Rakos (pronounced RACK-ohss) is a moderately-sized island nation. You know a little about it. Rakos is a confederacy of six smaller “duchies”, each of which has its own culture and traditions. You’ve heard their names before (Cindre, Highrock, Balenor, Valen, Revo, and Wayport), but you don’t know much about them. Although officially united, the duchies are constantly squabbling with each other. Occasionally, this escalates to armed conflict, but not often. Thanks to this dynamic, Rakos has gained a reputation as a good place for an adventurer, entrepreneur, or mercenary to get started.
Each duchy has a capital city, which is the seat of government and the largest city in the region. Your ship is heading toward the city of Cindre (pronounced same as "cinder"). (The duchies are named after their capital cities, so e.g. the “city of Cindre” is the capital of the “Duchy of Cindre”.)
Rakos (and most lands nearby) is relatively mundane. Magic is rare outside of the big cities, and it only has minor effects on daily life. The vast majority of the population is human, but there are communities of halflings and dwarves in some regions, a few clans of wood elves in the forests, and a small number of half-orcs scattered through the land.
