Any seasoned traveller will know that there are vast areas between and within the Realms where the reach or interest of the Orders is feeble. The Orders exclude these places from their maps but if you go there yourself you will not find an empty space, but often a thriving Republic of the Free. The Republics are heterodox, but if they have one common characteristic it is a distrust of the Orders and an aversion to magical items. Any Republic that exists for any length of time will, sooner or ...

Any seasoned traveller will know that there are vast areas between and within the Realms where the reach or interest of the Orders is feeble. The Orders exclude these places from their maps but if you go there yourself you will not find an empty space, but often a thriving Republic of the Free. The Republics are heterodox, but if they have one common characteristic it is a distrust of the Orders and an aversion to magical items. Any Republic that exists for any length of time will, sooner or ...