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While Ostlaed consists primarily of one culture and race, the duchy still has rich diversity. This is quite evident in the northern farthing of Gelderlond. The region is majority Ostron, but a small Isilian minority inhabits the main port city of Northubeorc. The primary language is the Northern dialect of the Ostron tongue, though Standard Ostron is used in all official documents, and Mercurian serves as the lingua franca of trade.

The most interesting fact about the region is perhaps its political climate, consisting of three major factions: the eorl, the thanes, and the order. Gelderlond's Eorl, Lord Kalo Auratavia, is only half Ostron, and was in fact born in the Isilian city of Oakland. Regardless, due to a marriage to Eltha Northubeorce, the widow of the previous thane of Northubeorc, he became the de facto leader of the farthing. This was codified after Kalo's ascension to Eorl by Ealdorman Mark Accynnafon in the Thanesmoot of 530, but only after Kalo's abdication from the County of Tiberford in Isilioth.

Needless to say, Kalo's rule was contested by many of the thanes in the area. They felt rulership by an outsider presented a mockery to Ostron values and beliefs. However, Kalo's reign has been nothing but positive for the region, with Northubeorc soaring in population, and trade with the duchy and the empire at large increasing greatly. Kalo's Ostron ties have also proven genuine enough to convince many in Gelderlond of his commitment to the Ostron people.

As a whole, the thanes tend to be more conservative. For instance, many of those who walked out of the Thanesmoot of 534 over the issue of Samyrrah's ascension to Empress were Gelderlondan thanes. In addition, they tend to favor a more fundamentalist stance on religion. However, the radical fundamentalist call for a Ostron focused theocratic state has driven the support of many of the thanes away, despite their religious leanings. After all, trade, the lifeblood of the Gelderlondan economy, is inherently focused on the empire as a whole, not just the Ostrons.

This leads to the third major faction - the Order of Sanct Croepbaina. Eorl Kalo, in addition to being a knight, has strengthened the position of the Order in Gelderlond after commissioning a monastery. This does not necessarily mean the order has grown in power, however. The knights tend to to be fairly autonomous, with the various chapters being functionally independent from the clerics in their monasteries. Despite this, many of the more fundamentalist leaning thanes have begun supporting the Order's growth in power. Tension between the inwards focused order and the outwards focused thanes grows daily, and may threaten to tear the region apart.

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Lord Cynefrith Kalo Arataefia of Northubeorc
Eorl of Gelderlond, Protector of the Östrons
Knight of the Order of Östlond in Gelderlond
Student of the Gildscype Scytera (Archers' Guild)


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