Location from A Practical Guide to Evil by ErraticErrata
The conquered kingdom Catherine fights to save — an agricultural heartland occupied by Praes for twenty years, whose people learned to hate quietly and resist through folk traditions the empire couldn't burn.
Callow is what happens when a breadbasket kingdom gets conquered by an evil empire and nobody comes to save it. For twenty years, Praesi governors have taxed it, Legions have garrisoned it, and heroes have died trying to liberate it in stories that always end the same way. The kingdom's identity is resistance. Even under occupation, Callowans maintain folk traditions, rebellious songs, and the specific stubborn pride of a people who know they're being ground down and refuse to stop being themselves. Catherine is a product of this culture — the orphan who decided to save her kingdom by becoming the villain ruling it. The Duchy of Daoine provides the Deoraithe heritage that darkens Catherine's skin. The Greywood and the Red Flower Vales are contested borders. Liesse was the second city before Akua destroyed it. Callow is a kingdom defined by what's been taken from it.
Green and fertile — farmland, rivers, lakes. East of the Whitecap mountains that separate it from Procer. A kingdom that looks peaceful from above and seethes from below. Hengest Lake, the Silver Lake, the Hwaerte River, the Fields of Streges where battles have been fought for centuries.
Also known as: Callow, Kingdom of Callow