Dragon Overlord

Toriel is a land of monsters and magic, some of those monsters, living for thousands of years, have harnessed power beyond mortal comprehension.

And, the most noticeable and most beloved of those monsters are the dragon. The tales of which are only legends, their kind disappearing ages ago, but their heritage still survive and influence the world in many ways. Their corpses, scales, teeth claw, or whatever might be left of one of those creatures still carry incredible power.

The dragons in Toriel are gargantuan been, the shadow of a flying dragon could cover a whole city, and a big one, a flap of their wing could create hurricanes.

Dragons are an example of some, albeit rare, being that influence the world around them thanks to their very power, many lives depending on them, and most of those lives not even realizing it. But dragons aren't the only powerful being, from ancients vampires to elder elemental, those been can rival the power of the majestic dragon.

A Shared World

This is your world too, the story we tell in Toriel is thanks to the common work of both players and dungeon master, the story, epic moment, and fun memories wouldn't be achievable without the union of the two.

Ch.1 | Welcome to Toriel

Tana's Empire Races

Humans

“The dwarf is stoic. The elf is wise. The gnome is cunning. And humans? They can’t make up their mind, so they try to be all of these things at once.”

— Kessler, Sharn bard

No doubt humans are the most common in Toriel, from the tundra up north, to the vast desert to the south, they can be found in most locations. Most Humans live within Tana's Empire, the vast land to the west. Tana's empire has been mostly under human dominion. It was their adaptable nature and adventurous mindset that quickly led them to expand. Despite been one of the youngest races of the realm, and short-lived, they managed to survive and grow.

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By the time the great kingdoms of the elves and the mighty Dragonborn realized the violence that inevitably follows the humans, it was already too late. The eyes of the human leaders fell greedily on the prosperous lands of the elves and dragonborn. The Great Reunion had begun and humans were here to stay. Different tribal armies marched simultaneously west, and south; no land was safe. Unable to unite or react in time, the elven and dragonborn monarchs watched as human warriors swarmed and usurped their lands. The human race emerged victorious after years of bloodshed.

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In victory, they showed mercy to the elder races. They dismantled the elven kingdoms, pushing them deeper in the forests. They left some degree of freedom to the dragonborn, mostly to avoid any civil war. forcing them to accept a certain form of dominion. The humans would have stopped at nothing, if conflict from within had not forced their armies
to a halt. Having exterminated all the other kingdoms, the warlords turned against each other, each claiming
the High Throne that would later become the
Imperial Throne of Tana the one who managed to
unite the human and to claim the throne.

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Having shorter lives to live than the other races, their old hatreds have faded, and they are now more receptive to other races. But elves live long, and even if most are fine with the current reign, some rare still hold a grudge.

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Long before the era of the dragon, humans were incredibly developed, This is a time, that even the elf did partially forget. Back then, their greed for power was already overwhelming, driving them to experiment with forces beyond the limit of mortals. This is said to have caused their extinction, not only the humans, but most of the Living been on those land vanished, causing great change to Toriel, as the dragon and giant started to claim the lands, a war that would last century, and cause everyone one else to hide in hear. This is referred to as the Great Extinction.

Half-Elf

The offspring between elves and human is quite common, and half-elf started to appear during the great reunion.

Ch.2 | Races of Toriel

Sea Elves

The aquatic sea elves were not as affected by the great cataclysm, and even if their number were reduced, their isolation underwater protected them from the war opposing the dragon and the giant, that was taken to the land, where the giants were able to fight.

They are more common Near God's domain to the south, where the close underwater city welcomes them, and they can exchange with the local land-based population with ease.

Dark Elves (Drow)

The dark eves in Toriel are confined within the night island. When the great cataclysm struck the elves, a great number of elves on the night island survived. But the Cataclysm, partially magic in nature, had caused a change in the weave, and the survivors were not able to utilize the elven high magic anymore.

Their cities were destroyed, as the dragons and giants started to fight, forcing them to hide deep underground. Somehow, they were still crossing the path of blood craving dragon, always pushing them deeper, until they reached the Underdark. This dark places, at first hostile, was still not as bad as the outside world, and for a thousand-year, they were forced to adapt to this place.

Their skin growing dark at first, sensitive to light, but better adapted to the condition they had to live in, losing their hair color at the same occasion. Their darkvision improving, and slowly, they were able to build a new kingdom in the Underdark.

It is common knowledge that everything coming from the underground, is dangerous and hostile, every child learns that with the various stories he is told. Thanks to that teaching, drow are feared, their dark skin, and the knowledge of their homeland, make them a source of stories to make children cry.

Even other elves dislike the drow, due to their disconnection with high magic.

Due to their origin, and history, drow are one of the very few that were able to keep traces of history before the great cataclysm, but as the isolated, hated race they are, accessing this knowledge ain't an easy feat.

Shadar Kai

The shadar-kai, also called shadow fey, are the elves living in the shadowfell, when elves draw origin from the feywild, it is strange to see elves in a plane such as the shadowfell. The shadow fey are adapted to this environment, as they two spend ages in those lands. The reason driving them her is long forgotten, as shadar kai were there even before the great cataclysm.

The pallor of their skin, and their lack of apparent emotions, come from their adaptation to this plane. They serve the raven queen, their divinity, and their city was built around the great mountain at the top of which it is supposed to appear regularly. Their role, well known to interplanar travelers, was to ensure some form of balance in the plane that is the shadowfell.

Following their near extermination in an attempt to create a philosopher's stone by a vampire living nearby. They were reduced to a few dozen representatives of their species, and their large cities now erased from the map, they began to adopt a less sedentary lifestyle.

Since this incident, they are now sworn enemies of the vampires, and they dedicate their lives to ensure the balance of power with these so-called vampires.

Shadar-Kai name: Shadar Kai have a common naming habit, the first name followed by the last name which is generally extremely short, the two separate by an '

Example: Zealdrin’at, Tom’el, Nael’an

Dragonborns

The dragonborn, are not the children of the dragon, any who dare to make that mistake will have to fear their wrath. Dragonborn were created by the dragons, as slaves, and tools of war. When the dragons were going to the front, fighting the giants, the dragonborn were forced to create their armor, to prepare their spell component, to stitch the wounds of those coming back. And when you know the sheer size of a dragon, you know this is a task that was painfully long, and hard. Doing the tedious work the kobolds were too weak to achieve, but contrary to the kobold, the dragonborn were not thrilled by a life of enslavement. Unable to escape, they had to support this state until the end of the war.

When the great reunion started, human forces marched south, to the dragonborn territory, driving them to the desert. They were weak, ages of enslavement didn't lead them to any accomplishment, and the dragonborn leader realized there was only one way for his race to survive and prosper, and struck a deal with the Empire. They would surrender their lands and become members of Tana's empire, as long as they could govern themselves independently.

The human knew to agree and to keep their word, as an enemy that has nothing to lose is far more dangerous. And when the dragonbon and their land were fully indexed to Tana's empire, they kept a certain degree of freedom.

For years, the dragonborn were hated and feared, those who did survive during the era of dragon horrified by their draconic look. However, the hatred the dragonborn nourished toward the dragon was even stronger, in over only 2 generations, they managed to be accepted.

Having a lifespan similar to humans, the day where they were feared and rejected are forgotten. But one thing was carefully taught to young dragonborn, transmitted over the generation, a deep hatred for the dragons. Dragonborn share and transmit other important value in their society, concepts such as community, freedom and the ability to keep a promise is extremely valued among dragonborn.

Ch.2 | Races of Toriel

"Their breath weapon is quite the interesting ability, the way they expulse this power from their throat is a sight to behold. I can only imagine how terrifying dragons were."

—Arnold Vizier

Halflings

The great cataclysm affected the Halfling like most other races, a great deal of the population was annihilated, Forcing the Halfling back into a tribal state, no matter what was their ancient civilization. During the era of the dragons, they fell silent, hiding from the war.

Numerous tribes of halflings, spread around the lands during the dragon era, started to gather in a bigger tribe, forming town and city, soon joined by the gnomes and verdan, they took on a form of independence by declaring themself a kingdom, and grow into the civilized people we know now.

Shorter and weaker in stature than dwarves, halflings are a peaceful race, that tends to appreciate life as it comes. What most of these tiny folk seek in life is a place to settle in peace and with people they like and love. They enjoy good music, fine food, and a good laugh as often as possible.

This does not mean that this race shuns adventuring. Tales of halfling rogues or scholars, seeking ancient and hidden knowledge, are some of the most famous there are.

Unlike gnomes, however, they care little for jewels or inventions. halflings, after they lost most of their history during the great cataclysm, understood the importance of history, and bookkeeping. Halflings use the lore they gather to build impressive libraries on specific subjects. Within the countless volumes of these libraries lie the generations of knowledge pertaining to the halflings' passions, from cooking to brewing, bee keeping, and much more.

Halfling tends to call humans, elves, or whatever is a normal size "biggy", "stickman" and other fancy names, but on the other hand, halflings are so often called "Half men" that it becomes almost logical that such namecalling goes both ways. Halfling composes the vast majority of the population in the Lightfoot Land, where they share the lands with other small creatures such as gnomes and verdans.

Gnomes

Ingenious and full of energy, gnomes are considered to be distant descendants of the fey. Slightly shorter than the halfling, and with long pointy ears similar to the elves, this small-framed race compensates for the lack of muscle with ever working brains and a great aptitude for invention. Even though their inventions have a bad habit of blowing up, no one can stay mad at a gnome. Their cheerful attitude, curiosity, and humor put the gnomes among the most likely to have a good feast or a carefree dance.

Apart from their joyful side, they have created some of the most impressive mechanical wonders of Toriel. Some gnomes, in the elemental plane of air, managed to build flying ship, when other back on the material planes, made the prototype of flintlocks. Those inventions are all reputed to be results of gnomish brilliance, but the secret of their invention is kept within the Lightfoot land. If you are looking for a gnome in a populated city, you just have to wait for the explosion to guide your steps.

During the great cataclysm, gnome settlements were annihilated, similarly to the elves, they were almost entirely killed, thankfully, some tribes, in the feywild, came back to the material plane, and new tribes of gnomes could grow, hiding from the dragons.

During that era, the gnomes were those discovering the Dragonite, and its fairly explosif use, their ingenious minds hatching a plan to win against the dragon. But as expected, this attempt was short-lived, the gnome considered as an ally of the giant were hunted down by the dragon and their followers, forced to seek shelter among the halfling.

Since the union of halfling, gnome, and verdan under the common banner of the Lightfoot Land, they keep on creating new wanders, work of mechanical art. Activating those inventions with a mix of magic and mechanical engineering.

Ch.2 | Races of Toriel

Verdans

Standing at various sizes, the verdan are often mistaken for goblin or small green half-elf. Far from the elder races, verdan are a recent natural creation. The goblin, known as the highly adapting monsters they are, drifted from the Green earth at the end of the era of dragons, settling toward the east of the soon-to-be Lightfoot land.

Settling on the side of the eastern lake, they achieved the peaceful life they were looking for. When the gnomes and halfling united they joined the union.

But over the years, the Goblin changed, mutating at an incredible path, even for a goblin. By the time they joined the union with the gnome and halfling, their skin was turned the color of jade and their blood began to flow black. Soon after, their ears grew pointed, and they gained a limited form of telepathy.

Some think such event did occur due to the influence and powers of local dryads

Because the verdan have not dwelled long in the world, they are still discovering new things about themselves. Chief among these discoveries is that their physical forms change as they age, signifying that the mutative power of influencing them is not done with them. They soon learned that their kind were fated to eventually undergo a dramatic, painful, and random growth spurt that sees them transformed to hobgoblin size over a period of days.

At the same time, many verdan undergo changes in coloring as they age. Male verdan typically have little to no hair, while females sport shocks of wiry hair that they try to tame in a variety of styles. But the color of any verdan’s hair, skin, and eyes can transform from their original jade tones to pale white, deep ebon, or any other shade in between. A verdan’s ears also undergo numerous spontaneous alterations over their lifetime, from the typical range of point and peak seen among the elves, to huge ears that sweep back from the head like wings, and which are often pierced behind the head with a single ring to keep them from flapping about.

Without a cultural identity or memory of their own, the verdan quickly adopted the cultural practices of gnomes and halfling.

Ch.2 | Races of Toriel

Dwarves

Ancient and dauntless as the mountains they call home. Unlike the elves, the dwarves built their kingdoms deep within the eastern mountains of what is now the Frozen Kingdom. Adept with metalworking and jewel crafting, the dwarves created countless cities in the Mountains.

During the Great Cataclysm, Dwarves had the same fate as most other races, the vast majority of them were wiped from existence. the survivor barricaded themself within the fortresses of their cities, Knowing the human caused this cataclysm, they have grown to mistrust every other race.

The veins of mithril and gold were rich beneath these mountains and dwarven crafters quickly became extremely talented in those domains, keeping their art a secret. Their rich mines were not a secret, but few tried to fight the dwarves, as their army was strong, and their craftmanship was famous. During the time of need over the years, dwarven miners dug deep in the mountains, until they laid eyes upon a new metal which was impenetrable to the arrows; Adamantine.

With the discovery of Adamantine in 434 AD, the dwarven kingdom opened up to the outside world, trading the newfound mineral. With armor and weapons of impeccable craftsmanship, their product sold easily, and the dwarves grow closer to the people of the Lightfoot land and to the Goliath. Said Goliaths were the first that came when the dwarven kingdom opened up.

The goliath leader striking a deal with the dwarves, and securing the tundra up north. The dwarves, not using this land anyway, and having a mutual comprehension with the goliath looking for peace, easily agreed to their presence. Some older dwarves still think they would be better off alone, as they say, it is easier to move a mountain than a dwarf.

A recent lineage conflict with the royal family was yet another proof of the bad influence of other races on the dwarves, and many believe they should go back to total isolation. Dwarves are relatively long-lived and hard to work, Valuing community, their community, above all.

Dwarven blackpowder training. You have proficiency with Blackpowder weapons when you reach 3rd-level.

Goliaths

The Goliaths of Toriel are tall, daunting, yet peaceful people. Adapted to the coldest climates, the goliaths are rarely seen as they settle on land no one else would dare to go.

the history of goliath, during the great cataclysm, or before is unknown, as they have mostly oral traditions, but what we know is that they used to be part of the tribes in the green earth, but the constant fight and lute for power wasn't to their taste. They started to move, looking for a place to settle. The lands to the south were too hot for them, and after years as a wandering tribe, finally, they found the Dwarves.

Goliath being peaceful folk, and dwarves secluded folk, a mutual agreement closely emerged, the goliath would take the tundra, up north of the Frozen Kingdom, where they would settle without bothering the Dwarves. Ever since, most of the goliath live in those lands, traveling mostly to trade with the dwarves.

Ch.2 | Races of Toriel

Centaur

Centaurs are tall creatures, with the upper half of an elf, and the lower half of a horse. Those horselike creatures love wide spaces and the freedom to travel. As much as they can, centaurs run — in Green earth wild plains, Hot savanna, and verdant forest. They race the wind, hooves thundering and tails streaming behind them, and are the embodiment of freedom. The tribe, running with the wind for days on end, often end up crossing the frontier to the Lightfoot land, or sometimes even to Tana's empire.

Alignment. Centaurs are free creatures, generally refusing humanoid law, and as such are generally Chaotic.

When the great cataclysm happened, and rift from the feywild opened up for the nome and elves to go through, centaur tagged along, curious to explore the vast land of the material plains. Unlike elves or gnomes, centaurs are not descendent of the fey but are full-blown fey.

As such Centaurs sense the interconnectedness of the natural world. Thus, they celebrate family and community as microcosms of that greater connection. They have a strong clan identity.

They tend to have friendly relations with the elves and gnomes they meet, able to sense their fey heritage.

Goblin

Goblin occupy an uneasy place in a dangerous world, and they react by lashing out at any creatures they believe
they can bully. Cunning in battle and cruel in victory, goblins are fawning and servile in defeat.

Goblins know they are a weak, unsophisticated race
that can be easily dominated by bigger,smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures.
Their life are short, and as such, they seek to trap and
enslave any creatures they encounter, but they flee
from opposition that seems too daunting. For miles
around their lair, they employ pit traps, snares, and
nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting
patrols encounter other beings, they always look
for ways to capture their foes instead of killing
them.

Few goblins run up against the fringes of society, and the result varies greatly. Rare are those who manage to adapt to those kinds of places, as such, very little goblin can be found in tana's empire or the lightfoot land. Goblins are highly adaptative, as the verdan prove, and it is extremely hard to define common features for those creatures.

Everything, from their skin color to their average height and build change from a tribe to another.

Their endeavor made them known, they are known as weak creatures, but not to underestimate, as their weakness is only met by their cowardness. But the rare goblinoids found in cities are generally far from the standard expectation for those creatures.

Ch.2 | Races of Toriel

Orc

When the great cataclysm struck the orcs, the survivor had to seek help, and they found it with the demons. Orc, before the great cataclysm, Were closer in build to elves and were quite common among the cities of the ancient civilization. But, when they had to survive, and to struck deal with demons to survive, they were transformed, their memories erased, their form twisted and deformed by demonic power, their skin turning red.

With that newfound power, the orc survived the dark age of the dragon era with ease, but this power came at a cost, the peaceful orcs were turned into beasts of slaughter, seeking blood and destruction. Some orc learned the secrets of druidic magic from a dying dragon and were able to escape the demonic influence, other, kept on thriving in the savagery.

Two prominent groups of orcs have survived into the present age:

• The Red Fang are the red-skinned orcs, savage, brutal and powerful, those chaotic orcs dream of dying on the battlefield, and bathe in the blood of their enemies. Many believe their red skin is the result of those bloody combat. The Red Fang are servants of the demons and devote their life to the chaotic goal of demonkind.

• The Horse-Skull are the green-skinned orc, hunters in the hot savanna, they are known traders, even if still hostile to strangers at first sight, they are open to talking, an important skill for traders. In addition to their trading skill, their name come from a certain hatred of horse, they judge them weak, and unable to carry their proud warrior. The Horse-skull warriors and hunters have wyvern. Taming a wyvern is a right of passage to warriorhood in the horse skull culture. Those orcs keep the secret of their druidic heritage.

Orcs are seen as brutal, chaotic creatures, and are mistrusted by common folk in most civilized lands, a few manage to be seen in major cities, living a normal life, but they can't escape the people's judgment and racism.

Ch.2 | Races of Toriel

Leonin

Leonin, while mechanically different, is considered like Tabaxi in this setting, living among them, and considered as the same race.

Aasimar

Aasimar are heritage of celestial walking Toriel's land. More often than not, they're not the direct child of a celestial, but in their distant lineage. Sadly for them, they carry no visible mark of their heritage, and as such, receive the same treatment as any human.

Firbolg

Firbolg tribes cloister in remote forest strongholds, preferring to spend their days in quiet harmony with the woods. When provoked, firbolgs demonstrate formidable skills with weapons and druidic magic.

Firbolg inherit traits from the giant, with which they share a bloodline. As such, other creatures tend to hate or fear them, the dragon and giants have caused so much damage during the era of the dragons, most societies hold a grudge against anything representing one of the two.

Koblod

Shorter than a halfling but of similar build, this orange-skinned humanoid has a reptilian head with pointed, dog-like ears. In its hand it wields a dagger big enough to serve it like a short sword.

Ancient devotee of dragons, kobold still praise them and hope for their return. Intelligent and cunning, they lay tap to slay their foe as they often lack the physical strength to do so. Due to their praise to dragon kind, kobolds are hated by most people, even more by dragonborn, who were slaves to the dragon.

Simic Hybrid

Simic hybrid are incredibly rare, so much so that the number of simic hybrid existing is something you can count on your fingers. The creation of Emilis Emka, a halfling scientist, simic hybrid are the result of her experimentation on the creation of life and on the process of resurrection without the use of magic, or at least nothing past the weave already present in our surrounding.

Only one of her creations so far was deemed successful, but one of her past failures was, not known to her, not that much of a failure, and was brought to life with a relatively important delay.

Simic hybrid are rather horrific-looking, Eimlis Trying to improve humanoid ability during her experimentation, giving them twisted body. Their pale blue skin is almost semi-transparent, and some kind various deformation can grow as they age.

Age. Simic hybrid are born from dead human baby, the crude process brings them to life, but they age at an accelerated rate, especially in their childhood. They can grow from a baby to an adult in a few years. This process slows once they reach adulthood, but not by much, and a simic hybrid is cannot expect to live more than 15 years.

Tiefling

To be greeted with stares and whispers, to suffer violence and insult on the street, to see mistrust and fear in every eye: this is the lot of the tiefling. Tieflings know that this is because of more often than not ancient fiendish lineage, they are the living proof of the devils hiding among us.

Their appearance and their nature are not their fault. But those horns, tails, and tainted skin cause them to be accountable for the crime of their parents.

Slightly more common in major cities, where fiend lurking among humans, mating and creating tielfing are also more common.

Warforged

Warforged are formed from a blend of organic and inorganic materials. Root-like cords infused with alchemical fluids serve as their muscles, wrapped around a framework of steel, darkwood, or stone. Armored plates form a protective outer shell and reinforce joints. The precise materials and build of a warforged vary based on the purpose for which it was designed.

Warforged are living puppet, armored puppet that is, but still puppet. a warforged can arise in various circumstances, from armored puppet been in a zone of highly condensed weave, slowly infused by it and sparkling with a new life and a conscious of their own, or be the result of the transference of powerful wizard consciousness into a been of metal and wood. Often resulting in only a partial transfer.

Gnomes are to thanks for their body, as seen similar awakening happening to other kinds of object, they created this fabulous body. The creation of such a body is a work of art, taking years to complete, and gnome do not know the secret to creating life in the body they create yet.

Traces of older warforged have been found, from the first civilization, or at least they were named similarly and had the same core principle, even if the physical resemblance ain't striking.

Warforged, due to the process of creation, are incredibly rare, and as such, the common folk tends to mistrust them.

Others

Other races, like genasi, or Aarakocra are most common in other planes, like Aarakocra and the plane living in the elemental plane of air.

What about kenku, or tritons? there's a place for everything in Toriel, but it may not have been created yet, this world keeps on expanding with each player, with each idea brought to the table. And as such, don't hesitate to ask for more information about the race you're interested in, to complete this guide!

Barbarian

After the great cataclysm, many populations were on the edge of extinction, and with the era of dragons, those populations were forced to survive in the wilderness, forming relatively primitive tribes. During this time of despair, the gods were not the most helpfull, and many turned to the old way.

Knights

Paladin in Tana's empire receive a title of knight if they were not already part of a knighthood.

Rogue

Signaling for her companions to wait, a halfling creeps forward through the dungeon hall. She presses an ear to the door, then pulls out a set of tools and picks the lock in the blink of an eye. Then she disappears into the shadows as her fighter friend moves forward to kick the door open.

A human lurks in the shadows of an alley while his accomplice prepares for her part in the ambush. When their target — a notorious slaver — passes the alleyway, the accomplice cries out, the slaver comes to investigate, and the assassin’s blade cuts his throat before he can make a sound.

Suppressing a giggle, a gnome waggles her fingers and magically lifts the key ring from the guard’s belt. In a moment, the keys are in her hand, the cell door is open, and she and her companions are free to make their escape.

Rogues rely on skill, stealth, and their foes’ vulnerabilities to get the upper hand in any situation. They have a knack for finding the solution to just about any problem, demonstrating a resourcefulness and versatility that is the cornerstone of any successful adventuring party.

Ch.3 | Class of Toriel

Wild Magic

Of all the sorcerer bloodline, wild magic is the most common, as it reflects the chaotic infusion of magic by the surrounding weave at birth.

Pact with the devil

No matter the entity the warlock strike a deal with, it will be seen as evil and maleficent and called "the devil". Warlock are feared, misunderstood, and hated by most folk as they carry knowledge and power that shouldn't be in mankind's grasp.

Wizard

Clad in the silver robes that denote her station, an elf closes her eyes to shut out the distractions of the battlefield and begins her quiet chant. Fingers weaving in front of her, she completes her spell and launches a tiny bead of fire toward the enemy ranks, where it erupts into a conflagration that engulfs the soldiers.

Checking and rechecking his work, a human scribes an intricate magic circle in chalk on the bare stone floor, then sprinkles powdered iron along every line and graceful curve. When the circle is complete, he drones a long incantation. A hole opens in space inside the circle, bringing a whiff of brimstone from the otherworldly plane beyond.

Crouching on the floor in a dungeon intersection, a gnome tosses a handful of small bones inscribed with mystic symbols, muttering a few words of power over them. Closing his eyes to see the visions more clearly, he nods slowly, then opens his eyes and points down the passage to his left.

Wizards are supreme magic-users, defined and united as a class by the spells they cast. Drawing on the weave of magic ever-present in Toriel, wizards cast spells of explosive fire, arcing lightning, subtle deception, and brute-force mind control. Their magic conjures monsters from other planes of existence, glimpses the future, or turns slain foes into zombies. Their mightiest spells change one substance into another, call meteors down from the sky, or open portals to other worlds.

The main school of wizardry are taught in the various wizard academy across Toriel, each academy representing one of the main schools.

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Justice

Tana is a highly religious empire, its law dictated by the gods, and those who dare to go against the law go against the church itself. Immoral acts are punishable by law, and the sanction are based on ordinal.

The suspect has to prove the gods choose him, and therefore he isn't guilty. Thus, there are different tests of ordeal, such as:

• The hot water ordeal. The suspect must dip his hand in a basin of boiling water to retrieve a ring, if the wounds are in good condition three days later he is innocent.
• The cold water ordeal. The suspect is thrown, tied up, in a blessed/holy river, if he sinks, the holy water accepts it, and he is innocent (but may die because he is drowning), if he floats, he is guilty.
• The ordeal of bread and cheese. The accused alone must eat a whole banquet, if he vomits, he is guilty.

Despite the apparent cruelty of the system, the people are mostly satisfied with it. Believing it is god judgment, god can never be wrong.

There are also judicial duels, of course, this being generally chosen by nobles or knights (there is a market for champions to win judicial duels).

Honour

People of Tana's empire boast to be honorable combatant, but the humans, making for the majority of the population are not what one may describe as honorable, they are proud of what they achieved and eager for more yes, but honorable...

Tana's empire is highly religious, with the Waukeen church been the most important one, been respectable in front of the god is generally associated with honor. Therefore, despite relatively poor attempt, the people of tana do try they best to stay true to this common valor. The different churches generally transmit notions such as 'to be attentive to each other' and 'to act for the common good', helping to stir the people in the correct path.

Ch.4 | Realms of Toriel

Exchange

The exchange of goods and service is done thanks to the various merchant and is overlooked by either the church of Waukeen. The tendril of the church expanding all around the empire, controlling its economy, influence the value of goods. Tana's Empire is focused on trading, most of it being internal to the nation. The various taxes and fee merchant have to pay providing a stable base for the empire's wealth.

Supply and demand, this is thanks to that core principle that the value of something is defined. If people don't care for it and it's easy to make, it is cheap, if people want it, and it’s hard to get, it is valuable. This appreciation of value allows for price fluctuation over time.

Said prices are expressed in golden ecu, the common money. Tana was a pioneer to implement this common coin with the Lightfoot Land. The two, already long economic partners, teamed up in 642 AD to create this common money. Originally intended only for the two countries, its usage started to spread.

Soon ancient and new economic partners of both nations started to adopt the copper, silver, golden, and platinum ecu. In a few dozen years, the ecu was the common money all over Toriel, its use even spreading to outer planes.

Those Common coins referred to as ecu, the word quickly adopted many variants in local slang, from coins to pieces or even the common denomination of cp, sp, ep, gp, and pp. For centuries, the coins of each country, or even region were different, making it a hassle to deal with for traders and merchants alike.

Tana's empire's old coins bearing the head of their first emperor, and shaped into a circle. Mixing copper, silver, electrum, and gold coins.

This centralized money is produced by the gnomish bank. And they are the only ones mandated to create the ecu. Of course, counterfeit can be found, and it is said that gnomes are developing a system similar to the ancient civilization coins, testing with divination magic to identify the coins. This would make it much harder to counterfeit the coins.

As for the regulation of said money, it is handled mainly by the eastern trader's Alliance, the church of Waukeen holding a grudge against the alliance as they share the very little right of control over this money.

Traders and other entities can be a target of bandits and thieves, their pocket full of gold, or even platinum ecu, they take their money to the bank in escort group, but many lurk in the shadow, waiting for an opportunity to strike! The Banks spread through the empire are interconnected, under the common name of "Imperial bank". Layers of abjuration and divination magic protecting their vault, the money, and other valuable sealed in the bank are sent into an extradimensional space.

This important magic system allows banks of the empire to be connected. Therefore, an item you did put in the bank in Holypertuis, can be retrieved in Megima's bank for example.

With all those protection, very few are the successful robbery, the groups who try to take on such challenge need expertise in espionage, Divination, Conjuration, Abjuration, Planar traveling and Thievery, and such team is not commonly found.

The noble have to right to borrow a certain amount of money from those banks, the exact amount determined by the bank, depending on the relation between the bank and the noble.

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Regulation on planar traveling artifact

After a major incident in Holypertuis, breaking the portal linking it to the elemental planes, paralyzing a whole section of the economy for days. The Commerce of object related to planar traveling is now highly regulated

tax on wealth

In what is said to be a benevolent act of justice, the empire taxes the rich, at least those that aren't noble, a lot more than the hard-working common folk. Of course, this primarily serves an economical purpose and not a benevolent redistribution of wealth.

Plains

Tana's empire is large and vast, The verdant forest that once covered the horizon were burnt during the great reunion, the ash of the destructive path of humans making for fertile ground, on which generations would grow wheat, corns, and various other plants. Nowadays, the verdant plains stretch far beyond sight, the wind hurling and the grass shifting with it.

From the snowy and cold land to the north, northwest, to the wide green expanse to the south and southwest slowly turning into a rocky wasteland, and the large plains surrounding the capital holypertuis. Tana's empire is a landscape with many relatively flat green terrain to take advantage of.

Those spaces, fertile and wide are suitable for agriculture. The plains surrounding a village are always dedicated to the growth of the various group, feeding the locals.

Livestock are often wandering in enclosed fields, with relative freedom as their owner pay attention to hungry wolves coming in to steal his possession.

It is thanks to those wide fields and to those livestock that the cities have something to eat. The farmer and other peasants working in those fields making a living selling part of their production. Of course, like any other business, it is taxed, even more so as more often than not, a farmer ain't the owner of the land he is own; The ability to own land reserved to noble. The Third Estate 'mercifully’ allowed to stay.

Desert

The Vast sand-covered land to the south where lie the dragonborns are the only desert on the continent, the other one being on the remote night island. An equally as desertic place is the vast wasteland to the southwest, where next to nothing dares to dwell.

The southern desert, home of the dragonborn, is an ocean of sand, dangerous and rare monsters dwelling in those shifting dunes. While not suited for agriculture, the place still manages to hold numerous cities and people, mainly condensed on the upper part of the desert, closer the lush plains. The ability of dragonborn to survive in such environment contributes to their reputation as mighty and brave people.

The dragonborn in the region relly a lot on the local trading route, the most important connection to the sea is near the desert in one of their city. With such connection, they can easily use this opportunity to trade numerous goods and live mainly thanks to that.

Ionguale, the dragonborn city, is based on the largest oasis found in the desert, and underwater spring alimenting it and providing the city a source of fresh water.

The Wasted cliff on the other hand is a largely inhabited mesa, even the duke possessing those lands do not dare to send troupes to clear them, as only the most ferocious of monster can survive out there.

This land was the theater of great fight opposing dragons and fire giants. Their wrath destroying everything in its wake, their strike devastating the land with each blow, when the war was over, only fire was left, the land so scarified, no plants would grow on it from this point onward.

Dangers: Extreme Heat, quicksand, blinding sandstorm, Mirage (hallucinatory Terrain)

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Océan, Sea and Lac

The empire, because of its size, has the largest marine territory, the wild and terrifying water surround the land are hostile, monster dwelling in those water know no limit, to their size and power.

The legend of twisted abomination lurking in the deep, created by the chaos of the wasted cliff run many in the calamity coves. Sailor of all kind now to never lose sight of the coast, or they'll be too far to be saved. In addition, the countless storm, and frequent typhon make for a well-named area.

The small lake connected to the cove, near's god's domain, is quite the opposite, home of an underwater city, and the sea elf, the turquoise water, and the nice beach make for a place of comfort.

The mermaid path, on the other hand, has a strange mix of creatures swimming in its water. The merfolk living in their underwater city to the northwest of the path, closer to tana's empire.

Their evil cousin, the merrow hunting in the water further south, only rivaled in cunning by the siren, flying creature jumping from water to air, this path is dangerous. Yet the numerous boat that have to cross the place have secured a trading route among the dark water.

Another notable place is the crystal sea or crystal lake, the name varies. As the sun rises in the morning, the lack takes on the aspect of a shining reflection of this world, almost like a portal to the feywild. It's surface glimmering and inspiring bards from all around the world sing love and beauty. This incredible appearance comes from a formation of crystals, growing on the bottom of the lake, refracting the light, which bounces between the various crystal before coming back up in a beautiful display of color.

Due to the presence of this mineral, the lake is a source of tension, as both habitant of the green earth, and Tana's empire wish to mine it. Those highly magical crystals been valuable resources to craft magic items.

The vast water surrounding the empire are not all well know, but they are feared, as sailor know they hide monster far more dangerous than those walking our lands.

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Royal Succession

The firstborn of the royal family is always destined to become the future King or Queen of the nation.

Order

The population of the Lightfoot land understands the value of organized civilization, may it be to face the threat together, or to provide a common set of rules for all of its inhabitants. Early on, kids in the nation are taught to respect authority. Despite a lack of school (the education of the wealthy is handled thanks to private tutors), the children of the nation learn quickly to obey the law. Of course, some deviant becomes criminal like in any other nation, but people lean toward the respect of the authority in the lightfoot land.

Science

Science is seen as extremely important. An example of which are the various school of magic, the resources given to this institution been far greater in the Lightfoot Land, and Darvik, the founder of the Academy of magic, regrouping the various school of magic, was a gnome. The politician know the value of technology in its various form; magical experimentation, crop growing field, mechanical engineering. The domains of application of Science are numerous.

This emphasis on science is made keeping in mind the gods of Toriel, it would be damageable to provoke their wraith.

Yet very few experimentations are banned. Necromancy, as in the art of playing with the dead, not the magic school ain’t illegal, it is not well perceived, but not fully illegal as long as you don’t raise the dead, or corrupt/capture souls. Similarly, the contact with lower plane, ain’t illegal, but is restricted, and need to be done under the control of the local authorities.

Corruption of the noble

It is quite common for members of the assembly, or members of the great council to be invited to party, and great banquet to discuss the latest law, generous donation been offered to those noble, as a hidden way to pay them for their choice.

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This kind of behavior is severely punished by the royal family.

Exchange

The Eastern Trader's Alliance watch over the merchant of the east, influencing the commercial exchange in the whole region, the Eastern Trader's Alliance is not to underestimate. The great council, impacting each of the country's decisions, as a seat for someone in charge of the economy and trading in the country. This person is the head of the Eastern Trader's Alliance.

Recent Event pushed the current leader, Verna BrushToople, to be banned from the country, her title revoked. Therefore, the Eastern Trader's Alliance is currently undergoing internal conflict for succession.

The price of goods, like in tana's empire, is defined thanks to supply and demand. Having a system similar to their main foreign trading partner make exchange much easier.

Lightfoot land was, with Tana's empire, the original creator of the common ecu. It is them that, after years of economical partnership with tana's empire, started the idea of a common monetary system. It is the gnome who made the first ecu.

And as the gnome were those designing those coins, they keep on the exclusive right to cast those coins. Or rather, the Eastern Trader's Alliance has the owner ship of the only legal coins foundry. Of course, counterfeit can be found but inspired by coins of the ancient civilization, such as those previously found in Yuan-ti hand, gnomes are working on imbuing the ecu with divination magic, making their copy much harder due to the identification provided.

The ancient coins of the Lightfoot Land were square or triangular coins, with a hole in the middle, and overall smaller than the empire coins. Mixing copper, silver, gold, and platinum coins.

The bank in Lightfoot land isn't as independent as one may think. The headmaster of the Eastern Trader's Alliance ending up as a member of the great council, he ends up having a grasp and certain control on the banks. In addition, the Trader's alliance owns half of the coins foundry, the other half being the bank property.

Said banks are used for the same purpose as everywhere else, storing valuable resources, and use protection just as strong as those found in Tana's empire. In addition to the magic protecting the vault, sets of traps make it a dungeon for the rare that could penetrate the extradimensional vault.

The vault uses an extradimensional vault, and valuable deposited in one bank can be retrieved in any other bank of the country.

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loan to inventors

If requested, inventors can get a loan from the bank, with little to zero interest.

This is thanks to the kingdom's support for an engineer, scholar, and other inventors alike to develop their craft.

Plains

As for the vast majority of land in Toriel, it is composed in majority of plains and forest, and the Lightfoot land is no exception, green expanse expanding past the horizon, the lush grass covering the hills, a group of almiraj can often be seen, running through the grass, or group of axe beak can be crossed running through the tall grass.

Surrounding the various villages and towns, the fields take on golden color when the morning light shines on the crops, the country been self-sufficient when it comes to food resources, the various rivers forming high up in the mountains irrigating the fields, may it be from the frozen kingdom or the mountains to the west, allowing for the production of various cereals.

Other rivers keep the plains, forest, and other natural regions lush in the south. Three major rivers regrouping at Oakhearth, the capital, in the south.

Livestock is also common, but not as much as in tana’s empire, for example, the small people tend to eat less meat.

To the north, the snowy plains are mostly inhabited by gnomes, their joyful nature warming their heart against the cold weather. All of this free space allows for quite a nice place for the strange gnomish invention.

Mountains

The country posses 3 mountain ranges, 4 depending on the definition of the border, and therefore 4 according to the cartographer of the Lightfoot land.

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To the south, mountains stretch vertically, making a visual landmark for the eastern border of the forest. Named the Traveler’s Peak in reference to the nearby forest name (the Traveler's Dream). The village in those mountains are agglomerated around the wavy road going through those mountains, and often really on back and forth with villages in the forest to exchange food, mineral, etc.

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The mountains the west, bordering the green earth, make for natural protection against the minotaur, and due to their proximity with the dangerous Green earth, are free of any village.

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The Mountains, north of oakhearth, are home to numerous Verdan villages, those villages are not exclusively verdan, but with the recent change to their nature, they tend to isolate themselves to the east.

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The large mountain range to the northwest makes for more hostile terrain, and a sort of natural limit between the snowy plains/forest and the rest of the lands. But this didn’t manage to prevent villages, essentially of gnomes, to implement in those cliffs.

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The variety of mountains, from the rocky peaks in the north to the flatter massif in the south makes many Halffling agile climbers.

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Forest

The large mountain makes for impressive rock formations on those land, but the majority is covered in forests when it isn’t vast plains. The sound of wood cracking echoing in the forest as the wind hurls between the leaf, the forest dark and ominous almost menacing, as footstep can be heard far away…

The great forest to the east is the residence of the Verdan, many villages dotting those lands, but it is also the home of dryads (not the same kind as those found in the wood of the vale in Tana’s empire) gracing the forest with lush vegetation and ever-growing tree. This makes it grimmer looking as the dense foliage prevents most light from coming through.

The Traveler's Dream to the south is a noticeable forest, its intriguing name coming from the appreciable weather and life condition. The forest is on the southern finister, it was cleaned of most monsters by the locals, and living in those wood is a relatively peaceful experience, at least in comparison to the rest of Toriel.

Finally, the most up north forest transitions to snow and ice the further you go. The large spruce tree standing tall against the element, The snow piled at the top falls on anybody who dares to hit the tree, and the strong wood is often used for the various inventions of the gnome and other inventors.

Ocean, Sea and lac

As always, people tend to live close to the coast, as access to water is essential to life. However, from the many hills and valleys that stand in the way, the Lightfoot people are not known for their seafaring prowess.

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Some maritime settlements exist, and deal with traders coming from the sea, a know trading route goes through the sea. But except for that purpose, the lightfoot land isn’t focused on maritime activities as it already has enough trouble on land.

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Frozen Kingdom

Faction

History

During the age of dragons, the dwarves, like all other races, were severely damaged. A huge part of the population was annihilated in a snap of the fingers. The survivors, aware of the danger that the humans who caused this cataclysm represented, took refuge in the mountains, barricading themselves and fortifying the accesses. In their isolation, they developed a bitterness for the humans, but more generally for all foreigners, seeing them as responsible for this cataclysm.

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Despite the difficult beginnings, their nation remained united, and they exploited the land in which they had isolated themselves, mining the gold and mitral present in the mountains, developing an underground kingdom. They developed a gift for using the minerals they recovered and managed to acquire a reputation as formidable smiths and jewelers.

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Despite all this, times were sometimes hard, especially when the dragons, during a war effort, settled in the nearby mountains. Preparing for the worst, the king ordered resources to be allocated to the war effort. The miners dug deeper and deeper into the bowels of the earth. There they discovered monsters that no one wanted to know about, and put their armies to good use, but this was not in vain, as they discovered, much later in 434 AD, the adamantine.

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This fabulous metal was impenetrable to arrows and other projectiles and confident in their strength, they finally dared to leave their mountains. It came as a shock to the dwarves when they realized that the dragons were gone, the war was over, and societies of various races had sprung up all over the world. Despite their bitterness for others, they opened up to others, accepting the Goliaths in the icy plains that make up the north of their territories and began to open up to discussion and exchange with the halfling.

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The trade of their new metal developed, and thanks to the support of the gnomes, they developed a weapon capable of piercing armor while being constituted, the blunderbuss.

Blunderbuss

This weapon was especially useful to penetrate armor, but it was not developed outside of the frozen kingdom. And due to its price, few of even dwarven soldiers possess this weapon.

BlunderBuss

Weapon, Common

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Cost: 750gp, 2d6 piercing damage, 10lb., Ammunition, range(20/30), Loading, Two-Handed, Martial

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Blunderbuss fire projectiles with ear-splitting noise, shredding armor with deadly force, they are heavy, and hard to manipulate, but can penetrate even adamantine.

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When fired, the BlunderBuss emit a deafening crack audible 300 feet away. Unfortunately, the Blunderbuss becomes useless when wet. If the BlunderBuss is exposed to heavy rain, submerged, or drenched in water by a similar means, then it cannot fire. A character cannot use this weapon again until they complete a short rest in dry conditions.

When making an attack with this weapon, you must use your Strength modifier for both the attack and damage rolls.

When you take the attack action and successfully hit a creature with the blunderbuss, measure the weapon’s Scatter range from the square (or point of impact) that the target you hit occupies. All creatures other than the original target that fall within the weapon’s scatter range must make a Dexterity saving throw against your Scatter DC. Upon a failed save, they take damage equal to the ability score modifier you used to hit with the weapon (minimum of 1). Damage dealt this way is piercing.

Scatter Save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + Strength modifier.

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Purple Worm

Dwarves have an interesting pantheon, one of their god, the god of hydromel, ale, and other similar beverage is portrayed as a bulky dwarf, standing on a throne, said throne serving as a saddle to ride on a purple worm, the many barrels of beverages of the god strapped further back on the purple worm body.

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Thanks to this, dwarves have a certain veneration of purple worms, of course, they fight those who dare to intrude their city, but as much as possible, they try not to disturb those monsters.

In addition to this historical conflict, many internal tensions exist between the noble family, as they fight for power, hoping to become the next king, this is more evident when the king gets old, as their fight becomes quite obvious. Thankfully for the folk of the Frozen kingdom, the frozen family has been there for 2 generations now, providing some kind of stability, at least if the next generation is also a member of the frozen family.

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Exchange

Most of the trade and other transactions are done between members of the kingdom, given the rather limited international openness of the kingdom, this is quite understandable. Nevertheless, some ways are the same as in other kingdoms, for example, the definition of the value of a good is done according to its rarity. Of course, other factors can influence this value, like a monopoly for example.

In addition, the dwarves have adapted the common currency system, and use the ecu.

The Frozen Kingdom coins, their ancient coin were showing the symbol of the family ruling the mountains under which they were created, the shape varying from a perfect circle, to oval. Mixing copper, silver, gold, and platinum coins.

This currency is regulated by the gnomes, nevertheless, during their conflicts with Lightfoot land, the dwarves have created an independent organization of management of the currency, the organization is not officially recognized at the international level, but makes faith among the dwarves.

As a result, dwarf coins are often subject to detailed inspection by banks, which consider them counterfeit if they were made by dwarf forges.

The centralization of this currency is done in the royal vault. This room dedicated to the accumulation of goods serves as a bank, and each of the mountain nations has a similar room. It holds the vast majority of the wealth of the dwarves living in this mountain, and the banks of the kingdom are not centralized. This impractical system has been made in order to guarantee the security and potential independence of each mountain in the event of a new apocalypse.

But, these treasure rooms work like banks, it does not include modern comforts such as borrowing, at least for individuals. Professionals can apply for a "royal investment fund".

Commerce and fiscality

The businesses within the kingdom are as diverse and varied as anywhere else. However, there are no alliances or associations that carefully monitor trade, instead, the leaders of each mountain city are in charge of regulating trade in the cities. Thus, taxes can vary from one mountain to another, creating trade flows that are quite specific to the dwarf territories.

This creates a rather uneven form of competition, however, due to the relative independence of each mountain city, it is difficult to do anything about it.

These taxes are paid to the state, or to be more precise, to the noble family in charge of the city where the taxes are paid. A percentage will necessarily go to the crown, but the majority benefits the family reigning over the city, in the hope that this money will be used for the improvement of the city and the kingdom.

In fact, much of this money goes into the pockets of the nobles, but what is left is indeed used to develop the cities and the kingdom.

Wealth

The small population represents a majority of the population and lives with about one gold coin per day. This amount may seem ridiculous, especially compared to the lifestyle of the nobles, and the few dwarves who can boast of being rich.

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The majority of the people work in what we would call manual jobs, killing themselves to bring glory and honor to their name, and the rich benefit from this work effort. Nevertheless, despite the obvious inequality, no revolution is rumbling.

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Of course, listening to the tavern stories, you can hear the miners complaining about their conditions, the blacksmith complaining about the delays, and the innkeeper complaining about the taxes. But it is almost the nature of a dwarf to be grumpy and complain constantly.

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Plains

Once past the immense mountains, home of the dwarves, one arrives in the great snowy plains extending to the ocean further north. The uniform white of the plains leaves nothing to envy the other northern regions, and the creatures living there are renowned for their resistance and having a strong constitution. Thus, it is suspected that under such conditions, breeding or agriculture is not possible for the goliath, living here. therefore, their population hunt and fish for food (mainly hunt due to the ice making it hard to fish).

Mountains

The mountains are surely the most important part of the kingdom, the immense steep mountains, houses of the dwarf being more than famous, the different mounts covering a large area. The legends say that these mountains are the remains of the body of an ancient god, which explains the many primary resources found there.

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Indeed, the majority of the kingdom of Frozen lives in the mountains, Mountmend being the capital, and the most notable city. But there are 7 mountain cities in the kingdom, each under the dominion of a different family. Those 7 cities constitute the vast majority of dwarven infrastructure, as very few villages and towns exist outside of those main cities.

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The country derives much of its wealth from its mining operations. It has everything from the solid stones needed to build buildings to the rarest minerals used in the manufacture of legendary artifacts.

Necropolis, connected to the grey waste and the city of the dead in the Shadowfell, is hidden deep in one of those mountains

Forest

the forests are scattered, covering the foot of the mountains and especially present at the southern border, providing an additional source of food for the peoples of the kingdom. the immense Fir trees are covered with snow most of the year.

Ocean, Sea and Lac

The icy waters surrounding the kingdom, are not very suitable for navigation, due among other things to the presence of huge ice floes, making navigation difficult, the few coastal villages not relying on fishing.

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it is immense iceberg are nevertheless the habitat of species more than interesting, at least from a biological point of view, because the inhabitants do not want to rub shoulders with them. One of the Icebergs being known to contain the Frozen Corpse of a White Dragon.

The Frozen Cove at the west is the only water that can be suitable for fishing depending on the time of the year and is shared with the lightfoot land

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Green Earth

Faction

History

The Green earth has a chaotic history, been a land of wild and dangerous monsters, where only the strongest of tribe can dwelve, their written history is rare, and hard to recover.

Yuan-ti

The Yuan-ti refuse to share their history, filled with secrets, the kind historian and other searchers crave for, but they are known to be the keeper of the jungle secret. Their society is highly religious, and the high priestess reign over the people. The yuan-ti are among the richest in the mortal world, accumulating power and goods for thousands of years, they were able to progress during a time where the other races were forced to hide. As such, they spread their dominion over the jungle, enslaving the tortles.

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Due to their history, and the fact they were still expanding during the dragon age, secrets of the ancient civilization are kept by the yuan-ti. Many believe dark rituals and dark magic are among the Yuan-ti collection of forgotten knowledge.

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Similarly, the Yuan-ti are keen to dominate the entire Green earth, maybe even more, and this is no secret. It is not known if they plan on using those ancient artifacts to do so, but Lightfoot land and Tana's Empire do keep an eye out for such a threat.

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The snake people are evil been and do not hesitate to enslave others for their benefit. A striking example is the fate of the tortle, reduced to slave for the yuan-ti, or as a component in dark ritual for their God Sseth. They are said to be emotionless been, and as such, they exhibit behavior and use tactics that exemplify that outlook (or lack of one).

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Every Yuan-ti Pray Sseth, the yuan-ti god, or demon, the exact nature of this been is unknown. This god protected them

Hobgoblin Empire

Most other tribes lack written history, except maybe for the hobgoblin empire. Their record mainly focusing on their law, and military action, we know of the state of the region they populated over the years. Hans-Jürgen was their first emperor, starting to rule over the hobgoblin when the rules were established enough to define the union of hobgoblin as an empire, but it was only later, once the era of dragons was over, that they started to conquer the south of the Green earth, with Günther Wilhelm as their emperor. Their expansion leading them to march on all the land east and south of their mountains, their troops organized, beating any who dare to face them, mostly wandering tribes of goblin, shifter, and Kalashtar.

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Nowadays, the hobgoblin empire is stable, defending their frontier tirelessly, and providing a safe traveling route for merchants of both Tana's empire and the Lightfoot land, they also managed to stroke trading agreement with those nations, and are a growing power of the Green earth.

Hobgoblin value law above all, and have an important place for martial prowess, due to this mentality, the emperor is often challenged, other hobgoblins, judging themself worthy of the title coming to fight him. Those fights take the form of multiple challenges, the contestant having to beat the current emperor in every single one of them to become the new emperor. Those challenges are designed to test the intellect, strength, and leadership ability of a candidate.

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Despite their first, successful expansion granting the hobgoblin an impressive territory, they have eyes on the north, looking at the lands occupied by orcs and minotaur, but now to wait for a better moment, for their armies to be stronger before facing those foes.

Other Tribes

Many tribes missing opportunities, may they be economic, military, or political, and some of those tribes wish to get a better grasp on the affair of this world. In order to fix this issue, an official union of some of those tribes was declared. This unification gathering the Yuan-ti, The Horse-Skull Orc, the Tabaxi, The hobgoblin empire, and a tribe of lizardfolk under a common, banner.

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But, with the many conflicts with the green earth, some pacts and deals have been directly addressed to the hobgoblin empire, and rumors say they are about to quit this union.

Overall, this union made numerous conflicts arise in between the tribe part of it, conflict mainly for decision making power.

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As for the exact territory of the Green earth, the border is not clear, most of the wildlands in the center of Toriel are designed by this common name, but any vast untamed land could easily end up with a similar nickname.

Green Earth Timeline: link

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Centaur

Centaur are fey, and as such, are under the dominion of an archfey, answering the call of a fey court. Nevertheless, they run in the material plane, and even if they keep on answering the call of the archefey, they have their manner in this plane.

They have a tribe leader, he serves as the one in charge when important decisions are made, and is elected by the archfey. Every year, the leader has to report the action of the tribe each year to the court of fey.

The centaur are one of the nomad tribe of the Green earth, as expected for a tribe of centaur, creature enjoying freedom and the vast expanses of this world, it can be hard to find them as they travel great distances.

Their valor, Freedom and Community reflect this. Their passion for the vast plains and their ability to freely travel is reflected in the freedom part, and the community part reflects their protection of the people of this land from conflicts that would get out of hand.

Goblin

The many tribes of goblin tend to follow a similar pattern, the strongest of them bully the other into submission, at least until a goblin strong enough take him out, due to this process, some goblin tribe are lead by a non-goblin, such as a bugbear. The leader has all the power, many of the tribe members try to defy his authority, but once they get punched hard enough, they tend to agree with the leader's decision. The goblin that do not like that system, but lack the strength to do anything about it leave, at least if they are brave enough to, in an attempt to find a new place to live.

The goblin lack real valor, or standard to hold their people to, but if one had to find something to fit them, it would probably be survival. Goblin are well aware of their weakness, this knowledge is reflected in all of their action, and in their organization, but they do everything in their power to survive, been cowardly, fleeing, or accepting the authority of anyone stronger to survive. As such, their ability to adapt and survive is quite spectacular.

Hobgoblin Empire

The hobgoblin Empire is as the name suggests an empire, therefore, an emperor reign over the empire with a fist of iron. The empire has been under hobgoblin dominion, this emperor is a hobgoblin, and he is trusted to make the correct decision for the empire, the selection process for the emperor been extremely selective, the hobgoblin have total faith in their emperor. In addition, the hobgoblin appreciation for law and order help to create a stable political system.

This emperor receives advice from the council of war, a regrouping of people with a high rank in the hobgoblin society, including mostly general of hobgoblin army, but a few Loxodon, as the empire recognize their wisdom.

The emperor title is something that is won among hobgoblin, and doing so requires candidates judging themself worthy and willing to challenge the emperor to face him in multiple challenges. The candidate has to beat the current emperor in every single one of them to become the new emperor. Those challenges are designed to test the intellect, strength, and leadership ability of a candidate.

Their valor, law and order perfectly reflect the hobgoblin mentality, they know the importance of society and of been organized and value this above everything else, not only hobgoblin law, but they tend to also closely follow the law of the place they are in, at least if they do not come to conquer it. For a hobgoblin, it is thanks to those valor they can survive and progress as a society.

The loxodon, conquered by the hobgoblin do not necessarily value those valor as highly, but appreciate them, especially as they know that, following the established law, they'll be treated as proper citizens of the empire.

Ch.4 | Realms of Toriel

Ritual of the Purple Fruit

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There is a rare ritual among shifter to change cast, this ritual, known as the ritual of the purple fruit is rare, as the components are rare and expensive. But a shifter drinking the strange mixture falls unconscious, his soul interacting with the curse in an astral way. Many perish with this, but those who survive become full-blown lycanthrope (the type of which depending on the shifter).

Vampire and Yuan-ti

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Yuan-ti have different moral guidance, some may call them emotionless. But as such, they appreciate higher vampires as wise elders instead of fearing their wrath. This in addition to their old tradition as lead to a friendship with some high vampire. The name of those vampires are transmitted from high priestess to high priestess

Exchange

Trading in the Green earth largely vary depending on who you trade with, but some core principal stay the same. The rarity of a product affect its value, and this for all kinds of item, magic, crafted good, natural products.. whatever it is, the rarer it is, the more expansive it is. Due to the lack o connection with other economies, at least for most tribes of the Green Earth, the rarity of product is evaluated very locally.

The hobgoblin empire and the Tabaxi. Both accept the common ecu, this is mainly thanks to the hobgoblin empire, been an important obstacle on the main trading route, the empire has many trading opportunities, and switched to the common ecu. The tabaxi, often trading with them, quickly followed.

The Yuan-ti. The Yuan-ti had kept mountains of gold from the ancient civilization, and always used those as their own. small square with the corner cut off, an arcane symbol was stamped on them, the effect of which was later found to be for identification purpose.

The Horse Skull and Goblins. They do not value gold or ECU, and when trading, will ask for services or other good to exchange.

When the common ecu used by the hobgoblin empire and Tabaxi is created by the gnomish bank, the only one legally mandated to create the ecu. The Yuan-ti count on their reserve to fuel their economy, trading mostly with underground networks dealing in slavery, and rare components found only in the jungle.

Yuan-ti. When it comes to banks, or way to hold those valuable, the Yuan-ti stockpile the coins in their temple, the amount of treasure found in those temples been quite inconceivable.

Hobgoblin Empire. The hobgoblin empire, which uses the common ecu, created actual banks. Those banks, regulated by hobgoblin law manage currency deposited by their client, and also regulate any potential to abuse the system.

Similarly, the hobgoblin empire has part of the imperial advisor dedicated to the economy, providing wise feedback on taxes, trading regulation, and other similar problem.

Sadly for the inhabitant of the hobgoblin empire, their bank, will extremely secure, didn't had the technology to develop extradimensional space for their vault yet, and as such, all banks vault are not connected. But magical protection is still applied to any banks, and numerous guards make sure they are safe.

Ch.4 | Realms of Toriel

Geography

Plaines

The vast plains stretch as far as the eye can see in the south of the Green earth, the sun burning the grasses of the savannah, creating an orange-yellow sea swaying in the wind. Further north and south, the grass regains its color, the green tussocks growing to impressive heights in which the most dangerous of predators can roam.

Those lands are home to the Orcs and minotaur.

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In addition, we must not forget the swamps to the north, above the jungle, the peat letting the adventurers daring to penetrate it sink to the knees, slowing down their movement while the locals know how to move, making for perfect natural traps. The thick fog covering the region preventing the perception of any threat before it is too late.

Nevertheless, this is where the Lizzardfolk are known to live, them and some goblin tribes. Both of them manage to move around in these places without any problem and live from hunting and fishing.

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The country generally benefits very little from agriculture, because of the diversity of the people who live there, and the fact that few of them are sedentary, the inhabitants of Green earth live by hunting, gathering, and fishing.

Mountains

There are 4 main assembly series in the green lands, each rather specific, but most are not habitated due to the dangerous nature of those mountains.

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The most southern one, inhabited by the Hobgoblin, is the place of passage of the merchants and travelers between the empire of Tana and the Hobgoblin empire. Thus, in spite of the steep cliffs, and the height of these peaks, many passages exist, and villages are scattered in the more clement places within this mountain. These villages are mainly used as stopping points for those crossing the border and live mainly from this activity.

Those mountains also offer natural resources, the capital city of the Hobgoblin empire, BoatWright been on the side of the mountains, numerous mines exploit those resources, to latter sell those to traders and merchant passing by.

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In the middle of the savannah, a large rock formation is unmistakable. The sharp rocks and the treacherous nooks and crannies make this place one of the most dangerous, where no one dares to live, only terrifying monsters of their power are able to live there.

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Further east, the mountains, serving as a border with lightfoot land make for a natural obstacle to the minotaur craving for plundering, but due to their proximity with another country, and the tension at the border, those mountains are free of any village.

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Finally, the mountains at the southwest of the jungle, making this already hostile forest even more complicated to cross. These mountains are also uninhabited and serve as a natural habitat for many creatures.

Ch.4 | Realms of Toriel

Scholarly Missions

TThe various school offer missions to those working for them, often tied to one of the current experimentation or research of the school, various mission can be proposed, ranging from archeology within ancient ruins, to acquiring material component for rare rituals, learning more about this land history, or exploration and documentation of Toriel vast land.

Academics live and die by their reputation. Some stand as embodiments of their fields of expertise, others might be considered con artists who stigmatize whole academic fields.

Ch.5 | Alliance, Guild and Cult

Eastern Trader's Alliance

The Eastern Trader's Alliance is a powerful consortium of merchants, traders, and shopkeepers who work together for mutual benefits. Such alliance hates to waste precious resources, and those working for them are required to be effective, after all, this is all just business.

The alliance covers a swath of business ventures, may it be blacksmiths, jewelers, carpenters, tailors, alchemists, scribes, sages, etc. all merchants are obliged to at least pay a monthly fee to the guild in the country.

The higher-ranking member of the alliance also get a better grasp on politics, as they get closer to the chief of the guild, sieging at the great council.

Eastern Trader's ALliance Benefits

As member of the Eastern Trader's Alliance, you gain the following perks. These perks require a monthly contribution of 5 gp paid to the alliance. These dues fund the alliance’s services and activities.

• Equipment. You can requisition the use of specialized tools, laboratories, libraries, or other crafting space and equipment to use within a build owned by the alliance. When you make an ability check with a set of artisan’s tools using the guild’s equipment, add double your normal proficiency bonus to the check.
• Resources. You can leverage the guild’s extensive contacts to locate exotic materials for crafting, spell components, or magic items, or buyers for them (a downtime activity in the Dungeon Master’s Guide and Xanathar’s Guide to Everything). You can locate or sell legal commodities using the guild’s resources, and any prices tip in your favor by 10 percent.
• Training. The guild retains knowledgeable tutors in subjects pertinent to its interests. When you undertake the training downtime activity (as described in the Player’s Handbook and Xanathar’s Guide to Everything), the training takes half as long if you are studying a subject the guild specializes in. The DM decides if the guild has tutors available for a given subject.

Eastern Trader's Alliance Quests

As a member of the guild, you’re called on to ply your skills in the organization’s service. You are required to undertake various tasks, either for the guild’s benefit or on behalf of an influential client. Competition is fierce in the business world, and the challenges presented by rivals or circumstances can pressure you into dealings you find distasteful.

Ch.5 | Alliance, Guild and Cult

Criminal Syndicate Benefits

With the criminal syndicate as your group’s patron, you gain the following perks.

• Assignments. The syndicate doesn’t pay you directly, but it assigns you to particular tasks on behalf of its clients or the organization. Someone hires the syndicate to perform a task (such as an assassination), and the syndicate passes 85 percent of the fee on to your group. If the aim is to enrich the syndicate (such as by pulling off a heist), you have the privilege of keeping 85 percent of what you steal. Other syndicates take more or less than a 15 percent share, at the DM’s discretion.
• Contraband. You have access to your syndicate’s business in contraband, such as poisons or narcotics. You don’t receive a discount on these goods, but you can always find someplace to purchase them.
• Fences. Members or associates of your syndicate are skilled at disposing of stolen goods, and you have access to this service as well. Fences are useful for selling not just illicit goods but also expensive items such as works of art and magic items. In the case of magic items, this allows you to delegate the work of finding a buyer (a downtime activity described in the Dungeon Master’s Guide and Xanathar’s Guide to Everything) to the fence. When using the syndicate’s fences, you run no risk of a double-cross or other mishap in finding a buyer, but the syndicate takes 20 percent of the sale price as a finder’s fee.
• Safe Houses. The syndicate maintains safe houses or other secret hiding spots across a wide region. Your group knows how to locate these nondescript redoubts and can maintain a poor lifestyle in one for no cost. Revealing a safe house, whether purposefully or by accident, causes you to lose favor with the syndicate and may see you banned from using them.
• Syndicate-Owned Businesses. The syndicate owns several businesses, primarily as fronts for laundering money. When you buy from one of these businesses, you get a 5 percent discount. The DM decides what goods and services are available.

Racial Makeup

The cult is mainly contrived of humans, half-orcs, orcs, with some of the other races mixed in, but at a lesser amount. However, Half-orcs are the predominant make up of the group.

Origin Story and Organization

The disciple of decay formed after a tragic event, some unknown forces left a wake of desolation, and certain persons were attracted to this power. These individuals sought the source of this power out, begged the source of this chaos to follow him, and were allowed to.

As their numbers grew, ranks were created, each with its purpose. some handling the day-to-day operations and recruitment of the cult. Other propagating terror in name of the entity they worship.

Recruitment, Mission & Goals

The Disciples of Decay seek to spread their master's teachings. They disguise who they are and speak kindly to strangers. If you are to look closely, you will see a tattoo on their left forearm of an X in a circle clutched by a dragon's claw. This could also be in the form of a talisman hanging around their neck.

Cult of Zuth

Racial Makeup

The cult is mainly made up of humans, half-elves, and a smattering of elves

Background

These druidic worshipers revere the great dragon Zuth, honoring the beast as a living, breathing deity.

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The cult of Zuth exists to predict and document Zuth's arrivals, to give warning to those in its path, and to obstruct all efforts to prevent Zuth's rampages of destruction.

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Their indifference to suffering caused by zuth has caused many to hate the cult, driving them beyond the barest edges of civilization. As a result, the cult's numbers have dwindled over the centuries. It is the opinion of the cult's members that their motives are sorely misunderstood; their intentions are help not harm. Many people reject this narrative, and some nations have outright banned the practice of worshiping Zuth. Others kill cult members on sight, seeing them as a protector of a brutal force that begets great suffering.

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Zuth's existence is usually in question by cult outsiders. Most mortal beings regard the stories of Zuth as complete fiction concocted by a fanatical cult.

Holypertuis — Capital

Holypertuis is the capital of the Empire of Tana, a family succeeding one another for many generations in power. The city is built around a large central spring, often described as sacred and as having healing properties (hence the Holly in the name of the city). In addition, the city is a mainstay of the empire's trade, those with the border town of Boatwright. The city, despite its geographical position not necessarily advantageous for trade, is so important for several reasons. Some resources can only be found in the area, and the city has some things that can be hard to find, portals to the elemental planes of fire, water, air and earth, portals connecting Holypertuis to the major cities in its plans, making the city a prime and accessible location for trading in magical items.

From a military point of view, the city has, of course, an effective means of defence, but because of its role in trade and its international usefulness, few people are hostile.

The city is in the form of a concentric circle, with large roads connecting up to the 4 cardinal points where a huge wall protects the inhabitants from outside dangers. There are only 4 openings in this wall, the 4 gates at the end of the avenues these avenues being centered around the huge aqueducts. The first circle, where the spring emanates from, and to which only the nobles have access, is the great central castle, this one surrounded by flourishing gardens gives then place to the rich district and has large squares with important buildings (such as the adventurers guild, or the hall with the elements, building with the immense elementary portals) the further one moves away towards the walls, the poorer the houses become and the less the roads are maintained, the districts directly stuck to the wall being known as the low bottom of the city and the badly frequented district.

Patrols around the aqueducts are still frequent, as Holypertuis is the source supplying a large majority of the area above, with the villages around the city flourishing with life thanks to the water supplied to them, and providing a majority of the food consumed by the city.

And as you'd expect in such a large city whose main source of income is the trade in magical objects... There's a story that in the rather sophisticated sewage system, there's a hidden side of the city where a large black market would allow us to get what no one could even imagine.

The sewers were built by Akhator Baltazar, a great architect also known for his work in the magical field, he has long studied how to use magic for construction. But this great architect disappeared 70 years ago, after almost finishing the sewers, the legend tells that he would live in this very hidden part.

The dungeon, in the centre of the city, contains within its walls most of the nobles and other great names of the prestigious society. In spite of an emperor, more than willing to advance the people, the royal court and the nobles still have many advantages, from tax reduction to additional rights.

The royal family is now composed only of the king and the queen, who are still called emperor and empress in an honorary capacity, but are officially king and queen, and have been for several generations as the whole empire is united. The royal family serves as a figurehead for the small people and makes many of the country's important decisions, the empress having become a wise adviser to the king, and you can hear the drunk sexist in the inn complaining about her role in the politics. Members of the royal court and more npc of this court can be found here.

The Coliseum is a huge place, at the south, where events are daily, and the population come to enjoy the show, there is a bit of everything, from the classic gladiator fighting to justice dueling and dinosaur racing. Most of the events are a bit bloody, but the public loves it, and are willing to pay to see that. Most events are open for candidature, but there is a fee to be able to participate.

The guild hall is located not far from Holypertuis Castle and close to most points of interest. The large guild building stands proudly on a public square, with the standards of the various squads floating in the wind. Entering the ground floor is a huge hall teeming with adventurers from all levels, talking about various quests and monsters on the various tables scattered in front of a huge wooden quest board. Further to the right, a staff manages the bar where the adventurers take orders and helps new recruits find their place. Behind this large hall are a few rooms that can accommodate the adventurers at a low cost. The first floor is administrative, mainly filled with offices, and a lounge to chat with representatives of various faction or even adventurers and quest givers.

In the cellar is the storage of the guild's drinks and equipment.

Ionguale — City

The city is the main place of the dragonborn part of tana’s empire, it’s quite like it’s own capital. The huge aqueduc providing most of the country in water don’t go any futher than Ionguale. it’s the city the futher south that is alimented in water. and a trade road follow the aqueduc. The city is very active, all travelers and trader of the region have to stop there, to buy supplies, trade goods, get something to drink etc… Even if the city is mainly habitated by dragonborn, the position as the main city in the desert make it a place were a lot of species meet, ranging from caravan of tabaxi to steam propelled gnome vehicule. Thanks to this affluence of people, the city live well, the people spending their money in town making the economy very active in the place.

constructed in a large ‘pit’ in the desert, the water naturally accumulate in the center of the city, creating a lake, this lake is the main feature of the city. Next to the lake, is a huge tower, far from been a simple tower, it is the duc house, the noble dragonborn leaving in it been the ruler of the city, and for a lot of people, they are ruler of the overall region, their authority been almost as high as king charle itself.

in addition, another coloseum can be found in town, technicaly, it is the original one, the idea inspired holypertuis after. but as the dragonborn are a race placing honor before anything else, you’ll mainly find judiciary duel, and honorable fight in this coloseum.

Dragonborn, in the desert south of Tana's empire, have develloped special ship to sail the sand sea.

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Sandship

Large Vehicle (10ft. by 5ft.)

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• Creature Capacity 2 crew, 2 passengers
• Cargo Capacity 0.2 tons
• Travel Pace 4.5 miles per hour (108 miles per day)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (+0)	8 (-1)	11 (+0)	0	0	0

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• Damage Immunities poison, psychic
• Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, stunned, unconscious

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Actions

On its turn, the sandship can take the move action below. It can't take this action if it has no crew.

Move. The sandship can move using its sails.

Hull

• Armor Class 11
• Hit Points 50

Movement: Sails

• Armor Class 12
• Hit Points 25; -10 ft. speed per 10 damage taken
• Speed (sand) 40 ft.; 10 ft. while sailing into the wind; 50 ft. while sailing with the wind

Ch.6 | Toriel's Geography

OakHearth — Capital

The city, as a capital, is necessarily an important city, and the commercial exchanges are numerous, the inventions of the whole country often pass through here before being sent back to the neighboring countries, so, these transactions are the main source of income of the city. In addition to this, there is a growing labour force, working in various workshops to be able to manufacture more and more things directly on the spot.

The city is located in the middle of plains and valleys, with a large river nearby providing water for the inhabitants and irrigating the fields. The city is located on a position a little higher than the surrounding hills, giving a strategic position, and the three main roads leading out of the city allowing a large flow of goods and people into the city.

The city has expanded over the years, the city has spread far beyond its walls. There are 5 different neighborhoods in the city.

• Bigtree, (purple) being the old quarter, the old buildings extending mostly within the walls.
• Greyhard’s Barrel, (pinkish-red in the north) being the very rich and noble district, always within walls, it is a little north of Jama el fna.
• Polder Bolder, (yellow in the north) being the neighborhood of the nouveau riche, rich merchants and talented inventors having settled around the castle but outside the walls as the space inside was already filled.
• Guéliz, (orange) to the south, stretching slightly outside the walls, is a modest neighborhood, historically the neighborhood was mostly inhabited by peasants, but nowadays, the lower classes are mostly there.
• Sidi Kaouki, (reddish in the south) is the poor and working part, the majority of the inhabitants of this district are workers and are rather poor.

A beholder was laying in a dungeon under the castle, influencing the place as the effect of its presence where noticied by the locals, thankfully, a group of adventurer took the monster down, saving the city from great danger. The existence of this dungeon was known to the royal court, but it was believed to be unsued for the most part. The original purpose of this place was for prisoners and to stop unwanted creature from the Underdark to creep on the inhabitants of the castle.

A giant colossus, something you can see from a distance and that allows you to easily make out where the city is, is above the entrance of the city. it is a gnome invention, probably there greatest so far as the colossus is a construct, and serve the defense of the town in case of extreme danger.

Necropolis

The city is mostly populated by magi, undead and otherworldly beings such as Grey Hag and vampires, surely one of the most cosmopolitan cities, it is nevertheless unknown to the general public except in legend. The city is centered on a powerful artifact that makes it impossible to find if you are not guided by someone who has been there before, and most of the city center is filled with markets, where you can find everything from philacters for lich, to the classic Grey Hag soul larvae, the city subsists on trade, and the fact that it is a revolving platform to reach places like the Shadowfell and the Greywaste, makes it difficult to find a place to live.

The geography of the town can be described as follows, a large central hole in which the majority of the market is located, and the buildings containing the inter-dimensional portals. Surrounding rocky overhangs contain the houses of the inhabitants, and, numerous pipes with suspicious liquid passing through above the central hole, carrying unknown materials. The governor's house of the city magically floats above all this, offering some protection.

The city is mostly populated by the aforementioned beings, and one of the great events known to the city, was the intrusion of the guild mages in the upper levels of the city, even if they can't access the center of the city, their intrusion has totally disrupted the local security system, that's why the magic of the central crystal has since been reinforced.

Othrond cheb- ammen — City

hidden in the desert, the entrance lead to a dungeon protecting a direct tunnel to the city in the underdark. Once adventurer get pass the trap and labyrinthic tunnel leading further down in the earth, they reach the underdark. a long tunnel, branching out to various places. but those follow the correct pass end up in othrond cheb- ammen.

Light seem to sip through crack in the rocks, and to come from the surface, but it’s only an illusion, only the reflection of rare crystal create this sun like light, illuminating the underground rivers, plant and mushroom, making them slightly glow. but pay attention as you follow the river to the city, it will suddenly drop into an abyssal void, a side tunnel may lead you directly in the city.

When most city have rivers crossing them, othrond cheb- ammen have cliff, leading to an abyssal void, where no one would dare to even look. The center of the city, is a temple to the spider queen, and overall, the city look normal, bridge crossing over the void, trading area, habitation area, etc. The city is impressively huge, and when you think about it, it’s quite normal, it as to welcome the whole drow race in only one place. therefore, it is also very guarded.

The city is heavily military, both for defense, and for the drow getting deeper to get the wealth that they then sell to those brave enough to trade with them. except this small trading of rare ores, or magical item, the city is mainly auto sufficient.

Ch.6 | Toriel's Geography

Highlights & Impressions

Echoes of Life. Most visitors interact with the Ethereal Plane in its “shallow” end, the Border Ethereal, and here the plane reflects a shadowy, indistinct echo of the adjacent plane. Everything is washed out in shades of gray before dissipating into nothingness at a short distance, but the actions and movements of creatures on the adjacent plane can be viewed while on the Border Ethereal. They appear as wispy, shadowy versions of their original forms, but this strange effect – a stronger echo than the echo planes like the Plane of Shadow – is very disconcerting for travelers at first.

Protomatter. Beyond the Border Ethereal, the Deep Ethereal is a vast gray realm of possibility. Elemental chunks float in globular chunks known as protomatter, and these eventually combine with other chunks and germinate into demiplanes. Protomatter is a strange substance comprised of all the elements at once – It’s solid, liquid, gas, and flame all at once, constantly morphing and remorphing as it drifts through the endless gray sea

Slow Weightlessness. Physical form has no direct impact on the Ethereal Plane, and the best way visitors have to describe this sensation is a feeling of weightlessness. Creatures on the plane can move up, down, left, and right through otherwise solid echoes on the adjacent plane, though moving up or down is somewhat more taxing due to the unusual nature of the Ethereal Plane. Gravity extends to the Border Ethereal, however, so unattended objects fall though at a slower rate. Everything moves at a slightly slower pace, as if moving through thick mud.

Fey ancestry and Time Hazard

Some race of the material plane, such as the elves or gnomes, came back to the material plane after the great cataclysm thanks to the feywild, but what took a centuries on the material plan, might have take thousands of years in the feywild to grow back and numerous enough to try and send some population back to the material plane.

Aaqa

Mainly inhabited by Aarakocra, this important city of the plane of air stand high on an enormous flying island, a chunk of land coming from the plane of earth. The city is very industrial, electricity ionize the air around its core, as it is powered by a living storm. Some say it is an elder elemental. This energy inducing core allow for a city of wander, divided in multiple districts, from the docks, where flying ship bring in and out numerous goods, to the habitation part closer to the core.

Thanks to its structure, the city is quite easy to access, and multiple airship make back and forth trip to bring traveler lacking flying speed to this island from other places. The center of the city vibrant and active. Such as inn cooking flying insects, which is said to be extremely tasty, or the shops providing numerous trinket.

Highlights & Impressions

Never-Ending Sky. The most obvious and pertinent feature of the Plane of Air is its lack of ground and sun. The brilliant azure sky is everywhere at all times, and unimpeded a visitor could see for miles and miles. Multicolored clouds drift through the space, creating a brilliant prismatic panoramic view in some views, but the absence of a ground or ceiling is disorientating for nonnatives.

Constant Wind. Wind constantly blows in all directions across the Plane of Air, creating updrafts and downdrafts within the blink of an eye. It is omnipresent, and sometimes its howling can make conversations difficult. Skyship sailors have learned to “feel” different breezes differently, so that a particularly experienced sailor can tell when the wind is going to shift directions before it does. Or so they claim, at least.

Everything Flies. In order to survive on the Plane of Air, a creature has to possess the ability to fly. The native species of the plane include numerous birds of all kinds, along with insects and winged beasts, but flying through the region are other unusual creatures. Schools of winged fish maneuver through the Labyrinth Winds, and some cloudstone islands hold tribes of winged apes.

Plane of Earth

Earth is a fundamental component of the multiverse and perhaps the most visible to most inhabitants of the Material Planes. Continents, islands, mountains, hills – these are all concrete examples of this ubiquitous element across the realms, and it shows up in all of the other Inner Planes as well in one form or another. And the root for all that rock and dirt is the Plane of Earth.

Much of this plane is solid mass making it difficult for non-native creatures to move around or even breathe. However, limitless tunnels, passages, and caves wind their way through the stony realm, the result of both incursions from other Inner Planes and determined digging efforts by the native creatures. The dao, genies of the earth, are the cruelest of slave drivers and constantly seek out veins of rich minerals and ore to adorn their fabulous abodes.

Getting lost in the Plane of Earth is perhaps the greatest threat to travelers beyond a collapsing tunnel or marauding beast as there is no clear indication of any cardinal direction. Tunnels wind up and down, cross between each other, and cut into massive caves with no discernable pattern or thought. For travelers willing to risk the journey, however, great treasures and wonders can be found, whether it’s the prize opal Koh Nur in the center of the dao’s Sevenfold Mazework or searching the chaotic Tunnels of Madness for the Heart of All Mountains or trying to escape the infamous Salt Dungeons of the Great Khan.

Highlights & Impressions

Cave After Cave. The Plane of Earth is a titanic sprawling complex of tunnels and caves created both from natural effects and deliberate hands. The caves are filled with stalactites and stalagmites, though water is a rare sight – what then creates these natural formations? No one knows the answers for sure, and most simply believe they rise and fall from the will of the plane itself. Any cave feature in the Material Plane can be found on the Plane of Earth even if it has no logical explanation.

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Strange Sounds. Sound travels strangely in the endless underground of the Plane of Earth. Echoes bounce around expansive natural caves, distorting wildly before traveling down tunnels miles away from their original source. Drips, drops, cracks, groans, crashes, collapses, and more all can be heard at times, some close by while others far away.

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Stagnant Air. The incredible weight of limitless rock and stone stifles the very air. Earth and air are diametrically opposed elements, and perhaps because of this the breathable air in the Plane of Air is stale and stagnant at most times. It’s usually not hostile enough to cause problems but it’s definitely something travelers notice immediately upon arrival. Even in the largest caves, such as the Great Dismal Delve, the air carries a foul taste noticeable to outsiders.

Ch.7 | Planes of Toriel

City of Brass

The fabled City of Brass, home to the greedy efreet, offers shelter within its bazaars and marketplaces from the constant dangers of the land. However, foolish travelers are just as likely to end up with a knife in their back from some scheming merchant in the city’s streets as they are to burn to death in the scorching heat of the wilderness.

The city of brass, is a powerfull trading hub of the elemental plane of fire, and a portal, connecting it directly to Holypertuis in the material plane, make for important economic route to be created between those two place. The elemental plane of fire, creating powerful magic item, infusing them with the power inherent to the plane.

THe city is also know for another kind of trade; slaves. Efreet are cruel genie, and enslave the weaker, forcing them to work for their ever growing need of wealth. They are similar to humans in this aspect, probably one of the reason why they are able to trade with Tana's empire so much.

Plane of Water

shadowed darkness, and wondrous life, all combined into one of the most recognizable elements across the multiverse. Life flourishes in this plane, which many travelers can relate to on some level – after all, most Material Plane worlds have seas and oceans, so it’s too hard to imagine a vast, endless version of it.

But the Plane of Water holds so much more, and it is one of the most hospitable of the Inner Planes to natural life (second only to the Plane of Air). With a little magic, travelers can dive into the Sea of Worlds and seek out the wonders and treasures of the Great Coral Forest, the wrecks of lost ships in the Graveyard of Sails, the reckless and arrogant halls of the marid genies in the Citadel of Ten Thousand Pearls, or even trade goods and services under the icy dome of the City of Glass. Deeper still lies dangerous lairs of cold, unyielding monsters, such as the Fathomless Caves and the Trench of Death.

Sahuagin, marid genies, kuo-toa, merrow, and all manner of other creatures occupy the Plane of Water, and some have built cities and bases beneath the waves. And while most of the planar activity is underwater, contrary to most beliefs, the Plane of Water has a surface, and this surface is broken by several islands. The most famous of these islands is the Isle of Dread, surrounded by a fierce storm that extends to many Material Planes, which has the capability to draw in ships and strand them. The island itself is a dangerous, jungle-filled wilderness with great dinosaurs competing for food.

The treasures and sites of the Plane of Water are there for travelers willing to brave the monsters and dangers of an endless sea of unrelenting change.

Highlights & Impressions

Water, Water Everywhere. Below the surface of the Sea of Worlds, the Plane of Water is a vast endless ocean suffused with its own light. The brilliant azure waters are clear and pure unless tainted by some force, but there is a discernable “up” and “down” in the ocean – above the waters are lighter, and below the waters are darker. Waterbreathing creatures from other planes immediately notice the clean quality of the Plane of Water as well.

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Stream of Bubbles. Bubbles of endless sizes rise up constantly from the depths of the Plane of Water, the result of any number of thousands of possibilities. These harmless effects ebb and flow to the events that have happened elsewhere on the plane, and many native creatures have legends about them. Locathah believe them to be moments of history from somewhere deeper below rising to greet the surface, while sea elves view them as warning signs.

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Pull of the Current. The currents on the Plane of Water constantly pull and tug invisibly at beings in the water. They are less whimsical than the winds on the Plane of Air and more steady, though they can still shift and turn with surprising speed. Following a current is the fastest way to travel underwater, but most predators realize this as well.

Ch.7 | Planes of Toriel

Highlights & Impressions

Raging Elements. The four Border Elemental Planes sit at the crossroads of the Inner Planes, and their very existence is the result of powerful elemental forces clashing on an almost inconceivable scale. The individual elements of each Border Elemental Plane are constant presences, from the titanic waves slamming into the icebergs on the Plane of Ice to the fiery tornadoes whipped up on the Plane of Ash.

Crossing the Border

Crossing the border from a plane to another is technicaly just as simple as making a step, but the brutal conditions, the raging element, and the equipment needed to survive into a plane or another make it much harder to make that leap of faith.

Experienced sailor and guide charge enormous amount of gold for a safe passage. The price ranging from 100 gp all the way to 2,000 gp per passangers. This price is due to the risk of such trip. Any of those back and forth could be the end of their career, their ship, or other vehicle, crashing in the elemental plane of ice, as they desperatly attempt to save their life, using their scroll of "Word of Recall".

If you through those were expensive, few adventurous captain propose service, taking you to other inner plane, or echo of the material plane such as the Feywild or Shadowfell. Their ship, equiped with a magic energy core, is based on a concept similar to an amulet of planes. Sailing to the edge of the elemental plane they're in, the magic core pulse, the ship flickering between the ethereal plane and between the elemental plane faster and faster. Suddenly as the flickering continue, the landscape change, the ship now blicking between the echo of the material plane and the ethereal plane. After some manoeuvering, the ship can stabilize in its destination.

This kind of travel is very challenging, recquiring an expertise far beyond most sailor reach to maneuver the vehicle correctly as it blink. But once successful, you're in another plane. Such ship are also the target of fly spell, or rather modyfied version of it, to be able to get out of the new plane. But the conception of those rare ship is incredibly expensive, justifying the prices, starting at 5,000 gp per passanger

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But, like it is possible to step from an elemental plane to another. It is also possible to go from the the Elemental plane to the material plane, or its echo. The shadowfell is easily accessed through the plane of air, crashing down in the dark reflection of the world. When on the other hand, the feywild is easily accessed through the plane of earth, digging up to find the verdant reflection of the feywild.

Ch.7 | Planes of Toriel

An advanced civilization

Despite the great cataclysm, traces still exist of an ancient civilization, called "Orrin". All traces of this civilization date from before the great cataclysm, and we can thus estimate that it was there before this one. From further research we quickly learn that they are even the cause of this cataclysm.

These traces are mainly composed of ancient ruins, buried, trapped and difficult to access, very few of these ruins have been explored, and texts dealing with the subject are rare because of the obvious lack of information.

The oral traditions of certain cultures have allowed historians to learn more, but unfortunately these sources cannot be considered reliable, whether it be the fabrications of the dwarves, or the potential lies of the Yuan-ti.

Nevertheless, it is sure that the Orrin civilization was very advanced, whether from a magical or scientific point of view, for example, skeletons of what could be considered warforged were found in one of the few explored ruins.

Due to this incredible mastery of magic of this ancient civilization, some tend to believe that he mastered perhaps spells of new 10 or more, nevertheless, this theory is not the subject of a consensus among the scientific community.

Many spells used today, and constituting the solid bases of the most common magics, have been reconstructed from extracts found in excavation sites, the walls covered with runes explaining the handling of the weave.

Similarly, some monstrosities that now populate the land are artificial creations (notably the manticores). We think that these creations were experiments of the Orrin, freed after the cataclysm, they became wild, reproduced and constituted new species.

Draconic Influence

This civilization lived in a very different time than ours, before dragons were feared and hated as they are today. On the contrary, dragons were full-fledged members of this civilization, and often important ones, ruling cities and kingdoms.

Humanoids worshipped dragons, these absolutely powerful beings, offering them protection and knowledge in exchange for their worship, and in exchange for their offerings, a mutually beneficial relationship was in place between the dragon subspecies that enjoyed human contact, and the humanoids that worshipped them.

In the present day, when these majestic creatures are extinct, it is difficult to imagine a time when dragons were common, roaming the skies freely. Some subspecies were of course more hostile to humanoids, but lived in more isolated places, avoiding conflict.

In addition, it is important to note that dragons are immortal creatures and have a very slow growth. Thus, dragons at that time were not all as ancient and powerful as today, and therefore not as gigantic.

Ch.8 | Toriel's Lore

Dragon and Giant dominion

Thus, the era of the dragons began, despite this name, the giants were also an important part of the governor of Toriel, but the impact and power of the dragons pushed the generations to name this era after them.

After the great cataclysm, as the lands of this world returned to a more primal state, the two species became the natural leaders. Although other monsters of immeasurable power existed, the dragons and giants were the most numerous, at least in comparison, and they were also the ones with the most penchant for dominating the land.

Dragons and giants were already inhabitants of these worlds during the era of ancient civilization. Giants shared the land with humanoids, and dragons, revered by many, were often pillars of civilizations and cities.

It is precisely these conditions that pushed them to conquer the lands after the disappearance of the humanoids. Whether it is the dragons, too used to dominate the inferior races, or the giants rich of new territories.

For hundreds of years, this situation remained as it was, conflicts of this kind provoked some fights between dragons and giants, but nothing too important, nevertheless, the tension was growing.

The few humanoid tribes in the territory of these creatures who had not been forced into a tyrannical regime, whether it was the dragons looking for subjects to worship and serve them, or the giants playing with them, often using the tribes they came across as future food.

Nevertheless, each year that passed, the dragons were more avaricious of wealth, that it is economic, spiritual or cultural (gold, work of art, knowledge), of this fact, they exerted a strong pressure on the giants, in the hope to obtain more of these treasures which they sought.

On their side, the giants, happy to freely walk the vast lands, always wanted more territories, pushing them to enter the domains under the influence of dragons.

This phenomenon became worse and worse, adding to the already existing tensions, until a war broke out.

A squadron of storm giants marched into the mountains, tracking down a monster with a very particular taste, a future meal of choice for these soldiers. Their tracks led them to the cave of a white dragon, which, not appreciating the intrusion, killed them all, in its rage, it descended the mountain, hovering until the village of the giants, its menacing shadows falling on the village. He started a real massacre, wiping the village off the map.

The giants heard about the massacre, and sent more troops on a punitive expedition, killing the snow-colored dragon in his sleep.

The dragons in turn heard of the events, and each began the systematic slaughter of the giant villages near their territories, and of course the giants responded, and it quickly became an all-out war.

Ch.8 | Toriel's Lore

Dragon's armor

A single instance of draconic armor was found in the frozen kingdom. The leftover pieces of an impressive size, were made to fit the dragon shape, but only small portion of the full armor where found.

Said armor, made of adamantine, would be pricelss if it was found in its entierty, and some adventurers still look for the missing parts to this day.

Distinctive Sign

The giants used to have a symbol on their armor, showing that they belonged to a particular village. Villages that could not forge armor often had tabards to wear over it instead.

The ranks within the giants were formed very quickly out of necessity, and the relationships between the different ranks of the giant army could be conflicting, but the new officers were given the position not because of the luck of being a village chief, or anything else before the war, but because of their abilities, and their prowess in battle.

The hierarchy among the dragons was much simpler, almost rudimentary. The more senior a dragon was, the more authority he had, and dragon society has always worked that way, and continued to do so during the war.

The war although total, and forcing the majority of the population of both races to fight, was not necessarily appreciated by all, some rare dragons, or giants, did not appreciate the impact of this war on the Toriel, or on either race. But these differing opinions were a minority.

The death of each dragon was a significant event, the draconic population was very limited, and as the war dragged on, each side was coming to an end.

The giants, despite their best efforts, could not win, and were pushed to the far north, forced to isolate themselves on an island, now called Giant Island. The dragons, almost being, enjoyed a well-deserved rest, meditating on the atrocities committed during this war.

This finally gave the humanoid tribe the opportunity to flourish, and to recolonize this world, giving way to the modern age.

Ch.8 | Toriel's Lore

Common Language

The common language is a mix of various other language, from human slang, to elven poetry and some draconic curse. It is rather fluid, and easy to pronouce for dragon and man alike. Due to the various race thar originated it, le language do keep some rather gluttural sound for some expression, mainly curses. Any sound can have two tone, making for varied meaning with word that may sound similar to strangers.

While not the most simple, the language evolution made it the most popular over the year, taking on the name of common language. Originating in tana's empire, the language was formed after the great reunion, when the conflict stopped, the people of the empire had to find way to talk with each other. The humans, adaptative as they are, and short lived, took a few generation to adapt, but with this adaptation, this language, mixing the root of the various culture in the empire, appeared.

Tana's empire been a trading and economic influence over the world, this language slowly spread, it is far from been yet the common language everywhere despite the name. the secluded dwarves speaking very few word of common for example, or the warrior tribe of the green earth having only basic notion of common.

The writting of common is much more formal, most folk unable to read or write anyway, the grammar, and orthographe was created academicly, and therefore is more formal and follow strict set of rules.

The common tongue keep on evolving, especially as it spread, it grow, adding new vocabulary to its dictionnary, borrowed from the various group speaking it.

The regional languages still exist, except maybe for the humans, taking on variation of common, most races kept their tradition mostly in their specific language.

The language, even if widespread, is mainly know oraly. Very few peasant know how to write and read, as the education necessary to know those is too expensive for them. Nevertheless, the great nation of Toriel do keep written record of their history, especially since the great cataclysm wipped most of their knowledge of the past, they know to keep written traces of important event.

Chemistry

In the world of Toriel there are 5 elements, Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Weave. This fifth element is the fabric of magic, not fully understood, yet, it is known to be the vector of any spell, of god’s influence, and many technologies. Different in nature, it ain’t material, you cannot see it, touch it or interact with it except with the use of magic.

Dragonite. There are many wonders and matters with magical properties over the world. A good example of which is dragonite, and glowing dragonite. Found on ancient battlefields from the War between the giants and dragons, this rock is the product of extended exposure to the dragon power, and to the dragon breath. The glowing dragonite variety is highly explosive, in a blast of energy unleashed all the power accumulated when it was created. The Dragonite, older, had time to stabilize and make for a formidably strong matter.

As strong as the dragonite is, it is brutal and hard to work with. More often serving for shield or structure like reinforcing a ship mat than for armors.

Adamantine. A matter, far easier to work with than dragonite, and even stronger is adamantine. Only found In dwarven mines, it is hard to get hands onto it but make for incredible armor, shield, and weapon that can withstand the strongest hit and go through the best of magical protection.

Mithral. Looking for something lighter? Mithral is as strong as steel yet as light as fabric, far more common than adamantine, it is not something any mine can produce and is still quite expensive.

Crystal. Crystal, coming from the so-called crystal lake, catalyze the weave, making for formidable ingredient and component for magic items or spells, Harvested only in the crystal lake, they are something multiple nation fight for, and therefore, the price for this component tends to be quite high.

Moonstone. Moonstones are gem-like rock, graced by the gods, and often used as material components for spells, essentially abjuration spell. They are mainly harvested in mountains up north, in snowy regions.

Meteorite-Ore. Sometimes, a chunk of spaces fall onto the material plane, their provenance unsure, those material tend to have special properties, and as such, have been used. Meteorite Ore is a general name for most ore and minerals gathered on a meteorite. Often used to reinforce steel swords, it makes for lighter, yet stronger swords.

Deep Lead or Dimeritium. Deep Lead, also called dimeritium is a special metal which suppresses magical power. It was stated that being shackled causes unpleasant side-effects for the mages.

Three quarters of all dimeritium is produced in the northern Frozen kingdom

Shadow Steel. Shadow Steel is said to require souls to be produced. According to rumours, the souls are torn into pieces using dark spells and transformed into a raw spiritual essence of pain, which takes a pitch-black sheen reflecting no light. Weapons made from it cannot be resisted by conventional metals. They cut through the spiritual essence of living flesh, discharging excruciating pain into the victim. The rare survivors of these weapons report levels of pain that can render a person inert for hours.

Despite all those fabulous matters, most equipment and build are made with far more common material, mainly due to the cost of such material.

But chemistry tackle many other subjects, and scientist, many of them are wizard, still work to understand the universe, concept such as void do not exist, everything is believed to have at least the weave wandering around. Light ain’t a particle, nor a wave, but is seen as a possible state of the weave, and many other physic and chemical problems are explained thanks to it.

Doctors in the Lightfoot Land

Most healers in lightfoot land are acolyte, but doctors are becoming more popular, as an alternative to classic spells, and are quickly spreading, those crafting various healing potion slowly becoming what people refer to as plague alchemist.

Spell

But to this day, no one fully masters the weave. for example, there is no recorded instance of 10th level spell or higher, even if it is believed that the great cataclysm was caused by something of this power level.

Spell are classified in 8 different schools, more precision and detail can be added to each spell, but all correspond to one of those 8 school: Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy, Transmutation.

Abjuration. Magical spells and effects within the school of abjuration are primarily designed for protection and shielding. Don’t be fooled however, some Abjuration spells can pack quite a punch.

Conjuration. The School of Conjuration deals with creating objects and creatures, or making them disappear.

Divination. The magical School of Divination is centered around revealing and granting knowledge and information to the caster. Useful for reading ancient scripts, identifying magical items, and seeing invisible enemies.

Enchantment. Spells within the School of Enchantment are designed to manipulate the mental state of the target. This entire school is very similar to hypnotism, where the affected creature may act completely differently than how they normally behave.

Evocation. Casters within the school of evocation unleash a raw magical energy upon their enemies. Whether it be flames, ice, or pure arcane energy.

Illusion. The School of Illusion is concerned with manipulating the various senses of people and creatures. This could be vision, hearing, or other various senses such as body temperature.

Necromancy. In general, think of spells within the School of Necromancy as manipulating the ebb and flow of different creatures’ “life energy”, or the balance of energy between life and death. This can come across in the form of helping resurrection, or draining necrotic damage.

Transmutation. Casters who study within the School of Transmutation are able to manipulate the physical properties of both items and people. This could be something simple – such as turning copper into gold.

Biology

Dragons were inherently magical beings, and in no case should dragons be considered reptiles, despite obvious similarities such as a scaled epidermis and reproduction by laying eggs. In fact, they were more akin to feline creatures than reptiles, particularly in regards to their posture and movements, as well as being inherently warm-blooded and an eye composition similar to felines, although far more complex. A good example of this was the placement of the legs: dragons also tended to place their rear foot where their front foot was previously, much like most stalking feline predators.

Diet

All dragons were omnivorous and could eat almost anything, thanks to their innate elemental nature that allowed them to consume and digest all sorts of food, including substances that wouldn't qualify as food to other living creatures. Most dragons preferred a carnivorous diet, but a few of them had developing unique dietary habits. Metallic dragons, for instance, preferred to eat primarily inorganic fare.

Most dragons usually consumed half their own weight in meat every day. Dragons seldom got fat, as their bodies converted all the eaten food into elemental energy, storing it for later use. Much of this stored energy was expended using their breath weapons and when their bodies changed because of them advancing in age. When eating inorganic materials, dragons needed to eat as much as its own body weight per day to maintain healthy bodies.

In some instances, dragons also ate magic items. These instances were rare however. While dragons could "inherit" the magical properties of some magic items for a day or so, and as such this would had some tactical value, few dragons would resort to do such a thing unless they were starving to the point of death.

Reproduction

The number of eggs a dragon laid each brood depended on its race, but was usually low, between one and three. Thanks to their shape-shifting, dragons could also cross-breed with virtually any other creature, creating a half-dragon. The most commonly heard of were in the humanoid races, particularly with human and elves. Any combination was possible, however, even with devils or angels.

Senses

As for their senses, which varied slightly depending on the species, dragons were superior in most ways to other creatures - like any predator, they had exceptionally acute senses, which only increased with age. Dragons had excellent depth perception and comparably good peripheral vision, able to see twice as well as a human in daylight; they had great night vision, and were able to see even when conditions had no light to offer, though not in color. Dragons could also pick up scents very well, utilizing both their sensitive nose and forked tongue, much like a snake. Their hearing was on par with human hearing, although their minds could filter what noise it hears. Dragon taste was also refined, although they did not respond well to sweet flavors, and most dragons didn't discuss why. They were able to eat almost everything, but each race had a preferred diet; some preferred flesh, other to eat precious metals or gems, and so forth. Of all its senses, a dragon's sense of touch is the only one to decrease with age, due mostly to the development of thick, hard scales.

Dragons were capable of blindsense, the sense in which eyes, ears, and other senses were used to detect invisible persons or objects.

Abilities

Never steal from a living red dragon's treasure hoard.

Dragons became stronger as they grew older; they also became larger, more resistant to damages and magic, had a more dangerous breath, and a great deal of other enhanced aspects. Older dragons could cast draconic magic, such as spells with just a few words, and oftentimes they didn't need long and complex ritual involving words, gestures and components like other wizards, and they radiated a mystical fear aura around themselves. After a millennium or two, a dragon reached his maximum development.

All dragons had some innate magical abilities, but they varied from race to race. Metallic dragons were often able to shapechange into small animals or human forms, and used this ability to secretly help or watch over humans. Dragons also had some innate powers upon the element they are linked to. For example a red dragon, who breathed fire, had some control over other flame.

Vampirism as a curse

The curse of vampirism can be transmitted, or created in many ways. It is similar in some aspect to a curse of lycanthropie, as a bite can spread the influence of the curse, creating vampire spawn, puppet under the control of the vampire lord.

The theory on the origin of the curse are many. It is probably extremly old, like other similar dark ritual such as those turning a wizard into a lich. Maybe it was created on purpose by powerful ancient spellcaster, getting inspiration from actual vampire (the race) to try and achieve immortality. Or maybe, the folklore around vampire pushed people to curse each other, and the power of word slowly twisted those curse, those word, to create this.

The exact source of this curse is unknown, the effect and transmission of the curse has been detailled over the year. As stated previously, the bite transmit a small portion of the curse, just enough to transform a creature into a vampire spawn, and corrupt his mind into submission. However, a willing vampire lord may proceed to a ritual, during which he bite someone before he let the same person drink his blood, doing so will create a new vampire lord.

However, this transmittion is extremly rare, as the transformation take month, if not years to complete, the effect of the curse slowly developping in the subject as he let more of the dark need of vampirism take over him.

Said dark needs are an evidence of the curse/malediction aspect of this. The curse created with dark and evil intent, those affected tend to grow dark desires, unable to resist those desires, their thoughts are tourmented and tortured until they succomb to this dark side. Another evidence of this been a curse, with restriction associated, is the unability of those vampire to enter a place without been invited first, or their weakness to running water.

Vampire as a race — True Vampires

Coming from other worlds, many vampires haunt fables and legends, from their inferior representatives (like Mula, Fleder, Garkain), even attacking beasts, and whose frightening stories are told to children, to the prestigious higher vampires, not even needing blood to survive, and being totally immortal and timeless beings, the vampire society is diverse and varied. At the top of their society, the higher vampires dominate and control, not necessarily being malicious beings, they occupy their infinite existence to learn more and more about this world. some of them even having important role in nowadays world.

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Those vampire differenciate themself in 3 categories, lesser, intermediate, and higher.

Lesser vampire. Lesser Vampire are those unable to shapeshift, those who have to hide in dark alley, lurk in sewer and ancient temple and lure they prey in. Such as Ekimmara, Ekimmara Scourge, Fleder, Protofleder, Garkain, Alpha Garkain, Vargheist, Ancient Vargheist, Varghulf

Intermediate vampire. Intermediate vampire are those able to shapeshift, they still recquire blood to survive, but are foten more cunning, and able to hide among humanoid. Such as Alp, Deathwail Alp, Bruxa, Night Mother Bruxa, Katakan, Nekurat, Mula

**Higher vampire. Higher vampire are shapeshifter too, spending the vast majority of their time in an humanoid form, they are the strongest of all vampire, and control those under them. Higher vampire do not need blood to survive. They are four type of high vampire: Blood Caller, Death Weaver, Feral King, Night Blood.

Ch.10 | Monsters of Toriel

God of Life

Lawful Good

Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, is the guardian of all life in the world of Toriel. She was one of the rare dragon, an emerald dragon, choosen by the gods to become one of them, and was empowered by them to protect life in Toriel, and to act as a Mediator between Bahamut and Tiamat.

Alexstrasza loves all living creatures and protects them, and only those who menace the dragon or the world face her wrath.

Caelestrasz

Caelestrasz (Calen in his drow elf shape) is an ancient dragon and a child of Alexstrasza. He was taken captive by giants at the begining of the war against the giants, it his believe his capture, along with the emerald Merithra and the silver Arygos played an important role in the war between the giants and the dragons. All three were cursed, and Calen suffered a Curse affecting his shape, forcing him to stay in the guise of a drow, weak and powerless for the rest of his day. This captivity, an attempt to affect the dragon gods close of those dragons was an at that greatly increaed the tension between dragons and giants, and was descisive in the begining of that war.

After years of torture and suffering, he was freed by the end of the war. Now living freely, he is still stuck as a drow, and those long years of pain made him grow bitter and bitter, turning evil as he try to gain back more and more of his draconic power.

Ch.11 | Toriel's Pantheon

God of the Mind

Neutral

Arygos is an ancient silver dragon and offspring of Malygos. In his early day, he fought against a basilisk, the festering wounds were deep, and Arygos could feel the effect of the petrification starting, he knew his magic, as powerful as it was, was not enough to staunch the petrification that began to slowly radiate outward from his wound. Eventually, his back left leg went numb and then still.

As his mobility began to suffer, Arygos took to more contemplative studies. In his meditations and explorations, he began to work past his limitations as he mastered the power of his mind. Though he could not stop the progression of the curse that was slowly turning him to stone, he was able to learn to project his spirit into the Astral Plane. He discovered that as he wandered this plane, time stood still for his body — and his ailment.

In this way he has preserved his life, spending increasingly greater lengths of time wandering the Astral Plane to delay his encroaching petrification. To protect his corporeal form, Arygos relies upon a network of informants he has recruited in the ancient Orrin civilization. Most are unaware of his affliction. He meets with them through illusions and remains in contact through their dreams. Should the need arise, he can erase their memories to continue to keep his secrets safe.

Arygos Rise to power

Arygos's rise was initiated by Scarlet Briar, a dragonborn who had gone mad after hearing its whispers in 521 DB after gathering a legendary treasure from the desert's ruins, eventually being shown "images of destiny." Following ideas she believed to be her own, Scarlet gathered magical items, Arygos consuming their magic to grow stronger while Scarlet was being taunted by Arygos's constant whispers. Arygos's influence was growing physically and mentally changing those exposed to his power, awakening their psionic abilities.

In 527 DB Scarlet finished her preparations and Arygos grew strong enough to rise to godhood, the blood of his father, god of magic, Malygos the spell weaver, helping in the process. Though Scarlet died in the process, her death was said to send the final spike of power necessary for Arygos to fully access his new powers.

Ch.11 | Toriel's Pantheon

God of Flame

Chaotic Evil

Athazor the Lord of Cinder, is a red dragon, and the god of flames and destruction. Obessed by those before him who accessed godhood, he plotted to become the god of flames. He live for the destruction, and enjoy seing the world burning.

Archdevil, Queen of Hell

Lawful Evil

Somewhere in Hell's great lake of fire is a hidden island made of pure gold. An ever-growing mountain of gold coins, chalices, idols, and other glimmering finery rises from the flames, and at its top is a majestic golden throne. Atop that throne rests a dragon — but although Fury is known as the Dragon Queen of Hell, she rarely assumes draconic shape. Those who dare to gaze upon her majesty see a woman of unbelievable strength and beauty. Seven feet tall, she is draped in an ash-black dress that crackles with tiny flames like smoldering coals. Her skin is tanned, and patches of golden scales burst seemingly at random across her face, arms, and slender, powerful legs. An unruly mane of crimson hair cascades down her back and a pair of onyx horns curl from her brow, just as wings of smoke and flame emerge from her back.

Fury was once a mortal dragon who ruled over a longforgotten kingdom of the ancient world. In those days, she was known as Feth'razaal Goldenhide, because her ebony-blue scales were studded with the golden tribute she demanded from her subjects. In time, however, her hunger for power and wealth surpassed her subjects' ability to pay homage, and she exacted tribute another way: by claiming the souls of the dead. As her once-great realm fell into decline, Fury hoarded more and more souls until she was the queen of naught but ruins and bones.

It was then that she was visited by Asmodeus, King of Hell.

The King of Hell admired Feth'razaal's vast bounty of souls, and greeted her on one knee and offered her a band of Hell-forged gold. He sought her hand in marriage and she accepted his proposal. Feth'razaal knew that the King of Hell could not be trusted, and she knew that his proposal was a selfish gesture prodigiously stuffed with false humility, but she was flattered despite her better judgment. She took the pleasing shape of one of Hell's greatest warriors, the mighty Erinyes, and wedded Asmodeus in his great citadel. She vowed silently to match her treacherous new husband scheme for scheme, and wrest power from him just as he sought to undo hers.

But the game grew wearisome after centuries of play. The artifice of love and loyalty wore thin for both Asmodeus and his queen. Feth'razaal's disgust for the selfish, arrogant, and oft-distant King of Hell grew boundless, and one day she confronted Asmodeus on his iron throne. She took his ring from her talon, popped it in her mouth like a sweet, and spat the molten gold — melted by her dragonflame — in Asmodeus's face, then departed, vowing one day to claim Hell as her own and rule it as its rightful queen. Asmodeus was stunned for only an instant before he rose in fury and demanded his wife's head on a platter, but in that instant of shock, Feth'razaal had already gathered her numerous allies within the courts of Hell and flown from her old palace.

Feth'razaal discarded her old name — one which had been tainted by centuries of false love — when she broke her vow with the King of Hell and took on a new title that encompassed her boundless ambition and wrath: Fury. In the intervening eons, Fury carved out a mighty domain within the inferno and named herself an archdevil. Many of the souls she claimed as a mortal dragon millennia ago now loyally serve her as fiendish warriors, preferring the devil they know over the tyrannical rule of Asmodeus. Others take mortal form and venture into the world of the living to steal and pillage gold or souls to deliver tribute to their queen — just as they did in life. Someday, Fury knows she and her armies will grow powerful enough to dethrone Asmodeus once and for all. Until then, she is content to bide her time and live in luxury as Fury, Dragon Queen of Hell.

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God of Booze

Chaotic Good

Montbasignac is the dwarven deity of carousing, brewery and booze, representing the more festive side of the Stout Folk. He is represented riding a purple worm, carrying barrel of beverage, and legeng tell the story of his passage in dwarven tavern and inn. Often beloved by bard for the jovial atmosphere related to that god, some barbairan also whorpship him as a god who don't fear the futur.

God of Knowledge

Lawful Neutral

Those that have survived an audience with Kiennavalyriss report that she is an elegant and imposing dragon. The scintillating pattern of her opalescent scales is magnified by the intense illumination within the Alabaster Halls, and she bears a celestial heritage that shines brightly within her eyes. Her mother, a dragon, is enshrined in many myths as the servant and romantic partner of a now-forgotten exarch of the God of Knowledge. When her mother was cruelly slain by a band of malfeasant ratcatchers, the duty of safeguarding the lore of the library fell to Kiennavalyriss.

The divine blood that burns within Kiennavalyriss is slowly consuming her. Growing more zealous in her missions. She views the library now as her legacy, But, with the death of the former god of knowledge, slain with the great extinction for allowing the mortal access to forbidden knowledge, she accessed godhood, as the new god of knowledge.

A Trove of Secrets

Unlike many other dragons, Kiennavalyriss does not hoard wealth. Her treasured possessions are the countless books, scrolls, clay tablets, and other assorted writings that she has recovered and collected over her many millenia. The secret histories of countless mortal races are written upon them. There are ancient spells, dead languages, and the true names of devils hidden upon the shelves of her vast library. This collection also includes written copies of every conversation that Kiennavalyriss has had with visitors to her library.

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God of the Void

Chaotic Evil

Kur is believed to be the very first black dragon and is the eldest of the dragon god. Long before Zuth was a threat, long before other dragons access godhood, Kur was filled with primal power, a power so strong, that he was challenging the gods with his very own existence, a power such that space itself was bending around him.

The gods attempted to push the ancient dragon underground, to push him far from their affair, concerned with his power. But, out of spite or desperation, the great dragon kidnapped the goddess of the void, asking to be freed from their torment. He would not free the goddess until she met his demands. The goddess agreed to Kur's price, casting him into the void. But, Kur expected duplicity, knowing full-well what the goddess would do, and took her with him.

In this eternal void, in this infinite place, the two fought, and after a long battle, Kur came out victorious, now graced with the power of the goddess, and becoming the first black dragon god.

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God of Magic

Lawful Good

Coldarra

Coldarra is a floatting island to the north, home of the nexus, it is inaccessible without the ability to fly.

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God of Dream

Lawful Good

The emerald dragon Merithra of the Dream is a child of the Dragon god Ysera. She was taken captive under a mortal form by giants at the begining of the war against the giants, it is believe her capture, along with the red Caelestrasz and the silver Arygos played an important role in the war between the giants and the dragons. All three were cursed, and Merithra suffered a curse of eternal slumber. This captivity, an attempt to affect the dragon gods close of those dragons was an at that greatly increaed the tension between dragons and giants, and was descisive in the begining of that war.

After years of this eternal slumber, were the giants realized the dragon demi-god was impossible to kill, her godly power awakening and growing stronger each day protecting her, Marithra was rising, in her dream to godhood, becomming the god of dream.

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God of Death

Chaotic Evil

God of Poison

Chaotic Evil

Noxia is a very special black dragon. Unlike any other dragon, she was taken by the god of poison, and was born to be a subject of his experimentation. The dragon naturally strong constitution, and the black dragon resistance to acid would let the god of poison experiment various kind of toxin. Yet, noxia wasn't immune to poison, and was tortured by the god of poison for years, even centuries. The poison, not strong enough to kill her, did let her understand the true meaning of suffering. The various twisting her body, forcing her to shed scale, her skin, thin and corroded ozzing a green poison, deadly fumes surrounding Noxia.

But, as she grew and survived those experimentation, her might also grew. Raised among the gods, and experimented one, she was a dragon unlike any other, and when she reached the adult stage, she faced the god of poison. Knowing her physical strength or the poison she was now able to control would be useless, she plotted in secrets. After year of planning, the trap was ready, and soon, the god of poison was weakened, and trapped. Noxia revealed herself as the master of this plan, enjoying the slow and painful torture she was subjectating her former master too. Keeping him alive, she was soon knew as the Mistress of Venum, gaining godly power, and thriving when watching the former god of poison loosing all of his power.

Legend say, the almost dead god, powerless, is still locked within Noxia lair, which became the new god of poison, the scream of horror echoing through the plane as Noxia keep torturing him, peeling his skin off, burning his flesh, letting his lungs rot.

God of Time

Lawful Neutral

Nozdormu the Timeless One, Guardian of time, is one of the dragon god empowered to watch over Toriel. As a god of tie, knowing the order of the event related t this dragon can reveal difficult.

Dawn of the Dragon-God

In Toriel's ancient past, the Dragon God were old and powerful dragons who where blessed with godly power, may they have been empowered by gods who saw successor, or took this role by force.

Alexstrasza, her brother Dralad, and her younger sister Ysera were the only three survivors of their clutch. Ysera was sick and smaller than average, and Alexstrasza watched out for her. Alexstrasza was one of the more intelligent of her clutch and when one of her clutch brothers went missing, Alexstrasza searched to find him and met with Malygos. The two were attacked but fought off the threat, following this lead, the two dragon found Alexstrasza brother, dead.

Like the other dragons of this era, long before the great cataclysm Alexstrasza would gather under the command of Talonixa. While her sister believed that peace could made with Zuth a dragon afflicted with a disease, a curse only afflicting dragon, and growing stronger and stronger.

Alexstrasza knew that fighting was the only option, however, she vowed to not fight like Talonixa. When Ysera was given a chance to speak her idea of peace, Alexstrasza was worried about Talonixa's reaction. But when Ysera stood up to talk with Talonixa, treator used this occasion to join Zuth. Malygos witness of the betrayal and subsequent devouring by Zuth, would return to the others only to find Ysera and Talonixa in conflict over the fate of those bitten by Zith, afflicted by the curse. Alexstrasza found herself agreeing with Talonixa over the issue, the bitten would have to be quarantined or killed for the safety of everyone else.

Alexstrasza would then later save her sister from Zuth, after Ysera tried to plead peace even as the dragon army fought the elemental Zuth was conjuring. As Zuth began to fight the proto-dragon army, the god started to watch over this conflict, with interest. Some time after, Malygos found his way to the two of them, afflicted by the disease. Briefly succombing to the hunger for flesh, he attacked Ysera, but thanks to Alexstrasza intervention, Ysera was able to recall him to his senses and Malygos was then cured by the ancient god of life, blessed against the disease.

Alexstrasza, Ysera and Malygos joined with the other powerful dragon, the hunt Zuth once and for all. Forcing him to retreat in a cavern were all five dragon (Aliexstrasza, Malygos, Neltharion, Nozdormu Ysera), except for Ysera, began the battle against Zuth, who had grown larger and even more mutated than before. When Zuth suddenly expanded in size without warning, Their attack could no longer harm him. With a flap of wings, Zuth called up a massive wind that scattered the fighters. Ysera suddenly appeared and Zuth attempted to devour her, but Neltharion silenced his laughter with a mighty blow, pulled Zuth to the ground and began to mercilessly beat him even as Zuth began mutating further - as he began to resemble an elemental.

In the battle, Zuth ripped Neltharion lower jaw, Malygos moved to save him, examining the bloody mess as Zuth roared in triumph and grew ever larger. This bolstered the fighter, that, in a final attempt to protect everything they held dear, and blessed by the old gods, banished Zuth from existence.

After such a feat, the five dragon were blessed with godly power, agreeing to protect Toriel. Channeling the power of the ancient gods, they could access to godhood themself.

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Cleric of Time

Nozdormu once rescued a helpless mortal, that took it upon himself to thank the god, venerating him, and became the first cleric of the god of time. Nozdormu granted him immortality as a Watcher, tasked to bear witness to the history of Toriel as one of his agents.

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God of Storm

Lawful Good

Umunairu is a dragon of storm and sky, but not a true dragon. Her slender serpentine form swims through the heavens, borne aloft on delicate wings. Lustrous feathers cover her body, reflecting and refracting the light around her. Those that have seen her describe her as a force of nature - like a flash of lightning in the night sky, the setting sun before a storm, a dancing aurora, or a fading rainbow.

But, when the ancient gods needed an army of celestial champions, Umunairu willingly sacrificed her spirit to birth the couatl. The couatl were imbued with a fragment of Umunairu's draconic might, and appearance and Umunairu received a gift in return. As long as even one couatl lives, she will never know a natural death, and will be a goddess, the goddess of storm.

This boon is not without drawbacks. Over the intervening centuries, the population of couatl has begun to dwindle. A portion of Umunairu's memory is lost with each of her children that passes from the mortal world. The confusion this causes coupled with the sorrow and rage she experiences with the realization of each new loss has left her temperamental. The storms around her reflect this inner turmoil, making much of the landscape surrounding her lair an inhospitable place.

Perched high above civilization, she is content to remain apart. Her interests rarely intersect with the world in such a way that she harms it. She watches as many of her children as she can. When they are threatened, she views this as a personal affront, visiting unrelenting retaliation against those that draw her ire. But, she help and bless the brave adventurers who save her children.

Conflicted Spirit

Umunairu's Always seem to be marked by complex or unclear motives. Working with or against her almost always involves untangling a dense web of conflicting emotions and delicate perspectives as the goddess loose more and more of her mind.

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God of Passage

Lawful Neutral

In ancient times, the dragon scribe Vanadon served the goddess of the dead and protected her endless Book of the Dead, a massive tome which, thanks to his diligence, bore the names and final words of all creatures who ever have died, and who ever will die. Vanadon served his goddess dutifully for millenia. Neltharion already betrayed numerous of the dragon god at this point, and was spreading his corruption among powerful dragons, influenced by the earth warden, Vanadon faced the god of death alongside Neltharion, consumming the endless Book of the Dead to greatly lower the dark lady of death power, and took its power into his own body, transforming himself into the Living Book of the Dead.

From now on, the names and last words of the dead instantly inscribed themselves upon his milky-white scales. When he emerged, with paper-white scales covered in endlessly shifting patterns of black scrawling, he became known as Vanadon-Necroth, the Scaled Book of the Dead. Now recognized as the god of Passage, all mortal are destined to face him. He became beloved by the undying gardens' heroic inhabitants as a keeper of the memories of the dead.

Though the loremaster Vanadon once kept his library open to all creatures, he has grown paranoid during the war after the war of the ancients. His archive-lair was once a majestic castle that towered over the passing dead soul, but Vanadon-Necroth transported his entire archive-lair elsewhere, leaving only the crumbling, gutted structure of his once-magnificent castle in its wake. His godly power also grant him the power of perfect recollection and all information he adds to his infallible intellect is instantly inscribed upon his ivory scales.

Now, the Archives of the Dead drift on the waves of the endless Astral Plane, tethered to the bones of a dead god of memory, whose name is forgotten to all but VanadonNecroth himself. Within this arcane fortress, VanadonNecroth stores and maintains all of the physical tomes and scrolls he collected in his long life-which has also inscribed the details of countless spells from all disciplines of magic upon his scales. Though he no longer needs physical records of his accrued knowledge, he takes pleasure in reading and re-reading his favorite scrolls.

Vanadon Lair

Vanadon-Necroth prefers to be left alone to guard the records of the dead in peace, but every few generations he welcomes powerful mortal travelers to his home. Some come for simple reasons, to learn the final words of an ancient ancestor — possibly revealing the location of a hidden treasure or an arcane secret. Others come seeking the names of ancient heroes who have been lost to time so that they might be resurrected to aid them in their quests.

Vanadon-Necroth's archives are a dungeon of twisting passages, filled with traps, undead and construct servitors, and arcane wards made to deter all but the most determined knowledge-seekers from reaching his sanctum.

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God of Nature

Chaotic Good

Ysera is the god charged with keeping watch over the flowering wilds of Toriel. She provide guidance and wisdom to all who revere nature, acting as mentor to the druids of Toriel.

Dawn of the Dragon-God

In Toriel's ancient past, the Dragon God were old and powerful dragons who where blessed with godly power, may they have been empowered by gods who saw successor, or took this role by force.

Alexstrasza, her brother Dralad, and her younger sister Ysera were the only three survivors of their clutch. Ysera was sick and smaller than average, and Alexstrasza watched out for her. Alexstrasza was one of the more intelligent of her clutch and when one of her clutch brothers went missing, Alexstrasza searched to find him and met with Malygos. The two were attacked but fought off the threat, following this lead, the two dragon found Alexstrasza brother, dead.

Like the other dragons of this era, long before the great cataclysm Alexstrasza would gather under the command of Talonixa. While her sister believed that peace could made with Zuth a dragon afflicted with a disease, a curse only afflicting dragon, and growing stronger and stronger.

Alexstrasza knew that fighting was the only option, however, she vowed to not fight like Talonixa. When Ysera was given a chance to speak her idea of peace, Alexstrasza was worried about Talonixa's reaction. But when Ysera stood up to talk with Talonixa, treator used this occasion to join Zuth. Malygos witness of the betrayal and subsequent devouring by Zuth, would return to the others only to find Ysera and Talonixa in conflict over the fate of those bitten by Zith, afflicted by the curse. Alexstrasza found herself agreeing with Talonixa over the issue, the bitten would have to be quarantined or killed for the safety of everyone else.

Alexstrasza would then later save her sister from Zuth, after Ysera tried to plead peace even as the dragon army fought the elemental Zuth was conjuring. As Zuth began to fight the proto-dragon army, the god started to watch over this conflict, with interest. Some time after, Malygos found his way to the two of them, afflicted by the disease. Briefly succombing to the hunger for flesh, he attacked Ysera, but thanks to Alexstrasza intervention, Ysera was able to recall him to his senses and Malygos was then cured by the ancient god of life, blessed against the disease.

Alexstrasza, Ysera and Malygos joined with the other powerful dragon, the hunt Zuth once and for all. Forcing him to retreat in a cavern were all five dragon (Aliexstrasza, Malygos, Neltharion, Nozdormu Ysera), except for Ysera, began the battle against Zuth, who had grown larger and even more mutated than before. When Zuth suddenly expanded in size without warning, Their attack could no longer harm him. With a flap of wings, Zuth called up a massive wind that scattered the fighters. Ysera suddenly appeared and Zuth attempted to devour her, but Neltharion silenced his laughter with a mighty blow, pulled Zuth to the ground and began to mercilessly beat him even as Zuth began mutating further - as he began to resemble an elemental.

In the battle, Zuth ripped Neltharion lower jaw, Malygos moved to save him, examining the bloody mess as Zuth roared in triumph and grew ever larger. This bolstered the fighter, that, in a final attempt to protect everything they held dear, and blessed by the old gods, banished Zuth from existence.

After such a feat, the five dragon were blessed with godly power, agreeing to protect Toriel. Channeling the power of the ancient gods, they could access to godhood themself.

The Battle of Life and Death

At the behest of Ysera, Malygos and Nozdormu grudgingly agreed to come out of their lairs and fight Neltharion. Due to the power they had given to the Demon Soul, but they were no match for the Black dragon god — until Alexstrasza joined, bringing Neltharion down as the other dragon god were retreating.

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