Fantasy Godless- Lore

[Deepfish]

Table of Nations

The eight nations of Thuell represent all that is within the region encompassed by the Man-God Balmonds Protective storm. They are divided into two Categories, The four old world nations, discovered and settled While the Man-God was still with the people, and the Old world nations which were discovered, but not settled until AFTER balmonds betrayal.

Spoiler: Cities of the World

(Will typer out a better looking table soon. Probably with snippets on each location.)

Spoiler: Kareen

History: The first Nation of man, Consisting of Seven ancient Cities built by Balmond over 1000 years ago after the end of the Armageddon conflict. Even after being occupied by man for so long this land is pristine and Verdent, kept so by its four freshwater lakes and the network of rivers that run off of them. Thes processes are helped along by strict zoning and resource regulations. The Four lakes Fenel, Porreal, Valen, And Tsunda Each have a City built on their shores. Kor-Tarrius is the capital sitting over a split in one of the tributary rivers connected to lake valen. Kor-Bolshok was once a fort placed to mark the birder of Okube and Kareen, but it has now grown into a fortified border city. Finally Por-Golan is the largest of all seven cities, and no surprises there as it is the Only port city connected to the sea. Much if the peoples day to day activity revolves around hard work and community collaboration. However this nation is well known for its explorers and wanderers seeking adventure, ancient relics, and the resting places/Treasure troves that the man-god left behind as he explored the landscape. Many of these explorers wind up lost forever in the Great Kareenay jungles, the worlds largest unmapped wilderness said to be potmarked to countless bogs, and rivers, which are in turn filled wirh Baloths, Undead, Cursed land, and of course the fabled Bog Titan. This culture of Exploration and Discovery has lead to many of the worlds natural wonders being discovered by Kareenish explorer, such as the Fingers of Nowehere, The crystal peaks of Gaimont, the bottomless lake of Theanos, and even the world spine mountains to the far northwest.
Politics/Culture: Politically speaking Kareen is a monarchal republic. Each of the seven cities has its own kind who rules on matters within their city and surrounding towns. In the capital sits the Great King, who rules over the other Six. This great king engages with the foreign powers on the behalf of and with councils from the other six kings. Beneath the kings of each city are the Oligarchical nobles, wealthy families with ownership of critical infrastructure like mines and bridges. Their resources and wealth typically give them a direct line to the kings ear, for if a mine is at risk so too are its hundred to thousands of workers. Beneath these Nobles are the Trademasters guilds, where Masons, Tailors, shipwrights, Merchants, blacksmiths, and even Madames can negotiate to meet the needs of their enterprises. This distribution of power while seemingly imbalanced is kept in check by the Knight houses. Families of Warriors and Scholars who study laws, outcomes, warfare, espionage, magic, and politics so as to understand the ruling class. That way they can identify and cut out any corruption that they find. They themselves are kept in check by their low standing in society keeping them living with commoners, and a statute of pure transparency between them and the population allowing any citizen to demand the written record of any case these knights handle. They often work closely with, and are selected from the Army and guard forces.
Magic: Kareen is only slightly above average on the magical power scale of nations. They do have a high number of mages due to the presence of Universal university in Kor-Bolshok. But the most famous kinds of magic in Kareen are its Permanent transmutation, which is a closely guarded 350 year old secret, and the art of Making interactive maps that show your location real time, along with any person or object you have marked with the maps special pen.
Exports: Kareen exports huge amounts of Beef, Timber, Clay, Copper, Exptic herbs and Pelts, riverboats, Cartographers, explorers, and certain exotic fish only found in its four lakes.

Spoiler: Okube

History: The second Offical nation to be born into this world, having its founding be the exact same year as the betrayal of balmond, though the capital city predates even that having been built to be Kareens Fifth lakside city. The first act of its king being one of mercy and wisdom, the banishing of the loyalists rather than their execution, would set this nations history in motion. The people of Okube have a culture of Non-aggression and defense through distance, which played perfectly into their seafaring nature. Called the lords of the sea, the nation of Okube has maintained the strongest naval force in the world since the Kordov war, a navy consisting of 4400 vessels divided amongst four defensive fleet, one offensive fleet, and a massive reserve which sits in the central lake able to reach any coast through natural and artificial rivers. Most of this nations coastline is fishing communities with farming communities developing inland starting from the center of the lake. They are very generous with heir naval power often providing defense contracts with other nations, however they have been accused of doing this to project their power around the known world. A claim they dont even try to deny, after all Defense through distance is their main source of safety.
Politics/Culture: Politically speaking Okube is a democratic republic. Each town has a single representative, while the cities representatives being divided evenly amongst the four and each equalling a quarter of the total town representatives. Thus the combined political might of the four cities can never exceed that of the combined towns, preventing more populated areas from taking the resources of the less populated ones. Laws are enforced by Town Guards or City militias, with force each answering to Either a Mayor, or Governor respectively. The making of laws is done by the representatives and disputes of legality are handled by the Justicers who are basically lawyers and judges.
Magic: Magically speaking okube is known for being the LOWEST concentration of magical knowledge and practitioners of any nation. However they DO have a special magic, the original founder of the capital city was blessed by Balmond prior to the betrayal. This blessing said

“May you forever conquer the seas and the winds, you and all who call you brethren.”

Most Okubites, believe this to be why they have NEVER lost a battle at sea in their nations history.
Exports: Okube is a powerful trade nation putting out Ships, Shipwrights, Navigators, Maps, fish, beef, poulty,wheat and rice.

Spoiler: Gaimont

History: The Mystic Island Paradise of Gaimont was the third Old world nation to rise. Formed after the betrayal of balmond and the banishment of the loyalists. This nation was Founded when the loyal lord Montin Gaiam arrived on its shores and found the descendants of Kareeni Explorers living a primitive but peaceful life. Montin would build a small settlement for his family and servants and would exchange his vast magical knowledge for resources his family needed. Over time his fairness and power would attract many more to stay with his settlement and it would eventually grow to a city in his lifetime. By then the remaining tribes began to grow threatened and as Montin died they saw this as an opportunity to cast out what they saw as a foreign invasion force. Yet Montins chief apprentice Guile Trennot took the initiative to lead a defense that repelled the attackers without harm. He would parlay with them and give them great gifts and blessings to join them. It was during Guile’s lifetime that Montins dream of a peaceful nation was met. The entire island had joined together becoming the mighty magic nation. This nations mages played a crucial role in winning the Kordov expansion war and would serve to solidify Gaimonts claim of magical superiority. After the war Gaimont would construct the Seven Universities of magical study, the research from which would forever change the way the world understood magic. The current king Zedd Zullender would Found the eighth magic university, the Celestial Academy and with it, any claim to match Gaimont’s magical prowess was forever lost to the rest of the world. Aside from its potent magics gaimont is known for having beautiful landscapes, from the Clear reflective waters of the Silver rivers flowing from platinum lake, to the Shining peaks of the Crystal mountains where the capital lies, all the way to the deadly but gorgeous Miasmic bogs said to hold the last living black dragons. Even the people of gaimont are said to be supernaturally beautiful, as cosmetic magics are one of their trade secrets.
Politics/Culture: Politically speaking Gaimont is a Mystic Monarchy with their king being the most powerful mage of the nation. They hold tournaments every five years and the winner is coronated upon victory. This winner is obligated to have an apprentice who takes his place should he perish before the next tournament. Due to the sheer number of mages, scholars, and devices, surveillance in this nation is very strong making corruption and crime fall to almost nothing. Gaimont is the second least corrupt nation on the planet. Culturally speaking the people of gaimont see life in all its ups and downs as a journey to be had, they don’t often complain about much of anything instead using the power to harness change in order to bend the world to make it more suitable for them. In spite of the Tournaments occuring every five years king Zullender has reigned for 66years, winning the past 13 tournaments and going down in history as gaimonts longest reigning king. He has worked very hard to form a friendly relationship with Theanos which has paid off as no nation has been willing to test their military alliance.
Magic: Gaimont is known to he the most magically gifted nation in the world. They have Eight magical universities, A total of around 33,000 adult spellcasters, and four out of five of the worlds known most powerful magical artifacts can be found here. They have pioneered magical research and Kareen is the only nation known to keep a secret magical art from them. With the birth of Cosmic magic happening in this past century observatories have begun springing up and talks of eventually reaching the stars have begun.
Exports: Gaimont has one true export and that is the mystic arts. Magical items, Spell scrolls, teachers, artifacts, tomes, enchantments, potions and various other items. If you have a health potion in your bag odds are it or the bulk of its ingredients came from Gaimont. Other nations will pay large sums for shipments of standard magical weaponry, of course they do keep the best for themselves…and pass on some of that best gear to theanos as part of their defensive treaties.

Spoiler: Theanos

If there is one nation that has helped to keep the peace more so than Okube it is Theanos. This incredibly violent nation has long since held some of the worlds most terrifying warriors, and all they have waited for is a reason to wage war. This all started with their founding, Loyalist Lord Theon Cadmus, arrived with his family, and servants to an island populated by the primitive descendants of Kareeni explorers from around the time of the founding. Unlike gaimont however these tribes did not have as many dangerous magical creatures to contend with, so they were far mor likely to contend with one another. The arrival of Theon and his entourage was seen as a uniting evil upon their land and the tribes would band together to attempt and bring them down. Unfortunately for them, Theon was the Lord General of the Kareeni Army prior to his exile, and War was as much a part of his blood, as the color red was. One by one the attacking tribes would break upon Theons fortifications, then be routed, captured, and reeducated when possible. Eventually the attackers became fewer and further between and thus Theon went on the offensive conquering the remaining tribes and the entire island itself just six years after his arrival. He would have went on to Assault Gaimont, Kareen, Okube, and the rest of the world as well if his own servant had not rose to challenge him for the throne and won. This man Crastor Kiln would focus on building up the nation they had torn apart with war, he crafted six great cities and would build towns and settlements in between them, gifting these towns to the conquered tribes and the cities to those who wished to stay. They would go on to take heavy losses in the Kordov war, rivaled only by kordov itself, which would in turn force them to begin forming the Theanosi battle doctrines that haunt the nightmares of generals today. Geographically speaking Theanos is a very fertile land with almost none of it being incapable of farming. High levels of Iron in the banks and deltas of its river network provide the bulk of its needs, and its hardy independent population make it a very self sufficient land with little to no criminal activity. Hard to be a thief when your eleven year old victim is as deadly a warrior as a kareeni city guard.
Politics/Culture: Theanos is A Militant despotism. Their king Rules with an iron fist and a decree that is absolute. They usually do so in a way that benefits the nation, because those who dont will find themselves challented for their rule by every Tom, Dick, Harry, Lisa, Julia, and Mary in the kingdom. The throne is passed along via Single Mortal Combat, where the two warriors will fight to the death. Because of this fact Theanos is arguably the LEAST corrupt nation in the planet. Its people do not tolerate evil rulers and thus everyone from the crooked city guard to the king himself is able to be Challenged and removed by any citizen that deems it necessary. Considering every individual born in this nation learns Combat magic, Battle tactics, Strategy, Espionage,Survival, And Basic combat drills with a variety of weapons as a part of their basic education curriculum, having your citizens pissed at you is a very serious problem.
Magic: Theanos Were not the inventors of combat magic, no that was balmond at the founding with the first defensive arts lessons. However the people of Theanos are widely regarded as its best practitioners, rivaled only by the skill of the Gaimont mages, but made more so deadly by their physical abilities adding to the potent school of magic. This “Combat magic” include basic first aid healing, not enough to close the wounds but enough to dull pain and stop bleeding. Buff spells usually of the Body Magic variant, and Finally spell swordsmanship , or the art of wielding and casting spells through your weapons (does not have to be a sword.) they sit solidly in the middle slot of magical talent, and despite lacking much in the form of permanent enchantments, their defensive contract with Gaimont has them wielding some of the best crafted magical weapons, if they are worthy of such things. Its a good rule of thumb to avoid Theanosi warriors with magical gear, usually each piece of enchanted gear they have beyond the first is one they took off of the body of a rival, so you know its earned. Strength has many meanings to these people, as does weakness. one is to be sought at all cost, while the other is looked at as a blight upon their souls.
Exports: Theanos has a strict law currently in effect that prevents selling any of its resources to other nations, with the exception of Bodies. They Will send talented young men aged 16-30 out into the world to earn wealth through mercenary work. Upon their return their wealth is given to the nation and they are given a plot of land if they take the deal. Because of this Theanos has projected its power across the world showing the might of its warriors to all, as they slay the threats that others cannot.

Spoiler: Kordov

History: The first New world nation Is Kordov. founded by the third traitor lord Dovin Basil, This country would see the Division of Kareen as a symbol of wars to come and thus would take preventive measures in the form of Rapid Expansion. In just ten years Kordov had filled the entire northern continent, conquering every tribe in the area and establishing networks of resources distribution. Seeing Gaimont, then Theanos begin to establish itself Kordov would act out of fear, and launch what it called a preemptive attack on the closest and most powerful rival, Okube. They were at a stalemate for a while as the Okubian navy was able to keep the forces of Kordov from making landfall, but eventually the Kordov forces were able to secure a route around the Five Wild isles and land a large force within Okube, trapping their fleet between two hostile shores. It took some time but eventually Kareen, Theanos, and Gaimont would come to Okube’s Aid and the largest battle in history since God wars would occur. Okube lost 10 thousand men, Kareen lost 7600, gaimont lost 1700, and Theanos lost 9600 men. Meanwhile Kordov would lose more than all combined, with their entire nations army, at the time numbering up to 32,000 being slain. The end result was the fracturing of Kordov, first Zian would Separate with its four cities uniting to repel every attempt to reclaim them. The strain of this forced Kordov to accept the Detaching of Bickil and the Three wealthy families that would found it. By the time the Free peoples of Mosue would secede, Kordov had spent all of its wealth and blood trying to hold itself together, and as if letting out a breath it had been holding for too long, Kordov ceased all hostilities. Even today, the nation still suffers from the sins of its founding. Economically its in ruins still, hampered by the growing criminal elements like the thieves guild and the Black Hand assassins, and the Criminal Underground Markets. That said, you will find no nation where it is easier to simply go out into the plains and build a town, if you can deal with all the bandits that is.
Politics/Culture: Politically speaking Kordov is a True monarchy, but it is also a mess. The crown changes every thirty years or so passed from father to son, and with it the laws change, usually on the whims of the new king. Corruption runs rampant as bribes to get in the kings good graces have blind eyes turned to crime, and most who meet the king do so with the fear of their heads rolling if it happens to be a bad day. Because of this people tend to avoid the cities and prefer rural living if they can afford it, which unfortunately means the poorest are stuck in the cities where guards are corrupt, judges are worse, and the king is a disgraceful person with little self control. Worse still the ones that run things from the shadows are criminal lords who oversee assassins, thieves , human traffickers, and are said to be expanding to other nations…though not to Zian.
Magic: Kordov is known as the bottom of the magical barrel. With no mage schools, and almost every Tome, teacher, spell and scroll coming from other nations
Exports: Kordovs primary export is the criminal element, which provides everything from illicit substances, to people, to assassins, even forged documents from most other nations. It is such a problem that Zian will not allow any person to cross its border from Kordov.

Spoiler: Zian

History: The Second new world nation to be born, Zian was formed after the Kordov expansionary war when Four Large towns formed an alliance. Zabein, Located within the southern border third of the Greater kordovian forest. Izek, the Fishermans paradise. Altune, the fortress built atop jagged sea cliffs. Finally Nialo, The tourist city. These four towns would combine their economic resources, and resist Kordov, mainly sticking to the forests where the legendary rangers of Zabien could exploit their home field advantages stealthily wiping out entire platoons with accurate well concealed arrows. Their shores would be protected by Okube’s naval forces and Alone Zian would practically bankrupt what was left of Kordov. This defense was made all the easier by the nations terrain itself, tall hills, jagged rocks, dense forests, Frequent and powerful storms, all things the native denizens had grown accustomed too, but the forces of Kordov found nearly insurmountable. As the war engine of Kordov Sputtered and Eventually died Zian would shift its focus to one of building cultural unity, developing its cities and settlements, and furthering the reputation of the Silent defenders of the coalition, the Warden Rangers of Zabein. Over the years the nation has developed a reputation for being a peaceful and orderly place to live, due in part to a constant campaign against the criminal underbelly of Kordov underground, this place enjoys a large amount of freedom from crime, at the cost of alot of other freedoms. This nation is heavily policed by the guards and wardens and justice is not always fair or blind here.
Politics/Culture: The culture of the coalition of Zian has a serious hyper fixation on legality. There are many laws and statutes on the books and each city has their own laws. For example in Zabien it is illegal for a person to come across their border from the kordov side, in Izek swimming in designated fishing areas can earn you five years in prison, Nialo has a long list of goods considered contraband and makes a fortune taking it and selling it back to the nations it came from. In Altune vandalism is punishable by being cast out of the city, which can sometimes be fatal since it sits atop steep cliffs. Those who can follow the law to the letter will find this nations stable economy and respectful culture to be refreshing, while those who cannot will find it stogy and bitter and perhaps even deadly.
Magic: The magics of Zian are mostly Familial traditions passed down from parent to child in some cases since before the founding of their nation, with some even being traced to the time of the Founding of Kareen. It mostly consists of Druidry and nature magics, with some of the Warden Rangers reportedly having Necromancy and Illusionary capabilities in addition to the more common abilities of their cohorts, Spellbooks and Scrolls are Imported from Gaimont, however even Gaimont cannot craft finer magical bows than Zian, of which the method of crafting remains a closely guarded secret that many would and have died protecting.
Exports: Zian is the primary exporter of Oceanic delicacies, pearls, Copper, tin, and surprisingly are the formost experts in stone masonry, at least in altune. They also sell the finest bows in the world, along with the greatest woodland mercenaries.

Spoiler: Bickil

History: The third New world nation to be born and one that since its inception, all the way to the present day, has been the wealthiest nation in the entire world. It was founding during the height of the conflict between Kordov and the Breakaway nation of Zian, at this time a desperate Kordov agreed to Sell a large chunk of coastline, from the Bay where Seathrone sits, all the way to the Seaside cliffs where Parune was built, with the lake between these two settlements being the borderline. As the war began to shift in Zians favor, Kordov broke their agreement and went to take the coastline hack from the three wealthy families that purchased the land, but these businessmen were not caught unaware, they knew kordov would not keep their word so they had spent the little time they had preparing. They paid Mages from Gaimont, Warriors from Theanos, rangers from Zian, and Sailors from Okube to train a small but elite army, and when kordov made its move, these 5,000 men pushed the Kordov army seventy seven miles past the lake until Kordov petitioned for peace, which Bickil headed. Zian was greatful for the help in making peace and thus sold a large parcel of land to the Businessmen Who owned Bickil the border of this land is the edge of the greater Kordovian forest, down to the Great Ore mountains, and following that path to the sea, this gave Bickil another Lake, the Bay of Farsight, and the growing farsight community. Finally bickil would build the fort city Wharton on the new border between themselves and Kordov. From then on Bickil would gather its explorers and map makers and pair them up with divination mages hired from Gaimont sending these teams out to seek precious metal deposits and gems. This plan proved remarkably successful and Since then Bickil has had nearly double the economic output of the next biggest economy in the world.
Politics/Culture: Bickil is a very hands off kind of government, towns and cities have their own mayors and governors with incredibly wealthy oligarchs making the financial and trade decisions for the nation. Laws are enforced equally on all in this town despite their wealth or lack thereof thanks to the elite military that once pushed kordov back, basically settling into a kind of military police force. While typically that would be bad news for most. The excessive education given to them paired with adoration and respect from the community have kept them as the main force staving off corruption at the highest levels. Bickil is also known for having a competitive culture between the elites, each one wanting to show that their servants are the best educated, most well taken care of, and happiest servants in all the land, which has resulted in noble houses the world over sending their children to be servants of the oligarchs of Bickil where they can receive the best education money could buy along with a good deal of humility.
Magic: The magic bickil is most known for is Divination which is held in high regard as a tool crucial to the founding of the nation. That said the most powerful mages in the nation usually wind up being the Servants of the Oligarchs who have nearly bottomless coffers funding their education in the magical arts.
Exports: it has long been said that one can find anything in Bickil, however its primary exports are Finery, jewelry, custom clothing ,Exotic furniture, excellent wine, Ornate ships and carriages, yet above all their most expensive and exclusive product are their Tiered Butlers. Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Mythril are the Tiers and Ranks with each one being more and more talented. Rumor has it that the Mythril class butlers are sufficiently trained to protect their masters from assassination and wild beast alike.

Spoiler: Mosue

History: The last of the nations to form and the fourth new world nation, The Free tribes of Mosue were founded by refugees fleeing the horrors of the Kordov expansionary war, and the subsequent Fracturing war that spilled blood across the entire northern continent. The only place that was really free of war was the wild coasts to the north, a frigid tundra to the north with large herd beasts, deadly predators, and a salty wind that choked out attempts to farm produce. Due to these challenges the people of Mosue went largly unnoticed as they didn’t see a need to settle down and form cities or towns. They were nomads, following the herds and contending with the predators and bitter environment. Eventually a problem arose, the hard ground, predators, and scavengers ensured that any buried dead would be exhumed and eaten, and attempts to burn their dead would invariably attract more predators. So eventually large stone tombs were made, the dead were laid there with the ritualistic burials taking place there. Many of the oils and incense used in the embalming process were the very same ones used in the birth blessing processes, so beside the tombs medical centers were built. Incidentally, the same decorations and dyes that were used in the Birth blessing processes were used often in weddings, thus amphitheaters were created and finally storefronts and walls. This process occured three times in three places forming the cities of High standig, pokhan, and Luuxaar. These cities are different than all others in the world as they are not constructed for long term dwelling. You will find no homes or beds in these cities, booths, chapels, tombs, and hospitals are all you will find, with a very few people whose tribe has decided to take a route that simply circumvents the city time and time again. The bulk of the population are constantly on the move, either on the surface, or within the network of ancient tunnels that stretches all across this nation.
Politics/Culture: Mosue is a Plutocracy, their oldest members form elder councils that decide things based on their wisdom and lived experiences. Those adults who are full in growth are the body of the tribe doing the work and providing for others, while children are kept innocent and inquisitive as they age. This nation is a purely peaceful people many not even carrying weapons beyond their hunting tools. Debates between tribes rare as they may be are settled by elders casting lots and getting drunk together. In the event of a foreign invasion, scouts will warn tribes who will hide in tunnels, the war is won by saboteurs crippling supply lines and starving the enemies out, while the harsh winds freeze them. This peaceful approach paired with the utter lack of any desirable resources have kept this land safe since its inception…however they fear the Theanosi peoples will eventually invade them as they are not at all shy about telling the world how much the cowardly tactics of Mosue make them sick.
Magic: The free peoples of Mosue are the world’s foremost experts of Necromancy and spirit magics, in fact collaboration with Gaimont’s mages allowed the discovery of spirit magic energy to the rest of the world. Mosue is known to purge undead with a vigor and disdain uncharacteristic to their nature, they will also commune with the spirits of the dead to solve mysteries and give solace to others, even briefly reanimating bodies so they can have the creatures they kill during hunts walk themselves back to camp. Its only in the past century give or take a few decades that they have begun sharing services with the rest of the world.
Exports: Mosue actually only exports their Shamans, Pelts, and one single trinket that actually makes their nation seem desirable. Mosue seems to have ruins and artifacts that predate not only the founding of Kareen, but some that may even predate the arrival of the gods… because of this scholars from Gaimont, Explorers from Kareen, and Collectors from Bickil all come to this land seeking the secrets it holds.

 

[Deepfish]

The magical forces​

Magic is a fundamental force if this universe. Much like Strong and weak nuclear forces, Electromagnetism, and Gravity. Magic is the Fifth force, the force of Change. While it is connected to every atom in the universe, and is usually immeasurable due to its low quantity per atom (less than a millionth of a percent of each atom) in some patches of the universe it can gather in much larger quantities as the force seems to have a psudo magnetic attraction to itself. The more magic Sub atomic bits there are, the more will be pulled to it. Once magic particulates begin to exceed 1/100th of the atoms total mass it begins to generate a vibrational energy signature that is known as the Energy called Mana. However…while more magical sub atomic particles typically means more mana, if the Magic particulates ever reach 1/10th of the atoms mass it will destabilize the atom tearing into sub atomic particles in a process called Mystification. While violent and destructive, this process unleashes tremendous amounts of mana.

Sentient beings who find their atoms saturated gain access to this energy of Mana and are able use it to Hasten and guide the very force of change, appearing to break the laws of reality. For example a flameblast spell seems to fire a jet of flames that is manifested instantly in the mages hand, what is really happening is the mana is charging the atoms of the air then using the process of Mystification to scatter the atoms generating both the fire and projecting thrust force. This occurs wether or not the sentient understands the scientific process that is occuring. As a result magic can be very deadly in the wrong hands as the user can inadvertently damage the very fabric of reality.

Worlds with sentients that have access to mana are usually doomed. A few thousand years of mana levels rising steadily over time increases the overall ratio of magical sub atomic particles to mundane ones, almost guaranteeing the world and all its denizens a demise in the form of Mystification scattering their atomic bits across reality. Few exceptions to this exist, and one of these exceptions are the Cosmic species called the Empyreans, known to most that encounter them as The Gods.
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Magic & Thuell​

The world of Thuell is not one that had much magic on it initially, it was one of the worlds that matched the scarce background levels of about one millionth of a percent of magical particles. However the gods arrived and quickly began to change that. Their “First wave” of creation was meant to be the one that increased the particulates to the point of Thuell becoming a magical world, then they would purge the planet and settle it for their own species. This did not go according to plan, these gods had done this across the stars for countless millions of years and had grown complacent. Thus the first wave of creation on Thuell grew into a wide array of magical species, converting the planet into a magical one.

As the ages progressed thuell has become a powerfully magical place, the mages of gaimont are just now becoming able to register the Particulate counts and have found it to be up to 1/20th of the Structure of Atoms in the world. Making theull a hotspot in the cosmos. It also explains why mages and magical creatures have been slowly growing stronger and stronger over the ages. A fact that has obviously brought many problems to the world.
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The schools of magic​

In Thuell all magic is divided into seven overall categories, many many subcategories exist that overlap and encompass many of the seven schools but they are as follows.

Life- Governing magics of healing, resurrecting, Manipulating plants and animals, and other facets of life.
Death- Governing the forces of disease, decay, undeath, with special connections to scavengers and predators.
Creation- Manipulation of objects to rearrange them into other objects and shapes. Mending spells, forging spells, and most elemental magics fall into this category.
Destruction- Antithesis to Creation, destruction is a school of magic that includes the elements of lightning and fire, rot of inanimate, and a variety of natural disasters. It is mixed with other schools more than any other as defensive and combat magics almost require destruction magic to exist.
Mind- magics of the mind include astral projection, Illusions, telepathy, Emotional manipulation, and even mind control and memory manipulation, most nations require a registry of those who use this, while others outlaw it entirely.
Body - Magic used to amplify one’s physical attributes, alter appearance without illusions, even regenerate in certain capacities. Magic of the body includes the natural weapons of almost every magical creature and thus is called the most common type of magic.
Spirit - Necromancy, Spirit summoning, Dream walking, even dreaded hereditary curses can be found in this mysterious and mostly unknown class of magic. It is known as the newest type of magic and outside of Gaimont is often overlooked with its unique properties being divided between Life, Death, and mind.
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This does not encompass all schools of magic in the slightest, Cosmic magic is a blend of Creation, Destruction, Mind, and Body magics, While the combat magics of Thuell include Life, Creation, Death, and Destruction and body, yet is widely considered inferior to Cosmic magic. The Butler magic of Bickils servant class includes Creation, Life, And Body. While the Necromancy experts of Mosue are known to use Spirit, Death, and Mind magics. These schools are more-so to differentiate the ENERGY SIGNATURE of different spells and abilities. A mage who has mastered knowledge of such things, and is able properly identify the Type and Ratio of energy in a spell, can Actually Unravel it mid cast…a trait famous amongst the Gaimont Witch hunters.​

 

[Deepfish]

The Legends of Thuell​

These are the figures who have been i to cemented into legend by their deeds, basically everyone knows these names. They are this worlds Attila the Huns, Alexander the greats, or Ghandi’s. This list will expand as i remember more figures and as deeds are done…a few of our characters may wind up eventually.
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Spoiler: Man-God Balmond

The Hero of mankind, Slayer of the god of Justice and peace, and Absorber of his domain. True to the title he proved to be the greatest champion of mankind, slaying a total of 59 gods in his war against them, banishing those that remained, bringing humanity back from extinction via the preservation of seven families and the bolstering of their genetic code. He would even go on to give up a large chunk of his power to construct a storm to guard this pristine land for mankind.

In the end he was betrayed for his efforts by the descendants of the very people he saved. Wounded and magically sealed into an iron coffin for over five hundred years the world has mostly pushed him into he realm of forgotten myths with many thinking him to be long dead. However the slow subsiding of his storm, and the small number of people seeing and hearing him in their dreams seems to imply differently.An implication that makes the blood of kings run cold.

Spoiler: The Twin Terrors of the North

In the modern age the question of “who is the strongest man alive” has had some issues with answering. Two men seem to be neck and neck for this title. The kings of Theanos and Gaimont respectively.

King Bauchus Keelik Lord of Theanos is a bit harder to gauge than his counterpart, even though the throne is passed via mortal combat, his coronation bout ended too quickly for any to gauge his might. It took 3.2 seconds. Most of which was spent telling the previous king that while he respected the man, he did not think he was strong enough for what was to come. The next sound heard was the echoed ringing of steel on steel as Bauchus split the man in two, shield, armor, sword and all.

Assassination attempts made on him have failed miserably, even when a muted bolt was fired from a crossbow behind him, he did not hear it, he felt it touch one of his nape hairs, and was able to shift out of the way before it made it to his skin.

Even the beasts of his nation cannot seem to phase him. As he has been charged by a Tri horned baloth and stopped it in its tracks, and has even survived falling from cloud heights when he cut the winged baloth that tried to carry him away. He is luckily a man of honor and possesses a level of self control that many in his nation seem to lack.
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In the other corner we have Zedd Zullender, the Mage king of Gaimont, thirteen time world magic tournament champion, Inventor of cosmic magic and longest reigning king in all of gaimonts history.

This man has smitten dragons with meteorites, generated aurora light shows for his entire nation to enjoy, and is said to have memorized and mastered over 1000 different spells. His magical might is said to be able to change the way maps are drawn if he really applies himself and many suggest he may in fact be divine in origin despite his repeated denial of this.

You may think this is no contest, Zedd has reigned longer, done more impressive things and is arguably more versatile than Bauchus. However Bauchus took the throne a mere two years ago, and six months into his reign Zedd came to him very upset by the demise of the previous king, a man Zedd called friend. So he challenged Bauchus, who accepted on the condition that they battle outside of theanos so he would not he obligated by law to fight to the death.

Zedd accepted and the two faced off in an open area in gaimonts far north. After three days, the two came back to the throne room, each looking ragged and bone tired. They shook hands, reinforced their treaties and agreed to be more than just allies, they would he friends.

Which leads us to why no one knows the answer to which of these two men counts as the worlds strongest. Neither will tell what happened during that fight, and each one claims the other is in fact the Worlds most powerful man. Because of this confusion and their alliance, most of the world has just decided to leave both nations alone and do their best to avoid incidents with their countries.