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The capital city of Haearann, or the Iron Kingdom, located on the Boiling Sea island of Ironholm, several hundred leagues off the western coast of Rosaria. Its name means “charred rock” in the Haearanni tongue.

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One of Valisthea’s five remaining Mothercrystals, located on the volcanic isle known to the Ironblood as Beinn Leodladh, in the seas between Rosaria and the Iron Kingdom. Though its occupation can historically be traced to the duchy, control of the crystal was recently wrested from Rosaria’s grasp by the Crusade following a series of bitter conflicts.

After the Mother’s Fall
A Mothercrystal that once commanded the waters between Rosaria and the Iron Kingdom. After centuries of bitter conflict, the Ironblood took control of the crystal and the island upon which it stood. That is, until the year 878 when the sacred spire was brought crashing down by none other than Cid the Outlaw.

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A solitary volcanic isle rising from a brutal and unforgiving sea. Known in the Ironblood tongue as Beinn Leodladh, it was once a province of Rosaria, but eventually fell to the Crusaders, who consider it both a gateway to the continent of Storm, and, more importantly, the wellspring of their faith: the Mothercrystal known as Drake’s Breath.

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A surprise attack launched by the Iron Kingdom on the Duchy of Rosaria in the year 860. Rosaria was critically weakened at the time, having lost Archduke Elwin Rosfield and been plunged into chaos in the aftermath of the attack on Phoenix Gate. The Ironblood unleashed a wave of murderous destruction on the Rosarians, and returned home with human spoils in the form of countless young women and children—Jill Warrick among them.

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A religion dedicated to the worship of the Mothercrystals. Its priesthood enjoy great power, with the the Patriarch—leader and chief shepherd of the faithful—the most powerful of all. While best known as the state religion of the insular Iron Kingdom, it was once practiced throughout Valisthea. To its believers, the Mothercrystals are literal gods, and the wasteful expenditure of aether through the use of magic is strictly forbidden. As such, those who do use magic— Dominants and Bearers both—are seen as sub-human abominations.

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The fighting forces of the Iron Kingdom. Ultimate command rests with the king, who issues orders directly to the commanders of each of his battalions. Ironblood soldiers generally prefer heavy clubs and great axes over swords and other lighter weapons. This rather brutal approach is indicative of their overall attitude, which has earned them a reputation on the continent as savage, if somewhat primitive warriors.

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Also known in the local tongue as Haearann, the Iron Kingdom is an archipelago nation situated off the west coast of Storm, with its capital at Creag Loisgte. The Mothercrystal, Drake’s Breath, rises from a volcanic island situated just within…or without…its borders (depending on whom you ask), and has been the subject of long-standing conflict between the Ironblood and the neighboring Duchy of Rosaria. The Iron Kingdom’s inhabitants shun any contact with outsiders, which has given rise to a unique=, if largely inward-looking, culture.

Faith Unbending

An archipelago nation situated off the west coast of Storm, with its capital at Creag Loisgte. The Mothercrystal, Drake’s Breath, rises from a volcanic island situated just within its borders, and is worshipped as a god, just as the state religion—the Crystalline Orthodox—dictates. This same religion decrees the use of magic to be anathema, and the Bearers and Dominants who use it to be sinful aberrations, leading to even greater discrimination than that suffered by their brethren on the mainland. Given their stated desire to control all the Mothers, the Ironblood’s attitude to other nations is one of indelible antagonism.

The Patriarch

An island nation situated off the west coast of Storm, with its capital at Creag Loisgte. Despite being nominally a monarchy, the Patriarch, the most powerful priest of the Crystalline Orthodoxy, is in truth the most powerful person in the kingdom. He rules from the isle of Beinn Leodladh—more commonly known in Storm as Mt. Drustanus—on which sits the Mothercrystal, Drake’s Breath, focal point of the faith. Here, countless Bearers kidnapped from their homes in Storm and Ash are made to suffer in the name of a religion which deems them less than human.

After the Fall of Drake’s Breath

An island nation situated off the west coast of Storm, with its capital at Creag Loisgte. In the year 878, its Mothercrystal, Drake’s Breath, was destroyed in an attack launched by Cid the Outlaw. The loss of the crystal, and of the Patriarch—chief of the priests who served it—plunged the kingdom into chaos, leaving this monarchy wanting for a leader beyond its politically impotent royalty.

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The Mothercrystal Drake’s Breath, held by the Iron Kingdom since before the fall of the Duchy of Rosaria, was destroyed in the year 878. When its heart was shattered, the ensuing destruction took with it not just Mount Drustanus, but the entire isle of Beinn Leodladh. Imreann, Patriarch of the faith known as the Crystalline Orthodoxy, was also killed in the attack.

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