Arclent

Arclent is a continent vastly East of the Great Maelstrom, and south-east of Aldrow, with incredible political divides, and a long history of war. It is mainly populated by humans, goliaths, and halflings.

Approximately 70 years ago, the nations of Gasm(Also called the Chalice States), Tak'kanna, and Givini were destroyed by an invasion of demons, under the Demon Lord Citarik. The continent is still engulfed in the slow war against his forces.

## Ardoheim

Ardoheim is most human with a large minority of Beastkin and a smaller minority of Elves, with good relations with Zirantia and Yhillin. They maintain their border with the Domain of Citarik via the Watchtowers, maintained by guilds of Chenswick supplemented by forces in Ferroholm.

It is split into two regions; The heavily militarized Iron Region, on the west, and the barely militarized eastern region, the Gold Region. Before the invasion of Citarik and the creation of Zirantia, Ardoheim also included the Stone and Salt regions to the north and south respectively of the Iron Region.

## Aram

Aram is primarily human as well, and mainly a desert. The exception to both of these facts is Eustred, the City of Stone, which is both Mountainous and not very human. Eustrin is almost entirely Dwarren, however there are many Earth-attuned and Fire-attuned Genasi as well.

Aram is politically and religiously divided into factions. While this causes strife, little is likely to happen so long as they have threats outside their kingdom.

### Eustrin

Eustrin is the former kingdom of the Dwarren, which once dominated nearly half the desert, the entire mountain, all the way down to the elven woods. What happened? Well, three things; Number One, the collapse of Eustrin Monech, Seat of the Forged King. That was about 4.000 years ago, and the entire city was swallowed whole by the desert. It's ruins were found in the Deep Roads a mere decade ago, but they have yet to be explored due to the dangers. Without Monech, the other cities, Embrace and Eustred, abandoned communications, and Embrace abandoned the land entirely, leaving a small ghost town that has yet to be re-inhabited. Eustred alone cannot maintain the former kingdom, and as such, it fell to factors 2 and 3; Humans, and Elves. When the Dwarren made their country, they spread the desert through the wood, and pressed the elves back to merely the Mother Tree and the lands south of the Gestal River. They've spent the last few thousand decades trying to take the desert back, and without Monech, their efforts drained Eustred's resources to the point of collapse, especially as the Aramites founded their country, and blackmailed them into a simple ultimatim; Work as a vassal state, or be ripped asunder by men and by elves. This, now, is where the formerly-proud nation is.

And it hasn't gotten much better since Citarik invaded, and Aram took the opportunity to start consolidating their power in Eustrin.

And I haven't even mentioned the Greenskins, the Giants, and the Monsters in the Deep Roads and Underdark yet. Eustred, from pretty much all perspectives, is fucked; If not for their Gnomish Tinkertek Equipment, they would've died off more than a century ago, easily. Now the bets are simple; Do they last until tomorrow, next year, next decade, or could another generation appear before the final fall?

## Darghelon and Gheldaron

Two elven nations which are as close as two nations which hate eachother can be. They have similar cultures, worship the same pantheon, and even share a capital in the Mother's Tree. Despite this, or perhaps because of this, they are in a permanent passive-aggressive state towards the other nation.

## Yhillin

Yhillin is a nation prized for it's arcane magic. It is led by a Queen and her council of eight mages, and provides magical services and items to the rest of the continent. Despite sharing a border, Yhillin is not at war with the hordes of Citarik. This is because, in the early days of the war, the Eight placed a grand magical barrier, preventing the entry of any and all demons spanning in an arc from the mountains to the desert.

## Zirantia

Zirantia is the home of most Beastkin on Arclent. Zirantia was formed only 70 years ago from donated Ardan land, as the Beastkin of Tak'Kanna were displaced southward. Tak'Kanna was lead by a council of Kings, one of each of the Great Houses(Each themselves representing the royalty of each type of Beastkin in Tak'Kanna), but they were exterminated during the war, and the remaining peasantry and minor nobles were forced to turn their entire government on it's head to resume any level of society. It is now led by one King, a Shifter with close ties to the Ardan King Alonon.

## Domain of Citarik

The Domain of Citarik seems on the outside like a barren hellscape, however the demons, demonkin, and survivors of the Second Great Arclent War do have a functioning society. Of course, this society is only fair for those with the power to make it fair, and those are mostly demons, who don't usually care much for such things.