Four Kingdoms

The Four Kingdoms is an island region located in the west of the world, named for the four nations which dwell there. Of the four nations the most influential are the Kalti from the western peninsula, who maintain political control over most of the Four Kingdoms.

Locations

 * Kalta - the "Old Kingdom" on the western peninsula

History
The Four Kingdoms have historically been troubled by the struggle for power between the four nations, who were at one time ruled by four distinct hereditary monarchies - hence Four Kingdoms. This Warring Kingdom period lasted for some time up until the Kalti conquest of the islands, resulting in a period called the Unified Kingdom.

The last monarch of the Unified Kingdom was the queen Mal Maere, who resisted the arrival of the Adonisia into the Kingdom until her conversion to Godfearing in the year 0MM. After the official conversion of the Kalti people into the Adonisia, the Unified Kingdom was dissolved, with the nations of the Four Kingdoms being allowed new levels of autonomy, albeit under Kalti supervision. It was after this event that Mal Maere came to be seen as the prophetess Pountey.

Religion
Though old worship is still widespread throughout the Four Kingdoms, the islands are officially recognised as part of the Adonisia. The Kalti also place special emphasis on the veneration of the prophetess Pountey, considering her the wife of the name Adonis. Her oracle in Kalta is an important site throughout the Adonisia.