The dispossessed remnants of civilisation roam what is left of a world ripped apart by an apocolypse in the fairly recent past. The trappings of civilization have gone - cities are crumbled ruins, fertile land is ash and rivers are spare dribbles in their beds. The great churches and magical institutes are gone, learning is a matter of uncovering the secrets of the past. Kingdoms are reduced to rag-tag convoys of those still living, travelling the land so that they may live. Kings and Emperors hold court among the dung-heaps and tents of their people - never able to stay in one place for long before resources run out.

These primitive cavalcades try to cling to the civilisation they lost - Prelates instil Faith in the masses, Mage-Protectors have Aparition Duels with rivals, Prospectors find resources, Heralds hold the Rattlesticks, from which are suspended relics from the past to show the Vagabond King's importance. Pathfinders search the land and Warriors and Knights uphold what little law and order is left. Meetings with rivals might involve a stand-off while the relative values of their Rattlesticks are calculated, or result in Aparition Duels to decide right of passage or ownership. However, some kingdoms have reverted to Barbarism, preying on whoever they find.

The cataclysm has left monsters behind in its wake - dangers left for a dispossessed population.

Find new lands and resources, improve your Kingdoms resources and standing, find new technology and magical rituals, hope that there is somewhere safe.

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