Once Upon A Time....

Seven Duchies balanced power, trade and conflict swirled in a dance of power.

But one Duchie was dreaming of greater things. They delved into the earth, reached for the stars and began to calmly, insangely, drawing on powers from the void, stealing energy from the very earth.

Beast people, terrible cursed tree folk, void beasts drawn from the horrors of human dreams.

They poured from the 7th duchie controlled by the iron will and Brass Crown of Duke Eltgar.

However, such power was never meant to be channelled through one man, and as that man leant ever further into that power throwing its might against the other six duchies who gave no quater in the defence of their homes, Eltgar was consumed. The whick of his physical body burnt up in the flames of power.

The Brass Crown shattered and the wild magic and earth force that had been held in check spun wildly out of control. Demolishing the 7th Dutchie and leaving it a ravaged ruin, over run by the wild woodland and inhabited by strange creatures, Void Beasts, mad folk and criminals on the run from the law.

And at each Duchies border with the Rogues Forest, there is a shanty town of the desolute, the desperate, knights, and treasure hunters, that delve into the shadows of the trees, or fight back against the strange things that emerge when spring rains and summer sun cause the Forest to attempt to expand.