The @Frostpeak Range , @The Everwood Forest , @The Sunscorched Expanse , and @Embers Wastes aren't Veyrath's most influential kingdoms simply because their armies are powerful.
Each sits above one of the four greatest magical intersections in Veyrath.
Ancient structures exist beneath all four.
@Ice Frostpeak ancestors built fortresses over the northern site.
@Theron The Radiant predecessors constructed sacred structures around Everwood's.
@Borin Stonebeard lies beneath the enormous crater of the Sunscorched Expanse.
@Malistra the Soulburner is buried underneath Emberwaste.
None of the current rulers completely understand what these structures originally did.
Avaron does.
And that could be one reason he ensures powerful Crown bearers control all four territories.