North
Draveth North
The north is shaped by the Frostfang shelf: frozen ports, wolf-pine ridges, and the only guarded road that drops from the ice into the heart of Valdris.
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Karfrost KeepRimegateSkallmere FjordWorld Atlas / The Six Crowns
Valdris Territory Map
Valdris is a cold-to-scorched crescent continent split by the Crownflow basin. Draveth holds the glacial north, Aeryn the eastern high vales, Morrow the storm-lashed western archipelago, Caldris the ironwood west, Vael the river-rich south-center, and Solarn the furnace coast. The Seat of Valdris stands above the mid-continent crossings where mountain roads, fen roads, and river trade converge.
Territories30
Strongholds7
Sea Zones6
Supply Centers20
East
Aeryn Vale
Aeryn rules the eastern escarpments where the Galewall Peaks fall into mist valleys and bright coastal cliffs above Sapphire Sound.
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Stormcrest EyrieGalevaultMistral ValeIslands and West Coast
Morrow Reach
The Morrow coast is broken into knife-edged islands, raider harbors, and reef passages that turn the western sea into a moving fortress.
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Stormwake IslesDuskharborReefmaw CayWest
Caldris Marches
Caldris commands the westward marches: lion-banner hill keeps, red river crossings, and deep ironwood roads tied to a rich gulf harbor.
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Lionmarch HoldGildrun PortRedfen CrossingSouth-center
Vael Basin
Vael sits astride the Crownflow floodplain where the river splits around orchards, grain flats, and the neutral roads leading toward the Iron Seat.
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RosewatchCrownflow PortLarkplainSouth
Solarn South
Solarn spans the furnace coast: ochre dunes, ash-washed ravines, and sun-struck ports guarding the warm southern gulf.
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Auric SpireEmberwakeSaffron DunesTerritory Index
Karfrost Keep
dravethA black-stone keep anchored on the northern ice shelf where Draveth longships can launch even in hard frost.
Port / Stronghold / Supply Center
Rimegate
dravethThe main north road passes beneath its frostbitten towers before descending toward the central basin.
Land / Castle / Supply Center
Wolfpine Reach
dravethDense dark conifers cover the ridges above the thaw line, forming the shield wall between north and west.
Land / Supply Center
Skallmere Fjord
dravethA steep-cut fjord with wharf caverns hidden under broken cliffs west of the Frostfang shelf.
Port / Supply Center
Shiver Sea
dravethA polar lane of slate water and ice drift linking the northern coast to both the western raider routes and the eastern sound.
Sea
Stormcrest Eyrie
aerynA cliff-fast citadel above the Galewall passes, built where the storm line breaks against the eastern peaks.
Land / Stronghold / Supply Center
Galevault
aerynAeryn's wind-lashed customs port, built into pale cliff vaults above the eastern surf.
Port / Castle / Supply Center
Mistral Vale
aerynA sheltered mountain vale threaded by cold streams and switchback roads descending toward the center.
Land / Supply Center
Glassmere Step
aerynA polished shelf of pale rock and alpine lakes forming the last plateau before the land falls to the sea.
Land
Sapphire Sound
aerynThe bright eastern sound curves along the cliff line and stays passable even when the northern sea ices over.
Sea
Stormwake Isles
morrowThe kraken banner flies over a ring of basalt islands joined by tide bridges and hidden anchorages.
Port / Stronghold / Supply Center
Duskharbor
morrowA slate-walled harbor city at the edge of the Morrow chain where raids launch under evening fog.
Port / Castle / Supply Center
Reefmaw Cay
morrowA low coral-rock cay surrounded by breakers that only Morrow pilots know how to cross at speed.
Port / Supply Center
Saltthorn Strand
morrowA rough west-coast strand of salt grass, ship timber, and cliff paths linking the islands to the mainland.
Land
Blackwake Sea
morrowThe western deepwater, notorious for black swells and fast raider crossings between Morrow and the northern fjords.
Sea
Lionmarch Hold
caldrisCaldris's western hill keep watches the lion roads where upland ore and timber descend toward the gulf.
Land / Stronghold / Supply Center
Gildrun Port
caldrisA rich western harbor at the mouth of the Gildrun, where Caldris toll houses sit over every dock and river gate.
Port / Castle / Supply Center
Redfen Crossing
caldrisA broad causeway over ferric marshland where westbound armies must choose between the river road and the crown road.
Land / Supply Center
Ironwood Reach
caldrisThick western forest and old cart roads stretch here, turning the Caldris rear country into a stubborn marching ground.
Land
Cinderbank Bay
caldrisA warm southwest bay stained by red silt and forge ash from the Caldris riverworks.
Sea
Seat of Valdris
vaelThe Iron Seat rises on a basalt hill over the Crownflow forks, neutral at the start but central to every campaign.
Land / Stronghold / Supply Center
Rosewatch
vaelVael's rose-banner citadel guards the orchards and levy roads south of the central throne hill.
Land / Stronghold / Supply Center
Crownflow Port
vaelWhere the Crownflow broadens into a navigable channel, Vael's river castle controls grain barges and southern tolls.
Port / Castle / Supply Center
Larkplain
vaelA fertile grain flat crossed by levy tracks and causeways where river fog sits low over the fields at dawn.
Land / Supply Center
Jadewater
vaelThe green southern reach where warm currents meet the Crownflow delta and open into the south sea.
Sea
Auric Spire
solarnA radiant watchtower on the furnace coast, built above copper cliffs that glow at sundown.
Port / Stronghold / Supply Center
Emberwake
solarnSolarn's lower harbor burns beacon braziers through the night to guide fleets around the southern reefs.
Port / Castle / Supply Center
Saffron Dunes
solarnHigh ochre dunes and caravan wells form the inland approach to Solarn's coast road.
Land / Supply Center
Scarlet Wash
solarnA sun-scoured ravine plain of red stone channels that floods briefly after rare southern storms.
Land
Sunfire Gulf
solarnThe warm southern gulf bends from the eastern sound into the delta reach, making Solarn the gatekeeper of deep southern trade.
Sea