Nations and Regions

The adventure takes place in the realm that was formerly ruled by the Great Empire, now ravaged and split apart by the battles which followed. The majority of the land is now the Wilderness, a brutal and unforgiving land which no sane man or woman would dare to venture through alone.

Many horrors roam through the Wilderness, such as the ever-expanding orcish nation of Orchian, the mysterious happenings in the Green Highlands, or the terrifying beast known as the Wilderman and his army of Dustwalkers. Ruins of the previous civilization are hidden in the depths of Wilderness, awaiting rediscovery.

There are still some pockets of civilization, manifesting themselves in forms such as the nations of Moray, Ulvick and Lurisia. However, the rulers of these nations show that they can be as cruel and savage as the beasts which rule the Wilderness.

Locations

• The Great Empire (or what’s left of it)
  • The Crownlands: More civilized area, churches and castles
    • Gardens of Yawn
      • Citadel of Vlanir
    • Yawnish Strand
  • Silent Tower: Surrounded by Heibach Mire
  • The Green Highlands: Less civilized area, farms and taverns
  • The Grand Library: Presumably only the ruins of the library are left
• Orchian: Tends to change geographically with the migration of the Orcish Tribes
• Zarkhin: Holy independent nation bent on controlling the nation’s people
• Islands of Moray
• Wilderness: Combination of harsh natural forces and the monsters who lurk within them
  • Graven Bog
  • Crypts of Zorn: A handful of these keeps are hidden throughout Wilderness
  • Monestary of Zorn: Found up in the mountains
  • Heibach Mire: swampy area surrounding the Silent Tower
  • HOWL Garrison #3: one of three bases of the Howl
• Coldstone Keep: A stronghold guarding Greth Summit from the outside world
• The Fountain of Fossils: a pool of memories hidden within Orchian

Nations of the Realm

• The Great Empire [Fallen]
  • Used to govern the entire realm, but fell with the death of Arium the Eternal.
• The Foundation [Fallen]
  • Created in response to the fall of the Great Empire, and tried to rebuild it. Fell at the hand of Torin the Ripper, with help from the True Foundation.
• Zarkhin
  • Formed in the wake of the Great Empire’s fall, around the same time as the Foundation, and to the east. Originally, its goal was to be an alternative to the Empire and its successors, but now the nation wishes to spread its influence through religion, strengthening their power.
• Moray
  • Founded by Taog Tulach, the Isles of Moray became home to a people who did not want any part of the Foundation.
• The True Foundation
  • A mysterious grassroots organization that helped Torin the Ripper destroy the Foundation.
• Lurisia & Pluvia
  • A new nation founded by the she-elf Alice Vandran, who rules with an iron fist and is trying to create the biggest and most powerful empire yet. To do this, she has forced all Lurisian mages to work for her. Currently, Lurisia is at war with the orcs of Orchian to expand her borders east. Pluvia, to the east of the other nations, is governed by Rhea Vandran, the sister of Alice Vandran.
• Ulvick
  • A nation developed over time, with origins tracing back to the conqueror Aggriph the Vulture, who took over much of the land in the south of the empire in the years following the fall of the Great Empire.