The Kingdom of Keilriech
The Forrest of Dark Blades
Shrouded in perpetual twilight the Kingdom of Keilriech is ruled by Vampires. The ruler of Keilriech is the master vampire Lord Kassel, but his regents perform the mundane tasks of actually running the kingdom. Nine families rule the kingdom, each family run by a direct sired vampire of Lord Kassel. The Vampire families rule the kingdom in a coalition fashion, with each family trying to gain more power over the others.
The Human caste are the slaves and livestock of Keilriech. The humans are not allowed to learn any fighting skills and is punishable by death. The human cast perform all manual labor and provide all many of comforts for the Vampire caste. Only humans are members of the slave caste any other race is killed, no prisoners are taken. By law from Lord Kassel himself, only humans can be turned into vampires. His decree is never questioned and any vampire who breaks this law is destroyed with prejudice.
The Pale Elf caste, created by Lord Kassel himself, these subjugated elves are the warriors and task masters for the Vampires. The Pale Elves are part vampire, requiring blood to survive and have supernatural senses to defend the forests around Keilriech. A Pale Elf must always obey a vampire and never betray the kingdom, the fate of those who do is worse than a merciful death. When a Pale Elf is punished he is branded a slave and sent to the Human Caste. As an ex-task master the humans despise branded elves and treat them worse then their task master ever do.