Name: (Adanion is a pretty big place so feel free to be creative with names and cultures, be sure to include their full name.)
Titles: (Everyone will start as ruler/Sovereign of their own land. Additional titles and positions should be discussed with the GM.)
Description: (A physical description of their appearance, age, vibe/aura and outfit. If using pictures, please avoid anime or real if possible.)
Claimant: (Who do they declare for, Sharles or Anyamara? They don't have to be zealous supporters but they have to pick a side.)

House Info: (Great House's name, sigil/crest and motto.)

Reputation: (The personality most people think of when your name is said, can be identical to your actual personality or completely different in private.)
Ambitions: (What do they want out of life and what is their ultimate goal? Can overlap or even clash with the ambitions of others.)
Aptitudes: (Basically their strengths or skills, can be physical ability, mental achievements or trained talents.)
Vulnerabilities: (Basically their weaknesses or shortcomings, can be something emotional, a deep secret, or something they're just bad at.)
Additional Info: (Anything else you want to say about your character like house history or important background bits.)

Domain Info: (The full name of the land they are the Sovereigns of and a quick description of their holdings.)

Domain Name: (Full name of the domain.)
Domain Summary: (Brief overview of the major points of the domain)

Major Holdings: (Important castles, cities, towns, churches, natural formations, etc.)

Reputation: (What is your domain known for? Can be good or bad like harsh weather or fertile farmland.)
Wealth: (What is your domain like in terms of economic power and trade? Do they rely a lot on agriculture? Trade? Mining?)
Strength: (What is your domain like in terms of defense and military? Can they call upon large levies? Private mercenaries? Knightly Orders?)

Mistlands - The northern most region of Adanion, it is a hilly tundra where few animals venture and only the heartiest of roots and oats can grow in the poor cold soil. What little farm land there is can be found in pockets of ground where the frost can melt or on the lower levels of the Misty Cliffs. The Cliffs however are much more bountiful than the eastern Mountains, providing ore, minerals and stone allowing for the construction of much tougher castles than their poor economics would otherwise allow. There are more castle along the border of Westmarch, officially there to protect the lands from the occasional nomad warband that wanders northwards.

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Frostmark - The coldest land bordered by the Great Bastion Mountains and sharing the vital Cradlespring Lake that feeds the most important river in Adanion with the Mistlands. It is a boreal tundra with interspersed boreal bogs, sharing in the poverty with the Mistlands, its economy relying on the trade of furs, hides, pelts and ice to other noble families who are willing to pay great sums for it during the summer months. Its people survive on fish and snowberries they plant around their fields of tough roots and oats to ward off herbivores who find its strong scent overwhelming.

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Crownmark - The most centrally located region and the seat of power in Adanion, sitting between the Splitstream and the Farwater rivers. It is a trade hub of the kingdom and where much of its wealth is funneled into. It has fertile land for vegetables, grain and fruits that are turned in famous wines and vintages while its ability to access all the raw resources of the kingdom grants it the largest population of tradesmen and craftsmen in the realm, even if most of its production is split between military equipment for Westmarch and jewelry for the Great Houses. Uniquely its roads and bridges are paved and well kept, an obvious sign of the capital's wealth.

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Westmarch - The largest of all the regions and important in the defense of the realm. Houses of Westmarch are typically called "Marcher Lords" or "Marquis" instead of simply "Lords" as they are charged with defending against the many nomadic tribes who raid and assail the kingdom. Every settlement has fortifications and defense for this reason, from the largest of towns to the smallest of hamlets, its martially minded people can live great distances from each other. While okay for farming, its vast empty spaces are more commonly used for herding animals, while it manages trade with some of the more hospitable nomads or even the rare and exotic merchants from the distant rajas, kingdoms and empires beyond the Timeless Steppes.

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Arbormark - Despite its name, the majority of its forest are actually the overflow of the forests and jungles of the Wildwood. Instead, Arbormark is known its farmlands that are even more bountiful than Crownmark and the banks of the Farwater River which they use to grow sweetreeds and collect clay for bricks and pottery. Arbormark nobles have long standing feuds with nobles of the Wildwood, some stretching back before Adandum's conquest, usually over control and ownership (and taxation rights) of the Archgates.

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Stormlands - Named for the seaborn storms that routinely wash over the land or even flood it, the Stormlands can flip between a beautifully sunny coast to a terrifying thunderous storm in minutes. It is the second wealthiest region (and also thus the most heavily taxed) in Adanion due to a combination of good soil with plentiful rain (or too much rain), the minerals and ores of the Dragon's Graveyard and the ports that connect the kingdom to the world beyond the Starry Sea. Unique among the kingdom, its said that almost everyone from beggar to noble in the Stormland knows how to swim and they field specialized "Marine-at-Arms" to protect the ships and trade ports.

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Wildwood - The region that held out against House Loyce the longest due to its easily defendable terrain; the Archgates are a defender's dream and the waters around it are treacherous at the best of times. Due to the pocket of mountain it exists in, its radically different than the rest of the kingdom. Hotter and wetter due to trapped moisture, the entire region is covered in dense forests and jungle. Some of the villages are built on stilts or even in treetops to get off the wet, marshy and often dangerous ground. Many believe the Wildwood to be too different than the rest of the kingdom for its people and nobles to be considered Adanion, a claim the Wildwoods disputes through loyalty to House Loyce time and time again. Trade with the outside world however is much more limited than in the Stormlands, largely because the same dangerous waters that defend its coast makes trading difficult especially with the much calmer (and richer) Stormlands close by.

Misty Cliffs - Sheet rocky cliffs with natural terraces and plateaus going up like giant stairs. Popular legend states that once they were stairs leading up to the palace of ancient giants. Its slightly warmer than the Bastion Mountains with waterfalls and rivers commonly rushing over ledges to make a beautiful sight. Its currently unknown how many "levels" there are, the most populated levels are the first three with the highest inhabited level being the 5th while explorers have found ways up to the 22nd level but the cliffs stretch above the clouds.

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Timeless Steppes - A seemingly endless grassland steppe dominated by nomadic tribes and their herds who have changed little since the time of Adandum's Conquest. Named so as its said a non-nomad who ventures into it will quickly loose any sense of time or direction as they get lost in the seemingly infinite flat steppes.

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Dragon's Graveyard - A smaller yet even more brutal range of mountains than the Great Bastions. According to myth, once dragons lived in the mountains, hoarding vast riches until they offended an old god of stone who in revenge raised the mountains into sharp points to tear the dragon's wings and gore them midflight while dragging their treasure hoards into the earth. A fanciful tale for sure but it has been used to explain the mineral wealth in them as well as the giant, mysterious "magical" bones that are routinely dug up. (Actually just dinosaur bones.)

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The Starry Sea - A vast blue sea, named so as during the clearest nights one can see the entire heaven of stars reflected upon its surface. Sometimes, stars will even fall from the sky into the sea and its said that those who find the fallen stars will be granted their greatest wish.

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Bastion Mountains - Vast, impassible mountain ranges that completely cut off Adanion from the other side. Few Adanions even realize there are other kingdoms beyond the mountains but even those who do can't agree on which Adandum was exiled from. The Lesser Bastion Mountain is also called the "Mountain Arm" as it splits off dramatically from the rest of the range.

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The Archgates - A trio of huge natural rock formations that leave massive openings in the mountains that are easily defended and heavily fortified. Some of the most defensible castles are built into the Archgate and are fought over fiercely by both Arbormark and the Wildwood as they are the only reliable routes out of the Wildwood. They are also the reason why the Wildwood was the last region added to the kingdom, unable to be bested in combat, House Loyce would eventually bring it into the kingdom through marriage instead.

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Cradlespring Lake - Perhaps the most important waterway in Adanion, its entirely encapsulated by the impassable mountains. Fed through underground springs and mountain streams, it feeds the Farwater and Twinsplit Rivers. Nearby hotsprings have made for excellent winter lodgings and even saunas. Just like with the Archgates and Arbormark and the Wildwood, both Frostmark and the Mistlands contest the few bridges over the Farwater River that divides their territory.

The phrase "House Loyce is Adanion and Adanion is House Loyce" is more literal than some people realize. House Loyce traces its origins to the legendary warrior-king Adandum of Lowyst, a prince from over the Great Bastion Mountains. He and his people had been exiled from their homeland, sent to die in the cold and snow of the mountains but managed to find a passage in the impassable mountains. Leading his people through, Adandum sealed the pass behind him and proclaimed that he would either "carve a new home or carve a grave in the ground" in the new land.

The land was already home to a hundred tribes and clans, having lived for untold generations in the area yet none of them were able to conquer enough of their enemies and the few that did never had their realms survive past succession if that. Adandum would have been just one of another many yet he brought something vital to the unnamed land from his homeland, administration. A great warrior and conquer, Adandum proved just as adept at managing his new conquests and peoples, capable of mustering huge armies while keeping his civilians fed. By the time he was on his death bed, Adandum had fought every tribe and clan, sometimes even massive confederations and alliances, and won, claiming nearly all of the land between the mountains. He named his new kingdom after himself, Adanion.

His eldest daughter, Omera, would succeed after him as Adandum's eldest son had fallen in battle. She took a husband from one of the local tribes unlike her father, a man from a tribe called the Yorice she completed her father's work and was crowned the first High Queen of Adanion, Queen Omera Lowyst-Yorice, a name that would eventually melt together into the modern House Loyce. She would prove instrumental in the long term stability of her family's future rule, expanding the royal court and government, granting titles to her father's followers and those tribal leaders who had bent the knee and codifying the myraid of local legends and beliefs into the Twin Faith, appointing the first Pontifex and Meratrix who in turn granted House Lowyst-Yorice legitimacy to their rule. The Kingdom of Adanion had been built on warriors, but House Loyce kept it through ministers.

tl;dr - The founder of House Loyce was a legendary warrior from across the mountains who most important ability was good governance, a trait passed on to his daughter who ruled after him that solidified the gains and laid the foundations for modern Andion and House Loyce.

The Twin Faith is the religion of Adanion, codified by Queen Omera and formed from the many old myths, faiths and beliefs from the original tribes. It believes in a world of balance by complimentary pairs: the Sun and the Moon, a Man and a Woman, a Noble and a Commoner, a Warrior and a Minister, the Heavens and the Earth. They imagine a great scale on which everything is to be balanced upon so that the world does not fall into chaos and disaster. They believe in a Sky Father and an Earth Mother who worked together to create the world and the people on it. Also known as the Master and the Mistress, it is the Master who can create things but it is the Mistress who preserves them, both equally important and complimentary.

Just as with their gods, the faith is lead by a pair, a male Pontifex and a female Meratrix. The faith is ministered to the masses by priests and priestesses from lonely hamlet shrines to bustling village churches to grand, regal cathedrals. Clergy are allowed to marry and have kids, but they are not allowed to hold or inherit titles, a loophole exploited by some Great Houses to rid themselves of eldest children in favor of their more capable younger sibling in the name of faith.

tl;dr - Think Christianity in terms of aesthetics without Jesus and with Daoist/Incan ideas about balance.

The Twilight Choir is a political and social movement that gained traction during the reign of weak kings and exploded during the rule of King Colyt II the Mad. It is seen as an almost revolutionary movement against the abuses of the monarchy, the great houses of Adanion and even the Church made of peasants, merchants and even some lesser nobles. Their name stems from a rejection of the "corrupted" Church as Twilight is between both Day and Night, a blending of both sides just as how their movement blends different social classes together. Although the Pontifex has declared this idea of blending over balance to be heretical, some clergy have joined the movement seeking church reforms.

Disgruntled peasants, having long suffered under inept rule, previous famine and the abuse by those above them wish to better their lives by overthrowing the power structure that has kept them repressed for centuries. Wealthy merchants whose power only grew as trade increased seek more power and presence in the politics of the kingdom as according to ancient decree, only those of noble blood are allowed into politics and only the lowest of lords are willing to marry merchant families, believing their role in economics is the only reason why the kingdom didn't bankrupt itself even during the age of weak monarchs. They seek a radical new form of republican oligarchy, where the old monarch and Great Houses are removed so that (according to them) "only the people who have helped the kingdom can rule it".

As for why the lesser knights and noble families also support the Choir is because during the reign of the Mad King, it had been the nobles of the lesser houses who bore the brunt of the madness. While the Great Houses complain of loosing a child or family member, entire lesser houses have been erased, their only remains being the bodies that hang in cages on the sides of roads. They accuse the Great Houses of forsaking their feudal vows and failing to protect them from the mad king despite their loyalty and vows to them. They side with the merchants in their radical new ideas believing that they can do a better job of ruling justly and fairly than the Great Houses can and tired of the apparent weakness in House Loyce.

Some have also taken the death of Crown Prince Daymian, the man thought to be the savior of the kingdom, as a sign of divine proof that the Master and the Mistress no longer grant their blessing to House Loyce to be rulers of Adanion. While the Church at large dismisses this claim, some individual priests preach it to agitated churches and rumor says there are those higher in Church leadership who believe as well, if for no other reason than potential political gain.

Of the two claimants, only Anyamara recognizes the true threat the Choir possesses to both the status of the noble houses as well as to the stability of the realm as she can see that even if they succeed, the Choir will split into smaller factions who will continue to fight among one another. Sharles, having grown up in ignorant comfort, believes the Choir is simply asking for better living conditions, refusing to believe they are actually seeking a full revolution of the social order.

tl;dr - Think of a mix of a peasant revolt, a republican uprising, a communist/socialist revolution, a noble rebellion and the Yellow Turban rebellion (loosing the divine right to rule) rolled into one.