Tarva

Tarva, the Known World, is divided into two continents. Aurak to the north, and Larsi, almost four times larger, lies just south.   To foreigners, Aurak is simply known as the Holy North. Where ancient gods live alongside the mortals they created and magic flows from every source imaginable. A temperate land of fertile fields, dense forests, and towering mountains.   Mankind, long discounted by the older races, now controls almost all of Aurak. Only the dwarves of the Krari Confederacy, stand against the Argil Empire. But civil war has crippled the empire, and a succession crisis threatens to start another. The emperor is dying, the empire could die with him.   The Convecticle of Mages, recently reformed by the empire, is quickly growing in power and influence at the empire's expense. Aurak is safer than ever from rogue mages and theurgic blight because of the Convecticle, but their tyrannical methods are ruffling powerful feathers. Out of the shadows and surrounded by foes, their ancient secrets and insidious motivations could be exposed. And the circling sharks smell blood.   The Pact of Patrons, which has subdued the cataclysmic power of the Patron Gods for thousands of years, has been broken. War between the Patrons looms on the horizon, a war Aurak may not survive.