Grand Duchy
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An ancient land¸ both prosperous and regressive¸ nestles against the Shield Mountains to the west and the shattered remains of the Empire to the east. A collection of small fiefdoms¸ long set in their ways and suspicious of change¸ the Grand Duchy of the West has long been considered a backwards¸ rustic¸ and ignorant place. Serfs toil in the fields and mines¸ hunt and grow rice in the dangerous¸ brackish marshes¸ and spend their lives never looking beyond their ruling lord's border or dreaming of anything better than their lot. Lead by a feeble Grand Duke with few ambitions and even fewer ideas¸ Westers live in a self-induced blindness to the dangers of the outside world or the seeping¸ insidious corruption that infects the very land. With the remains of the Empire in turmoil¸ The Grand Duchy sits back to relish days of old that never truly existed. It is a land ripe for unforeseen shock and upheaval.