I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will.

The 600-foot-high wall that encompasses Fastheld's 9,500 square miles (roughly the size of Maryland) separates Zolor Zahir Is city-state from a sprawling realm - known as the Wildlands - that has never truly been explored by Fastheld's inhabitants.

The area beyond the Aegis wall is home to the malevolent Wildlings and, legend holds, all manner of Shadow-Touched monstrosities. It is currently forbidden for any citizen of Fastheld to pass beyond the Aegis. Anyone caught making such an attempt is imprisoned in the dungeon of Fastheld Keep atop Caryas Hill