Content Warning: Crux Umbra explores themes of existential dread, as well as survival and psychological horror. Many articles contain depictions of violence and moral ambiguity.

Crux Umbra The shattered Earth belongs to the shadows

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Earth is no longer the world of the living.

Thirty years ago, the mages burned it in their fury.

Now, the vampires reign supreme in blood and ash.

As for humanity?

What little remains is hunted through the ruins of a shattered world.

There is no hope for those who endure.

There is only the endless fight to survive.

To live is to suffer.

To resist is to die.

And to die is to feed the hunger of the tyrants.

 

Enter The Shadows

A Broken World
Generic article | Jun 4, 2025

The Age of Ash and Blood has reshaped the world into a nightmarish shadow. The world is bleeding, and the hunt for salvation has only just begun.

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Magic

 
The Veins of Reality
Physical / Metaphysical Law | Jun 4, 2025

Magic once flowed like a river through the world, a force of wonder and possibility. Now, in the Age of Ash and Blood, it is an unpredictable curse.

 

The Mages

 
Mystics Unbound
Profession | Jul 3, 2025

Once, mages shaped the world with their power. Now, broken and scattered, they are shadows of their former selves, their magic a curse that echoes through the ruins.

The Immortals

 
The Cursed Eternals
Species | Jun 20, 2025

Born from ancient bloodlines, vampires once ruled with unmatched power. Now, they cling to what little remains of their former might.

 

The Survivors

 
Those Who Remain
Generic article | Jun 1, 2025

In the ashes of a fallen world, humanity endures- scarred and redefined. These survivors are something new, forged in ruin and bound by humanity's sickness: hope.





 

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To see Tyrdal breathe life into the world of Crux Umbra with this prose is something that will stay with me forever. His words always carry weight, and the way they capture the spirit of the Survivors means more to me than I can say. This is one of the moments I’m proudest of since joining World Anvil.

Thank you for this, my friend!

A reavers due
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Novel Intro

Prologue
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You don’t notice the breaking while it happens. You just wake up one day, and the world is no longer there..

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