The Setting
Welcome to the Eastern Marches! This particular section of the mainland Asura continent is bounded on the east by the vast and depthless Sapphire Sea and on the west by the Kolmenus Mountains. The region was dubbed “The Eastern Marches” generations ago by Hembarian immigrants from the far side of the Sapphire Sea. The name has stuck ever since.
History
Like really anywhere inhabited by an enduring society, The Eastern Marches is in large part defined by its colorful past.
First Age
Far to the north and east of the Kolmenus Mountains and thousands of years before the rise of Sharak, sits the long abandoned remnants of the ancient regional power, the Mageocracy of Hyseria. The period of time over which Hyseria existed is now called the First Age. Learn More >
Second Age
Clan Sharak rose to prominence among the Orcish Clans in the Kolmenus Mountains more than a thousand years ago. King Sharak the Implacable as he became known established a lasting and far-flung empire encompassing much of the current Marches from the coast of the Sapphire Sea to well west of the Kolmenus range. Learn More >
Present Day
It is presently the 146th year of the Third Age in the Marches. The start of the Third Age was unilaterally declared such by the Council of Antiquities at Halstead’s College in Trillium at what they deemed to be the conclusion of the final remnants of the great Orcish empire of Sharak the Implacable and his progeny – the end of the Second Age. Learn More >
Brief Tour
Port Vanka
Port Vanka is a small, bustling seaside village that thrives on sea trade and fishing. Goods coming out of the north often ship through the port. There are a number of hostels, apartments and boarding houses for workers in the processing warehouses as well as sailors on shore leave.
Winter’s Edge
Winter’s Edge is a true frontier town where only the strong survive the harsh territories that surround it. It is the last bastion of civilization before the lawless wilds. Fur trappers and wildcat miners work out of the village as their base of operations while they seek fortune in the cold northern wilderness.
Knifepoint
The seaport city of Knifepoint lies at the mouth of the great Bay of Turick. Knifepoint’s history is a sordid one. It began as a pirate stronghold in part due to the archipelago off its shores known as the Blood Isles, which for hundreds of years provided shelter for pirates hiding from the authorities.