Spol Satrapy – Northern Gloomy Lands

Description

Spol was the center of the Spolite Empire of Gloom. A cold and cruel place: glaciers hug the hills and forces of cold and darkness are strong. Natives are cold and calculating. Tombs, catacombs, and monuments everywhere. The Lunar Way has little sway here.

Geography

Bleak northern region along the Poralistor River. Glaciers, gloomy river port of Zern, unconquered Qasir of God’s Rock.

History

Core of the Spolite Empire. Conquered by Carmanians. Dark heresies suppressed but rumours persist. Alehandro often absent; mother Yolanela rules.

Culture

Nickname: Gloomsters. Stereotype: Hide Emotion. Dour, solitary, fatalistic, obsessed with death and solemn rites for the mummified dead.

Government

Satrap: Alehandro of the Brass Arm (often absent)
Regent: Yolanela the Taloness

Clans of Spol

ClanCensusAdjustedNotes
Peg12,05426,551Rock
Gidzy10,86123,923Stronghold
Persh4,71110,377Horse
Aran3,6888,124Stranger – ruling
Petun2,3905,264
Daurmast4781,053Northern

Military

Queen’s Regiment, household troops, Carmanian Inquisition.

Religion

Gerra worshipped with bloody rites. Netta (Goddess of Night). Spolite heresy rumours persist. Lunar Way resisted.

People of Note

Alehandro of the Brass Arm, Yolanela the Taloness, Brostangian Archmoor, Vor the Black.

Places of Interest

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