Ascalos

A nation of considerable power and influence situated far across the Western Outer Ocean.
Largely the subject of myth, rumor and allegory until the appearance of some of its heavily-armoured agents in the western reaches of the Continents, the Ascaleans' identity, goals and activities remain shrouded in shadow.
Though its influence has only just begun to be felt in the Central Continents, its technological and magical superiority has been noted with great alarm by those few factions and individuals aware of its existence...