One of the larger kingdoms in the Ostlands, Lortharain extends from the borders of the Freezing Sea in the north to the Nostrian Sea in the south. On Lortharain's eastern borders are the Kingdoms of Ermstad and Gothia, who have long been rivals to it. The Kerek Mountains on the southwest, however, have served as a natural boundary between Lortharain and Navagorn that neither kingdom has had the strength, will, or opportunity to violate with much frequency. Finally, the island Kingdom of Sornia, to the northwest of Lortharain by way of the Freezing Sea, has often been caught in the middle of Lortharain's conflicts with the kingdoms of the Cardigalian Islands farther west, but has, so far, remained independent.
Like most kingdoms in the Ostlands, Lortharain is a feudal realm divided into many fiefs of varying sizes. The kings are not particularly strong in this realm, and the dukes wield much of the real power. The Ostlands, generally, are dominated by humans, and a few friendly dwarf and elf settlements are not unheard of, but many monsters rove the untamed lands between these sparks of civilization that could so easily be snuffed out.
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