Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-25941257-20170924103337/@comment-31763506-20170925024630

FYI for those who don't read the Patreon comment threads in super close detail, I had a back and forth with SierraLee on what territories were taken over by Ardoheim in the 2nd Arclent War, and her responses also tease that internal Ardan politics will be a subject of future updates.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-17-14425756

The key passages are as follows, parentheticals are my edits for comparative brevity, bold mine for added emphasis.

SierraLee said: Both (Feroholm + Stineford and the areas to the west of Feroholm and Ardford) were ruined kingdoms annexed by Ardoheim. Feroholm was not part of Ardoheim before the war.

I then asked specifically about Stineford for clarification.

SierraLee said: Yes, (Stineford) was a new acquisition. There were many cultural and linguistic similarities between Ardoheim and the former nations of that region, they were mostly separated by politics that will be relevant later.

DukeLeto7 said: What about the huge tract of land Ardoheim has East of Stineford and Delgar Forest but west of Darghelon on the Arclent map?

Also new acquisition?

(One of the arguments in favor of Stineford being former Ardan territory was how difficult it would have been to maintain military control over that region from Ardford if Stineford and Feroholm were not part of the kingdom, since the forest and the big river feeding into that major bay would be a natural defensive choke point.)

SierraLee said: The area you refer to is more recent than the heart of Ardoheim in the west, but not as new as the recent acquisitions. This will also be relevant during '''the future segment that gets into subdivisions of Ardoheim."

So, there's now quite a lot pointing to Ardoheim being at least one of the places where the Doom King will be arbitrating.

(Edit: It's amazing my habit of doing formatting by RegEx hasn't blown up in my face sooner...)