KINGDOM OF ASTEAWETH

A LARGE, ANCIENT KINGDOM, ASTEAWETH IS RICH IN MINERAL RESOURCES AND LUSH FARMLAND. IT HAS ENJOYED PEACE FOR CENTURIES, UNTIL THE KING REFUSES TO ALLOW HIS ONLY DAUGHTER TO MARRY THE INSANE KING OF ASTARIA, GIVING HIM THE PERFECT EXCUSE TO START A WAR WHICH EVENTUALLY LEADS TO THE DOWNFALL OF ASTEAWETH, AND IT’S ANNEXATION BY ASTARIA.

THE SHADOWLANDS
THIS REGION WAS DEVASTATED IN A WAR MANY CENTURIES AGO, AND NEVER RECOVERED. IT IS NOW A LAWLESS PLACE, RUN BY 3 LARGE BANDS OF ROBBER BARONS, WHO SUBJUGATE THE INHABITANTS WITH FEAR AND MURDER.

KINGDOM OF ASTARIA
A SMALLER, YOUNGER KINGDOM THAN ASTEAWETH, IT LIES TO THE WEST, IN THE REGION OF THYX. SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUNDED BY ROBBER BARONS, THE KINGDOM PREFERS TO TRADE RATHER THAN PRODUCE GOODS. IT IS NOTED FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY’S MENTAL INSTABILITY.

 

REGION OF THYX
THE EASTERN PART OF THYX IS MOSTLY FORESTS AND RIVERS, WITH THE KINGDOM SAFELY BEYOND THESE. FURTHER TO THE WEST IS A VAST WASTELAND, WHICH MARKS THE END OF CIVILISATION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE LAWLESS SHADOWLANDS.