Danthrane’s proper name is Danthrandoinen, but few people outside its natives use the elongated formal. Established around 300 SVC, Danthrane was originally part of a Midgardr coalition that coordinated raids of Crown’s Reach; they staked their claim on Danmargen, and broke ranks with their Fulkinrohr allies and forged a pact with a mighty clan of dwarves, and haven’t budged since. Few can rival Danthrane as a naval power in the west, though it hardly ever gets to prove this in peaceful times. Its chief mercantile rival is Flandre to the south, and Danthrane is sorely outmatched in both numbers and charm; the smooth-talking Flandres typically make friends faster than the temperamental Danae. Danthrane would use a more aggressive sort of retaliation against its smug southern neighbor, but for the Northlaw Pact. Danae are traditionally loath to break their word—not to mention the fact that committing their ships to the south would leave them open to invasion from aggressive Fulkinrohr in the north. (It’s not easy being of northern intent whilst living in the south.) Danthrane was until recently heralded as “Thunder’s Son”; the change to “Sea Sovereign” was mandated by reigning King Svaldson II, said by supporters to remind other nations of Danthrane’s naval prowess, and by detractors as a largely empty boast. (It is also seen by adherents of the Aegyrn faith as a sign that the rulers of Olde Danthrandoinen have truly broken with the old ways.)
Locale: The most northwestern corner of Crown’s Reach, steadfast on the shores of the Snarling Sea; borders Cymry (east) and Flandre (south), as well as Fulkinrohr (north) in Midgardr
Banner: A white longship over a sky-blue lightning bolt on a purple field bordered in blue fox fur (blue steel for brooches)
Role: Former coastal maritime naval power in times of war; peacetime idler wary of all
Theme: Formerly-great Danes. They should maybe be in Midgardr? Except they aren’t, they’re in northern Crown’s Reach. Some are even trying to mend their sea-raiding ways.
Ruler: His Thundering Grace, King Svoid Svaldson II, aka “Svoid the Ornery”
Duchies (Yarldoms): Bjarma, Danmaeren, Holsathan, Osbane, Murkholm, Niebling, Rouse, Skane, Ulden, Uller
Capital: Danmargen
Cities & Strongholds: Harnhold, Heorodt, Jottsplat, Mot Nori (Nori’s Moat), Northend, Riverguard, Sottar (Black Tower), Valdt, Wyvernsward Keep, Yurgison’s Might
Notable Towns: Basmus, Norry’s Rest, Nyvint, Pike, Ringle, Ribdor (Ribe Gate), Traemun (New Tree), Vers, Yaksmouth
Landmarks: Blodgamel (Blood of the Old) Vale, Butmont, the Cliffs of Fate, Sottar Cleft, Hamur Fields, Sigi’s Leap, the Dreadflow, Lhumer’s Wall, the Dragonsway, the Dodwood (Deadwood), Icecrown Sound, the Storming Peaks
Exports: Fish, blue steel, ships
Internal Factions: The Sea Scions, the Spinning Sisters, the Thundersons
Old Tongue: Dannic (most certainly progressed from 12th century Danish)
Nobiliary: af (example: Lord Bjermer af Tembry)
Noble Houses: Blackwood, Danmaeren, Dentheon, Erling, Emrikson, Gerfen, Halmark, Hibble, Horonson, Jutt, Malikson, Sporr, Stuy, Svaldson (ruling), Targor, Tembry, Ulden, Uller, Umboyden, Vert, Yorgenson
Faiths: Aegyrn Udoen (70%), Vanhoja Juma (12%), Illumination Reformation (7%), Deith Diadh (5%), Zvystni Bohova (3%), Wakhan Shakoi (2%), Other (1%)
(village named after Basmus, father of Hans, the mermaid’s son) This small coastal village is known to have frequent run-ins with merfolk.
Svaldson, Svoid: King of Danthrane, aka “Svoid the Ornery”
Svaldlas, Fluta: Princess of Danthrane, aka “Fluta the Never-Bedded”
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