The World of Mists

Origin
The World of Mists was one of twenty two worlds created by The Sung God, according to myth.

General Climate and Surface
The World of Mists is aptly named, as mist and fog are frequent occurrences. The world features only one landmass and scattered islands. Nearly the entire landmass is temperate rain forest, highlands, moors, or craggy mountains of dark stone. The interior of the continent is dotted with lakes.

Culture
The Golden Orc is native to The World of Mists, and is nearly the only sentient race to live there, aside from small pockets of humans. The Golden Orcs have maintained a clan-like system of social organization for thousands of years, frequently warring with one another in a ritual manner. The natives mark significant events by raising stone megaliths on the place of the occurrence. Markings of this type require an event of extreme significance however, and even fewer warrant being carved to indicate the event. Nonetheless, these standing stones dot the landscape, and many have been worn away by time. This is one of the greatest examples of the Golden Orc belief in the acceptance of time swallowing memory.

Stone henges, however, are erected and maintained to indicate the location of a Lattice Portal present on this world, though smaller ones are at times built for varying reasons.

The Golden Orcs are welcoming to outsiders, and it is customary for them to offer hospitality to travelers, so long as they show no aggression to the clan. Golden Orc clans also utilize ritualized combat to settle disputes, and prevent their destructive capabilities from overcoming them entirely. The consequences of violating these customs depends on the degree of violation and the disposition of the affronted party, but may range from banishment to immediate beheading.

Rylve Dominion
At one point, the Rylve Dominion held The World of Mists in its grasp as a territory at the height of its power. The Orc Rebellions that ended this dominion also began here. This occupation left many crumbling fortress ruins upon this world, though many became ancestral homes of clans that claimed them.