Argoran Wastes

Alternate Spellings: Argora; Agora

The Argoran Wastes are an inhospitable land, with vast scrub deserts littered with small mountain ranges that hide a huge and complex maze of caves and tunnels. The wastes are occupied by many terrible beasts, all fighting for survival. When the Knights of the Emperor first drove the devanu into the wastes, they believed they could follow and eradicate them, but every attempt has proved disastrous with countless lives lost. The devanu of the wastes do all they can to survive, hiding and biding their time. The clans around the wastes are charged with making sure the devanu do not grow too strong, crushing those packs that do become too powerful and start to cause a threat. The clans have always had support from the Emperor’s knights, but in recent months the support has dwindled. Arak Katain was quick to exploit the weaknesses and has gathered together many packs under his leadership, including jenta outcasts who would usually be shunned or attacked by the more established packs. Requests for support from the Emperor went unheeded and Arak now leads his loose collection of hunting packs in a crusade across the Empire, leaving a trail of devastation in their wake.

These large inhospitable wastelands lie to the north-west of the Fubarnii Empire. Many devanu fled to the wastes when their territories were claimed by the fubarnii during the Great Revolution.

When the devanu were driven from their towers within what has become the Empire some found sanctuary within the harsh Argoran wastes. The wastes are riddled with caves and it has proved far too costly for the Emperor’s Knights to pursue the devanu further. It is a difficult life for the devanu, but many packs manage to survive, scavenging food and raiding outposts. Those clans whose territories lie around the wastes, such as Orel, Chobana and Tomar must live a militaristic life, constantly facing the threat of the devanu.

The Knights of Orel maintain their territory and try to patrol as much of the wastes as they can to stop the devanu getting too powerful. They are mainly to the west though. The Empire are responsible for the eastern borders (which is where Arak Katain gained power).