The Neutrals

The desert folk who bow to neither crown — herders, traders, well-keepers.

Neutral communities like Al-Hadr bow to neither crown. They pay both, fear both, and hire adventurers of either banner. Their villages and the central Caravanserai are sanctuaries — every filler hub in the desert is one of these, or a crown outpost pushing toward the middle.

Tone note: the humour of the world lives here in the neutral villagers — and in one shiny banana.