Category: Lore & History
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Far to the south of the Zaleeshee’s salt-sprayed shores, where bitter winds sweep across snow-dusted peaks, looms a 500-foot granite shield carved directly into the living mountain. Minato’s Watch stands as a monumental sentinel to an ancient oceanic cataclysm—a time when the seas parted off the island of Koo-I and a towering column of darkness…
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The Cres Tribe: Wardens of the Shallows The Cres hold complete territorial authority over the inner shallows, shallow bays, and the immediate shorelines of the Zaleeshee. Their culture balances heavy communal isolation with tactical necessity. The Salsh Tribe: Sovereigns of the Deep The Salsh are a peaceful, seafaring culture whose history and existence are biologically…
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When the disparate peoples of the realm stood on the brink of extinction at the hands of the Nosvartus (and each other), their leaders met upon the shores of the Zaleeshee to hammer out a code of survival. To bind the agreement, each faction laid bare a permanent piece of their lineage. These sacred sacrifices…
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Overview The Rebuke, also known as The First Heart, is the formal funeral tradition of the Bloodguard. It is a sacred tradition of loving complaint performed when a member falls in service. Instead of a traditional eulogy, the ceremony focuses on an exaggerated critique of the fallen’s most notorious personal quirks or habits. Protocol The…