The lands under the protection of Vasyllia are called “The Three Lands” or “The Three Cities,” meaning, of course, Vasyllia, Nebesta, and Karila, with the lands appertaining to them. There are also other smaller principalities that officially owe allegiance to one of the Three Cities, but in fact are largely independent. There is Negoda, an offshoot of Nebesta, which shares the Southern Downs with its Mother City. Tiverna, Bskova, and Charnigal pay tribute to Karila. They make a kind of three-pointed gate to the hilly country that sits at the foot of the Vasylli-Nebesti Mountains. Another five or so cities do not even merit a name, for they stand at the edge of the Steppelands. Only nomads live beyond…
-From “A Child’s Lesson in Vasylli Geography,” (Old Tales, Appendix 3c)
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