Caerwyn

Currently in Caerwyn

The World of Caerwyn

The Raven King of Men, Before
Shall rise to claim the throne once more

— The Raven King (Old Children's Rhyme)

Legends tell of Old Caerwyn, where The Ancients built wonders, tamed the land, and created great beasts. Stories of glistening cities, strange magicks, nigh-unbelievable weapons still abound, eons after the Ruin that remade the world.

The Ruin... A war? A plague? Perhaps something more mysterious? Whatever it was, we know this: The One Chained in the Dark was freed from the space between planes and all of the Ancient's disappeared, save for five brave and powerful beings who ascended to godhood to lock away the dark creature they had freed.

The Five, godly beings that created our world from the ashes of the old, creating the new Peoples and blessing us with the Magick that permeates our world.

Tens of thousands of years have passed and the world of Caerwyn has blossomed, though not at all to it's former glory. Great pockets of civilization dot a landscape of monsters and beasts. Old empires fall, making way for new ones.

Now nearly 200 years past the end of the Last Great War and the land has entered a golden age. The High King and his descendants rule from the city of Eclin's Fall and trade flows from the islands of Doveport and Claethorpes.

Magic, once wild and primal, has become a matter of study and practice. Arcane items improve the living conditions of the Common folk and the discovery of Arcanium has fueled a minor industrial revolution in many cities.

The Royal Armies are strong, but rumors of strange beasts from the north spread throughout the Empire. And now tales that an Ancient magic may be returning and places of Ancient power are begin discovered across Caerwyn. Hushed voices whisper in the dark of the Raven King.

The Middle Empire, and with it peace, hold - but for how long?