Setting

My Lord,

As you have requested, I have created a summarised version of “A journey around the Dominion” written by Ordinal Volo the Explorer in the year 1000 Imperial Calendar. I have included Ordinal Volo’s original introduction as I believe that it set a useful context for the rest of the work. It contains much useful information on the Dominion, the Norsrii, The Karanid Empire and the Horde Lands that will prove useful in educating your noble son and in your plans in the years to come. With your permission, I will begin his education immediately.

Ordinal Sulla

Dear reader,

I welcome you to this tome that has been my life’s work. It has been my privilege and honour to travel the length and breadth of the Dominion and its near neighbours at the behest of my beloved patron, the High Lord Ulfwear the Third.

In order to conduct the research for this book, I have travelled far and wide, conducting interviews and research at close proximity to the natives, at no small risk to my personal safety, so that you dear reader will not have to expose yourself to similar risks.

It is my hope that this research will help to dispel some of the misunderstandings and myths that exist within and without the Dominion, myths that often lead to conflict with our neighbours.

By better understanding each other, I hope that conflict can be avoided in the future.

Volo the Explorer