Maps of Veil of Ashes: Europe

At the centre of the shown map lies the mighty Sacrum Imperium. Driven by the Four Crusades, it tries to expand in all directions. Even after more than a hundred years of war, its main enemy is the old Ottoman Empire, which is crumbling under the endless conflicts. Several old vassals of the Ottoman Empire have already seized sovereignty, such as the Ashin dynasty in Iberia and North Africa or the Hetmanates in Eastern Europe.

The distress in which the Lohenreich find themselves also becomes clear. The Silean Ashlands and the Swabian Desert are taking more and more habitable land from the Lohen and and threatening to split their territory in two. The Communards in the west exert additional pressure on the old order.

Within a very short time, the Communes were able to claim large parts of Western Europe for themselves, although access to the Mediterranean is blocked by the growing navy of the Sacrum Imperium. At the same time, the Commonwealth tries to keep the Commune in check by supporting enemies of the Communards such as the last kingdom of Iberia, the Crown of León.