Let's try this again with a map that's not flipped, shall we?:
The following is information your characters would know:
Avenrho
Capital city of the Elvish kingdom of the west, also called Avenrho.
Beth
“Capital” of the High Church of Tah, also known as the Bethite Church.
Corvis
This island is all that remains of the Urdish Imperium. When the first Urdish colonists arrived on Corvis, they encountered the natives, who called themselves Covari. The Urdish dominated the Covari with their superior technology and tactics, but by the time the empire fell, the two populations had thoroughly mixed.
Demonfrost Mountains
This steep mountain range is always snowcapped, and numerous glaciers wend their way down the rocky slopes. No one lives here save for wild men and cold-resistant monsters.
Morgansfort
A fortress established by a nephew of the current Duke of Slateholm, Baron Rathwynn Morgan. The Baron has been very effective in fighting back incursions by humanoids and rebuilding some of the infrastructure the Imperium had established, but a few years ago he placed the his son Halden in charge of the fortress and retired to Slateholm.
Novatia
Capital of the Urdish Imperium and largest city in the Northlands. A walled city with a second walled "city" inside it, where only the Emperor, nobility, servants and bureaucrats may live and work.
Pirate Island
Exactly what it says on the tin, mate.
Ravenstone, Free City of
A former Urdish colony, which became a “free city” when the Empire fell. Known primarily as a place that is dark, dirty and corrupt, full of slave markets and outgoing slave ships headed for Corvis.
Slateholm, Free City of
Slateholm was founded as an Urdish colony on the site of an ancient, possibly nonhuman settlement. An excellent seaport and site of the largest cathedral of the Church of Tah, Reformed. Ownership of slaves is strictly forbidden in the city. The city is ruled by a descendant of an Urdish governor who proclaimed himself a Duke upon the fall of the empire. Though the city is well-governed, the family has long claimed (and been completely unable to enforce) rule of a large portion of the Northlands as the "Duchy of Helsung."
Sunset Islands
The Islands of Sunset are the ancestral lands of the Elves of the North. The Elf Queen rules the kingdom from her castle in Avenrho. Few non-Elves are ever allowed within the capital, as the northern elves are somewhat xenophobic after bad experiences with the Urds and many other unsavory humans. Contact with brother elves on the mainland has been sparse in recent decades.
Urdish Imperium
The Empire was founded far to the East and endured for many centuries. A substantial colony on the island of Corvis as well as several smaller colonies nearby were established shortly before the Empire itself fell. The governor of the primary colony on Corvis, Thalus Dane, promptly declared himself the new Urdish Emperor. Thalus Dane's descendants still rule an empire of one island, where the people live as they always have...under the strict domination of the Emperor.
The prosperity of Urd is due to their superior farming techniques, in combination with their rich emerald mines. Some say the "emerald barons" who control the mines are even richer than the Emperor himself...though such is not said in the Emperor's hearing.
Due to this mining and agricultural base, Urd is the primary consumer of slaves in the Northlands, as well as all sorts of luxury goods. Some pirates are recognized as "traders" by the Urdish port authorities (in return for substantial bribes).
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:22, Sat 30 Sept 2017.