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[Ardent Debater]

Magic requires the magic user to speak words of power from the language of creation, and use their soul's energy to give the word power. These words of power allow the magic user to impose his will upon and command reality, temporarily bending or disregarding the laws of physics to cause an effect in accordance with the word of power spoken, or a "spell" in layman's terms. By speaking several words of power, the effect is changed in accordance to those words of power. A magic user's state of mind, grammar, pronunciation, and accent all influence the spell's result.

For example, Bob the Wizard wants to cast a fire ball spell, so Bob speaks in the language of creation, "FIRE-BALL-THROW", depending on Bob's discipline, enunciation, and intent, the spell could fizzle out, summon and throw a fire ball, summon and throw dozens of fire balls, summon and throw one enormous fire ball, or light Bob on fire. When casting a spell, the magic user must use his soul as fuel for the language of creation, to give the words the power to command reality.

The soul is layered, made up of the consciousness, memories, personality, emotions, and thoughts of the magic user, in that order. When a magic user casts a spell, their mind essentially dissolves a part of itself to power the spell. At first, the magic user only loses the thought that went into the spell, but if they continue, they'll begin to lose their emotions, personality, memories, and eventually, consciousness, suffering total oblivion.

The loss of a magic user's thoughts and emotions can be easily replenished with enough rest and meditation, but damage to their personality, memories, and consciousness is either permanent, or requires a herculean effort to repair.

Wizards are those who learned some of the words of the language of creation and how to channel them in spells themselves. Sorcerers are those who made a pact with a supernatural entity, allowing it to graft a part of its soul onto the Sorceror's, giving them highly specific magical powers with no need of knowledge or technique to apply, in exchange for the Sorceror's soul upon death, lifelong mortal servitude, or the completion of a favor of some kind.

[Tyrant Leviathan]

Elfs or Elven kind are said to be descended from the Stars themselves. As they live in high elevation areas in wood lands. To be close to the sky and nature which they love. Said Elves are typically 7 to 9 feet tall at full maturity. Hair and eye color variants but always white, pink, or tan.


They are gifted in magic and have life spans to almost four hundred years old. As a society they keep to themselves unless provoked. Ironically due to that the Elven military and religion go hand and hand sonif a enemy is to be made. It is a permanent enemy to the Elven people.

They prefer light armor for mobility. As far as weapons are concerned, anything they can get their hands on and if not that. Said hands or improvised weaponry.

Despite being elves. These guys are not tree huggers. And society is male ruled monarchy.

Lastly they tend to have low birth rates but make up in life span and having super human stats. They can interbreed as well.


Aside all that also have habit of collecting exotic beasts for many uses. As they seem to have empathy for such life forms.

[Draignean]

Spoiler: Cathex (click to show/hide)

Cathex is a term for a wizard that, for one reason or another, preys upon the souls of other individuals in order to fuel their own power. This predation may be relatively benign (Anorite Dream-Thieves), wholly malicious (Disciples of Ur), or even done with beneficial intent (Animus Surgeons), but it universally involves the Cathex removing some component of the victim's soul. Different terms have been made to describe more specific forms of harvest, but these words vary wildly between regions and all fall beneath the umbrella of Cathex.

Siphoning pieces of another's soul requires great mental fortitude on the part of the Cathex, as grafting the taken soul onto their own risks the very fabric of their own being. A careless or weak willed Cathex risks corrupting their own memories, fracturing their psyche, and destabilizing the tenuous metaphysical forces that bind their soul together.

Moreover, excising any portion of an intelligent creature's soul without them realizing is a delicate and complex process, requiring constant focus and unwavering precision. Of course, for the more violent Cathex, rending the soul merely requires might and a few specialized tools.

Whether taken through brutish force, subtle theft, or even voluntary surgery, any power gained is lost over time- even if not used to fuel magical art. The more cleanly a piece of soul is taken, the longer it lasts. A stolen dream can last for a month, while the Defiance that the Disciples of Ur so enjoy literally tearing from their victims may only last a few days. Animus Surgeons of the Crystal Academy claim that this time period can be extended to nearly a year if the host soul is sufficiently compatible, but they are loath to release their research.

Spoiler: The Travelers (click to show/hide)

Facts about the Travelers are remarkably scarce, considering the relative frequency with which they are sighted (As opposed to similarly poorly-understood creatures, like the Wrens of Kel or the Silver horses of Arath-Dumel), and their seemingly universal distribution. There are many rumors about the Travelers, and they frequently play a role in stories from both ancient and modern times, but these both seem to contribute more fiction than fact. What is known consists of simple details that provide description, but little insight into who, or what, the Travelers are.

Travelers are so named because they show up the gates of a town or on the road to a village just as any normal traveler would. They appear equipped for their journey, with waterskins and foodbags about their person, and dress as the weather would demand. An interesting note here is that a Traveler will never appear to be wet, and will never appear during a storm, though they have been observed to appear immediately after.

On arrival at their destination village, town, or city, a Traveler will seek out a specific individual. Other than an unwavering certainty that their target is among the populace and the ability instantly recognize the face of their target, they do not seem to have any special ability to seek their mark. They will lie about their reason for seeking said individual in all cases, and a Traveler will never voluntarily reveal their true nature.

When they find their target, a Traveler will take the individual aside and relay a short message. Sometimes these messages are cryptic, other times they're completely straightforward, but they universally betray a foreknowledge of events more accurate than any known technique of divination. Men have found buried treasure, inadvertently enabled and thwarted assassinations, made unexpected friends, been laid at the mercy of their enemies, and accidentally become part of great quests, all by acting on the information given by a Traveler.

After relaying the message, a Traveler will abruptly burst apart into dozens of sheets of colorful paper that will scatter of their own accord. All efforts to track these sheets back to some kind of source have met with unilateral failure.

[Ardent Debater]

The world doesn't have an ordinary day/night cycle, rather, the empty sky is lit and darkened in a twenty-four hour cycle. There is no sun and no moons, just clouds as far as the eye can see.

[micelus]

Spoiler:  An excerpt of the University of Dorasav's monthly paper (click to show/hide)

It is known that every living thing has a soul and it is the soul that allows organisms to make use of magic. A more developed soul naturally leads to a better command of the 'Language of Creation'. This has been understood by magically-inclined philosophers for centuries.

However, it is only recently that scholars have begun linking together souls with the science (or art, depending on the practitioner) of Animation, the creation of living beings from inanimate objects. Animation as we know, is an ancient craft, forming the backbone of the civilised societies which live along the coasts of the Grey Sea. Without such creations, we would be reduced to living like the barbarians of the north and south, who must enslave their own fellows to get by, or isolate themselves like the elven realms. That such an important discovery has taken so long only emphasises the fact that understanding why something happens is just as important as to being able to do something, a fact which is sadly lost on thehe Tulips and their idiotic ways.

I digress however. It has recently been discovered that all objects have souls, rather than only living beings. Faint, tiny and lacking in some components, some scholars prefer to call these souls protosouls , soulseeds, aether, stone hearts or even elfeyes. Until a consensus has been reached, I will continue to call these particles souls. That said, the soul of the inanimate differs greatly from the animate. Whereas a living soul is in constant movement and can be filtrated into a blue liquid, an inanimate soul does not move at all and cannot be condensed into liquid. It is only with the animation of the soul that it is converted into an animate soul that can be used for whatever purpose the artistan desires. Oddly enough, once animated, the process cannot be reversed, or at least such a way has not been invented. Indeed, even if a golem should be dismantled and its components smashed, each fragment still contains an animated soul, although much smaller than the original.

While interesting, this discovery only raises further questions. Why does this occur? Can an animated rock be considered to be alive? Does this have any relation to birth of treants and other natural automatons? Can a golem be made to Speak the Language?

Given enough time and funding, our University will surely be able to answer these questions and others that will arise. Should funding however remain as it is, our Republic may one day find itself behind the other realms of the civilised worlds, those that have wisely invested in their people's intelligensia. After all, a scholar who must beg has less time to study if he must ply the churches for bread and bed.

-Caron Folstarb, Lecturer of the Imperial College of the University of Dorasav,,