[A picture of a wizard putting a worm on a fishing hook using magic.]
C is for Caster, a general term, from men who cast magic to those who fish with a worm.
-Sally Rider’s ABCs...
2024-06-07 03:41:52 +0000 UTC View PostMany people say many things about Tal of Storms. Some can say that he was a great hero, others a monster.
Foreword of Tallen Elmheart A Biography by Rail Dahnchild
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“Congratulations,...
In this biography, I will not try to paint him in any light bu the truth, but here in the foreword I will say this:
When that young mage looked at me, and offered to help me, I saw that he genuinely cared about me and my friend...
When this author was a child, she was invited to join a burgeoning school in the then-nowhere town of Edgewater by a then-unknown mage. I almost declined.
Foreword of Tallen Elmheart A Biography by Rail Dahnchild
Few on Kaltis can say their life hasn’t been drastically altered for the better because of the deeds of Mage Tallen Elmheart. Fewer still can they boast that Tallen put them on the path to greatness—or at least out of the path of destituti...
2024-05-24 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post[A silhouette of a man laughing]
X is for Xoctule the shadowing figure, is he a god, or something much bigger? His wants are as unknown as his whereabouts, but of one thing there can be no doubts. The onr thing about Xoctule th...
[A comical picture of a werewolf standing upright after having stepped on a rake, the handle of which swung up to strike its snout.]
W is for werewolves, the lycanthrope cursed. Of Kaltis’ monsters I’d say they’re the wor...
[A picture of a coffin propped up against a wall, opened to reveal a clown.]
V is for vampires but have you no fear, for these creatures are myth, not real, it’s clear. They may sound scary and ready to bite, but they should ...
[A picture of a man shooting fire from his hands, with the flames forming a whispy dragon.]
S is for sorcerers, magicians by blood, they've been shunned and feared since after the Flood. From dragons, or gods, or fairies or mys...
[A picture of a mountaintop with a cutout showing the city of Hollow Peak within. Above the city floats a black orb symbolizing the Primordial of Space that resides there.]
P is for Primordias, the Fonts manifest in the realm. ...
[A picture of a stereotypical mage wearing a pointed had and colorful robe.]
M is for mage, a title of honor for wizards and mages but it's lost its significance through all of the ages. Once a title for the greatest of all, it...
[A painting of the classically styled images of Waas, Torc, Faust, and Aurial kneeling before a glowing white featureless figure depicting Oan]
G is for gods, the children of Oan, he made them before leaving for reaches unknown...
[An image of a starry sky filled with multicolored lights between the stars. The lights and stars form the shape of Kaltis.]
F is Fonts, the pillars of the reality, they embody the concepts from thinking to gravity. They starte...
[A picture of two dwarves dancing, with ribbons of stone flowing around them.]
E is for Earth primals, the dwarves call them Stoneweavers. These primals are made of Torc’s most devote believers.
-Sally Riderâ€...
[A gold dragon and a red dragon fighting in the sky.]
D is for dragon, the first children of the gods, but their connection to Faust placed them at odds. The power of the betrayer corrupted their minds, and to preserve all the ...
[A picture of lightning striking the tip of an island mountain in a storm.]
B is for Bond primals from the Iron Vein isle so remote, they share their home with a breed of Bond primal goat. The tribe is a strong noble warrior fo...
[A picture of two children holding hands and flying in a bright blue sky]
A is for Air primals who soar through the skies, they hail from Revan the castle that flies
-Sally Rider’s ABCs of Magic
With great care and an equalization of pressure, it is possible to pierce the membrane of a bubble to gain access to its contents. Likewise, pocket realms—and the Material Realm itself—can be accessed from beings beyond our Realms. The mem...
2024-04-08 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Faust’s influence originally began to corrupt the dragons, shortly after their births, the dragons fled to the far reaches of the world to protect the Illusian races from their newfound covetous desires. Many dragons returned to the wor...
2024-04-05 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIf the Material Realm were a bubble, pocket realms could be thought to be smaller bubbles clinging to its side. Their contents are separate from the larger bubble, but made of the same air. As they are separated from the environment beyond, th...
2024-04-01 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dahn, or Tower in Torcish, was the first proof we had that extra-dimensional spaces. The ensouled artifact was created by the silver dragon Tomvian as a place to facilitate education and the pursuit of knowledge. Tomvian was a white dragon...
2024-03-29 11:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostPrior to the first dragon war, extra dimensional spaces were objects of theory. Even the Spacial master of the Hollow Peak, formerly know as Altian, could only compress space, never create it. Their crowning achievement, the hollowed out mount...
2024-03-22 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dahn surfaced in the early days of the Last Dragon War after being discovered and Bonded by Daulf Dragon Slayer, Chosen of Illunia. Since then, largely theorized to be due to the events of the war itself, pocket realms of more varieties ha...
2024-03-22 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt was long theorized that extradimensional spaces, also known as pocket realms, could be created using the power of the Fonts. The Fonts, after all, where used by the gods to create the Realm as we know it and the Illusian races had full acce...
2024-03-18 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post[The king disembarks a carriage in the drive of the country estate and bursts through the front doors. On seeing the interior of the renovated country estate, he falls to his knees and weeps.]
Handmaiden: Is it not to your liki...
The King: Send my wife away, to the country. How can she die in her room if she is not there?
The Seer: Distance is a flimsy shield against the power of fate.
The King: Then we shall burn down the royal suites. ...
The King: Then we shall send her away. No
tragedy can occur in the royal suites if the queen is not in them.
Court Seer: Majesty, I have told you before, but I must remind you again. Once seen, the future ...
[The king’s private chambers]
The Court Seer burst into the room while the king reads at his desk.
Court Seer: Your majesty! The future has been revealed to my eyes and in it I have seen a tragedy. <...
Here lies a king, broken of heart and of spirit.
With power over all, he presumed his dominion expanded over time itself.
When mortal trifle with what even gods avoid, only tragedy can follow.
To...
Bilieth and Erebog, while tolerated, were not loved. Not approached to make a race of their own, they performed experiments in secret to uncover the missing piece of creation. They created many horrors in their pursuit before realizing their g...
2024-02-23 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post