Kingdom of Dwarrowdale

A small human kingdom in the north-western corner of Aegeron.

History
Dwarrowdale was originally a duchy of the Kingdom of Cascadia. Since the ancient dwarves were more used to working underground, they invited human settlers from the south to farm the surface many millennia ago. This lead to a thriving cooperation between the races which made the city of Surujabâzar a major trade hub and the Duchy of Dwarrowdale one of the most prosperous regions of the North.

There was peace between the races for millennia until the fall of the Imperium, when an unscrupulous nobleman riled up the humans against the dwarves in Dwarrowdale, painting them as oppressors who live off the fruits of human labor. With wars raging on and the fall of the God-Emperor, people were very receptive to this message and soon the nobleman found himself at the helm of an independence movement. After years of brutal fighting Dwarrowdale broke away from the Kingdom of Cascadia, all dwarves were expelled and the nobleman crowned himself as king. Now Dwarrowdale is a poor realm (expelling the dwarves who were the craftsmen of theregion had dire economic repercussions) ruled by the King Markus I, grandson of the first king.

Life
Dwarrowdale is one of the few single species realms, the overwhelming majority of the population are humans and the few elves and gnomes that one encounters are usually traveling merchants making their way through the kingdom. The memory of the pogroms is still quite fresh in the mind of the long-lived dwarves, few of them ever dare enter Dwarrowdale. Similarly, humans from Dwarrowdale would do well to keep their country of origin to themselves when traveling in dwarven lands.

Due to the Eternal Winter the crops of Dwarrowdale failed for several harvests in a row around A.I. 486, leading to widespread famine, which prompted large caravans of refugees to flee to the south, mostly to Ilorin. The only reason Dwarrowdale hasn't succumbed to anarchy is the large amount of aid other realms are sending on the behest of Queen Calarel of Londar, which gives them enormous leverage over Dwarrowdale. It is unclear at this point what their ultimate aim is, but most humans in Dwarrowdale fear they want to return them to the rule of the dwarves of Cascadia.