Northern Nations

The Northern Nations, commonly referred to as the Northlands or the Nordenheim, were the human states located on the continent of Jotura in the far northern ocean. A hostile, cold and uninviting climate, Jotura was first discovered and settled by colonists of the Three Great Empires during the Third Age. Finding little of value on the northern continent, the majority of the colonists eventually left Jotura, called home by the seemingly endless War of Holy Succession. Only a few hardy colonies of humans remained in the north, and were quickly all but forgotten by the arrogant southern Empires. Left to craft civilizations of their own from the icy earth, the northmen carried on in relative isolation through the Fourth Age Collapse, eventually reconnecting and establishing relations with the emergent Western and Eastern Nations. The Northern Nations were markedly effected by their southern origins, but their cultures evolved rather differently than those of the south. By the dawn of the Sixth Age, seven distinct nations had emerged on Jotura; Thardoras, Erellon and Ardas in the west; Halandir, Sendem, Vodrask and Tolmor in the East.