Sword World 2.0 Region Guide
Sword World 2.0 Region Guide
Welcome to the world of Raxia, the continent of               has a collection of translations of various sources about
Terastier! This is the setting for the game Sword World 2.0.    regions that do not have complete books and information
This continent is divided into many regions, each with its      about which is very difficult to find. This small book was an
own unique culture, people, and history.                        archaeological expedition for me. I hope it will also be a
  This book is an unofficial guide to all the known regions     starting point for your adventures in the world of Raxia.
of Sword World 2.0. It contains not only basic information
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  There are many regions in Raxia, and only a few of them           run diagonally from northwest to southeast, almost as if
have proper Natural History books. Here you can find                crossing the region.
summed all information about regions that don't have such             Rendrift Empire was created by a revolution that took
a book along with their maps.                                       place in the barbarous region in the southern part of the
                                                                    region, and a force called the "Silver Fire" began to annex
                                                                    both the barbarous and humanoid nations one after
                 RENDRIFT REGION                                    another. Two years ago, the Rendrift Kingdom, which was
                                                                    the largest state in the region, was overthrown, and the new
Sources: Natural History of Yulleria, Replay "Rock'n Role"          state came to call itself an empire.
(by Bethe Yuli Kurosaki)                                              The Rendrift Empire's national dogma is "the strongest
  West of Yulleria and beyond the Shadalla Mountains lies           rule," not only strength and violence but also "the ability to
the Rendrift Region. More than 80% of this region is                demonstrate one's worth to the nation." In other words, "if
controlled by the Rendrift Empire. This empire is one of            you are useful, you have the opportunity to make a name
the few countries in the history of Raxia where barbarous           for yourself regardless of whether you are from a big tribe,
and humanoid coexist, and as a result, it has both an               a barbarous, or a mythical beast. Equality, Freedom…
extraordinarily strong military force and a sophisticated
internal political power. It is a state that is constantly at war   Divine Armies
with other states in the Rendrift region, and it is believed          As a nation, the Rendrift Empire is headed by an
that after conquering the Rendrift region, it will invade the       emperor and governed by his subordinate generals.
Yulleria region. In fact, in recent days, several incidents of      Generals have been given roles that are analogous to those
what appears to be imperial interference have begun to take         of the Ancient Gods of Raxia or the Major Gods of the
place in the Yulleria region.                                       Terastier Continent, and many of them are not mere
                                                                    military commanders but also play a political role in the
History                                                             country.
  The recorded history of the Rendrift region dates back to           In fact, the only military force that exists solely as a purely
the Magic Civilization Period. At that time, the ruler of the       military force is the one led by the General of God of War
Shadalla Mountains and westward was the fearsome                    Dalkhrem, and even the General of the Blazing Emperor
nosferatu wizard-king, who was said to have "conquered              Grendal, also in charge of forge work, including crafting
death". The rival wizard-kings of Yulleria cooperated with          weapons and development of new ones.
each other to bind him to the region.                                 The Lyphos-based Divine Army has little military power,
  At the end of the Magic Civilization Period, the nosferatu        and its general is more akin to a minister than a general, as
wizard-king succeeded in summoning a large number of                he oversees the complexities of the empire's internal
daemons and resumed his invasion of Yulleria. The wizard-           politics.
king Yurecht, the most powerful wizard-king in Yulleria at            The power and responsibility of these divine generals are
the time, responded to this by summoning daemons, and a             so great that the emperor was sometimes thought of more
terrible and futile battle of daemon versus daemon ensued.          as a symbol of the empire.
In the end, the wizard-king, who was said to have
conquered death, was decapitated and defeated by a                  Forbidden Gods
human hero, Rendrift attacking the Rendrift region. From              In the Rendrift Empire, the belief in almost all gods is
then on, the area was called Rendrift after the hero.               permitted, regardless of whether they are in the camp of
  The Rendrift established a kingdom and defeated the               the First or Second Sword. The only one that is explicitly
remnants of the barbarous. He creates a confederation of            forbidden is the immortal god Metissier. This is because
humanoid kingdoms, with his own kingdom as the ruler of             the emperor is a Dhampir, and even within an empire that
them all. This coalition survives beyond the Magic                  claims equality, Nosferatu is considered pure evil.
Civilization Period and flourishes during the Magitech                Other deities that are not forbidden but also not
Civilization Period.                                                encouraged are the Sun God Tidan, and the God of
  In the Great Catastrophe, the coalition quickly united            Wanderers Lu Lode. This is because rebels and
around the Kingdom of Rendrift, and although the                    opposition forces to the empire worship those gods. Also,
barbarous took most of the southern part of the region,             in this region, nothing is known about the Goddess of
they succeeded in holding off the barbarous from                    Victory, Ulyssekaloa.
overrunning the northern part of the region. Since then, the          Thus, there is no divine general corresponding to these
Kingdom of Rendrift and its allies have waged an endless            four deities.
war for more than 300 years to regain the south.
Geography
  The Rendrift region is bordered on three sides by the sea
to the west, south, and north. The Shadalla Mountains to
the east almost cut off the land route to the neighboring
Yulleria region. In the center, the steep Teeth Mountains
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Imperial Capital Ren                                                               LEINSHENK REGION
  Imperial Capital Ren, the capital of the Rendrift Empire,
has a population of approximately 100,000. Of this
population, approximately 60% are humanoid, and 40%                 Sources: Replay "Fortress Girl and Knight of the Covenant"
are barbarous. Of these barbarous, lamias, weaklings, and           (by Ryu Kuroi) and "A Tale of Fists and Magic Seals" (by
other barbarous that can coexist with humanoids make up             Takashi Morohoshi)
the majority.                                                         Leinshenk Region is located in the northwestern part of
  Ren, the capital of the empire, stretches out in a radial         the Terastier continent, centered on the Klostrum
pattern from the center of the Tees Mountains and is                peninsula. This area was a major source of magitech during
always shrouded in thick clouds during the day due to the           the Magitech Civilization. It was therefore targeted by the
blessing of Fetor, the God of Rain, and is never illuminated        barbarous and was devastated by the Great Catastrophe
by the sun. For this reason, it is called "the city where the       that occurred 300 years ago.
sun never shines." The emperor's residence is a renovated             Another characteristic of Magitech Civilization is the
version of a castle carved out of the mountain and floating         existence of people known as Ruins Guardians. Learning
in the sky, dating back to the days of the magic civilization.      from the destruction of the Great Catastrophe, they took
Its once majestic beauty has been transformed into                  the knowledge of the mighty Magitech Civilization into
something terrifying and intimidating because of the                their own hands.
barbarous renovations.                                                They continue to monitor the ruins to ensure that it never
  However, this does not mean that it is safe for humanoids         again falls into anyone's hands. The Ruins Guardians pass
there, as it also includes the humanoid-eating Ogre tribe           on orally legacy of the Magitech Civilization, and where the
among its inhabitants. As the capital city, it is also home to      most powerful magitech lies, that needs to be protected.
a certain number of influential upper-level barbarous, and            However, they do not allow anyone to use it or even go
various barbarous live under their control.                         near it. Some clans even frown on people using magitech.
  On the other hand, among the humanoids, nightmares                The general population of the Leinshenk region is not so
often call themselves Dark Knights, and they are treated            extreme in their views. The Ruins Guardians are a special
both as humanoids and as barbarous. I                               case of a somewhat biased group of people. But in some
  In addition, there are a small number of mythical beast           places, Ruins Guardians are revered.
inhabitants.
                                                                    H ISTORY
National Policy                                                       The light of history began to shine on the Leinshenk
   Invasion is one of the most important national policies of       region during the Magitech Civilization of Al-Menas, which
the Rendrift Empire. This is because the leaders of the             is believed to have been established about 2,000 years ago.
empire, including the emperor, recognize the impossibility            Until then, it was only a region of the Terastier Continent,
of peaceful coexistence of the humanoid and the barbarous           and no events of note occurred there. Even in myths and
as coequal powers.                                                  folklore, the Leinshenk region is rarely mentioned.
   If we hold them down, certainly, the barbarous instinct to       However, during the Magitech Civilization, the Leinshenk
fight will eventually get out of control, and if that violence      region became one of the centers of humanoid activity,
is directed inward, the country will collapse. To prevent this      where various magitech were created and spread
from happening, generals and the emperor have no choice             throughout the world.
but to let the barbarous other countries as a way to release          There are many theories as to why the region was so
their pressure.                                                     important. One of the most popular reasons is that there
   With this in mind, barbarous armies numbering in the             were many plains and no large habitats for non-humanoid
tens of thousands, a mixture of humanoid and barbarous,             creatures such as animals and mythical beasts. Another
practice and invade almost without a break. It is believed          theory is that the people were not biased in their belief in
that the day is not far off when the entire Rendrift region         gods and were tolerant of the ideas of others.
will be under the empire's control, and it is said that the           By the time of the Great Catastrophe, it had become a
next invasion will be of the neighboring Yulleria region.           major base for the humanoids, and fierce battles were
   In addition to the offensive forces, which are mainly            waged against the barbarous. It is said that airships, sea
barbarous, the empire also has several defensive forces,            ships, and magitechs loaded with firearms were produced
mainly humanoid, and the land is very well defended.                in large numbers and deployed to the front lines.
                                                                      Some of them are said to have been unknown magitechs
                                                                    that might be found even today. They are said to lie in ruins
The Endless Library of Balthazar
                                                                    sealed by the guardians.
   The Endless Library of Balthazar is a huge tower that              The countries of the Leinshenk region used their well-
rises on the face of one of the mountains that make up the          developed magitech to inflict considerable damage on the
Teeth Mountains adjacent to Imperial Capital Ren. Its               barbarous during the Great Catastrophe.
master is Elder Manticore Balthazar, a wise divine general            Eottera Bay in the western part of the island is particularly
who uses his army to collect all kinds of books and                 well known. It was originally a vast forest, and Sunsaylus
materials in this library to satisfy his thirst for knowledge. It   Island offshore was connected to the mainland.
is said that although the library was built only two years ago,       However, the humanoid's trump card, the magitech, was
the tower, which has been enlarged many times, contains a           used by the barbarous, and when it was used, the entire
huge amount of books, almost to the point of filling up.            land was obliterated.
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   Hundreds of thousands to millions of lives were lost as         Due to the history of the region, the number of Magitech
humanoid countries, barbarous settlements, and other             Civilization ruins in the Leinshenk region is enormous.
plants and fairies were wiped out.                               Many of them are still undiscovered, and it is impossible to
   This incident is the reason why the coastline surrounding     know them all. Often, sites are suddenly discovered in
Eottera Bay is an unnatural perfect circle and why the           places not far from human habitation.
surrounding area has turned into glassy sand and is called         In such cases, people rely on the help of an adventurer to
Glass Desert. The barbarous were exterminated with the           gather information about the ruins and eliminate the
help of the other states, and the Leinshenk region regained      dangers that lurk there.
its peace and quiet. However, magitech technologies were           For example, if a barbarous were to inhabit a ruin,
lost, leaving behind battle scars and countless ruins and        adventurers would immediately receive a request to
legacies throughout the region.                                  exterminate them. Other requests include the destruction
   At this time, some people learned the lesson of the Great     of magitechs that have appeared, the investigation of newly
Catastrophe and the tragedy of Eottera Bay and decided to        discovered ruins, the search for missing magitech
seal off the magitech and keep it out of the hands of            components, and many more!
anyone. This was the beginning of the Ruins Guardians.             Of course, some requests are not directly related to the
   Today, most of the major states and cities in the             ruins, such as killing barbarous that attacked humanoid
Leinshenk region are located in close proximity to the           settlements, searching for treasure, looking for people, etc.
massive ruins of the Magitech Civilization.                      The network of the adventurer's guild is solid, and unless
   There are two reasons for this. One is to investigate the     you are in a very small village, you will find at least one
lost ruins and heritage of the Magitech Civilization. The        guild.
other, less extreme but no less important, is to be able to        Although the region has a complicated history regarding
identify any unusual activity at the site.                       Magitech Civilization and magitech, in general, the legacy
                                                                 of Magitech Civilization and magitech are not considered
CLIMATE AND CULTURE                                              to be heresy.
  The climate in the Leinshenk region is warm and humid.           Magitech are commonly used in town, and manabikes
There is a rainy season from spring to summer, during            can be seen around. And magisphere and various other
which heavy rains continue day after day.                        magic items can be bought in stores (in fact, the supply is
  Conversely, fall and winter are the dry seasons, with          more plentiful and easier to find than in other parts of the
almost no rainfall. Temperatures are high throughout the         continent).
year, and snowfall is rare, even in midwinter.                     However, suppose they are used to committing crimes
  In this region, trade common is widespread, and the            that endanger the city and its people. In that case, users will
Leinshenk regional dialect has a somewhat distinctive            be severely punished because people will inevitably show
accent that distinguishes it from other regions, including the   their strong opposition to the misuse of Magitech
Zalts region.                                                    Civilization's power.
  The people wear loose, airy clothing that is adapted to the      Ruins Guardians also do not allow adventurers to
warm and humid climate. The long, sleek garments, tied           approach the sites they monitor and may attack because of
around the waist with a waistband, are traditional in this       the use of magitech or even because they are runefolk.
region and are usually worn by the general population.             In other areas that witnessed the ravages of the Great
  Locals often draw on their faces to ward off spirits and       Catastrophe, such as the "twin cities" of Carthis and Carnia,
worship the local Minor God Reparal, a craftsman during          which were divided into two cities by the lost magitech,
the Magitech Civilization period.                                Sulaar, the Land of Surveillance near Eottera Bay, and
  It is believed that Reparal gives blessings for construction   Alaudi, the Land of the Sea, there are still places where the
and crafts and is worshipped by woodworkers and artisans.        magitech itself is not respected, and where artificers are
  No other deities are strongly worshipped in the                frown upon.
Leinshenk region because there are few myths and                   Basically, the region is tolerant of adventurers and accepts
folklore, and they usually prefer honest work to worship.        them. However, due to the region's history, some places
Reparal, the God of Machines, has been a minor god for           may have a different attitude toward them. Please consider
more than a thousand years, but there is no indication that      this point carefully before planning your games or creating
he will be promoted to major god. Belief in other deities is     characters.
also averaged out, and because of this, the attitude toward
the beliefs of others is tolerant.
  It is not uncommon to find tranquil farming villages built
right next to the ruins of the Magitech Civilization. Many
scholars have noted this as a unique agricultural region
where rice cultivation can be seen even in magitech ruins.
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Barbarous in the Region                                          city of Ibis at the mouth of the Ligur River is connected to
   Prior to the Great Catastrophe, during the late Magitech      Ashurban, the capital of Aquilla, the Kingdom of
Civilization Period, the barbarous were nearly swept away        Grasslands.
by humanoids from the Leinshenk region. The Leinshenk              Aquilla is generally regarded as the gateway to the
region at that time possessed countless powerful magitechs       Leinshenk region since the Ibis is also served by a road
and automatic interception systems with patrolling security      from Fendil, the Land of Flowers, which indirectly leads to
magitechs covering all city-states, roads, forests, and even     the Zalts region.
mountainous areas.                                                 To the south is the Forest of Urla and vast plains, and
   Most of the barbarous who remain in the Leinshenk             beyond that is the Kingdom of Rendrift, which has trade
region today are basically those who crossed the sea from        relations with Rocyletta. The northern part, on the
the Razeldawn continent during the Great Catastrophe, lost       contrary, faces the sea.
their ships in the battle with the humanoids, and were
unable to return home. Many barbarous do not even know           Aquilla, the Kingdom of Grasslands
that their ancestors came from the Razeldawn Continent.             Located on a plain at the base of the Klostrum peninsula,
However, there is a small percentage of barbarous who            the kingdom is the gateway to the Leinshenk region. It is a
returned to the Razeldawn Continent and who have been            peaceful country where agriculture and pastoralism are the
working for 300 years to return to the Leinshenk Region.         primary livelihoods, and the people live a simple life under
   Some barbarous also captured the powerful magitech            the rule of King Casarva III.
from the humanoids during the Great Catastrophe. Most               Aquilla is the oldest country in the Leinshenk region,
of these barbarous were defeated during the Great                dating back to the Magitech Civilization period. It is the
Catastrophe, but it is believed that there are still some        only country in the region to have survived the Great
barbarous who still possess some magitech. They are              Catastrophe, and there are many valuable Magitech
working to restore the magitech to its original state so that    Civilization documents in "Treasury 01" of the Royal
it can be used again. Sometimes the humanoid artificers are      Palace.
kidnapped and forced to help restore the magitech.                  The kingdom was a vast kingdom that included the twin
   Most of the barbarous in Leinshenk are barbarous who          cities of Carthis and Carnia. It is said to have been the main
arrived after the Great Catastrophe, but there are a few         humanoid kingdom, with its flying ships, mobile fortresses,
exceptions. One of these is the Vulcan tribe that lives in the   and magitech-centered "Iron Knights."
vicinity of the Sheaths of Creation, an old ruin. They have         But during the Great Catastrophe Iron Knights were
been there even before the Magitech Civilization Period.         destroyed along with most of the magitech ships and
Their appearance resembles that of daemons, and until            fortresses.
recently, they were thought to be a type of daemon roaming          Aquilla's territory has been reduced to less than a quarter
the area.                                                        of what it was before the Great Catastrophe, and many of
The size of the Vulcans here is said to be the largest among     its former towns have become ruins scattered throughout
the barbarous in Leinshenk. There are several of their           the region.
tribes surrounding the Sheaths of Creation. The purpose             The royal family is also upfront about its policy and tries
for which they settled there has been lost among                 to keep the treasury's expenditures as low as possible. But
themselves, but the idea of protecting the place seems to        this has led to a last-ditch reduction in military power,
have been passed down from generation to generation.             which sometimes lags behind in response to the emergence
   Some Vulcans living closer to the outer rim sometimes         of barbarous and magitech threads.
leave the tribe and go exploring the outside world.                 In order to prepare for such an eventuality, it is not
                                                                 uncommon for an adventurer to be asked to survey the
Geography of Leinshenk Region                                    ruins or to be hired as a mercenary.
  The Klostrum peninsula, where the Leinshenk region is             In the Forest of Urla, the territory of the royal family,
located, is bordered at its base by two natural hazards, the     many ruins from the Magitech Civilization Period remain,
Ligur River and the Hillundo Mountains. They separate            and many Ruins Guardians use the area as a base for their
the region from the Zalts region.                                activities. Sometimes they have trouble with adventurers
  At the foot of the Hillundo Mountains, the Forest of Urla      and peddlers who wander into the forest, and the royal
extends all the way to the south. Here, the ruins of the         family seems to have difficulty dealing with them.
Magitech Civilization lie in abundance, and large numbers
of magitechs roam the land. It is also an area where the         Ashurban, the Royal Capital
Ruins Guardians are active, and not much has been done             Ashurban is the center of the Aquilla, Kingdom of
to cultivate the area.                                           Grasslands, the largest city in the Leinshenk region, with a
  Al Menas Trail's road runs straight east-west through the      population of 10,000.
Hillundo Mountains and the Forest of Urla. This is the             It is also the starting point of a road that leads to the port
only part of the road where the mountains and forests seem       city of Ibis and the Kingdom of Fendil through the Al
to have been gouged out, and the road is flat. The Al Menas      Menas Trail in the east and is described as the gateway to
Trail was built during the Magitech Civilization Period and      the Leinshenk region. Once a regional city of Aquilla, it
was once called the Road of Wisdom.                              became the new royal capital when the royal family moved
  Later research revealed that the same magitech that gave       in after the fall of Danacy, the capital at the time, in the
birth to this road destroyed the "twin cities" of Carthis and    Great Catastrophe. Later, at the end of the Great
Carnia, and the name was changed to the current, more            Catastrophe, the city was officially declared the royal capital
appropriate name. Through the Al Menas Trail, the port           of Aquilla.
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  Reflecting the country's commitment to restoring national           This canal was created by the powerful magitech misfire
power, Ashurban's buildings are all modest and short.               when locals were defending against barbarous 300 years
  The streets in the center of the city are paved with              ago, which chipped away at the earth. It used to be one large
cobblestones, but as soon as you enter the back alleys, the         city, Carcina. Despite the extremely severe damage, it was
streets become crowded, and the smell of daily life wafts           rebuilt as the twin city it is today and is rebuilding to this
through the air. The city still retains the tinge of a provincial   day.
city rather than a magnificent metropolis.                            A story about Lills, Fused God, was passed down during
  Among the buildings in Ashurban, the most striking is the         this time. People who felt sympathy for Lills likened the
Royal Palace in the center of the city, and the Grand               name to Lilku and Rilni. The southern half of the town was
Theater, built during the Magitech Civilization Period.             renamed Carthis, and the northern half of Carnia, where
  The Royal Palace, the residence of King Casarva III, is           the belief in Lills was very prominent.
smaller than the royal castles of the Lukythra Empire and             For many years, the events that divided Carthis and
the Fendil Kingdom. It is about the same size as a large            Carnia were attributed to the barbarous, and people
temple in a large city.                                             believed it.
  However, surrounded by greenery and water, it is a                  However, later investigations revealed that the magitech
simple yet elegant structure, and the square in front of the        was used to create the Road of Wisdom (now the Al-Menas
palace is a place of relaxation for the people of the city.         Trail), an east road of Ashurban that obliterated parts of
  The Grand Theater is located on one corner of the plaza.          the Hillundo Mountains and Forest of Urla, had been
With seating for 1,000 people on three levels, a spacious           accidentally fired on Carthis and Carnia.
stage, and lighting and sound equipment built with                    This has led to a distrust of Magitech Civilization and
Magitech Civilization technology, it has become a favorite          magitech among the people of Carthis and Carnia, which
place for minstrels, singers, and actors.                           remains unresolved to this day, and people hate and detest
  For them, performing in Ashurban's Grand Theater is               anything magitech related. Much like the dislike that
one of the greatest honors, attracting artists from other           humanoids have for nightmares, the people of Carthis and
regional countries who dream of performing.                         Carnia sometimes look at the magitech civilization with a
  However, only a limited number of people are allowed              cold eye.
on the stage of the Grand Theater several times a year,               The canal that divides Carthis and Carnia, as well as the
chosen by the royal family, the high priests of the Asteria         Eottera Bay to the west, is well known among the people of
and other temples, and the magnates of the city.                    the Leinshenk region as a reminder of the wounds of the
  On the day the gates open, people gather at the Grand             Great Catastrophe.
Theater. The square in front of the palace is then filled with
street entertainers and other visitors who take advantage of        Cross, Land of Mountains
the festivities.                                                      It is a small country located near Elephant Graveyard. It
                                                                    has a population of about 5,000, but it is an important
Eottera Bay                                                         traffic point where two roads from Helfarte (a mobile
  Eottera Bay appeared as a result of the Great Catastrophe         fortress) and Carthis & Carnia (twin cities) intersect, and
300 years ago. Previously there was a huge weapon that the          travelers come and go frequently.
humanoids wanted to use to win the war against the                    The Elephant Graveyard is also a popular destination for
barbarous. But something went wrong, and the device                 adventurers and scholars.
detonated, creating Eottera Bay. It is said that the                  Successive Cross kings have not touched the
humanoid state, barbarous settlements, and the habitats of          mountainous areas to provoke mythical beasts that live
fairies and animals were all blown away, resulting in heavy         there. However, as the city has developed in recent years,
casualties.                                                         there has been a gradual movement to expand into the
                                                                    mountainous areas.
Glass Desert
  The enormous amount of heat that created the large bay            Elephant Graveyard
also vitrified the surrounding land. The land surrounding             It is a place where large magitechs such as airships, ships,
the bay is now known as the Glass Desert. It is a barren            and mobile fortresses were disposed of, and even today,
land where not a single blade of grass or tree grows, and           their remnants are piled up in a heap, creating a bizarre
very few people approach the Glass Desert because it is             sight.
extremely dangerous.                                                  Although this is a site where valuable legacy from the
                                                                    Magitech Civilization Period can be found, no magitechs
Twin Cities Carthis and Carnia                                      were placed to guard it because it was a dumping ground at
  This is a seaside city located north of the capital of            the time. Therefore, it is often visited by adventurers.
Aquilla, Kingdom of Grasslands. The city is a transit point           However, no place is completely safe, and it is not
on the road connecting Ashurban (the capital of Aquilla)            uncommon for barbarians, animals living there, and
and Cross.                                                          undead to appear. The site is also known to have many
  The city is divided into two parts, north and south, by a         Ruins Guardians due to many weapons from the Magitech
large canal 30 meters wide. The northern part is Carnia, an         Civilization Period that have been disposed of here. The
isolated island in the sea with no entrance or exit other than      Ruins Guardians are very exclusive and often get into
two bridges leading to Carthis in the south.                        trouble with the adventurers that come here in search of
                                                                    valuable magitech items.
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Araudi, Land of the Sea                                               The mobile fortress, based on a wide variety of concepts
   Klostrum is a port town located at the western end of the        and aided by Bertalga's advanced technological capabilities,
peninsula. The town has a population of about 7,000                 quickly came to be regarded as Magitech Civilization's
people and thrives on trade, thanks to its magnificent              greatest invention.
harbor built during the Magitech Civilization Period, which           Mobile Fortress Helfarte is almost large enough to move
is often used by trading ships connecting Rocyletta, the Port       an entire city. In the 300 years that have passed since then,
of Color in the Zalts region, with the Kingdom of Rendrift.         the humanoid civilization has regressed to a medieval level,
The city has an exotic and colorful atmosphere.                     and many of the magitechs have been lost, and now the
   It was once used as a military port, but now the only            magitechs that remain in ruins are being excavated and
remnants of ships remain in the Sea City of Maltaquila,             restored to a usable state. And not long ago, such a mobile
located off the coast.                                              fortress was revived as described in the replay "Fortress Girl
   Araudi is close to Eottera Bay, and when the Great               and Knight of the Covenant."
Catastrophe blew it to pieces, Araudi suffered damage as              It is moving around at a speed of a human and is very
well. Since then, the people have developed an aversion to          dangerous. There are no reports of any adventurers
warfare and reconstructed its military port into a civil port.      reaching the deepest part of the Helfarte. It does not slow
   Because of this, the Araudi people are very sympathetic          down or stop and completes a circle in about a week. The
to the idea of the Ruins Guardians and maintain a friendly          city is guarded by a seemingly endless number of Rock
relationship with them.                                             Golems. If you are visiting from the outside, you must
                                                                    climb up to the city via a rope ladder or some other means.
Sea City Maltaquila                                                   The city is large and has most facilities, from stores,
                                                                    shops, temples, and upscale housing to poor
  Its city ruins float off the coast of Araudi. It is a distorted
                                                                    neighborhoods. It is also home to Swords of Protection,
artificial island made up of the wreckage of ships and sea
                                                                    enshrined in the Lyphos Temple.
fortresses that were destroyed in the Great Catastrophe.
                                                                      However, most people do not go near it because of the
  It is treated as a stop for ships coming and going from
                                                                    dangers inside, including the magitech and daemons that
Araudi. Originally, it was a lawless area where criminals
                                                                    guard it in the deeper areas.
fleeing from Araudi and other towns gathered. However, it
is now under the watchful eye of Araudi after having been
the place of a series of attacks on trading vessels passing         Great Hashirolla Waterfall
through the nearby waters.                                            This gigantic waterfall cascades down the mountainous
  Like all ruins, this place has a constant flow of                 area near the country of Cross. With a drop of up to 1,000
adventurers.                                                        meters, it can be seen from a distance, making it a landmark
                                                                    when traveling in the area.
Fort Lascana                                                          The source of the Great Hashirolla Waterfall has not
                                                                    been investigated due to the steep mountains. It is one of
  This now abandoned fort was once a former royal city of
                                                                    the largest habitats of mythical beasts, which are rare in the
Danacy in the kingdom of Aquilla in the Kutta Plains. It is
                                                                    Leinshenk region.
inside the patrol area of a Mobile Fortress Helfarte and
whose surrounding landscape is an endless series of
wildernesses and deserted Magitech Civilization buildings.          Sheath of Creation
  The precious magitech devices of Magitech Civilization              This ancient site is located in the northernmost part of
are said to be lying in ruins, but various monsters, including      the Klostrum peninsula.
magitechs and constructs, are deployed to protect the ruins,          It is said that the three towers are the sheaths of the three
undead, and wild plants. And even barbarous have a secret           swords that created the world, and the crack in the earth is
hideout in the ruins of the former capital.                         the mark of the fourth sword that was pulled out.
  The former inhabitants of the capital have migrated to              In fact, the tower is so old that it could have been the site
Ashurban and Helfarte, and there are reportedly no                  of a Magic Civilization Period or Divine Civilization Period
humanoid settlers in the area today.                                site. Some believe that the Sheath of Genesis was the
                                                                    reason the Leinshenk region was targeted by the barbarous
Mobile Fortress Helfarte                                            in the Great Catastrophe.
                                                                      The ruins are not being investigated at all because
  Mobile fortresses are mobile bases developed during the
                                                                    Vulcans, barbarous, live in the surrounding area as if
late Magitech Civilization Period. However, most mobile
                                                                    guarding the towers.
fortresses were destroyed by the Great Catastrophe, and it
                                                                      A number of rare daemons, including the daemon
has been said that the only existing mobile fortress is the
                                                                    general Geldam, have also been spotted here, making it
Helfarte Fortress in the Leinshenk region.
                                                                    impossible for the average adventurers to get their hands
  Mobile fortresses were seen at the time as questionable
                                                                    on them. Fortunately, these daemons will not touch you
times and resources sunk as their purposes changed from
                                                                    unless you approach the Sheath of Genesis. Soo Laar, the
creator to creator.
                                                                    Land of Surveillance, occasionally sends a scout to look
  However, the artificers of Bertalga, a hyper-industrialized
                                                                    about this place.
city-state in the Leinshenk region at the time, did not think
so. Rather, they saw unlimited possibilities in mobile
fortresses and began competing to build a wide variety of           Island of Death. Island of Sunsaylus
them.                                                                 The island was cut off from the Klostrum peninsula by
                                                                    the Eottera Bay tragedy. Although the island has a fairly
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large area, no large humanoid towns exist. However, it is            And only with the help of devout priests country was
not ruled by barbarous either. Only undead "live" here.            saved, and under the leadership of the priests, a
  The strange nature of the island earned it the nickname          parliamentary government was established.
Island of Death, which it retains to this day.                       Few barbarous clans remain around the area. The
                                                                   soldiers of local towns surround them and gradually push
                                                                   them back. It is not an all-out war, so there is no danger to
                 NORDAR REGION                                     daily life.
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           CIENAQUERASS REGION                                   Yushiani of the Translucent Moon
                                                                    Unusually for the Cienaquerass Region, which has many
                                                                 plains, the country is surrounded by two mountain ranges.
Sources: Replay "Triple Crown of Fear" (by Kei Kitazawa,            It was originally the place where Maxim, when he was a
Tadaaki Kawahito, Bethe Yuli Kurosaki, and Akita Miyabi)         man, practiced blacksmithing, and the surrounding
and Replay "Seventh Chronicle" (by Akita Miyabi)                 mountains are rich in mineral deposits, making it the only
  The Cienaquerass region is a fertile area of land located      country capable of exporting an abundance of weapons,
in the west-central part of the Terastier Continent, which       farming tools, and pots.
was once destroyed by the Great Catastrophe 300 years               There is a large central temple of Maxim, whose head
ago, and all the countries were destroyed.                       and regional representatives work together to govern all of
  After the Great Catastrophe, Maxim was a blacksmith            Yushiani. The surrounding mountains are populated
who provided weapons to the youth who rose up to reclaim         largely by dwarves, and Fluorites are not uncommon.
their homeland from barbarous in the desolate                       The central plains are populated by 80% of humans.
Cienaquerass Region. However, the rebellion failed, and          Elves account for 10%. In addition, there are various races
the young men were all executed at the hands of the              living in the area.
barbarous. His grief and lamentation over the deaths of the
young men who had risen with the weapons he had
                                                                 Grimzaad of the Ridge Piercer
provided reached Kilhia, and so the new Minor God was
born.                                                              It is a country that stretches from the north to the east of
  After attaining godhood, Maxim created seven Sacred            the Cienaquerass Region, half bordering the region. Acting
Treasures and placed them in the hands of the people. The        as a bulwark to protect the region from the barbarous
brave men who were given the Sacred Treasure then                Karzoral Plateau, the country hosts a wide range of warriors
founded seven kingdoms, each of which was ruled by its           and mercenaries.
own king. However, after the death of the first kings, the         It is a unique country in the Cienaquerass Region, where
great kingdoms, which had regained their peace, quickly          agriculture and cattle raising are thriving due to its fertile
turned on each other and began to fight over the Sacred          lands. It is a mercenary country that relies on food from
Treasure, which defeated barbarous out of their lands.           other countries to reward for fighting off barbarians and
Lamenting this, Minor God Maxim turned all Sacred                repelling their attacks.
Treasures into stone, rendering them unusable. Maxim is
now in a deep slumber and worshiped as the guardian god          Fogtoo of the Boulder Slicer
of the Cienaquerass Region.                                        The country is said to be dedicated to the Axe Sacred
  However, for some reason, eight countries were present         Treasure.
in the region, meaning one kingdom was fake and didn't             It has a large port and currently has the most active trade
have Sacred Treasure.                                            with the Land of Assemblence Lios in the Feidan region. It
  For some reason, there was no record of which country          imports high-quality armor, weapons, and magitech and is
had the fake Sacred Treasure. In such a situation, trust was     generally regarded as one of the countries actively
hard to develop, and eventually, one of the countries was        promoting the unification of the Cienaquerass.
attacked and destroyed. Ostensibly, no stone Sacred
Treasure was found in the destroyed country, and it is said      Rayfan, the Principality of Crystal Waves
that the country was the one that had worshipped the fake          The new rapidly growing country formed by settlers from
Sacred Treasure. However, it is whispered that one of the        the sea recently without Sacred Treasure.
countries that cooperated to destroy it may actually have
secretly taken it and kept it or that a fallen relative of the   Gymgram of the Blast Shell
destroyed country may have taken it and fled with it...            It was severely damaged during the Great Catastrophe,
  Countries that were on good terms with the destroyed           and the one who turned this place into scorched earth was
country have become distanced from the countries that            a barbarous king named Zale, commonly known as the
destroyed it, and the regions have not been able to come         Daemon King.
together as one. Yet, barbarous continue to attack from the        If the legend is true, the daemon king Zale was the
north and from the sea.                                          Basilisk Daemon Tamer, who turned his own body into a
                                                                 daemon one after another, and as a result, he no longer
Garnei of the Silver Sword                                       retained his original form but became like a daemon itself.
  It is said to be a country ruled by the descendants of the       It is said that the legendary and extremely powerful
Minor God Maxim. It is a land of warriors, ruled by a king       daemon king Zale was defeated by a sacred weapon that is
who has inherited the name of "Great Sword" from                 now the symbol of the country, the Blast Shell.
generation to generation.                                          Wessel (50,000 population), the capital of Gymgram, is
  It is said that Maxim's Sacred Treasure, a two-handed          mainly engaged in trade within the Cienaquerass Region,
sword, has been passed down from generation to                   while Illtis (40,000 population) thrives on open sea trade
generation. The western side of the country is connected to      with other regions, mainly the Feidan region.
Cienaquea Bay, and it is one of the richest countries in the
Cienaquerass Region, thanks to its marine products and
trade.
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Castle Daemonlord                                                 As the name suggests, Castle Daemonlord is the castle of
  It's a huge, ruined castle in the forest's depth. The black   the Daemon King and the place where the Daemon King
stone castle, which was once quite solid and probably           was sealed away by the power of Maxim's Sacred Treasure.
decorated in a hideous manner, now appears to have              The royal family of Gymgram has administered the seal.
mostly collapsed and fallen into decay.                         And we are members of the royal family who have been in
                                                                charge of sealing the Demon King for generations.
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              KARZORAL PLATEAU                                     period, defended them from humanoids. The people
                                                                   decided that it was easier to lock them up in a blockade
                                                                   than eradicate the barbarous at great cost. They were left
Sources: Natural History of Yulleria                               alone throughout the Magitech Civilization Period.
  Located in the center of the Terastier Continent,                  However, this led to the Great Catastrophe 300 years ago,
Karzoral Plateau is the collective name for a vast area that       when barbarous armies from the Karzoral Plateau attacked
has been dominated by the barbarous since time                     the Yulleria region and many other regions, destroying the
immemorial, extending from the Liezen region in the north          humanoid nations.
to the Senlong Cliffs in the south and the Yulleria region in
the west. It is a land of steep mountains and highlands, and       PRESENT
the valleys and basins they form are covered with forests,           Today, the Karzoral Plateau is home to hundreds of
wastelands, and grasslands. Even ice fields lie near the           domains ruled by powerful barbarians. The Domain Kings
Scorching Desert, perhaps due to the influence of ancient          are Drake Count "The Beautiful Destroyer" Almiralda,
and powerful magic.                                                whose domain is located near the Rudea Mountains
                                                                   bordering the Liezen region; Ogre Warlord "The Red
Summary                                                            Peril" The Drew, who launched a major attack on Ryucken
  The Karzoral Plateau is known as one of the strongholds          12 years ago and Gigantor "Gale King" Kamurai, the
of the barbarous forces on the Terastier Continent. The            adversary of Grimzaad of the Ridge Piercer in the
name does not refer to a single plateau but rather to a vast       Cienaquerass Region. Rumor has it that there are also
area extending from the Rudea Mountains, which lie at the          domains ruled by non-barbarous kings.
eastern edge of the Yulleria region to the western border,           The domain kings are all doing as they please. Some clan
north to the Drackea Mountains, and south to the                   kings, such as The Drew and Kamurai, frequently attack
Thousand Dragon Cliffs.                                            the humanoid countries, while others attack and try to seize
  It is a land of steep mountains and high plateaus,               the neighboring domain territories. There are also domain
interspersed with seas of trees, wildernesses, deserts, and        kings who do not contact the outside world at all and
ice fields. However, no one knows the full extent of the           maintain an eerie silence. Recently, however, there have
Karzoral Plateau, as it has never been mapped since the            been rumors that several forces are forming under the
Divine Civilization Period, and no one has ever ventured           leadership of a few powerful domain kings. Suppose a
deep into the plateau and returned.                                domain king emerges who can unify the Karzoral Plateau.
  During the Magitech Civilization Period, a plan to survey        In that case, they may be the second coming of the
the terrain from the sky using airships was aborted when a         Barbarous King who led the Great Catastrophe.
flying ship crashed, probably due to a barbarous attack.
This shows that even during the Magitech Civilization
Period, when the barbarous had been exterminated and               UNRETURNABLE TUNDRA, CONROUGH
disappeared from most of the continent, and in urban
areas, there was even saying that "the barbarous race had
                                                                   Sources: Replay "Turmoil of Dragons & Blades 3
already died out," there was still a strong barbarous
                                                                   Grandslam"
presence in the Karzoral Plateau.
                                                                      It is a relatively abandoned part of the continent with a
                                                                   harsh cold climate that only the rare fortunate, such as the
H ISTORY
                                                                   first settlers of Procelsia, have been able to cross. There the
  Karzoral Plateau was ruled by the barbarous already in           outcast barbarous live alone or with only a small group of
the late Divine Civilization Period. At that time, it is said to   followers who have gone after their leader. Ancient dragons
have been a stronghold of the gods belonging to Ignis, the         clad in blizzards, wailing in endless grief and hatred.
Sword of Freedom, who had as many as a hundred million                There are rumors about vast cities of dwarves built to dig
barbarous followers. Eventually, the war of the gods came          mithril in the mountains covered with snow and ice.
to an end, and the Ancient Magic Civilization Period                  One such city is the city of Silvermine, an underground
arrived, but the barbarous domination of the plateau               city built out of the mountain itself somewhere in the
continued.                                                         Conrough, and the heat from a huge furnace called the
  Several documents mention the presence of numerous               "Heart of the Mountain" is used to heat the entire city using
barbarous wizard-kings in the region. They claimed that            pipes and other means, so to speak, to provide central
they were the ones who would rule the land on behalf of            heating on a city-wide scale. Therefore, it is quite warm.
the gods, and they fought each other. The battles were                Every structure in the city is geometrically carved and laid
fierce, and magic was often used on such a large scale that        out, with huge pillars supporting the ceilings. The streets,
even the terrain was changed. The effects of this magic are        walls, pillars, railings, and other structures are carved with
said to have spread to other regions, such as Zalts, Yulleria,     various exquisite patterns, such as the praise of the city's
and Cienaquerass, causing great earthquakes, extreme               history, and so on. It is a beautiful, grand, and typical old
weather, and other calamities.                                     dwarf underground city.
  During the Magitech Civilization Period, many barbarous
forces in the Karzoral Plateau were destroyed by the power
of the powerful magitech. However, the barbarous survived
only by reducing their territory. The land, which had once
been bizarrely transformed by massive magics of the past
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                HEINLATT REGION
Kingdom of Heinlatt
  The Kingdom of Heinlatt was created when the former
head of Nayimhiraugh (mother of the current head)
protected and helped to establish the kingdom after a few
of the royal family that mostly perished in the Great
Catastrophe escaped with their lives. The country has been
steadily gaining strength by taking advantage of the excellent
students that Nayimhiraugh has been producing, but it is
still a small country. The country has a group of knights
called the Black Beast Knights, and 12 fierce warriors
called the Twelve Guardians of Heinlatt.
Nayimhiraugh
  A college city surrounded by snowy mountains, with
chilly spring, cool summer, cold fall, and very cold winter.
It is a school town centered on the Adventurer Training
School, which was created for the purpose of training
adventurers and supporting their employment, and the city
thrives around this training school.
Hertzberg
  A merchant city located beside the Nueenu Desert. It is
often used as a relay point for adventurers heading for the      Lake Lydria
Tower of Doom. It is a city belonging to the Kingdom of
                                                                   A huge lake suddenly appeared in the center of the
Heinlatt and has a knight order called The Order of the
                                                                 Heinlatt region about 10 years ago. This phenomenon is
Sand Beast.
                                                                 still under investigation by local scholars.
Tower of Doom
  It is unknown who, when, and why created this tower                             OTHER REGION
surrounded by the Nueenu Desert. It is so high up in the
sky that it is impossible to tell how far it extends. It is      Morlock Region
whispered to be the Sword Labyrinth because the upper             There is no official information about this region.
part of the tower is always covered with clouds, and when
other countries requested to investigate the tower by            Anon Region
aircraft, the aircraft crashed due to an unexplained              See Raxia God Book, Curiadral, God of Absorption.
malfunction.
                                                                 Bio Region
                                                                  See Nordar Region p. 13.
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                                                    Credits
               Translation and Editing: ..…...…….                    Auquid
               Cover Illustration: …..……….....…….                    Kiyoshi Arai
               Maps: .............................................   Yuya Kobayashi
               Map of Heinlatt Region: ................              Auquid
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