The Duchy of Pragen

Pragen-The South Eastern Duchy of Tralhalion

Pragen is a land with a deceptive appearance. From its towering white cliffed coastline with its treacherous shoals and currents to the majestic mountains that form its northern and western borders, the land is one vast tableland of hills, dales and rolling green lands. While strange geoglyphs and ancient stone monuments dot the landscapem the land is home to vast herds of animals, primarily horses. The villages here are small and located on hilltops for defense against marauding humanoids as the somewhat chaotic peoples and tribes only recently settled down from their nomadic ways. The only large town is that of Portdeep, located at the mouth of the Winding Deep river that stretches nearly the length of the duchy. Only in the north does a break in the mountains allow “commerce” with its neighbor, Starprius.
And it is from Starprius that the problems of Pragen usually came, for the settlers from there saw the land as one big opportunity and have traditionally warred with it and annexed large sections of it from the city it New Celestan, which was once a Pragen town devoted to astrology and research of skies it has became a military and provincial capital of the Starprian conquered lands. Only recently as a result of its’ alliance with Naxos have the Pragen been able to begin to free their lands and push back the invaders. In addition to the Alliance, the native development of a new type of warfare based on well-defended mobile camps and cavalry drawn wagons loaded with shielded crossbowmen and pole weapon users has been so effective has this been that they have managed to free about one third of the conquered lands of the Duchy. Under the impressive generalship of Jaan Hziske the flamboyant warrior sorcerer and leader of the Duchy they hope to free the rest soon. In addition to his victories on the battlefield it is political savvy and modernizing beliefs of Jaan that have turned the tide for the Pragen. Tribal centers are becoming villages and cities. While plenty of people still live in their traditional ways they are beginning to come into their own as well.