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Location Tier Region World Eraedal (Air-eh-dall) Region/Continent Current Governing Power Three-way Civil War Regions West Kighfalton / Upper Kighfalton / Koerdian Mountains / Lower Barraduk / Vequerrel Woodlands / Kighfalton Plains / Middle Kingdoms / Scarlet Mountains / Tarldet Plains / Old Kingdom Frontier
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📍 Overview
This empire stands as the oldest and most powerful human civilization within its world. Geographically, it is situated on a prominent peninsula wedged between two treacherous seas. Despite its immense influence, the realm is notorious for its deep corruption, extreme decadence, political intrigue, and treacherous nobility.
🗺️ Points of Interest
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Vequerrel Woodlands A massive, ancient forest highly prized by the Empire for its incredibly valuable exotic hardwoods. However, imperial logging operations and settlements here are constantly under siege due to the ongoing “Faerie War”—a bitter, deadly conflict against the woodland’s highly aggressive fey and magical inhabitants who violently refuse to let their home be harvested.
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Koerdian Mountains A rugged, coastal mountain range that is treacherous by land and deadly by sea. It is infamous across the realm for sheltering the “Pirates of Koerdian”. The sheer cliffs, jagged peaks, and hidden coastal coves provide the perfect, lawless strongholds for corsairs and outlaws looking to strike at the Empire’s wealthy shipping lanes.
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Scarlet Mountains A jagged, imposing mountain range that dominates the eastern geography. Rather than being fully tamed by the Empire, these peaks are treacherous and largely wild. They serve as a massive, monster-infested natural barrier that overlooks the Sea of Scarlet Waters.
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Ophid Grasslands Colonies Located along the northern expanses, this sweeping plains region represents the Empire’s relentless, bloody push for territorial expansion. It is a harsh, colonial frontier where imperial settlers and military outposts constantly clash with the indigenous barbarian tribes and centaur hordes that roam the deep grasslands.
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Yin-Sloth Periphery The sweltering, oppressive southern borderland where the Empire’s cultivated land abruptly gives way to the untamed Yin-Sloth Jungles. Geographically, it is a humid, miserable frontier plagued by strange jungle predators, brutal slaver operations, and the encroaching, untamed chaos of the deep southern wilds.
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Old Kingdom Frontier The highly militarized eastern borderland facing the ruined continent. The geography here is stark, scarred, and heavily fortified by the Imperial Legions. It acts as the ultimate shield, built to prevent the monstrous hordes, orcs, and ancient horrors of the fallen Old Kingdom Old Kingdom from spilling over the mountains into the Empire proper.