Baltakhand

'the Fortress of the Axe' - Owned and Built Previously by the Iltanlar, a Khuzait Clan or Similar Culture, who 40 Years Ago were Forced to Submit to Khan Urkhun's Khanate

Baltakhand, the Fortress of the Axe, was settled by the Iltanlar, mountain-dwelling cousins of the Khuzaits. Centuries ago their beys descended into the plains and created the fortress here that guards the portages of Iltan, the network of lakes and rivers that divides the Sturgian lands from the Khuzaits' realm. Bitter winters protected them from the reach of the Empire, but no blast of wind was cutting enough to stop the horsemen of Khan Urkhun, who 40 years ago forced this town to submit to the khanate.

This settlement is part of the Khuzait Khanate.

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