Setting Up the Loom

In your canon, you stated that currency is still the same value across the land. But with the Empire breaking up, and various kings and queens setting themselves up as Powers in their own regions, wouldn't it stand to reason that as a way to generate more income for their own lands, they would devalue currency from other lands--or even forcing the people/merchants to exchange other currency into their own (for a nominal fee, of course...)?

• grabs a cannoli*

Grazie.

• catches a glimpse of Guido & Nunzio standing in the shadows, cracking their knuckles*

Right, no guns or gunpowder. What about crossbows?

And manned flight? Do they have hot air balloons? Either tethered or free flying?

It's a bit of all of the above. As described on the official world map, the North Realm is comprised of "snow-covered forests and hills, icy lakes, and narrow, steep-sided bays."

The North Realm technically covers the white (ice) portion of the upper continent and everything north of the upper continent as shown on the map (i.e., any islands and glaciers - both the large ones on the map and the countless smaller ones not shown).

House Vakur's reach also includes much of the boreal area along and below the tundra line.

The once distinct borders that demarcated the different areas each Greater House was originally responsible for have long since blurred, if not had themselves totally redrawn. Unlike the Illuminated Peaks and Middle Kingdom (both of which have aggressively asserted themselves as independent kingdoms since The Destruction and taken steps to both tighten and expand their borders), the High Hills and North Realms have taken a less active stance.

The result is the area controlled by House Vakur has recently begun to shrink along its borders with Houses Ishi and Vanth. Interestingly, House Vakur has actually somewhat expanded its control along the High Hills border, though its reasons are not clear at this time (Far Sight is said to be anything but a rational experience, and spending too much time looking along the spectrum of time is rumored to send a person down a path of slow insanity).

But, much like the rest of Gallidon, borders are in flux, and the old rules no longer (always) apply...

Scott Walker
World Steward

• cracks knuckles*

• opens up a blank page*

• queues up Pandora radio*

• puts on headphones*

• cranks volume to drown out wife's TV program*

• kicks characters out of his mind and onto the page*

And so it begins...

Isn't that special? Pop up my first submission and make a capitalization error on the title. Great way to WOW y'all. =(

At any rate, fire in the hole!