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Lore

History of Esterria

Magic

In the Beginning, Wild Magic was the only magic. It was powerful but often destructive and unweildy. Some of the gods worked to bind elements of magic to symbols, movements and words, making it easier to use and wield, but at the cost of some of the power of magic. Other gods opposed the binding, not wanting the power of wild magic constrained in this way. If you were not powerful enough to wield wild magic, you did not deserve to wield magic.

The God Wars

The Gods went to war with eachother on the Material Plane, causing a lot of collateral damage. The continent was shattered, seas rose and fell in great waves, mountains erupted and life was created and destroyed. They eventually called a truce, and agreed to leave the Material Plane and form their own. Many gods still have influence in the Material Plane, though it is much weaker than when they lived there.

The Gods

  • Arhan the Weaver - God of Life
  • Ales of the Fells - God of Nature
  • Resya, the Howling Lord - God of Storms
  • Sielach of the Rift - God of War
  • Asteus of the Wilderness - God of Exiles
  • Zielah, Duke of Runes - God of Knowledge
  • Lolth, Queen of Spiders - Goddess of Abyss

Myths

It's rumoured that:

  • The golden Moon in the sky is rumoured to have been crafted by Dwarves as a tribute to their ancient god, who died in the God Wars
  • All cats are agents of the Trickster God
  • A vast dungeon lies beneath Rampart Fell
  • There was once a God of Death
  • The Queen has a secret army of War Golems
  • Something is murdering the forest druids
  • The Writing Swamp is growing and the creatures that lurk there are wandering further