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===North===

The North is possibly the most geographically and culturally heterogeneous tribunal of the Inquisition, being formed of all territories<ref>Except for the upper valley of the Nandaliba river (Brono's most important river), part of the diocese of Mūltarhāvi.</ref> north of the Camipāṇḍa range. The ten dioceses of the area are a territory formed by multiple endorheic basins (most of them draining into either Márusúturon's largest lake, Lake Plezyth (Lake Gūraveṃṣa in Chlouvānem, shared between Tulfasysz, Gorjan, and the dioceses of Dahelijaiṭa and Mevikthænai) Lake Kaharvāṣa (on the border between Kayūkānaki and Doyukitama), Lake Vāruṭha (shared between Gorjan and the dioceses of Dūlāyirjaiṭa and Saṃhayolah), or the much smaller Lake Uthvā in the diocese of Saṃhayolah. The whole tribunal can be divided into five geographical regions, from east to west:

* The '''Hålvaram plateau''' is the largest and most populated part, including all areas draining into Lake Kaharvāṣa. A triangle surrounded by mountains on two sides, it is however somewhat well watered thanks to the rivers descending from the glaciers of the Camipāṇḍa range and of the smaller ranges to the east. Its climate is however quite continental, and despite being mostly under the 40th parallel north its winters are quite cold for its latitude. The northernmost diocese of the area, Taibigāša, is the most populated of the whole North (almost 1/4 of the total population), and includes its largest city and cultural centre, Hålša. In the south, Mārmalūdven diocese is a broad valley watered by the runoff water of the glaciers of the Camipāṇḍa, and it has been a strategically important area for centuries being the area with the most accessible mountain passes across the Camipāṇḍa range, into Cūlgakātāma and from there towards the Līrah valley and the Plain. This was the first area the Chlouvānem crossed the range in towards the Hålvaram plateau and from there towards Skyrdagor, and today it is still a transport route of primary importance thanks to the Trans-Camipāṇḍa Railway, considered one of the marvels of modern engineering. As the hills dividing the basin of the Kaharvāṣa from the Plezyth and especially the Vāruṭha and Uthvā basins are not so high, and because of the higher population of this area, non-Northerners often use the name of the Hålvaram plateau to refer to all of the Northern tribunal (though often excluding Måhañjaiṭa and Hivampaida).

* The '''Plezyth basin''' includes the dioceses of Dahelijaiṭa and Mevikthænai, where the southern part of Lake Plezyth lies. Mevikthænai, historically the southern part of the Ogotet' lands, still has a substantial amount of Ogotet' and Skyrdegan people, and the culture of Dahelijaiṭa also has many points in common with the neighboring countries of southern Greater Skyrdagor (Gorjan and Tulfasysz).

* The '''Vāruṭha-Uthvā basin''' includes the diocese of Saṃhayolah and most of Dūlāyirjaiṭa. This is a sparsely populated area, especially as southern Saṃhayolah includes many high-altitude areas towards the highest mountains of the Camipāṇḍa with only a few small settlements. Most of the population is concentrated on the shores of the two main lakes and on the middle and lower course of the Ṣreja river in Saṃhayolah, draining into Lake Vāruṭha. Saṃhayolah hosts various minoritary Fargulyn and Samaidulic languages, while Dūlāyirjaiṭa historically belonged to Gorjan at various times, so that it is also sometimes known as Southern Gorjan, with many local aspects of Skyrdegan culture.

* '''Måhañjaiṭa''', or the ''Mogh basin'', in the southwestern corner of the Northern tribunal, is a very dry cold desert basin flanked by two major rivers descending from the Camipāṇḍa, ultimately draining into Dūlāyirjaiṭa and Lake Vāruṭha; the riverside areas and the oases of the region are the historical range of the Mogh people, a civilization with ancient history of northern Márusúturon and whose cities have been an important cultural centre, due to the mountain passes linking this area (and the Bronosphere) with the plateaus of the upper Nīmbaṇḍhara. Mogh people are still the relative majority in the diocese.

* '''Hivampaida''' is the outlier diocese of the Northern tribunal both culturally and geographically: it is the only one which is not landlocked and which completely drains into the sea, the southern part (of predominantly Kaiṣamā-era-settled Chlouvānem population) through the Hårelasih river, which is downstream the main river of Fathan, and the northern part (predominantly of mixed Chlouvānem-Bronic population) through the Hunabula river, which forms the border with Brono for most of its course (and all of its course in the Inquisition). Hivampaida is the territory that most recently became Chlouvānem territory, only in the Kaiṣamā era, when Fathan and Hivampaida were detached from Brono and annexed to the Inquisition; Fathan later became independent, while Hivampaida – which, at the time of annexation, included the largest city of the Bronic world, Måmatempuñih (Moamatempony in Bronic, Mwåmahimpuñ in the local variant) – remained a diocese of the Inquisition. Northern Hivampaida still has a large Bronic population and a mostly Bronic-influenced culture, and the local variant of Brono-Fathanic is the main vernacular (even though the language studied in schools is still Standard Bronic). Most of the population of the diocese is centered in the city of Måmatempuñih (on the Yvyslad strait, which separates the mainland from Eszubat, the southernmost island of Skyrdagor) and along the Hunabula river, with some of these cities having twin cities in Brono on the other shore. Southern Hivampaida is on the other hand more sparsely populated, however, it is one of the North's most important agricultural regions.

Largest cities: ''Hålša'' (2,887,832), ''Måmatempuñih'' (2,190,283), ''Kateihāneh'' (1,402,224).

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| 10 dioceses, 26,138,112 inh.

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! 3-letter code !! Name !! Episcopal seat !! Inhabitants10

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| '''DHL''' || Dahelijaiṭa || Kateihāneh || 3,923,169

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| '''DYK''' || Doyukitama || Toetoyani || 2,192,865

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| '''DLY''' || Dūlāyirjaiṭa || Talvirṣṭaka || 2,918,057

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| '''HVM''' || Hivampaida || Måmatempuñih || 3,461,890

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| '''KYK''' || Kayūkānaki || Ħilarmā || 2,513,428

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| '''MRM''' || Mārmalūdven || Namilahota || 1,485,310

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| '''MVK''' || Mevikthænai || Ghalāsin || 528,901

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| '''MHÑ''' || Måhañjaiṭa || Rūši Davarkhāh || 1,837,555

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| '''SṂH''' || Saṃhayolah || Kašikanye || 989,374

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| '''TBG''' || Taibigāša || Hålša || 6,287,563

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