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Great Wood is the oldest forest and its trees whisper to each other. Known inhabitants include dryads, werebears, dire wolverines, satyrs and treants.

Pirate Isles

A loosely allied confederacy of Legendary Captains and Scarlet Corsairs (Stormwrack) who prey upon all those who sail upon the Kessan Sea, a maze of jagged reefs and well fed sea beasties make their shores all but unapproachable. Two odd laws here are that no one is allowed to keep slaves, and no one is allowed to kill a halfling. The social hierarchy consists of ship captains followed by first mates and then everyone else is considered equal.

Adventurers from the Pirate Isles are rogues, swashbucklers, rangers or fighters and get a +4 cultural bonus to the skills profession (sailor) and swim.

Ilbar

Capitol: Ilbar

Population: 30,000 half-elves, 5,000 gnomes, 1,000 aasimars

Government: Magocracy

Religions: Sehanine Moonbow

Alignment: Chaotic Good, Neutral Good, Lawful Good

Language(s): Elvish, Common, Celestial

Classes Available: Fighters, Rangers, Clerics, Druids, Rogues, Bards

Favored Weapons: Bows

Armor: None

Cultural Skills: Knowledge (Arcana), Survival

Cultural Feats: Weapon Focus (Bow)

Additional Gear: Adventurers from Ilbar are given an amulet if they are of good alignment that grants a +2 luck bonus to all saving throws.

A half-elven chaotic good city-state ruled by a council of sages, lore masters and dreamers. The population outside the city walls live in semi-nomadic family bands of 10-30 that build temporary structures during the winter months.

Darphia

Capitol: Darphia

Population: 35,000 half-elves, 1,500 aasimars, 400 half celestial elves

Government: Monarchy

Religions: Olidammara & Alobal Lorfiril

Alignment: Neutral Good, Chaotic Good

Language(s): Common, Elvish, Celestial

Classes Available: Fighter, Cleric, Bard, Wizard, Ranger, Druid

Favored Weapons: Bows

Armor: Elven Chainmail

Cultural Skills: Perform (Singing and Play Instrument)

Cultural Feats: Bardic Knack (cast two 0 level bard spells)

Additional Gear: Characters get a musical instrument of choice in addition to normal starting equipment.

A half-elven neutral good city-state ruled by a king and queen, known for its healing music. The population outside the city walls live in semi-nomadic family bands of 10-30 that build temporary structures during the winter months.

Adventurers from Ilbar get a +2 bonus to singing & play instrument skill, those who are bards get the heal spell as a sixth level spell (at 16th level you can use it, wow!! what a boon). Hmm if anybody can think of something else feel free to tell me.

Horse Tribes

Capitol: None

Population: 50,000 half elves

Government: Tribal Matriarchies

Religions: Obad-Hai

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral, Neutral, Chaotic Good

Language(s): Elvish, Sylvan

Classes Available: Barbarian, Druid

Favored Weapons: Short Bows

Armor: Hide

Cultural Skills: Ride & Survival

Cultural Feats:Mounted Archery

Additional Gear: Light war horse

Nomadic tribes of xenophobic half elves, they raid the Goblin Tribes and believe all visitors are agents of the Goblin Tribes.

Westermarch

Capitol: WesterMarch

Population: 42,000 half-orcs, 25,000 humans, 5,000 slaves of various races, 1,000 tieflings

Government: Monarchy

Religions: Ilneval & Shargaas

Alignment: Lawful Evil, Lawful Neutral, Neutral

Language(s): Orc, Common, Infernal

Classes Available: Fighter, Cleric, Monk, Ninja (from Kherim only)

Cultural Feats: Endurance or Improved Initiative

Additional Gear: None

A half-orc and human lawful evil city-state ruled by a king and has a strong priesthood of fighting clerics and monks whose faith is tested in the arena against each other and slave gladiators. Adventurers from WesterMarch are humans or half-orcs and are monks, ex-gladiators or clerics and get a bonus feat of endurance or improved initiative (players choice). WesterMarch hosts an annual week long gladiatorial competition open to any brave enough to enter it.

Kherim is a human lawful evil city ruled by the king of WesterMarch known for its dancing girls and assassins.

Adventurers from Kherim are rogues, ninjas or fighters.

Lake of Tears

Inhabited by halflings who build their houses on floating platforms of reeds. They tie them together into hamlets that they call 'rafts', each raft is ruled by the eldest couple and minor disputes are settled by unarmed combat and the victor claims a braid which they tie to a fishing spear for all to see. They come to shore once a month to gather more reeds and to trade. Living in many of the rafts are dire otters, some halflings bond with these otters from childhood and can ride them.

Adventurers from the Lake of Tears are hafling rogues who have been cast out, they start out with a shaved head, their clothes, a small knife, a fishing spear, the improved unarmed strike feat for free and a +4 bonus to the swimming skill.

Kessan Sea

Home to all sorts of fish, aquatic mammals, sea serpents and plesiosaurs (Stormwrack). Sauhagin cities lie off the coast of Xoltic and the Burning Sands destroying any who would settle the coasts. They enjoy such fun past times as sinking ships on moonless nights and warring with each other.