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The Duchy of the Ozarks is a Kithain Fief in the Kingdom of Willows corresponding to the state of Arkansas.

Overview[]

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Sparsely populated by both mortals and changelings, the Duchy of the Ozarks rose to some prominence though the realm of human politics when Bill Clinton became president. For the most part, though, it includes a large population of commoner mountain folk, self-sufficient and "out of the loop" of changeling politics. The territory claimed by the realm's ruler, Duchess Kerry Dunwood, includes the entire state of Arkansas.

The Commonwealth of the Ozarks[]

The Duchy of the Ozarks actually considers itself a commonwealth. The former duke, deposed by Meilge, wanted to show that nobles and commoners could work together. Meilge pays no attention to the Arkansas duchy, nor do most of the other noble Kithain of the kingdom. As far as they are concerned, the Ozarks are out of the loop. The fae there don't care if others see them as backward; while everyone's looking the other way, they're building up a second American Revolution and Kerry's right out front, quietly leading them.

Physical Geography[]

Bordered on the east by the Mississippi River, on the north by the Kingdom of Grass, on the west by the Kingdom of the Burning Sun, and on the south by the Duchy of the Delta Crescent, Arkansas sided with the Confederacy in the Civil War, unlike its sister border state, Missouri. The rich river country to the east gives way to the mountains of the Ozarks in the north and west and in delta lands to the south.

Major Cities & Landmarks[]

Little Rock[]

The capital and largest city, Little Rock lies in the central part of the duchy on the Arkansas River. It contains the Arkansas History Commission, the Museum of Science and Industry (a favorite gathering place for nockers, eshu, and boggan), the State Capitol and the Little Rock Central High School (site of one of the major desegregation battles of the civil rights struggle). The eshu in Little Rock maintain an active presence among Kithain, spearheading the movement toward a changeling commonwealth and opposing the feudal society.

Other Sites[]

Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, houses the Mammoth Spring State Park, a repository for railroad memorabilia; the Arkansas Ramblers, a motley of semi-itinerant eshu and pooka, have established a winter freehold inside one of the trains on display in the park. The Ozark Folk Center, in Mountain View, contains crafts and artifacts of the local folk culture, many of them crafted by the Ozark Boggan and Sluagh Cooperative. The Orr School, in Texarkana, commemorates the boyhood home of ragtime legend Scott Joplin; Leland Joplin-Jones, a pooka jazz pianist who claims Joplin as one of his mortal ancestors, makes his home in the school's basement.

Natural Places[]

The Duchy of the Ozarks contains many scenic preserves, including Crater of Diamonds State Park, Hot Springs National Park, and the Toltec Mounds State Park; besides being centers of activity for the region's Nunnehi, these areas provide local wilders with opportunities for white-water rafting and hiking, often in the company of kinain Dreamers. The Hampton Museum State Park contains an archaeology museum that houses artifacts dating from the period of the Ozark Bluff Dwellers.

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