Ptolus

   Monte Cook second campaign setting in Ptolus, set in the world of Praemal. An interesting note is that Ptolus bears a striking resemblance in away to the themes presented in the Oathbound Campaign settings. It the prehistory of the world, the god known as Praemus created a world which was designed to snare the Galchutt.
The Galchutt had plagued the multiverse, and he had hoped to trap a significant portion of that evil in a self contained world.

   However, the other gods who had worked with him to make the world were horrified that a world was created to entrap the foulest evil ever and that innocent mortals spirits were bound to a world in which was a prison. Many of the gods were angry at what had been done. Yet in the end they agreed to leave for various reasons after a conflict with Praemus. However, other gods have risen from mortal who have gone through trials or simply sprung into being. Many interloper gods have also taken interest, yet are careful to send powerful agents as representatives should their avatars become trapped. Beside the multitudes of these gods, there is also a strong presence of a mortal church based around the Prophet Lothian who managed to ascend to heaven.

   The world of Praemal has two continents, the first continent being Tarsis and the other has not been fully explored. There are two visible moons in the sky, Lunas and Rogue which orbit the world. A half of a third moon remains invisible. This moon known as Vallis is the home of several celestial heralds that guard severn golden chains which ensure that the Galchutt can never leave the world. There is a balance though, for every demon on the world, there is also a celestial agent of the Malkuth. The races of Praemal are similar to those found on other worlds. There are four great dwarven clans (Earthsingers, Grailwardens, Stonelost, and Stonemight). The Urthor Aedar (elves) are descended  from the Lunas and Solaar elves, while Shoal elves are an aquatic offshoot. The Cherubim are winged elves as old as the Lunas and Solaar, that are somewhat reclusive. Yet there are also twisted variants of the elves known as Harrow and Dark Elves,.tainted by the Galchutt. Loresong Faen here are known as gnomes elsewhere, as well well as the Saelas Faen commonly called halflings. Among the races you can also find Assarai (Lizardfolk), Centaurs, and Litorians. As usual the most numerous races are the humans which have founded the great Empire of Tarsis (European). Humans have also traveled most of the world and have made contact with other cultures such as the Noll (Norse), Uraq & Kem (Arabic)