Dornet

Let’s finish up the tour of the border kingdoms today. Dornet was founded soon after DuskHaven by the Inner Kingdom of Darset which feared that Galashin would support Arsel as they had rejected the advances by Darset to become an ally. With the founding of Dornet, Galashin did form an alliance with Arsel but rarely asked them for help. Dornet like Darsel is founded along Eastern lines with a strict hierarchy and a warrior class which controls most of the cities affairs. They are the least prosperous of the Border Kingdoms but their prowess on the field is nearly unmatched. (At least in close combat) Their Warriors for the most part use the Axe and Hammer in combat. They have little ranged support and look on Galashins forces as weak. This is despite defeats in combat due to the effectiveness of the longbows of Galashin.

The city of Dornet is built on a mesa that rises above the surrounding plains. On the Western edge they have built a great wall facing the Green Fields and the demon menace. On the other three sides the wall is far shorter but they have smoothed out the cliff face itself into an unscaleable wall. During the first siege following the fall of DuskHaven the demon forces surrounded and harassed Dornet for weeks before being thrown back by the combined might of the Border armies. Dornet’s only fear of siege is starvation. They are able to weather months of siege but if it drags out longer they do not have access to the ocean like Shinon or to the river Nehal like Galashin does. With the fall of DuskHaven, Dornet is now home to best armor and weapon smiths in the Western world. Even the Inner Kingdoms come to Dornet for weaponry for their elite forces.

During the past thirty years there have been several revolts within the city as the lower classes seek reform for the strict control that the leadership has over them. These revolts have been brutally suppressed. As a result the city has been shrinking steadily in size as many of the lower classes leave for the other border kingdoms. Shinon and Galashin have been glad to take them in to swell their ranks. This fact has rankled Dornet’s leaders greatly and without the ever present threat of the demons they would have likely gone to war again with their neighbors.