Ragged Coast

The Ragged Coast is one of the most successful of the orc kingdoms in the Darklands. Located on the southern coast of Yethera, tall cliffs and half-submerged rocks form a near impregnable barrier to landing, with only the sheltered opening of the Bay of Swords, close to the centre of the Kingdom's coastline. The capital city of Blades' Breaking lies on the Bay, facing the ruins of the old Legion shipyard, Stormport, in an arrangement repeated in the wider Kingdom. To the west of the city and the Longwater, the land is mostly tamed, incorporating some of the best growing country in the Darklands. To the east, the horrors of the Legion continue to contaminate the Kingdom.
The domestic affairs of the Kingdom are governed by the Master of the Winds, an uruk elected by the populace as represented by the Hunters of the Hundreds, while military concerns are the business of the Storm Queen, an orok chosen from among the leaders of the Army of the Ragged Coast by the Captains of the Hundreds. The Master of the Winds is elected for a five year term, barring a challenge from one of the Hunters of the Hundred, while the Storm Queen is chosen to lead for a period of ten years, but must face an open challenge to defend her rule every year.
There are many towns and farms to the west of the Longwater. To the east, the population is much sparser, with fortified towns - called burghs, or burghal hundreds - scraping a living within the shadowed wilderness. A line of five burghs, the Border Keeps, guard the border with the neighbouring Lowlands.

Type

Geopolitical, Kingdom