More than a thousand years ago, Aerith boomed under the unified rule of the Aethelreds. Then came the Sundering, a cataclysm that shattered the kingdom and the land itself. From the wreckage, new nations rose. Imagine a continent stitched together from a thousand different threads – some woven into grand, glittering empires, others knotted into humble city-states or loose confederacies. Each nation, a testament to the resilience of its people, fiercely independent and vying for resources, land, and the very identity of Aerith. Millennia of conflict have reshaped the map. Some nations, mere whispers in the wind, were swallowed whole by their more ambitious neighbors. Others, like the mountain-bound dwarves of Baerdid and the sylvan elves of the Sharian Bryralei, have remained aloof, protected by geography or powerful magic. But beneath the surface of this fractured continent, a current still runs deep. The spirit of adventure, the hunger for a new destiny – these things beckon to the bold and the restless. Aerith, though a land carved by war, is also a land of endless opportunity. So, if you possess the courage to navigate the ever-shifting political landscape, Aerith awaits – a tapestry of cultures, a crucible of conflict, and a place where legends are still written in blood, sweat, and the indomitable will of its people.