Lodone



Lodone is the fifth continent of Illaria featuring varied landscapes ranging from mountainous hilltops to low marshlands and snowy fields. Lodone is also home to the most radically different culture in the entire world.

Early History
Lodone is mainly populated by humans who fled the Dragon Crusade around the year 1307 2E. Over the next few hundred years, their culture evolved into something familiar, yet altogether different from their previous way of life. They worshipped their own gods, created their own language , and distanced themselves as much as possible from everything they once knew. However, even with all of these fantastic cultural explosions going on, the peace was not to last.

In 252 3E, around 300 years after the first colonies were founded in Lodone, several factions split from the main tribe. Most of these factions gained little ground, but three of them stood out. The Shintao Elite, the Kurasage Triune , and the Gangran Clansmen. Each of these factions served their own purpose and each was brutally dedicated to their cause, so much so that the Kurasage and the Gangran began to war with one another openly in the streets to prove their respective viewpoints were right. Thus began the Warring Nations Period. Each of the three clans drew dividing lines in the sand to separate themselves from the others. To the west, the Gangran Clansmen settled themselves in the open, but rocky plains. To the East, the Kurasage Triune took control of the entire coast with the superior ship builders, and to the south, the Shintao Elite set up rings of mountainous strongholds to keep themselves walled off from the rest of the warring clans. The prize for this erupting war would be the interior of the island which was named Ji’nin or “Victory.”

Modern Times
Though the Warring Kingdoms Period has not officially ended in Lodone, a series of tenuous treaties have been agreed upon and neutral cities such as Sholen and Tzushe allow people from any of the warring nations to trade freely as long as they adhere to strict rules regarding the sale of weapons, and munitions governed by the War and Trade Agreement of 369 3E.

While war endlessly keeps these three nations from reaching unity, the gods they once established in their infancy remain the supreme rulers of their everyday lives. The majority of Lodonians keep religion intertwined with politics and so each nation will follow their patrons into battle without question.