Noria – The North State

Common Fact

Noria is the state to the far north in Meno. It’s mostly a rocky highland and has many inner seas and hilltops/small Mountains. It’s rich in both wood and minerals and has many quarries where stone and other precious materials are harvested. They have few but ever-changing small roads due to hard weather, harsh winters, submersions, landslides and shifting of the ground. It’s a country with the fewest citizens per square kilometres but also the most hard working and self-sustaining state. Not relying much on trade and tourism outside the state.

The Cities of Noria

Noria has three cities and one capital city. They have several towns, communities, towns and villages. The Capital city is Northford, which lies in the southern parts of Noria not far from the coast and close to the town of North Harbour. Noria’s first city, which is the main and only trading hub with the rest of Meno is Limerick build around the north King’s Road and also serving as the border city to Noria. The city further east, far north of the town of Newbridge is Norhaven. And lastly the second largest city in Noria which is situated at the foot of the Great Impassable Wall Called Westwall even though it is the most eastern city in Meno. Nobody seems to recall why it’s called this.

Northend Valley

At the end of the northern Kings Road, in the centere on the high plateaus above the Sea of the Fallen – Seamoor, lies Northend Valley. On this rocky and grassy plain lies what the Norians call The End of the Road or The End of the World. The Norians are a down to earth, hard-working people but with a sense of humour and liking to party any day, in any weather. The people of Northend are not unlike this.

Northend is a semi-small town of barely a thousand inhabitants in the central community. In the surrounding areas there are around two to three thousand peasants, farmers, villages and families living. Up north of Northend lies their mighty field of Windmills. About forty windmills is the only thing before the landscape becomes too rocky and lifeless for buildings. In the far north lies the Roof of the World which one can see as a white mighty strip of sky on a very clear day. Around the windmills there are mostly flocks of sheep, goats and horses being herded by boys with their North Valliers.¹

1. A grey, brown and white large Collie ↩