✦ ELDORIA ✦

The wealthiest and most politically influential kingdom in Eldoria, renowned for its agriculture, commerce, diplomacy, and powerful royal bloodline.

• Capital: Solmere – A prosperous city built beside a vast freshwater lake.
• Geography: Central lowlands, fertile plains, rolling hills, and extensive river systems.
• Architecture: White limestone castles, golden rooftops, grand courtyards, and fortified towns.
• Resources: Grain, livestock, textiles, wine, and agricultural goods.
• Landmark: The Crownspire – An enormous royal citadel overlooking the capital.

A militaristic mountain kingdom renowned for its blacksmiths, miners, engineers, and disciplined knights. Its formidable fortresses and skilled craftsmen make it one of Eldoria’s strongest military powers.

• Capital: Ironhold – A fortified city constructed around a colossal mountain fortress.
• Geography: Northern mountain ranges, deep valleys, mineral-rich highlands, and snowy peaks.
• Architecture: Massive stone fortresses, iron bridges, underground halls, and mountain strongholds.
• Resources: Iron, steel, precious metals, weapons, armor, and gemstones.
• Landmark: The Emberforge – An ancient subterranean forge believed to burn without fuel.

A prosperous seafaring kingdom controlling much of Eldoria’s maritime commerce. Its powerful navy, experienced sailors, and extensive trading networks make it an important center of international trade.

• Capital: Veyrport – A magnificent harbor city built around a crescent-shaped bay.
• Geography: Western coastline, scattered islands, natural bays, and towering sea cliffs.
• Architecture: Whitewashed coastal cities, blue-tiled roofs, lighthouses, and elaborate harbors.
• Resources: Fish, salt, pearls, exotic imports, and maritime goods.
• Landmark: The Drowned Cathedral – An ancient partially submerged temple visible during low tide.

A kingdom deeply connected to nature, herbalism, ancient traditions, and magical studies. Its inhabitants possess extensive knowledge of magical flora, medicinal ingredients, and the natural properties of mana.

• Capital: Elderglen – A city built around a colossal sacred tree.
• Geography: Eastern temperate forests, ancient woodlands, rivers, and fertile valleys.
• Architecture: Living wooden structures, tree-bound residences, moss-covered stonework, and elegant bridges.
• Resources: Medicinal herbs, rare plants, magical ingredients, timber, and enchanted materials.
• Landmark: The Heartwood – An ancient tree said to predate the five kingdoms themselves.

A rugged kingdom of explorers, caravan merchants, mercenaries, scholars, and frontier settlements. Its people are accustomed to harsh environments and maintaining settlements near dangerous wilderness territories.

• Capital: Qasr Veyra – A fortified city built around a massive natural oasis.
• Geography: Southeastern badlands, dry plateaus, canyons, and desert basins.
• Architecture: Sandstone palaces, fortified caravanserais, underground settlements, and towering watchtowers.
• Resources: Rare minerals, desert spices, gemstones, and ancient artifacts.
• Landmark: The Shattered Obelisk – An enormous ancient structure covered in indecipherable inscriptions.

Eldoria is divided into five major kingdoms and three wilderness classifications. Its known geographical arrangement is as follows:

• Central Eldoria: Aurelith, surrounded by fertile plains, rivers, and rolling hills.
• Northern Eldoria: Dravengard, dominated by towering mountain ranges, snowy peaks, and mineral-rich highlands.
• Western Eldoria: Thalassor, with its extensive coastline, islands, and maritime trade routes.
• Eastern Eldoria: Sylvarenne, characterized by ancient forests, rivers, and fertile valleys.
• Southeastern Eldoria: Varkhazar, encompassing deserts, canyons, dry plateaus, and badlands.
• Southwestern and Outer Central Territories: The Playful Wilds, consisting of peaceful meadows, lakes, and forests.
• Northern Frontier: The Dangerous Borderlands, filled with dangerous forests, canyons, mountain passes, and abandoned ruins.
• Far Northeastern Territories: The Corrupted Deadlands, an isolated and increasingly corrupted region beyond Dravengard’s mountains.

Beyond the known territories lie unexplored lands, forgotten civilizations, mysterious islands, and regions that have yet to be mapped.

Humanity has survived by adapting.

The five kingdoms maintain fortified cities, protected settlements, and established trade routes. Major cities are protected by magical barriers and fortified walls. Remote villages maintain watchtowers and emergency shelters.

Roads connecting major settlements are regularly patrolled by adventurers and royal forces. Children learn basic monster safety alongside reading and arithmetic. Travelers learn to recognize monster tracks. Merchants hire escorts. Alchemists study monster-derived materials. Researchers venture into dangerous territories in search of lost knowledge.

Each kingdom contributes to the preservation of civilization through its own resources, military capabilities, and specialized knowledge.

However, beyond the major cities, survival becomes increasingly dependent on local communities and the Adventurer’s Guild.
And whenever something goes wrong... Someone calls the Adventurer’s Guild.

The safest regions outside civilization. Forests, meadows, lakes, and low-level magical territories where peaceful and relatively harmless monsters are commonly encountered.

These territories are particularly suitable for beginner adventurers, herbalists, researchers, and traveling merchants. Adventurers frequently visit these areas to collect magical materials, study creatures, gather herbs, and complete low-risk contracts.

Notable locations:

• Whispering Meadows: A vast grassland where the wind produces unusual musical sounds through the flowers.
• Moonpetal Grove: A beautiful woodland filled with luminous flowers that bloom at night.
• Glasswater Lake: An exceptionally clear lake surrounded by waterfalls and unusual aquatic wildlife.
• The Wandering Oak: An enormous ancient tree standing alone in a meadow, home to several species of magical birds.

The Playful Wilds extend along the outer edges of Sylvarenne’s forests, the southern lowlands of the KINGDOM OF AURELITH, and the western foothills of the KINGDOM OF VARKHAZAR. They may be peaceful. They are never completely safe.

The frontier between civilization and true wilderness. Here, territorial, aggressive, and dangerous monsters dominate large territories. Roads require patrols. Villages maintain watchtowers. Adventurers disappear often enough that rescue missions are a normal Guild contract.

The Borderlands are where most experienced adventurers make their names. They are also where many discover that courage and recklessness are two very different things.

Notable locations:

• The Broken Crown Pass: A treacherous mountain passage littered with the remains of an ancient fortress.
• Thornveil Forest: An enormous woodland where vegetation has grown unnaturally dense and aggressive.
• Ashenfang Canyon: A deep canyon with volcanic rock formations and geothermal springs.
• The Forsaken Citadel: An abandoned fortress overlooking the Borderlands, containing sealed chambers and forgotten treasures.

The Dangerous Borderlands occupy the territories between Dravengard’s outer mountain ranges, the northern reaches of Aurelith, and the deeper forests of Sylvarenne.

Few willingly enter the Deadlands. These are regions where Corruption has taken root and altered the natural world itself.

Forests become twisted labyrinths.
Wildlife becomes monstrous.
Mana behaves unpredictably.
Ruins that should have been abandoned begin showing signs of activity.
And somewhere within the darkness, powerful creatures rule territories that ordinary kingdoms have learned to avoid.

Notable locations:

• The Weeping Spire: A gigantic black tower that emits strange pulses of corrupted energy.
• The Hollow Cathedral: A ruined religious structure swallowed by enormous black roots.
• The Bleeding Marshes: A vast marshland where the water has turned dark and the surrounding vegetation has mutated.
• The Heart of Ruin: A massive unidentified structure buried beneath the Deadlands, believed to be the original source of the Corruption.

The Corrupted Deadlands occupy the northeasternmost reaches of Eldoria, beyond Dravengard’s mountain range, within an isolated basin surrounded by steep mountains.

Unlike the other wilderness territories, the Deadlands are not static. Corruption spreads.
Its expansion threatens the surrounding territories, forcing the five kingdoms to acknowledge a danger that transcends their political differences.
Those who venture into the Deadlands rarely do so for ordinary contracts. They go there because something important is waiting. Or because something has escaped.