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Western Dytikos is consumed with war. The Helm's Thundering Horde conquers all in its path, ruling the central plains of the Aplos. | |||
The remains of the Acrolonian Hegemony still holds the western heartland of Old Aletheia in its desperate and merciless grip, battling the Helm and the rebels to the south. | |||
The New Aletheian nations along the southwestern coast struggle to survive against both Horde and Hegemony. The many isles of the Dytikan Archipelago, still in Hegemony hands, are simmering with revolution and piracy. | |||
The Archon ruler of Katerga in the Aplos buys independence for his city with tribute to the Horde. The old caravan city rife with debauchery and intrigue, as spies and agents from all nearby powers come to deal with one another. | |||
The aurora-crowned Avigian Barrens lie in the heart of the Aplos, a vaultland beneath the titanic gaze of broken stars. Cyclops tribes dwell among the ruins of Arcadian cities, hunted for sport by the Helm, and savage to would-be treasure-hunters. | |||
The northern Fidion Coast seems an idyllic land of prosperous city-states, following the hasty withdrawal of the Hegemony. But rogue pirate-lords from the Boreal Archipelago and Hegemony raiders alike pick at them, and behind the façade, the vampiric Lamia pull the strings. | |||
In the towering peaks of the Fidion Ori, south of the coast, the ruins of the great Pythian Empire moulder. Vast mineral wealth awaits in the Labyrinth, the vault-caves beneath the mountains, where the Sisters of Stone and other forces of fury gather their power. | |||
The old lands of Epolosia along the southeastern coast are gradually being overrun by the asphodel flowers unleashed by the Curse of the Oboloi. Where they spread, the blood-drinking shades of the dead are free to roam. The Great Crypt of Taphos lies at the heart of the infestation, the home of the now deceased Oboloi who released the Curse to halt the Acrolonian Invasion in her lands. | |||
The city of Epolosus, famed for its learning, home of the fallen Caduceus, lies wracked with disease, riddled with asphodel, and half-abandoned by its inhabitants. | |||
In the heart of a great oasis in the Golden Waste, Pyrgos stands proud, home of Aegis and Owl. The city houses the famous Lyceum Stratigikis, the Owl's school of military art and science. They oppose the Helm and his Horde, but haven't mobilized against him yet, instead facing the immediate concern of asphodel encroachment to the south. Aberrations and fiery titan beasts roam the dunes. | |||
Chemaros jealously guards his riverlands between the Aplos and desert. Since the end of the Invasion, the Archon has little patience for the imitheoi and their Theagonas. All who would cross must pay tribute, and only his naiad children may sail the river. He particularly loathes the Helm, who butchered many naiads, and the Trident, who seeks to control Port Limani, at the northern mountain-lined bay where his river mouth empties. | |||
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Overview
Western Dytikos is consumed with war. The Helm's Thundering Horde conquers all in its path, ruling the central plains of the Aplos.
The remains of the Acrolonian Hegemony still holds the western heartland of Old Aletheia in its desperate and merciless grip, battling the Helm and the rebels to the south.
The New Aletheian nations along the southwestern coast struggle to survive against both Horde and Hegemony. The many isles of the Dytikan Archipelago, still in Hegemony hands, are simmering with revolution and piracy.
The Archon ruler of Katerga in the Aplos buys independence for his city with tribute to the Horde. The old caravan city rife with debauchery and intrigue, as spies and agents from all nearby powers come to deal with one another.
The aurora-crowned Avigian Barrens lie in the heart of the Aplos, a vaultland beneath the titanic gaze of broken stars. Cyclops tribes dwell among the ruins of Arcadian cities, hunted for sport by the Helm, and savage to would-be treasure-hunters. The northern Fidion Coast seems an idyllic land of prosperous city-states, following the hasty withdrawal of the Hegemony. But rogue pirate-lords from the Boreal Archipelago and Hegemony raiders alike pick at them, and behind the façade, the vampiric Lamia pull the strings.
In the towering peaks of the Fidion Ori, south of the coast, the ruins of the great Pythian Empire moulder. Vast mineral wealth awaits in the Labyrinth, the vault-caves beneath the mountains, where the Sisters of Stone and other forces of fury gather their power.
The old lands of Epolosia along the southeastern coast are gradually being overrun by the asphodel flowers unleashed by the Curse of the Oboloi. Where they spread, the blood-drinking shades of the dead are free to roam. The Great Crypt of Taphos lies at the heart of the infestation, the home of the now deceased Oboloi who released the Curse to halt the Acrolonian Invasion in her lands. The city of Epolosus, famed for its learning, home of the fallen Caduceus, lies wracked with disease, riddled with asphodel, and half-abandoned by its inhabitants.
In the heart of a great oasis in the Golden Waste, Pyrgos stands proud, home of Aegis and Owl. The city houses the famous Lyceum Stratigikis, the Owl's school of military art and science. They oppose the Helm and his Horde, but haven't mobilized against him yet, instead facing the immediate concern of asphodel encroachment to the south. Aberrations and fiery titan beasts roam the dunes.
Chemaros jealously guards his riverlands between the Aplos and desert. Since the end of the Invasion, the Archon has little patience for the imitheoi and their Theagonas. All who would cross must pay tribute, and only his naiad children may sail the river. He particularly loathes the Helm, who butchered many naiads, and the Trident, who seeks to control Port Limani, at the northern mountain-lined bay where his river mouth empties.