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A kingdom consisting of six duchies, ruled by the King that lives in [[Buckkeep]].

The coastal duchies:

*[[Rippon]]

*[[Shoaks]]

The inland duchies:

*[[Tilth]]

== History ==

The coastal duchies Bearns, Buck, Rippon and Shoaks had been a kingdom long before Tilth and Rippon were united to it. When King [[Wielder]] realized that he couldn't conquer the [[Chalced|Chalced States]] he turned his ambitions inland and easily defeated the scattered nomadic populations of the Farrow region. The erstwhile king of Tilth surrendered too when he noticed that his territory was surrounded and his trade routes severed. Both conquered territories were exploited for over a generation for the benefit of the Coastal duchies. It was Wielder's granddaughter [[Munificence]] who wisely seeked to truly united kingdom. It was she who first called her kingdom ''the Six Duchies''. She elevated the tribal elders of the Farrow folk and the former ruling families of Tilth to nobles, and used marriages and land grands to forge alliances between the Inland folk and the Coastal duchies. Despite all her efforts, there has always been a rift between these areas, because the folk, climate and livelihoods differ greatly between them. During King [[Shrewd|Shrewd's]] reign the old division was worsened because his offspring were of two queens: [[Constance]] of the Coastal folk and [[Desire]] of the Inland population.

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