Eastedge

A small kingdom between the Greylands and the Eastern Steppes, Eastedge is a backwards and fairly wild province.

Considered a mere footnote on the political map, its location right between the Novans and The White Horde has recently brought the province into the spotlight. Rumours say that a force from the 8th Legion was sent to secure the province, but hasn't been heard from since...

History
Though high elves lived in Eastedge during the First Age, as evidenced by the small village now today as Southgrave, they did not have a kingdom here.

The first major power to take an interest in the area were the dwarves of Iddimat, the descendants of which still exist today as the Hilgat clan of hill dwarves. Surviving legends say that Iddimat discovered a potential replacement for Godsblood and the end of the Second Age. However, this discovery ended up somehow causing a disaster in the city, with the inhabitants fleeing their ancestral home. Some remained to found the town of Hillgate, becoming the Hilgat clan, to guard the only passage to Iddimat and make sure it is never reopened again.

During the early Third Age, Theodor Galica, a local bandit lord built Castle Galica with the fortune he had plundered, and declared himself king of the region. The hold of the Galica kings has always been weak over the province, however, as the steppe elves to the east refuse to accept their authority, and the rest of the villages in the area largely governing themselves.