[quote=@Vahir]
Could you guys elaborate on the map? Because as is I have no godly idea what I'm looking at right now. A description of each area, and which areas are already encompassed by the Empire. 

I was thinking of having a bubble kingdom in the mountains, isolationist and inward-looking, with the only passes into it blocked off by massive walls, which keep out the worst terrors of the outside. Preferably somewhere otherwise hostile, away from civilization, so that it's a little island of stability in the chaos. Does that fit in anywhere in the setting?
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Probably the west part of The Rift. The Sea of Glass would attract a lot of nasty mutants looking for that sweet, sweet ichor. A city west of the lake, set up against those mountains would probably have to deal with lots of mutants in the wilds around it. Anyone heading south would have to venture through or around the Sea of Glass, which would be dangerous. On the other hand, crystallized ichor does have its uses and you'd have a large supply nearby. That said, you'd also be very isolated. Meaning, if an army of mutants and/or barbarians decides to form, you would be alone. Very alone.

EDIT: West of the Rift, I mean. Not east. Fixed now.