Amaranthis

A unit of Steosian cavalry crash into a horde of barbarians, their lances breaking upon impact, in the end all that remains is a field of gore and the sounds of agony. Two unending phalanxes meet at spears length, the ocean of spears clash against shield, armor, and flesh. A volley of a thousand arrows is let loose by a battalion of Anglanian marksmen, the arrows pincushion a mass of armored infantry with great precision. A cunning politician rallies the people against their own kin. The wounds of a bloody civil war still fester of corruption and greed. The pride and arrogance will lead to downfall, the rise of a new empire.

Amaranthis is a vast theatre ready to be explored by revolutionaries; the seas beckon brave men and women to lead a life of adventure. Life on land is as difficult as on the Amaranthine ocean, as disease claims almost as many as pirates and brigands, and further, unfavorable weather can swallow the ship or devastate crops. Exploitation and slavery are more than a common occurrence. The word of a woman is untrusted in most societies except those such as the Anglanian; there the words of a matriarch are more respected.