Setting

The Black Marches

Once a cold, barely inhabited land, the Great War sent refugees of all races down into the Marches. The Black Marches are strange, harsh lands; untamed and dangerous. Nor is urban life safe, as many of the new citizens are desperate folk suspicious and fearful of their peers - life is cheap and death is cheaper (and cliches are free!).

LAND / FEATURES

The Serpent Mire

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• Dragonport is the largest of the Black Marches settlements, its population having been swollen by the influx of refugees from five to twenty thousand. It is for the most part a squalid place more shanty than town, with the poorer sections build next to, and often on, The Serpent Mire swamp. Lightning Rail Hub 1 links the city all those with a lightning rail hub.

• Bywater Up against impassible mountains to the north and west, with plains south and a forest east, this is a city with nowhere to turn but outward and onward to adventure. Located far to the northwest of Dragonport

• Belthrane Village is located north of Dragonport, contains the landmark of a sunken fortress now known as The Sunless Citadel

• Kobold Settlement/Roctrap A settlement of kobolds that fled The Sunless Citadel. It is located between Belthrane Village and the Goblin King Cave.

• Kal'tazaka, an underground trade metropolis known only in stories on the overworld, has a passage leading to the surface that can be found somewhere deep in The Serpent Mire.

• Azchir, a small port Village 70 miles East of Dragonport.

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• Natantis Turris, A floating tower located above the oceans south of Dragonport.

• Castle Caldwell , located on the coast southwest of Dragonport that has been until recently, abandoned

• Temple of Olidammara, a hidden temple in the mountains north of Dragonport.

• Well of Wishes , located between Belthrane Village and Dragonport, has a surprise for those who drop a gold coin into it.

• Abandoned Research Complex, a well hidden location. Situated somewhere in the caverns below the Serpent Mire

• The Floating Library - Anchored in the northern most section of Dragonport. Following the events of Octagon 5, the library vanished from the skies of Dragonport.

• The River Ferlgar - A River that Runs through the mire

The Great Gnarl

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• Goblin King Cave , located in the Great Gnarl Mountains, featured a Dark Secret.

The Red Desert

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• The Lost City, a city in the desert that decayed over time. Restored to prosperity by Ivar Heavychain and named 'Ivargard' in his honor.
• Mercon, a city where potent magi-tech is employed
• Ssh'Rik, a city-state inhabited by lizardfolk of the desert variety. Ruled by Sirion who seeks to make the city less isolationistic

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The Krayzen Outscapes

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The Not So Wild West.

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• Ravenica, a Mysterious city far to the west…

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The Frozen North

ISLANDS

Teki-nira-ria

An island to the Southwest of the Black Marches, filled with jungles, swamps, and a tribe of fierce green-skinned creatures.

Glitter Island

An island infested with fey, hags, and other such creatures

• Gnome Home Home to a newly emigrated population of gnomes with a smattering of other races.

Emerald Isle

A small island inhabited by elves and ogres, ruled by a tyrannical Green Dragon.

Isle of Dread

An Island to the southeast known for its ancient ruins and undead infestation.

Unmarked Island

Another relatively small, uninhabited island

Obscured Isle

A medium-sized island … well hidden due to dense fog which always covers it.

Io's Blood Isles

The sacred home of the dragons.

LOCATIONS

The Sunless Citadel, a sunken fortress with untold riches, for those willing to scour its depths.

Bluutsvilarr's Lair, black dragon's lair.

MISCELLANEOUS

Dryad Inn - A newly built inn near Dragonport.

The Kismet - Hovering just outside of Dragonport or Gnome Home

CITIES/TOWNS

• Amdrian A city that lies far to the northwest of Dragonsport. Contained within a large forest that seems to be rather a large tree line. Magic flushes in this land while most tech that would be considered advanced seems to not work properly.

• Nexus Halfway across the world, the city of magical technology where goblins drive hover cabbies, and crime is rampant, its the main city where the gritty heroes hang out. Its located between a few kingdoms, one of them being Khierna Kingdom, and others to be added as PCs or GMs decide. Lightning Rail Hub 3 links this location to all locations with a lightning rail hub.

• Mercon A city on the edge of the Red Desert. It is well known for its quite distinct if not quite exotic policies, be it religion-wise and… undead-tolerance wise. Recently the realm experiences a great boon with the discovery of potent magi-tech technologies.

• Ssh'Rik, a city-state inhabited by lizardfolk of the desert variety. For many years the interactions with its inhabitants were rather ill-advised as the lizardfolk left mostly only to wage war or engage in slave raids. It changed after Sirion dethroned Sakatha and forged alliance with Ivar Heavychain, the new pharaoh of the Lost Asherati. Even with such occurring tis going to be a long way till the outside world recognizes the desert kingdom as 'safe' enough for larger-scale trade and similar.

• Khierna Kingdom Very much far inland of Dragonport., with both weak leylines as well as draining psionically, this place is a land for many gritty heroes to make their way. It does connect to Dragonport by magical portal for adventurers to travel by, though not many choose to return to Khierna with its current strife. Various Houses rule the different segments of land under one puppet king. Its also located relatively close to the Nexus being one of its hub kingdoms.

• RockVille  Trading town and mining town.

• DryDock  Town by the outskirts of the desert a trading town and place were people gets ready to travel into the desert.

• Windville  Farming community with many windmills.

• Haven Haven is a large fortified city-state far north of Dragonport. It acts as a central trading hub between north and south in the Black Marches Area. Recently it has been linked to the lightning rail on Lightning Rail Hub 2 allowing quick and easy travel to this location.

• Masbath  Trade City Deep In The Wilderness.

• Duramere A small village and the surrounding regions just northeast of haven.

MISCELLANEOUS

Dryad Inn - A newly built inn near Dragonport.

The Kismet - Hovering just outside of Dragonport or Gnome Home

OTHER CONTINENTS

Rokugan

• Onigashima

Burning Sands
Frostfell
Halfax

PLANES OF EXISTENCE

The Astral Plane
Negative Energy Plane
Kitsune Realm
Nine Hells
Ysgard

DEMIPLANES

• Aegis' Domain, where a gooey overlord rules with equally…gooey….gooeyness
• Nightmare's Domain, where all that is tailed is free to live their lives
• Halls of Blood, where the the terror of the Blood War appears to reside..
• Atogpark, where entertainment is served en-masse
• Conflict Eternal, where wars are eternally waged…
• Outer Heaven, Mali Ohba's personal demiplane that serves to link the Underground Lightning Rail Stations
• Peacetopia, Peace's personal demiplane that serves to link Dragonport, Kobold Settlement, and Nexus. Peace runs a shop out of here.