Alcoria

Alcoria is very much a mysterious and contested world, harsh wild lands combined with large distance between kingdoms leads to dangerous overland travel, this in turn however makes merchant and mercenary work highly profitable. Especially the Eytherium trade, Eytherium has a variety of applications but the most Prominent is its use in item enchantment. Currently in the world there are two major holders of Eytherium deposits: The High Elven kingdom and the Dwarven Territories . Eytherium is the creation of an ancient civilization that has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. These deposits are from the ruined structures from these Ancient ones which makes archaeology and Adventuring quite lucrative businesses as well.   While the Eytherium trade dominates some kingdoms, others have opted for a more stable source of income. The Isylanora Dominion is currently the largest (and only) suppliers of a rare silk that comes from Snow Spiders in the frosty far north. in the more tropical Star Sea Archipelago the Tiecern Imperium has made its living off of the sale of spices and herbs both magical and mundane. The Order of the Everburning Light has learned over the centuries how to forge exceptional weapons and siege equipment and they have made their profits off of selling weapons to other kingdoms.   While all of these kingdoms are unique there are a special few that fall into their own category, most prominently The Scalebound Empire which are currently a collection of duchies each vying for the title of King/Queen. The Brightfall Alliance is the worlds leading (and only) supplier of clockwork creations and airships that inhabit the floating isles of Volantis. And finally The Free Holds a blanket term for any city, town or holding that outright refuses alliance with an established kingdom, their unofficial capital is Argent.