Terrecea

A Homebrew setting intended for fifth edition Dungeons and Dragons. It presents a very typical fantasy world, with Feudal Kingdoms, Fallen Empires, and exotic locales.   The world itself is deeply scarred, only a small portion of the land still inhabitable after the ancient wars between the gods. Upon this land, the surviving population exists. Good and evil struggle against one another and life hangs in a perpetually unstable balance. The Pseudo-European Human cultures of the Heartland are the most akin to typical fantasy settings, but more alien cultures exist as you leave its fertile hills and dales.   At the time of the current campaign I'm running, King Julius of The United Duchies of the Heartland has recently been murdered along with his family. The realm is more or less stable at the moment due to the authority of the four dukes, but tensions are mounting as to who will ascend to the throne, and how that person will handle the ongoing disputes of his vassals.   The Eastern world is almost entirely under the talons of The Cape Confederacy, and while their colonies are for the most part isolated and small, they exact a heavy toll from the populace, and the slave trade has decimated the once proud peoples that have been oppressed by the Dragonborn empire.   The Cape's western colonies have always been a threat to the people of The Heartland, now with the murder of the King, some wonder if the Heartland should once again be preparing for war.