Northern Kingdom

Northern Kingdom
The northern Kingdom is a harsh cold country, Ravaged by long hard cold winters, the people of the northern Kingdom lives in tightly knit villages, holds and the kings castle Arnstein, (means eaglestone) which sits on top the tallest mountain in the northern kingdom allowing him to watch over his kingdom.

Governing Body
In order from Highest to lowest
 * High King
 * Kings
 * Jarls
 * Village chiefs

The high king sends orders to the king like the large laws that are in place to keep peace, the king governs the kingdom on a daily basic taking care of larger issues, and is the head of the kingdom as a whole, the jarls is there to be the kings eyes and ears keeping the holds in order and taking care of small disputes. the chiefs are only there to help govern a village.

History
in the olden days the northern kingdom was a group of warring factions, the factions warred for decades, until the day the first king (at that point known as high king) emerged and united the kingdom into one strong powerful nation, we where known as the Vikings of the first nation. Even though there was peace this was short lived when the first king was assassinated, a massive civil war broke out and split the the nation into two factions those for and those against a king to rule over the kingdom. This war known as the 100 year war, the devastation was immense to the nation as a hole almost became extinct. Then the second king emerged and he guided the kingdom back to it's former glory, this king started the bloodline of kings that ruled the northern kingdom for many decades to come. Until the last king died in the war that united the four kingdoms and the birth of Ekata. after this a compaction was held to determine the next king, it was a bloodshed and many able warriors died in the search for glory until one man stood victorious his name was Ramund and this humble orphan kid became the new king and that brings us to the present day and the third bloodline. Long may he reign...