Overview and History
to the northwest, the Seven Cities peninsula and islands to
the southwest, and the blasted ruins of the Wasted West.
The frosty Northlands and Hyperborea lie across the
Nieder Straits, and the sunbaked Southlands stretch far
beyond the Middle Sea. With the notable exception of the
Dragon Empire, each of these regions share many gods,
language, and culture.
The North includes the dwarfholds of Tanserhall,
Stannasgard, Wolfheim, and Thunder Mountain as well as
human and inhuman lands such as Trollheim, Björnrike,
Skaldholm, and Huldramose. Most of these lands are
small in size and population. Some, like Thursrike, are
trollkin and giant lands where humans and dwarves are
enslaved or entirely absent.
The West includes the regions of the Western Wastes
(also called the Goblin Wastes) and the Western
Wilderness, the Haunted Lands of the Giants, the
Magocracy of Allain, and the lands beyond the Western
Ocean. It also includes numerous ruins, the crucial
western port city of Barsella, and the sunken lands of Lost
Arbonesse. Beyond lie scattered islands and cold ice.
Two additional distant regions are not covered in this
book. The first are the Kingdoms of Gold and Salt, a
region also called the Southlands and including Omphaya,
Lignas, Morreg, Terrotu, Narumbeki, Sebbek Sobor, and
Kush, as well as the Corsair Coast.
The second is the Utter East, including distant
Khandiria beyond the Dragon Empire, a land known
only through trade for most citizens of Midgard, as well
as Sikkim, Leng, Sailendra and the pirates of the Lotus
Islands, the Qillian Plain, and Far Cathay (or the Heavenly
Kingdom of Kitay). Each area is extensive enough to merit
its own catalog of wonders.
PEOPLE OF MIDGARD
The realms of Midgard have always been home to a half-
dozen major races and a handful of minor ones. All races
certainly aspire to heroism and strive to do great deeds,
but some are fewer in numbers. These varied people
provide the bright blades that hold back the darkness.
Major Races
The dragonborn, dwarves, elves, gearforged, humans,
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