No one has ever counted them - they seem to stretch forever. They are islands, islands of mystery, magic, and wonder, islands of adventure and terror and wealth beyond imagining - but, more importantly, they are our homes. The two great isles, the East and West Marks, hold the great cities of the world, but there are hundreds of towns and villages scattered across the endless archipelago.
The islands form a great chain, northwards and southwards, north into the limitless ice of the shadow sea, and south to the dazzling wonder of the Gold Sea - all the way to the endlessly boiling waste waters of the Dead Sea, which stretches further than any have dared travel. East and west, the islands end within a few days sail, and there are no stories in those places, only silence and the endless tossing of the waves.
The islands have their share of trouble, of course: war, and storm, and famine. But they are better, perhaps, than other lands, lands which have long since been consigned to myth or sucked below the seas. The Golden lands are peaceful and prosperous, on the whole - and happy to be so.
Dear Past Self,
14 years ago
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But not for long?
Perhaps. It really depends on where we end up taking the campaign. Then again, there has to be something at stake in later levels, so undoubtedly there will be a major threat to existence/the cosmos/the players' magical pants at one point or another.
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