The Province of Alder

The Province of Alder is a coastal territory set somewhere on the western coast of Kohomas, the main continent.

Location and Description
The Province of Alder is a territory of great proportion set somewhere on the western coast of Kohomas. Sheltered by nigh impassable mountains on every direction short of the west coast and the south, only two other territories border it: the territory of Malton to the south and the territory of Zartanian which can be reached via a small mountainous pass to the north-east. One great river also cut the territory in two.

Thriving with monstrous activity, the whole territory was considered in the ancient times as a 'no mans land', a taboo territory in which any civilized creature would eventually die and suffer an horrible fate without the backup of a whole army. It was even rumored, before the cleansing which eventually led to the creation of the the city of Alderaan, that the monstrous parties settled there even began to build numerous monstrous civilizations of their own. Goblins and orcs, in particular, were common place all over the plains now occupied by the humans. Many unverified rumors also reported many dragon lairs all over the territory, especially in the northern mountains now occupied by the mountain dwarves of Goldston.

Because of the nature of the occupation before the great cleansing, very little if anything of long date is accurately known about this territory.

Origin
Roughly a millennium ago, a great alliance of humans, dwarves and elves invaded thru the north-east mountainous pass and fought their way to the hearth of the territory, claiming it back to civilization at the cost of countless lives. After securing victory, the survivors divided the land as follow: the great plains of the south-west to the humans, the forests of the north and east to the elves and the mineral rich mountains of the north to the dwarves.

Of the three communities, the relatively young humans were having the biggest difficulty adapting and evolving in a land still continuously under attack from the survivors of the defeated monstrous armies. Farms were regularly pillaged and destroyed, villages hardly ever had time to grow enough in size to build up a decent defense and the remaining human army wasn't quick or strong enough to defend all this newly acquired land on its own. Noticing the dire trouble of their past allies and realizing that they would risk being overwhelmed themselves if the humans were defeated and forced to leave, the elves decided to step in and come to the aid of the now scattered humans. Still not enough, the elven envoys delved diplomatically into the human realm and banded them back together in a single place which would hopefully eventually be way easier to defend. The humans, subscribing to the idea, in turn enlisted the help of the creative mountain dwarves for the completion of a huge project which would later on be known as The walled city of Alder and further along as Alderaan.

The old alliance rebuilt and order partially restored to the land, Alderaan grew in size and eventually prospered almost exponentially under the influence of its greatest renewable resource: adventurers. With lesser magic items plentiful in the region, remnant of the huge colonization army mostly destroyed in the fighting, and a never-ending source of adventures and problems to be solved, Alderaan eventually became known continent wide for its heroes and riches gathered in a single location in the realm. It is a well known fact that you can find about anything you want in Alderaan given that you are ready to pay the price and many a proverbial saying testify of this fact continent wide.

Well known locations

 * The walled capital city of Alderaan
 * Fort William
 * The Golden Griphon Inn
 * The Crazy Tower
 * Alderaan's External Harbor
 * The North Bridge

Known Proeminent figures

 * The general Alder
 * The dwarf mountain King
 * The Human King