Opening flavor soon to come.
General info about your world for your character fluff:
Continent: Ensal
Notable countries: Kingdom of Galam, Algran Empire, Republic of Permil, Kingdom of Arva, Kingdom of Imalius
Notable Features and areas: Ironblood Mountains, Jainu Desert, Arvan Mountains, Akan Island
Some history:
Four hundred and twenty five years ago, there was a the beginning of a war on the continent of Ensal between two great demonic forces. The people of the continent were scattered, and scars were left upon the land. The two armies annihilated each other in a massive battle in the Jainu Forest, bloody enough to curse the very earth, creating the Jainu Desert. The two demons met each other, one on one, on the island of Akan in a clearing. After ten years of constant battle, with severe wounds on each, one demon finally struck down his foe. He readied a new army, forged with the stolen power of the other demon, to bring Ensel into his dominion. After ninety years, he was ready for control. The people of Ensel, however, gathered and reunited, to defend themselves from the demon. The unified nation sent its small army of three hundred, led by three great fighters, in an effort to defend itself. Upon landfall, they were ambushed, the ships were destroyed, and all but the three were killed and left for dead. The leaders, Algra, Galam, and Imalius, made a last ditch effort to defeat the demon, fighting millions of foul creatures into the heart of the forest upon Akan. They entered deep into the earth, and met the demon head on. The demon fought them in a short battle, and all four were greivously wounded. The demon, clinging to the last bits of life, finally prepeared to deliver the death blow, only to be stopped by a rumble of the earth. His foe of old, the ancient demon he thought he had slaughtered, used its last bit of power to kill him. The three heroes staggered to the top, and died together. Their bodies were discovered by Arva, the king of the united nation, a week later on a rescue mission. This discovery lead to strife and civil war in the formerly united country. The family of each hero blamed another for the deaths. Three hundred years after this bloody war finished, the kingdoms have begun reconciliation. Recently, a group in the south also broke away, hating the dictatorships, and formed the Republic of Permil. The three heroes and the king Arva were laid to rest in a hidden tomb in mountains to the southwest.
Edit: And Org, everyone can use knives in this. And the explanation for staves is that they're "too fragile" or something.