Arvakien is a dangerous place for those who travel it unawares. Nations struggle for power, gargantuan creatures roam the wilds, brigands and raiders prowl the roads, and everyone is looking to survive. The Adventurers guild has sought to give it's santioned adventurers a leg up over those who would do them harm and give each of it's new Porcelin ranks a copy of their codex. Filled with everything an up and coming adventurer needs to not only survive, but thrive in this vast realm. "You'll learn real quick that this world will swallow the unaware whole the first chance it gets. Keep that codex close and study it's pages thouroughly. It's lessons will help you stay alive another day and give you the chance to live to a ripe old age like myself." -Aesson Whitehall, Retired Iron rank adventurer. Eaten by a Snap Maw three days later when he failed to notice it's approach while he fetched some water