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# The New World

There have long been rumors of lands to the east. Foolhardy sailors would brave[ Titan’s Wall ](/project-pathfinders/pathlore/titans-wall.md)and come back rambling about floating islands and sea monsters. Old women on the coast would swear up and down that they saw things in the fog, and show you a wide collection of curios washed up on shore. But for the most part, these rumors have been just that: rumors, no different from tall tales invented by charlatans or bedtime stories told by mothers to their children.

<figure><img src="/files/HpvEKgjYvU9CJ5zEaGtN" alt=""><figcaption><p>The New World offers new horizons to the factions of the Thirteen Lands.</p></figcaption></figure>

The parting of Titan’s Wall changed that. Here was the fabled land from the myth of the[ Exile](/project-pathfinders/pathlore/the-heroes-of-the-new-world/siana-the-exile.md), from [Lady Murasaki](/project-pathfinders/pathlore/the-heroes-of-the-new-world/princess-yukari-murasaki.md)’s tale, from the writings of the [Mad Saint](/project-pathfinders/pathlore/the-heroes-of-the-new-world/saint-erasmus-the-mad.md). Here were ruins of incredible cities and vast fields of plants and animals never before seen in the [Thirteen Lands](/project-pathfinders/pathlore/thirteen-lands.md). What other riches, relics, wonders and sights did this New World have to offer?

#### The Age of Pathfinders

This modern era, the Age of Pathfinders, has been defined by a mass exodus of explorers and adventurers from the Thirteen Lands to the New World. Five main factions sponsor these Pathfinders’ expeditions, and each faction has a different view of the New World:

* The [Empire](/project-pathfinders/pathlore/factions/domenican-empire.md) sees the New World as an untamed wilderness to be civilized.
* The [Sea Ronin ](/project-pathfinders/pathlore/factions/sea-ronin.md)see it as a free land and safe haven away from oppression.
* The [Kanaui ](/project-pathfinders/pathlore/factions/kanaui.md)see it as a sacred place of beauty that must be preserved.
* The[ Aetherwrights ](/project-pathfinders/pathlore/factions/aetherwrights.md)see it as a mysterious puzzle to be solved.
* The[ Tunuk](/project-pathfinders/pathlore/factions/tunuk.md) see it as a challenge to overcome for pride and glory.