Name: The Empire of the Horned White Rat.
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Demonym: Skavnites
Description: The first thing one will notice about the Skavnites is its presence of and love of showing off its military might. The second thing is The bells that ring thirteen times at noon and midnight. The third thing is its cities are both above and below ground. Some say it has tunnels all over Albion from which it can strike anywhere with speed and ruthless efficiency. The fourth thing is the ancient clan system, there are hundreds of, if not thousands of clans all of varying sizes. There are four great clans which the others follow to some degree or another, The Skavnites always follow the examples set by their heroes.

Government: The empire runs mostly on its own. Each city, town, and community is well defended and guarded by warlords, so many mistake them for city states. The warlords, however, all owe loyalty to the Council of Thirteen a shadowy group that keeps order in the land. It is responsible for teaching the magic users of the empire as well as handling national matters. Below the council sit the four great clans, in order of might are Clan Mouldar, Clan Ishini, Clan Pestinline, and Clan Skre. These clans lord over many other smaller clans which form the armies of the empire.

Economy: The Empire grows some of the best tobacco and makes very high-quality leather. The empire is as proud of this as it military might and reputation. The herds and beasts of the empire are a close second of pride.

Religion: All Skavnites worship the Horned White Rat as well as their ancestors and heroes. The churches are always run by the Grays, the wizards, and clerics of the Horned White Rat. They always identified by their white horns and gray fur at birth.

Geography: The empire is grasslands, mountains, and coastland.

Population: 2,400,000

Demographics
90 percent Skavnite with 10 percent being dwarfs, who stubbornly refuse to worship the horned white rat. the Dawrfs are mostly near the capital helping to keep the mines secure and craft the metals and other resources that are used for the army.

Notable Locations
the capital: Holy Skavonight the only fully underground city in the empire whose location is kept secret. Some say it is in the mountains while others say it beneath the Marshes of Madness which is dead center of the territories of the Empire.
Skorvosh the port city. Where the navy and fishing fleets make port. heavily defended.
(will add more as I think of them)

Personalities of Note
Murderlord Snikket, lord of clan Ishini. The feared clan of Assassins and Scouts and is also famous for their strategies. The most feared warlords also come from Clan Ishin

Headtaker and Necksnapper two of the most famous warlords both have yet to lose a battle.

Nogashi head of the Plague Monks, Poisoner's Guild, and Doctors of the empire. The monks being the ones who are master of sickness and plagues that causing fear and confusion before battles. However, their magic is random at best when it comes to damage, still an army usually has a small group of these strange monks who are backed by Clan Pestinline and Skre.

Thorrot the three armed master of clan Mouldar. None can control beasts like him. His monsters and abominations are one of the many reasons they are feared and what makes Mouldar on par with Ishini in power and wealth.

Thranquil head gray and mouth of the Council of Thirteen.

(will add more as need arises.)

Institutions:
The Poisoner's Guild: Studies sickness and how to infect the enemies. Great at psychological warfare backed by Skre and Pestinline in developing research and weapons. Most famous being the Poison Globiders whose choking fumes and acid like properties makes them very dangerous for the enemy.

clan Skre: Devoted to research and development of weapons and armor for the army, has invented and created many of the empire's weapons.

clan Ishini: The assassins, scouts and warlord maker. They put great importance on strategy.

clan Mouldar: The beast masters, famous for the monsters that they control.

clan Pestinline: The monks and masters of psychological warfare.

Military:
Organization: Most of the troops are professional with the militia being trained every winter and end of fall and beginning of spring. Everyone is required to have training. males are required to be able to handle all types of weapons. Females are only allowed to handle bows and swords.
Army: 2 percent of the population is professional in wartime. 1% is always on standby during peace.
Navy: One or two small fleets of warships. Most ships are transports and fishing vessels.
Other: Gutter runners and Night runners scouts and assassins for the empire they spy and try to divert trouble from the empire. they are skilled masters of their craft.

Name: The Kingdom of Karesia
Flag/emblem/symbolism: (optional; feel free to give picture or description)
Demonym: Karesians
Description:

The Kingdom of Karesia has a long history of having nobles here and there, most of which are controlled by the king and his court through the debt that they owe to him, which consists of both favors and money accrued by their families one way or the other, in this way the King of Karesia is able to control the kingdom politically and keep a steady stability that allows for growth and peace , within the kingdom, which lands seem to have no end.

They are but on of the descendant states from the Lindosian Empire and is ruled by the Verisian dynasty, which has been on the throne since the conception of the kingdom of Karesia, this dynasty has kept as one of its focus to keep its power in Karesia by keepinng itself away from the major conflicts in the region and trying to make the realm into something worthy of its size. Something not yet achieved.

Something special about the Karesian realm is the fact , that many exotic creatures inhabit its lands and they have proven to be of great value to both the economy and the army, especially the army that while not being used for a long time has its traditions of riding these beasts even from before the creation of the Lindosian Empire.

Technologicaly the Kingdom of Karesia is lacking in the area of magic if that can be counted as technology. This is because the lack of magic schools and the traditions of the people of Karesia to not trust magic over their strength of their arms. This attitude has also been taken by several nobles who prefer technological advancement to magic. The king and his court also prefer technology to magic because they are soo behind everyone else that trying to catch up would be too expensive and time-consuming.

Government:

The Kingdom of Karesia is a constitutional monarchy, with a parliament that can suggest the king legislations or veto them , if they get a simple majority. In this way the king can be regulated by the many nobles of the kingdom, but at the same the king still has enough power to do what he wants.

The National Bank is controlled by the king and his court, sometimes with the help of some nobles and foreigners, although, the latter are extremely rare.

In the provinces far off from the capital, autonomy is given to the nobles but in some cases, a bureaucrat send by the king acts as governor for the province.

Economy: The economy of the Kingdom of Karesia is currently weak in comparison to other countries, mostly because of some troubles with the previous management of the National bank, that resulted in a major depression and made a lot of people go to the fields instead of the city.

Still, the resources of the realm are so vast and great, that growing from that state is not impossible for the kingdom and with a friendly neighbor to the south, it seems that the economy will continue to grow at a steady pace.

The major resources of the realm are cotton (highly valued commodity), wool (we have lots of lands for sheep), porcelain, exotic animals that are sold to others for high prices and lumber of which there are lots in the kingdom.The minor resources are iron, coal, and copper, most of them found in the mountain chain on the northern tip of the realm. The rest would be foodstuff that can be grown thanks to the enormous amount of farmland available in the realm.

In terms of industries, porcelain and cotton textiles lead the way, although, they are small and weaker in comparison to other countries. It is yet to see how it will develop.

Religion: Eastern Lindosian

Geography: The geography of the realm is dominated by grasslands and forests, there is a major river to the north and there several smaller in the rest of the realm, in the north there is also a mountain chain called "Suria" that borders the sea.

Population: 4 Million

Demographics: 99% Human

Notable Locations:

The Capital: Maeria

Personalities of Note:

The King of Karesia Wazer Wothar
The Queen of Karesia Merea Leras
The Prince of Karesia Vandron Wothar
The High General of the Karesian Legion Jarwer Zakare

Institutions:
The Karesian Bank.- The Karesian is the institution in charge of collecting money for the government, they do this through their typical lend tactics and some of the money gained this way is given to the state , which then can use to do as it fits. This institution has become vital in the growth of the economy of the nation.

The Parliament.- The parliament in an institution in charge of supervising the king , it can suggest legislations or veto them if they gain a majority. It is composed of mostly nobles.

The Guilds.- The guilds are not very powerful institutions because of the lack of cities and large towns, but they continue to be a part of the realm nonetheless, they often control the business of trade and manufacturing in the nation, most of these guilds are in debt to the Karesian bank one way or another.

The House of Commons.- The House of Commons is an institution in charge of making sure that the people have some representation, they hold even less power that the Parliament but are there anyways.

Military: Mostly composed of guards and retainers , who work on one of the few cities or in villages working for the nobles.
Organization: levy, tactics of spear and bow . The Karesian Legion is mostly focused on shock and raiding doctrine.
Troop Total:
10,000 Karesian Legion (Details to be done)
300,000 max levy
Army:

There isn't actually an standing army except for the Karesian legion that is directly maintained by a collection of nobles and the state, itself, it is one of the most honorable positions in the kingdom and many would give up their posicitions and wealth to be a general or commander in it.

Navy:

The Navy is composed of around 50 ships , a few caravels the most war galleys, there isn't a big merchant fleet either but it can be called upon to serve in navy if necessary

Other:

In terms of siege equipment, there are few , but the strongest living siege machine is the Drakos a beast capable of launching a fireball with its mouth.

Other:
Special traits:

The Ruins of the Lindosian Empire.- In the lands of Karesia there are multiple ruins and monuments of the Lindosian Empire that shape its landscape , sometimes magnificently other times to cause terror and horror, all of those ruins and buildings have been lost to time and very few decided that it was worth to travel to those places, some looking for treasure and others looking for knowledge. Some say that there are magical artifacts in the massive underground complexes of the ruins or the lost palaces, their power unknown to many. Lately, the king of Karesia and some nobles have been patrons of surveying parties going into these ruins to seek those treasures and it seems that many other will follow suit.

Land of Beasts.- The realm of Karesia is soo big and at the same time has an enormous amount of fauna, that is unrivaled both in its beauty and exoticism in the whole world, from giant beasts that can be the size of the biggest mammuths to a minuscule snake with the most poisonous venom. Some of these beasts have been domesticated by the native Karesians, some are terribly good for productiviy in the farms , while others are horrorific and can cause havoc in any town they appear, either way, the people of Karesia have learned to live with them and to use them, avoid the path of the dangerous ones and live a tranquil life.

The Karesian Legion.- In the whole history of Karesia , there has been but one standing force known as the Karesian Legion , it has been in charge of protecting Karesia since its conception, it is composed 10,000 elite riders and beast tamers, their formations are composed of riders of the Kerith , a lizard like beast the size of a bear and with scales that are very difficult to penetrate and their speed can be compared to that of medium horse. The bad side is that their diet is quite exotic and it requires cultivation, that is mostly done by the Legion or sometimes by the crown. They also have some bigger beasts that act as seats for the generals and commander, this often have one or other exotic ability that differentiates them from the rest, although, their numbers are quite small.

Weakness.-

Beast Rampages

Known as the land of the beasts, Karesia while prepared for many contingencies , is sometimes besieged by the largest of the beasts capable of wiping out villages if they ever go mad or have a rampage, sometimes even the capital is affected by such happenings and even the most isolated villages have seen one of the nearby beasts kill a lot of their cattle or worse.

Damned Ruins

The ruins of the Lindosian Empire are considered to be damned one way or the other because they are inhabited by lethal beasts most never seen in the surface, some other ruins inhabited by beings of magic and others by underground tribes , because of these reasons, getting an expedition into of the ruins is a huge gamble and very high risk endeavor so only the bravest of the bravest go into the ruins. Most knowing that they may not return to their homes in one piece or alive.