Clonmel

Clonmel was the sixth and largest kingdom of Hibernia.

Monarchy

Halt O'Carrick originally came from Clonmel, and it is revealed in The Kings of Clonmel that he was in fact heir to the throne, before being sabotaged by his younger twin brother who later became King Ferris. King Ferris was said to be jealous of power, but a generally weak ruler. It was this attitude which allowed the cult known as 'The Outsiders,' to come in and wreak havoc. After King Ferris is killed by Genovesan assassins, his and Halt's nephew; Sean comes to throne where he now resides as the current ruler.

Etymology

Clonmel is Irish for "honey vale". It's a town in the East of Ireland, the townseat of County Tipperary.

Geography

To the East of Clonmel, the Strait of Hibernia separated Hibernia from Araluen. To the west, it bordered four of the remaining five kingdoms of Hibernia, the fifth being Mourne. The capital of Clonmel was Dun Kilty, where the King's residence was located. There were also a lot of trading and smuggling towns such as Port Cael, Fingle Bay and Mountshannon.

Duffy's Ford and Craikennis are small villages found in the south of Clonmel near a river.

Law and Order

During the reign of King Ferris, and the corruption of The Outsiders the kingdom was one of little law and order. Confusion and terror were everywhere (although Clonmel is the last kingdom of Hibernia to fall) and many simple villagers were taking to building barricades around their houses. They weren't welcoming to travelers, and proved very suspicious of any foreigners, not that there were many in those days.

During those months, farms were left alone and many were overrun with weeds. Dead animals were left in fields as farmers were too terrified to leave their homes to bury them.The Outsiders, enlisted bandits and terrorist groups in order to spread this fear and many a building and city were destroyed, burnt and the people massacred.

In order to settle disputes, the traditional method of trial by combat was used, as well as the occasional public execution.

The six kingdoms of Hibernia were famed for their distrust of each other, and though there was no 'open war' between them they all sabotaged and attacked each other. Each kingdom maintained small armies but these weren't made of skilled warriors, as Araluen's were, but rather of militia's and levies maintained for Skandian raids.

However, by the time of The Ghostfaces, King Sean and Oberjarl Erak had forged a treaty between Clonmel and Skandia, ending the hostilities between the two kingdoms.

Culture

The kingdom's culture is clearly based of that of medieval Ireland, and the people speak the Common Language, but with a heavy accent that Halt is noted as having.

Folk tales included stories of laechonnachie which were spiteful faerie folk, dressed all in green. A tavern in Craikennis took on the name of the sprite: The Green Harper. Another traditional myth was that of the Sunrise Warrior which told of an ancient, powerful warrior who would come from the east when the six kingdoms of Hibernia were in peril. Halt, Will and Horace used the story to their advantage in order to save Clonmel, as Horace acted as this mythical hero.

The people in Clonmel had proven to rather suspicious, and took easily to faerie stories and new religions; such as that of The Outsiders and their religion.

Trivia

• Hibernia's location, and etymology (Hibernia is the Latin name for Ireland) means we can safely assume that the island is based of Ireland.