Faraden is a country of canny merchants and wizards, proud warriors and heretical priests. The lifeblood of their nation is trade, however, with anyone who will accept their caravans, who almost follow the Way but not quite. They have no shared border with the Empire - the lands of the Jotun lie between them - and their people are known to view the sea with a kind of superstitious dread that has prevented them from engaging in much maritime trade - a major disadvantage for a nation such as theirs. Relations between the Empire and Faraden vary from year to year, warm one moment, cool the next, but it has never come to open warfare.
