Kingdom Details

Kingdom of Xuress

General

Alignment: LE
Government Type:Monarchy
Prominanant Deities: Nerull, Sekolah, Surtur, Vecna, Wee Jas
Primary Coinage: Gems
Secondary Coinage: Soul Gems
Motto: Through Knowledge and Strength, we will persevere

Navy

Xuress primarily faces threats from its ocean borders since the elves to the north are content to hide behind the barrier created by the Realm Guardians. For this reason, they have built up a substantial navy. Most of the patrol ships are run with a literal skeleton crew and a single living captain who must be a citizen of the kingdom. These patrol ships are authorized to attack, kill and/or capture any creature or vessel that is found to be unlawfully sailing in Xuress seas. This means that most of these ships double as fishing vessels and/or raiders. Each ship is equipped with a magical crystal that monitors the ship's activities and is replaced each time a ship puts into port. This prevents the captain from lying about their activities and allows the kingdom to tax its' captains appropriately for any profit gained from their voyages. While captains are allowed to augment their fleets with additional ships, the expenses involved in doing so are the sole responsibility of the captain. For this reason most are content to maximize the profits of the government-provided and maintained ships.

Alignment: The kingdom’s alignment represents the majority outlook and behavior of the people within that kingdom when they’re considered as a group. Individual citizens and even some leaders may be of different alignments.

Government: This entry lists how the settlement is governed and ruled.

Monarchy: Power is determined by the bloodline of a historical figure that was the "First King". This bloodline exists in one or more present day families. These elites have ruled kingdom since its inception, and manipulated the power structure to ensure they remain in power.

Coinage: These entries lists what coin sets are accepted in major towns and cities directly. Smaller settlements typically only accept the primary coin. Any other kind of coin must be converted by a money changer into one of the listed coin sets.