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One of the large domains in a country "whose name doesn't matter" [The Face in the Frost, vii]. The kingdom was south of the Northern Kingdom, with the Brown River serving as the border. It's most notable resident is Prospero, a wizard.
History
Godwin I, the first King of All the South and the last to hold any real authority, inherited his kingdom "through a series of dynastic perversions, freaks, and mishaps much too tedious to discuss here" [48]. Instead of passing his wealth to his oldest son (primogeniture), the kingdom was divided among all his sons, who in turn did the same thing, which in time resulted in a map that Bellairs likens to a "rather fussy abstract painting." Various duchies, counties, and principalities formed, many usually no larger than small farms but with extravagant names. The Great South Road, one of Godwin's contributions to the landscape, connects the various territories; the Sea Road is another major thoroughfare. Each territory coined his own money and vaguely backed the present King of All the South, who ruled from Roundcourt, thought to be the capital city.
Contributor James Card notes the Southern Kingdom greatly resembles the jumbled masses of city-states that were located within Germany and Italy during much of their histories.
Cities
Rulers
- Duke Anselm
- Duke Harald
- Godwin I
- Gorm III, King
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