Mustraka (Viking/Russian): A nation of regimented sea warriors and thronging masses of peasant farmers. These northerner's blood is as cold as their treatment of those they dislike. Their King has begun a campaign to conscript rabble, outlaws, prisoners, and any who might be in the wrong place at the wrong time to protect their expansive borders as tensions rise and war looms on the horizon. Nation of the Dead (Aztec/African): A nation that has literally risen out of the abandoned wasteland it once inhabited long ago before its curse to undeath and hibernation. The nation, re-arisen, now has new goals and new rulers whom are quite literally blood thirsty to achieve them. Ino (mongolian): A nation of horsemen and beast trainers. Warlords are united under a clan system and a yearly bought between clans decides which elder will decide the direction of the nation. In recent years the more blood thirsty and more terrifyingly, cunning, Varkfel clan has gained dominance and is mustering thronging masses of beasts and mortal races for war. Jin States (Chinese): Constant bickering between political groups mars the an idyllic beauty of the valley nation of cherry blossoms and rice patties. The states have been bound through a cunning marriage of two of the most powerful political groups has now placed the nation in a position to reclaim is ancestral lands. And the Jin's ancestors are not to be forgotten. Kanyo (Japan): A nation of isolationists honor bound warriors and stealthy assassins. Long standing out of the affairs of others, the Kanyoin people are now forced to deal with turmoil caused by the empowerment of the Kami spirits. The Kanyoins know that nations are now binding Kami for their purposes and as such their treachery to the spirits of the world cannot go unpunished. Mudhal Principality (India/Arabia): The merchant princes have long sold the spices, gems, and slaves that the Northern continents craved. Now the prices are cut off from their trade routs, by impending war, or by the chasms of the starfall feel the tightening noose as other nations covet what is theirs. They now turn what wealth they have from luxury to war.
