[quote=@Guilty Spark]
[@TheUnknowable] Really I'd like to know a little about everything. The Kingdom, the tribes, the gods, the world, and the plot. Dealing with a crusade from the kingdom seems like a good start.

What will the position of our characters be? Skilled tribal warriors, or untested youths?
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The Kingdom is just your typical Theocratic Monarchy, with a Queen appointed by unanimous vote of the high priestesses, chosen from among the high-ranking nobles.  As a servant of the Goddesses, she must display their traits, meaning "Enlightenment" as defined by the priesthood (essentially devotion to and acceptance of the religion without question), "Life" (essentially their social structure and environmental rules), and Purity (virginity, plus displaying certain personality traits).

The Priesthood essentially has a monopoly on any magic that is the realm of their goddesses, light elemental, life elemental (healing and buffs), and Purity (holy type powers), at least in the Kingdom.  Darkness, death, and corruption type magics get you immediately labeled as being in league with the evil gods (which are male, btw), and you are immediately burned at the stake or, in a pinch, executed by the easiest and fastest method available.  Other magic types in the kingdom are limited to necessity, and permits for their use must be gained from a local temple.  Outside the Kingdom, though, their are many religions, with only the people from the kingdom and their descendants generally following that religion, and magic is practically unregulated, with each group crating the rules for its members and territory.

The World is a continent roughly the size of the US, with the Kingdom taking up an area in the Southeast.  If superimposed on a map of the US, the top would reach New York, and the west side would reach Texas.  There is a mountain chain to the north, and a desert to the west.

My character is an Orcish sailor that is first mate on a trade ship that works near the Eastern border of the Great Desert.  He has a little magic, but is more of a trader and swordsman than a mage.

I'm sure I missed something, but I'm not sure what.