Category Archives: History
History 05: The First Empires, Part 1: Altaera
In the aftermath of the cult wars and the gods’ nonintervention pact, humankind was left to its own devices. The god-empowered leaders of the previous age had all fallen or stepped down to serve their deities in other ways. This … Continue reading
History 04: The Cult Wars and the Gods’ Pact
Death’s offer of an afterlife—the first of its kind—helped spread her worship throughout the known world. Likewise, Vrin gih Dha’s healers and seers found their followings everywhere, and the Lady of Knowledge’s teachers and scribes were employed by courts within … Continue reading
History 03: The Awakening of the Gods
Vrin gih Dha’s rise to power set many events in motion, but none more world-shaking than the appearance of five new gods. Though their cults began in five disparate places, all originated in centers of human community within the wider … Continue reading
History 02: The Torch of Truth and Freedom, Part 2
In the wake of Vrin gih Dha’s death or disappearance, her children and followers fled into the city beyond the amphitheater. Their ogre masters, blinded, were in too much of a disarray to have them pursued swiftly, and so they … Continue reading
History 02: The Torch of Truth and Freedom, Part 1
By the time the ogrish civilization grew beyond the boundaries of the Heartlands, the rest of the skinchangers had become suitably alarmed by their strength. Even more alarming was the speed at which humans procreated—for though many of the parent … Continue reading
History 01: The Ogre Dominion and the Birth of Humanity
In the aftermath of the wraiths’ withdrawal, the combined skinchanger, elemental and ogre forces found themselves uncertain how to proceed. They could no longer attack the wraith strongholds, but neither were they directly threatened, and in the pursuit of their … Continue reading
Cosmology 8: The Withdrawal of the Wraiths and the Struggle for the Grey
At the same time that the Ravager and Guardian were cursing Tirindai, the western skinchangers and elementals were pulling down the flagship Liunaitheia, which belonged to the aggressive captain Darcaniel. Unlike with other fallen ships, which had been knocked down … Continue reading
Cosmology 7: The Fourth Flight and the Thorn Curse
With the wraiths finally killable—at least in a manner that would stick for more than a few days—the skinchangers and beast-spirits decided to press their advantage. Though the beast-spirits had lost much of their connection to their children, they could … Continue reading
Cosmology 6: The Wraith War, the Mask and the Breach of the Grey
The war against the wraiths came in seasonal waves, for the upheaval of the weather took decades to abate. In late spring and throughout the summer and autumn, skinchangers of all clans would harry the wraith towers, shattering or imprisoning … Continue reading
The War of Memory Project 