The Outer Provinces

These lands used to lie on the edges of the Old Empire, a sprawling power that has long since crumbled. Following the Old Empire's mysterious and sudden collapse, these outer regions were torn apart by feuding warlords, or reclaimed by vengeful nature spirits.   In the half-century since, some stability has returned in the form of multiple independent city states. Yet a lot of untamed wilderness remains in between.   This 'edge of civilization' attracts all manner of man and woman that have no place in 'proper' society. Wanderers with no lands of their own, outcasts that or are no longer welcomed back home, or scholars seeking to unearth the land's lost arcane secrets...