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[i]According to the scholar-priests of the[/i] [b]Mordat Sakye[/b], [i]the world has been reborn no less than thirty times. Indeed, the very name of the world, Trelae, means thirty in the ancient Samor language of their sect. Each new era is marked by tremendous advancement in knowledge and learning, in arts, magic and technology; and an end that is both apocalyptic and absolute. New civilizations inevitably arise on the ruins of the old, with the knowledge that every great thing that has come before is beyond the capacity or understanding of the current world. But there are great men and women that deny that very notion and seek the knowledge and power of the worlds that have come before.[/i] 

[i]This role play will take place in a region called the Fringe Cities. A narrow strip of neutral territory that acts as a buffer between the two great powers in the world. The[/i] [b]Samoran Confederacy[/b] [i]to the east, across the sunken plains of Shagoth, and the[/i] [b]Kingdoms of Kathor[/b] [i]to the west. The Fringe has existed for nearly 200 years as an intermediary between the powers, a land of city-states ruled by Merchant-Kings, great sorcerers, terrible despots and kind sages.[/i] 

[i]Adventurers from both Kathor and Samora travel to the Fringe in search of treasures and relics buried in ancient tombs, crypts and fortresses. It is supposed that the Fringe was once the most powerful empire the world had ever seen, but some great calamity befell those peoples, stories propagated by the plethora of ruins and dungeons found all over the Fringe. [/i][/indent][/indent]

[h3]Regional Overview || The Fringe[/h3] [hr]
[b]Quick Description:[/b] Multicultural , City-States , 
[b]Races:[/b] Any & All
[b]Gods:[/b] 

Historical & Contextual Description
A narrow strip of land running roughly south/north, with diverse climates reflecting the geographical extremes. The Fringe was once home to a world-spanning Empire that fell into ruin about 4,000 years ago. Ruins and crypts, dungeons and underground fortresses hold the secrets of that ancient civilization, and adventurers from all over the world travel to the Fringe to uncover treasures and artifacts. 

[h3]Regional Overview || The Samoran Confederacy[/h3] [hr]
[b]Quick Description:[/b] [i]Decadent, Religious, Byzantine , Just , High-Tech[/i]
[b]Races:[/b] Human, Elf, Orc, Dwarf (for now)
[b]Gods:[/b] Balthazar, 

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A vast land of plains, mountains, deserts and seas, the Confederacy was only recently unified under the God-King Balthazar. Little is known about the despot as most of his manipulations are 
done through intermediaries. 

[h3]Regional Overview || The Kingdoms of Kathor [/h3] [hr]
[b]Quick Description:[/b] [i]Warring States, Ritualistic , Medieval , Harsh , High Arcana[/i]
[b]Races:[/b] Humans, Elves, Half-Elves, 
[b]Gods: [/b]

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