http://github.com/dylang/node-rsssite-lib/media/favicon.pngWebpage HTML Export plugin for ObsidianMon, 17 Nov 2025 00:02:39 GMTMon, 17 Nov 2025 00:02:16 GMT60argena/chandaria/nations/falstor/marrisburg.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Falstor/Marrisburg.mdSun, 16 Nov 2025 22:44:24 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/falstor/dalonstor.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Falstor/Dalonstor.mdSun, 16 Nov 2025 22:44:22 GMTthe Great Dissension were felt across the Planes. In Arborea, the realms of Seldoris and Olympia broke out in war following the start of the Great Dissension. While no deities from either side would die from this conflict, many inhabitants from both realms would lose their lives in the fighting.
The inciting incident for the war was an Olympian attack on Grandfather Oak in Seldoris in 7 YD. Harmonia and her Seldori, who joined the Great Dissension as part of the Upper Planes Alliance, were using Grandfather Oak as a hub to move Alliance troops across the Planes. A contingent of Olympian descendants led by a Sphinx named Kaarsi, who would later become a great general for the Olympians, infiltrated Grandfather Oak through an unmaintained portal and laid waste to the great tree, before escaping back through the portal. This prompted the Seldori Council to immediately declare war on the Olympians and plan their prompt retaliation.
At the time, the raid on Grandfather Oak may have seemed somewhat unwarranted, but in reality, it was simply the product of a schism that had grown between the two realms since the beginning of the Dissension. Unbeknownst to Harmonia, the Olympians were old allies of Chaos, who had sheltered them as they traveled up through Limbo. The Olympians had secretly joined the Lower Planes Concord to follow along with their old ally. In the years between the start of the Dissension and the attack on Grandfather Oak, the Olympians were plotting to cripple Seldoris.The Seldo-Olympian War lasted for 6 years, which is relatively short for most wars. Its short timeline is often attributed to the stress on both sides from fighting in two all-out wars at once. The first and last years of the Seldo-Olympian war saw the most intense fighting.Following the attack on Grandfather Oak and the Seldori Council's declaration of war, the retaliation from the Seldori was swift and violent. This was one of the few times during the war that Harmonia directly joined the fighting. The Seldori quickly traced the portal used in the Grandfather Oak raid back to its origin in Olympia. They found the origin point to be a lone mountain near the Seldoris border whose summit was being used as an outlook point and military fort for the Olympians. A specialized force, alongside Harmonia herself, traveled through the portal to attack the fort. Using their mastery of Harmonic magic, the Seldorians unleashed a powerful barrage of spells on the surprised Olympians. As the Olympians came to their senses and began to rally, the Seldoris troops retreated while Harmonia stayed. Once her troops had retreated and closed the portal, Harmonia rose in her true form above the summit and unleashed her full might, destroying the entire mountain, turning it into nothing more than a smoldering crater.Following this retaliation, Seldoris troops made significant headway into occupying Olympia. This was the trend for most of the first two years.As the war raged on and the Seldoris troops continued their campaign into the heart of Olympia, occupation and death became the norm for many inhabitants of Olympia. Because of this, many more Olympians were willing to join the war effort on the frontlines. As Seldoris citizens grew complacent with the war, the Olympians rallied and grew stronger. With Seldoris forces spread thin across Olympia, the Olympians were able to use guerilla warfare tactics to slowly liberate many of their towns.At the same time, Harmonia was very occupied with the Dissension. The Olympians seized the opportunity and raised an army that successfully drove the Seldorians from their lands, and even managed to set up an outpost across the border, on the shores of Lake Goneril.Following this liberation, the war entered a period of stalemate, and the next few years saw little change in territory or power.13 YD saw the explosion of kinetic energy that had been building up in the previous two years of stalemate. From their outpost by Lake Goneril, the Olympian forces had been sending forces up and down the Silverflow river, terrorizing the towns and villages that sat on the river banks.In year six, the Olympian naval forces had gained control of the Silverflow river all the way up to the Sparkling Sea. It was here however that they would finally meet their match. A fleet of Elven warships, moored in Sea Elf Grotto and led by the Seldori Vaprana, crossed paths with an Olympian raiding fleet. The Olympian fleet retreated to the mouth of the Silverflow river, easily outrunning the slower warships. At the river mouth, the raiding ships regrouped with the rest of the Olympian fleet and engaged the Elven warships. Both sides sustained heavy losses, but the turning point of the battle was when Esylra and a group of her elite wood elf rangers arrived on the river banks behind the Olympian fleet to support Vaprana's warships. The rangers attacked from the treetops unseen, catching the Olympians completely by surprise. Esylra herself fired an arrow that struck the Olympian admiral through the eye and killed him. With the support of the rangers, Vaprana's fleet completely destroyed the Olympian ships, as the Silverflow river ran red with blood.After regaining control of the Silverflow river, both sides gathered troops around Lake Goneril, shaping up for the climactic battle of the war. At this point in the fighting, both sides had lost thousands of troops, and both realms had seen much destruction. In addition, the Dissension was showing no sign of stopping. Both Harmonia and the Olympians grew desperate to end this war.On the shores of Lake Goneril, 100,000 troops met on the battlefield to decide the outcome of the war. A large group of Olympian Gorgons led the charge into the Seldorian ranks, breaking through the line and unleashing their petrification on the soldiers. A platoon of Cyclopes was close behind, shattering the petrified Seldorians and spreading chaos among the nearby Elven forces. Siedus and the other Seldori struggled to rally their troops.While the battle on the ground raged on, Harmonia fought the entire Olympian Pantheon in the sky above the battlefield. They kept each other occupied, leaving both sides of mortals to fight for themselves. Back on the ground, the much larger Olympian troops were gaining significant ground on the Seldorians. When all hope seemed lost, the waters of Lake Goneril began to glow and covered the battlefield in fog. The Olympian troops were completely unable to see. At the same time, the arms and armor of the Seldoris soldiers began to glow with power, and they became able to see in the mist. This completely changed the battle, as the Seldori were quickly able to cut down the blinded Olympian troops.Seeing their forces demolished, the Olympian Gods surrendered to Harmonia and the war ended. The Olympian Gods agreed to pay tribute of gold and Harmonium to Seldoris. Lake Goneril was never the same after that battle. The lake refused to give up its dead. Any attempts made to clear the bodies failed, they seemed stuck to the ground and water. The area fell into abandon, and the bodies remained on the shores for eternity.]]>planes/arborea/the-seldo-olympian-war.htmlPlanes/Arborea/The Seldo-Olympian War.mdMon, 03 Nov 2025 00:05:21 GMT The Scourge" data-href="The Great Dissension#The Scourge" href="argena/chandaria/chandarian-history/the-great-dissension.html#The Scourge" class="internal-link" target="_self" rel="noopener nofollow">the Scourge. The entire pantheon was killed by the Anteity League during the Scourge, and the names of all its Gods have long been lost to time. Like the Aeonic Pantheon, it's unsure exactly when this pantheon came to be in the Universe. Some theologists theorized that the Olympians could have come from a different Multiverse.
Regardless of their origin, they settled in Arborea alongside Harmonia and her Seldori after many years of wandering the Planes. For the most part, the Olympians got along amicably with Harmonia, and the two forces divided Arvandor into their own realms of Seldoris and Olympia.
The Olympian Gods were nowhere near as powerful as the Aeonic Pantheon. Because of this, the descendants of the Olympians are seen across the planes as monstrosities. This monstrous opinion was only exacerbated after the death of the Pantheon. Upon losing their divinity, the Olympian descendants' bodies and minds deteriorated, turning them into true monsters. The planes are now plagued with Cyclopes, Medusae, Gorgons, and many more Olympian monsters.]]>planes/arborea/the-olympian-pantheon.htmlPlanes/Arborea/The Olympian Pantheon.mdSun, 02 Nov 2025 22:58:50 GMTplanes/feywild/lethandil.htmlPlanes/Feywild/Lethandil.mdSun, 05 Oct 2025 19:59:47 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/no'zaral/jequith.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/No'zaral/Jequith.mdTue, 23 Sep 2025 21:58:18 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/hullingsbrook.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Hullingsbrook.mdMon, 22 Sep 2025 20:10:29 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/bippenbol.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Bippenbol.mdMon, 22 Sep 2025 20:09:00 GMTArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Holfirth. There is also a small shipyard here that deals in vessels that travel further into the lake than the shallows. The shipyard rarely sees serious business however, because most people are too scared to travel beyond the shallows due to tales of sirens and sea monsters. Those that do travel across the lake rarely return.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/holfirth-province/fisk.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Fisk.mdMon, 22 Sep 2025 20:07:44 GMTBippenbol. The outer wall of the city is roughly 25 feet tall and made of large blocks of stone. Each tower along the wall has a catapult loaded with black powder bombs. Within the city, the Constabulary keeps the peace among the citizenry. Constables can be identified by the Galvenport insignia, a gold coin overlaid on a simple ship, embossed into their breastplate. The Chief Magnate employs his own noble guard.Commerce: Nearly all goods are available in Galvenport, including illegal items. The underground market is sourced from a thriving smuggling empire on the sea. Contraband items include certain black powder devices, illegal magic items, and hallucinogenic substances.
Organizations: The Larenthian Trade Federation is headquartered in the city, and oversees all trade that happens in the Alliance. The Underguild runs the black market and all illegal activity in the city. The Divinaire Institute of Wizendell also has a campus in the city and holds some sway in trading and politics.Galvenport originated as a small seaside trading post run by the then merchant lord Lawrence Galaven. Over time, through clever business deals and a fortunate location on the coast, Galvenport grew to be an expansive and prosperous city. Once Galvenport had grown to considerable size, pirates and bandits started to become a serious problem. Pirates harassed merchant ships on the sea, and bandits attacked traders travelling over land. Galvenport was losing a lot of trade. It was at this point that Galaven realized he needed support in securing his lands. He reached out to the nearby large cities with a request for an alliance. Thus, the Larenthian Alliance was formed, mostly out of a need for security, and to grow the wealth of all the neighboring cities. Galvenport now has the most diverse available goods in the Alliance. All of the cities in the Alliance transport goods to Galvenport to have them sold to other nations. Merchant ships from many nations of Chandaria travel to Galvenport to trade exotic and illegal goods. The city itself is made of mostly stone brick and whitewashed wood buildings packed tightly together, funneling traders and consumers alike down crowded city streets. The center of the city, the Gilded Bastion, sits perched atop a low hill, making it such that the Harbor of Nations can be seen from most of the city. Separated from the rest of the bustling, crowded city streets, the richest of Galvenport live in the Windswept Gardens. Here in their large mansions and with lush trees and hedgerows, the upper class control the trade coming in and out of the city. In the Gilded Bastion, Alfir lives in and works from the Grand Keep. His council members also live in lavish mansions in the Bastion.
Besides a large port and artisan district, Galvenport has many divine temples. Alfir has outlawed the worship of certain gods however, namely Asmodeus, Tiamat, Lolth, Vecna, and Harmonia. All of the banned gods besides Harmonia are outlawed because they have been ruled as not conducive to prosperous trade. Worship of Harmonia is banned because of the Arcane Revolution.The Chief and his family live in the Platinum Palace atop the Treska Plateau (named after Siegfried Treska, the third Chief Magnate of the Larenthian Alliance). The members of the Mercantable, who are also by far the richest denizens of Galvenport, live at the bottom of the Ascent in large, walled-in estates known as Golden Heights. Only members of these families or people with direct invitations from members of the Mercantable or the Chief can enter into Golden Heights through the gates. The members of the Mercantable are known to throw extremely lavish parties quite often, and other elite people that don't live within Golden Heights spend multiple nights a week boozing with the members of the Mercantable. It is rare for Alfir to join these parties, but he shows every once in a while to make his presence felt. Outside Golden Heights, the upper class lives in the Inner Locks. This is the largest enclosed district within the city. There are small shops and artisan buildings throughout the Locks, but it is mostly just living spaces.
Most people in the city either work at the port or in the MoonCorp factory. Most of the work done at the port is shipbuilding or cargo handling. People in the city are generally pretty happy with their lot in life. Work is fair and the pay is pretty good for most jobs. Galvenport has a bustling night life, for when people finish work for the day. Most folks flock to the city's various taverns, theaters, and even the city's own casino, The Jewel Casino.MoonCorp is one of the largest employers in Galvenport. The company hires a lot of gnomes and dwarves to work in the factory in the north of the city. MoonCorp manufactures clockwork and arcane technologies for the Larenthian military. The MoonCorp compound is the most secure place in Galvenport besides the Platinum Palace.
MoonCorp has expensive contracts with the Larenthian military. Besides that, they also do business with The Clockwork Consortium and Valdens. The Clockwork Consortium and MoonCorp deal in intellectual property more than physical trade. MoonCorp has a special private section of the port where they do all of their shipping out of. Most people in Galvenport don't necessarily like how much power MoonCorp has and how secretive the whole company is, but at the same time, they acknowledge that it is a necessary evil within the city because MoonCorp is one of the largest employers of Galvenport citizens and also brings in a ton of trade which boosts the economy of the city and the whole Alliance. The owner of MoonCorp is Geoffrey Ouesterling. He is one of the richest men in Galvenport and lives in Golden Heights despite not being a member of the Mercantable. He is a scrawny half-elf man with frizzy brown hair and glasses. He is around 5'10 and carries himself with an air of confidence. Despite being a very astute businessman, he can be very awkward sometimes.
Not many people know much about the Underguild. It is often a very ambiguous term that refers to most criminal activity in Galvenport. The actual Underguild is actually a very well-organized hierarchy of people whose lines of work don't fit too well with the law. Members of the Underguild range from lowly thieves to bounty hunters and hitmen to heads of highly organized crime syndicate families. No matter their status, all members of the Underguild are bound by the Code. The Code only contains 3 rules. The first is that death is preferable to ratting on the Underguild. Anyone caught cooperating with authorities to sabotage the Underguild will be punished so severely they will wish they were dead. The second rule is that membership of the Underguild must be kept an utmost secret. Even close family members are not to know of one's membership with the guild. The last rule is that the Underguild is never to be cited as the source of a crime. No one committing a crime should openly claim allegiance to the Underguild or claim that the crime is a direct work of the Underguild. None of this information is known by the average person in Galvenport. Most people can only speculate about the Underguild. Being a member of it is generally seen as a bad thing because it means that person is an active criminal.
The Divinaire Institute of Wizendell is based in Wizendell. However, it has two other campuses outside of Wizendell, one in Galvenport and one in Argena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Holfirth. Of the satellite campuses, the one in Galvenport is much larger. While the campus in Galvenport does educate many people in divination, it also serves as the Institute's center for political influence in the Alliance. The campus is located in the center for politics in the Alliance, making it much easier to assert influence in decisions. The Divinaire Campus in Galvenport also does most of the Institute's trading since much more trade in general goes through Galvenport. The Institute exports a lot of scrolls, books, and alchemical supplies. The alchemical supply shipments are especially guarded because the same supplies can also be used to make illegal drugs. The headmaster of the Galvenport is much more of a politician than an academic. ]]>argena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/galvenport.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Galvenport.mdMon, 22 Sep 2025 20:07:44 GMTLarenthian Alliance. It sits at the Four Corners Crossroads in between Galvenport and Argena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Holfirth. The owner, a large friendly Firbolg named Blurn, mans a tavern and inn named Blurn's Cairn. The main feature of the tavern is a tower of large stones that rises through the center of the building, making it visible for many miles around. Besides Blurn's Cairn, Blurn's Rest has a few market stalls where merchants and local farmers sell goods to travelers. There are also many tents set up where people rest while travelling.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/blurn's-rest.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Blurn's Rest.mdMon, 22 Sep 2025 20:07:44 GMTSeldori, who are the half-divine children of Harmonia. The region is known for its massive swaths of wilderness and diverse megafauna. Forests with trees taller than redwoods have multiple ecosystems in different canopy levels. At points, the forest floor can be so full with vegetation that it can be completely unpassable.Spread across the massive wilderness are different settlements of elves. The distance between them is so far at certain points that it is considered impossible to travel on foot between the settlements, and portals must be used.The swaths of wilderness in Seldoris are among the most pristine and untouched natural beauties. Among its features are lush forests, massive mountains, perfectly clear streams, calm lakes, and a vast ocean called the Sparkling Sea. The realm stretches from the Sparkling Sea to the mountains just beyond Aubade Palace. On the other axis is its hotly contested border with Olympia.The deep woods of Seldoris are so dense that it can seem almost unnatural. The otherworldly beauty of the land is said to exemplify the nature of the Elves that inhabit the realm. In the same way, it is also said that the land was influenced by the Elves whose energy turned the wilderness even more intense and chaotic.In its thickest parts, the forests are made of multiple layers, with trees growing on top of other trees. The top layer was home to sun-loving trees, while below that a layer of vegetation thrived in the shade. All the way down, the forest floor was so dense with dead trees and vegetation that it is nearly unpassable, even for the elves.Seldoris has more than just forests. The chaotic forests are offset by wide open meadows flush with perennial flowers that have grown for many years, some of them even decades.The energy and passion of Arborea can be overwhelming for non-elven travelers, causing them to break out into hysterical singing and dancing. Even half-elves aren't entirely immune to this effect.As the plane's chaotic good alignment suggests, government is not very important to the Seldori. However, the realm is not total anarchy. The Seldori quickly realized the need for some sort of way to enforce their rule. The Seldori appointed High Kings and Queens to enforce their rule on across the realm.The different kingdoms within Seldoris rarely trade with each other, since the knowledge of the arts is intrinsic to all of the Elves in Seldoris. Furthermore, due to the relative abundance of resources in Seldoris, each kingdom has the capacity to create most goods.
Instead, most of the trade in Seldoris happens between Elven artisans and interplanar merchants. The goods made in Seldoris are finer quality than almost any others in the universe. The mead is sweeter than any other, the meat juicier than any other, and the instruments sing so clear that they can be heard for miles. Even the Elves of Tilarien are jealous of the craftsmanship that the Seldori are capable of. Seldori crafts are among the most expensive across the planes because of their premium quality.
There are many portals throughout Seldoris that lead to different planes, many to Sigil and the Outlands. However, there are some portals that lead to Gehenna, where the evil forces of Yurk sometimes try to invade Seldoris. These hostile portals are well guarded by Seldori forces and are kept secure at all times.Besides extraplanar threats, the people of Seldoris also need to defend themselves from their neighbors. There are Seldori outposts all along the Olympian border, where the Elves patrol constantly on the lookout for Olympian monsters wandering too far into Seldoris. Due to the Elves' superior manufacturing and tactics, the Olympian monsters have never made much progress.Harmonia settled in Arborea in the years following the Fracture. As she regained her power, she unintentionally shaped the plane with her energy. Especially in the area that would eventually become Seldoris, the land became shaped by her essence. She built her palace and lived on Arvandor alone for many years, perfecting the arts.The Olympian Gods moved in next, striking up a deal with Harmonia to split Arvandor into two realms. Soon after this split, a group of proto-elves made their way to Arvandor and were welcomed into Harmonia's realm. The proto-elves got along very well with Harmonia because of their affinity for the arts.With the proto-elves now living in Harmonia's realm, they created the Seldori, half-divine children of Harmonia and different proto-elves. Harmonia granted her children settlements across her realm, which led to it coming to be known as Seldoris.During the Scourge, the Olympian Gods were killed, and their realm fell silent, while Seldoris continued to grow and thrive.The Ingmar Brook flows away from the Sparkling Sea and eventually crosses over into Alfheim in Ysgard. The river is used by traders and merchants to trade between the two realms. At its widest, the river is about 30 feet wide, allowing medium-sized vessels to travel on it, but preventing any sort of warship from using the river. Nonetheless, the river is patrolled by a joint force of Sea and Wood Elves to prevent any Olympian incursions or Ysgardian aggression.This large hill is said to actually be a sleeping giant covered in earth and grass. Storytellers can't seem to agree exactly where the alleged giant came from, whether it was from Olympia or Ysgard. Some tell cautionary tales about the giant one day waking and laying waste to Seldoris.
The Sparkling Sea is home to Vaprana and her host of Sea Elves, as well as many different aquatic creatures. It is not uncommon to see the Sea Elves swimming alongside schools of fish or riding on the backs of giant dolphins as they patrol the Sea and hunt for food. While the Sparkling Sea appears to have a far coast, no one has ever reached it before, so nothing is known about what's on the far side of the Sea.
While it may have once been small like a typical Grotto, this settlement has since expanded to be quite large. It consists of a smaller land settlement where the non-aquatic inhabitants live, and an expansive underwater settlement on the side of an underwater cliff where the majority of the population lives, along with Vaprana and her palace.This is the main river that supplies water to the entire realm. It flows from the Sparkling Sea all the way across the landscape to the Misty Lake beneath Aubade Palace. It splits in many places, becoming the Ingmar Brook, Lothlorn River, and even pooling in Lake Taesi. Besides being a water source, the river also serves as the only other reliable method of travel across Seldoris besides the portals.This lake serves as the peaceful backdrop to the Seldori High Elf Hanir's estate. It is home to many peaceful creatures and always has a glassy surface, protected from wind by the massive trees that grow around the coast.The Seldori High Elf Hanir, one of Harmonia's children, lives in a lavish mansion on the coast of Lake Taesi. The Manor is made mostly of wood and has acres of gardens planted on the grounds. On one corner of the manor is a stone brick tower that protrudes from the roof of the building. The tower is almost tall enough to peer above the massive Arborean trees.Lolth's Grove is a dense thicket of trees that shade their Drow inhabitants from the blazing Valos sun. Many Drow live in small settlements here, shaded from the sun, where they most remain sequestered from the rest of Seldoris.Not many travel to Lake Goneril. Surrounding its coast and in the water are many bodies from a large battle between Seldoris forces and the Olympians. The whole place stinks of death and a low fog hangs over the lake at all times.This tree is often called the mini World Tree of Arborea. In the limbs of this massive oak tree are many portals that lead all around Seldoris. It acts as a travel hub for those moving across the realm.Besides being a travel hub, Grandfather Oak is also the main settlement for Esylra and her Wood Elves. They live in small cottages built in the canopies, while Esylra has a bigger house built near the top canopy.Above the Misty Lake, perched atop a large cloud bank is a glittering palace. This is the realm of the Eladrin, led by the Seldori Eladrin Siedus. The palace is made of different metals, each giving parts of the palace a different color to look like the seasons.Harmonia's Tower rises above the land, looking over the entire realm. The tower is massive, and has an entire palace worth of amenities as well as room for thousands of Elves to live. The palace has a theater, library, workshop, and great hall. The tower is also incredibly old, as it was the first thing that Harmonia built upon moving to Arborea.]]>planes/arborea/seldoris.htmlPlanes/Arborea/Seldoris.mdSun, 14 Sep 2025 20:08:49 GMTplanes/arborea/seldori.htmlPlanes/Arborea/Seldori.mdSun, 14 Sep 2025 01:41:43 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/holfirth-province/dire-wolf-grotto.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Dire Wolf Grotto.mdFri, 22 Aug 2025 22:56:09 GMT The Scourge" data-href="The Great Dissension#The Scourge" href="argena/chandaria/chandarian-history/the-great-dissension.html#The Scourge" class="internal-link" target="_self" rel="noopener nofollow">Scourge. The names of these Gods have long been lost to time, but their domain, Olympia, still resides on the top layer of Arborea, and still partially lends its name to Arborea's full title.When most picture Arborea, they picture the top layer, Arvandor, which is where a large majority of the plane's inhabitants reside. Like the intense emotions that are prevalent throughout Arborea, the plane's geography is volatile and extreme. There are massive forests, never-ending plains, and towering mountains.Many Arboreans imagine the weather as the manifestation of the plane's emotions. In much the same way as the rest of the plane, the weather is incredibly volatile, swinging from gentle to gale force wind and back in matters of minutes. In this sense, the Arborean wilderness can be quite dangerous. Unprepared adventurers can quickly be killed by a stray pocket of extreme weather.Settlements in Arborea are sparse, but not because they are few in number. Rather, the plane is so large that travelling on foot between settlements could take months. Accordingly, the main form of transportation across the plane is by portal. These settlements shelter their denizens from the intense weather that presents the main threat throughout the plane.There are three layers on Arborea. The top layer is the most well-known and is what most people picture when they think of Arborea. The bottom two have very few inhabitants and are difficult to get to, with not much reason to do so regardless.Arvandor is a patchwork domain of different biomes, each taken to their extreme. Massive forests of towering trees lead up the slopes of mountains that protrude well above the clouds, which then give way to never-ending plains. All of Arvandor is incredibly abundant with food and resources. Every fruit and vegetable that grows here is huge and much more nutritious compared to its Material Plane counterpart. Likewise, the animals that roam the wilderness of Arvandor are larger than even dire beasts of the Material Plane.
Arvandor is split into two distinct realms, Seldoris and the ruins of Olympia. Seldoris is the realm of Elves and Eladrin, many with connections to prehistoric Tilarien. Olympia was the realm of the Olympian pantheon, who were all killed during the Scourge, their names long since forgotten and their power gone. These days, Olympia is nothing but ruins, fragments of memories of a grand civilization.Olympia is home to many monsters like Gorgons, Medusae, Cyclopes, and Chimeras. These monsters are said to be children of the dead Olympians that were left behind when their parents died. Seldoris on the other hand is home to the massive beasts that Arvandor is known for.Because of Harmonia's domain in Seldoris, her presence can be felt across Arvandor. It is said that the air seems to crackle with energy when one breathes it in. This energy is thought to be a manifestation of the intense emotion that overcomes those on the plane.At first glance, Aquallor seems very similar to the Elemental Plane of Water, or Thalasia in Elysium. However, it has one glaring difference: this endless expanse of water is only about three feet deep across the entire layer. Despite this, deadly maelstroms can still spring up out of nowhere, making this layer still incredibly dangerous to cross on foot.Across Aquallor, there are unfathomably deep ravines that carve their way through the shallow ocean floor. These crags are home to deep sea monsters, as well as settlements of sea elves. On top of the water, there are ships and a small number of floating cities that ride the gentle waves of Aquallor.The elven word Mithardir most closely translates to "white dust" in the Common tongue. This is a very apt description of the bottom layer of Arborea. The layer is said to be dying, and is made up of nothing but endless deserts of sand, snow, and ash that blows in strong gusts. There are no known notable settlements on this layer. There are ruins of settlements half-buried in the dust, but almost nothing is known of what these ancient cities were or who inhabited them.The prevalent theory for an explanation of Mithardir is that, much like Olympia on Arvandor, the deity that called Mithardir their domain died during the Scourge. As faith in this God died out along with their existing followers, their power has waned, which led to their domain, Mithardir, crumbling into oblivion.Despite their often reckless emotion, the denizens of Arborea are mostly good in alignment and dedicated to fighting evil. Many of the humanoid inhabitants were once great mortal heroes who led lives of unrestrained passion and emotion. Likewise, the Olympian monsters that are said to be descendants of the dead Gods, still live hedonistic lives.
While the elves as a race were created by Genesis during her construction of the universe, they often trace a lot more of their ancestry to Harmonia and the Seldori. The Seldori are the progenitors of the different elvenkind races (Elves, Drow, Eladrin, Sea Elves), born from the union between the proto-elves and Harmonia.The Elves have inhabited Seldoris for many millennia, even longer than they have lived on Tilarien. In Seldoris, they live in different settlements spread throughout the vast wilderness. In the center of Seldoris is Harmonia's Tower, where all of the elves and Seldori intermingle and meet with each other.The Olympian monsters are thought to be loose descendants of the old Olympian Gods. They are embodiments of the Chaotic nature of the plane, having absolutely no regard for law or order of any kind. Not happy with their own realm, they are constantly attempting to invade Arvandor and take over the much nicer elven land. However, the elves are much superior in their technology and tactics, and have been able to repel the monsters since their first attack.Being an upper plane, Arborea is home to many different types of celestials. While they don't have a specific place where they live, these celestials are mixed in with all the other populations that live on Arborea. These celestials uphold the true good nature of the plane. Some of the celestials band together with those hot-headed mortal heroes to continue the good fight against the Olympian monsters on Seldoris' borders.Both Harmonia and Valos live in Arborea. Harmonia rules over her domain from her tower at the center of Seldoris. From there, she indulges in the arts with her Seldori children and their elven descendants. Her palace is known far and wide for putting on the best theater performances and the best concerts. Folk travel from across the planes with the hopes of attending a performance at Harmonia's tower. As a remnant of the Fracture, the air on Arvandor seems to crackle with energy, the weave being even more powerful here than on any other plane.Valos doesn't have a specific domain on Arborea, but rather he travels across all of the layers, providing light and protection to them. It is said that when he leaves a layer to travel to the next, that layer enters its nighttime until he returns again for the next day. The warmth of his light bathes all of the plane in beautiful sunlight, as he travels across the sky in radiant beauty.]]>planes/arborea/the-olympian-glades-of-arborea.htmlPlanes/Arborea/The Olympian Glades of Arborea.mdFri, 22 Aug 2025 22:55:20 GMTClockwork Consortium. The council's main job is controlling matters that concern mostly just the province. The matters are often related to the conservation of the Reborn Forest, but sometimes they also have to deal with pirate raids along the coast. The council's response to pirates has been the same for a long time, as rallying the garrison is usually enough to ward off most pirates.
Welbenwallow sits atop Pimpam Hill, giving it an advantageous position in case of a siege. While Pimpam Hill itself isn't very tall, when combined with the city's mechanical walls, Welbenwallow becomes quite the impenetrable fortress. The walls, like most of the city, were built by the Clockwork Consortium and are an engineering feat in their own right. The wall is segmented into 10 foot squares, each of which are constantly moving, seemingly with a mind of their own. The segments shift to cover pieces that are damaged, and if a siege were to happen, the walls could constantly refresh themselves, with new segments. Atop the walls, there are devices called Spellkillers mounted every 50 feet. These devices can activate antimagic auras atop the walls that will prevent spells and other teleportation effects from damaging the walls. Defense of the city is left up to the Gearwardens (colloquially called the Cogs). The Gearwardens consist of multiple divisions, some of which deal with law enforcement, and others serve in the city's garrison.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/no'zaral/welbenwallow-province/welbenwallow.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/No'zaral/Welbenwallow Province/Welbenwallow.mdFri, 08 Aug 2025 19:49:46 GMTSylarii on Tilarien, to help them rebuild the Westerwood. At this time (c. 1500 PS), the Westerwood had been almost entirely destroyed. Most was deforested during the Arcane Resurgence, in search of Elderbark trees, while the remnants were destroyed in the following Astral Devastation.
The master druids from Sylarii arrived and they quickly began applying their expert knowledge in planning the regrowth of the forest. They sampled the flora from the small remaining pockets of original Westerwood ecosystem, and used this composition to plant the new forest.
Over the next few centuries, the west coast would regain its forest biome. By 1800 PS, the forest had fully regrown to the point that the druids desired, and the Sylarian returned to Tilarien. The forest came to be known by a new name, no longer the Westerwood, but instead the Reborn Forest, acknowledging the work that the druids had done and the detriment of the mages from long ago.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/no'zaral/welbenwallow-province/reborn-forest.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/No'zaral/Welbenwallow Province/Reborn Forest.mdFri, 08 Aug 2025 19:49:23 GMTargena/tilarien/sylarii/sylarii.htmlArgena/Tilarien/Sylarii/Sylarii.mdFri, 08 Aug 2025 18:44:42 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/norlund/berserker's-rest.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Norlund/Berserker's Rest.mdFri, 08 Aug 2025 05:05:33 GMT The Sky Serpent" data-href="The Great Serpents#The Sky Serpent" href="argena/chandaria/chandarian-history/pre-dissension/the-great-serpents.html#The Sky Serpent" class="internal-link" target="_self" rel="noopener nofollow">Himmelslang, the Great Serpent of the Sky. It's said that the original air genasi were the offspring of Himmelslang and a powerful Djinni named Sidha ibn Amaal that he met in his first years on the plane after the Great Dissension. The most powerful air genasi families take pride in having a very accurate account of their lineage all the way back to the original union between Himmelslang and Sidha. The leader of the Aereum Empire is called the Stratos Rex. The position is currently held by Windra Vento-Natus, a member of the long-standing Vento-Natus family.Another faction on the Plane of Air is the Djinn Caliphate. It is ruled by the Grand Caliph, who is the most powerful Djinni on the plane and resides in the Citadel of Ice and Steel. This palace is built on a cloud and is made of terrestrial steel and never-melting ice mined from the Plane of Ice. A Djinni by the name of Yeshil has held the position of Grand Caliph for many centuries now, and has continually proven herself to be a strong-willed and powerful leader. The job of the Grand Caliph is not easy at all, since the Djinni continually try to seize whatever power they can, and are not happy being under the rule of another.]]>planes/plane-of-air/elemental-plane-of-air.htmlPlanes/Plane of Air/Elemental Plane of Air.mdTue, 01 Jul 2025 22:17:48 GMTGruumsh and Aralee, a human warlord who made her way to Acheron during the Age of Dominion. Atrizar fought in many battles to liberate the planes from the Material invaders.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/atrisean-dynasty/atrizar.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Atrisean Dynasty/Atrizar.mdThu, 12 Jun 2025 01:52:30 GMTLucite, which they use to justify their extensive commandeering of valuables from the denizens of the Dynasty. Some of these valuables are used to decorate the capital city of Sella Alora, known as the city of gold. The God King rules from the Divine Spire, the tallest building in Sella Alora, built on the side of the Exalted Summit.
The Atrisean Dynasty was founded in 1612 PS by Atrizar, a powerful demigod with a host of accomplishments across the planes. After retiring from adventuring, she settled at the base of Mount Tayeche in the ruins of Ith Alora. She began rebuilding the ancient elven city and people soon began moving in, still looking for a permanent home following the end of the Age of Dominion and the Era of Reconciliation. Atrizar ruled for a little over 40 years, before she was banished from the Material Plane by Gruumsh. The sudden loss of a great leader caused a huge power vacuum, that eventually led to the Dewsong family claiming control of the growing nation by asserting that they were descendants of Eurus. ]]>argena/chandaria/nations/atrisean-dynasty/atrisean-dynasty.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Atrisean Dynasty/Atrisean Dynasty.mdThu, 12 Jun 2025 01:36:36 GMTExalted Summit and eventually drains into the Azure Expanse. It was named so by the early Atriseans because they believed its waters held some sort of divine power, flowing from the Seven Heavens themselves.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/atrisean-dynasty/ichor-river.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Atrisean Dynasty/Ichor River.mdThu, 12 Jun 2025 01:08:30 GMTSeven Heavens. This belief spread because the peak of the mountain is so tall that it is consistently above the clouds, unable to be seen from the ground.
On the western face of the mountain, a river flows down and carves its way through the landscape until it empties into the Azure Expanse. The early Atriseans named this river the Ichor River, following their belief that the Exalted Summit had connections to the gods.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/atrisean-dynasty/exalted-summit.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Atrisean Dynasty/Exalted Summit.mdThu, 12 Jun 2025 01:04:45 GMTargena/azure-expanse.htmlArgena/Azure Expanse.mdThu, 12 Jun 2025 01:00:57 GMTargena/caelum-insula.htmlArgena/Caelum Insula.mdThu, 12 Jun 2025 01:00:28 GMTargena/enulon/enulon.htmlArgena/Enulon/Enulon.mdThu, 12 Jun 2025 01:00:26 GMTplanes/mount-celestia/the-seven-heavens-of-mount-celestia.htmlPlanes/Mount Celestia/The Seven Heavens of Mount Celestia.mdThu, 12 Jun 2025 00:52:01 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/atrisean-dynasty/sella-alora.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Atrisean Dynasty/Sella Alora.mdThu, 12 Jun 2025 00:39:16 GMTargena/chandaria/chandarian-history/pre-dissension/ith-alora.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/Pre-Dissension/Ith Alora.mdThu, 12 Jun 2025 00:37:25 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/valdens/valdens.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Valdens/Valdens.mdWed, 11 Jun 2025 23:53:58 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/the-eternal-scorch/the-eternal-scorch.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/The Eternal Scorch/The Eternal Scorch.mdWed, 11 Jun 2025 23:53:57 GMTElysium. It is reserved for only the most noble of heroes. The layer itself is mostly ocean, with small islands that dot the expansive waters. The center of the plane is considered to be Cielia's Golden Hearth, with it being visible no matter where you are within Thalasia. When a great hero dies and is sent to Elysium by Mortessa, they arrive in the Golden Hearth and are greeted with a grand feast and the entire layer spends between a day and an entire week partying and celebrating the hero. After their arrival banquet is complete, Cielia grants each hero their own island to live out their days on.
Thalasia is a realm of peace, where all of the inhabitants are compelled by the plane's energy to help each other and coexist without issue. Despite this, there is still an armed force that stands ready to defend the plane should the need arise. They are known as guardinals. The guardinals are souls of heroes that aren't quite ready to give up their lives of fighting just yet. They protect not only Thalasia, but all of Elysium. On Thalasia, they mainly concern themselves with Sahuagin incursions and the Thalastrom.
It's not certain exactly where the Sahuagins on Thalasia come from, but it is most likely that they come through whirlpool portals that open up on the Plane of Water and spit them out on Thalasia. The Sahuagins never pose too serious of a threat to Thalasia. The most they do is accost travelers and attempt to rob them. The more serious threat on Thalasia is the Thalastrom, a roiling hurricane-like thunderstorm that rages across the layer, destroying everything in its way, including entire islands. The storm has continued nonstop for millennia, and most attribute it's creation to Gruumsh during the First Blood War. While much of the Thalastrom's behavior is unknown, what is known is its extremely destructive potential. Since its discovery, the guardinals have tracked its location very carefully. It is constantly monitored, to ensure that any islands that it is approaching are evacuated.
Pylaxes Ilothar Ilbrie Thariel Sylvarin ]]>planes/elysium/thalasia/thalasia.htmlPlanes/Elysium/Thalasia/Thalasia.mdWed, 11 Jun 2025 23:38:50 GMTThalasia, Cielia's palace sits among the clouds, visible to the entire layer. It is fittingly known as the Golden Hearth. The towering palace is covered with greenery. Vines, rooftop gardens, and all manner of foliage blanket the building, while sparkling gold shines through the gaps, bathing everything in a golden light. The roof of the palace has spires that shoot into the sky, topped with bulbs that resemble flower buds.
The throne room is expansive, with golden pillars that hold aloft a domed ceiling with beautiful murals across it. Cielia's throne, which is made of foliage itself, sits at the center of the room, allowing a view out the front door that allows her to watch over the entire plane.]]>planes/elysium/thalasia/the-golden-hearth.htmlPlanes/Elysium/Thalasia/The Golden Hearth.mdWed, 11 Jun 2025 23:38:41 GMTGreat Dissension. The Djinni fought alongside Tiamat during the Dissension, which is part of the reason why the Great Serpents became the protectors of the Elemental Planes after the war. Grand Caliph Sidha worked very hard to keep a tenuous relationship with Tiamat from boiling over. She also kept the Djinni of the Caliphate in line during a time when they wanted nothing more than to break apart and form their own realms.]]>planes/plane-of-air/sidha-ibn-amaal.htmlPlanes/Plane of Air/Sidha ibn Amaal.mdWed, 11 Jun 2025 23:38:18 GMTplanes/elysium/elysium.htmlPlanes/Elysium/Elysium.mdWed, 11 Jun 2025 23:38:18 GMTWesterwood. However, he was never satisfied with accepting life as it was, and he took to wandering as soon as he learned to wield a sword and ride a horse.Initially, he explored just to see what was out in the world. Much of the continent was still completely unexplored, and he sought to expand his city's knowledge of the world. In his years of adventuring, he doubled Osmirith's claimed land, and even founded his own city-state known as Pylos.South of Osmirith in the mountains near the present-day Exalted Summit, Pylaxes learned of a chimera that was terrorizing many of the peaceful woodland beings in the area. Armed with nothing but a shortsword, wooden shield, and chain shirt, Pylaxes climbed for four days up to the chimera's cave in the peaks. Showing great cunning, he snuck into the cave while the chimera was out hunting, and waited until it returned, then ambushed it in its sleep.Pylaxes gained great favor with the neighboring forest creatures for slaying the chimera, and they helped him out on his future adventures. They blessed him with great knowledge of the surrounding area as well.While establishing Pylos, Pylaxes and the initial settlers were struggling with an army of trolls that was invading from the south. These trolls were a prominent tribe known as the Ekleks, led by a mutated troll called Skug. They hailed from the coastal cliffs to the south. They had begun a campaign into the Westerwood, destroying the forest as they went.Pylaxes sought to put an end to the Eklek's invasion of his new territory, so he devised a plan. Being heavily outnumbered and underpowered, he needed to be extremely cunning. Knowing the trolls' affinity for rotting corpses, Pylaxes gathered up all of the bodies from the most recent battle and piled them at the bottom of a hill. When the trolls came to feast, Skug insisted that he eat first. As soon as Skug approached the pile, Pylaxes lit a huge wooden ball covered in oil and pushed it down the hill. The flaming ball crashed through the ranks of trolls, killing many instantly, including Skug. The rest retreated and were never seen again.Pylaxes's greatest adventure was his battle with the Ancient Blue Dragon Tienralt. Tienralt was the last thing holding back Pylos from becoming the most prosperous city-state in the whole region. Tienralt constantly collected tithes from Pylos and Osmirith, so Pylaxes decided to put an end to it. He gathered a party of the best adventurers he had met throughout his travels and set out towards Tienralt's Lair.This time, Pylaxes didn't use any tricks. His party fought Tienralt head-on. They took heavy losses, losing three of the five members during the fight. This angered Pylaxes, who climbed the wing of the dragon and jumped from the top, driving his sword straight through the base of the dragons skull, killing it.When Tiamat learned of the death of Tienralt, she was outraged, and went to investigate the region. She tracked Pylaxes back to Pylos and confronted him. In his last great heroic action, Pylaxes was somehow able to seduce Tiamat, and she left Pylos alone.
Despite Tiamat being bound to Gruumsh, she and Pylaxes had four children, who became The Great Serpents.]]>argena/chandaria/chandarian-history/pre-dissension/pylaxes.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/Pre-Dissension/Pylaxes.mdTue, 03 Jun 2025 21:11:07 GMTValdens rules from Spellhaven, and also acts as the city's government as well. The main body of the government is known as the Arcane Assembly. It is a collection of the nation's wisest mages, where right to rule is heavily based on meritocratic ideals. During proceedings, mages constantly try to outwit each other, often leading to legislation taking an extraordinary amount of time to pass.Within the Arcane Assembly, the Octoclave is comprised of the eight most powerful mages, one from each school of magic. The Octoclave has the final say in disputed matters, although this is only if progress on an issue has reached a complete standstill, which almost never happens. Thus, the positions in the Octoclave are more symbolic than anything. The mages of the Octoclave are most often informally called the Deuces, which comes from the Octoclave's motto, duces inter pares (leaders among equals).
Since its creation during the Arcane Resurgence, Spellhaven has been known for its superior defensibility. The city is built like a multi-layered fortress. Large polished stone walls separate the city into districts, and each have large arcane cannons placed at intervals along the walls. The center of the city, the Volantrum, floats in the air above the rest of the city, kept afloat by an arcane engine somewhere in the depths of the Crystal Forum. Lining the edges of the Volantrum are even stronger arcane cannons. It's also said that the main spire of the Crystal Forum was once used as the focus of an extremely powerful evocation spell and could be used in the same way again if necessary.Meanwhile, the Spellhaven Citizen's Militia of Mages, or SCMM (members are often referred to as "Skims"), keep the city safe from internal threats. The SCMM is comprised solely of ordinary citizens of the city who have undergone training in peacekeeping magic. They wear simple robes branded with the insignia of the militia on the back, a silver eight-pointed star surrounded by a thin gold band with runes inside. A midnight blue shield shape surrounds the emblem, completing the insignia. Wherever it is printed, the insignia seems to shimmer with soft silver light.
Spellhaven's main exports are not traditional trade goods, but rather knowledge. The city researches at a rate that is simply unproduceable by any other institution. Many of the research institutions in the city operate fervently under the Kainomantic principles that first allowed the city to flourish. Unbounded by strict research ethics, the city produces research that other institutions wouldn't even be allowed to. Most of the common research and knowledge of the city is available to everyone, but the more niche or risky the research is, the more it costs to access. The expensive knowledge is usually only available to longstanding partners of the city's research institutions anyways.
Spellhaven was built at the height of the Arcane Resurgence by a collective of Kainomancers who were looking for a place to build a city with magic at its core. They used conjuration and transmutation magic to raise the walls and buildings of the city from the ground, truly establishing the city's magical roots. The founders' original vision was to transform the entire island into a sprawling magical metropolis which would become the crown jewel of Chandaria. Their dream was never realized in their time, since the Astral Devastation that followed the Arcane Resurgence severely hindered the city's expansion for a long while.The city would boom again during the Age of Dominion however, as it was the site of the Planar Nexus, which brought many incredibly intelligent mages to the city from across Argena. This was also the time that the 8 outer towns were built, and the Volantrum was first lifted. All interplanar traffic leaving and entering Spellhaven usually goes through this Planar Nexus. The Nexus is a large pyramid-shaped building with an open interior and many openings in the stonework that lets in plenty of sunlight. The main attraction of the Nexus is a massive portal that leads to Sigil. This is usually considered the gateway to the rest of the multiverse. However, the Nexus also has smaller portals to planes that aren't easily accessed from the Outlands like the Feywild, Shadowfell, and the Elemental Planes.
The Lansen Memorial Planar Nexus is named after Godrick Lansen, the general from the Battle of Limmedorn's Rift who pushed for Chandaria's expansion across the multiverse and began the Age of Dominion. The Nexus was originally built at the beginning of the Age of Dominion under the oversight of Godrick Lansen. It became memorialized when it was rebuilt after the Sundering of the Nexus. There is a statue of a bunch of hands holding up a depiction of the Great Wheel and a memorial plaque inside the new Nexus that has the names of all those who died in the attack.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/valdens/spellhaven.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Valdens/Spellhaven.mdTue, 27 May 2025 23:21:54 GMTRending of Skies. The Kingdom was founded because an extremely powerful Storm Giant by the name of Stronmar, who at the time was living alone atop Mount Thogrin, was able to channel enough of his own tempestuous power to dispel Thalroth's storm over Jotunställ. Stronmar claimed that his power came from his bloodline which was descended directly from Stronmaus himself. Stronmar used this victory and his lineage to declare himself at the top of the Ordning. All of the giants living in Jotunställ were awestricken by Stronmar's power, and they rallied behind him, fearing a retaliatory attack from Thalroth. Thus, the Kingdom of Rodigia was founded (Stronmar renamed the land to cement his legacy), with Stronmar as the first Mountain King.The current Mountain King of Rodigia is a Storm Giant named Strullar Anling.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/rodigia/rodigia.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Rodigia/Rodigia.mdTue, 27 May 2025 22:36:29 GMTValos. They built the Solar Nexus south of the Eldermere Lake to try to communicate with Valos and travel to Arborea. The Helvalic Dominion came to an end due to increasing pressure from the rising Larenthian Alliance invading from the east.]]>argena/chandaria/chandarian-history/helvalic-dominion-notes/the-helvalic-dominion.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/Helvalic Dominion Notes/The Helvalic Dominion.mdTue, 27 May 2025 22:20:20 GMTChandaria. A majority of the members in the Consortium are gnomes and dwarves, but there are humans and elves that make up smaller sects of the constituents as well. The headquarters of the Clockwork Consortium are in Welbenwallow in the republic of No'zaral. The Consortium creates clockwork devices for whoever pays them the most money, or in rare times they will band together to do what the Master Tinkerer deems beneficial. ]]>argena/chandaria/nations/no'zaral/welbenwallow-province/the-clockwork-consortium.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/No'zaral/Welbenwallow Province/The Clockwork Consortium.mdWed, 30 Apr 2025 21:40:04 GMTargena/calendar.htmlArgena/Calendar.mdTue, 29 Apr 2025 23:35:08 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/wildlands/the-wildlands.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Wildlands/The Wildlands.mdWed, 23 Apr 2025 23:16:52 GMTargena/chandaria/chandarian-history/pre-dissension/westerwood.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/Pre-Dissension/Westerwood.mdWed, 23 Apr 2025 23:02:51 GMTargena/chandaria/chandarian-history/pre-dissension/monfort.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/Pre-Dissension/Monfort.mdTue, 25 Mar 2025 21:57:38 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/cabalman-run.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Cabalman Run.mdTue, 25 Mar 2025 20:32:34 GMTAnteitic Principles. Instead of the destruction and power of the Anteitic Principles, Kainomancy focuses on unity and ethics instead. The Kainomantic Principles are as follows:For the new generation of mages, magic was not a tool for dominion, but rather a force to bring balance between individuals, societies, and nature. The shifting of the main goal of magic is instrumental in the difference between the Kainomantic and Anteitic Principles. It served as the basis for the other new ideas of Kainomancy.While the Ancient Archmages tried to spread the power of magic to all mortals, their archaic beliefs led them to inadvertently creating an elitist class system based on magical prowess. The Kainomantic Principles attempted to fix this by shifting the concept of magic to a shared resource that everyone interacts with in some form, regardless of their intellectual ability.To the new mages, one of the biggest failings of the Anteitic Principles was the infatuation with the complete destructions of old systems. They correctly deduced that this was the reason for the most destructive actions of the Ancient Archmages. In an attempt to acknowledge the original reason for the focus on destruction while still remaining constructive, they shifted to the idea that magic is a means to repair the damage of the past, rather than to completely uproot. This was mostly manifested through a focus on innovation in arcane technologies and research.As a reinforcement of the overall theme of Kainomancy, the last principle is simply that magic is a bridge between mortals, the world, the divine, and each other. The strength of this idea came from the fact that it has a basis in reality. It was known at the time that The Weave was merely an interface to connect with the raw magical power that suffuses the universe. This raw magic is said to be a part of the goddess Harmonia herself. So in that sense magic really is a force of connection between all these different entities.The Kainomantic Principles had a profound effect on many people's views of the arcane. Casters and non-casters alike were swept up in a newfound sense of unity. People were drawn to the positivity of Kainomancy, and it quickly became the dominant ideology, and the Anteitic principles were mostly extinguished.
The effects of Kainomancy were not all positive though. One thing to note about the Kainomantic Principles is that they say nothing in opposition of the "Unfettered Experimentation" pillar of the Anteitic Principles. Consequently, the Arcane Resurgence saw rampant innovation at the cost of the natural world. Mountains were leveled in search of the newly discovered Harmonium, and the Westerwood was heavily deforested for its Elderbark trees.]]>argena/chandaria/chandarian-history/the-kainomantic-principles.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/The Kainomantic Principles.mdTue, 25 Mar 2025 20:32:01 GMTLucite - Goddess of fortune and luck
Pholtus - God of light and law
Erathis - Goddess of knowledge
Reicha - Goddess of wealth and prosperity
Balinor - God of beasts and the hunts
Valos - God of the Sun
Mortessa - Goddess of Death
Libai – Goddess of Life
Cielia - Goddess of Agriculture
Asmodeus - God of Tyranny
Tiamat - Goddess of Greed and Vengeance
Lolth - Goddess of Spiders and Lies
Arbitros - God of Justice
The Blood Chief - God of War and Violence
Harmonia - Goddess of Magic and the Arts
Gruumsh - God of Destruction
Eurus - God of Storms
Terra - Goddess of Nature and the Wilderness
Amphinor - God of the Sea
Genesis - Goddess of Creation
Naivara - Goddess of the Moon
Chaos - God of Madness
Yurk - God of the Underdark
Vecna - God of Evil Secrets
Artanor - God of Darkness and Shadows
Annam - God of Giants
Maglubiyet - God of Goblinkind No one knows what came before the gods or where the gods even came from, but the gods are said to be the first beings to harness the primordial forces of the multiverse into something tangible. Genesis and Gruumsh were the first two gods to begin the shaping of worlds. It began as a competition between the two, with Genesis building entire worlds, planes of existence, just for Gruumsh to destroy them and start the process anew. Other gods joined Genesis in creating, adding more complexity to the worlds. Harmonia infused the multiverse with some of her raw magical power, and Terra created the first non-divine beings. These beings are incomprehensible to people now, their primitiveness and alienness would break the mind of anyone today. The gods became especially focused on the material plane, which they all agreed was common ground for experimentation. This world became so complex that Gruumsh was no longer able to destroy it completely, which he soon gave up trying to do and began plotting something else.Valos and Artanor couldn't agree on whether the world should be bathed in light or shrouded in darkness, so they compromised and agreed that the world would alternate between darkness and light. Artanor got lonely in the dark though, so he asked his wife Naivara to accompany the darkness whenever it spread across the world, thus why the moon always accompanies the night.Eventually the gods got bored of messing around with the material plane, leaving it in a state that is believed to be similar to the earliest tales tell. They began creating their own domains far removed from the material plane (the outer planes).The primitive material plane was pretty boring. All of the creatures just sort of existed without really doing much. Being mostly powerless, these creatures were bent to the will of the gods. Harmonia was not a fan of this, and decided to do something to change it. Harmonia sacrificed a part of her very essence in an event now known as the Fracture, which in turn diffused throughout the multiverse, creating a well of raw magical power that could be drawn on by other creatures. Dragons were the first creatures to gain a sufficient mastery of drawing on the well of raw magic. However, it wouldn't be until the Great Dissension that the idea of the weave was created and humanoids learned to draw from its power.Most of the gods weren't happy that others were able to tap into magical power, as it could be used to rebel against the gods. Even so, Harmonia's sacrifice was irreversible, and the gods were unable to get rid of the magic in the multiverse.As a consequence, Harmonia was imprisoned in Carceri for 10,000 years.After the Fracture, the Gods became very concerned about the non-divine beings rising up against them. Mortessa put forth the idea that all non-divine beings should be destined to die eventually, with their physical body being left behind and their soul departing to live out its days on one of the outer planes, usually one that follows the creature's alignment. The idea of death was very foreign to the gods, as they were immortal and couldn't fathom the idea of ceasing to exist. Mortessa took it upon herself to be the custodian of death, making sure that all creatures were destined to die at some point. A creature's death from old age was determined when they were born, but their life could be cut short, and Mortessa would come to determine where their soul was bound to go. On very rare and sometimes legendary occasions, Mortessa decides that one's soul is not yet ready to depart for the outer planes, and spares beings from death in an act of mercy.Once the multiverse had become so complex that Gruumsh could no longer destroy it, he got increasingly jealous and bored. He and his son, The Blood Chief, decided to enlist Chaos to help them incite madness across the realms and spread death. They went throughout the material plane, slaughtering people and holding onto their souls, preventing them from departing to the outer planes. They put these captured souls into their own vessels, called Orcs, who were crafted to their liking. Once a soul was put into the Orc, Chaos imbued it with a sense of madness, giving all Orcs an ever-hungry bloodlust. Eventually, the gods of the good planes were able to muster enough power to halt their march across the material plane. By this point however, Gruumsh, The Blood Chief, and Chaos had amassed enough souls that they had a very influential bargaining chip, so the gods made a deal: Gruumsh and the Blood Chief were allowed to create their own plane, Acheron, far away from the domain of the existing planes. In return, Gruumsh and the Blood Chief released the souls they had collected to the outer planes. Because Acheron exists outside of the domain of Mortessa, endless battle ensues, with the slain indefinitely being resurrected to fight again.Chaos however, didn't want to go to Acheron, and as part of the ultimatum was instead banished to Carceri.Chaos was imprisoned on Carceri as a consequence of the First Blood War. It was during this banishment that The Blood Chief tasked Chaos with assisting in the creation of many of the demons that inhabit The Abyss. The Blood Chief told him that only once he had created an army to rival his father's on Acheron would he be set free. Chaos, a primordial himself, didn't like being commanded by the son of another, and he set about escaping Limbo. No one knows how he did it, but it is said that one day, he simply vanished from the plane. Some say that the passage that he used can still be used by those stuck on the plane today. After escaping Carceri, Chaos found himself without a true domain of his own. It was not his nature to rule over anything with any sort of order. Chaos traveled to the edge of the multiverse, exploring the depths of the Astral Plane. This is known as the Voyage of Chaos. He traveled far beyond the known bounds of the Astral Plane, reaching an area where there was no sense of order or cohesiveness at all. It was perfect. Here, leftover material from the creation of other planes, elemental debris, and random force all collided in a grand cacophony. Chaos wanted to savor this unruliness, so he set about containing it for himself. He used his primordial power to fashion borders to a large expanse of the nothingness. Eventually, this area became separated enough from the Astral Plane that it became its own Outer Plane. This is how Limbo came to be, with Chaos being the lord over it.After the First Blood War, and the concessions that were made because of it, The Blood Chief was one of the most powerful deities in the multiverse. He wasn't a primordial, so he didn't possess as much inherent power as his father, Gruumsh, but he had garnered just as much respect and reverence. He spent some time ruling over Acheron with his father, but one can only watch goblins and orcs slaughter each other for so long, and he also wanted to make an even greater name for himself. He began by creating an army under his father's nose on Acheron. It was in the creation of this army, that The Blood Chief first began experimenting with creating his own sentient creatures. Said to be the very first demons, these creatures were mixed in with the usual inhabitants of Acheron to create a formidable army. The Blood Chief's army marched on Malus, Gruumsh's Palace, in a show of power against Gruumsh. However, Gruumsh's honor guard made quick work of this army in a brutal slaughter known as the Bloodbath of Malus. Gruumsh was emotionally devastated by his son's treachery. Gruumsh, the malicious tyrant that he is, saw simple banishment unfit for his son, so he cast him and all of his cruel creations into The Abyss. This "Abyss" had long sat among the lower planes. No one, including the gods, know how it came to be, but it is said to be infinitely deep and impossible to navigate. The Blood Chief came to call The Abyss home. Here he was free to create as many of his demonic monsters as he wanted. Amongst the infinite layers of The Abyss, The Blood Chief continued to raise his army anew, plotting, always plotting.]]>argena/gods-and-mythos.htmlArgena/Gods and Mythos.mdWed, 12 Mar 2025 19:58:36 GMTGalvenport each year. They also spend a few months at Blurn's Rest each summer.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/sir-josiah-trembleton's-funhaus.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Sir Josiah Trembleton's Funhaus.mdThu, 27 Feb 2025 00:25:32 GMTargena/gods/yurk.htmlArgena/Gods/Yurk.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:36:20 GMTargena/gods/vecna.htmlArgena/Gods/Vecna.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:36:03 GMTargena/gods/valos.htmlArgena/Gods/Valos.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:36:02 GMTargena/gods/tiamat.htmlArgena/Gods/Tiamat.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:36:00 GMTargena/gods/the-blood-chief.htmlArgena/Gods/The Blood Chief.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:58 GMTargena/gods/terra.htmlArgena/Gods/Terra.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:56 GMTargena/gods/reicha.htmlArgena/Gods/Reicha.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:54 GMTargena/gods/pholtus.htmlArgena/Gods/Pholtus.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:45 GMTargena/gods/naivara.htmlArgena/Gods/Naivara.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:38 GMTargena/gods/mortessa.htmlArgena/Gods/Mortessa.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:37 GMTargena/gods/maglubiyet.htmlArgena/Gods/Maglubiyet.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:31 GMTargena/gods/lucite.htmlArgena/Gods/Lucite.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:23 GMTargena/gods/lolth.htmlArgena/Gods/Lolth.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:23 GMTargena/gods/libai.htmlArgena/Gods/Libai.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:21 GMTargena/gods/harmonia.htmlArgena/Gods/Harmonia.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:17 GMTargena/gods/gruumsh.htmlArgena/Gods/Gruumsh.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:07 GMTargena/gods/genesis.htmlArgena/Gods/Genesis.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:05 GMTargena/gods/eurus.htmlArgena/Gods/Eurus.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:35:02 GMTargena/gods/erathis.htmlArgena/Gods/Erathis.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:34:59 GMTargena/gods/cielia.htmlArgena/Gods/Cielia.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:34:55 GMTargena/gods/chaos.htmlArgena/Gods/Chaos.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:34:46 GMTargena/gods/balinor.htmlArgena/Gods/Balinor.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:34:45 GMTargena/gods/asmodeus.htmlArgena/Gods/Asmodeus.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:34:43 GMTargena/gods/artanor.htmlArgena/Gods/Artanor.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:34:41 GMTargena/gods/arbitros.htmlArgena/Gods/Arbitros.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:32:39 GMTargena/gods/annam.htmlArgena/Gods/Annam.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:32:33 GMTargena/gods/amphinor.htmlArgena/Gods/Amphinor.mdWed, 29 Jan 2025 01:32:14 GMTGreat Dissension, since it is by far the most influential historical event in the world's history. Years are either Pre-Dissension (PD) or Post-Scourge (PS). 0 years Pre-Dissension is marked by the Initial Incursion. 0 years Post-Scourge is marked by the signing of the Abdication Accords. Between these two events is the Great Dissension, in which Argena was irrevocably changed.Pre-Dissension Chandaria was a simplistically peaceful place. The humanoid races all lived in small city-states, each with a patron deity. Some deities, Genesis for example, were the patrons of multiple city-states.The city-states all lived very independently of each other. Some communicated with each other but had no need to trade or travel at all. Pre-Dissension times are defined by heavy divine influence. Gods freely walked the material plane, and directly manipulated the world with their powers. They provided everything for their constituents, which generally kept the peace.Beyond the reaches of these city-states roamed all manner of creatures. Most of the creatures survive to this day, but a few have became items of legend. The Great Serpents, demigods in their own right, held immense power over the material plane, but lost it during the Great Dissension.
The Great Dissension irrevocably changed all of Argena. The conflict began as tensions between the Gods of the upper and lower planes grew to a head and lasted for 4 centuries. Nearly every race and creature was involved in the war in some way. Gods of both sides recruited mortals to fight on their side. Many modern religions can be traced back to these allegiances. The gods taught a select few humanoids to harness the weave and use magic through arcane practice. Eventually, these people realized the true power that the Gods were keeping to themselves. They recognized that they could potentially harness the weave and kill the Gods, ending the war that had displaced or killed so many of their friends and families. The original wizards of both sides formed a secret alliance, known as the Anteity League, and themselves became known as the Ancient Archmages, the first wizards.
The Ancient Archmages spent many years accumulating power and weapons. They were also secretly spreading knowledge of arcane practice across Argena, creating more wizards. Eventually, the Anteity League betrayed their leaders in the Battle for Caelum Insula, also known as the Divine Betrayal. This marks the beginning of the Scourge.
The Scourge lasted for roughly 50 years. During it, the Anteity League decimated the Gods. At this point, there were three parties fighting. The forces of the upper and lower planes still fought against each other, which the Ancient Archmages capitalized on, killing multiple avatars of the Gods and even managing to kill Naivara herself (who was later resurrected during the Astral Devastation). The Scourge ended during the Battle of the Planes, where the Gods finally "defeated" the Ancient Archmages. Upon realizing they were about to truly die, the deities from both sides combined their power to banish all of the Ancients to the far corners of the multiverse.After banishing the Ancient Archmages, the Gods drafted the Abdication Accords, agreeing to never walk the Material Plane again, in the hope of avoiding a conflict like the Scourge again. This ushered in an age known as the Chandari Dark Ages.The Chandari Dark Ages are a period of time just after the Scourge where most of the Pre-Dissension city-states were destroyed during the 450 years of fighting and nearly all of the followers of the Anteity League were killed by the Gods, losing most of their arcane knowledge. The knowledge did survive with the few remaining apprentices of the Ancients however, and would eventually make a comeback.The Dark Ages were a time of rebuilding mostly. The relatively few survivors took to reestablishing and rebuilding the societies that had been lost to war. It was during this time that people that had once been separated by the old institutions now relied on each other to survive and reconstruct a new semblance of life. A period of unparalleled mixing of people and ideas began.The Dark Ages ended in 189 PS, when the Ancient Blue Dragon Thalroth the Storm Wyrm took advantage of the Post-Dissension power vacuum and conjured a massive tempest that covered the entire continent for 2 weeks, forcing the Coalition of Free Peoples to surrender to him or else their kingdoms would be destroyed. This event is known as the Rending of Skies, and it is what started the Age of Dragons.The Age of Dragons was a period of around 300 years that started in 189 PS with Thalroth the Storm Wyrm subjugating the Coalition of Free Peoples. With Thalroth in power, other dragons began using their innate magical powers to terrorize cities and accumulate their own hoards. Thalroth was fine with this, as long as the dragons under him paid him a steep tribute.Along with the dragons, other intelligent creatures began plundering and controlling parts of Chandaria as well. Fiends, aberrations, and even sentient beasts seized the opportunity for wealth. Thalroth allowed all of this, as long as tribute was paid. He realized that the humanoids were the only group powerful enough to usurp him, so by keeping them living in fear by allowing all types of different tyrants to decimate their civilization, he kept himself in power.As his underlings came and went, Thalroth remained in power for nearly 300 years. Eventually, a group of heroes slayed him in 419 PS, ushering in a new era of humanoid prosperity.The Arcane Resurgence immediately followed the Age of Dragons. With Thalroth defeated, the people of Chandaria promptly liberated themselves from those who once served him. With their newfound freedom, people once again had the time and power to pursue new ideas and technologies. Free from the oppression of the dragons, powerful mages from before the Age of Dragons took advantage of the focus on new ideas to spread a new ideology surrounding the use of magic.
They called it Kainomancy, or The Kainomantic Principles. It was developed as an antithesis to the Anteitic Principles. Rather than destruction and power, they instead focused on unity and ethics. Kainomancy preached about magic as a force that connects everything in the world. In an era of unmatched growth and innovation, the Kainomantic Principles spread rapidly. The ways of the Ancient Archmages, died out and magic thrived under a new ethos.
However, the Kainomantic Principles weren't perfect either. One thing that mages still struggled with was the balance between experimentation and ethics. In order to support the rapid innovation of magical practices, large parts of the world were devastated for resources. Mountains were leveled and dwarves were exploited in search of the newly discovered Harmonium crystals. During this time, most of the Westerwood was deforested for its Elderbark trees, which also were found to produce similar effects as Harmonium.The Arcane Resurgence lasted for just over 500 years. It ended in 983 PS, when a massive army from the Astral Plane descended from the heavens and invaded the Material Plane. The war lasted for 11 years, and it irrevocably changed the world.Scholars now know that the Astral Devastation began because Kainomancers began using the Elderbark trees to experiment with interplanar travel. However, they experimented too much, and weakened the Interplanar Fabric between the Material and Astral Planes. The mages didn't know it at the time, but beings on the other side took note of this infringement on their planar border.One night in 983 PS, giant rifts opened in the night sky. Gith soldiers and astral aberrations poured out of the rifts. They set upon the major cities of Argena, so-called beacon cities, and sought to destroy most of human civilization in one massive attack. Many cities fell, but a few were able to fend off the first wave of attackers. Spellhaven was one such city that survived the initial attack. This invading force would soon come to be known as the Cosmic Imperium. Over the coming days, the inhabitants of Argena realized they would have to adjust to a new way of life, as after the initial attack, the sun did not rise the next morning, nor the next. The Cosmic Imperium had somehow halted the progress of the heavens and stuck Argena in a state of eternal night.The Imperium set up bastions across Chandaria and all of Argena to cement their influence in the areas that they controlled. They destroyed any sort of mortal resistance that remained in the controlled territories and many nation leaders were forced to either submit to the invaders or cede most of their land and retreat to stronghold cities.As the war progressed, the Kainomantic Principles began to crumble. Some mages began embracing the new psionic abilities that the Imperium was using. They became initiated in the psionic ways of the Cosmic Imperium. Other mages turned away from the Kainomantic Principles and reverted to using magic in forbidden Anteitic ways. Few true Kainomancers remained.The beginning of the final resistance started when a group of mages from Spellhaven took up a seemingly impossible task. They set out to resurrect Naivara, the Goddess of the Moon. They thought that she would be able to end the eternal night and give the Material Plane inhabitants an advantage over the Imperium. They travelled to the edges of the Astral Plane where it was said that Naivara's soul remained. They performed a forbidden ritual to reconnect her soul with its body, and Naivara was reborn. She was grateful, and bestowed upon them the Aegis of the Veil, a relic with the power to seal the rifts in the Interplanar Fabric. Unfortunately for the mages, that was the most she could do to thank them, without further breaking the abdication accords.The Aegis became more than just a tool. The mages used the Aegis as a symbol to rally the remaining mortal resistance. That same group travelled around Argena gathering local resistances and sealing the minor rifts around the world. The resistance suffered great losses, but they managed to seal all of the rifts on Argena except for one.The Battle of Limmedorrn's Rift was the climax of the Astral Devastation. It took place in the sky near where modern-day Sella Alora is. This rift was the largest that the Cosmic Imperium had created and was the main supply line into the Material Plane. The united forces of the mortal resistance first assaulted the bastion that had been built below the rift. Once they had control of the ground, they launched their attack into the sky to the actual rift. Wielding the Aegis of the Veil, a mage by the name of Ilothar Ilbrie, one of the original mages from Spellhaven who resurrected Naivara, fought through the Imperium's forces and managed to complete the sealing ritual, closing the rift for good, but dying in the process. The remaining Imperium soldiers fought for a while, but eventual the survivors either surrendered or fled, hiding in small groups across Argena.In the aftermath of the Astral Devastation, mortal spirits were high. One of the generals of the mortal army at the Battle of Limmedorrn's Rift, named Godrick Lansen began making himself very known across Chandaria. He travelled around to the beacon cities, riling up the survivors and invoking the martyrdom of Ilothar Ilbrie. Godrick preached the need for mortals to expand their influence by travelling to other planes and colonizing them. This platform would have seemed radical in most contexts, but following the Astral Devastation and the victory over the Cosmic Imperium, people bought into it, and Godrick gained a sizable following.Godrick used his influence in Spellhaven to start the construction of the Planar Nexus. This device was the pinnacle of all of the arcane knowledge gained over the course of the Arcane Resurgence and the Astral Devastation. It allowed large groups of people to travel to any plane of existence that they wanted.Using the Nexus, Chandarian forces spread across the multiverse. They began conquering large regions on many other planes. The forces of the other planes were caught by surprise and fell to the Chandarian conquerors. The colonizers set up outposts in the conquered regions.For the next 400 years, Chandarian influence spread across the planes, but it was not without challenge. Starting around 1300 PS, internal and external resistance pushed against Chandarian influence. Chandarian forces on the elemental plane of air were defeated and control of the plane of air was lost.This defeat made some Chandarians realize that they were no different than the Cosmic Imperium of a past age. Revolutionaries from Chandaria secretly met with conquered people from other planes. They began planning an attack that would end this era of colonialism.In 1423 PS, a small guerilla force composed of Chandarians and extraplanar revolutionaries attacked the Planar Nexus in Spellhaven. With a highly coordinated attack, the group gained access to the Nexus and destroyed it. With a massive explosion, the Planar Nexus was sundered, and the continent's connection to the other planes was severed.Left to fend for themselves, the Chandarian outposts on the other planes succumbed to local uprisings or were assimilated into the planes themselves. Meanwhile on the Material Plane, Chandaria's economy collapsed. Having become reliant on exotic resources from other planes, the whole continent fell into disarray. The empire that had been established through the interplanar colonization began falling apart. Political alliances crumbled and many cities and regions fell into isolationism.For roughly the next century, the fractured independent states were left on their own to heal from the Sundering of the Nexus and the end of the Age of Dominion. The expansionist ideologies of the previous age quickly lost traction and new philosophies of peace and cooperation spread.The Era of Reconciliation was a period of discovery for many. People had time to think about the institutions of the past and their cyclical failures. There was a complete cultural reset across Chandaria.Some independent city-states began forming alliances again based on trade and mutual defense. The most notable was the growing Larenthian Alliance, ran by Lawrence Galaven. The Alliance was officially founded in 1508 PS, which is widely considered to be the official end of the Era of Reconciliation and the start of the Age of Peace.Learning from the past failures of the world, Chandaria entered into what is known as the Age of Peace. This Age of Peace is the current age of the world. No notable global-scale incursions have happened since 1500 PS that would mark the start of a new age.]]>argena/chandaria/chandarian-history/an-overall-history-of-chandaria.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/An Overall History Of Chandaria.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 04:07:56 GMTWizendell. He travels between the two places very often and is very involved at both. When there are decisions that concern Wizendell versus the Alliance, he tends to side with Wizendell. Dormar is a patient and generally well-liked man. He is just as much of an intellectual, as he is a politician.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/the-larenthian-alliance.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/The Larenthian Alliance.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 03:15:17 GMTHarmonia in Galvenport colluded with certain members of the headmasters of Wizendell to try and seize control of Galvenport and take over the Alliance. The revolution was put down by Chief Magnate Thedric Alfir and the Church of Harmonia was disbanded and demolished, and worship of Harmonia was banned.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/historical-events/arcane-revolution.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Historical Events/Arcane Revolution.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 03:08:12 GMTargena/tilarien/tilarien.htmlArgena/Tilarien/Tilarien.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 01:38:51 GMTargena/chandaria/chandarian-history/the-great-dissension.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/The Great Dissension.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 01:32:41 GMTThe Eternal Scorch, a blistering hot desert with no more than small oases sprinkled throughout. Chandaria was home to multiple Ancient Archmages during The Great Dissension and still contains many Pre-Dissension era ruins.
Falstor encompasses the southeastern and northeastern peninsulas of the continent. Prior to the war with Stormion and the subsequent siege of the capital city, Falstor only occupied the southern peninsula, but the war for resources expanded their territory greatly. Falstor is ruled by the powerful King Offal. He conducts affairs leveraging both the economic and militaristic might of the kingdom. The capital city of the kingdom is the aptly named Falstor.
The Larenthian Alliance presides in the north central region of Chandaria, just above The Eternal Scorch. It consists of multiple independent cities, united under a commercial federation. The alliance is lead by Chief Magnate Thedric Alfir from its capital city of Galvenport. The Larenthian Federation is held together by Overseers. These government workers are distributed to each city and are tasked with ensuring the enforcement of Federal Laws. Besides these laws, each city is free to govern its denizens as it sees fit. Most of the cities in Larenthia are built around some sort of flourishing export economy, whether it's wine, metal, potions, or clockwork machines.
The Wildlands is a large expanse of independent islands southwest of the main continent. Official maps only have the large islands of the area mapped. There are tens if not hundreds of unmapped and potentially unexplored islands in the region. These unmapped islands are no larger than a few miles in each direction. Piracy and smuggling are very prevalent in The Wildlands, and compose the majority of the commerce and activity in the Wildlands. There are also stories of untold riches hidden on mystical islands in this area. Established continental nations have, in the past, attempted to "civilize" the islands to stop illegal smuggling in their cities that is mainly sourced from the Wildlands. These attempts have all been unsuccessful, since the most skilled naval crews and navigators lay down everything to protect the freedom of the Wildlands.
Norlund is situated in the northwest extremes of the continent. Norlund lacks the large cities that populate a lot of the other nations of Chandaria. The harsh climate makes it hard to grow enough food to sustain large populations. The people of Norlund are considered by some to be "savages" or "barbarians" because they live in small clan villages and many lack the finer social graces of upper class society. The Kingdom's government consists of the heads of the most powerful clans in the land. Norlund's warrior culture has lead to some of the greatest warriors in the history of Chandaria have been born in Norlund and immortalized in myth. The government of Norlund puts considerable effort into keeping the nation mostly isolated from international activity. It's southern border, marked by the Champion's Range, is well-patrolled and fortified.
No'zaral is a republic on the west coast of Chandaria. It is one of the most diverse nations on the continent, due to the general freedom that is given to its citizens. The Freeman's Assembly is the governing body of No'zaral, and consists of elected officials representing people of many different races. The nature of the republic has led to the different humanoid races forming political parties to elect representatives for their people. Other than social and political innovation, No'zaral also boasts a rather strong navy, due to its relative proximity to The Wildlands. The Clockwork Consortium, an organization of mostly Gnomish inventors has a strong presence in No'zaral, especially as it relates to the navy. The Clockwork Consortium is not bound to the republic, and has members all over Chandaria, doing work for whomever pays well, or whatever the leaders of the Consortium deem to be important.
The Atrisean Dynasty, despite its proximity to the republic of No'zaral, could not be further from it in social and political organization. The dynastic rulers of Atrisea, the Teinithra Clan, have elevated themselves to a status of almost lesser deities in the eyes of some of the most loyal citizens. The Teinithra Clan holds all of the governing power in the dynasty, and swiftly quells any source of rebellion within its borders. The Teinithras have been in power for a few hundred years, having usurped power from the Jelenneth family before them. There are families that have tried to take power from the Teinithra, but none have been successful. The Atrisean Dynasty also has a very powerful navy, but is more aggressive in terms of international relations, and worries the other nations of Chandaria.
The Island Nation of Valdens is a flourishing meritocracy. The nation is ruled by the Council of Eight, with the most powerful mage from each school of magic sitting on the council. Valdens is Chandaria's hub for arcane research and innovation, and most of the culture being entirely focused on magic. The Pillars of Arcanum, the laws regarding the practice of magic in Valdens, highlight that magic should only be used for the betterment of society, and the further pursuit of knowledge. Valdens has no standing army, but if they were to be forced to fight, they would be very capable of putting together a formidable fighting force.
The Kingdom of Rodigia is a very mountainous region, but unlike the dwarves of Essaheim, the Rodigian people mastered living above the mountains, not beneath them. The Mountain King of Rodigia, rules over the nation's various villages and tribes fairly, and is very well liked and respected by all of his constituents. Rodigia is known for having a large population of giants that live there, who are known for being very territorial, and very stubborn fighters. The Rangers of Rodigia are an order of rangers that specialize in traversing the harsh mountainous environment that spans most of the region. They are very talented archers and also focus on maintaining the peace between the more brutish giants and the forces of nature.The Eternal Scorch, the desert in the middle of Chandaria, has no overall governing body and little permanent settlement. The landscape is brutal and doesn't allow much of anything to grow, except around small oases. Roving nomadic tribes inhabit the areas that aren't these small oases.]]>argena/chandaria/chandaria.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandaria.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 00:02:27 GMTargena/chandaria/chandarian-history/the-anteitic-principles-of-magic.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/The Anteitic Principles of Magic.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 00:01:17 GMTargena/chandaria/chandarian-history/post-dissension/the-chandari-dark-ages/pylith.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/Post-Dissension/The Chandari Dark Ages/Pylith.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:55 GMTGreat Dissension. Dwarves who fought alongside Reicha retreated into the mountain to continue their search for wealth and treasure. Parts of the caverns of Essaheim date back to the pre-dissension age. Extremely old ruins can be found here and it is even possible to take tours of certain pre-dissension caverns. The dwarves are fairly accepting of all gods but Reicha is the only deity with public shrines, since the majority of Essaheim worships Reicha in some sense. Essaheim sits as the major manufacturer of smithy goods and exporter of minerals in Southeast Chandaria, supplying both Falstor to the south and Rodigia to the north of the Hawgnoze mountains. Since Essaheim has such a large population, it is host to all manners of social classes. Among the trade hubs of the cities is an extensive mingling of ideas. However, due to the stubbornness of Dwarves, most permanent residents of Essaheim rarely differ in moral code and beliefs.The majority of the lower class in the Sprawl is made up of miners, fishermen, and other general laborers. In the bottom of the main cavern of Essaheim by the Sprawl is an extensive river network that weaves around all of the Isles. These rivers that sit at the bottom level of the Sprawl are used mainly for fishing, feeding the people of the Sprawl, as well as being used for transportation between major parts of the Sprawl. The middle class inhabits the Upper Echelons. While it is not against any rules for residents of the Sprawl to visit the Upper Echelons, there is a fee for people that don't live or work in the Upper Echelons to use the Grand Lift to get up to the Upper Echelons. The Upper Echelons is mostly made up of soldiers, artisans, and merchants, as well as the members of the Galastari Academy. Middle class folks that live in the Upper Echelons are free to travel between there and the Sprawl, but still not allowed to visit the Isles except on invitation. The residents of the Isles are the elite class. They are comprised of guild masters, merchant lords, and minor political figures, as well as the farmers that live on the Inselhof. Residents of the Isles are allowed to travel anywhere within Essaheim, including the public areas of the Burgess Castle (on account of the fact that the majority of the elite class know someone within the castle).Bergmann Dworic is the highest official in the government. He deals with high-level diplomatic issues and decisions that affect all of Essaheim. Dworic is actually a fairly well-liked leader. He is known as an advocate for the middle class and supports the city's artisans fervently. Some people don't like Dworic because they think he doesn't care for the lower class and sometimes makes decisions that are super biased toward the elite class. However, this is not Dworic's fault. The Stadras are heavily paid off by the elite class, so they advise the king into unknowingly making decisions that only benefit the elite class. The Stadras carry out their conspiracy through the Supreme Richter Nora Hammerstone. The Supreme Richter is the highest judge in the city, and so has the final say on all law matters. The Cerulean Owls have some leads into this conspiracy but haven't fully uncovered it yet. The Supreme Richter works closely with the Watchmaster Dain Aranore, who is the leader of the Watchmen. The Watchmaster is not a part of the conspiracy and is simply following orders from the Supreme Richter.Notable BuildingsUpper Echelons:Artisans District:The Eversharp Anvil – Blacksmith owned by Gilmur Eversharp. He will make whatever basic metal items the group wants commissioned. A small item costs 3 gp, a medium item costs 10 gp, and a large metal item costs 30 gp. If the party wants armor or weapons, they can commission him to make one which will take a while, or they can go to an armorer or weaponsmith in the Stallyard to see what's already been made. Gilmur's apprentice is his son Gilthor.Hammer & Brawn – Blacksmith owned by Olric Stoutleg. He will also make basic metal items commissioned by the party. A small item costs 5 gp, a medium item costs 15 gp, and a large metal item costs 35 gp. He also has weapons and armor for sale in the Stallyard. Olric has no apprentice and does all the work himself.Beloril's Bows – Bowyer owned by Beloril Orcbane. He makes various bows and crossbows. All prices follow the player's handbook prices. His goods are also for sale at the weapons shop in the Stallyard. Beloril offers to take any magical woods that the players have and turn them into magical bows.The Enlightened Owl – Library acting as a secret headquarters for the Order of the Cerulean Owl. The head librarian is a human man named Bredon Donall. He has reddish brown middle length hair parted to one side with a very neatly trimmed beard and spectacles. He's dressed in a very respectable suit.Shanek's Shrooms - Shanek Grassfoot comes from a long line of mushroom farmers. Mushroom cultivation has never really taken off in Essaheim, but Shanek is adamant that it is the next big thing. He is a very excitable businessman who is always excited about people taking an interest in his mushrooms. He'll sell people a sample of his Gloomglow mushrooms.Shrine to Reicha – A small shrine to the Goddess Reicha–. small shrine to the Goddess Reicha. It is built into the side of the stalactite, with the statue carved out of the stone. Flowers, candles, and gold coins lay around the statue.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/essaheim/essaheim.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Essaheim/Essaheim.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:43 GMTargena/chandaria/chandarian-history/pre-dissension/mondrall.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/Pre-Dissension/Mondrall.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:26 GMTFracture, deposited across the Material Plane during the creation of the planes.Harmonium crystals have many uses that have been discovered. One use is as a substitution for material spell components. Harmonium is mined in its raw form, and in this form, it acts as double its value as a spell component. However, the spell also has a chance of failing and causing a wild magic surge. The mages of the Arcane Resurgence found a way to refine Harmonium into a more stable state. Through magical smithing, they were able to reduce the potency of the crystal in order to make it more stable. It takes more refined Harmonium to substitute as spell components, but it has no chance of failure.Another use for Harmonium is in magical crafting. The Kainomancers quickly discovered that using Harmonium crystals could greatly increase the speed of crafting magic items. This made the mineral even more valuable.In the modern day, Harmonium is very rare. Very little is found in the wild anymore, and most is stockpiled by powerful governments. It is thought that Spellhaven has the largest reserve of Harmonium in Chandaria.]]>argena/harmonium.htmlArgena/Harmonium.mdSun, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:01 GMTBattle of the Planes, the goddess Libai was engaged in battle with the Ancient Archmages, and her hand was separated from her arm by an assailant. The hand fell to the ground and from it, the Oasis blossomed. Many theorize that the Water of Life, or Ma'Alhaya to the locals, is the blood of Libai that then pooled from the dismembered hand. The Oasis sat mostly untouched for over two millennia after the Scourge, with travelers only ever briefly stopping by on their way through the Scorch. Permanent settlement began in 2308 PS, when a small tribal alliance of goblinoids known as the Skrekin Alliance made their home around the Oasis and constructed a small village. The period in which the Skrekin people inhabited the Oasis is known as the Wahatan Era. "Wahatan" comes from the name given to the Oasis by the Skrekin people. These people were very open to outsiders and passing travelers and consequently, their culture evolved very rapidly. Science and technology thrived in the area, and a prosperous, open-minded society emerged. This society lasted for around a century, until a much larger coalition of Scorch inhabitants besieged the settlement and claimed it as their own. This coalition was known as the Kha'anj, and it was made of the Scorch's most power-hungry, ruthless warlords. They renamed the Wahatan Oasis to the Kha'anj Oasis to serve as a constant reminder of their power over the Oasis and its water. The leaders of this coalition went on to establish the Sayid Alma, and their families became the first of the Water Children, the upper elite class in the Flow Caste System. Much of the architecture in the Kha'anj oasis today is inspired by that of the Wahatan Era, while some of the more grand buildings were left unchanged and instead were repurposed by the Sayid Alma.Water is the most valuable resource in the Scorch. It is incredibly rare and heavily regulated and guarded. The majority of citizens get their water from small wells around the city. The only people who don't are the Water Children. This is the highest level of the Flow Caste System. The people in this level are the Sayid Alma and their families. These people live in walled off compounds within the city and have their own sources of water inside. The Flow Caste System consists of 4 levels, each corresponding to the amount of water that people are allotted. The highest level is the Water Children. They are granted as much water as they would like. The next level down is the Respectables. This caste is larger than the Water Children and is made up of respected artisans, merchants, and guildsmen. These people are allotted 45 cups per day for their family, a healthy amount. The next level down is called the Commons and is the largest group. The people here are mostly general laborers. They are allotted 30 cups per day for their family. The lowest level is the Unmentionables. These people are the poorest in the city. They are persecuted by the Sayid Alma and are forced out of the public eye. They are only allotted 15 cups of water per day for their family. Visitors rarely see any members of the Unmentionables when traveling through the city because the Sayid Alma tries to sequester them to parts of the city where no one goes. Everyone is forbidden from drinking from the Water of Life. It is the most heavily guarded part of the city. Only the 4 Sayid Alma, and the state-appointed cleric of Libai are allowed to interact with the water.Worship of all gods is prohibited except for Maglubiyet and Libai (in a limited capacity). Worship of every kind was allowed during the Wahatan Era, and the Kha'anj banned worship of all gods to exert their power over the city. Maglubiyet remained because outlawing him would have driven most goblins away from the Oasis forever. Worship of Libai is allowed but only in a limited capacity. Libai is regarded by most as the patron goddess of the Oasis, and most that live in Kha'anj feel some sense of reverence for her because she supplies them with water. However, no one is allowed to become a cleric of Libai, except for the single state-appointed cleric. This is because the Sayid Alma fear that clerics of Libai could create their own water and overthrow their government. This ban is enforced strictly and the punishment is death.There are 4 Sayid Alma, each control a quarter of the city. The eastern Sayid is Rogdos Nugru. She is a very buff goblin who is known to be harsh but mostly fair. The northern Sayid is Zuzran the Coward. He is a skinny hobgoblin who no one ever sees much of and is a pushover when it comes to anything to do with politics. The western Sayid is Jerg Jag. He is a short obese goblin who shelters unmentionables within his walled off estate. The southern Sayid is Odrokos Maul. He is a very tall hobgoblin that is by far the most tyrannical of all the Sayids.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/the-eternal-scorch/kha'anj.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/The Eternal Scorch/Kha'anj.mdFri, 03 Jan 2025 05:08:42 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/rodigia/rhugnurt.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Rodigia/Rhugnurt.mdFri, 03 Jan 2025 05:08:42 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/norlund/vulfen.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Norlund/Vulfen.mdFri, 03 Jan 2025 05:08:42 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/norlund/lahab's-embrace.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Norlund/Lahab's Embrace.mdFri, 03 Jan 2025 05:08:42 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/norlund/lyntårn.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Norlund/Lyntårn.mdFri, 03 Jan 2025 05:08:42 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/norlund/frostgate.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Norlund/Frostgate.mdFri, 03 Jan 2025 05:08:42 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/norlund/isbre.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Norlund/Isbre.mdFri, 03 Jan 2025 05:08:42 GMTPre-Dissension era. They were all children of Tiamat and the mortal hero Pylaxes. The Serpents were all bastard children, as Tiamat was still bonded to Gruumsh when she had the children with Pylaxes. Gruumsh despised these wedlock children so he cursed them. The Serpents, who initially resembled dragons, were stripped of their wings and appendages, turning them into essentially massive snakes. The Serpents then had children amongst themselves known as the Serpentkin. The Great Serpents and their children fought alongside Tiamat during the Great Dissension.
Himmelslang was known as the Sky Serpent. He was the favorite serpent of Tiamat, so she tried everything in her power to reverse the curse. Himmelslang ended up having a set of dragon wings grafted onto him and with this, he became the sky serpent. Himmelslang was said to encircle the entire sky, protecting Argena from extraplanar threats. His main battles were usually against invaders from the Astral Plane. Himmelslang's greatest battle was with an Elder Brain that was attempting to expand its empire into the material plane.Haval is the Water Serpent. When she was cursed, she exiled herself to the Azure Expanse, taking to life beneath the waves, a place where most dragons stay far away from. She spent centuries swimming through the great blue depths of the Azure Expanse, emerging very rarely, and adapting to a life without air. Some Post-Scourge sailors claim to see Haval sometimes in the depths of the ocean. While these are simply tall tales, many of these sailors swear by their accounts.
Jordun and Svibrann were the other two of the great serpents. They were born twins and were constantly competing with each other. Jordun claimed Chandaria do be his, while Svibrann claimed Enulon for herself. Some of the mountain ranges on these continents are rumored to be areas where these Serpents broke through the ground. At the same time, volcanoes are also said to be spots where the Serpents burst out, leaving behind fiery aftermath.
Svibrann always made fun of Jordun for how much bigger her continent was than his. Jordun became self-conscious about Chandaria and tried his best to make it as luxurious of a place as possible. He was constantly keeping the Serpentkin and other ambitious creatures in check. Because of this, he was called The Equalizer by some.
The Great Serpents and the Serpentkin fought alongside Tiamat in the Great Dissension. After the Scourge, it was decided that they would be sent to the Elemental Planes. Himmelslang was sent to the Plane of Air, Haval to the Plane of Water, Jordun to the Plane of Earth, and Svibrann to the Plane of Fire. Over time, the Serpents each developed abilities that fit with their respective planes. Svibrann regained her draconic fire breath, Haval because the quickest swimmer on the Plane of Water, and Himmelslang grew his own wings and became better at flying. Upon their assignment to the Elemental Planes, the Great Serpents were also given the tasks of protecting the Inner Planes by maintaining the border between the Elemental Planes and the Outer Planes. The Serpents became masters of the Elemental Chaos, able to traverse it with ease, patrolling for vagrants from the Outer Planes. ]]>argena/chandaria/chandarian-history/pre-dissension/the-great-serpents.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/Pre-Dissension/The Great Serpents.mdSun, 02 Jun 2024 04:48:45 GMTFracture had raw magic infused into them. The classic example of this is the dragons, but there are many others besides them such as giants, fiends, and celestials. The gods were not happy that there were mortal creatures with access to magic, but they decided that it would be too disruptive to the multiverse to attempt to revoke that magic or to exterminate these creatures. Even enhanced by magic, these creatures were still nowhere near as powerful as the gods.Many humanoid races trace their origins back to civilizations that existed pre-Dissension. During this time, Gods exerted much greater influence on the material plane than in the post-Scourge era. Most races lived in isolated city-states, leaving much of the world unexplored. Each city-state had a patron deity. Life was easy for them, the patron deity of each civilization would assist their constituents and provide them with the basic necessities. From an arcane technological perspective, these civilizations were barbaric, but in reality they were not uncivilized by any means. These city-states often had advanced forms of government, complex architecture, and ingenious clockwork devices. Despite the advanced nature of these civilizations, nearly all evidence of them was wiped from the annals of history during the Great Dissension.
Before the Battle of the Planes, the Central Chandaria was known as the Opulent Steppe. These fertile grasslands were home to many of the humanoid civilizations of the time. Green rolling hills stretched beyond the horizon in all directions and teemed with wildlife. It was a veritable paradise. This all changed when the Battle of the Planes permanently marred the landscape. The once lush land became an inhospitable waste. Flowing rivers dried up and became rocky canyons. Jagged mountains erupted from the ground during battle. Raging storms ravaged any and all lifeforms. Thus the Eternal Scorch was created, and will remain forever.]]>argena/chandaria/chandarian-history/pre-dissension/pre-dissension-chandaria.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Chandarian History/Pre-Dissension/Pre-Dissension Chandaria.mdSun, 02 Jun 2024 04:48:43 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/no'zaral/no'zaral.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/No'zaral/No'zaral.mdSat, 01 Jun 2024 07:12:39 GMTAge of Dragons, an adult blue dragon named Dormuntirth made the Oasis its lair. The legend goes that Dormuntirth kept his treasure hoard submerged in the water of the Oasis. The dragon raided the local tribes and also some of the Scorch's dissension ruins from the Battle of the Planes. He amassed a sizable fortune of gold, gems, and magic items. At the height of his power, Dormuntirth's territory spanned for a hundred miles out from the Oasis. Multiple tribes were paying him tribute, and he was collecting treasures from adventurers passing through his territory.
After his raiding caught enough attention, a group of adventurers from present-day Norlund slew Dormuntirth and claimed his treasure hoard for themselves. However, it's said that some of Dormuntirth's treasure was left behind and remains buried at the bottom of the Water of Life. ]]>argena/chandaria/nations/the-eternal-scorch/history/dormuntirth's-lair.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/The Eternal Scorch/History/Dormuntirth's Lair.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/the-eternal-scorch/history/the-skrekin-people.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/The Eternal Scorch/History/The Skrekin People.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/norlund/norlund.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Norlund/Norlund.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/no'zaral/kul-radein.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/No'zaral/Kul-Radein.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/sylmin.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Sylmin.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/wizendell.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Wizendell.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/luminespore-hollow.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Luminespore Hollow.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/orton.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Orton.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/holfirth-province/timburg.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Timburg.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTMortessa, Lucite, Pholtus, Erathis, and Reicha
Divinare Institute Campus: The Divinare Institute is headquartered in Wizendell, but there is a satellite campus in Holfirth. The headmaster of the satellite is named Tos AgarvranTos: Tos Agarvran is a 96 year old female high elf wizard.  She has short, curled, golden hair and brown eyes. She has rough, white skin. She stands 5'5" (167 cm) and has an skinny build. She has a soft face.The head Librarian of the Institute is Adwear Boadle:Adwear Boadle is a 62 year old male human historian. He has short, straight, blond hair and black eyes. He has dark skin. He stands 5'6" (169 cm) and has a skinny build. He has a square face. He smells heavily of unwashed clothes.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/holfirth-province/holfirth.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Holfirth.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTWizendell. Most of the buildings in the village are built in a very medieval European style, but with many different colors, more like some Scandinavian towns. The mayor's name is Jiri Lanorys. She is a Tiefling from No'zaral. She came here because her family of scribes was disgraced and banished from the land for disobeying a noble's orders. She found her way here and soon became the mayor because of her learned nature. The overseer of the town is Iolis Batira, a half-elf man who is incredibly boring and mundane. He is just here to do his job and get paid, nothing else. Owlbear Enclave is home to quite a few colorful characters. Kram Bram, the local archaeologist in charge of Kram's Archaeology Shop, is an old man who is raring for an adventure. When given the opportunity to explore Helvalic Ruins, he jumps on board right away. Darryn Filoris is the antithesis to Kram. He is the very intelligent archivist at the Everwake Archives, he lacks all of Kram's ambition and gusto. Darryn would much rather spend his days inside reading with his cat Snookie.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/holfirth-province/owlbear-enclave.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Owlbear Enclave.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/holfirth-province/fermenton.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Fermenton.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTWizendell or Galvenport, but it is very good for what the villagers need.]]>argena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/holfirth-province/basilham.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Basilham.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/holfirth-province/ankheg-grove.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Holfirth Province/Ankheg Grove.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/larenthian-alliance/provinces/espwynstead.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Larenthian Alliance/Provinces/Espwynstead.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/falstor/the-kingdom-of-falstor.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Falstor/The Kingdom of Falstor.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/falstor/historical-events/the-great-purge-of-dalonstor.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Falstor/Historical Events/The Great Purge of Dalonstor.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/falstor/marais.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Falstor/Marais.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTargena/chandaria/nations/falstor/falstor.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Nations/Falstor/Falstor.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMTChandaria. Games are played in taverns, castle keeps, and hovels alike throughout the land. The popularity of games has also led to the rise of gambling. Gambling often happens in taverns, but it can also happen in more private areas too. Gambling however, is not legal across all of Chandaria, with areas such as Luminespore Hollow in the Larenthian Alliance, and Marrisburg in Falstor outlawing gambling.
Common games across Chandaria include Fiendish Fortune, 3 Die Divination, and Scurvy Knave.
Fiendish Fortune is a card game that originated among the dwarves in the mines of Essaheim. When playing the game, those who were very good at it were said to have struck a deal with a devil to have luck that rivalled that of Lucite. Fiendish Fortune involves both players placing down an equal ante. Once the antes are placed, each player draws three cards. This is simulated by the player rolling 3d6. The ranking of hands is as follows: Three of a kind (Highest) Straight Flush (All even or all odd) Pair High Card (Lowest) The player can place into the pot an additional amount of money equal to their ante to redraw (reroll) one card. The player with the higher hand wins all the money in the pot.
This game originated in the halls of the Grand Halls of Spellhaven. It actually originated as an exercise in the Divination schools to teach students how to do simple prediction. Students then took the game and began spreading it on the streets in cities across Chandaria, introducing the gambling aspect of the game. The player bets any amount, chooses a number between 1 and 6. The dealer then rolls 3d6. If one die matches the player's number, they get their money back plus an equal amount. If two dice match the player's number, they get their money back plus double the amount. If three dice match the player's number, they get their money back plus triple the amount. And if none of the dice match, the dealer keeps the player's money.
Scurvy Knave isn't as popular as the other two games, and is usually only played in gambling houses and casinos. It comes from the royal courts of No'zaral. The term "Scurvy Knave" referred to the flamboyant jesters who would challenge people in this game and take all of their money.
Scurvy Knave is a card game played with a 52 card deck. It involves a dealer and between 1 and 4 players. The game is played exactly like real-life Blackjack. ]]>argena/chandaria/games.htmlArgena/Chandaria/Games.mdMon, 27 May 2024 19:18:19 GMT