Creative Exercise: The Sovereign Dominion of Eyros

[Rystil Arden]

The offspring of the bloodwillow Sania is growing up. It seems that they could be a counterweight to the Patriae Sicarii in a few years.

D'oh,
::smacks himself::
That was my contribution that I forgot. In truth, I wasn't thinking of that because its down-the-road, but so are our other important plots. That's what I get for sticking my head in the past so much!

I like the ideas about the Messengers. Here's another possibility for Lux: Maybe she re-merged with the light of the plane of Celestia like petitioners in Planescape.

 

[Sarellion]

Sarellion, it was already mentioned previously that the Crucible was a smaller, more exclusive religious cult, so it's largely restricted to handfuls of folks amongst the nobility.

I thought so, but this are high nobles with big influence to throw around. I want to go thru the next summary, see what has been written about it in all parts of the summary and gather it together, contributing something of my own. Something like the domestic politics only Crucible speicifc and more detail.
Sorry about the argument, but I think it was necessary. Its bad that it filled up the thread.

 

[Abisashi]

Just to clarify

Just to clarify: Yeah, Abi actually said that all the older dragons were killed in the war (at least there were no known survivors)...

So, there could be some lying around (perhaps the one in the volcanno?), but no one can really confirm this. The dragons are all pretty innactive right now anyway (No one has seen Alsixnivis as a dragon and survived in quite a while, and he's the only active dragon we've talked about).

 

[Abisashi]

Contribution

Contribution:
Not so current history

A 120 years before the orcs and humans declared their empire of Eyros, the dwarves of Alkshalnjar and the valjarian elves got into a major war about new resources near the common border. Alkshalnjar lost the war and the dwarves were annexed into the elven empire. The magical boundaries were increased to encompass the former dwarven realm as well.

Nevermind, I already said this. I sure feel silly.

 

[Rystil Arden]

So, there could be some lying around (perhaps the one in the volcanno?), but no one can really confirm this. The dragons are all pretty innactive right now anyway (No one has seen Alsixnivis as a dragon and survived in quite a while, and he's the only active dragon we've talked about).

Oh, absolutely. We just can't make them known to have survived, or it directly conflicts.

[I realized I hadn't made this formal yet, so now seemed a good time to do so, as people were referring to him as a hybrid even though we hadn't discussed it in this thread.]

I think Sarellion actually mentioned it in the Messengers contribution, at least the silver/white motif. And Twiggly gave us an excellent model for how it came to be too. ^^

 

[Abisashi]

I think Sarellion actually mentioned it in the Messengers contribution, at least the silver/white motif. And Twiggly gave us an excellent model for how it came to be too. ^^

In fact, I said it in post #492. I feel silly.

 

[Rystil Arden]

This contribution moved below. Hurray for Eyros!

 

[Rystil Arden]

In fact, I said it in post #492. I feel silly.

Just like me when I misremembered my own Sania post. No worries!

 

[Abisashi]

Contribution - For real this time, yo!

Contribution:
Not so current history

A 120 years before the orcs and humans declared their empire of Eyros, the dwarves of Alkshalnjar and the valjarian elves got into a major war about new resources near the common border. Alkshalnjar lost the war and the dwarves were annexed into the elven empire. The magical boundaries were increased to encompass the former dwarven realm as well.

Arcane education in Eyros is relatively standardized, at the request of the crown in 2428 EY following the disastrous attempt to invade New Haven*; the difficulty of military commanders in understanding the capabilities and limitations of their arcane casters was considered a major factor in the botched conquest. There is now a common lexicon for common magical concepts, and common spell names have been standardized (to those in the PH, for the most part; proper nouns are Eyros-specific). Spell levels are reffered to as "veils;" the inner veil, the first veil... the ninth veil, and unveiled (though unveiled spells are much more a matter of theory than practice.)

Military spells are split into precise/broad and constructive/destructive/subvertive, as well as special purpose.

By way of example, Fireball is a broad destructive spell of the third veil, Bull's Strength is a precise constructive spell of the second veil, and Charm Person is a precise subvertive spell of the first veil.


*Relevant quote:

2427 EY: Eyrian forces attempt to invade the halfling city of New Haven but suffer a devestating defeat. The grand monarch immediately abdicates, and the High Admiral, a scion of House Garren, goes into exile.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Arcane education in Eyros is relatively standardized, at the request of the crown in 2428 EY following the disastrous attempt to invade New Haven*; the difficulty of military commanders in understanding the capabilities and limitations of their arcane casters was considered a major factor in the botched conquest. There is now a common lexicon for common magical concepts, and common spell names have been standardized (to those in the PH). Spell levels are reffered to as "veils;" the inner veil, the first veil... the ninth veil, and unveiled (though unveiled spells are much more a matter of theory than practice.)

Military spells are split into precise/broad and constructive/destructive/subvertive, as well as special purpose.

By way of example, Fireball is a broad destructive spell of the third veil, Bull's Strength is a precise constructive spell of the second veil, and Charm Person is a precise subvertive spell of the first veil.


*Relevant quote:

Let's say that they were standardised to the names in the PH except not with the Greyhawk NPC names attached (i.e. no Mordenkainen or Bigby in front of the spells). In fact, I'll make a list of spells with our own Eyros NPCs names on them and put it in the other thread.

Contribution:

In 3770 BE and 1231 EY, the binary-stars of the constellation known as Alkyone, The Lovers, entered perihelion in a configuration that aligned with their exposure to Eyros for a period of 2 years. This configuration only happens once every 5000 years. The rays from the stars beamed down on Eyros, bestowing happiness and euphoric bliss upon the people. Many religions made claims that this phenomenon was a sign from one of their prophecies or a blessing for their devotion.