Population: 93,860
Capital: None; largest city is Klandelberg (pop. 10,400)
Government: independant towns and villages
His Pious Eminence, Earl Kerian Megarry of Falmouth Her Noble Lordship, Sarien Swiftblade Faldemae, Viscountess of Klandelberg His Most Resolute Prominence, Janse Helverse, Baron Rodenhafen His Exalted Lordship, Rance Mentzner, Lord of South Keep National Alignment: Neutral Good
Languages: Common and High Kingdom, Karmani
Abbysinia is located east of Freuhaven, along the wide, fertile valley of the River Falen. It is made up of independent towns and villages, the chief of which are Falmouth, Klandelberg, Rodenhafen, and South Keep. Abbysinia was ravaged terribly during the Dark Wars and is now only starting to recover from its wounds.
Geography: The Wylkwood covers most the southeastern third of the nation and is bordered on all sides but the south by the River Falen. At Klandelberg, the River Falen splits in two directions -- the main branch which continues southeast to Pummelford, and the Black Fork, which flows from the east and Kammerander. The Plains of Asmmard lie between Freuhaven and Klandelberg, while the Coastal Plains are south of Freuhaven.
History:
446 Pd - establishment of Abbysaenia as a province of the Issachar Empire including Kammerander and Swordslands
558-612 Fd - War of the Successionist Empires
622 Fd - The province seceded from the Karmani Empire, and the province fragmented
721-734 Fd - Mebraam's Reign of Terror
1179-83 Fd - Dark Wars, Roderic, Count Agnesi planned the push back to Eastfair, but was killed during the goblins' first counterattack at Black Mountain. After his death the attack fell apart, and the combined armies retreated back to Norduhlheim Keep. The fragmented forces of Abbysinia were not strong enough to resist the humanoid invasion, and only with a joint Cassendian-Marblehead relief army were the Witchlord's armies driven back in 1182.
Politics: Lord Helversen has obvious territorial ambitions towards South Keep and Falmouth and eventually all of Abbysinia. Lord Mentzner is old and in poor health. Viscountess Faldemae has been forced into an alliance with Freuhaven to defend herself against The Witchlord in Kammerander.
Major Cities:
Celesford - small town where the Freuhaven-Klandelberg Highroad crosses the Celes River; pop. 210;
Doring Keep - a set of ruins deep in the Wylkwood; belonged to the Count Agnesi before it was mostly destroyed in the Dark Wars;
Falmouth - Small trading town on the mouth of the River Falen; largest Abbysinian port; conducts lots of trade with other Traverse ports; one of the four major Abbysinia towns; pop. 1,250; The town is famous for its Civic Temple, which is built in the old town castle. Earl Joremuth had to sell the castle when the town became too impoverished in 1089 Fd.
Four Brothers - farming village north of the Klandelberg-Freuhaven Highroad near Celesford; pop. 60;
Freundenbergen - small town at the junction of the Celes, Stowen, and Falen Rivers; pop. 340;
Guildford - small town on the River Falen; located at the ferry for the road to South Keep; pop. 560;
King's Seat - small village near Celesford; pop. 130;
Klandelberg - small trading city on the River Falen; southern terminus of the West Pass Road; 10,400 people; large amounts of fertile farmland surround the town and go along the river; one of the four major Abbysinia towns;
Maerlon - small farming town on the West Pass Road north of Klandelberg at the junction of the Keldar River and a smaller tributary; pop. 210;
Monastery of Saint Gering - in southern Abbysinia; known for its vineyards and goat milk products; in the mountains southwest of South Keep;
Norduhlheim Keep - guards road to Eastfair; in chasm country; garrisoned by a combined force from Freuhaven and Klandelberg; only defense against the Witchlord;
Rodenhafen - port town in southern Abbysinia; one of the four major Abbysinian towns; pop. 3,760;
South Keep - town on southern side of the Wylkwood; one the four major Abbysinian towns; pop. 1,100;
Important People:
Andarain, Punn - Mayor of Falmouth; leader of the town burghers;
Clibbard, Marian - "Mother Marian"; a well-known healer with a small shop on Wellbridge Street in Falmouth;
Faldemae, Sarien Swiftblade - High Seat of House Faldemae; elf-princess of Klandelberg; a half-elf related to the ruling family in Eriandren;
Captain Hindemuth - captain of the Falmouth Town Guard; town burgher;
Keldus, Duran - head abbot of the Monastery of Saint Gering; a round portly man who in 55 years old;
Sarosien, Fedrus - Earl Megarry's Chancellor;
Taptehn, Jeter - owner of the Waterman's Rest Inn and the Horse and Barn Tavern; town burgher of Falmouth;
Toflin, Boby - halfling businessman who owns several businesses that pay him rent; town burgher of Falmouth;
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