Hermit cities

The City of Tarhall, in the face of repeated nomad raids and sieges, sealed its gates and abandoned its hinterlands. Their consolidation eased the pressures of defense but isolation made them desperate. They had earlier rejected a junior membership in the Troika League and their only ally, Graydon, had allied with a nomadic tribe. Starving and desperate, a trade delegation that had been sent to Chanis established trade with a minor Karri lord. This relationship was a lifeline for the now meager city and culminated in a formal alliance, later vassalship, with the Plague King. This alliance was never tested and was mostly an expression of the value of their trade relationship. Gorunds, weapons, and poisons were Tarhalls main imports. Their associations with the exotic northeast kingdom and use of poison gained the city some disrepute. Their isolation increased and they exclusively traded with Chanis. While rumors of their introduction of diseases are common enough to be considered fact, no direct link has ever been established. The “Tarhall Plague” has been used to refer to many different diseases and pox over the ages.

Graydon was a small city alongside the Nulb Bay and between the Troika and Tarhall. While resource poor its rough terrain and River estuary allowed it to resist the nomads while maintaining their independence. It successfully sealed off all of its entrances save for the main mountain pass. Modern Graydon was formed in the aftermath of the Mountain Lord Siege.

With Graydon’s native aerostat and nomad raiding the Graydon’s have seen limited but irreplaceable use.

Tentative relations have been formed local powers but Northern Nomads have completely disavowed them.