Bastion

Long ago, four major settlements began to take root in the land. These settlements became large expansive provinces with each reaching the borders of their neighbors. These provinces are known as Province of the Gold Criterion, Province of Feymoor, Province of East Haven, and Province of the Fell Moon. While tensions were high amongst the bordering provinces, they had maintained a truce for decades.

The area surrounding these provinces was mostly barren and hostile. Eventually, the surrounding settlers banded together to assault the four major provinces. This resulted in a war that threatened to ruin each of the provinces.

This great war brought the Provinces of Feymoor and the Fell Moon to their knees. It was at this time that the leaders of the Gold Criterion proposed an alliance. The Gold Criterion would build a great wall around the perimeter of the four provinces while the other three sent a coalition of hundreds of thousands of combatants against the enemy forces.

The four provinces working together were able to defeat the attackers. Following the war, a summit was held among the leadership of the four provinces and the new allied nation of Bastion was born. Bastion functioned with 40 years of peace and prosperity. Eventually, the memories of war faded, those who had known not known hardship of war were put in power, and civil unrest broke out into all out war amongst the provinces. This infighting was devastating to the population of each province. After a long indecisive war, a truce was called. Among the ruins of their final battle, a fifth province, a memorial of war and remembrance was created. With the support of each of the four other provinces, The Elysian Ring has since ushered in 80 more years of peace within the walls of Bastion.

Province of the Gold Criterion

 * Started as typical dwarven civilization beginning within a mountain range
 * The dwarves expanded their kingdom throughout the mountain range up to the surface and onto the surrounding land
 * The dwarven territory expanded further to include some of the smaller surrounding settlements

Current Leadership
Emperor:  Umunoth Criterion “The Cold Iron Aegis”

Empress (in title only): Lady Taurna Criterion

Prince: Theldrin Criterion

Chief Magistrate: Brognem Greystone

Archduke of the Elysian Ring: Thulgrim Brightring

Known for

 * Civil engineering feats
 * Jewelry and gemstones
 * Magical crafts
 * Minting coins

Province of Feymoor

 * Started with an archfey ruling over a large forest
 * The elves of the woods expanded there settlements to the far reaches of the forest
 * Some of the wood elves continued to expand their reaches and formed a large city outside of the forest. Eventually these wood elves became known as high elves

Current Leadership
Archon: Ianovar Zinreiel (male)

Archdruid: Valynore Ironys (female)

Precept: Lumia Alearith (female)

Immen’nora Consul to the Elysian Ring: Eiravel Ariessus (male)

Iniel’doraum Consul to the Elysian Ring: Colvir Nar’dhuil (male)

Known for

 * Highest quality magical crafts - including weapons, armors, and wondrous items
 * Fastest form of long distance transportation via magically powered airships
 * Most Expansive library of knowledge pertaining to the history of the world and magical arts

Province of East Haven

 * Started as a large number of small tiefling and human villages in close proximity
 * The rapid population led both the human and tiefling settlements to grow into large societies
 * The tieflings and humans were very open to outsiders and eventually agreed to join their two societies into one

Current Leadership
Grand Chancellor: Toreth Drobia (tiefling)

Chancellor: Faenor Hearthana (fay-nor) (half-elf)

High Councilor of Trade: Percival Watts (human)

High Councilor of Law: Ezekiel Barre (human)

High Councilor of Security: Dagar Smith (half-orc)

Governor of Elysian Ring: Poppy Watts (human)

Known for

 * Technological advancements
 * Highly inclusive society
 * Most/largest developed cities

Province of the Fell Moon

 * This land was once unsettled wildlands filled with a wide variety of animals
 * One day, a strange meteor split into two and came crashing into the planet within these lands
 * The meteor gave off an intense energy that mutated the animals to make them humanoids. Human and elven explorers here were also mutated
 * The strength of these mutated animals allowed them to expand considerably and rapidly into what is now the province of the fell moon

Current Leadership
Maharaja: (Aarakocra) Aqila

Shah: (Triton) Juttand Imoya

Rex: (Minotaur) Zakod “The Colossus”

Emir of Elysian Ring: (Simic-hybrid) Elias Decker

Known for

 * Largest supplier of food to all provinces - includes meats, fish, vegetation
 * Alchemy
 * Meteoric metals

The Elysian Ring

 * Built atop the final battleground of the civil war
 * Meant to act as a “United Nations” of the allied provinces

Current Leadership
Archduke of the Elysian Ring: Thulgrim Brightring (dwarf)

Immen’nora Consul to the Elysian Ring: Eiravel Ariessus (male) (elf)

Iniel’doraum Consul to the Elysian Ring: Colvir Nar’dhuil (male) (elf)

Governor of Elysian Ring: Poppy Watts (human)

Emir of Elysian Ring: Elias Decker (Simic-hybrid)

Known for

 * Civil war memorial
 * Tourist locations
 * Back alley dealings
 * Most evenly distributed racial diversity