The five kingdoms, the Heartlands and the Ashen Wastes.

The neutral crownland at the centre, on the western shore of the Syllogian Expanse: open grass, scattered oaks and hedgerows, and the most traversable ground in the world. Every new player begins here, levels 1 to 10. The alpha is the Heartlands.

No crown: neutral crownland. • Codexis

Law focus: Neutral to every kingdom and closed to outlaws. Holds the court, the Royal Archive and Oathstone Hall, the treaty hall in Codexis.

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The cold north: the Frostfire Peaks and the Crownpeak range within them, the empty Tundra Plain and the Frostfire Glacier. Sheltered valleys hold frostwood and dark conifer; the high ground is bare.

Dragon legacy: Valithrax the Untainted. Faith: the White Church of Valithrax. The throne awaits its first player monarch. • Kryonost

Law focus: Order, lawful witness and judgment, after Valithrax: oaths kept, passes guarded, offenders answered for.

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The east: the Arashi Coast of cliffs and harbours, Ginsui Marsh where the rivers reach the Syllogian Expanse, and bamboo, maple, cherry and terraced fields between. The capital is a harbour.

Dragon legacy: Syllogis. Faith: the Azure Synod of Syllogis. The throne awaits its first player monarch. • Kairyu

Law focus: Logic, precision and records, after Syllogis: contracts, charters and the written word.

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The Shadowfen: a drowned forest of alder, willow and moss-hung cypress standing in water and cut by channels. Northgate's fortress guards the road from the Heartlands; Carrion Reach is an island reached only by ferry.

Dragon legacy: Nihiloth the Corrupter. Faith: the Black Communion of Nihiloth. The throne awaits its first player monarch. • Morvath

Law focus: Decay and endurance: a pressure realm where the blight is a fact of life.

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The south-west: the Cinderheart Mountains and the volcano Cinderfall, the lava and ash of the Ashfang Barrens, and the Verdanthorn Jungle along the whole south-west coast. Ridges make it a land of chokepoints.

Dragon legacy: Khaovore. Faith: the Crimson Revelation of Khaovore. The throne awaits its first player monarch. • Ignis Hold

Law focus: Chaos, burst and volatility, after Khaovore: strength and the forge.

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The west: the Veridia River plains, the Golden Fields' farmland, and the Ember Wilds, old conifer forest down the western coast burned at its southern end by the volcano. The gentlest kingdom and the most farmable.

Dragon legacy: Emerantia the Verdant. Faith: the Verdant Communion of Emerantia. The throne awaits its first player monarch. • Veridia

Law focus: Nature, sustenance and husbandry, after Emerantia.

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Desert and badlands between Ignis Hold and Morvath, held by no kingdom and reached by no kingdom's law: the outlaws' refuge.

No crown: unclaimed land. • Lastwell

Law focus: None. Anyone who lives here may place a vendor, untaxed.

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