Ashein

The Kingdom of Ashein is a small province, bordered by the impassible Angry Mountains to the north, the Wild Expanse to the south, the Infernal Forest to the east and the Unending Sea to the west.     Just south of the Angry Mountains, Blasingdell village is nestled in a quiet valley, surrounded by rolling hills and dense forests.   On the outskirts of the village lies a ruined orphanage, a dilapidated building that's said to be haunted by the ghosts of the orphans who perished there long ago. Many villagers avoid the orphanage altogether, but some brave souls venture inside, hoping to catch a glimpse of the ghosts.   Prior to 15 years ago, your memories were a blur. Haunted by nightmares of flashing bright lights, sounds of children screaming and an unthinkable feeling of dread. Your lives began solitary, stranded in places you did not know. All different, the experiences and lives you have lived have brought you to who you are today. The characters have received mysterious letters, finding their way to you wherever you were. In scrawled writing, they instructed you to come to Blasingdell, with the promise of truth, riches and justice. There was no sender name given, but contained within each envelope was a single gold coin. Queen Catharina’s likeness is embossed on one side, like a standard coin of the realm, but on the opposite a crudely engraved image of a fountain.   It is this roughly scratched image that has awoken something inside you. An insatiable need for the truth, and that truth appears to be in Blasingdell.