The Brave New World Campaign

It has been 35 years since a prince from the Tal kingdom married the princess of the neighboring Russen kingdom, unifying them into the great Zerus Empire which, under the leadership of the two's daughter, a shadowy and ironfisted empress, has risen to become the most technologically advanced and powerful state on the planet, rapidly encroaching and claiming the territories of their weaker neighbors, which have loosely banded together in a defensive coalition. The discovery of a massive, unknown western continent beyond the Veil, an ancient storm that was thought to have signaled the edge of the world, has sparked a great race amongst the kingdoms to claim as much of this untapped territory as possible, and dozens of colonies and portcities have already been established, with intercolonial conflict already well underway. However, the continent isn't quite as uninhabited as previously thought, with several powerful native empires sprawled throughout the land. Along with the numerous monstrosities, unknown magics, and the the antics of the local gods, the imperialist ambitions of the old world has been severely hampered. However, the Zeran empress has remained fiercely adamant on securing total domination of the world, and continues to deploy her legions and amass her warmachine at an alarming rate. A quick note, the races of the old world have been engaged in bitter animosity and conflict for centuries, causing severe racial tensions between the more human-ish races (humans dwarves elves etc.) And the more bestial or otherwise inhuman people's. As a result the Zerans commonly practice slavery utilizing beastfolk and have been bringing them along to the New World for obvious worker reasons