Hybern

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The ancient, iron-fisted kingdom across the sea, ruled by a deathless king who dreams of tearing down the Wall and putting mortal lands under fae yoke once more.

Hybern is a kingdom forged in ambition and cruelty, older than the Treaty that binds the seven courts of Prythian. Its king never accepted the peace, and for five centuries he has hoarded power, cultivated dark alliances, and searched for the means to shatter the Wall. From its fortress-capital, he sends spies and shadows into every court, patient as tide-worn stone, waiting for the moment to strike.

Appearance

A land of gray, jagged cliffs and black sands, where the sea gnashes against stone like a living thing. Its capital is a fortress of obsidian and bone, perpetually shrouded in a cold, salt-laden mist that tastes of rust and old blood. The sky is a permanent, bruised twilight, and the air hums with the distant clang of forges and the reek of faebane.

Also known as: the Kingdom Across the Sea, the Iron Kingdom, Hybern's Shore, the Black Coast

What They Know

• The King of Hybern is ancient, having ruled since before the last War, and refuses to recognize the Treaty that ended it.
• Hybern's armies are drilled in the use of faebane and ash arrows, weapons designed to cripple fae magic and pierce immortal flesh.
• The kingdom's forges never cool, producing weapons and armor for a war that has been five hundred years in the planning.
• Slave markets in Hybern trade in both mortal and lesser fae captives, a practice outlawed in Prythian but openly conducted here.
• The King has agents embedded in every court of Prythian, from the lowest tavern to the highest council chamber.
• Hybern's mages are said to have cracked the secret of making iron that cuts through fae wards like paper.

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