Numenera: Cold Crowns
Matheunis: the cold desert. A harsh land of shifting dunes and biting winds, where the weather is sure to kill you if the bands of abhuman marauders don't first. But there are untold treasures beneath the sand and the drit, and fortunes to be made. And what's more, there's freedom. Freedom from the nine kingdoms of the Steadfast and their politics. Freedom from the Order of Truth and their Crusades against the Gaians. Freedom that attracts innumerable souls southwards to make their fortunes.
After all, Matheunis is a hard land. Here, anyone can rule, with a strong enough sword arm...
