Heronbar

Heronbar, also called Ronvarr during the Hartheran Occupation, is the northeastern province of the island of Besoa. Its capital the city of Famúl.

Historically, the Kingdom of Heronbar was one of the four ancient kingdoms of Besoa, occupying the northeastern quarter of the island. Heronbar was the most advanced maritime power of its era, with possessions in The Spines and Antyok, and lucrative trading links with the mainland of Anásthiasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnásthias

Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable Harthera.

The kingdom suffered heavy losses after the death of the Heronbaht king during the Battle of Four Kingdoms, and was annexed by the surviving kingdoms of Alsan and Sann'al, Sann'al claiming the majority of northern Heronbar. During this period the region declined into relatively backward agrarianism.

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The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr annexation of the island in 1092 ME, new borders were drawn, with the renamed district of Ronvarr being the hinterland of the new Hartheran capital at Famul. New settlements were built around Famul bay, with settlers and veteran soldiers from the Hartheran mainland given grants of land to settle here.

After the reconquest and the foundation of the United Kingdom of Besoa, the province was returned to its original name.