The Duchy of Starprius

Starprius-The North Eastern Duchy of Tralhalion

Starprius is a land governed by Law. Its cities, mostly situated along its coast, are efficient, well run and orderly. it’s a land of plenty with well watered fields and bright, thrifty industrious people. The cities are organized on a regular pattern and the written word is taken very seriously here. The land is home to many scribes, scholars, writers and artist. They are excellent sailors and merchants and accountants.
Settled long ago it is one of the oldest of the Duchies and life proceeds here in a civilized fashion. It was chosen for settlement due to the offshore islands that provided safe bases for initial locations. As a result it, like its traditional nemesis Zeeland, it has little threat from humanoids although the insectile threats are manifold due to the unique geography of the land.
The area upland of the coastal plain is made up primarily of limestone, the most recent levels are filled with holes, tunnels, caverns and a landscape that can shoot suddenly upwards or downwards hundreds of feet. The strangeness of these lands is compounded by the fact that here, as in Mornpale, strange pre-Tralhali human ruins can be found here. Sometimes these ruins are at odd angles to the rest of the landscape as well. These can be exposed by weather or the all too frequent earthquakes and are often filled with dangerous and bizarre creatures and magics. Fortunately, these areas are well known and not frequented by many humans. They also give the area some of its strangest cities and locales, spectacular really, just very strange.
The Duchy is ruled by the Kaligan family of the bloodline of the great Star Eagle and traces its lineage back nearly 1500 years. Birds and other creatures of the air are popular pets here and the recent influx of exotic feathered beasts from the Sunsward Isles has reinvigorated that interest. Trained birds are commonplace and falconry is popular. Kites and flying spells and abilities are popular as well. The cities are the most like Spindle Cities in that regard, but magic is still rare here.