Quiet Lands

Hundreds of years ago, the common races agreed to work together for a common goal, the eradication of any creature that would pose a threat to civilization. Known simply as "The Conquest," this centuries long crusade was successful, all dragons have been slain, all lycanthropes cured or killed, all cults erased from the world, and all necromantic instructions destroyed. However, before the last remnants of a cult known as "The Sanctum of Man" were destroyed they opened a portal to the Chaos. This opening is referred to as "The Scar" and a never-ending stream of fiends pour from it and threaten hard-won peace. This tide is held back by the "Army of The Dead." While not actually dead, a member of "The Army" as it is commonly refereed to, holds their funeral the day they leave for The Scar, a long held tradition based on the difficulty of recovering bodies, and the fact that any bodies recovered are unrecognizable. Members of The Army are volunteers who go through a rigorous training process, of the thousands that volunteer, only 10 percent of recruits are enlisted. Most people live in great cities, built outside of the walls of the ancient cities. Some live in more exotic locations, such as the city of Dragonfell, a canyon that, before the Conquest, was a dragons' graveyard. Connecting the major cities is a vast system of roads referred to as "The Web." However not all is well, bandits stalk caravans, killers haunt the streets, and there have been strange sightings of creatures long dead.