Greater Halond

Greater Halond is one of the 7 provinces or archonates within the Second High Kingdom of Daelyria located in the north of Rathnir on the subcontinent of Helmia. It shares borders with Alamayn and the archonates of Cliffton, Illeryon and Duskyon. It is currently ruled by Archon 1Tac.

The predecessor province and town, Halond, was founded by the nobles Ivan Ivanys and Murad Demus. After Ivan abdicated shortly after the towns creation, Murad Demus would eventually die in the Redgrin plague after leading the Domus insurgency the Helmian Civil War. Following his last will, the rulership of the town and region was given to Avitus Obseken. Avitus would later die in a euphoric spasm due to political events at the time and of old age, and be succeeded by Koala Apisamus. Koala's rule was very peaceful, and when the late lord of Elesgate passed away lord of Ataraxia Dako Arozvlinnith took over the position of Archon.

Geography
There are 3 major settlements in Greater Halond; The namesake city and regional capital Halond, being made up of the former cities Domia(also known as Hayat) and Nelond, the swampy town of Elesgate, and the once beautiful but now abondand garden city of Markaialon. The region around Halond city is dominated by woods and shires, in the north it gives place for a wild flat landscape, between sparse trees like mangroves are giant chunks of moss and small bushes. The further north one goes from here the swampier it gets, til behind Elesgate it eventually becomes a full on swamp without much trees. This mossy swamp region is known as Mossland and the Elesgate swamps respectively.

In the east the regions border is marked by the river Kaerys, flowing from the great helmian lakes through the Midlands, in the south the Helmepion mountains and the vhagaryon woods. East of the river Undai lays the historical region of Ataraxia. There, nesseled between the White woods in the south and the Bekiw mountains in the north, lies the Ataraxia valley, in which the city of Ataraxia was constructed. Further east only lies an unnamed plateau, and then opening to the Silver isthmus bordering Alamayn.

Notable Residents
Some of Halond's most notable residents (including those who no longer live in the province) include:


 * Avitus Obseken, Former Archon of Halond (Deceased)
 * Kaelyr Hyterus, diplomat, politician and nobleman, former ruler of Nelond and father of Steele Hyterus (Deceased)
 * Dzyxey Hyterus, hedgeknight (Deceased)
 * Senor Demus, hedgeknight
 * Koala Apisamus, Lord of Elesgate and former Archon of Halond (Deceased)
 * Dr. Janaera Apisamus, paleontologist
 * Mûreaino Apisamus, young Lord of Elesgate
 * Havaenar Apisamus, nobleman, craftsman and organizer
 * Murad Maegor Blackfyre Demus, former leader of the Province, shortly king, rebel leader and politician (Deceased)
 * Ivan Ivan, founder of Nelond
 * Tempesh, "dictator of Nelond" (Deceased)
 * Dako Arozvlinnith, Blacksmith
 * Ravaf Vin "The Eel", Markaialon's quartermaster, right hand of Dako Arozvlinnith
 * Havaenar Rods, Housing developer, member of Markaialon's ruling circle (Deceased)