King of All Skies

The King of All Skies, who has reigned from the top of world, from the loftiest peak at the centre of Dalaam.

The King sits on top of the capital. His court advises. The guard enacts his will. Emissaries from each region. Probably a bloodline or two from each which serves as the full families jockeying for power.

Those most powerful families are one to three families from each. There are few powers that rival each other in open opposition to the king's rule, as those families put out down hard. The remaining families act as advisors to the court, dispatched as ordered by the King, or under rare condition get ordered by the king directly.

All these families are struggling for respect and fortune, though they are all kept from open warfare by the King's decree. And so families often covertly fund privateers and pirates to go attack their enemies, weakening them politically.

This is due to the king's attention, which happens every half dozen years or so. The King has personally wiped out four family bloodlines.

The Open Invitation
Any may challenge the King to fight and claim his throne once every every age, at the end of First Spring. Often there are challengers nd assassination attempts. None have felled the King.