The Central Area of Teolin

The Central region of Teolin is scattered with hundreds of Islands. Most gods have a dedicated island here and so have some special groups of people, like the animal lords who have found refuge on Brotak.
Most important however is the island of Mercantie, where "The Council" resides. Mercantie is a place with different rules al together. A safe place with lots and lots op interesting places to visit.

This document will first give you a list of the islands we have visited or heard about. After that, we will give you a insight into the political situation for Teolin as a whole and the special role Mercantie plays in this picture.

The islands in the center of Teolin

Mercantie	Capital of Teolin	Auliaris	The golden island.
Brotak	Home to the Animal Lords	Cantor	A lyre shaped island known around the world for its musical history
Changeval	Home to humans that trade with the sea-folk	Dalsin	Nearly deserted island
Dezou	A island that seems totaly deserted.	Gaialoran	An island torn apart by strife between elf and gnome on one side and human and dwarf on the other side.
Geliandar	Sacred island devoted to Obad-Hai	Glohtron	A rough and harsh island inhabited by Orc's
Grinshaw	A rocky island, home to many pirates and other sea-scum	Hindlock	On the northern shore the free city of Hamlock, on the southern shore the capital Quinterasse.
Harsalo	A quite island near the west inhabited by Halflings	Kivarolan	An island inhabited by high elves and wood elves
Islands of Knis	Islands giving entrance to the dwarven city of Knis	La Fleche Du Coer	Breeders of light horses tied in civil war.
La Fleche Folly	The place to buy heavy warhorses	La grande Phare de Troy"	One of the last meteors to strike Teolin, now a lighthouse.
Lagheart	A lush green island where you would not expect to find Dwarven fighters.	Latordan	Ingenious gnomes have made their home on this island.
Mergany	A nice island where many followers of Heironeous gather.	Noci	A small island with a huge tower and a lot of sorcerers.
Quiro	One of the few places where goblins often strike.	Sindlahe	Elves and humans used to live in peace here, but that is no longer the case.
Simor	Many have visited the Halflings of Simor to "research" their kitchen.	Tivanil	An island rich in Silver, Platinum and food.
Tralival	A island near the north, often raided by Orc.	Trag	A island visited by few, inhabited by half-orc
Vargland	Home to the Elven shipbuilders	Vicante	Only followers of Akron live here.
Zaratan	Home to Gnomes that do trade their knowledge for glimmering stones.	.	.	.	.
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Remarkable other groups

There are some other groups, that do not fit into the category of orders or guilds in Teolin.

The society of wandering swimmers is a group of tritons and elves that travel the seas in their Dwelobecks.


The political situation on Teolin

It is very hard to describe the general political situation for every island in Teolin. We found that often islands have their own system which would fit well with the habits of the major population on the islands. However, this is not a great rule, as sometimes the class of people may strongly influence the political system as well.

Not many wars are fought on Teolin. We assume this is because of a institution that is called the great council or simply the council. It would be a folly to say that this council is the most powerful institution on the planet. Far from it, many states see the council as a group of equal representatives of the states. Some even see the council as a institution that only has some advisory rights for their own government.
For many reasons, mainly reasons of trade, most states do see give a lot of credit to this institution. On the other hand, some states have been known to conquer their neighbors, after which the representatives of the conquered state where thrown out of the council. Battle is a common sight on Teolin, so the council tries to approach that with a pragmatic vision.

The council is a platform for discussions about threats that the whole of Teolin faces and a place to negotiate trade. Disputes between states do not often reach the council. Only if it is very big states, or the dispute also influences states that have nothing to do with the battle.

The council is formed by representatives of all the states or islands of Teolin. Although islands that are dedicated to a guild, generally are not represented. One could say that from a Teolin wide standpoint, these are outlaw states. It is not that guilds as such are not recognized, but these groups tend to have a non-political life style.

Most country's, states, islands have a embassy, mission, trade community or the like on Mercantie, as the council does not meet very regularly. These institutions do serve a purpose when the council does not meet. They are used as a platform for trade negotiations. Individual problems of nations are also often solved directly in bars, taverns or other places, that are not the council's meeting rooms. Meetings can take place just about everywhere, like corners of streets. Often it is much easier to settle a dispute in such a awkward place. Strangers tend to think about the problems to and offer a fresh perspective, which sometimes can end a dispute that has been going on for ages.
One could say that the council is a great excuse to have everybody gather at Mercantie.



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