Chronicles of Ballidrous

After suffering through bitter wars and elven occupation, the Kingdom of Castiel has become a growing power in northern Ballidrous. The once predominately pastoral communities of the western hinterlands were built upon the ruins of an ancient nation, whose citizens mysteriously vanished, and shaped their livelihood into land baronies to then form a prominent kingdom. King Blackstar sits on the throne in the grand city of Castiel and has brought stability to the people and the land.

Low to mid magic.
Exploration and intrigue.
Religion plays a strong part in the people’s daily lives and society, but a rift has grown in recent decades between the populace, those who worship the Old Gods and the introduction of the Eiodonian pantheon.
The site of an oncoming invasion to be told through a set of adventures.
The standard calendar week for the kingdoms is ten days, with four weeks to a month – using the Ardalian Calendar.
Gold is scarce and, thus, a prized commodity.
The Kingdom of Castiel is predominately a human kingdom, with some elven and dwarven communities. Three human cultures are primarily living in this area and one that disappeared long ago; Cassians (the local populace), Tressians (who are from the neighboring region), and Avarians (a people who once lived in the mountains and forests centuries ago). There are other human ethnicities from the surrounding nations but to a lesser degree and other less-prevalent races in this region.
Frontier kingdom mostly surrounded by water. Farmers and fishermen living in rural areas with a few large cities who host many outsiders, due to the opening of waterway trade routes. Most adventures and stories contain a gritty survivalist feel – with sometimes a mix of the fae who live in uninhabited locales.
Magic in the region is not openly practiced at the higher levels of casting. Only minor clerical and elemental magic is dismissed as normal. To cast something that appears grandiose can be unsettling to onlookers and cause a sense of fear to spread.