Ereacia
the Known World
The history of Ereacia has been defined by cycles of Empire and Interregnum in the north of the continent. Even though the South, where this campaign starts, has never been part of the Empire, its dominant presence has shaped their history as well. The Third Empire was a golden age for Ereacia, which the Church proclaimed would last forever – but the cataclysm known as the Godsflood, which submerged the capital of Altanius and turned the once-fertiled Capital Province to an unnatural and harsh icy clime, ended it all the same. Nobody knows what caused the Godsflood, but a lot of people claim to know. The Chantry blames the Church. Some in the Westgauen whisper that the Granite Magisters of Cadaemar brought on this doom. Enlightened thinkers in Arlesia say the passing of the Empire is but the first step in the dawn of a new era, and that the Empire simply collapsed under its own weight. Whatever the reason for it, the world is changing as Arlesia enters a golden age, the Chantry challenges the Church, and the fragments in the North shatter further. In the disunited region of Hespial, where we start our campaign, the change is felt as the great powers jostle for influence. We’re in for a campaign of deep politics and religion, intrigue and adventure. Welcome to Ereacia.
Geography
The continent of Ereacia is part of a larger landmass, surrounded by sea on all sides and the Great Mountains to the east which form its natural eastern border. The continent's geography (and accompanying politics) is defined by the Murus Mountains, which bisect the continent and defined the southern border of the successive empires that dominated the land, dividing it from the independent nations to the south. Rivers such as the Appius, the Visteflut or Great Western River and the Endaflut, run to the sea on either side of the mountains.
Two features of Ereacia's geography have generally accepted supernatural origins. The Holy Mountain in the North of the Continent, where the Filian Church is headquartered, is believed to have been a hill until the martyrdom and resurrection of the prophet Filius Larethias, when divine intervention is believed to have made it into a towering mountain in the otherwise flat surroundings. East of the Holy Mountain, the once-fertile capital province of the Third Empire and its capital Altanius lies submerged between ice in a supernaturally cold clime as the result of a mysterious cataclysm known as the Godsflood, which shook the history of the continent.
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