The Land Of 5 Kings

Within the "Crownsblood Woods" resides five independent Kingdoms, once rules by the "Elru'Zar"

(Emperor Of Elru), until the lords of the, back then thirteen, trade cities separated themselves following the fall of Zar'Oridan. A series of wars were fought over several decades, known as The Clash Of Crowns where the lands shifted hands numerous times before ending as the five kingdoms we know today. While the kings fight their wars, which has not quite come to an end might I add, the people fight their own battles, for poverty and hunger in most of these lands are as common as snow in the north. The wealth and reign of these "Kings" are not quite as vast as one might usually associate with kingdoms, but monarchies it is nonetheless, tyrannies a few might even say. Only "Qazul" and "Mineeshi" are accessible by outsiders, as the corrupt guards and limitless crime is a sure death sentence for any with bright skin within "Najan" "Arikh" and "Qig'Hada", and so not much is known about the three middle lands.

Qazul
Qazul is the only land with proper shores, not just fifty meters tall cliffsides,
which surely has made it possible for the kingdom to prosper like none of the others.
The ship routes to Ren'Adeen and Benthru'Zar has made Qazul the preferred kingdom when trading the much needed oak wood to the dry empires.
The Capital is the coastal city of "En'Rizlah" where "King Zaahir III" currently sits the throne.

Mineeshi
As the old kingdom of "Harredin" is now ruled by the king of Mineeshi he too has inherited the jewel filled mines of the northern mountains.
They have no usable shoreline, but they do own the entire border to the "Strail Of Marroph"
giving them easy passage through to the Great trade city of Mel'Urey.

The Capital is the city of "Sa'Dajah" deep within the northern mountains, where "King Ehntrív I" Resides.

The Middle lands
All that is known about these three kingdoms comes from the few tales that manages to escape the famine lands.
Constant attacks on villages and torching of the smallfolk's crops, by the kings armies, has caused many of those who haven't fallen to theft, to seek shelter within the faith of Harrakhi.

According to the tales the current king of "Arikh" is called "Myhadeen The Grey". His morals are said to be more conflicted than a hungry wolf with nothing but a rotten carcass to eat.

The King Of "Najan" is "Abyjád The Halfsword". A story sounds that Abyjád were charged by Myhadeen's son's hounds on a battlefield and one of them ripped off his manhood before returning to its master with the stump.

The King Of "Qig'Hada" is "Kaleem The Evasive". He is said to have lost more battles than he's been victorious and even had more than a dozen attempts on his life, yet he still walks the earth unimpaired.