Indaroth

What is Indaroth?   Indaroth is a fantasy RPG setting inspired by medieval Europe. Indaroth is name of the world, western end of the massive continent of Indathar, on which the Realms of Men known as the Holy Foralian Empire, kingdoms of Atalantia and Ardesia, the mercantile superpower of the Trade-Union of South Star and The Southern League, a confederation of city-states fight for power and prestige. For over a millenia the Empire has been a hegemonical power that extended it's authority over other nations. Their religion, the Church of the Overlord, held religious dominance and all other cults and sects were suppressed. But now that dominance is shattering and provinces are seeking independence from the Imperial Throne in Foraliz. Wars of independence are flaring up across the whole Imperial domain, fueled in part by support from external powers. Among these warring states there are factions and coalitions, some religious like the enigmatic Swordbrothers or the martially acclaimed Knights of Ardesia. Religious strife flares up as the waning power of the Empire also weakens the hold that the Church of the Overlord has held over the continent for a millenia and long suppressed cults are gaining in followers as the gods above seek to challenge Arestahl the Overlord within the Divine Realm.
Alongside the human realms are the stubborn and dour dwarves under their High King, the reclusive elves hidden in their Silver Cities in heart of the ancient Everwood, the half-elves in their young and vulnerable Republic of Sariel and Freefolk halflings living within the thousand islands of the Golden Archipelago. And beyond the borders of the civilized western Indaroth an old foe stirs out in the vast open steppes of the East.
And in the long lost and forgotten Tharanoth, far in the distant east over the Terminus Mountains, something terrible is gaining in power and it's gaze is falling on all of Indathar.   It is a world cursed by mistakes made in the long past, wars fought for pride and money and dark sinister plots to topple everything into chaos and darkness, this is a land in need of heroes.   This is Indaroth.   Indaroth is inspired primarily by European history, specifically it's transition from the medieval period to the Reneissance and the Age of Exploration. Themes such as political intrigue, dynastic struggles, religious conflict and new technologies that threaten the old order of the world at the heart of the setting. It is a medium level fantasy world, where magic is present but not ubiquitous and often dangerous, not to be used lightly or for jest. Magic is also beyond the reach of most due to it's cost, as those few schools of magic that exist are expensive and exclusive. Conflict between old magic and new technology shakes the very foundation of the social order.   Indaroth is system agnostic RPG world, although I personally run it using Savage Worlds and that might sometimes shine through.