Explorer's Guide to Vreathe

Kingdom of humans in Central Vreathe. The Capital of this city is Holy Semmitra, a massive city which surrounds the World Tree and has existed since the Golden Age. This kingdom is dynastic and has been around for many tens of thousands of years. In ancient times, they had an empire that stretched from the Frozen North to the Southern Deserts. In current times, their kingdom is greatly diminished.

A collection of seven elven kingdoms in Northern Vreathe, consisting of Faeon, Terrask, Ordland, Mire, Neldland and Shinea. The Elves of this region call themselves Golden Elves or Sun Elves. Their kingdoms are among the richest and most elegant across the world. I'd be cautious if you attempt to travel there as a human, since they are treated like second class citizens at best, and like pets and objects at worst.

Alluth is an area of deserts, mountains, and some tropical forests. Mainly humans live there with some Lamia and other fey scattered around. The Alluthians practice a different religion from other humans and worship the moon. They also worship a living saint, someone with the Moon Trace.

Populated by a variety of fey known as the Inakans. Their lands are mostly barren of plant life but are resource rich. Recently the various tribes of the Inakans united and they declared war on the rest of the world. Most of Western Vreathe has fallen to them over the last thirty years.

Mana can be used to conjure and convert energy and matter, but it is mostly bound by the laws of nature. An understanding of how the chemical elements interact with each other and the world around is necessary to cast magic.

Aether is the leftover primordial energy of the Gods that left Vreathe long ago. It can still be evoked by knowing and reciting the true nature of the old gods, or by finding it locked deep beneath the ground in magic crystals. Aether ignores every aspect of the natural world and can be used to cast terrifyingly powerful spells.

The history of Vreathe is dominated by the elder god Tarcur manipulating and deceiving gods and men alike in his attempts to destroy Meliheal, the World Tree. After the War in Heaven that imprisoned and scattered most of the elder gods, there was only the Tetrad left. Alom, Yanneth, and Nora continued to tend to Meliheal and they were protectors of the Golden Ones. Tarcur then tried attacking Vreathe to destroy the Golden Ones, but was beaten back when half of his fourteen dragon lords betrayed him and joined the other gods. Tarcur went into hiding for the rest of the Golden Age, building up his forces until he could challenge the others, but he could never match their power.

When the Silver Race walked out of the tree and the Silver Age started, Tarcur approached them as a friend, teaching them powerful magics. The Silver Race built a technological society and built machines so advanced they could reach the stars. They also became incredibly arrogant, even challenging the gods and sometimes defeating them.

This arrogance later resulted in the Silver Race nearly destroying itself and in a Cataclysm that forever altered their being. He was finally cast out of Vreathe during this Age and imprisoned on the Lesser Moon Nodan. The gods Alom and Yanneth trapping themselves with him to forever watch over his prison. They bodies eventually became part of the moon.

With most of the Elder Gods gone, the Bronze Age was mostly about their children, the Younger Gods, all carving a piece of Vreathe of their own to rule over. They were tyrannical, petty, and cruel, with tens of thousands of years of war governing everything they did. To ensure their rule was never challenged, they used the Orcs and other races to subjugate humans and elves.

Towards the end of the age, the Goddess of the Greater Moon, Kalbeth, gifted a human king a Javelin made of pure mythril. This weapon was so powerful it could kill a divine being. This javelin started a long war between the Gods and Humans. The Bronze Age Ended with a great Ice Age, and the sacrifice of Nora, the last Elder God. She used her power to create a barrier around Vreathe that prevented any god from ever interfering with the world again.

The Iron Age now started. At the beginning of this age, the world was thawing and the newly reborn Saint Nora was guiding humans. Her seven descendants each went to start their own kingdom, and most of the history of this Age is about these kingdoms. Despite being imprisoned, Tarcur has been slowly influencing the world during this time. He has been using his great power to slowly influence the orbit of the Lesser Moon Nodan, causing the small world to plummet towards Vreathe. Something happened roughly twenty years ago that no one though was possible. The outer layer of the world peeled, like an onion, dust and rock being scattered across the sky. As the years press on and the lesser moon approaches closer to Vreathe, more layers are shed and more pieces of the Elder Gods Alom and Yanneth are spread across the sky. As the moon gets closer to breaking completely, the closer we get to Tarcur's prison being broken.

The current conflict in the world involves a large nation of Elven zealots from the west. Someone claiming to be a prophet is taking advantage of a group of elves called the Inakans, of the Iruakint. Their entire land was dried out and frozen during the Ice Age. This prophet approached them with knowledge of magic and technology, turning them into the most advanced civilization on Vreathe. In return, he convinced them to conquer the world and hunt down the remaining members of the Gold Race. The Inakans are now spreading across the world, conquering nation after nation, with very little getting in their way. As they get closer to completing their goal of ending the Golden Ones, Tarcur gets closer to breaking free of his prison. The End of All Things gets closer...

During the Silver Age, humans were at the peak of their technological development. They were capable of building great ships that could reach the stars and land on other worlds. They have weapons with such power that they could kill the Dragon Lords and challenge the Gods. After the Cataclysm, the Younger Gods decided that technology should be regulated, a job they gave to the Orcs.

The Orcs of Veracrul roamed Vreathe on their massive city sized airships. They would wipe out entire kingdoms for advancing their technology too far. For most of the Bronze Age, society never advanced further than the smelting of iron. After the mythical Javelin brought down their mightiest city and killed their god, the Orcs became scattered and couldn't enforce their law any more. The last few thousand years of the Bronze age was marked by numerous kingdoms rising and falling, advancing and regressing technology at a rapid pace until the ice age froze everything over.