Empire of Caprakan

== History ==
Caprakan was founded millennia ago by a band of ten psionists who conquered the warring tribes of that region. They created a great psionic matrix called the Node, which brought all the minds of Caprakan’s people into one unity. They become the first ten Node Controllers, independent beings who operated the psionic machinery that kept the utopia going. Since then, there have always been ten Node Controllers. Caprakan mined the crystals deep within the earth, made pacts with their dragons, and created an unassailable empire. 
Caprakan’s downfall came when they allied with Arendur in the Arendur-Ragnarok War. At the very end of the war, Lord Nylock activated a world-wide antimagic field at Tolumvire’s command, which destroyed the Node, killing the majority of Caprakan’s people. Only those unconnected to the Node - and the Node Controllers themselves - survive. Most have left their home, but some are trying to rebuild their empire from the ashes. 
== After the War ==
The corruption of the great old ones is an insidious things, and the denizens of Caprakan, with their minds so receptive and psychically attuned, were easy prey. The surviving Node Controllers continue to labor at the reconstruction of a united Caprakan, but they are long since warped and corrupted beings. 
Standing against the corrupted Node Controllers is a controversial figure; Bolom Dz'acab, the self-styled sorcerer-king of Caprakan, who would defy the old ones. He leads a rebellion against their rule; a swathe of territory belongs to him, he who has unified magic and the mind, and can turn into a dragon. 
== Node Controllers ==
* Yggdrasil - the Psion 
* Breidablik - the Wilder 
* Vanaheimr - the Dread slain by the Storm Giants at Ah-Xoc-Xin
* Nidavellir - the Marksman
* Vigridr - the Aegis slain by the Storm Giants at Ah-Xoc-Xin 
* Idavollr - the Soulknife
* Jarnvidr - the Psychic Warrior 
* Myrkvidr - the Cryptic 
* Andlang - the Vitalist slain by the Storm Giants at Ah-Xoc-Xin
* Noatun - the Tactician 
== Gods ==
While the people of Caprakan did have a pantheon once, they have long ago abandoned it. Some indigenous people still worship Quetzalcoatl, the kingdom's ancient god, but in the current day, the people of Caprakan pay homage to their collective consciousness, the Node. Some individual psionists pay homage to the dragon god of psionics, Sardior. Since the nation's cynical embrace of the great old ones, their representative god to the council is Aldrich. 
== Rise of Bolon-D'zacab ==
Bolon-D'zacab kills the Node Controllers. 
== Cities ==
* Ah-Xoc-Xin
* Itzam-Ye
* Ah-Uuc-Ticab
* Ah-Kin
* Ahau-Chamahez
* Vukub-Cakix
* Och-Kan
* Hun-Nal-Ye
* Zac-Cimi
* Ah-Pekku
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