Ethnic Groups: Aalbanese 45%, Flaems 40%, Lupins 5%, Kaelics 5%, others 5%

Towns: Vorstadt (1585)

Villages Faber (985): a large village along Aalban river half way between Vorstadt and Fort Nordling.

(860): located South the Fort, near Bergdhoven.

Regensberg (745): located in the hills North of the Fort, here it often rains.

Noordeen (625): Located around old Fort Noordeen, its population consists mainly of goatherders.

(535): located halfway between Ostbruck and the Fort.

Skipferry (455): a small village located on the border of the Barony of Adlerturm.

Government: Magistrate elected by the Council, under proposal of the Viceroy of Nordling.

Ruler: Magistrate Bernhard von Drachenfels (born 957) (OD&D: Fighter 8^th, Al N) (AD&D: Fighter 8^th, Al LN).

House: Ritterburg. Bernhard is loyal to Prinz Jaggar and serves his interests.

Military: 372 men in Fort Nordling, I and II Banners of Jaggar’s Division.

170 men in Vorstadt, Fluvial Transport Division

Trails: Five good trails depart from Fort Nordling to

-the Principality of Bergdhoven, one to Oostrand, and another one to Linden-Grejs;

-the Viscounty of Bergen;

-Vorstadt, then to Skipferry (fair), which is connected with the Barony of Adlerturm through the Eastern Graustrail;

-Ostbruck, and from there one downriver to Bergdhoven, and a bad trail upriver to Noordeen.

From Noordeen an old but still practicable trail leads to Glenmoorloch, while a bad trail leads to Leynorn Woods in the Central Wendarian Ranges Free Province and another one to the Viscounty of Bergen.

Economics: There are many villages, everywhere except in the mountains (where there are only a few). Faber was founded by the Faber clan of Flaemish Shepherds, it originally provided mainly metalcraft and smithing services. Since then the village changed its specialisation and it’s now a prosperous trading community with only few hints to its previous main occupation. Lupins make the 25% of the populations, with the remaining evenly split among Aalbanese (mainly mixed Hattians-Flaems with few pure Hattians) and Flaems. Skipferry, once a small community, has grown in size thanks to the increasing trade between the Barony and the FP. Garrisons of Fort Nordling make their way until the village to escort the goods until destination.

The food deficit is determined by the large military forces, and in turn by the large amount of population devolved to satisfy its demand for services, by the presence of two small towns as Vorstadt and Ostbruck, and by military service laws. Every man resident in major villages has to serve the army one month every year. Women aren’t barred from serving, but they’re not enforced by law. Limits and exceptions vary with actual need: Urban Militia usually amounts to the 5% of the population, full time soldiers compose 1/5 (1 on 2 is a woman, generally Flaemish).

Main resources are wool, dyes, and textile products. The latter two are produced in Ostbruck and are exported to every bordering territory, while wool is exported to the two Principalities only.

Food is imported from the Baronies of Adlerturm and Uigmuir, and from the Principalities of Aalban and Bergdhoven.

Territory: Fort Nordling garrisons are in charge of patrolling the area within 40-50 miles of the Fort, and the Province encompasses these territories. The territory is delimited East by Vesubia River, West by the Jeervel River. Two independent dominions, the Barony of Adlerturm and the Viscounty of Bergen, have been "included" in the territories since the start, and the Barony of Uigmuir has been added after the orcish attack in 969-970, but it isn’t regularly patrolled. While every independent dominion should take care of his own military protection, Fort Nordling garrisons are more than willing to provide them with help. The territories include two Principalities as well, Aalban and Bergdhoven, and Nordling garrisons co-operates a lot with their military forces, especially aalbanese ones.

The whole territory has been slightly modified to satisfy the military needs (fast movement, easy defence of some tactical outpost, and the like).

History: see Fort Nordling’s history.

Notable sites: Fort Noordeen rises on a hill, backed by the mountains and protected by river’s bent. Early Flaemish settlers built a keep to protect borderland areas of the Duchy. It served as Flaemish watching outpost against Kaelics and Traladarans settlers, and against Halzunthram troops during the forty years war. It actually serves as a training outpost for Aalbanese and Flaemish militias.

Traagen ruins are in reality represented by the statue of a man fighting a dragon. Soon after the Flaems arrived on Mystara, they founded a borderland village, named Traagen, and probably located at the intersection of Aalban and Jeervel Rivers. Around the end of 5^th century AC, a Red Dragon named Wohrdar devastated the village slaughtering every villager found, without any apparent reason. Believing the place cursed survivors and other Flaems moved elsewhere, removing any trace of Traagen from their memories, (the exact location of that village proves to be difficult to determine still today). Last century a lone stranger fought a red dragon, forcing it to retreat North, to the Wendarian Ranges. The dragon was probably going to harass the towns further South, without any apparent reason, as 4 centuries before. The stranger disappeared and from then on, nobody saw the dragon anymore. Prinz von Drachenfels had a statue built in his honour. Another oddity is represented by the fact that the statue seems impervious to time and weather. Members of the von Drachenfels family are eager to learn more about this, and Jaggar himself secretly hopes to find where that red dragon went.

Skip's Ferry is a prodigy of Aalbanese mechanic, it moves exploiting the river’s draft, and following a metallic rope tightened on both sides of the River. The Ferry holds up to thirty men with horses! Passage fee is 1 penny per person and 5 per horse.

Personalities: Magistrate Bernhard von Drachenfels (born 957) (OD&D: Fighter 8^th, Al N) (AD&D: Fighter 8^th, Al LN).

Charlotte Decken (born 963), wife.

Julius von Drachenfels (born 982), son

Wilhelm von Drachenfels (born 984), son

Maximilian von Drachenfels (born 995), son.

August von Drachenfels (born 996), son.

Thibault Sarlat, Giovanni Porpora, Agathokles.

January 2001, All rights reserved.