Kingdom of the Northlands

''This article is about the modern political power. For other uses of "Northlands", see Northlands(disambiguation). For the Ephra Glās equivalent, see Kingdom of the Northalnds(Ephra Glās). For the Machia timeline equivalent, see Queendom of the Northlands(Machia). For the More Diverse Languages timeline equivalent, see Empire of the Northlands.'' The Kingdom of the Northlands, with a population of around 10.5 million people, is the largest by land area and one of the most developed organized political powers on Azeroth Beta, and was founded three hundred years ago by the semi-legendary god-king Väinämöinen of Järannit, who was said to have been a powerful mage skilled in the ways of fire, who created crystals with heating power, and sent blizzards down from the northernmost peninsula of Järannit. With this power, he was able to force almost all of the Northlands into submission, though the New Jury of Nine, guardians of the city of Fiumicino(conquered along with the pagan cities of Arium and Veii by JoAnna Coterel's father Caesarius Coterel), under the leadership of Queen JoAnna Coterel of Lordaeron, were able to create their own godlike powers and secured independence for the newly formed Kingdom of Lordaeron. Now, with the marriage of Prince Augustus Goldenheart(also known as Pharaoh Augustus VIII of Nehekhara) to Princess Marrja Isabella of the Northlands, Lordaeron and the Northlands sit at a hesitant but burgeoning alliance.

Noble Houses and their Lords
The Northlands have many, MANY noble families, as well as clans of various cultures of the Northlanders, and the tradition of feudalism is said to be strongest here out of anywhere in Azeroth Beta. Regardless, the smallfolk, speakers of generally Palenquean tongues(or the Pre-Palenquean Scotianic languages), as opposed to the Northern-Ysgramoreite languages, have a significant amount of rights, and in many regions they elect the next Marquis, Landgrave, or other local ruler out of the very large noble house of that domain. There is a republic of merchants called Ashford in the lands of the Landgraves of House Locke, as well as the newly formed revolutionary commune of The Bolden Country Internationale, which replaced the tyrannical House Bolden(but not the generally similarly communal and communist clans of the Bolden Country such as Clan Beaton of Bolden Country) as the system of direct governance in this region.

Above are listed the Noble Families and Clans of the Northlands, and below will be listed each Noble House or Clan with its current head.

The Northlander King List
Here is the list of all sixteen kings and queens of the Northlands, from the year 1 YooLV(Year of our Lord Väinämöinen) to 342 YooLV, the latter is the Current Year in Azeroth Beta. The Northlands traditionally use Cognatic(no gender preference) Ultimogeniture succession, where the youngest (adult/over 18) child inherits.

Languages
The Northlands are a very linguistically diverse place, especially considering that except for immigrants and their descendants such as the Kaldorei Lady of Forrester Country, the population is almost exclusively Human. Language families spoken here include the Sámmë-Savolassien languages, the Northern-Ysgramoreite Languages, the Palenquean languages, the Scotianic languages, Old Flint, and along the southern border with Lordaeron, an increasing number of Azerothi-Lordaeronic languages' speakers. Here will be shown these language families in full breadth, with an estimated 25-75(depending on what you count as a language and what you count as a dialect) independent languages that are spoken in the Northlands.

Northern-Ysgramoreite Languages
This is the language family predominantly spoken by the majority of the nobility(excepting the House of Väinämöinen and other Väinämöinenite-Savolassien Noble Houses), as well as most of the Flint Clan(Old Flint, a language isolate, is quickly dying out). The commonfolk often learn languages in these group to communicate and trade, but make no mistake. These languages are a minority, and they are generally *not* native languages, except among the snobby nobility. These languages all descend from the Atmoran language of the Red Moon FourSquare of the Rîyesh Dominion of Man, which was the language spoken by Ysgramore himself. They have divided into two main groups, the P-Northern languages and the B-Northern Languages, or Boarisch-Bolden and Wandellic groups, though the extinct Middle Stark Tongue is an anomaly, not fitting either group.


 * P-Northern
 * Western Boarisch Languages
 * Qullorenite language
 * Calflander
 * Danielslander
 * Eastern Boarisch Languages
 * Boldenite
 * Umberian language
 * White Harbor Tongue(lots of Azerothi and other language loanwords)
 * Middle Stark Tongue
 * B-Northern
 * Old Qullorenite language †
 * Early Modern Starkish †
 * Modern Starkish
 * Greystarkish Language
 * Karstarkish language
 * Common Wandellic
 * Eastern Wandellic
 * Southeastern Wandellic
 * Common Northlander(Common Wandellic based koiné, with heavy loanwording from Modern Starkish and Boldenite)

Palenquean Languages
The Palenquean Langauges are the native languages of most commoners in the Northlands, save for the Wandellics and the Scotianic speakers. They are very diverse, and one study done by the Palenquean researcher Hun-Nal-Ye Ah-Kuxtal of Florence(non-Palenquean speakers tend to lump many languages in a dialect continuum under one label, argues Ah-Kuxtal in his thesis) claims that there are over a hundred different languages or dialects(erring on the language side) spoken by he Palenquean speakers. They all descend from Calakmulish, the only Palenquean language to have been spared in Ysgramore's wrath. Despite the resemblance, the Palenquean languages are not related to the Mayan languages found on many Earths, or if they are they've been separated by over a hundred thousand years.

Palenquean lanuages have five main groups, being Western Palenquean, Starkish Palenquean, Central Palenquean, Umberite-Calfese Palenquean, and the now extinct Qullorenite Palenquean. Each group is spoken in roughly the geographic region described. For now, only the most attested and studied Palenquean languages will be shown in the following list.


 * Western Palenquean
 * Fjordlands Palenquean languages †
 * Ursaga Palenquean languages †
 * North Ursaga Palenquean language †
 * Losic Palenquean language †
 * Inner Urfjord Palenquean language †
 * Fertile Valley-South Valley Palenquean languages †
 * South Valley Palenquean language †
 * Fertile Valley Palenquean languages †
 * Ice Bay Palenquean languages †
 * West Ice Bay Palenquean language †
 * Southwest Ice Bay Palenquean language †
 * Southeast Ice Bay Palenquean language †
 * Ice Cape Palenquean language †
 * Mirror of Fire Palenquean language †
 * Crannog Palenquean language †
 * Fjord Isle Palenquean
 * Clann Xibalba Palenquean dialect continuum
 * Kekkonen Forest Palenquean Languages
 * Iluwe Palenquean language
 * North Forrester Palenquean language
 * West Central Forrester Palenquean language
 * Central Forest Palenquean languages
 * Savolax Shore Palenquean language †
 * Forrester-Isojunno Border Village Palenquean languages
 * Avarod language
 * Kiltuab language
 * Tyrconnell Palenquean languages
 * Clandeboye Palenquean language
 * The Glens Palenquean language(influence from Scotianic languages)
 * O'Cahan Palenquean language
 * O'Rodney Palenquean-Scotianic Creole
 * Mahatuab Palenquean language
 * East Central Border Palenquean language(influence from the Central Palenquean Langauge Dovanna language, spoken in the CPL pocket surrounded by the Western Palenquean languages)
 * South Middle Western Palenquean language
 * Cullen Palenquean language
 * South Cullen Palenquean dialect
 * Starkish Palenquean
 * Central Palenquean
 * Old Torrhen's Square language †
 * Thunderlord speech † (ritual language used in recording stories, dead but still used like Latin)
 * North Torrhen's Square Palenquean
 * Umberite-Calfese Palenquean
 * Umberite Palenquean languages
 * Florentine Palenquean
 * Last Hearth Palenquean
 * Common Palenquean trade language(LHP based koiné)
 * West Umberite-South Torrhen's Square languages
 * West Umberite Palenquean language
 * Middle Umberite Palenquean language(moribund)
 * South Torrhen's Square Palenquean language
 * Qullorenite Palenquean †
 * Old Calfese Palenquean languages †
 * Ancient Qullorenite languages †
 * High Ancient Qullorenite †

Climate and Nature Gallery
The Northlands are known for their generally cold climate, ranging from the oceanic climate of Flint Country to the tundra and even ice cap climates found in Järannit. The majority of the Northlands ranges from a humid continental climate(found in most of the regions south of the southern border of Greystark Country) to a subarctic and taiga climate(north of the Greystark Southern Border, which is called the Rickon Line). Bolden Country is surprisingly warm compared to the regions around its latitude, and enjoys a pleasant cool oceanic climate alike that of Flint Country. Below are some images of the different ecosystems of the Northlands, to be accompanied with information about life during each season.

Wildlife
The Northlands' ecosystem, although once dominated by the animals found in southern Azeroth and Lordaeron, is largely now dominated by dinosaurs from the continent Northrend, dropped accidentally by The Fifteen as they were shipping them to a new world they had terraformed, who adapted to the climate(or rather, only the dinosaurs who could already live in the icy wastes of Northrend survived) and displaced most of the native life of Northrend. Animals such as Snow Raptors and Wooly Stegosaurs have been domesticated as draft animals by the Northlanders, while others, such as the Feathered Snow Sauropods, are often hunted by the northern tribes, such as in Sámmëleinu. Some native mammalian animals, such as rodents and lagomorphs, still exist and are prevalent throughout the Northlands' forests.