Troef

Troef can refer to both the country in which our campaign takes place and the tyrant that rules over it; they share a name, the continent being named for the conqueror. Often, they can be used interchangeably, as when someone says, "Down with Troef", or more relevantly, "Troef will fall", they are referring to both the emperor and the unjust state he is leader to. This page, however, is specifically about Troef the continent.

Troef is notable for upholding a strict social class system, predicated mainly by race. The order of the races, generally, from the top of the social hierarchy to the bottom is as follows: Elves, Humans, Halflings, Dwarves and Gnomes, Goblins, Kenku, Lizardfolk, and Dragonborns and Orcs, with the emperor, naturally, at the top. Elves and Humans are generally wealthier and/or of noble status, though the latter is much more common for elves. Halflings, Gnomes, and Dwarves are designated as laborers, doing manual work from which wealthier families reap most of the profits. Goblins and Kenku are the poorer class, often destitute and desperate for ways to get by. Dragonborns and Orcs are the slave class of Troef, and are used for their labor, but unlike Halflings, Gnomes, and Dwarves, are viewed as lesser life forms and are owned by others. These races are mostly segregated into different towns, villages, districts, etc, but a few slip between the cracks.

Tieflings are not considered a part of the social class system because they are not meant to be, according to the emperor and the ways of Troef. Tieflings, when discovered, are to be killed or publicly executed. Wherever they live, they live in secret.