Regions

The Dead Plateau
This are lies south of Dez'ret, west of Moltenforge, north of the Golden Meshanell Empire and east of Nwaevadi. There are no cities or settlements in this area. The area is extremely dry. There is a river which brings water from the mountains, however because of the frequent violent sandstorms, no area is settlable. However, this area is one of the most salt rich areas on the continent. As a result there is a great number of miners who have formed nomadic tribes to extract the salt and sell it. The area is populated by both nomadic tribes who travel the area mining salt and ogres, giants and other monsterous creatures. On occasion, a member of the nomads will begin to exhibit signs of the sickness. He or she will begin to lose thier hair and teeth. They will be immediatly shunned by the tribe and left to wander. Typically they will be eaten by a giant or ogre. However, some manage to survive and set up camp near an oasis. These people are extremely dangerous. They have been shunned by thier society and as a result have turned to cannibalism or worse. They should be avoided at all costs.

This article contains excerpts from Undiscovered Norymna by the bard Horatio

Valley of Sins
A region of corruption so deep that it has permanently scarred the land, the Valley of Sins is in between the Panator River and the Pale Mountains. Vines choke the trees in this area and it always seems to be overcast, even if the land surrounding it was bathed in sunshine. The Valley of Sins is the center of a great cult of necromancers, who took over the former city-state of Losanti, and turned it into a necropolis and its residents into their undead servants. Some villagers survive in a perpetual state of fear, providing the necromancers with their food and basic services, while the necromancers bicker and fight among one another for who should be Grand Lich.

Allani-Missrok has been the only nation to mount an organized effort to invade and destroy the Valley of Sins and the necromancers. However, in approaching the Valley of Sins, much of the army deserted fearing the horrors before them, and the remaining heroes and military made a stand at the Battle of Cook Field, before being overwhelmed by the undead and their commanders.

The Valley of Sins is now ruled by Grand Lich Jidou Rinendor, the wizard who led the Allani-Missrok mission and was corrupted and converted to the side of the necromancers. Rinendor rules even more harshly than his predecessors, and has even expanded raiding missions into the surrounding countryside to gather more victims for nefarious arcane purposes.