# Locations

# Altae

The kingdom to which the party, at least part of it, swears allegiance.

# Bream

Small city with a big archives

### Noteworthy NPCs

\- Reginalde, a historian. Enlisted to gather information on Solnaj

# Fort Rather

One of the larger forts of the far territories. Where the party vault is.

# The Long Pass

Long, winding road through the mountains from the interior to the far territories.

# The Bore

A mountain-side fort. Basically a hole in a rock shelf. An improved fortification by dwarves, abandoned and then claimed by the Altae kingdom.

# Fustat

The city-state of a fallen, former empire.

#### The Order of Barred Doors

The location where mirrors connecting to the Paths of the Raven King have been fortified.

#### Sheila G's Free-Person Warehouse

Sheila G has bought and freed a number of (former) slaves. In order to house them, she bought a warehouse and has them stay there.

### On the Castes

The upper crust of Fustat is comprised of nobles and priests, the older and more connected with the history of the Ptolemic Empire, the more prestigious. New dynasties or churches of young gods are typically considered lower in status. Certain organizatio ns that are neither based on peerage also belong to the high castes, the Order of Barred Doors is one such group. The middling free classes of Fustat are those who make things; art is considered a higher calling than practical crafts. The lowest free classes are unskilled laborer s, people who do tasks that neither produce finished goods or require lengthy amounts of time engaged in book learning. Slaves can be considered a part of literally any of classes, based totally on who owns them. In fact, a slave that is owned by a prestigious noble family is con sidered to be in higher social standing than a free labourer. Such slaves are often experts in a field learning and considered an extension of the person or organization that owns them. Academic or service experts are rarely free people, and those that are are typically considere d to be bad at what they do, since no one has offered them a position. Though slaves, they are guaranteed several rights by law. At the absolute bottom of society are "chattel", such people are always in this tier as a result of being found guilty of a serious crime and are sent to work til death either as galley slaves or as miners.

# The Dirkish Empire

"Bad" guys

# The Pathways

Sometimes "The Pathways of the Raven King"

# The Twin Cities

The conjoined cities of Al-Hera and Busara. Also the location of BREACH!