Hi, everyone! Welcome to the 9th article in our Lost Lands spoiler series. (If you missed the previous ones,
here's a link to the original announcement which has links to the subsequent ones at the end.)
In today's article, we'll be focusing on the human world of Balor itself, where Shadow Era is set, exploring its different kingdoms by way of our new Location card type, including three new Location spoilers.
Please note: Whilst a lot of the content here is lore-focused, I strongly recommend you read
the 2nd article in this series that explained all the new rules associated with Locations before continuing, since the six we're showcasing will be hard to understand without that information.
Welcome to Balor!
In case you've not yet seen it, here's our map of Balor:
Whether you click it for a more high-res detailed view or not, hopefully you can make out the six kingdoms - Lyth, Layar, Irum, Vozit, Ellos and Gaderi - and The Wilds, home of the Aldmor.
You've probably noticed that, in the first three sets of the game, we've made reference to some of these places within card names (e.g.
Layarian Diplomat) and flavor text (e.g.
Divine Connection), but never went beyond that in the game itself.
But that's all changing in Lost Lands! So strap yourself in for a whirlwind tour of Balor's
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