Cezorans

“Where others pray for light, we build it.” — Cezoran proverb

Overview

The Cezorans are the inventors, sailors, and scholars who forged the modern age.
Descendants of western settlers hardened by storms and ingenuity, they built an empire of Mana-Tech and faith, blending devotion to the Lifestar with relentless scientific progress.
From the glittering spires of Leolin Bay to the swamp-shadowed borders of The Dead Mere, Cezorus stands as both beacon and warning: a nation where enlightenment and control walk hand in hand.

Appearance & Physiology

Cezorans are typically of medium build and height, their features shaped by a mixed maritime ancestry.
Skin ranges from olive to pale; hair from black through auburn to russet; eyes commonly hazel, grey, or pale blue that shimmer faintly under Manafield light.
Their exposure to Mana-saturated environments gives many a subtle radiance or faint warmth to the touch, though chronic exposure can cause Mana fatigue — a trembling illness treated by Church-licensed physicians.

Culture & Society

Cezoran culture prizes discipline, intellect, and invention.
Cities are ordered by guild hierarchy: artisans, Conduits, soldiers, and bureaucrats bound by civic oaths.
Social advancement comes through mastery — of craft, trade, or theology.

Cezorans view exploration as both duty and profit. Expeditions into foreign lands serve the Leolin Academium, whose discoveries feed directly into the Mana-Forge Guilds.
Education is universal, though truth is not: Church doctrine limits what may be publicly taught of the Leylines’ deeper nature.

Family structures lean patriarchal but pragmatic; adoption of promising apprentices is common, often carrying equal social weight to bloodline.

Magic & Leyline Affinity

Cezorans have the strongest institutional relationship with the Leylines in the known world.
They founded the Mana-Forge and discovered Mana as a radiation of Ley energy, engineering the Aether Matrices that underpin modern industry.

Though not inherently more “magical” than other humans, generations of proximity to Mana-Tech has given many subtle resonances.
True Conduits (Ley-Touched) are rare but highly prized; most are registered with the Church or State as assets of national interest.

Magic without license is punishable under the Aether Regulation Acts — a tension that defines Cezoran society’s balance between faith and progress.

Faith & Belief

Cezorus is both the heart of the Church of the Lifestar and its greatest heresy risk.
The average citizen attends weekly Lightmass, venerating the Lifestar as the source of order and illumination.
At the same time, secular scholars whisper of Mechanist and Lucidist heresies — philosophies claiming divinity lies in understanding the pattern of creation, not worshiping it.

Temples double as laboratories; sermons quote equations as scripture.
To Cezorans, faith is function: light must not only be prayed for, but generated.

Relations with Other Peoples

Traits

Industrial Discipline — Advantage on technical tasks under stress.
Faith in Function — Minor resistance to Leyline corruption when operating Mana-Tech.
Guild Bond — Advantage on negotiation or reputation rolls within craft circles.