Tolnedra

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Tolnedra is a fictional empire in the Belgariad and Malloreon fantasy novels of David Eddings.

Tolnedra is an empire in the West named after the god Nedra. It is one of the larger kingdoms with its northern border set at the river Arend and its southern border at the River of the Woods. To the east the border extends to the southern tip of Ulgoland, southeastern side of Algaria, and borders Cthol Murgos far to the east. The eastern geography of Tolnedra is largely mountainous, except for the plain of Maragor. The empire's southernmost lands hold the Wood of the Dryads. The northern and central regions consist of fertile plains, with the great Nedrane River running from the eastern highlands through the center of the empire to the Sea of the West.

The capital of Tolnedra is the city of Tol Honeth, located on an island in the Nedrane River, near the center of the Empire. Another prominent city is Tol Borune, in central south Tolnedra near the edge of the Wood of the Dryads. The seaports of Tol Vordue and Tol Horb lie in northwest and central west Tolnedra, respectively. In the southeastern mountains of the empire lies the city of Tol Rane.

It has been said that the true god of Tolnedra is money as it was the Tolnedrans who invented it, and it can cloud even the most sensibly of men's minds from reason as the ill-fated invasion of Maragor proved, resulting in the destruction of Maragor and the scattering of its people.

Tolnedra is home to the Imperial legions, who make up the most orderly, neatly polished, and well-drilled army of the West. It is also the legions who maintain the network of roads across the west that ensure the economic dominance of Tolnedra.

Tolnedra is the home of the imperial princess Ce'Nedra, who is the wife of Belgarion of Riva.

Tolnedra is in many ways Eddings version of the Roman Empire. Its legions remind a great deal of the ones the Romans had. Its way of life, architecture, trade and organization also share resemblance to the Romans.

Tolnedran politics is dominated by a few great noble houses, the Honeths, Vordue, Horb, Rane, and Borune. These noble families fight over who will have the power in the country.

Tolnedra is on of the most powerfull fracions in the novels. It has a great economic and military influence.