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==Gavilan and the Three Countries==

Centuries ago the kingdom of Gavilan represented a golden age in the history of the humans of the continent of Sempere. A vast empire spanning hundreds of miles its art and architecture were wondrous to behold but now almost entirely lost. No-one knows much about Gavilan or what caused its disintegration as almost all the written records were destroyed in the subsequent years of strife and civil war known as the Dark Ages. 

Three separate countries emerged from the Dark Ages, Duatin Erethol, Tomanda and Keren. The republic of Duatin Erethol is formed of several city states allied by the treaty of Highwood. Tomanda was formed by the followers of Toman, a powerful prophet of St. Cuthbert. It is a strict military theocracy with hundreds of convoluted laws and a vast beaurocracy to defend the tenets of justice and fairness. Keren is the country formed by those lords united under a new king. The biggest of the three countries its first king, the Keren after which it is named, was a man of great courage and charisma who succeeded in uniting dozens of petty feudal lords under his banner.  Together they are known as the Three Countries.

Duatin Erethol lies to the east of the Wasteland and is the most southerly of the Three Countries. To the north-east lies Tomanda and, further north still, Keren. To the North-west is the peninsula of Norowin, home to the secretive and insular high elves who consider themselves guardians of knowledge. To the east, across the Calastus mountains are the large, grassy plains of the Qualor Ereblis, nomadic tribal elves. South of the Qualor Ereblis' lands are the lands of the Plainsmen, their human equivalents.  In the frozen north of the realm live the Suderax, ferocious warriors and barbarians.  At one time, all this land except for Norowin and the farthest reaches of the Suderax tundra and the plains, was part of the kingdom of Gavilan in one way or another.

===Dating Conventions===

The history of Gavilan is split into four sections. BJ stands for Before Jereth and refers to the time before Jereth I was coroneted King of Gavilan. AJ stands for After Jereth and refers to the time when all of Erethol, Tomanda and Keren were one nation with Erestin as the capital city. DA stands for Dark Ages and refers to the time after the Breaking of the Crown when a huge amount of Erethol, Tomanda and Keren was plunged into civil war. From this point the three kingdoms use different dating systems. Erethol uses SR, standing for Since Reunification and refers to the period after the Treaty of Highwood when the lords of the different cities of Erethol formed an alliance and became a Republic. Tomanda uses AE, standing for After Epiphany and refers to the date on which the prophet Toman united the people in worship of St. Cuthbert. Keren elected a new king and their dating system works by referring to the year of a particular monarch's reign. For example Seddaer 25 would be referring to the 25th year of King Seddaer's reign. No ruler of Keren may have the same name as one who has gone before. 

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