Pomarj The

This rich peninsula was originally a collection of petty states under the protection of the Prince of Ulek. Not content with this status, the nobles of this area forswore their oaths and drove out the garrisons of the sovereign’s castles, taking them for their own. For several decades the Pomarj prospered under this new freedom, the mines in the Drachensgrab and sea trade making noble and commoner alike rich.

However, in the Hateful Wars (498-510 CY), the combined Ulek states, with cooperation from Veluna and the demi-humans of the Kron Hills, broke the power of the Euroz and Jebli hordes which had nested in the Lortmils and were attempting to spread into the lands around. These humanoids were finally driven out and scattered – some fleeing northward toward the Yatils, but most (having wiser leadership) taking to the Suss forest and thence to the rugged mountains of the Pomarj. Finding the humans there weak and indolent, the invaders attacked quickly, captured the strongholds, and then set themselves up as masters of the whole peninsula.

There are undoubtedly renegade humans helping these invaders, and mercenaries as well – bought and paid for by the gold from the Stoneheim mines and the moonstones and cairngorms from the high peaks as well. A relief force of dwarves and men from the Prince crossed the Jewel River but were turned back after a fierce battle below the Hilly pastures. The humanoids have not often dared to cross into Ulek, hut their raiders cause much trouble in the Wild Coast.

Population: 20,000 (?)
Demi-humans: None
Humanoids: Orcs ( 15,000), Goblins (10,000), others
Resources: silver, electrum, gold, gems (I, II)