The Badlands

The Badlands is a province in the far north of Chilastra, that features snowy landscapes with steep mountains. The region is known to be very cold.

## History

#### Pre-Empire (year 0-282)

Not much is known about the Badlands, except for that it was uninhabited prior to the arrival of the Empire.

#### Agus Artelianus Prim. (year 282-308)

As the Empire arrived, with Emperor Martyn Artelius I at the helm, the Badlands became a refuge for Vedalken tribes to flee to. The Vedalkens that fled into the Badlands were considered suicidal as it was very rough to travel in that area, as snow and mountains was considered difficult terrain to traverse.

The tribes that survived the journey into the Badlands set up camps and began living a secluded and fairly normal life.

#### Agus Artelianus Secon. (year 308-372)

As the Empire conquered more and more of Chilastra, the Badlands was a region ignored and thus the tribes living there were left alone. However, there were many tribal battles between the different Vedalken tribes and the inhabitants of the Badlands grew to be more feral, vicious and less civilized.

#### Agus Artelianus Tert. (year 372-400)

Emperor Martyn Artelius the II was growing old and slowly dying, and started transitioning his responsibilities to his heir and son Lucien Artelius, who had different thoughts in mind for Chilastra. With Emperor Lucien Artelius succeeding his father, he wanted to rule and govern better, and thus started introducing systems for all regions, except for the Badlands.

The region was considered to be better off left alone and forgotten, and for that reason the tribes lived very isolated for a very long time. They were not affected by the Empire at all, but as resources began to thin out in the region, tribes would go pillaging and raiding nearby settlements, villages and even cities. Past the Misty Mountains, the Dwarves dealt quite a lot with tribal assaults from the north, and sometimes the tribes would venture around the mountains and into Dhanash to rob and pillage.

Many began viewing the tribes of the Badlands as vicious and dangerous.

#### 1E (year 400-500)

During the times of the First Era, the Badlands remained the same as it had previously, however as the rest of Chilastra developed with better infrastructure, a stronger economy and a stable government, the Badlands were completely excluded from all of this. They northern tribes were furious, but knew they had to adapt somehow to the changes, if they wanted to survive.

#### 2E (year 500-600)

This is where we are today, and at this point the Badlands is still tribal and mosty uninhabited. One of the bigger tribes, which is also one of the Great Houses of Chilastra; House Dagoth, adapted the best and came into an agreement with the Empire that they would pay taxes and be governed by the Empire if they were given resources to live, and so the Empire had agreed to this. Now the Badlands is more structured, yet continues to employ a tribal lifestyle. Not much else is known about the region and its people.

## Geography & Features

The Badlands is a cold and snowy region with large patches of flat, snow covered terrain. Along the south of the region lies the Misty Mountains.

## Citizens

The people that live in the Badlands are often seen as vicious, tribal and dangerous. Some view them as uncivilized even, but not much else is known about the inhabitants except that the majority of the people that live there are actually Vedalken, making the Badlands one of the most densely populated areas with the Vedalken.