Stormlands

The Stormlands is violent and fickle, and constantly beset by hurricane winds and fierce storms. Life is a constant battle for survival here, with only the hardiest and most defiant daring to call this place home.

The Stormlands is a sweeping term for both a region and kingdom that has ebbed and flowed over millennia depending on the strength of its kings. At it's heart however, it stretches from Massey's Hook in the north to the Red Mountains of Dorne to the south, sharing a long border with the Reach to the west and the cliffs of Shipbreaker Bay to the east. In older days, the Stormlands extended to the Blackwater Rush and to the borders of the Riverlands, even taking the prosperous towns of Duskendale and Maidenpool for its own .

This region is distinguished by its storm-drenched forests, stony mountains, wind-battered cliffs, and vicious tempests inhabited by people of the same temperament.

Regions and Cultures

The Men of the Storm

The Stormlands is a wild and violent place. Defiance and stubbornness are at the roots of every man who calls the Stormlands home, for they cannot afford to be anything else. To build up castles in the face of hurricanes, to prosper in the shadow of thunderclouds, and rebuild when storm after storm destroys the lives and livelihoods of countless people. A Stormlander lives in constant change, where the land itself is hostile. For millennia, since the days of Durran Godsgrief, much of the Stormlands has fallen under the rule of House Durrandon, and long has the men of this land been acquainted with the shadow of Storm's End. Many smallfolk even boast of Durrandon blood through the bastards of King Ronard. Under the Storm Kings, the Houses of this savage land have endured through fire, blood, and tempest, and do not give up their power easily. House Evenstar of Tarth has rebelled many times, seeking independence as kings in their own right. House Wylde has ever consulted the Children before their King, upholding the laws of weirwood and root above bronze and stone. But at this time, the Stag Kings remained the most powerful and dominating force in the region.