Realms
When designing the campaign map, the GM may decide to include any number of Realms. A realm is a contiguous arrangement of at least 15 hexes. If a player can control all of the hexes in a realm at the end of a campaign he will receive a bonus of power points (Table 1: Calculating effective power, pg 8). When the final hex of a realm is acquired, the player will receive 5 power points for use in the upcoming turn (Table 9: Acquiring Power, pg 21).

Once a realm is secured the player will receive 2 free fortresses that may be placed in any of the border tiles to assist in the defense of his realm (these fortresses may subsequently be upgraded to Mighty Fortresses with a normal expenditure of power, but not on the turn that they are first constructed).  This bonus can be claimed only once per realm. This is to symbolize the unified strength that your subjects feel for their home province. If at any time complete control of the realm is lost, the hexes containing these free fortresses are razed (see Table 4: Effects of looting or razing, pg 12).

While a player has complete control of a realm, the restriction on creating towns directly adjacent to the capital is removed. If complete control of the realm is lost the player may no longer create towns directly adjacent to the capital, however any existing towns may remain.