Castle Gazlas
The academy of princes, on the borders of Kardik and the great dark forest. Visitors may admire the walls; the students are rather well guarded.
Praetoria is a land of strong kings and long memories. Centuries of war ended with the Treaty of Gazlas, under which the royal and high-noble children of the member kingdoms are schooled together at the castle academy of Gazlas — the theory being that it is hard to declare war on your old classmates. A great dark forest fills the south-centre; the Falkiri Highlands rise in the north-west; a yellow desert band crosses the north.
Bureau advice: Travellers who enter the great dark forest rarely come back with directions. The Bureau does not organise excursions there.
Don’t miss
Kardik
The largest and most powerful kingdom on the continent: great armies, fertile lands, and a strong say in the running of Gazlas.
Praetor
The oldest kingdom, which gave the continent its name. Well respected, populous — and said to have the weakest king.
Kastia’s bay
A remote coastal kingdom whose towns ring a fertile bay beneath steep mountains. It keeps to itself, treaty or no treaty.
Voltair
A long western seaboard of ports, fisheries and salt pans. Its ships range widely; a good place to find onward passage.
The Falkiri Highlands
High, cold country and home of the Hawkmen, who glide from the cliffs on wingsuits. Falkiri stands outside the treaty and receives few guests.
