Overview Art by Tithi Luadhong The White Death is a vast frozen wasteland occupying the northernmost reaches of Anash'col. It is the coldest region on Ilisara's surface. No civilization has ever taken root there. No roads or trade routes exist in the White Death. The White Death is named not for snow alone but for the quality of death it offers: silent, cold, and absolute. Blizzards can last for weeks. Temperatures drop low enough to freeze exposed skin in minutes. The landsc

Overview Art by Liuzishan Sovgorod is the youngest kingdom in Anash'col. It spent a thousand years frozen in time beneath the ocean before being restored to life by its rightful heir and a fated Hero. Sovgorod’s sudden emergence from the seafloor has destabilized the political balance of Anash'col and heralded the Soborovsky dynasty's return to the world in dramatic fashion. Sovgorod is ruled by Queen Natalya Soborovsky, a sharp-minded, politically astute woman who left Great

Overview Art by Tithi Luadhong Dreadrock was an ancient kingdom that vanished from Anash'col overnight approximately one thousand years ago. Its disappearance was so sudden and complete that its name faded from common knowledge within a few generations. What remains is a mountain of the same name, a throne room carved into its rock, and an army of soldiers frozen in stasis beneath it waiting for the return of their rulers. The story of Dreadrock is inseparable from the story

Overview Art by T Studio Today, the Lonely Tower is in ruins. Below it, underneath the frozen earth, lies a gateway to hell. The smoldering remains of the tower smoke and burn. It is surrounded by a circle of dead land where nothing grows and nothing survives for long. Before its destruction by Agyrios Idrendorakis, the Tower was a black obelisk half a mile tall. Its origins predate any living memory on the continent. The tower was occupied by Pythea, Vandun's wife, a megalom

Overview Kuenugarth is a pragmatic kingdom that has survived for thousands of years on the merit of its hard-working people, fairness of its rulers, and reverence for the old gods. In recent decades, the arrival of the Arthelian Faith has caused new churches to rise amongst its old, snowy cities. Kuenugarth sits in the center of Anash'col, between the Kingdoms of Great Borea and Sovgorod. History Kuenugarth was founded by dissidents who protested the wicked rule of the Sorcer

Overview art by victoria_fantasy_art Great Borea is the dominant power of Anash'col and the oldest continuously governed kingdom on the continent. For over a thousand years, it was ruled by an immortal Sorceress Queen, whose grip on the continent caused its isolation from the wider world and ancient matriarchal traditions. Great Borea was once a harsh matriarchal society. Women were the only recognized citizens. Men were property, useful for labor and trade but not for positi

The sprawling city of Buvalti is the home of Star Elves in the Twin Crescents. Despite being a large city, it is quiet and peaceful.

The An’mani Kingdom is a nation rich with natural resources and magic. It belongs to the Azure Empire.

The Steel Empire is a proud and ancient empire inhabited by Steel Dwarves. Steel Dwarves have carved out a mighty, sprawling metropolis beneath the earth. Location of the Steel Empire (art by victoria_fantasy_art) Its tunnels stretch for miles beneath the continents of Aldemere and Oros, as well as beneath the ocean. It is considered a part of the Dark Below by most surface-dwellers, although the dwarves who live there would scoff at the notion. Their Empire is as different f

Introduction When the world was new, the god of death created an Afterlife. This realm -- a place parallel to Ilisara, but untouchable...

Overview Compared to the relative stability and order of the world, the Dark Below is a chaotic and unforgiving place. It is a realm stretching beneath the entire surface of the planet. Its endless tunnels, chasms, passageways are easy to get lost in. Finding one's way through the Dark Below is the primary objective of any traveler brave enough to enter. Tectonic activity causes frequent earthquakes the deeper one goes, which collapses tunnels and creates new pathways. The Da

Overview Art by Tithi Luadthong Beruna is a frigid, largely ungoverned realm of ice bridges, fjords, frozen tundra, and tribal settlements clinging to the base of sea cliffs. Beruna is the ancestral homeland of the Arcadians. Long ago, humans migrated south across an ice bridge to the more hospitable continent of Arcadia and built a civilization there. Those who stayed behind in Beruna never followed. They kept to their old ways; tribal, nomadic, and deeply connected to the l

Overview Art by victoria_fantasy_art Strom is a rugged kingdom in the southern Isles, separated from Aldemere by open water and bordered by the Galean Ocean to the east. It is a young nation built on old ground. Formerly called Oros, the land was overrun by orcs who fled Isandor after Armageddon. For a generation it was lost. Twenty years ago, King Vidar Stromvald returned from a journey to the far north with ten thousand ancient warriors from Anash'col at his back. He drove

Snowpeak is both the name of the tallest mountain in the Snowfell Mountains, and the name of the dwarven capital city. The dwarves...

Vestia is the Sun Elf capital city and the name of a kingdom. The city is a paradisical place, and the Dawnwalkers live there.

The city of Thrain is full of people from all walks of life. The streets are lined with vendors selling their wares, and the air is...

Castalla, the capital city of the Arcadians, is located in a cradle between the Twin Peaks and surrounding mountains. It developed from...

Industry, integrity, prosperity. Riverport's motto isn't followed by all of its citizens, for whom wealth is the ultimate goal.

A highly advanced human civilization that values trade, economy, invention, and science. Arcadians trade all over the Isles.

Seian City is a massive trade hub in the Azure Empire, and serves as An'mani's capital. The Azure Liege lives here.