League of Lake Lamorael

The League of Lake Lamorael (also known as the Lamoraelish League or simply the League) is a confederation of free merchant cities surrounding Lake Lamorael. Growing in the pleasant and sheltered clime surrounding Lake Lamorael, the eleven cities and cantons surrounding the league prospered under the Imperial freedom, developing early urban society remarkably fast. When the Empire fell, they gradually asserted their independence from Siracoríl once the Utlend threat to the East had been placated, becoming a merchant powerhouse. Today, the League is troubled politically by the advent of the Chantry, a radical reforming sect within the Church which seeks to return to the scriptural purity of the faith, in its south; the vast majority, particularly the northern cities remain loyal to the Church. Nevertheless, the League stands as the commercial and cosmopolitan centre of the continent.