The creatures of the eastlands abhor the west, the reason for this more because of the opinions passed down from generation to generation. Their teachings are that they are the rightful rulers of JERA, and that the humans and elves are former slaves who they have every right to capture, that they are their property. This is the official dogma, but many of the creatures of the east do not believe this way and in secret wish that they could escape to these lands of freedom and live amongst them, except that the mannish races will not allow it, or at least so they are told.

The lands themselves are polluted, horrible places to live near the cities or the ruins of the former cities. Slowly nature begins to mend the damage done to the creatures of the world. The mutated forms of former humans and elves are beginning to mend their genetic code to match closer and closer to the original. This process has taken a few hundred years so far, but the Overseer has kept careful track of the changes and quantified them. He came to the conclusion that in another couple hundred years, the "monsters" of JERA will almost be back to their original selves. If this happens, he sees that the hatred of the east will wane and no revenge will ever be likely, especially considering the openness with which cities like Trondheim and Grunburg have welcomed the monsters into their society (though in Grunburg, they are still treated as second rate citizens).

He hates the humans for attacking with the weapons of mass destruction that polluted the land and hates the elves both for "abandoning" the remainder of the elves when they took to the skies as well as possessing extreme jealousy for their undefiled appearance and the rebirth of their culture, something that died out centuries ago for his people. The elves, upon their return, saw the creatures of the continent of Asterland as hideous reminders of their former mistakes, something that they had taken great pains to write out of their own history books, or at least the ones accessible to the common man. Thus they made no effort to get along with the creatures of the world. In fact, they took advantage of them upon their return, which saw them almost as gods, much in the same way that the native Americans treated the white men when they came to the new world. This abuse of trust caused much of the wish for vengeance that the monsters feel for the elves.

Political Structure

  • The Overseer makes most final decisions
    • He is a Grotesque Creature, mannish, but larger and with insect mandibles
    • He is an empire builder, trying to recreate and surpass the ancients' (elves) glory
    • The elven buildings, most of which are in ruins, are a constant reminder of the former elven empire.
    • He is consumed with hatred for the Westlands, but sees his best bet at conquering them to lull them into false security, during which time he continues his research into new weapons and creatures to use against Asterland. He plans to steal knowledge that could be used to build weapons to use against the West and to assess their defensive capability. After the bloody wars of yesteryear when the creatures of the east were slaughtered in battle with the people of Grunburg, they came to realize that they could not hope to win in a fair fight.
  • "The Collective", made up of 5 elected officials, one for each tribe
  • 7 Cardinals, representing the religious factions.
  • Consumed with hate towards the non-polluted lands.
  • Bio Weapons created.
    • Stolen technology from Alexander
    • Flow aware mages steal many inventions and knowledge this way
    • Creating giant war beasts customized for warfare, many looking very little like their former selves
    • Exoskeletal armor common
    • Symbiant fire, acid throwers and energy weapons rare, but deadly, some of which can be designed to be all but impossible to detect.
    • Germ/disease warfare to spread to the west
    • The first phase of this includes introducing a virulent venereal disease into the often promiscuous society.