The Elsir Vale holds every Vandrian settlement across the Hammerlands. It is the primary setting of the Red Hand of Doom.
These majority human cities largely worship Vandria, Goddess of Dragons and Strength and venerate the cult of Morn.
Morn is the old god, mysterious and distant, and typically does not answer the prayers of mortals.
The Pantheon includes
- Morn, God of Growth and Power: The arch god. Distant and mildly benevolent, most commoners despise his lack of interest in mortal affairs. Largely worshipped by nobility.
- Vandria, Goddess of Dragons and Strength: The most popular god, commonly prayed to by laborers, fishermen and anyone who just needs to get through the day.
- Skye, Goddess of Light and Healing: The second most popular god, her adherents run the hospitals and temples of healing across the land.
- Kristina, Goddess of Magic: Worshipped mostly be arcanists
- Pride, Goddess of Destruction: Feared, whispered in hushed tones
- Bjorn, The Creator: Regarded as the creator of the Hammerlands and god of stone, steel and engineering.
- The Crimson Scholar, Goddess of Undeath: Feared and worshipped by the undead and those who work with evil.
Midgard
The nation of Midgard encompasses all the majority human settlements in the Vale.
The capital is Steinburg, formerly known as Brindol.
Key towns/cities include
- Drellin's Ferry
- Terrelton
- Nimon Gap
- Talar
- Dauth
- Steinburg^
- Dennovar
- Fairhaven
Elves are known to live in the Blackfens, while the Giants have always been known to occupy the Witchwood.
To the South, the dwarves occupy the Hammerfist Holds
Hobgoblins used to occupy the entire valley, until they were driven out by the humans and forced to live in the Wyrmsmoke and Wyvernwatch Mountains.