Hargard

Nordic tribes pushing into the dark forests to their east founded the citadel of Hargard several generations ago. It overlooks the river that the Nords call the Jumne, probably a derivation of a Sturgian term for the mysterious burial pits found along its banks. Today, the river forms the main artery of transportation for the Nord kingdom's eastern domains, a meeting-place of Nords, Vakken, Sturgians, and even some forest-dwelling cousins of the steppe tribes, all harvesting the wealth of the river-valley to sell to the peoples of the south.