# The New World

There have long been rumors of lands to the east. Foolhardy sailors would brave[ Titan’s Wall ](https://project-pathfinders.gitbook.io/project-pathfinders/pathlore/titans-wall)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="https://content.gitbook.com/content/l8PoDauAl8rpfrqzxzXf/blobs/xNbhQkW2w6DG4J3of2sa/background.png" 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](https://project-pathfinders.gitbook.io/project-pathfinders/pathlore/the-heroes-of-the-new-world/siana-the-exile), from [Lady Murasaki](https://project-pathfinders.gitbook.io/project-pathfinders/pathlore/the-heroes-of-the-new-world/princess-yukari-murasaki)’s tale, from the writings of the [Mad Saint](https://project-pathfinders.gitbook.io/project-pathfinders/pathlore/the-heroes-of-the-new-world/saint-erasmus-the-mad). Here were ruins of incredible cities and vast fields of plants and animals never before seen in the [Thirteen Lands](https://project-pathfinders.gitbook.io/project-pathfinders/pathlore/thirteen-lands). 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](https://project-pathfinders.gitbook.io/project-pathfinders/pathlore/factions/domenican-empire) sees the New World as an untamed wilderness to be civilized.
* The [Sea Ronin ](https://project-pathfinders.gitbook.io/project-pathfinders/pathlore/factions/sea-ronin)see it as a free land and safe haven away from oppression.
* The [Kanaui ](https://project-pathfinders.gitbook.io/project-pathfinders/pathlore/factions/kanaui)see it as a sacred place of beauty that must be preserved.
* The[ Aetherwrights ](https://project-pathfinders.gitbook.io/project-pathfinders/pathlore/factions/aetherwrights)see it as a mysterious puzzle to be solved.
* The[ Tunuk](https://project-pathfinders.gitbook.io/project-pathfinders/pathlore/factions/tunuk) see it as a challenge to overcome for pride and glory.