The world of Astashica is fractured into dominions ruled by six surviving Asemeri chieftains—descendants of those who fled the cataclysm of the Xothek Galaxy. Each warlord commands a city-state forged from desperation, technology, and ambition. Once allies aboard the Defiance Vanguard, they are now locked in a cold war of shifting borders and buried agendas.
These are the known warlords and the dominions they rule:
And once, there was also Uxnal—a thriving city-state that stood proudly before being obliterated by one of Cosmus’ Azurevat missiles. Its ruins now form the Uxnal Abyss, a crater-flooded scar upon the planet’s face. Though erased, its legacy lives on in whispers and ruins.
Beyond these dominions, another threat endures:
The Ixtielan marauders—feral raiding bands loyal to no law but bloodlust. They haunt the borderlands, plundering trade routes, murdering peasants, and razing isolated villages. To many ordinary Astashicans, these marauders are the most immediate and brutal face of war.
In a world where alliances shift like wind, and no peace lasts long, only one figure rises not for conquest—but for remembrance. Tlandar, the chosen protector of Astashica, stands against them all.