A wide landscape of heaths and moors, of plains and pastures, of shifting dunes and shimmering streams, bounded by the Echor Mountains to the west, the Winter Sea to the east and low hills to the south, the Marklands of Borgondia stretch before you.
The Sovereignty loosely governs these lands from the city of Antissa, but most of the Marklands are effectively held by anarchic barbarian tribes, hailing from across the Echor Mountains. These semi-autonomous towns, mottes and forts are catalogued as "Marks" by the scribes of the margrave of Antissa. Here, the tribes are allowed to hold on to their strange traditions while paying lip service to the margrave in Antissa and the King of Kings far away in Aurora.
The true threat to the Borgondian Mark comes from the Barren Lands to the north, where the ancient wizard Keth rules a domain of darkness, served by an increasing number of orc tribes. This is the true purpose of the arrangement between the Sovereignty and the Borgondian tribes: defense against Keth and his evil hordes.
Recently, trouble has also been brewing from the west. Orcs have come over the mountains to the west and have started preying on the elves of Silvanor forest and the Borgondian patrols. The southern Marklands have been overrun by giants boiling out from the Echors, driving refugees north to the other Marks and east towards Antissa. The margrave of Antissa has been reluctant to assist these refugees or even defend the borders of the Marklands, increasing the tension between the Borgondian tribes and the Sovereignty.
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