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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
Gheshvan Alphabet
Since I was working on the numbers, I figured I should do some words in Gheshvan. But since Gheshvan is technically a pictographic language, that would mean thinking up a lot of little pictures…and I haven’t had brain enough for … 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
Updates and some world art.
Been lacking in updates recently, I know. Trying to adjust to new work schedule. Book 3 is paused at the first section of chapter 11. Book 1 is being re-edited for informational content–currently chapters 1 and (the rebuilt version of … Continue reading
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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
