Play will take place in the newly formed Kingdom of Yggsdreth, ruled by Linnorm King Freidold Jyadson and Queen Kessa Surtova. Founded in the Stolen Lands when Freidold managed to single-handedly defeat a Craig Linnorm and take its head to Baroness Kessa Surtova in the burgeoning capital of Stagfall a year ago, Yggsdreth faces pressures from all sides as bandits, trolls, and rival nations seek to tear it apart from within and without.
A mix of river freedoms and Viking-esque glory await those brave enough to enter into the King’s service as explorers, monster hunters, and potentially even advisors to the new King and Queen, where the dangerous and ugly world of politics will reveal even greater dangers. PCs are attracted to the new Kingdom out of a sense of adventure and glory.
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King (His Majesty) Freidold Jyadson bold, enthusiastic, sharp-witted
Queen (Her Majesty) Kessa Surtova determined, thoughtful, vibrant
Culture Secretary (Counselor) Mimi Broadstick gregarious, seductive, vivacious
Diplomatic Secretary (Counselor) Sandra Surtova assertive, exacting, unflappable
General (General) Holta Seigrid courageous, disciplined, serious
High Priestess (Her Eminence) Lialunna Thestria calm, ecumenical, pious
Magister (His Magnificence) Kregler Dushovn brilliant, experimental, ruthless
Warden (His Honor) Kurdegarde Juldolme bureaucratic, efficient, rigid
Seneschal (High Counselor) Frita Seigrid emphatic, observant, reconciliatory
Treasury Secretary (Counselor) Wendel Piercer dry, spendthrift, timid
Marshal (Marshal) Gingertucker Mosswaxer curious, devoted, whimsical
River travel and road travel are both necessary to trade, protection, population growth, and resource management.
Leveton at the northern border is an expansion of Oleg's Trading Post, a stop on the road from Brevoy to New Stetven. It has grown as trade between Yggsdreth and Brevoy expands, and feeds goods into the kingdom.
Sootville increasingly grows in importance, both due to its kobold-run silver mine and due to its function as a gateway to the rest of the kingdom for the farmsteads of the Shrike Hills and plains north, the kingdom's breadbasket.
Thorncross, Nettlerest, and Steadbridge act as waystops for both land- and water-based travel (often places where trade from one mode of transportation to another switch over), as well as fords/bridges for the waterways they are located on.
Westwatch, Tazzleford, and Torfoot are primarily military settlements, watching the border areas, and offering a first stop for foreign visitors to Yggsdreth. Tazzleford slightly less so than the other two, as it was founded by gnomes seeking to take advantage of natural springs in the area and has only recently seen an increase in military presence as the bandits of the Narlmarches increase their resistance to lawful rule with rumored support from neighboring Pitax.
The Silver Road has recently been expanded past Torfoot in its stretch from Leveton, to reach all the way to the independent town of Silverstep. Yggsdreth and its eastern neighbor Varnia have been attempting to woo the Silversteppers to join their competing interests, and the expense of expanding the road was part of this effort. Speculation runs about the road to Silverstep was part of an effort to expand the road all the way to Varnia's capital Varnhold.
