Helz

Helz is minor kingdom in the Western reaches of the Hundred Kingdoms region of the Confederation of Rivers. Helz was once a client state of the Seventh Legion until it joined an alliance of other kingdoms in waging a short and brutal war against Lookshy. Afterwards Helz was granted its freedom and became a trade partner of Lookshy.

• The Twenty Five Fists of Helz: By order of the Eight Coin Clan of Helz, only twenty five martial arts societies may exist in the city of Helz at any given time. Those that are not part of the societies may defeat another society to take their place, leading to an ever-expanding history of vendettas, clan-wars, cycles of retribution and apprentices avenging their masters year after year. Only the the Eight Silver Coins Clan and four other societies - collectively called the Five Iron Fists of Helz - seem to be exempt from this infighting, as they have a large number of impressive martial artists and are quite well defended. Very nearly any Terrestrial martial arts style can be found among the Twenty Five Fists of Helz.