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An Imperial backwater, '''Acreage''' lies in the sub-sector of [[Josian Reach]] and is connected to the rest of the [[Calixis Sector]] by a few tenuous shipping routes. Its Tithe mainly consists of Ore from its mines and men for the [[Imperial Guard]]. A [[Feudal World]], Acreage's technology is medieval and its population consists largely of degenerate peasants and bickering nobles.
Ascandia, the High Kings's realm, spans the majority of the northern landmass.
For the last few years, the relative stability of this realm, and in fact most of Acreage, has been rent apart by a bloody civil war. The High King died without naming an heir, leaving his surviving children to bicker and fight amongst themselves for the title in a war in which thousands have already perished. This has been a prosperous time for the nobles, as each has taken the advantage of the mayhem of war to expand their domains or settle old scores. It has also drawn more off-world interest to Acreage, in the form of mercenaries and traders, seeking to make a profit through selling skills, training and advanced weapons. Acreage is noteworthy as a source of unique Shock weapons including the Lightning Chain and Lightning Gauntlets.
One such noble taking advantage of these offworld visitors is [[Prince Orcan]], lord of the City of [[Olrakan]]. Also known as the floating City, Olrakan, sprawls along a section of the southern coast of Ascandia, where the foetid Chitin Swamps meet the dark waters of the Sea of Sorrows. The city is notable not only for its construction, standing atop countless rotting posts above
the stinking waters of the swamp, but also for its proximity to one of Acreage's few spaceports, [[Emperor's Island]], located several miles out to sea.
==Threats==
