Patronage is where the "gods", such as they are, walk the earth amongst their subjects. These are not gods in the conventional sense. Rather, they are immensely powerful immortal creatures, with great knowledge and ruthless ambition. The lesser races cower in their presence, either hoping for their Patrons' benevolence, or dreading their Patrons' malevolence.

Patronage is atypical of many campaign worlds created for Dungeons & Dragons in several respects. The major differences are detailed on the mechanics page. In addition, the Patronage campaign has its own unique terminology, or uses common words in specific ways. Use the Glossary to help identify unique terms used in the setting.

The Patrons and Their Subjects

According to accepted history, the Patrons created the World of Patronage and all living creatures within it. Philosophers and historians generally accept that there were, or are, nine Patron races. There are some who say the Patrons came from elsewhere, and found this land and populated it. If that is true, then it begs the question... from where did they come?

The Patrons divided their servile races into those noble races that could be entrusted with discretion and authority, and those base races that were built for more menial or dangerous tasks. In actuality, the nine noble races and the nine base races (one for each Patron) are each groupings of many races. Mysteriously, some races, without any ties to a Patron have appeared. Scholars are uncertain from where these races came and what their appearance portends. The Patrons have been silent about these new "Wild" races, which concerns the scholars all the more.

Patron	Anthropophage	Avatar	Dragon	Elemental	Fey	Leviathan	Oni	Shinigami	Titan	None
Noble	Shedu	Deva	Halfling	Genasi	Elf	Deep One	Orc	Ghilan	Ogre	Human
Base	Ravin	Eidolon	Sparti	Dwarf	Goblin	Voidianoi	Half-orc	Wight	Goliath	Warforged

History

Historians generally separate the history of Patronage into six ages, though history often reveals itself to be incapable of such bright lines.

I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Innocent Age 1-670	Lost Age 671-913	Chaotic Age 914-1216	Xalian Age 1217-1725	Juzhian Age 1726-2050	Xarlemi Age 2051-present/2697
Age of Patrons	Age of Mortals	Age of Empires	Age of Heroes	Age of Philosophers	Age of Monarchies

Places and Organizations

Those places where the Patrons still hold dominion are known as the "Realms", while those places where the Patrons have retreated or disappeared, and are currently dominate by the noble and base races are called the "Free Kingdoms". The "Mists" are the mysterious fog that bounds the perimeter of Patronage.

Realms	Free Kingdoms	Wild Lands	Societies	Dead Kingdoms
Alabastrian Empire	Caliphate	Barrens	Clockwork Circle	Middle Empire (711-771)
Duat	Carraway	Blackscale Swamp	Dodecians	Lucindan Empire (914-927)
Fey Realm	Chisel	Dead March	Efthali	Eastern Kingdom (927-1104)
Fire Mountains	Dragonseye	Mists	Loyalists	Southern Empire (927-1234)
Green Lands	Ironguard	Savage Sound	Order of the Compass	Second Empire (927-2010)
Mongrel Island	Midhaven	Wild Forest	Pure Land Sect	City of Ramhead (ca. 1494-2481)
Nereid Sea	Minia		Ramhead Rangers	Sarrun Empire (1727-1802)
Ochre Mountains	Nidvalar		Testament	Border Kingdom (2093-2606)
	Oncia			Northern Reach (2150-2659)
	Verdant
	Winteren

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