In settings where there are long established underworld thief, criminal and otherwise ne'er do wells there is going to be a system of heraldry associated with those who live in and rule from the shadows.

Somewhat system specific, but bear with me.

While bronze is cheaper, and steel is stronger, few materials are as desireable for weapons than proper Xanthanite.

I have heard it all my life,
A voice calling a name I recognized as my own.

Barnacles and bilge rats, a pernicious package of perfidious pirates!

No surprises here

Seven things a beast core can be used for.

Based on the system gaming research of Petroleum Era technologist Vincent Ocasla, Ocaslan planning maximizes the efficiency of everything from planned settlements to space habitats and arcology plans.

The Tattered are driven by hatred. All their lives they have done without, and given a chance to close in on those who 'have' they kill with disturbing intensity.

A little snug for me, but you...a perfect fit.

To be sure, the Dirdums are fair teeming with goblins.

Captain Wandern, ship's log.

Most Dragons live to accumulate wealth and crouch upon heaps of gold, content to slag troublesome heroes into cinders and distaining the company of men to absolute solitude. Vychan is not such a dragon.

The Waresian Armoire dates back to the height of the kingdom of Waresia, a period known for it's love of baroque and the macabre

Eager to steal some of that sweet sweet encounter suit money, DitKorp Klidergruppen engineered a cuirass based suit if light body armor, largely based on the composite coalition suit.

With but a name, these places fill common folk with apprehension and dread

By Decree of her Royal Majesty, the possession, ownership, or consumption of any alcoholic substance has been henceforth been declared unlawful, and said violators of the Queen's will shall be subject to punishment.

Worse than those of the Shattered Orb are those who have fallen from the Bright Path and Axtrami's grace. Yet among them are some who have recieved the extreme blessing of Axtrami, to become glass themselves...

Behold, the luminous isle of the Sapphire Eyed maidens

Also known as the Murderer of Mothers, the Matricidor, and the Hell Childe

Brutal are the Seitch raids that come up out of the vast waste of the Calcobrinan desert. They come clad in dusky browns, bearing black iron weapons, raiding for food, water, gold, and women.