Kalold

The point between realms lost and found.
Gov:

Fundamentalism

Rel:

Worships Kal, God of Time, Prophecy and Innovation.

Culture:

Nearly every native of Kalold could prove themselves more intelligent than any outsider in Erelith. They are a peaceful region, though those are only the citizens; bandits and other menaces still stand outside their impenitrable walls. Though they are well known from their sciences and ascended gift for developing advanced technology, they are ironically under the rule of their god.

Economy:

Self explanatory, their advanced technologies prove invaluable to Erelith, and people pay for quality manufacturing of weapons, equipment, etc.

Current State:

They are quite open to those who approach peacefully, though their restricted research is forbidden to be witnessed by eyes of those not within their sacred group.

Regional Factions:

The Artificers

Threats:

Automated Guards

Swamp-Mongers

Swamp-Feeders

Swamp-Stalkers

Automated Knights

Artificer Recruit

Artificer Inventor

Artificer Prodigy

Artificer Professor

Artificer Preacher

Artificer Priest

Artificer Wordsender

Automaton

Conduit of the Artifice

History:

None are truly sure of how The Library, Kaltas -- the capital of Kalold -- came to be. One of the most commonly believed ideas is that Kal called upon several genius minds to come there, and use their combined intellect to forge a stronghold for the future of Erelith. They created artificial men who would defend them while they worked, slaughtering the oncoming horrors the swamplands held. These legendary warriors were called the Automatons. Though few in number, they required little aid of reinforcements. They stood unmatched in the swamplands, as the genius minds created lesser versions to do physical labor. Through only several months, the iron-clad walls of The Library isolated them all from the swamp, and from the world. Decades later, a gateway was carved out of the walls by the Automatons, letting their drained inventors be freed back into the world, to spread the word of a nexus of knowledge. From far and wide, inventors and scientists convened behind the impenetrable walls. It is unknown how the religious rankings came to be, but the Artifice dictated what new technologies would be released to the world, and what would be held back for a later time. With the enforcement of the Automatons, there has been no reported cases of dereliction to comply to their command. The gates still remain open, but for those who took the pledge of the Artifice and know their secrets, they are as impassible as the walls they are built in.