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The Boxton School

On a small strip between the evil swamp known as Kalil's Blunder and the eldritch Stone Forest a secret school exists for those who would have their children raised free of the malicious oppression of the Ivory Dynasty. The prestigious Boxton school has a student body of less than one hundred students with a motley assortment of teachers and guardsmen appointed or self-tasked with maintaining the secrecy and safety of the school and training the youth in what they need for when they return to the outside world. Training at the school is intense with nothing but the highest effort rewarded. Students after completing a number of years of intensive training usually move on to a variety of places, some returning home now armed with skills in personal defense, some seeking to join rebel groups working to overthrow the cruel Ivory masters. Some turning to adventuring. Not all students leave the school. Some inevitably die in accidents during the strenuous training exercises. Some fall vi
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Southcape - Introduction

Icy winds blast barren fields with killing hail. Malnourished men, women and children huddle together from the cold in hidden homes constructed of materials recovered from the abandoned husks of once glorious estates. From only a short distance away, any sign of habitation disappear in the battered and cracked landscape. And it is a good thing the homes are mostly invisible, for flesh merchants in search of human loot fight the biting winds, urging their unwilling charges on with threats and lashes. The once prosperous kingdom of Southcape withers under the crushing imperial boot of the Ivory Dynasty. The gold tribute is paid by the old noble houses which once horded their riches. And the blood tribute is paid by the commoners with their labor and lives. Yet, no relief is forthcoming as the Ivory Kings demand ever more from their appointed lords, who demand more from their sheriffs, and in turn their tax collectors. Individuals selected and promoted for their ability to extract taxes f
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