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[@princess] Sure. Ignoring the strait for convenience's sake, how long would it take to walk, say, from Kolonivka to Montauppe? What kind of a land scale are we looking at here? I was thinking of placing the prison where it would be cold, alienated, and inaccessible (ie. near Kolonivka); but not if it'll take me three months IC to hit the scene lol

Is there an established, canonical lore I should be reading up on and strictly adhering to on when I'm invited to the Discord, or are we free to worldbuild?

In the same vein as the previous question, when was the last time this setting was embroiled in total war, or any conflict large enough to upheave power structures, borders, etc.? Anything you can tell me about that conflict, such as numbers, factions, results, famous battles, etc.?

Here in the OOC tab, [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5341232]one GM post[/url] says this is a pre-industrial society, while [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5391927]another GM post[/url] declares this universe has developed steam ships, dirigibles, trains, etc. Which of these is accurate? If we were to look at firearms as a microcosm of the technological epoch, are people using flintlocks? Percussion caps? Matchlocks? Earlier, or even no firearms at all?

That's what I've got for now.
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Kolonivka is quite far from  Montauppe. To walk, definitely months. A train would take a week. 
I would suggest you write him walking from the prison as a flashback and past situation if you want to insist on that so that you can arrive right now into Sorian.

My apologies about the confusion as the first GM post is outdated. We are within a industrial revolution.  

https://roses-and-daggers.fandom.com/wiki/Caesonia_Kingdom#Known_History_of_Caesonia 

Please see here for history.