Crownvale

The Heartland, Hollowed

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Geography

Sits in the middle of the Alden Peninsula with a southern coastline on the Sable Sea. The realm mainly gets its wealth from trade and farming. It has the best environment for farming with the vast plains of the south as well as control of two of the largest ports in Aldenheim: High Alden on the southern coast with access to the Sable Sea via Points Bay, and Gildwater on the north with access to the Gray Sea via Chain Bay. The Kings Road runs across Crownvale from the mainland approach in Verdantweald through High Alden and Still Lake of the Vale to Stonebridge before continuing along the eastern divide of the peninsula.

The Noble Wall runs from coast to coast on the western border of Crownvale. It is no longer used for defense as it once was but it still marks the border with Embercrag and it can make it tricky to cross the border easily where there are not gaps of disrepair or gates that are left open.

On the eastern side the realm is divided from Frostmarch in the north and Sablecoast in the south by the Pax River and the descending edge of the Skyglass Range.

The Alden River flows from the Skyglass Range to Still Lake of the Vale and then again to the Chain Bay.

People

Common Races

• Humans
• Halflings
• Gnomes

Characters

• Sir Kaelin
• King Regent
• King Harold III
• King Aldric
• Characters/Hatter of Hearthmere

Cities

• High Alden - the capital
• New Vale - a small southern port town
• Stonebridge - The most important river crossing on the Pax River that supplies all trade with the east.
• Hearthmere - the healing springs at the foot of the Skyglass Range
• Gildwater - northern port

Points of Interest

• The Alden River Locks — the lock-and-river system that links Crownvale's northern shipping from the Gray Sea to the inland Still Lake of the Vale and Kings Road network. There are 4 total locks the lowest near the coast at Gildwater & the highest at the outlet of Still Lake of the Vale.
• Origin Isle - the island in Chain Bay where The Founding of Aldenheim took place at the Black Temple
• Point of Hirmash - a point of a small peninsula exending in to Points Bay close to Helmrock
• Helmrock - the island in the center of Points Bay that splits its entry in two, one going straight to High Alden, the other having to pass by Point of Hirmash

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