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The Othic city-state is the smallest of the Old Empire provinces, nestled between the Elve Arduwu and the Tor'n Evalshat.  Dominated by the great City of Oth, the region grows increasingly more rural and wild the further one moves away from the high city walls.  Within an hour's ride the traveler can leave behind the crowded houses and avenues which cling to the walls of the ancient city, entering a wide rolling countryside crossed with dirt roads and dotted with innumerable old mines.

• Northfields.  North of the City of Oth is a verdant crescent of farmland known as the Northfields.  Despite its relative size to the city, the Northfields provide much of the produce needed to sustain the area's enormous population.  Those towns that exist on the border of North Wall are traditionally considered part of the Northfields if they are rural in nature.  The lower half of Truden is an exception to this guideline. Areas: Farren, Woodkeep, Truden, Aenth, Denem, Tavra, Jorast
• Elmark. The Elmark is one of the oldest Uren inhabited areas with the city-state of Oth.  It is here that many of the original inhabitants of the area settled.  Today, the region is traditionally divided into two sections, the Ghulwood and the Platan Peninsula.  The northern reaches of the Elmark are lawless, doubtless influenced by neighboring Genter and the Southswall.  The southern Elmark is more civilized than its northern neighbors but is threatened by the Theocracy of Danok and the New Kingdoms.  Areas:  Hanat, Oddon, Portage, Warlen, Irtithshal, Tuzan, Nalwol, Oalmere, Porron
• Morenside.  The Morenside lies west of the Runyard.  Its towns lie cradled in the craggy Moren Burdrul along streams that cascade down from the Tor'n Evalshat.  The communities here were built for the miners that burrowed tunnels throughout the black stone beneath these lifeless hills.  Areas:  Vullinshrith, Rhymer, Tulgulth, Dalus, Eironhold, Skurn
• Northwoods. The Dekàlans named the ancient wood of northern Oth Nar Druden.  A labyrinthine forest of wide-boled trees and interlocking branches hold the daylight at bay, offering unearthly umbrage to those below.  The understory is a mix of obscuring ferns and acres of impassable brambles.  Below these the ground is a rolling knotted blanket of thick and curling roots that turn horses' hooves and crack wagon wheels.  The Northwoods are home to Uren, Urdari and Shul.  Areas:  Loston, Well of Storms
• Nardùral.  North Wall.  The Nadùral is a congested area north and west of the city walls.  The region is divided into walled boroughs crowded together over a series of hills and valleys.  Areas:  Narhaven, Candan, Wesridge
• Southswall. Cowering beneath the towering south wall of the City of Oth lies a patchwork of wretched communities ruled by self-appointed pauper lords and thieves. The region has long been a plague upon the city, its desperate inhabitants preying upon those that travel from the southern gates to the Elmark.  Various Othic Lords have tried to cleanse the Southswall by rout or fire over the centuries, but the people always return and rebuild their small shanty "kingdoms".  Areas:  Adkul, Adnadt, Adnal, Baraz, Brennad, Buune, Calanar, Caleth, Ceederess, Culpath, Dednenn, Duvell, Erresh, Feerd, Fulgrom, Irewen, Irik, Irswal, Jaccanar, Karelt, Kulm, Lavek, Lunren, Nallas, Nevern, Ordol, Padan, Palor, Qoluth, Raddak, Shekkled, Shuldeth, Southshore, Sudwol, Takath, Tooln, Unnus Miketh, Varnt, Velorn, Vleshend, Walal, Widdin, Wudun
• Runyard.  The Runyard is a fertile wedge of land that lies to the west of the City of Oth which is bordered by the rivers Run Dul and Run Merdus and the Morenside.  Mappers typically include the gray Inunda Dul within this region.
• Narmurth.
• Dagger Peninsula.  The Dagger Peninsula is a splinter of land south of the City of Oth that has fallen on hard times.  A large portion of the land was once part of a massive keep built in the 5th century HK that has since fallen into disrepair.  The rocky land does not support farming on any scale but does offer two deep harbors useful for smaller ships.  The area is popular with smugglers and other traders in illicit goods.  Areas:  Dagwurdunjun, Genter
• Terázya. 
• Taddàs Ru.
• Irclùnne.
• Attyroth.  The forbidden island of Attyroth is the easternmost area of the Othic province. Established by early Rothic priests, the island hosts a large monastery and the main temple to the aspect Roth-Attrakar.  Attyroth is also home to the mysterious Order of Iron Death, who guard the secrets of their ancient antecedents.  Removed from the coast, most residents are unaware of its existence. Those residents of Terázya, Taddàs Ru and Irclùnne can sometimes see the glow of its lighthouse on clear dark nights.

The smallest province of the Old Empire, Oth's namesake is its only major city.  The City of Oth is the most populated city of all old city-states (only the City of Azálari is larger in size). A masterpiece of early civil and magical engineering, the great walled City of Iron remains both fascinating and odious to sages, engineers and travelers.

• Oth.  (metropolis) The City of Oth is the crown and soul of Nor Kalas Oth.  A sprawling grime-coated stone metropolis, the crowded port city has stood upon the ship-devouring Kre Dùlnar long before the rise and fall of the Old Empire.  Previously named Ezir by indigenous people of this region, the City of Iron has been rebuilt many times over the centuries, forming a labyrinth of dark layers deep beneath the present streets.  Fed by two rivers, supported by a bountiful ring of farmlands and kept working by an advanced system of sewers, plumbing and oil works, the city boasts a population of almost 300,000 people; one of the most populous cities in the World of Teréth End. Areas:  The Barrens, Kyard, Kreyard, Lower Streets, Narmurth, Naryard, North Wall, Prayard, Runyard, Southswall, Sulyard

At one time in the distant past, there may have been some characteristic that defined a man or woman as natives of the City of Oth or the areas surrounding.  It is no longer true.  The province is an amalgamation of races, ethnicities and cultures.  Today it is difficult to discern which qualities may have once been typical of the original Uren native tribes of this region (i.e. Ezir, Jalbin, Luzoc, etc.).  Many argue that the Ezmirans are probably little changed from the Ezir of the Third Age but this proposal is flawed.  The bloodlines of Ezmir have been diluted over the centuries by their Talàdan oppressors, Acentran occupiers and to a lesser extent their Dwürden and Ortori neighbors.  The only people that are distinguishable from the Othic masses are recent immigrants and their offspring.

• Ezir.  An early people of the region, the Ezir are believed to have moved north around the Tor'n Evalshat in the late Third Age settling north of the Kre Dulnar.  Despite skirmishes with the Jalbin, the two people seem to have been able to live and trade with one another.  It is guessed that the Jalbin were subsumed into Ezira culture by the late 4th century AR. The Ezir would continue to emerge as the dominant people of the region until the arrival of the Rothir in the 3rd century HK.
• Jalbin.  Before the arrival of the Ezir, the Jalbin tribes controlled the shores of the Othic region.  Renowned sailors and great fishermen, the Jalbin plied the coasts from Terázya to south of the Nyr Platan.  Single-sailed fishing boats of region are not much changed from those used by these people over 2000 years ago.  Boating was such an important part of Jalbin culture, that several excavated mounds near Porron have revealed earthen tombs of important Jalbin men, buried with all their worldly wealth in their ships .
• Luzoc.  Little is known of the Cul Luzoc, Men of the Woods.  Early accounts of the long-haired people tell of child-eating barbarians which followed the rivers and streams down from the surrounding highlands.  They were described as taller than "normal men" and speaking a tongue both crude and beautiful. The only Luzoc known by name is the chieftain Hagzor who converted to the pre-Dekàlan Rothic faith in 231 HK.  Some speculate that the Luzoc were a migrated western Teréthori tribe, though the theory that an ancient people could have survived such an odyssey is often dismissed.
• Rothir. Often credited with displacing the Ezir in the lands of above the Tor'n Evalshat, the Rothir may not be the conquerors some historians have painted them to be.  The Rothir and the Ezir, though separated by several centuries were likely the same people.  Both emigrated from the Warring Coasts.  In the 3rd century HK the minority Rothir were pushed from their Ezmiri homeland as Dekàlan armies pushed inexorably northward from Kandal.  The Rothir, through a series of brutal and sweeping changes, are credited with bringing civilization to the barbaric north.
• Vullin.  An ancient people not well-represented in contemporary Oth, the Vullin were pushed from the province almost 200 years before the region was claimed by the Old Empire.  Texts from the period describe pockets of displaced people living in dirt and stone hovels throughout the Moren Burdrul.  Others are believed to have moved into the mountains, settling in hidden lands (rf. Calsador).

Pre-Dekàlan.  The date of Oth's founding is something of a mystery, shrouded in the annals of the Temple of Roth and Dekàlan pre-history.  The first pilgrims of Roth are believed to have arrived at Nyr Platan around 230 HK.  According to the religious history, the priests of Roth were led to this mineral-rich area by divine guidance.  They found an ancient forest and hills and mountains laden with iron and precious metals.  There are some early tales of battle between these pilgrims and the natives of the area, but the stories are sketchy and the original inhabitants' identities lost.  Perhaps the most compelling element of this history is that there is little and conflicting mention as to whence the pilgrims came.  There are some that believe they were pushed Northward by the Empire's expansion, while others believe it more likely that they came from the East, and areas later known as Acentra.

The pilgrims' first duty was to build a temple and workshop for their deity.  High Priest Tuszum II, the earliest named cleric of the the Roth religion, is credited with receiving the plans for the temple via divine instruction.  Building began in earnest.  After some time the First Temple was completed.  The First Temple is not believed to have stood long, and was soon destroyed by fire.  The Second Temple was built from stone, but later destroyed by earthquake.  The stone foundations of this temple remain at the heart of the current structure.  These destruction of these temples was not viewed as retribution but rather Roth's urging toward construction of a more worthy temple.  Many years would pass before construction of the Third Temple was resumed.  In the late 5th century HK, the surrounding hills and mountains were honeycombed with mines, and the landscape erupted with large foundries and furnaces.  It was during this time that the god's name was changed (or revealed to be) Roth, meaning "Iron God" in their pre-Dekàlan tongue.  The name "Oth" is a variation of this, meaning Iron, or City of Iron.

According to the Skoru Dyazan, a record compiled by the historian Dorom the Elder, the Empire first arrived at Oth in 412 HK, having heard tales of a mountain of iron being built there.

"The iron mountain stands at the center of this north city, dwarfing all buildings scattered at its base.  The people of the city work tirelessly on its construction, hauling massive iron sheet and beams up the long wooden ramps with the aid of large oxen.  Each piece is set in place with a prayer.  The roads leading from the surrounding hills are lined with iron-laden wagons carrying an endless supply of materials to the builders of this wonder.  It is my guess that they will level every hill before their mountain is half-built."

  These emissaries were greeted by a High Priest, whose name has been removed from the history.  The ambassadors met with representatives of the Temple and being amazed by the works they found, offered on behalf of the High King that Oth be accepted into the Empire.  The High Priest is recorded to have refused this "offer" as it would require the establishment of a government centered around a High Lord, removing power from the Temple.  The ambasaadors left and the Temple prepared for war.

The remaining history is difficult to distill from the accounts of Durum the Elder.  Durum was a historian, assigned to the armies of Ruun, so his accounts often drift into exaggeration.  This problem is compounded by the fact that the original history is guarded by the priests of Irul-Ruun somewhere at the heart of Wyrthyr Tor in Ummon.  The accounts of Durum the Elder are considered sacred by that cult.  Durum describes several exchanges of fighting between the landed army and the followers of Roth.  The fighting does not end by his accounting until Ruun's army marches North from Taldàna and captures Oth.  Important to the Irul-Ruun faith, is the account that Ruun did not accept the surrender of the High Priest when it was offered preferring instead to continue the fight until the priest and his officers were captured and killed.  Each minor cleric of the Roth faith were taken to an area South of the city.  There they were given the choice of accepting the new faith or perishing by dagger point.  Those that would not pledge allegiance to the Empire and new faith were stabbed and thrown to the shoreline rocks below.  This place came to be known as Dagger Peninsula.  A stone still stands commemorating the spot of the acceptance of Roth into the Dekàlan pantheon, and his ascendancy to greater status.

Dekàlan.  Construction ceased on the Third Temple for the remainder of the First Expansion.  All efforts were concentrated instead on the construction of weapons and warships.  When High King Lordrun I died in 432 HK, the people of Oth returned to the holy work of completing the Third Temple.  In 744 AR, the High Queen sailed to Oth to be present for the Temple's completion.  This would be the first and last High King or Queen to visit the northern city-state in that capacity.

By the end of the 6th century AR, Oth had become a busy trading port doing extensive business with merchants from all reaches of Acentra and the formidable northlands.  The city became very prosperous in the years to follow and attracted many merchants and craftsmen from overseas.  In 680 HK, the High Priest Duruun decreed that no apprenticeships should be granted except to the Temple faithful.  Furthermore, all skilled labors were holy observances, and any non-faithful found practicing these pursuits within the city were to be charged with heresy.  The High Lord of Oth readily enforced this decree, which had answered the growing concern that many skilled artisans were returning to their non-Dekàlan homelands armed with valuable knowledge.  In Vulune 680 HK, further killings were held at the Dagger Peninsula where a prison had been erected circa 480 HK.  News of the massacre spread swiftly along the shipping lanes, but ambassadors arriving in Oth and Lanàdus were turned away.  Word soon reached the Elve Leyrdryel that several of their brethren had been killed at Oth for not accepting the Human god, Roth.  Human merchants were rounded-up in all Elve towns and ports for slaughter.  Newly crowned King Endmun IV of Oth (cr 681-703 HK) retaliated with the Order of Avarlin in 681 HK which sent a small fleet of Dekàlan warships to the small trading port.  The soldiers burned the town to the ground and dozens more Elve were killed.  Oth was soon embroiled in the three year Othelve War.  The Elve suffered terrible loses losing foothold back to the Run Telabra.  The Elve refused to surrender the river border, fighting to defend the line at great cost.

There are many questions surrounding this early war.  Many historians and scholars do not believe the Othic army had the ability to confront the Elve alone.  Although there is no record of aid from Ummon or other city-states during the conflict, it is believed that the Elve strategies and defenses were betrayed by the Dwurden.  The Dwurden were old enemies of the Elve, and knew much about their strongholds and weaknesses.  Though no records exist to suggest that the Dwurden provided troops to the cause, it is widely believed that they offered strategic assistance against their old enemies.  Regardless, having reached the Run Telabra the Dekàlans ceased their campaign against the Elve and began the long work of establishing new defenses.  The next years were spent constructing borderland keeps, and eventually Duruun's Wall.  The loss of the Northwoods area would not be forgotten by the Elve.  This early precursory war gave the Elve valuable insight into Dekàlan magic and military.  They would not engage the Empire so blindly again.  Modern scholars credit the Elve lessons in defeat from this early war with the victory over Dekàlas during the End War (circa 1246 HK), some five centuries later.

Post-Dekàlan.  Following the Last War, the City of Oth underwent a series of major changes.  One of only three Dekàlan cities to suffer occupation by enemy forces, Oth was stripped of much of its history.  Statues and memorials were torn down and minor temples were destroyed.  The Iron Temple was never taken however, its priests and some faithful surviving within its dark interior for 46 years.  In 12 DR, the High Priest Nazerus claimed that Roth had visited him and told of a great project that must be begun.  The Machine was activated on Eren 6, 28 DR and has been running ever since.  On that holy day, the Wheel formed above Oth, and the midday sun never shone on its streets again.

By 46 DR, the Elve left the City of Oth to its own destruction.  Most desired to return to their forest and mountain homes rather than serve endlessly in a police capacity.  All attempts to infiltrate the Iron Temple had failed, causing more death than the Elve had stomach for.  The remaining troops were Acentran, but their hold on the city would not last.  In 47 DR the High Priestess Vulandra II named Dryryn Zyan the High Lord of Oth, initiating the two hundred year Zyan dynasty.  Dryryn Zyan with a group of loyal followers sailed to Lanàdus where they were accepted and received instruction.  The group adventured for eight years before finding Katulth, and luring the young drake to Oth.  Returning to Oth, High Lord Dryryn Zyan raised a partisan army and began launching attacks against Acentran neighorhoods and guardhouses.  Soon, riots grew throughout the city culuminating in the Fire of Dagwurdunjun and the release of its political and criminal inmates.  The ruin of Dagwurdunjun is credited with the formation of Genter, and the Southswall nuroma.  Any believed to be Acentran were dragged into the streets and beaten to death with cobblestones.  Some Acentrans fled into the Elder Wood seeking help from the Elve.  There was no support for continued warfare among the Elve however, as too many had died and grown terribly ill from their recent occupation of the befouled city.  The High Lord Dryryn Zyan claimed the Iron Throne in 55 DR, at the time of his coronation the halls of Kry Shurulm were thick with the dead of his enemies and supporters.  The sanguine stain of those dead remains today.

Oth is ruled by a hereditary monarch, Lord Rott, in the Dekàlan tradition.  The Rott family is the fifth line of rulers to sit on the Iron Throne.  The Rott family has ruled the city and its surrounding area for over 400 years, since the line replaced the older Zyan ruling family.  The sickly Zyan monarch died (238 DR) leaving no heirs or traceable family except for one elderly matriarch who refused the Iron Crown.  Rule of the city descended upon the Temple for five years until a new monarch could be named.  In 243 DR, a young woman was crowned High Lady Hela I of Rott, the 11th great-grandmother of the current High Lord.