Current Monarch : Lady Kathryn Charles, Regent
Stands For: High Prince Enoch
Current Voice : Sir Septar Renham of Gosford
Of all the Ten Realms, Oxford stands apart as it is ruled not by a monarch but by a Regent, advised by the nobles of the Council of Nine (the nine Earls, Countesses and Counts who rule the Nine Counties of Oxford; Ashton, Barton, Elvesham, Fencott, Gosford, Medway, Newbury, Oxenford and Winterbrook). Oxford is a realm of grasslands and forests, a place of academic achievement, of progressive thinking and learned research, and were it not for recent troubles, Oxford would retain such a reputation in the other Ten Realms; a bastion of civilisation and culture, a realm where education and refinement balance well the courtly intrigue, social one-upmanship and intricate political manoeuvrings known, unofficially, as ‘The Dance’, that are ever the hallmark of that land.
Oxford currently suffers a vast horde of undead known as The Blighted, remnants of the great army raised and controlled by the lich lord Ankow who was set loose by the Mythwalker Nimue as a response to the late, former Regent, Earl Hawksmoor, pleading for aid after Albion's war with Gethan Geharis. The undead are slowly being hunted down by both Oxford and her allies; Cornwall in the south and, sweeping in from the east, the Dragon Knights of High Prince Enoch.
War now touches all of Oxford and scholarly learning, court politics and social intrigue take second place to matters of battle, though they remain as an undercurrent in the minds of all who fight for the Realm. Regent Kathryn has done much to try and restore the reputation of the Realm but its fate remains in question as Oxford has now delcared for High Prince Enoch, due to the Lions failing the Challenge of Oxford at Tristan's Tomb and yet more war looms on the horizon.
Capital of Oxford: Oxford City