Kingdom of Panolia

An overview of Ra'kar, 350 years in the future.

Silent Forest Map

Silent Forest

 

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Scumtown

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

While the quote above could certainly apply to all of Menzo, it is perhaps even more true when talking about Scumtown, the humanoid ghetto of Menzo. Located in the south-east corner of the dark elf city, Scumtown is a claustrophobic place, due to it's narrow streets, the 3-4 stories buildings everywhere and the fact that 20.000 orcs, goblins and other assorted races live here, on a very, very small area. There are literally people everywhere, and it is hard to walk down a smaller street without constantly bumping into people, without constantly being accosted by vendors, beggars and whores.

Scumtown is filled with noises, with smells. It is a place where you can almost taste the struggle of every soul you find there, you can almost hear the anguish in people's voices. This is where all the humanoid slaves of Menzo go, when they are not working the fields or killing for the noble houses. It is a brutal place, as the dark elven masters care little what happens to their slaves. After all, there are plenty to go around, and should they need it, they can always get more.

While there are no dark elven guards in Scumtown, at least not on a regular basis, that doesn't mean the dark elf masters do not know what goes on down there. Their iron grip is as tight as ever on the lesser races. But yet, they allow for three guilds of sorts to control the day-to-day rutines of Scumtown.

The Nightravens, The Red Skulls and The Shadowknives all fight for supremacy in Scumtown. And they do it brutally and without mercy. No one has dared oppose them, and no one interferes with their brutal way of life.

 

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The corpse's map

Map found on a unidentified corpse in the Silent Forest, about 4 days north of Menzo.

 

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Menzo and around

Ra'kar

Ra'kar is the westernmost bit of the continent of Nala, located only a couple of hundred miles east of the continent of Ular.

Menzo, City of Dark Elves

Menzo
One of the bigger dark elf cities on the continent of Nala, Menzo houses nearly 10.000 dark elves, and more than twice that of goblins and orcs. Located deep within the Silent Forest, not far from Dragon Mountain, few outside the dark elves and their slaves know the precise location of the city.

Cloaked by enormous oak trees and ancient magic, you might walk very close by and not notice Menzo. Entirely surrounded by a 40' stone wall cloaked to blend in with the rest of the forest, the many towers hold vigilant guards that look for any enemy.

Outside the walls lies the fields, where thousands of orcs and goblins slave away to bring food to the tables of their dark masters. Stone guard-towers raised by magic overlook all fields, and while there are guards, they are comparatively few. All dark elf slaves know that any attempt at fleeing or rebelling is met with swipt and brutal retribution.

The Market is a large open area in the middle of Menzo, south of the Arena where
merchants come and deal all sorts of things.

The Temple is a huge structure that holds the Temple of Asmodeus, but also the quarters of every priest under education and where they train. Ro'kar Argith, son of Da'kar, is High Templar currently.

Just like the temple, the Tower is a large structure (shaped like three huge towers that are melted together) where all wizards of  Menzo receive their arcane education. Ri'jad Khalazza, brother of F'er Khalazza, is First Wizard as no one would dare challenge him for the title.

The Arena is where the warriors of Menzo are educated. The Arena is run by Master G'lor Hume, by many considered the finest swordsman in Menzo.

Scumtown is a fairly large area in the south-eastern part of Menzo, where most of the rabble live, meaning the dark elves with handicaps, the orcs and goblin slaves who belong to no Houses.

Most of the town is made up by claustrophobic alleys lined with 2-3 story high buildings on either side. The only exceptions to this is around the Market, the Temple, the Tower, the Arena and all the noble palaces. Those areas are usually protected by walls and a significant amount of open space. The noble palaces are huge high towers connected by bridges high above ground, all surrounded by walls.

Menzo, which is about 2 square km, is more or less formed as a circle, and measures a mere 800 meters from the center to the outer wall.

Major Products: Body dyes, chains, high-quality edible mushrooms, everdark ink , fine weapons, herbal medicines, poisons, potions, riding lizards (bred and trained), slaves, spiced sausages and wine (spiced and sparkling). Most of their trade are with the other dark elf cities in the Silent Forests, but some Houses trade with humans on a global scale.

Era

A rough outline of the campaign world, called Era. Era is more or less the size of Earth, with similar temperatures and fauna.

As can be seen, Era consists of 6 continents/areas, Ular, Nala, Canoristi, Gihunia, Zabenem and Regosi. Ular is where it all started. The arrival of the gods, the birth of the races, the Sibling War etc. All the other continents were not populated by the civilized races until later.