Duskyon

Duskyon is one of the 7 provinces or archonates within the High Kingdom of Daelyria. Its capital is the mountain valley city of Frostarch, located in the Midlands Valley in central Helmia. Its current governor is Alpha Kaerfels. The name Duskyon comes from the Daelyrian term "-yon", meaning land/province, combined with the name of the former Grand Duke of the region, Dusk Synderys. It borders the archonates of Illeryon, Greater Halond and Kastollia.

The province is a successor to the Grand Duchy of Duskyon, part of the First Kingdom of Daelyria and after that Mithra and the Helmian Federation. During the old Daelyrian times Dusk Synderys was Grand Duke. After the Daelyrian annexation of Baykonia and Astoria through Arcovel Dusk would rule the Principality of Daelyria and gave the title of ruler of Duskyon to Tonic Mahale. After the fall of Mithra Alpha Kaerfels became High Lord of Duskyon, now without the cities of Vhagaria and Duskopion, and Frostarch as the new Capital. Vhagaria would later be added when the High Kingdom of Daelyria was re-established.

Geography and Biodiversity
Duskyon is a region dominated by hilly woodlands, and has a cool-summer humid continental climate with hot summers and mild winters. The Duskyon climate results from the interaction of both warm and humid maritime air from the west and colder air masses from the north and east. This rugged region has colder winters, with substantial mountain snowfalls, and warmer summers, especially in the lowlands and valleys. Precipitation is adequate to abundant, with a summer maximum. The range between winter and summer temperatures increases southward, while there can be high amounts of participation in the mountains, with snow often lying permanently around high peaks. The Duskopian region has only modest rainfall, but the Midland valley and the shadenwoods in the west experience heavy cyclonic winter, as well as summer, rain.

These humid air currents coming from the west and hitting the Helmepion Mountains and forming a series of creeks, most prominently the Left Kaerys and the Right Kaerys rivers, which eventually unite in the Daelkaerys lake and then into the wet Midnight swamps(divided between the Illeryon and the Duskyon province), seasonally flooding most of the lush swamp planes there.

In the east there comes cold dry air from Najer, while the western humid air is blocked off by the huge Helmepion mountains, resulting in a dry cold climate. This only allows for biomes like alpine tundra, taiga, and sparse woodlands. The Rocky terrain only adds to this. The Vhagaria region is the only exception on this side of the region where green forests intersected with farmlands can thrive, thanks to its proximity to the central Helmian Lake system.

Duskyon's rivers support a variety of avifauna, including but not limited to the Duskyon Eagle (Symbol of the region) and the Northern Kestrel. Duskyon was also once home to the Dragon deer, a species of Deer with huge branching antlers that was unfortunately hunted to extinction around 8000 to 3500 years ago. The highlands of Vhagaryon, to the north east, are rocky grasslands and sparse alpine tundra.