Noral ! Not a name to start a conquering plan with ? Correct. Noral never set out to conquer anyone.

Someone evidently started claiming, many long years ago, that the people of Noral were very war-like, and loved to conquer people.

They had no need to conquer anyone.

Even the beings living out in the Wildlands quickly learned to leave Noral be.

Humans live here. There are a few high elves and even a few halflings. Not so few as to be a curiosity nor so few as to be strangers to the rest of Noral. Both stay away from the Mountains of Death, the humans who live here don’t ask why.

A committee of advisers assist a King. Town officials are voted on by the locals. Military commanders are appointed by the King with advice from the committee. Both town officials and military commanders can be and have been retired adventurers. Everyone pays the same tax rate… 30 percent. But its not a flat tax. There are a number of things here that require permits. Not a large number of permits, but there is a small bureaucracy that keeps track of such things. While they are not hated, they are not well liked either.

Okay. Has Noral conquered anyone ? They don’t say. But there was a settlement in the nearby reaches of the Mountains of Death where no Noralian lived, but its all Noralians now. Were they conquered, killed off, or asked to move ? Nobody outside Noral knows. Their history books make no mention of it ever being outside Noral, nor being inhabited by anyone not of Noral.

Want to adventure in Noral ? Thats okay, but be certain the paperwork is done before hand.

Want to know more ? Well, if you are traveling through Noral, you might find out more by chatting in the local taverns and bars. But don’t ask too many questions, you may be asked for your scholar’s permit. Which also requires a hefty sum of monies for the permit.

Alignments: LE, a few CG, CE, N, NE, LN. The dominate force here is Law. The chaotics are tolerated as the rest don’t like certain tasks… like killing off non-Noralian villages near the borders.

Parenthetical note: yes, they love their permits. Yes, they have conquered others. But they wont expand into the ‘empty lands’ nearby. And for some reason, they wont talk about, they wont move further into the Mountains of Death.

Yes, taxes are heavy here, as much as 75 percent. And the King demands and gets a Royal Fifth of any treasures found by adventurers. Which can mean as much as two-thirds of the treasure found.

But the subjects are cared for, even in infirmity.

The constant fog, rain, and clouds is a puzzle. Too much of it to be explained by the cold and warm currant meeting off shore. And powerful spell casters who dissipate the clouds have disappeared… so, try to only clear your local area.

This country is one of the places of Last Resort when the hordes of Undead came pouring out of the Mountains of Death. And the first to fully recover. Forces from here helped Trillolara recover their lands.

End of the 10th Age

Human, male, Cleric 7 splint+2, shield+2
( character was given out at a convention for one shot game play)

Religion: Abbey of the Trees, Deity: Miri, tithe: 6 percent

benefits: +3 Save vs. Charm, +1 SR vs. any cleric spell

Str 18, Int 16, Wis 18, Cn 18, Dex 18, Cha 15

Monster burn oil: 6, Lantern oil: zero, age: 30, height: 73 inches, torch: 7 two hour, hair: brown, wieght: 177 pounds, Holy Water: 15, eyes: blue

HP 64

Scroll Neutralize Poison ( 7th level), Scroll Cure Serious Wounds, Scroll Divination (14th level), Wand of Magic Detection

Foot mace +2, War hammer +1, 5 war hammers

He lives in Seascape Keyfirth, capital of Burlan City-State, Teslarc.

He doesn’t know his real name, a few game years ago he woke up in an Inn with a few belongings and rent paid through the rest of the month. The only clue to his past is a small wooden boat, with a side wheel. No shipwright has so far been able to tell him what that thing on the side of the model might be. Some nights, when both of Crestar’s moons are in the sky above his location and he is near a forest, a small light can be seen inside the boat. He has not noticed the light so far.

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Elf, valley; male, Fighter 5/ M-U 4 banded (few pluses), shield

Str 18/74, Int 17, Wis 14, Con 17, Dex 17, Cha 12

Monster burn oil: 10, Lantern oil: 3, age: 184, height: 60 inches,
torch: 6, hair: gray, weight: 110 pounds, Holy Water: 2, eyes: green,

HP 49

Ring of Mountaineering, Ring of Fire Resistance

Long Bow, Long sword ( few pluses), Morning star, Dagger ( few pluses), three spears 5’ long, arrows: 30, silver arrows: 10

M-U spells: 3 level 1, 2 level 2

He lives in Fondfield, Trillolara.

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wood elf, female, Fighter 3/M-U 4 chain (few pluses), shield (few pluses) [ few means 1 to 2 pluses ]

Str 18/75, Int 16, Wis 14, Con 17, Dex 17, Cha 10

Monster burn oil: 4, Lantern oil: 3, age: 190, height: 56 inches, torch: 6, hair: gray, weight: 110 pounds, Holy Water: 2, eyes: green

HP 37

Ring of Feather Fall

Long Bow, Long sword ( few pluses), Morning star, Dagger ( few pluses), arrows: 30, silver arrows: 10

M-U spells: 3 level 1, 2 level 2

She lives in Brillar, Dank Forest.

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