Lore (Campaign Setting)

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This thread will contain the lore of the campaign setting. As items are added, their subject matter will be added to the list below.

1. Creation, as researched by the Church of Truth and Wisdom
2. Mage Colleges of Antillan

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In the before, there was only the Void and the Entity. The Void was vast and endless, and within it there existed only the Entity, a perfect being of all that is, was and ever would be.

The entity shattered, and from it sprung all that is into the void. The planes, the heavenly bodies, and all major powers in the verses were created in this shattering. Afterwords, there was time and space, and the void and the entity were no more.

The six greatest forces resulting from the shattering came to be the six old gods.

• Yana came to first, and she was pure and honest, and thus good entered the void.
  
• Dele followed, his being the will of darkness and deception. He brought with him evil.
  
• Inin came next and with her came swirling entropy and disorder, hence she was chaos.
  
• Moso was fourth. With him came predictability, law, and sequence. He was order.
  
• Lidi was fifth, and she made the universe breath and feel, and so she made life.
  
• Buru came last, and as he was last so did he create destruction and end, and so brought death.

The old gods removed themselves to the parts of the verses that most suited them, and molded for themselves their own planes and created beings to follow them and do their will. The old gods rarely interacted with each other, having no common ground. to rememdy this, it was decided that the gods should all grant some part of themselves to the creation of a second generation of gods. This was the creation of the New Gods.

• Of Yana and Lidi came Payanna, goddess of wisdom and truth.
  
• Of Yana and Buru came Colsen, god of survival and the hunt.
  
• Of Yana and Moso came Relenox, god of honor and justice.
  
• Of Yana and Inin came Helen, goddess of pleasure and reward.
  
• Of Inin and Buru came Golec, god of riot and bloodlust.
  
• Of Inin and Lidi came Bebai, goddess of innocence and youth.
  
• Of Inin and Dele came Alani, goddess of deception and performance.
  
• Of Lidi and Dele came Deleck, god of ambition and greed.
  
• Of Lidi and Moso came Rallip, god of magic and knowledge.
  
• Of Buru and Moso came Wixen, god of strategy and tactics.
  
• Of Buru and Dele came Gonuk, god of hate and fear.
  
• Of Dele and Moso came Cere, god of torture and punishment.
  

The New Gods were directed to create followers on a single plane, and make them mortal, so that they might choose their own destinies.

The New Gods first made this plane hospitable for mortals, creating the world within it a living place with diverse flora and fauna, in land and sea. The creation of this complex world took a part of each of the new gods, and created an unexpected addition to the Pantheon. The world itself gave birth to the gods of Nature.

• Toron, the god of Nature (sea)
  
• Maya the goddess of Nature (land)

The New gods then peopled the world with mortals.

Thus is the origin of Aldejor

*This is the most accurate and un-embellished version of the creation story that could be verified by the church of Payanna. Many other versions exist, with varying elements added, and rarely, some removed.

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Castigan's School of Wizardry

Motto: "How do you practice Wizardy? Castigan, Castigan, Castigan!"

Castigan's is the largest and most popular mage school in Antillan. Founded several hundred years ago in Belton, there are schools in Belton, Entil-Bin and Galdarr, the seat of the school's dean moved to Entil-bin only 30 years ago, and the current dean is the Jallis Castigan, direct descendant of the school's founder.

While noble families pay large amounts to have their arcanely ungifted relatives learn only basic spell casting at Castigan's, the school offers select scholarships to those who show great promise. Beyond cantrips and first level Arcanum spells, the school guards its secrets closely. While some accuse the school of being a facade for fleecing noble families, many maintain that the staff of Castigan's and the dean in particular are actually extremely potent in the magic arts.


Moulderbon Academy

The Moulderbon Academy does not share the popularity and prestige of Castigan's, there is little doubt to its authenticity. The Academy resides in Entil-bin, and the campus is small. Enrollment is by invitation only, and the school does not hold demonstrations and events like Castigan's. While some are concerned about the secrecy of Moulderbon, the school boasts alumni in the royal family, and several powerful mages from the Red Sands war wore the schools colors in battle. Whether nefarious or just clandestine, Moulderbon Academy is untouchable.