- Much of the world is untamed - The world is ancient. - Conflict shapes the worlds history - The world is magical -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Gods; * A tight Pantheon; the wild and untamed Gods of Mans past were subsumed into me re aspects of an upstart tribal patron god of the last great era. This God was t he patron of a tribe/people that came to rule great swathes of land, and used th e spread of his peoples power to dictate a dogma that was forced onto all conque red lands. By restrucring the worship of their people and using a great series o f rituals the other gods were subsumed into him, now treated as aspects of his p ersonality and power. This god worked intially through a prophet that went onto become the first king of this new empire. Although it was a coercive and destructive act the conquest and centralization did bring about some positive aspects, such as wide spread la w and order (though harsh) and technological progress (from low dark age to prerenisannce or high medieval). His empire has now collapsed through a great series of catastrophes, but his Dog ma survives in a powerful church that still has much influences and with that in place and the ritual seals unbroken the old gods are still a part of him. But t he thoughts of the Old Gods are stirring and their followers are now coming out of their long hiding and a storm gathers. The catastrophe that ruined the empire also seemed to muddle the Usurper God's ability to directly influence the world , namely his ability to speak directly through his prophet kings as they were pa rt of a special blood pact with the prophet's line, now he may communicate indir ectly through signs and what not like the rest of the gods once did. * The gods are a shared thing across the world, though demi-humans may recognize them in different fashions. * The gods derive some sort of sustenance from worship, there are "dead" gods * The usurper once communicated through prophet-kings, now like the others befor e he communicates through signs, symbols and divinations but this method is uncl ear at best. * There are varying levels, the gods do not physically manifest but some of thei r messengers may. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Starting locale; Go with a region level hex map, about what a party can travel in any one directi on in a single day. Have an sketch outline of the larger region.
1. Province Scale in detail
2. Kingdom Scale in sketch Details on Regional History; - The starting kingdom is the center of what was once a proud empire. This is th e empire of the Usurper God, and his prophet Kings. It is the head of the now we akened but still powerful church. - The actual starting area is a border area (barony, diosece?) that juts agains a region that is now lawless wilds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tensions Church vs State Old gods vs Churh Lawlessness vs Order(state)