Aleksandr
A large metropolis built atop the remains of a colossal titanspawn and named for the Exemplar who rules it. It has retained a fair number of conveniences including a working sewage system, running water, and electricity. 500,000 souls call the city home, with many different races of the People present. Humans are the most prevalent, but they only make up roughly 40% of the overall population.The city's day to day governance is dictated by the Council of Guilds, with Aleksandr overseeing their decisions so that their ambition does not destabilize the city. While the guilds are equipped to enforce their edicts and rules, occasionally Aleksandr must enforce his own will upon the city. The strange automatons known as the Ever-Watch are responsible for this and the defense of the city. Rumor has it that Aleksandr could re-awaken and control the titanspawn and move the city wholesale to a new location.
The Black Sand Desert and Mirage City
The Black Sand Desert is unnaturally warm, situated northeast of the Coldcrown Mountains, surrounded by frozen wastes. People live here, making cities around the bearable edges where ice and hot sand meet to create arable land. The clash of warmth and chill makes thunderstorms frequent around the borders of the desert. There are plenty of mysteries in the desert; such as explosive eruptions of hot sulphurous gas and the Mirage City. Those who wander too deep may return in a heat-delirium with fantastic stories of wonders and terrors found deeper within the forbidding expanse.Mirage City is described variously as a city of tall white towers, a city of brass and iron, or a city of greenery and water. The truth is something that Godbound may need to uncover due to the desert's forbidding nature.
The Broken Plains and the Little Kingdoms
Around the Mourning are the remnants of the farmlands and villages that surrounded the old capitol city. What used to be a verdant plain is now a jigsaw puzzle of uneven plateaus and myriad fiefdoms. A history of shifting alliances and wars over the best land marks the post-Shattering history of the region. Outsiders call it the whole collection of city-states the Little Kingdoms and their rulers Little Kings.Cojalon
Also known as the Empire of Ice and Fire, Cojalon is siituated in the Coldcrown Mountains, having built their nation within the eternal glaciers and the magma vents of their forbidding homeland. The predominantly dvargr population is industrious, with the theotechnician tradition being very strong among the Cojalonese. Indeed it is one of the few places theotechnicians practice their art openly, and the Empire defends its people with a xenophobic zeal.Cojalon is ruled by a husband and wife pair of Wordbound, whose power kept the empire from collapsing in the wake of the Shattering. Doraj (Artifice, Might, Sword) and Elnier (Artifice, Fire, Wealth) rule as the Ascendant Emperor and Ascendant Empress, respectively. They're considered fair and just rulers, though they have a deep distrust of the outside world for some reason.
Despite of their xenophobic attitude, Cojalon does recognize the need for the outside world. They hold an open market in the so-called Foreigner's City to buy and sell goods from People beyond the empire's borders. Situated at the foot of the Coldcrown Mountains near the northern end of the Broken Plains, the Foreigner's City is the only place the Cojalonese interact with outsiders. To non-Cojalonese, the city is known as Gateway.
Lacuna of Pyre
A desolate wasteland surrounding a lone volcanic mountain, the purported domain of the greater dragon Pyre. There are riches and artifacts of the past in the ruined cities dotting the region, though it means risking the wrath of Pyre. The volcano is called Pyre's Roost and a perpetual trail of smoke emanates from its slopes. There are a few stories that say that Pyre is the mountain.The Mourning and the Omphalos
A ring of mountains (known as the Mourning) that wasn't there in the Golden Era marks the city of Galedon's grave. It was reduced to a crater when a piece of Heaven fell and destroyed it. Those who have seen it describe it as a beatific mountainous floating pillar made of intricate theurgic mechanisms with a soft glow the hum of a celestial song. It has been dubbed the Omphalos, and it is exceedingly dangerous to approach it by entering the crater; fearsome misbegotten and uncreated horrors are known to inhabit the area.The stories about what one might obtain from the Omphalos if one were to succeed in harnessing its heavenly power are wild and outlandish. Many believe that if a Godbound were to successfully unlock the Omphalos, they would ascend to true godhood. Other rumors include restoring the World to its pre-Shattered state, resurrection of the True Gods, or granting one's deepest desire.
The Shattered Mountains and Second Babylon
These mountains begin five hundred miles east of the Broken Plains and stretches northeast until they form regular mountains that lead into the Coldcrown Mountains. As their name implies, this mountain range is not normal; they are composed of large earthbergs that float above a very broken ground. A lot of mining goes on in the region due to the very exposed ore and mineral veins in the earthbergs.Second Babylon is a city-state that calls itself the inheritors of some lost civilization called Babylon. The city is run by a dynasty that claims descent from one of the True Gods. The hereditary ruler is known as the Lawgiver, and law is harsh in Second Babylon. Society is caste-based, with the majority of the labor performed by the slave caste. Second Babylon has a number of client kingdoms that pay it tribute in the form of slaves and goods. The city-state and its client kingdoms form the ruling power in the Shattered Mountains. Second Babylon is not without problems; the rebel group known as the Defiers question the Lawgiver's (and by extension the royal family's) divine right to rule.
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