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Harv Doruhl (pronounced HARV door-UHL) is a small nation in the Wounds inhabited by both dwarves from Harv Taruhm and Fanakaran tribes. The exile-queen Ramn has ruled this remote island since being deposed as ruler of Harv Taruhm in the middle of the last century. Though she has tried since to gather enough allies to retake the throne, few trust her newly softened stance towards non-dwarves, least of all the Fanakara with whom she shares the island.
Geography
See also: Varameno
The now-dormant mountain peak of Varameno rises high above the surrounding seas, sloping up to a water-filled caldera in the center. Though the landscape of the island is dominated by the mountain, significant parts along the coast, especially in the west and southeast, are much more flat. Tropical forests thrive in the rich, ashy soil of the island, which is covered in palm trees and other foliage, home to many wild animals that provide plentiful game to the inhabitants of the Varameno. That island's climate is warm to hot year-round, with variation throughout the wet and dry seasons.
Though none approach the size of Varameno, many small islets and uplifted reefs can be found surrounding the island as well. The waters off the southern and western coasts have a reputation as being difficult to traverse owing to the shallowness of the water relatively far out to sea and the many barely-submerged rocks that can easily damage or destroy the vessel of an unwary crew.
Varamenu is roughly 1900 miles north of the Chain, 2600 miles east of Ha-Rase-Metu, and 2000 miles southwest of Phersu.
History
Demographics
The inhabitants of Varameno are largely human and half-elven Fanakara tribes - the dwarves number only in the hundreds, even as they claim the entire island as territory of Harv Doruhl.