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rhuL FaCts
RuleRs: the stone Lords
GoveRnment type: oLigarChy
Capital: ghord
ethniC GRoups & appRox. population: rhuLFoLk (2,000,000),
ogrun (300,000), MidLunder (12,000), gobLin (10,000),
bogrin (10,000), skirov (7,000) ryn (5,000), uMbrean
(4,000), Caspian (4,000), khard (3,000), Morridane (2,000)
lanGuaGes: rhuLiC (priMary), Cygnaran, khadoran, LLaeLese
A clan lord presents his case to the Rhulic Moot.
Climate: CoLd and CLoudy with heavy snowFaLL and harsh
winters; More teMperate around Lake arMsdeep, whiCh has a
MiLd and huMid suMMer aLong with aMpLe rainFaLL; northern
tundra is extreMeLy CoLd and hostiLe Most oF the year.
teRRain: MostLy Mountainous with an arCtiC northern
tundra and a Large CentraL great Lake surrounded by
FertiLe vaLLeys and pLains aLong the banks; the great Lake
births severaL Major rivers whiCh FLow down out oF the
Mountain vaLLeys.
natuRal ResouRCes: goLd, iron, CoaL, Copper, siLver,
geMstones, tin, quartz, granite, MarbLe, soMe LiMited tiMber,
Fish, LiMited arabLe Land.
The Stone Lords and the Rhulic
Hierarchy
Life in Rhul has always centered on the clan, a
tightly knit extended family of shared bloodlines and
marriages. Clans vary considerably in size with the
most important clans having thousands of members.
New clans are periodically formed by youths seeking to
branch out from their family and start a fresh tradition
or industry. In marriage the wife usually adopts the
clan of her husband, but the reverse may also occur.
Clan lord is the most fundamental rank in Rhul;
they are the patriarchs or matriarchs of their extended
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