Scavenger Sons (2001)

From the back cover:

Born From The Horror Of The Contagion

The people of the Scavenger Lands crawled from the ruins of the Old Realm and carved themselves a place amid the rubble. When the army of the Realm arrived demanding tribute, the gave the Dynasty the only answer such a question merited - a sound thrashing. Since then, the Realm has coveted the Scavenger Lands and their caches of First Age relics. But though they have been assailed, the Scavenger Lands have never fallen.

Determined To Resist The Tyranny Of The Realm

Scavenger Sons describes the Scavenger Lands, the heartland of the First Realm and a bastion of resistance to the Dynasty's imperial ambitions. From the Spartan discipline of Lookshy to the Byzantine anarchy of Nexus, this book covers the history and inhabitants of the Scavenger Lands in detail. Scavenger Sons also contains information on the Threshold as a whole, including descriptions of many of the region's petty kingdoms.