Ar Tal-at

A low-fantasy world that leans more on mysticism than magic. Many fantastical creatures such as griffins and wendigos are present in the world, while others such as dragons and vampires have (for the most part) died out. Humans are the predominant sentient species in the world, and knowledge of other sentient species has faded away over time. The government in the world is contained to a handful of nations, with mostly free trade and transit between the cities and surrounding towns and villages. The eastern landmass, Ar Tij-is, the Heartlands, is the more civilized of the two colonized continents. Boasting free trade and rich cultures, the east prospers in the midst of the oppression of the Church. Government in the east is, for the most part, secondary to the Church of the Perennial. Most politics within the world occurs at the local level or in the Church. The Church enforces its teachings through the Missionary, the agency responsible for identifying heretics. Those accused of heresy are tried in the Tribunal, the ruling tier of the Church. Those declared innocent in a government court may be tried and found guilty in a Church hearing, and any guilty ruling may be overruled at the Tribunal’s discretion. The western landmass, Ar Met-is, the Havens, is home to displaced peoples and those seeking refuge from the Heartlands, often from the Church. Two of the peoples there, the Mikori and the Wissorel, migrated from distant lands many lifetimes ago. The remainder of the Havens is residence to settlers from the east and has a far lower population than the Heartlands.