Welcome to the Dawnfire Setting: The Frontier Unbound Beneath the radiant banners of the Dawnfire Imperium, a new horizon has emerged—an unclaimed island beyond the reach of the Emperor’s seal, Orcish war-drums, or Elven shadow schemes. This Frontier Island, newly discovered and teeming with both danger and potential, is a crucible where the ambitions of empires, faiths, and exiles collide. Here, the sprawling might of the Dawnfire Imperium seeks to extend its divine light, led by noble families and the Church of Aureon, Flame of the First Dawn, even with only a handful of agents and limited authority. Across the island, the whispering Umbral Path sows quiet rebellion and freedom from order. From the mists, the Untethered rise—undead pawns of Nalzherax, the Withering King, driven by a hunger that cannot be sated. Orcish tribes, led by shamans and warriors of the Gor’Khural, root themselves into the land, guided by stone and sky. And deep in shadowed groves and hidden caverns, Elven agents weave their ancient plots, cloaked beneath the faces of High and Forest kin. Resources are scarce. Power is fragmented. Every law, every sermon, every battle must be earned through grit, guile, and the will to endure. The frontier is a place of possibility and peril, where a serf might rise to rule, a heretic might found a faith, and a corpse might rise again... changed. Welcome to the edge of civilization. On the Unclaimed Isle, everyone begins as a Commoner—even the petty nobles shipped here to earn a name start at the bottom. No one arrives as a master; you choose a starting profession, learn the ground, and scrape by on wit and work. As you settle in and read the land’s tempers, you can either hone that trade to higher ranks or cast it off for a Life Path. Choosing a Life Path wipes your old profession clean and sets you on a new course—your first true step toward destiny. Welcome to the frontier of Dawnfire.