CA0802_15.jpgThe Land of Threa is a unigue and a world that you will be familiar with. It still has Elves, Dwarves, Humans, Gnomes, Halflings,Orcs and many Unique races that are found to this world. But with this uniqueness to my world there is a twist to some of the races and there places of living. While halflings are still fun and loving they are feared and own criminal enterprises. Not all elves can be easily get along with, like the Grey Elves who would rather see a dead Human then to chack his hand. LOL it is easier to get along with the Dark Elves who while have there own agenda do business with the other races.

This is just a few things in my world that is unique. I also made this similiar in siome ways to our real world as in historical figures, material and countries. Not that it will help players but that this is a dark look into ourselves.Threa is a twisted fantastic look on our Earth. So are you actually the Monster looking back when you look in the mirror darkly.

 

 

The Lands of Threa are a enteresting places to adventure. Many of the Kingdoms were fight each other or were about to when a large cataclysm and some say a Apocalypse that nearly tor the world apart hit the whole Planet. A Army of deepones a Overloaded army from the Ocean made of deepones and a Extremely large army from the worlds edge mountains, made of Barbarians, cultist, Races that turned to chaos, and monsters attacked the west with just destruction on there mind. There was also the same things happening in the Great East and the New World but very few people even care or no what is happeneing to them they just worry more about themselves and there families. After the world saw destruction and Armies clashed the world was saved from the people and Armies of the world some even united and other kingdoms were destroyed or severaly weeken to the point of anarchy.

With this destruction Nes things came, a New Pantheon of gods made from other pantheons came into being. They simply call themselves the Glassrealm pantheon and are devoted to the helping and caring of the races on the world. Many countries, and kingdoms were destroyed, mountains are were mountains never were and some evenm moved to new homes. Most of the cities were destroyed and will never be rebuilt and some kingsdoms are just holding on with just a pinky. While the people in the southern kingdoms fared out better (not much better) then the Northern kingdoms. There is also a large amount of wild and dead magic zones were gods and powerful beings died. There is places that wwas once beutiful forest and lands are now tar pits, or destroyed lands or have been influence buy chaos They still got hit hard from Armies to to Tsunamis, to 10.+ earthquakes. New Monsters have been seen. Chaos while defeated was not destroyed. and some kingdoms even after all this still harbar hatred to other races and peoples.

But this is now a place for adventure, to exploring the ruined cities, to the ancient drack ruins,Tto lost dungeons that were unburied from the quakes to the anarchy that will need to be stopped. Mercanery work is everywere and adventurers travel the lands looking for work or try to find some gold to feed themselves for the next couple days.Thieves are abundent and Guilds and companies are warring with each other to take what was left, it is a place of high adventure.

                                                  Lands of the North

I'm not going to add every kingdom, land, forest, mountains that there is in the North but the most important to the players and the kingdoms of the western world. Plus the players would not no everything about the world, they are considered green and should be some ignorant about many of the places in the world.

The lands of the north is a viberent lands of forest, plains, and mountians. There is many kingdoms, and countries that rule the land and there is place that many would not tred because of the barbarian tribes, monsters and even in some cases the weather it self.

 

Largest or more famous of the Kingdoms and Free cities:

The land of the Periphary:

This land is in the farhtezst north one can go. It is the nothern pole of the world and has very few living creatures here. There is a few monsters with mostly Ice and white dragons. There is a few Snow elf tribes with human barabrian tribes that make of the most of actually monster population of the wild perifery. There is a dire and regular reigndeer herds in the southern parts of the land with polar bear that jot the land. Very few flora and fauna and only Ice and snow that is the only thing that can be seen for miles at end. There is a legend of a land called Shamballah or buy some call it Shangri lah buy the people of the Eastern lands. It is said to be ruled buy a great Preist King named prster John buy this ony a legendary and some say a fairy tail. Explorers who have search the periphery for the Shambalah have never found it.

 

The land of the Norse: 

The lands of the Norsemen is harsh and have known to kill buy Enviroment alone. There is 4 kingdoms, the Norse man kingdoms which is  Asgardia which is the most famous. They are traders, they are warriors of the market and left the warriors of the battlefield long ago. They are a powerfula and rich nation and acually do not get along with the the kingdom of Northland. Northlander still raid and pillage and see themselves as true warriors. The Asgardians have built a large kingdom while yes it is a small kingdom is is large as in riches and power it holds. It is rumored that they hold a artifact that is able to grant there runecaste rthe ability to fight the creatures of chaos and give prospurity to there people. The kingdom of Northland is is large as in land mass and still keep to the traditions of fighting andf raiding. The worship the gods tradtionally and they hate the Asgardians for betraying there culture. The Northlanders have even made alliances with races such as darelves that left the worship of loki and a sect of minataurs that warshipp the Norse gods.

The Other two Lands are the small undergropund kingdoms of Bloodmere ruled buy the Darkelves which resides somewere in the northern worldedge mountains. and the kingdom of Ironhelm ruled buy the Einharjar Dwarves. The reside in the mountains of Finhard south of the Asgardian Kingdom.

The great library of Uhlric:

The great library of Uhlric is a monastery ran but a small monlhood that worships the hero god Ascalian A god worship and was once part of the Norse Pantheon but left and Joined the New Glassrealm Pantheon or other known at the Threan Pantheon. The Library is a small fortrees with a large keep in the middle. They hold all manner of knowledge even the forbidden magics of chaos.many have come here to find out knoweldge of locations to find secrets to the sciences including maghic and alchemy.The Monks are a quit bunch but are really intelligent and are sage in there own right. To get to see a book or some other knowledge they must bring a rare book, tome, codex,scrioll or what not and this will pay thewre way  into the vast libarary that is said to be the largets in the west.The Libarary is l;ocated just on the southern side of the Finnhard mountains and in the hills above the Finnhard forest. They do have Gaurds which are the Einharjar Dwaves who do have a free riegn of the Library, this free range is there payment for guarding the lIbrary from the evils of the outside world.

Just Below the Finnhard mountains is the Titan plains the home of the Mammoth Lords a nomadic tribe of barbarians whos mounts are Mammoths.  They are war like but there are some les warlike tribes that trade with the free cities of Titansholm and Sanctuary. These two small Free cities are not over sized nor large but big enough to hold a small defence force and even a fair amount of magicians who travel this far to find a place of Isolation from civilization.

The great Rift:

The great rift a a extremely large Canton that at ite deeppst is a mile down into the earth. There is a large river that is part of it and many dragons and monsters roam the lands of thte great rift. Its weather is cold and is also unnaturally colder in the winter. while it is unaturally cool in the summer. There is a large amount of mining operations from free mining guilds and coster to the The Miners cosortium that ioperates most of the mines in the great rift. Just near the center a half a mile outside the rift is the Town of Dead wood a minig town were most of the miners will go to sleep, drink, and all manners of vice before they go back out to the mines once more to seek fortune and fame.

The great rift in the south spilts into to small conyans were griffons and hippogriffs nest. and to the west of the great rift is a large amount of Craters from some past cataclysm were many dragons now live. it is rumored that the craters hold dragon metal and some powerful magic that these dragons are uising for there own deals.

The great rift rift is also home of bandits and outlaws hidding from the law of other kingdoms. There is a large amout of monster and wild life that inhabit the rift and the outside of the rift. Eagles, Great eagles, many dire version and regular version of comin animals and the place is most a pine and redwood forested, with some maple here and there. Further to the East of the Rift is the small kingodm of Irririus

Irrieas:

Irrieas is a kingdom ruled buy the evil Creature that goes buy the name of Baba Yaga. Her daughter is the actuall ruler and she the one that takes her rulking Series. The kingdom is in a perpitual cold and even the summers are cold, But the kingdom does have some trade and does have a pretty good economy. There are rules that every one has to follow in the this kingdom of the woods. First it is illegal to carry and own weapons and armor, besides the military which are also the police. Bows and farming and ranching tools are the closes weapons they may own.  Baba yagas daughter Galenna who belongs to House Icethorne. Which is the saul house that rules this forested kingdom. The kingdom is field with ancient pine forest and with small hammlets and villages here and there. The peasants are kept under checked and fear the sorcery of Galenna and there secret watch who are in every village and hammlet that dots the land.

Hammerhold:

Hammerhold is a land ruled buy what they call the Tsars or some spell it the Czars. The royal family that rules at this point are the Romanov family have been ruling this kingdom for the last 600 years with a accasional bad ruller have been doing a pretty good job. They are liked buy the people. The people are educated from the nobility to the peasants, even the surfs all are educated, it is the law. All citizens have to have been in the military for 4 years with 3 in the military and 1 in the militia. Mostly doing border watch and fighting incarsions of Chaso from the world edge mountains, bandits from the norhtern forest to the cossacks raiding to the south. The land is most plains with a large forest in the north, to the south is the griffin steppes were the barabrians known as the Cassacks rule.

In the north is the a large foirest that in the deeper parts in haunted and is said to be ruled buy evil fey. In the edges of the forest many outlaws and bandits will hide in the ruins that jot the outer parts of the forest. Rangers do travel the forest for hints at what si looming in there and hunt evil that traverse the forest.

Dragonport:

See Dragonport under it own page......

The Plains of Lede:

The plains of lede is the land ruled but many of the barabrian tribes in between kingoms and free cities. The barbarians are large, tribal and are warlike. The land that they belong to is a extremely large streach of land that in between rocky to grassy plains to light forest in a few places. There is several ruins in the plains and many strange abolisk that jot the land here and there. There is even several metal structures with no way in. This land does have also what some wizards call Ley line storms were magic will go haywire and with rain and wind. There is also places that they call evil and spoiled magic, places that evcen the gods do not go. These place are places of evil some have ruins and all are field with wild or dead magic areas. The tribes that rule this land are the Sabretooth tiger, clan mountain lion, bear, bobcat in the north. in the southern areas of the plains is the Wolf, Rat, Mantis which all the tribes fear this female ruled tribe, praire dog, Stag, and horse. Each worship the animals lords with there same in totems.The last one which is also feared is the clan displacer beast they worship this animal lord and also it totem. They in the p-lains and the woprld edge mountains and have come into contact with many of the creatures of chaos.

The Bladekingdoms

Founded Many years ago before the cataclysm and the great Wars that swept the lands of the west. It was founded when a group of Espanians who were part of several merchant guilds and companies. When the govenment expelled or hunted down arcane users they left with there mages in the thousand and traveled north. There they set of a new land were mages can practice freelee. While it is still elligal to worship the chaos gods and practice andy magic that is demonic, devilry or chaos in origin, other then that even necromacy is allowed in the small kingdom. The knigdom is a federation of merchant guilds and companies were each heads of there guilds or company will vote in a representive to run there part of the kingdom in a council of represenetive. The kingdom is also change in it stakes, it is now more military minded, and has built a mercanery army that rivals many kingdoms and countries. There force is used like a forigen legion were they will sell there military services to the highest bidder. They have a mixed a divine, arcane, Psionics and technology in there armed forces. The kingdom is heavly forested in old growth forest, with ancient pines and redwoods. With the lower areas maples and oaks.  Every citizen has be in the service for about two years, Either in the kingdoms Militia or the foriegn Legion. In the winter is is extremely cold and heavy snows, in the summer months it is cool with only a week with highs in the 90s. In the fall it cool and rains alot, and in spring it is cool and beautiful with flowers. It is like a paradise. Each memeber of the council is called a prince and the head of the council is the High prince. The kingdom is a cross between a merchant guild but ran buy military personal. The kingdom after the cataclysm barely survived and is in a weekend stated. They have several contract for security of small kingdoms in the area. These contracts is what is making them money for the rebuild of there kingdom. The kingdom now has several abandon villages and several parts of the forest burnt down for miles. There is a area that is called death wood because of the magic that was used agaisnt the last of the asualt of the chaso army the swept the land. The are of deathwood is field with dead and wild magic aereas with many indead and the area looks dead. There is still one more thing there is a new [plague that is hunting the land and killing many people.

Espania

The lands of Espania is great and full of hope even after the cataclysm and the two wars they were in. There Navy has been destryoyed and they bearly have a few merchant marine ships. There military has been called back for home defence and rebuild. The land was once a land of farms and vineyards. A place were the world famous bull fights are held. But no more. There has been a rebellion for 20 years until the cataclysm. Then when the Horde of Chaos came out d the sea and was destroying everythin in it way. The King decided to cut and run, there the rebellion decided to stage a coup with the help of some generals who secretly liked the rebellion took control of he government and save what was left of the kingdom. The capital is in ruins with most of the cities in ruins. The coastral cities were destroyed buy the tsunami that hit the coast. There is still some remenants of chaos in the land, now there is also a new thing, mages can now be open and are helping in the rebuilding of the kingdom. They just resently sent a onvor to the bladekingdoms to have a formal agreement for and maybe have some security contracts in there need for security to the rebuuilding efforts. There is also a large amount of lawless who are now taking advantage of the lawlessness out side the cities and committo crimes of theft and banditry. But the land has promisse and hope behind it.

The land was once had farms and vineyards for miles and miles to were the eye can see. In the hills there was light forest of pines and oaks in the highlands and in the mountains there is old growth pines and junipers. There secretly hidden in the hills and the mountains are the fey and many magical creatures and monsters. Some of the monsters have come out of ther lairs when the food got scares because of the termoil. to raid and get food to eat. That includes the people of Espania. Giant has been cited in the North and Goblins and Unseelie Fey in the south.

(Note: So you can get a picture of what I'm getting at picture I'm after pivture spain after the Moors were kick out of spain. There is a mixture on Renaissance but dark age and apocalptic feel to it. Now put it in a fantasy setting and you get Espania at this time)

The Sea Princes

The Isles of the Sea Princes as the are called is a group of merchant guilds who left the lands that they belong to. Espania, Ostland, Ascaria and Avalonia and one is even from the land of Greacia. Either way The Isles of the Sea princes is a Series of Islands in the northern oceans. It is chain of 10 islands all close to each other who mean goal is to trade and make money. They have a strong navy and a strong land force. before the Tsunamis hit a mysteries Blue and green energy inveloped the islands which saved them from the tsunami. But made it that no one can leave or go to the islands. It saved them from the attacks of the chaos from the sea. What ever the case no one does not no who or what performed such a powerful magic, while other kingdoms were deing at the hands of the chaos hoard. The mysteries energy field is gone now and trade continues. The Sea princes are making trade consessions with many northern kingdoms and sending people to toher kingdoms for contracts in there contractions. The cities are a hustle and buistle place were the places outside the cities are beutiful but there is a apnisphere of wokring hard. May it be int he farms to the ranches.

Like other kingdoms in the north the Island kingdom are also field with pines with oaks and a few exotic plants taken from other lands.There is also a large abbondince of Dire animals. there is one island that a place that the military is only allowed. It is place were they test new weapons and is alo there main traing camps and naval repair hub.

The land has some laws that others do not have. They allow prostitution, gambling, some drugs use is allowed and bloodsports are legal. The capital Island has a large arena were gladiators fight for money while other are fighting for the freedom from jailtime.

The Tilean City States

The Tilean city states are a odd bunch of people who have traveled all the way north from the deep southern lands of the jungles and deserts to get away from some evil that plague there land at the time. They Worshi[p a series of gods called Sumar Pantheon. The people are called Sumarians. They went to trading and built a country around the art of trade. This may sound like many other kinds of kingdoms but they are different because they are just not a theocray but there preist are master business men. While they left the warrior tradition of sword and armor behind. Theyt still have a strong military and navy for defence. They have no military goals besides defence. They believe that true dominance comes in money and the power that give it, Not military conquest. THey allow magic both divine and arcane. There country is very religious and speaking bad about there gods is life in prison to death. They have a large trade fleet which is protected buy small fast galleys.

There land is vibrant with activity and there goal in life is to live a life of work. They also love to have a little time off which they feel they have the right to since they worked hard all week.The harder they work the better chance they will have to gain a better place in the heavens, which they call going home. During the cataclysm there gods protected them from the chaos army, and in doing so they were protected from being destroyed. There is large farms, ranches or cattle, horse sheep and rams. they are master fishermen who fish but not over fish. There land is surround buy High snow capped mountains were they put fortress across the moutains to watch for foriegn enemies or chaos. Today they are are a strong country with a thick heritage and there rulers the preist of the sumar Pantheon.

Unlike other places in the north there is very little forest most are in the foothills of the moutains, which are light forest. there makeup is similar to most forest of the north pines and junipers. 90 percent of the land is plains and form land.

Ostland

Ostland is a land of change. While at it core it is the same keeping many of there laws, espicially agasint maguic and the creatures of magic. The land has been desvistated buy war and the cataclysm then again buy the chaos horde. This has it in a weaken it severaly. Its naval forces are pretty much gone and it will takes years to rebuild its forces. What it has going for them is there Armed land forces, which includes thre thousands of warforge. There has been some changes in the land with the assassination of the Imperator during the Ascarian Ostalnd war. His brother taking control of the Kingdom. He has pulled most of his forces from most of the conflicts and commonwealth states. There are some exceptions.

The Kingdom is still a military ran country and everyone still has to have two years of military service after ther schooling. There military does make use of psionics as a counter to arcane magic. They still make magic (Arcane Magic) Illegal and anyone praciicing it will be tortured then exacuted. anything they feel is chaos is still exacuted on site. Only magic they allow is Divine from the Church of Dios. (The church of Dioses magic is practice different from the rest of the churchs int he west). any half angel or aasimar or any other half celestial is revered and kept safe. magiocal creatures are now either captured and sent to safe places (were they end up no ones no besides the government). The most dangerous is killed on site. Only simimagical practices allowed buy the government is astrology and alchemy (which is a shade of gray).

The land has very little forest to the East there is the Worlds Edge Mountains with its beautiful snaow camp mountains that is year round. Most of the land is plains which in turn is farm and ranchs. The paeople are hardy and work hard. Every one loves the luxuries and love to eat and drink whn there is time off. They are also big on parties and the most poorest will have a few a year. Ostland is the largest kingdom in the west and has the most as in land and people. They do have some of the best scout and are the best next to elves in guerilla warfare. To the south is the kingdom Ascaria which they are still considered enemies, in actually they never sind a peace treaty so there are considered at war, since they are to weak to fight there is not going to be any offensive any time soon.This includes the kingdom of Avalonia who are allies with Ascaria. Espania left there allegiance to Ostland when the rebels took control of the Espanian Government. They are still strong enough to control the government and maintain peace. But it is hard with the uprise of crime and banditry.

Avalonia

 

The kingdom of Avalonia was once a peacefull kingdom were the queen ruled wisely and aided there allies. But when war came to them in all fronts and then cataclysm it put it in ruin and it is barely holding out. There navy is mostly gone. They went to war with Espania, Ostland, and the highlander from the highland marches, with there Allies from Ascaria it help but after the cataclysm the goverment is running in deficit and there military is very weak and the navy only has about 6 ships with a asoutment of merchant ship that survived. They have been giving privateering lincsences were the goverment gets a percentage from the bounty. 

Many towns and villages are in ruin and have been abandon alot of people fromthese places have moved to the cities for security reeasons. Banditry, and lawlesness has been coming in a uprise and the law have been having a hard time maintaining the law. The capital many of the walls are desroyed and workers are all over hte place. 

Avalonia is a place of fey, and druids, monster and the shadows just lurking in the back waiting for there chance. The uprise of cults have been happening and people have been leaving the praise of the fey and the worship of the kelsarian gods and the worship of Dios behind believeing that the gods did not help there worshippers in the the cataclysm. If they did not help besides fight each other then why go to them if they are in it forthemselves. Not every one believes this but it not evryones thought.