Sothos

## The Lawless Expanse

*The Lawless Expanse is a place of brutal, violent, desperate struggle. Yet many are able to forge a life for themselves in these lands free from overbearing governments, however only the strong and ruthless find an enjoyable life here, all others perish quickly or are enslaved. Survival is manageable on the edges of the Expanse where arid ecosystems can support some specialized communities, however in the deeper desert survival is a supernaturally heroic feat. The rewards for such folk are great as the epicenter of the Great War is in the deep desert and contains the most relics of power, and a strange substance called Phoenix that is highly valued by all rich folk the world over. Secretive gangs command these desolate fields and fight viciously between each other. Despite being barren, The Expanse is a place of dramatic diversity, great canyons, plateaus, strange hardy plant life, acid pools, active volcanoes, and bizarre mountain and rock formations seen nowhere else. “Humans” command The Expanse for the most part, though all are adapted or have extraplanar bloodlines adept at coping with the extreme heat and cold of this deadly land. It is said enclaves of dark mages practice the most evil of magics deep in the wastes, and ancient centers of power containing horrific secrets lay in shadowed canyons that even the most hardy waste folk refuse to go. People living here have developed a natural defense against the sorts of extraplanar monsters that would conceal their true form or ethereally hide.*

## The Bloodmen Marches

### Cultures

Bloodmen

*The feared and brutal Tribes inhabit a unique land of volcanic activity and fungal forests. There are grassfields, barren lava fields, active lava flows, thermally active grounds and coastal swamps. From the Ruby Range to the ocean coast the Tribes command this land. Strange, black ruins of wild, but solid construction sprawl over the terrain, some have been inhabited by people, the biggest of which, on the coast, was made into the The City of Valor. While all cultures in Convergence take captives to some extent, the Tribes are the only culture to actively seek slaves for capture and sale.*

## The Lightchester Kingdom

### Ruler(s)

King Seldan Lightchester

*Ruled by King Seldan Lightchester often just called “The Kingdom”, it is a warmer, sunny land of grassfields and scattered forest. Some say is it the best, happiest, most prosperous nation in the world. Others see it’s people as servile and suffering under a strict law. Whatever the case it's military strength and fortified cities are of undeniable quality. Recent conquests and marriages to other kingdoms have greatly increased the size and power of the Lightchesters. A number of nobles have bent the knee or been given titles creating several smaller holdings within the Kingdom.*

## **Uncharted Waters**

*Some speak of a jungle to the southwest. Whispers of a dark land of eldritch knowledge and powers can be overheard between mages in the secret corners of taverns and reliquaries. It’s said to be to the southeast. The vast majority of the waters surrounding Convergence are uncharted, but humans in their madness daring to sail to their doom and torture report strange lands and stranger things under the dark waters.*

## Dungeons

“*You enter into the earth, into the ancient world of an alien people, so completely different from yourselves, their motivations, desires, and lives, completely foriegn to your warm hearths and humane communities. Power, eldritch knowledge, at all costs, without a single moment of heart or compassion, the will of these entities clings to the cold hard tunnels in this place. What of their sins and violations of nature still lurk in this deep darkness?”*