The Wastes

Officially known as the Imperial Remnant, remainder of the Empire of the Sun, invaders that were destroyed by the forces that went on to later form Bastion. Every city they had was burned, bombed, and carved out by the vengeful united forces of the Republic. However, despite the rage they felt, the states stopped short of complete genocide, leaving ten percent of the civilian population alive among the ruins of their empire. Now living as nomads and almost reduced to hunting and gathering, Sunnites have fallen far from an empire that stretched across multiple continents and to the walls of Fault.

Unlike the people of Bastion, they drew their might from both natural and other sources. A select few could tap into energies that were not of this world, and they worshiped a sun god which gave them their powers. It was this blessing that allowed them to carve an empire, slaughtering many surrounding civilizations. The survivors fled to the Bastion states, who in turn began to think of ways to stop an empire where each soldier had the power of a hundred men.

In contrast to Bastion where the people understand and work with their born talents, the highly religious empire manipulated the world around them through brute strength and intuition. They still maintain their old religion, and the warlocks of the sun can still crush any resistance. Despite the mercy they were shown, they bear much resentment to Bastion. The republic for its part feels some remorse at the destruction, and allows willing students to travel their cities.

There are no cities in the wastes, as the earth itself has been shifted to almost geometric impossibility, and every inch of farmland burned and salted. Their ports have been turned to seas of jagged rocks and their rivers dammed with rubble. The laws of physics have been stretched to breaking, and in parts are almost broken. Reality and other planes are almost confluent in this area, and many scholars from Bastion would love to study the sundered environment their ancestors helped create. However, the land itself rejects them, and those who don't perish return mad or haunted. Harsh, humorless, and highly bitter, the Sunnities are highly resourceful and efficient. Living in eternally mobile caravans, they seek to find a stable area where they can begin to rebuild their ruined civilization.