The Western Baronies is a part of Gallaran and both are parts of Caorran.
Realms that are a part of The Western Baronies:This is the rulership position for the realm.
The Western Baronies is a frontier County formed from the two westernmost Baronies of Caorran, a land where harsh terrain has long discouraged prosperity, yet never diminished its historical weight.
Though not suited for large scale agriculture, these lands have been shaped by legacy and upheaval, through their famed horse breeders. Once united as the ancestral seat of Clan Drachenfels, the region passed into the hands of the Forthgards following the Clan's slumber. Their rule proved short-lived: after their betrayal, they were systematically hunted down and extinguished by the Caorrani nobility. In the aftermath, the Baronies were divided and entrusted to Sir Alasdair Teare, who governed as an interim steward while awaiting the rise of new noble claimants.
That transition never came. A devastating slumberblight pandemic swept through Caorran, leaving the Baronies abandoned and unclaimed. In this vacuum, Lord Alasdair, respected for his fairness and restraint, was appointed Baron of both Tharfairge and The North Reach. Establishing the cadet branch House Teare of the Couslands through marriage, he restored a measure of continuity to the region.
Stability, however, proved fleeting. Upon inheriting her father's titles, his daughter Saoirse Cousland Teare reunified the Baronies and was elevated as Countess of The Western Baronies. Her rule ended abruptly and violently: during the Asrian invasion, Imperator Aurelian ordered her execution alongside her son and heir and a dozen other nobles, casting the County once more into leaderless uncertainty.
Misfortune seemed to linger. In 46-50-4, Count Nikolaus was appointed in hopes of restoring order, yet within two years he too succumbed to the slumber. By then, The Western Baronies had earned a grim reputation: not simply a subrealm, but a cursed inheritance, where no ruler endured.
Only recently has a new chapter begun. The rising Caorrani Clan Kerr has been granted the County, tasked with achieving what none before them could: to bring lasting stability to the troubled Western reaches of Caorran, and perhaps, at last, break the shadow that has long defined it.