Obseron

Not long ago, continent of Obseron was dominated by the Aurean Empire. The empire lasted for thousands of years, from it's origins as a small mountain kingdom ruled by dragons to the largest empire ever known, leaving only a few small edges of Obseron beyond it's grasp. Though it's conquests were often violent, it brought peace within it's lands. The population swelled, its cities grew to massive sizes, and science, art, and philosophy flourished.   But along with this grew corruption, inflexibility, and a sense of the empire's inevitability that blinded it's leaders to the dangers that it faced. An internal conflict spiraled out of control, leaving the empire vulnerable to threats that lurked just beyond its borders and in the mountains, forests, and swamps within it's very heart. This led, over a short period of time, to it's dramatic collapse.   It has now been two hundred years since the collapse. A small remnant of the empire remains, but it is still weak and the lands within it are still recovering. The lands around it are torn apart by the constant wars of petty kings and warlords seeking power that now seems up in the air. Bandits and monsters roam once peaceful lands, great cities now lie abandoned and in ruins, and dragons watch from afar, wondering if their time has come again.       This world is designed to be a detailed campaign setting for D&D 5E and other tabletop RPG's.   This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.