Almeida, Portugal the current name was first used, in the form of the Arabic "al-Ma'ida" ('the plateau'). The village of Almeida was captured from the Moors by the second king of Portugal, Sancho I in the 12th century because of its strategic position on the new country of Portugal's border with Spain. So important to the security of the country, Sancho had the village heavily fortified. The castle was refortified on three further occasions by King Dinis, King Manuel I and by King João VI. The present 12 pointed star fortification was constructed in 1641 to a Vaubanesque plan on which the
Border Kingdoms that is worthwhile to adventurers. On the Dungeons & Dragons official website, a long ongoing article thread has started describing the Border Kingdoms and all the various states and kingdoms and other places in it in detail. Border Kingdoms In the fictional fantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms, the Border Kingdoms are a fictional country. The Border Kingdoms are a country consisting of a collection of kingdoms located on the southern shores of the Lake of Steam. It is a land of dozens of tiny states and kingdoms which rise and fall, expand and disappear, almost instantly and constantly, and