LA Ulm
In the northern mountains, amongst ancient forests, in dark valleys lie the lands of Ulm. It is not a land I would advise you to ever visit, unless fate itself forces you to seek something from the strange people who live there.
There is howling at night that is more fearsome than that of great dire wolves.
There is tyranny greater than that of burgemeister who sentences a widow to death, deaf at cries of her children.
There is arcane knowledge that even Dark Priests fear to ponder and pretend it does not exist.
There is greed more inhuman than that of bandits who kill a traveller to take his money pouch.
That of a vampire.
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No one knows who is the real ruler of Ulm. Burgemeisters and nobles have power, but they fear the iron cult and their inquisitors. The iron cult is said to be manipulated by dark forces, for they allow vampires and demons to stalk the populace. Even the vampires are not the rulers, even they fear someone. Some say there's a brotherhood of humans that manipulates vampires like puppets...
Regardless of that, early history of Ulm is one of brutal military conquest. Grim-faced soldiers march into sorrounding baronies and take control. Rulers have to swear loyality to Ulm or die. Who do they really swear loyalty to, they don't know.
Later, the borders of Ulm meet with the wild Sauromatians in the east, cold-blooded lizadrmen in the south and winged people in the west.
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