Ostberg Valley Chain

The Ostberg Valley Chain is one of the administrative districts in the West Reaches of the Grand Alliance. The seat of its power within the League of Mundane Governors is the city of Claykeep. The Elder Consortium maintains a wizarding academy in the city of High Ostberg, which is considered the trading gateway to other parts of the Grand Alliance lands.

Electoral Politics of the District
The League of Mundane Governors elections for the district are held every ten years, unless an incumbent governor dies and is unable to be resurrected or a vote of no confidence in the current government by the combined governors of the other administrative districts in the region is recorded. In any circumstance, the election is held during the autumn on the equinox, in accordance with ancient proto-Elder Consortium tradition. Typically, any primary challenge within the Discretionist or Establishmentarian parties is resolved with a runoff election among the party heads in whatever towns currently hold party offices (generally Claykeep, West Midden, and High Ostberg.)

The district uses a bound electoral system, where individual electors chosen by the towns within the region pledge their vote to the victor of the popular election in each town. The proportional representation of these electoral votes is as follows: In the event of a tie, the district's charter demands that the election be decided by single combat in the ritual tradition. In practice, this clause has never been invoked due to decisive electoral victory on the part of the Discretionist party, and it is unlikely to be invoked in practice without the insistence of one or the other candidates.
 * Claykeep: 10
 * High Ostberg: 8
 * West Midden: 5
 * East Midden: 5
 * Northwood: 3
 * Highview: 3
 * South Midden: 1
 * Sturge: 1
 * Shady Vale: 1

The current governor of the region is Achim Zeidersee, a Discretionist.

Cities & Towns

 * Claykeep
 * High Ostberg
 * West Midden
 * Northwood
 * Highview
 * East Midden
 * South Midden
 * Sturge
 * Shady Vale