Tortall has a prime minister and several councils including the Council of Lords, the Council of Commons, the king's private council, and the Council of Mages. Co-regnants Jonathan IV of Conté and Thayet jian Wilima (in power during the majority of the books, from 440 HE through at least 463 HE) changed the law to allow royal succession to pass to female heirs previously it had only passed through the male line. Tortall is a constitutional feudal monarchy and is ruled by a king and/or queen, although there are no known Conté queens who have ruled in their own right. The current ruling family of Tortall is House Conté. See also: Succession of Tortallan Monarchs Tusaine Mountains, range that runs up Tusaine border.Grimhold Mountains-mountain range that forms the northern border between Tortall and Scanra.Tortall & Surrounding Kingdoms: 5th Century HE Long Lake, body of water where Fief Dunlath is located.Olorun River, second of Tortall's largest rivers.Vassa River (Makes up border between Tortall and Scanra).Tortall hosts a number of landforms and bodies of water. Tortall & Surrounding Kingdoms: 3rd Century HE It takes about 22 to 24 days on horseback to ride north to south, depending upon conditions and hostilities faced, and 14.5 days on horseback to ride east to west.
Tortall has been invaded quite a few times by raiders and bandits of other countries, namely those from Carthak, Scanra, and the Copper Isles.
This gives it many miles of coastline, but also many contentious borders. It borders the Emerald Ocean at the western border, and the Great Inland Sea on its southern border. In the south, however, near the Great Inland Sea, it has a rather warmer winter, although there is quite a lot of rain. In the north, Tortall experiences quite a lot of snow during the winter. It has a humid continental climate, for the most part, and is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Tortall is a country in the Eastern Lands. It is the main setting of most books in the universe. Tortall ( pronounced tohr-TALL) is a large country in the Tortallan Universe. Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales Immortals War: Ozorne Tasikhe, Copper Isles, Scanra 795 AE (around 105 years before the start of the Human Era) Immortal species: Hurrocks, Stormwings, Centaurs, moreĬ.
Humid continental climate (very cold in winter, very hot in summer) Coast, borders Scanra, Galla, Tusaine, and Tyra
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