remains.

[[folder:Larisa]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] female tiefling sorcerer 12/ archmage 4'''

Larissa seeks to twist an outer tendril of the Worldwound to her will, siphoning energy from it to transform into a true demon.

[[folder:The Fate Watcher]]
A mythic norn who rules the mountain pass known as Thremyr’s Steps.

->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] female human alchemist [vivisectionist] 14/trickster 7)'''

!!Varisia
This frontier region was once the great Thassilonian Empire, an offshoot of the Azlanti. Full of ancient ruins, barbarian tribes, Cheliaxian colonies, and of course Monsters.

!!Galt
Like Andoran, this nation broke off from Cheliax when House Thrune took over. Unlike Andoran, however, the transition has not gone well.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: French Revolution in the ReignOfTerror phase.

!!The Hold of Belkzen
[[folder:In General]]
When the Orcs were driven to the surface by the questing Dwarves, they came up in this barren valley. They have since made it their home.

* {{Expy}}: Of Mordor from ''The Lord Of the Rings'', with all the orcs and little vegetation.

[[folder:Ungukk Fleshdredge]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] male orc oracle 14/hierophant 3'''
The shaman of the Defiled Corpse tribe.

[[folder:The Carcass Man]]
!!The Carcass Man of Belkzen
A powerful and unique flesh golem created by Ungukk Fleshdredge.

!!Nidal

This shadowy state is nominally a vassal of Cheliax, but in truth is firmly and openly controlled by the dark God Zon-Kuthon.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mother Ravel]]
->'''[[LawfulEvil LE]] female human alchemist [vivisectionist] 14/trickster 7)'''
One of the guardians of the Tower of Slant Shadows, one of the Star Towers that maintains the security of Rovagug's prison.

!!Five Kings Mountains
[[folder:In General]]
This mountain range holds several Sky Citadels still under control of the Dwarves, making this their ''de facto'' homeland on the surface.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Daralathyxl]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] male red dragon'''

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He's often called the Sixth King of the Five King Mountains. Has at least a dozen other powerful chromatic dragons under his control.
* AwesomeEgo: As mentioned below, anyone meeting him is advised to address him as "King", though he prefers "Emperor" or "God".
* BerserkButton: Not showing proper deference- anyone meeting him is advised to address him at least as "King". Also, rumors that he's dead or infirm enrage him to no end.
* TheDreaded: When dragons get together to discuss potential threats, he's a popular topic.
* FamedInStory: He's one of the most well known dragons in the world, to the point of being acknowledged as the defacto ruler of the Five Kings Mountains.
%%* PlayingWithFire
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: He likes to slumber for long periods of time. When rumors of his death reach him, he goes on a rampage, letting the world know he is still very much alive.
* TheSpymaster: Because he always shows up when rumors of his death start circulating, it's speculated he controls a large spy network in the Darkmoon Vale.

!!!The Vale of Shadows
[[folder: Norenza]]
->'''[[TrueNeutral N]] female fetchling summoner 12'''
A shadow caller who tends to a pair of monstrous worms and uses arcane energy from the region to breed increasingly dangerous gloomwings.

!!Realm of the Mammoth Lords

A savage land full of megafauna.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: They don't call this place the Realm of the '''Mammoth''' Lords for nothing.

!!!Tusk Mountains
[[folder: Jarl Gnargorak]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] male frost giant ranger 12/marshal 8, CR 25/MR 8'''
The self-proclaimed ruler of all frost giants.
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* BraidsOfBarbarism: How he wears his hair.
* TheConqueror: Gnargorak is doing his best to conqueror as much as he can. The problem is, he really just likes the conquering part, not so much the ruling of what he has.
* HaremSeeker: He keeps a harem of cloud giants.
* HornsOfVillainy: His armor has several.
* WeaponOfChoice: He wields ''Winter's Heart'' almost exclusively and rarely lets it out of his sight.

[[folder:Winter's Heart]]
->'''[[ChaoticNeutral CN]] +5 icy burst quenching bastard sword'''
A sentient sword hewn from the heart of a glacier, its ingrained purpose is to unite the lands of the north udner one rule. It is currently wielded by Jarl Gnargorak.

* AnIcePerson: Winter's Heart deals extra cold damage, creates a blast of ice on critical hits, and extinguishes non-magical fires it touches.
* EmpathicWeapon: It's a sentient sword with its own plans.
* SizeShifter: Winter's Heart is always the perfect size for its wielder.
* TheStarscream: It tires of Gnargorak's lack of interest in actually ruling what he conquers, so it's plotting to find a new wielder that will fulfil its goals.

[[folder:Gnargorak's Vassal Jarls]]
!!Karthugra
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] male frost giant cavalier 10'''

* CoolHorse: He rides a ''white dragon'' into battle.

!!Fronav
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] female frost giant sorcerer 14'''

* AncientArtifact: She has a ''staff of the magi''.

!!Thimroth
->'''[[NeutralEvil NE]] male frost giant ranger 8'''
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* TheBeastmaster: He leads a pack of polar bears.

[[folder:Murrog One-Ear]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] female orc cleric of Gorum 14/hierophant 7'''
A cleric of Gorum who wants to unseal a passageway to the depths of Orv and unleash its monsters on the world.

[[folder:Lenas]]
->'''[[LawfulNeutral LN]] male pod-spawned human druid 10/hierophant 5'''
The leader of the town of Haven and first victim of the body snatcher that truly rules it.

* TheDragon: To the cold-tolerant body snatcher that rules Haven.
* KillAndReplace: This Lenas is a copy of the original, who fed himself to the body snatcher.
* TheQuisling: He found the body snatcher nearly dead and chose to nurse it back to health and sacrifice himself to it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Mammoth Graveyard]]
Once a resting place for mammoths, the Worldwound corrupted the collective spirits from a guardian into a predator.

* GeniusLoci: The graveyard has a collective spirit. Originally it guarded itself from outsiders to ensure the peaceful rest of the mammoths who died in it, it now prefers to lure in outsiders to kill.
* TheUndead: Centuries of mammoth corpses makes for a lot of raw materials. The entire region is filled with boen golems and other undead created from their remains.

[[folder:Larisa]]
->'''[[ChaoticEvil CE]] female tiefling sorcerer 12/ archmage 4'''
Larissa seeks to twist an outer tendril of the Worldwound to her will, siphoning energy from it to transform into a true demon.

!!Five Kings Mountains
This mountain range holds several Sky Citadels still under control of the Dwarves, making this their ''de facto'' homeland on the surface.

!!Nidal
This shadowy state is nominally a vassal of Cheliax, but in truth is firmly and openly controlled by the dark God Zon-Kuthon.
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!!Realm of the Mammoth Lords
A savage land full of megafauna.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: They don't call this place the Realm of the '''Mammoth''' Lords for nothing.


!!The River Kingdoms
A loose collection of independent kingdoms on the Sellen river delta.
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!!The Hold of Belkzen
When the Orcs were driven to the surface by the questing Dwarves, they came up in this barren valley. They have since made it their home.

* {{Expy}}: Of Mordor from ''The Lord Of the Rings'', with all the orcs and little vegetation.

!!Brevoy
Brevoy was once two separate nations: Issia and Rostland. The two countries quarreled often until they were both taken over by Chroral the Conqueror, with the help of his Red Dragons. Choral and his descendants disappeared, leaving a unhappy Rostland and Issian noble families constantly posturing for the Dragonscale Throne.
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