Mirel is a unique imperial province where the boundary between life and death has permanently blurred. Under the indifferent gaze of an ancient lich, the land functions with eerie efficiency. Skeletons till fields and vampires manage estates alongside living peasants. The mythic magic suffusing the soil prevents decay, allowing the departed to remain as active citizens. It is a place of somber peace, where the living view death as a transition to a different kind of service.