The High Kingdoms

The High Kingdoms are a loosely linked group of mountain kingdoms stretching from the Jade Kingdom bordering the Giant Lands to the Kingdom of Glass bordering the Goblin Mines. Although they share many customs such as their strict class system with the High Lords at the top they were not always united and had many wars in the past before the treaties that brought them together as one loosely connected confederation.

The Lords of the High Kingdoms rule over their lands with absolute power, but they have succumbed to their own greed and this has allowed the Sorcerers, who dangle the promise of power before them, to reach very high positions in the class system of the Lords. As such Sorcery is very tightly controlled in the High Kingdoms and there are many rules to dictate who can practice Sorcery and who cannot.

Unfortunately, in their obsession with class and position the High Lords sought to control who could weild these powers, but they neglected to control what kinds of Sorcery could be practiced. The Sorcerers of the High Kingdoms practice their Sorcery without limit. They must take care only to remain in the good graces of the High Lords and any experiments which the High Lords might find untasteful are practiced either behind the High Lords' backs or in other lands, such as the Giant Lands.

Let it not be forgotten that the Sorcery of the High Kingdoms is what ignited and then fanned the flames of the Giant Wars. That their meddling in our lands is what turned Giant against Giant and began our long road of misery 27 years ago.

Let it not be forgotten also that it was because of the meddling of the High Kingdoms that our people decided, in the first meeting of the Council to end the Giant Wars, that the Traveler Dakarai of the Giant Lands should be sent to the Travelers' Circle to obtain a ban on travel into the Giant Lands so that our people may be free to solve our problem without Sorcerer meddling diguised as harmless trade or well-meant aid.

~ Fujo (Year 27 of the Giant Wars)

There is now a Traveler Ban on the High Kingdoms. The letter from the Record Keeper of the Travelers' Circle states (without detail) that the crimes we suspected the Sorcerers of the High Kingdoms of committing in our lands have now been proven to have been carried out in other lands as well.

~Fujo (Year 28 of the Giant Wars)

The Traveler Ban on the High Kingdoms has now been endorsed by the Inner Circle. The elders of Tiger City are convinced that this is why that large group of sorcerers attacked our borders a few days ago. The High Kingdoms will suffer from the loss of trade and the greedy High Lords will seek to steal our resources if they can.

~Fujo (Year 34 of the Giant Wars)

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