Revision 2

Outlaws are convicts the Kingdom of Myrtana exiled into the Colony through the Barrier and the bandit groups that grew up around them. They are not part of any of the three main camps, and they haunt the parts of the Valley of Mines and Khorinis that sit outside camp authority.

Where They Come From

The outlaw problem is the direct knock-on effect of the Crown's penal-colony scheme. The Kingdom of Myrtana sent its convicts to the Colony to mine the magical ore that fuelled the Orc war. After the Barrier ritual went wrong and trapped everyone inside, the convicts had nowhere to be returned to. Some attached to the Old Camp under Gomez; others to the New Camp under Lee and Saturas; others to the Swamp Camp's Brotherhood. The rest became Outlaws.

How They Differ from the Three Camps

Role in the Campaign

Outlaws appear as wilderness enemies between camps and around isolated landmarks. For the Nameless Hero, they are a reminder that the Colony's politics are only part of a bigger collapse: the Crown's penal-colony decision created enough armed, unaffiliated men inside the Barrier that no faction has been able to absorb them all. Outlaw encounters double as low-stakes combat practice for the Hero in the early chapters and as targets for camp-issued bounty work later on.

Outside the Barrier

The wider problem of bandit groups across Khorinis outside the Barrier is part of the same collapse. As the Orc war drags on and the Crown's grip on its provinces weakens, more displaced men end up living outside lawful settlements. The Outlaws inside the Colony are the local expression of that wider trend.