Danos

Danos was originally a place of primarily gnomes, elves and halflings. Nowadays it is inhabited by all races. The culture of Danos is now a melting pot of all races. Danos is geographically a broadleaf forest biome, and thematically high-fantasy. The capital city is Elridge. Trade routes are primarily land ones, since most of the sea routes are difficult. The demographics of Danos are roughly 50% human, 17% halfling, 13% gnome, 11% dwarf, 8% half elf, 1% elf.

Cleyden is a portside city in the north.

Cliffburgh is home to a popular and well known tavern, where great artists perform, like world famous bard Elijah. Population about 1000. Woodcutting town. A part of the municipality of Cleyden. Village leader is Baron Verner Chen.

Elridge is a densely populated capital city of Danos located in a small mountain range by the sea.

Triton is a fairly large, unwalled city in an important location for travel between the western Kinsian states, and Elridge. It gets a lot of travelers and merchants moving through to Elridge and the northern Danosian towns. Sea travel to and from Triton is impossible, due to the Rocky Bay, which prevents all sea travel due to low sea levels and jagged rocks in the water.

Lodden is another integral city of Danos, located in the southwest. The city is located on top of a large plateau, and it is has a wooden wall surrounding it. Most of the travel which happens between Keris and the western Kinsian states happens through here.

Pinestead is a woodcutting town in eastern Danos. It is a part of the seat of the Pinestead municipality.

Copperton is a historically dwarven mining town with the majority of its population being dwarves. They have a large mine in the Danosian Mountains where they mine copper, iron and coal. The town is located at the foot of the mountains, and on the edge of Cardinal Lake. Cardinal lake got its name from Cardinal's which tend to fly around the lake a lot. The town, and it's population was destroyed by Kolathis the death knight. After Kolathis' fall, Copperton was rebuilt and became part of the Pinestead municipality, with a new leader in Baron Galvin Castevohn. After the dragons of Telfaruhm were slain, the town saw a large part of its dwarven population migrate back to the mountains to rebuild the dwarven kingdom, leaving Copperton with the smallest population it's ever seen.

Jent is a small fishing town on the eastern border of Danos, by the Telfaruhm mountains. The town was destroyed by the blue dragons Crysius and Raniax, but was rebuilt upon their demise. The town has a dock, only a small temple, a single inn, and a single tavern, and a stone monument for the champions of Pinestead, a group of 4 adventurers from Jent who gave their lives to defeat the blue dragons. The town is part of the Pinestead municipality. The baron of Jent is baron Saul.

Crosswick is a small town located on the south side of Cardinal lake, along the southern Danosian trade road, north of Dansport. The town is a part of the Dansport municipality, and it is overseen by lord Nate Heddle, a minor nobleman who is a vassal of Count Nicolas Pike of Dansport. The small towns main attractions are its bustling marketplace, and its renowned inn simply called the Old Inn. The market of Crosswick, due to the towns location, is a very large and active one. The Old Inn is similarly busy, and receives tons of different kinds of visitors, for better and worse. The Old Inn was the foundation for the towns creation in the first place long ago. There are about a hundred small stone houses in the town as well as a small stone temple.

Dansport is the primary seafaring city of Danos, and one of the largest cities in the country. Having the main seaport into the southern ocean Dansport is the primary sea trade city. Dansport is the seat of the larger Dansport municipality, which includes towns and villages in south-eastern Danos. Dansport is ruled by house Pike, and Count Nicolas Pike is the current ruler. Dansport is protected by a ring of walls, high and strong. The city is renowned for its goldwork and goldsmiths, its massive amount of fishing, and its spiced honey wine. Dansport is policed by the well-trained City Watch. Dansport has high quality brothels.

The Danosian Council is a council of nobles recently established to aid the young queen in managing the country. The council includes:


 * Diandra Solomon of Elridge, council leader
 * Kel Arastin Berihm of Elridge
 * Cedrion Terrick of Pinestead
 * Aldwin Terrick of Pinestead
 * Logarius Finley of Triton
 * Nicolas Pike of Dansport

Small villages:


 * Gumstick: A small northern village which revolted against the rule of Danos in 3133, attempting to free themselves from taxes and create a communist autocracy. They failed, and ultimately everyone in the village died. Thereafter, the village was overtaken by goblinoids from the Kingswood.
 * Grumpton: A small riverside village. Has a large and devoted base of Nadinis worshipers, due to the influence of the renowned cleric of nature, Albyn.
 * Demming: A simple and small village on the side of the road near the dangerous Humia forest, who pay large taxes to Dansport in return for protection and goods.