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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 4244721" data-attributes="member: 2012">THE TORN LANDSLocated just north of the Kingdom of Ahamudia are the reminents of the two Sword Imperium lands that once dominated the region where the Rilous Mountains now stand — Toraa Bagul and the Soreney Domain.The citizens of these two sovereign lands are now both anti-Imperium and anti-Ahamudian. Having long been oppressed by the stronger Imperial lands of the north, they were just coming into their own when The Transformation destroyed the southern reaches of the two Imperial provinces. Of course, they blame the Ahamudians for this development. The aftermath of The Transformation has left the remaining citizens of these two lands bitter, and they feel cursed by the Sword Gods. As a result many of them have turned towards worshiping Interloper Gods, World Gods, and even the North Gods.Toraa Bagul (TOR-ah BAG-ool)Since the end of The Transformation, the citizens of Toraa Bagul have encroached more and more into the Rilous Mountains. That land has always been known for being downtrodden, and they see the new mountain range as the perfect opportunity to expand up and away from the strong militaries of the Iron Lands to the west and Ragik Interior to the northwest. The Toraanes care little for the communities that were lost during The Transformation, believing that Fate chose them to survive.Toraa Bagul has had more bad luck in the last few hundred years than you would ever wish on your enemies. The Toraane capital city of Toraa was destroyed centures ago by a combination of war and magical plague. This has made the lands of Toraa Bagul harsh, which makes it hard for the Toraanes to survive. Still, they refuse to give up their homeland and will fight to the death to protect every damp fen and rocky badland. If it wasn't for their determination to expand into the Rilous Mountains, they'd likely discover that they have a lot in common with the Ahamudians.The Soreney DomainThe citizenry of the Soreney Domain have not been as optimistic as those of Toraa Bagul. More than two-thirds of their homeland either vanished or was buried under the Rilous Mountains. Only their capital city was spared, and the city has faced a constant onslaught of refugees and attacking warlords after The Transformation. The citizens of this land have also begun to expand into the Rilous Mountains, and they have already come into conflict with The Bitran. For Soreney, the Ahamudian-Imperium War will never be over.Worse still, is that during the magical conjunction many of the lands citizens including their villages and crop fields were turned to stone! Also, many of these unfortunates were half-buried under the hills surrounding the new mountain range. Stone to flesh spells have worked on those that weren't buried, but those that were have been lost forever (melding with the ground). Patrols from the City of Soren have delved into the depths of the Rilous Mountains, and a few lucky survivors have been found frozen in time in caverns. Several "stoned" cities have now become strange dungeons with "stoned" victims.— Updated from my maps thread (post #37 & #84)</blockquote>

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