Kingdom of Eutoria
The kingdom of Eutoria is a small kingdom in the northern Bularian Plain and the southern edge of The Dragonpeaks. It was part of the Aurean Empire before being severed by the fall of the The Southern Passes in 4835 AY. The people of Eutoria still retain a cultural connection to the empire, though the fall of the Southern Passes has made transport that does not involve flying (such as by hippogriff) or magic impossible, and the kingdom has been self-governing ever since. The kingdom maintains that it seeks reintegration into the empire if it ever becomes practical.
Since it's severing, Eutoria has continued to lose control of territory in the Dragonpeaks. This has cost it access to the areas valuable mines, and with the fall of the Southern Passes severing it's major trade routes the kingdom's economy is now based almost entirely around agriculture. As orc and goblinoid raiders have increasingly targeted the fertile land close to the mountains, this has increasingly taken the form of herding. Some Eutorian herders have even taken up a nomadic lifestyle similar to the Bularian Riders, leading to a decrease in the area's settled population.
Much of the kingdom, especially in the north within the mountains, is protected from raiders by a series of forts, the largest and most important being the fortress city of Eutoria, the eponymous capital and northernmost possesion of the kingdom. It's massive set of double walls have protected the city from several sieges and have blocked any force of significant size from moving south from the Southern Passes. However, the kingdoms decreasing wealth and population has made it more and more difficult to adequately garrison, making some worry about how much longer it may last.
History
Before the fall of the Southern Passes, the plains made up the province of Eutoria Inferior, while the mountain areas were part of the province of Eutoria Superior. The former was annexed by the empire in 1536 AY, while the latter was consolidated into the empire during it's first few decades.
