Western Duchy

The Western Duchy of Dreibach is one of the five duchies of the Dreibach Empire. Its border begins west of the Kriegorokh Keep and ends somewhere in the Western Woods, where the ownership of the territory by the Empire is disputed. The Western Duchy has the sparsest Human and Halfling population of the five duchies of Dreibach. The threat from two of the more bellicose Prairie Clans, the Prostomurakhim and the Pack of the Black Claw, keeps significant populations from developing easily. The semi-arid climate also makes large-scale agriculture difficult. In the modern day, the Western Duchy consists of a single county, County Westane. At the height of the Kingdom of Dreibach, a second jurisdiction called County Pyraine encompassed the land from Tygrar through the northern reaches of the Hephaestan Ridge. However, this was only the case during a period of particular hardship for the town of Tygrar and its protectors, the Torch of Tygrar. Once they were able, they forcibly overtook the count's palace and have refused to host landed gentry or nobility since. Therefore, Tygrar (despite being the largest settlement in the duchy) is no longer formally part of a county, nor does it host the ducal palace.

The town of Tygrar.

by Raeky

The edge of the Western Woods at Midland Grove, often considered the western border of the duchy.

Type

Geopolitical, Duchy

Power Structure

Dependent territory

Gazetteer

The town of Tygrar and its surrounding farmlands and villages
The western portion of the Dovrian Plains
Prostokovich Ridge, a symbolic seat of power and site of many battles between the Prairie Clans
Some portion of the easternmost edge of the Western Woods, though the exact border is heavily disputed

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