Capala Calor

Capala Calor is a hot land best known for its hot tempers, spicy food, and heated passions. It is the westernmost of the three kingdoms, dominated by an enormous desert. This hot heart of the land is alive and beating, however, rather than being the hollowed out, scorched and dead crater that it might at first appear to be. At the desert's center lies the oasis capital city of Abrigada pel Foc, well secluded and well-nigh unconquerable by a conventional marching army. Despite its seclusion, however, it remains well connected to three major cities of the kingdom through a number of direct caravan routes which reach out like the spokes of a great wheel towards the mountainous outer rim of the desert.

While the kingdom is a desert at its heart, it still lives and dies by the sea. The coastal cities in the west maintain some of the best fishing grounds around the continent, while the southeastern edge of the kingdom lives on the broken arms of (a major river). Slave galleys patrol the Splintered Sound and the large islands to the south, while Caloran Dhows prowl the western seas in search of bandits, raiders, and wildlings to enslave. With easy access to the remote northwest corner of the continent, Caloran slavers are the largest exporter of slaves among the kingdoms and they especially do a brisk trade with the enormous Imperi Trave to the east. The plantations of the islands also require a large number of slaves to maintain.

The lands north of the great desert open up into steppe and red bluffs before cooling into the inhospitable lands of the defeated wild people. With its great northern plain, its great desert, and its hardy breed of horses, Capala Calor boasts some of the finest riders on the continent, though by and large the horsemen of Capala Calor are most suited to be raiders, skirmishers, and outriders. This martial obsession has led to a competitive culture focused on feats of racing and archery.

Its founding dynasty, the Casa del Fenix Estella, has ruled for centuries and continues to rule today. However, the recent assassination of the monarch has left his young son with the crown years before the boy has reached the age of majority.