Sinaria

Sinaria, the Westland, covers 80,000 square miles of territory, with eight thousand leagues of coastline. The Northern border is defined by The Scar. The duchies are united in a federation, with the duchy of Shaldana being the Capital Territory, and the monarchy the Federal government. Each duchy is as autonomous as a state government can be.

Second Age
Duvessa was expelled from the sichona for experimenting with the dark path, though her formal training was unfinished. Banished from the kingdom, she sought out a sect of Riders in the north aligned to King Farrand and served at his right hand. Brychan and Thera died in 982, both apparently poisoned and Jovan, 24 at the time, but dragonless and unable to rule in his own right, was appointed lord regent for his sister Sarea. However 22-year-old Duvessa returned backed by Farrand, and seized the throne. Sarea and Andrien went into hiding, staying with Andrien’s family In 988, Duvessa, then aged 28, discovered that not only had Sarea had a daughter, but also that there had been a prophecy about her, and sent one of her minions to kill Shaina. Instead, Sarea was killed. Andrien managed to get Shaina away with his dragon before he too was killed. Shaina was sent to live in hiding with Jovan and his family. During Duvessa's reign, the monarchy was absolute, though she kept a coterie of twelve riders to do her bidding throughout Sinaria, whether that was collecting taxes or punishing people for any misdeed, perceived or otherwise. An example of this is the destruction of the village of Kuresdhel. (FS2).