The Western Reaches

The westernmost civilized region of the known world, the Western Reaches, is rife with conflict and opportunities. With fertile lands and a vast amount of precious metals to be sourced from the land, it is of no great surprise that there are plenty who traverse here in search of opportunity.   The most sizable region in the Western Reaches is Faryon, an old kingdom and once great nation, now weakened still by a civil war that took place well over a century ago. Conspiring lords, trading companies, and enterprising individuals perpetually seek to broaden their wealth, power, and influence at the cost of the old monarchy, desperately trying to keep everything together and under its heels, as it has for decades, now.   To its east lay the Adyrian Republics, an amalgamation of various mercantile city-states, only loosely tied together by their mutual interests, most commonly mutual financial gains, spearheaded by their joint trading company.   Magic is very much real, and quite commonplace, although far from everyone has the competences required to use it. Nevertheless, mages and sorcerers are commonly seen in major towns and cities, be they residents or wandering adventurers or ne'er do wells. The gods exist, and while they almost never walk the world, their followers most certainly do, from paladins and priests carrying the powers bestowed upon them by their deity, to mysterious warlocks, ever bargaining with their dark patrons for more power.   Your adventure, however, starts in the year 2028 of the Third Era, in a small port town, a popular stop on the way to, or from, the nation's capital city of Nylanor...