World Information

Lion’s Gate
Capital city of the Saphire Isles. It’s an old city in an old empire. Land is sparse in the Saphire As such, opportunities to gain wealth and advancement in society are also sparse. This has lead to an ever widening gap between the rich and the poor. There is no middle class. Powerful individuals own everything from the means of production (farms, mills etc.) to the traditional trades such as blacksmiths, tanners etc., and they employ workers and pay them barely liveable wages. Magic is strictly regulated. All wizards must belong to the Royal Mage Society. Any unregistered magic user is put to death. Warlocks and Sorcerers are hunted down by the militant order of Witch Hunters under the belief that their powers come from dark pacts made with demons. Clerics and indeed everyone else must worship Pelor, God of Everlasting Light. The Worship of any other deity risks drawing the attention of the Witch Hunters.

The New World
A recently discovered continent to the west of the Saphire Isles. The Western Trading Company was formed to explore the new world. Your ship, the Indomitable, is one of several colony ships built to create new settlements on the new continent.

Berda Trading Post is just that: a trading post. There can't be more than a dozen buildings of various sizes. The buildings are made of some kind of black wood, perhaps it's been treated with something? The wood looks freshly cut as if the buildings have been built recently. You would be amazed if this town was more than a few years old. The town has a small dock, a smithy, a trading post, and an inn but it has no wall or and defensive structures. A small river runs thtough the middle of the town.