Kingdom of Lycea

A modest-sized human kingdom in the center of Aegeron, north of Londar.

History
In ancient times Lycea was one of the many small human principalities that sprung up near the fertile lands on the shores of the Silverlode River. It was annexed by the Kingdom of Minthras (future Imperium) via dynastic marriage in the second century P.I. and remained part of Minthras until the fall of the Imperium.

Lycea is sometimes refered to as "the kingdom that almost wasn't", as the people of Lycea were loyal to the Imperium to a fault. This almost led to their demise as they refused to abandon the Imperium and raise their own forces even as the demonic hordes were pillaging their lands. It was the intervention of the elves of Londar led by the future Queen Calarel that saved them from annihilation.

Now Lycea is a feudal realm ruled by King Reynold I who, like his predecessors, sends vast gifts to the Kingdom of Londar. In many ways the Lycea behaves like a vassal of Londar.

Life
For the common folk life in Lycea is similar to the other feudal realms of Aegeron, but the cultural influence of elves is visible everywhere, from the decorations of peasant houses, through the clothes and hairstyles of the middle classes, to the nobility learning elvish and discussing poetry during the evenings.

To this day the common people of Lycea consider all elves to be their greatest friends, often thinking that the entirety of elvenkind came to the rescue of their ancestors. It is not uncommon for elven travelers to receive free room and board in the villages they pass through.