Heavy Lies the Crown
War laps ever higher, as the tides,
The Chosen bicker, and man abides,
Two evils meet, on tainted mud,
The lands of man are bathed in blood,
But if you wish to spare defeat,
To the lands you go,
Where three rivers meet.
- Penance
The State of Affairs
A brief rundown of what every state in the Scavenger Lands is up to, and who is in charge, at least publicly.
Nexus
Head of State: The Council of Entities
Great Forks
Head of State: Three gods?
Lookshy
Head of State: Chumyo (Somebody)
Marukan Alliance
Head of State: Mayhiros Raygar
Greyfalls
Head of State: Satrap (Somebody)
The Hundred Kingdoms
Head of State: Workin' on it (Probably many)
Thorns
Head of State: The Mask of Winters
The Ebon Spires of Pyrron
Head of State: The Walker in Darkness
Sijan
Head of State: Also workin' on it
Prologues
Given that Heavy Lies the Crown will be the first storyline to really encompass the entire Scavenger Lands, there's a lot of prologue material. The entirety of The Risen Shadow can be considered prologue material for Heavy Lies the Crown, as can the individual prologue stories within that chapter. The events of Disposable Heroes can be considered a direct prologue material as well.
The Death of Mayhiros Tesos (Marukan)
Midnight's Grandest Eve (Thorns)
An Accord Most Foul (Hundred Kingdoms, Bronze Faction)