Havensgard is a large continent surrounded on all sides by oceans.  These oceans are full of dangerous sea-serpents and the like.  At the center of the continent is a ring of massive and treacherous mountains known as the Fellfangs that surrounds a large inland sea, the Azure.  Rivers spill out from the Azure in all directions and lesser mountain ranges fan out from the Fellfangs like spokes in a great wheel.

To the East are the Three Kingdoms, a land of rivers and lakes, forests, rolling hills, and verdant fields.  It is the most civilized of the lands, home to the greatest of Havensgard’s cities.  While mostly peaceful, in recent times there have been strong disagreements with the forest folk led by the Treelords over the practice of cutting down large swaths of woods to make way for urban habitation and railways for steam-powered trains.  The demand for wood to build homesteads and towns continues to increase.  This presents an opportunity for the Adversary.

The Greenwood is home to the Elven Domains.  The Elven Domains are relatively friendly to folk outside of the Greenwood, but the elves control only a portion of it.  The Treelords and the Fey Courts are far less welcoming of the ‘civilized’ folk and the northern parts of the wood are overshadowed by Corruption.  There are places even the elves do not lightly enter and many others where carrying an axe is a very bad idea.

The People. The intelligent mortal folk of Havensgard largely consist of humans, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, and goblinkin.  In addition to larger forms of dumb beasts who are gifted with the ability to speak, there are the Taurenmen (Common Minotaurs), Dragonborn, Lizardfolk, and Aerokin (Aarokockra). Merfolk live in the lakes and oceans but may assume a form like men that allows them to walk on dry land. The numerous forms of diminutive faeriefolk dwell in any natural setting, but a few have adapted to urban life.  Elves are a form of faerie but are human-sized and more common. The Forest People (Nygari) are aboriginal humans with a special link to the Greenwood, gifting some of them the ability to assume the form of a forest animal. (Note: Most species found in Monsters of the Multiverse can be found in Havensgard)

Technology is advancing. Gnomes were the first to master the mechanical arts of the tinkers, but the humanoid mortals and certain of the talking beasts have all learned tinkercraft.  As a result, Havensgard has a good amount of steam and wind-up technology like steam engines, trains, guns, airships, and more.  Use of Tinkercraft requires proficiency with Tinker’s Tools and/or Mechanic’s Tools (and the ability to use tools!). The most advanced forms of tinkercraft revolve around clockwork devices powered by magic.  The marriage of clockwork and magic can be unpredictable at times, though the art of building clockwork has improved since they were first created and they are more common than they used to be.  The rarest and most complex of these clockwork automatons have achieved self-awareness and no longer answer to an owner or creator.

Good vs Evil. Most of the intelligent peoples in the Material Plane of Havensgard believe in an all-powerful God who created the world and placed the First Peoples in Havensgard.  At first there was peace.  Then one of the Creator’s angelic servitors, the greatest of them, began to lust for power and glory.  The Adversary began a heavenly rebellion against the Creator and built an army of those servitors who would follow him.  The Creator spoke a single word of rebuke and cast the Adversary and his army down to earth.  The impact was so great that it shook the whole earth and created the Fellfang mountain range, destroying the Adversary’s corporeal form.  The Adversary, though weakened, swore revenge and incited the mortal races to rebel by tempting them with the knowledge and practice of black magic and the desire to wield power in the temporal realm. The Adversary's agents are hard at work to corrupt and control all of Havensgard, and plans are beginning to grow to fruition...