Recent content by jaybirdthings

Couldn't agree more!

And we're done! Shouts out to Edgar Ironpelt and Bohandas for creating all month with me. I'm spending November focused on my setting guide but I'll be doing a new challenge in December, hope to see you folks there!

# 31. Tradition Subject: Person Canvas: Local THE STRANGER Admasian culture values many things, but the theatre is one of the most important aspects of the Empire. Empress Isabella is a world-renowned playwright who revolutionized theatre productions with her invention of the Commedia Admasia...

# 30. Export/Import Subject: Place Canvas: Global PORT BRIGHMORE The world’s largest trade hub is Port Brighmore, a large metropolis seated in Brighmore Bay, a massive bay upon which the people of Brighmore have built many interconnected floating villages called baysteads. Large international...

# 29. Artifact Subject: Event Canvas: Regional THE EXPANSE AWAKENS One of the most legendary weapons on the planet is a dagger made from the blood of Star Elves known as The Expanse. It holds the power of the stars within it, and stories of its past wielders carving images into the night sky...

# 28. Death Subject: Place Canvas: Regional THE BRUMEWODE OF ROQDRAGON The Elves of the Roqdragon Wode are an incredibly insular people. They welcome visitors from other lands and relish the opportunity to share stories with other Verran peoples, but they never leave their homeland. This is...

# 27. Gala Subject: Person Canvas: Dimensional CAEL KALANI, LADY OF THE CELESTIAL BALL The half-celestial humanoids of Verra are known as thrones, and their lineage can be traced back to the star elves. Few of the world’s thrones know of this connection, and almost none have made any efforts...

# 26. Political Leader Subject: Place Canvas: Global DWEMGIR THE REDBLOOD The leader of the Yorman dwarves is titled Redblood, a nod to the dwarven saint Belthar Ordvin, whose surname means “Blood of God”. The Redblood of Yormanthir acts both as a religious figurehead and an executive power in...

# 25. Tome Subject: Item Canvas: Global THE CODEX CODERUS The Codecies were powerful books that bound the forces of the universe to a rigid structure. One of the only Codecies that we know the location of is the Codex Mortis, the Great Book of Dead currently held by Lady Adelheid of Skopos...

# 24. Spell Subject: Place Canvas: Global THE FALSE CHASM The Final Hour caused all of the world’s latent magic to activate and become a rampant storm of arcane chaos across the planet’s surface. Afterwards much of this arcane energy burned into the atmosphere or was swallowed up into other...

# 23. Boon Subject: Person Canvas: Local LAKE ELIOR Along the edge of the forest Godholt that defines the edge of the Admasian Empire, there is a cluster of aspen trees all connected together beneath the dirt. This living singular tree system neighbors the small lake of Elior, named after the...

# 21. Sport Subject: Place Canvas: Global THE ARENA OF THE DRAGON The town of Hultsfrid in Grimstad holds a large arena that powerful gladiators from around Verra migrate to in order to prove themselves as one of the greatest fighters in the world. The current champion of the arena and leader...

# 22. Coming of Age Subject: Person Canvas: Regional THE GRAVESEEKER There is a custom the Admasian followers of Saint Dumas partake in when their mentor has completed their training. Before being officially ordained by the Church of Absolution, acolytes must select a spot for their grave...

# 20. Occupation Subject: Item Canvas: Dimensional THE SAPPHIRE EYE The Prince of Galdracken’s intelligence network, known as Ka Sanvirax or “The Sapphire Eye” in Common, are an order of spies, scholars, and psionicists. A small sect of the order nicknamed the Unseen are rumored to actually...

# 19. Biome Subject: Person Canvas: Dimensional THE WILLOW OF CLOUDSGATE Before the Final Hour, a massive metropolis floated high above the Barrows. This city had its own extradimensional realm of gardens and farmland called Lusgreine which was founded by a powerful archdruid named Willow...