durning the awesominin war of indpendence a group of yougosleven soldiers defected to awesomina seeking atonement forming the "redemption force"

after the war redemption became its own country just west of awesomina

there capital city "new hope" is noted as haveing places of pure darkness, where the only light is lantern light

redemption is also noted as where the voidlight was invented, the inverse of a flashlight