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8th Church Knight

Eighth Church Knight

*A Prestige Class*

These knights subscribe to the 8th Church of Iomedae. They keep undead charges for which they try to find salvation. An 8th Church Knight must bind an undead of intelligence to them in a ritual. This is not an easy task and is part of the initiation of a new knight. At least one knight that has successfully bound one of these undead is usually present and guides new initiates when this happens.

**Prerequisites:**

Knowledge (Religion) 4 Ranks

Spellcasting Levels 1

Patronage of Iomedae

Acceptance into The 8th Church

**Hit Die**: 8th Church Knights get - D10

**Class Skills**: The 8th Church Knight’s class skills are Appraise (Int), Climb (Str), Knowledge (arcana),  Knowledge (history) (Int), Knowledge (nobility) (Int) (Int), Knowledge (planes) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Linguistics (Int), Ride (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), and Swim (Str).

2 + Int Mod / LV

**Table : 8th Church Knight**

Undead Charge

The undead can be any humanoid undead of CR 3 (or less) with a single class level. It gains levels as the 8th Church Knight levels according to the table above. For story purposes, with the initial aid of an experienced 8th Church knight, the prospective 8th Church Knight could gain access to this just before leveling as a part of completion of the first binding ritual. An experienced 8th Church Knight can provide this service for other prospective knights.

Charge Protection

Outside of combat, as a minor ritual, an 8th Church Knight may spend any healing magic he would otherwise get to repair his undead charge.

Devotion

The devotion ability simply lets the 8th Church Knight gain their choice of either, one of the new devotion abilities yet to be created, or a class feature from the base class that would be available at any level below the total character level. Upon the second attainment of devotion the 8th Church Knight may select a custom ability or the class feature of any reasonable 8th Church Knight base class (some dm discretion is advised) that would be available at one less than the knights total class level. Upon 3rd attainment of devotion the 8th Church Knight may select an ability of custom origin or one class feature of any reasonable 8th Church Knight base class of the Knights total level.

*Advanced Charge Protection (Su)* - The 8th Church Knight can cast their healing spells on their charge at anytime they could use that healing magic normally.

Absolve Charge

The 8th Church knight at 4th Level gets the ability to absolve his undead charge through ritual. These rituals often culminate in the charge’s destruction in battle representing its final absolution. Sometimes it occurs outside of battle, but this is less frequent. After this is done an 8th Church Knight gains the ability to gain a new charge of any sensible humanoid intelligent undead CR 6 or lower with up to three class levels. This charge must be bound much as the first.

Passion of the Redeemer

The 8th Church knight gains the potential to bind any CR of intelligent humanoid undead with the DMs discretion.
Short Fuse

The sapper Skret was a member of the former squad "Bridgebreakers". He can best be depicted from his entry in his military dossier;

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> Rank: Private
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> Position: Sapper
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> Status: MIA, assumed dead.
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> Born into a poor family of Ratfolk drifters, his parents generally lived from one garbage dump to the next. Skret joined the Army due to lack of encouragement for his intellect. He was immediately recruited into the Bridgebreakers due to aptitude, some may say 'obsession', with explosives and alchemical creations. The Bridgebreakers were a new, specialized, squad under command of Captain Lash. They specialized in; bridge-building, laying mines, demolitions, general construction and building, and road construction and repair (with foot-soldiers available to defend). The Bridgebreakers became an immediate asset to the military, they would sneak around a city's walls while the main host was distracting the enemy and attempt to create holes on other sections of the wall so the reserves could breach from a new, undefended entry. However, the life-expectancy for sappers is low, due to their constant meddling with explosives.
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> - During the siege of -CLASSIFIED-, the army was looking at a standstill. The main host couldn't push any farther and it seemed like they would need to pull back to preserve resources. In a last-ditch effort, the Bridgebreakers were sent in to make an attempt on a wall. It didn't seem like it would work as both the 2nd and 5th squads were taken out almost immediately. The 4th squad, however, were able to get in and start working on placement of a bomb. With help from a talented soldier, Nujol Half-Ear, they were able to get the bomb set. As they pulled back the explosive went off early, though, and Skret caught a blast in the face, barely making it out alive (giving him the nickname "Short Fuse" from his captain and fellow soldiers). 4th Squad was determined to be the reason the military was victorious that day, as the reserve pushed in and relieved the host enough for them to push in.
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> *Following a recent loss, and complete annihilation of the host, Skret (Short Fuse) and Nujol (Nick Nack) have been reported as MIA, presumed dead. A few soldiers who were able to make it back from the battle report having seen the Bridgebreakers overrun and seperated, Only a couple soldiers of their division making it back to base.*
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Cahervaniel

A set of standing stones approximately twenty miles east of Mistwood, in Falak's Fields. The source of these stones is unknown and predates any records currently available in population centers. Even recovered documents from the pre-cataclysmic empires or in the deeper recess of Luccinian collections refer to these stones as ancient.

In Caminra 750 one tooth of the stones have fallen down, revealing a passageway beneath.
The War for Vasidok

In 749 an inconclusive border war was waged between The Grand Duchy of Dennovaria and the Velanyan Empire. The war was fought for control of the fertile lands between the eastern reaches of the Giantshield Mountains and the mining town of Vasidok.

The war was started as the Velanyan Empire decided to expand south into the unclaimed territories south of Fort Gnalt, their southern vanguard. The Velanyan empire had many reasons to expand southward. Controlling the precious metals from the mines of Vasidok is considered the most prominent reason but there were others. The newly declared Empire of Fog in the north, with Foghaven at its heart is well known to be magically superior in its inventions to the Velanyans and many speculate that Empress Keralia wanted to expand south to plunder the ancient store of the fallen Empires of Marranth, Iescalon, and Xanarr. Additonally, taking Vasidok may have granted the Velanyans a back door entrance into Blackcove to disrupt the pirate haven. The pirates of Blackcove have long frustrated free trade along the coast and the Velanyan Navy has been unable to come within even 30 miles of Blackcove by sea.

Dennovaria had a major patrol detachment scouting the roads to patrol for Orcs that were rumored to be raiding valuavle exports from Vasidok. The Velanyans claim that the scouting Dennovarians attacked them, the Dennovarian deetachement claims the opposite. After a deadly skirmish both nations scouting parties retreated and reported to their respective commanders. Within a week both nations had declared war and claimed ownership of the entire area between the southeastern Giantshields and the Daelgoeln Mountains protecting Blackcove.
Chapter Twenty-Eight

**Chapter 28** is the last episode of the third season of On My Block, premiering March 11th, 2020 on Netflix.

## Summary

A fraught hike into the woods and a startling discovery pushes the crew toward some difficult decisions that will change their friendship - and future.

## Cast

### Starring

* Sierra Capri as Monse Finnie
* Jason Genao as Ruby Martinez
* Brett Gray as Jamal Turner
* Diego Tinoco as Cesar Diaz
* Jessica Marie Garcia as Jasmine Flores
* Julio Macias as Oscar Diaz

### Guest starring

* Reggie Austin as Monty Finnie
* Peggy Blow as Abuelita
* Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson as Kendra

## Trivia

* At the end of the episode, they fast-forward to two years later.
* Cesar is back in the gang and has become the leader.
* Jasmine and Ruby are still together.
* Monse has left to go to Mayfield after being persuaded by Cesar and her father.
* Jamal and Ruby are no longer friends.
* Oscar is expecting a child with his girlfriend/wife. We can also assume that he is out of the gang.
The Empire of Velanya

Imperial Velanya is an empire the claims to continue the line and majesty of pre-cataclysm nation of Imperial Marranth. The nation is currently ruled by Empress Keralia Velanya.

## History

The Imperial Velanyan Empire was founded in the MediaWiki:Badtitletext from the ashes of the Imperial Marranth Empire around 410 LCY. By The Poisoning of Marranth
House Velanya was a small but influential noble house that was largely
responsible for the upkeep and taxation of the northern reaches of the Empire.
There is some disparity between the official records of Velanya, and what is recorded
in the libraries of Luccini.

The Imperial Library of Velanya records that House Velanya
was founded by the son of a fourth daughter of the Marranthine ruling family,
House Marran. It is written this son, Ser Qwilean Velanya had led numerous
campaigns to quell and subjugate the barbarians of the northern reaches before
being awarded with his own High Lordship beginning the House of Velanya in 350
LCY. This noble house built its homestead on the site that would later become
the Imperial Palace of Velanya. From here improved roads and taxation spread to
all corners of the barbarian north that had once been a source of incursion to
Marranth. House Velanya continued to grow in wealth and power, though their distance
of their house from the Marranthine seat of power always left them dismissed from
the upper echelons of Imperial politics. In the end, this distance may have been
the main thing that allowed house Velanya to survive the poisoning of the Imperial
Court of Marranth, and the subsequent downfall of the Empire. In 400 LCY, led
by Ulgren Velanya, the Velanyans closed their meager borders (barely consisting
of fifty miles in any direction from the capital) and successfully fought off
the raiding hordes that brought low what remained of Marranth.

The archives of Luccini record a somewhat
different story, however. It is written that the name Velanya is actually a
name derived from Valya, or barbarian valley people that plagued the northern
reaches of the Marranth Empire. These barbarian tribes, prior to about 350 LCY
were known to cause significant disruptions to the Empire, to the point that
their raids very nearly pushed south to the capital in the summer of 350 LCY.  During this summer, the Imperial Marranthine
ruling family contacted what they perceived to be the strongest chief among the
barbarian tribes and offered to marry their fourth daughter, Amandis Marran, to
him. With his acceptance, they made him a Lord in their Empire and charged him
with the rule of the northern reaches of the Marranth Empire. This barbarian
prince became known as Qwilean Velanya and with the support of the Marranthine
army, he subjugated the other barbarian tribes and took control of the region,
reporting to Imperial Marranth. Beyond this, the histories of Luccini and the
Velanyans line up at least until The Poisoning of Marranth.
Planet Ultimacy

the Planet Ultimacy is a Planet, located in Heaven's Star Sector, the planet is being explored by Li Yao

*This was a planet covered in blue and red. Different from the Heaven's Origin Sector, the earth here was bright blue, and the ocean was deep red.*

*The blue continent was devoid of any traces of living creatures. The tectonic movements of Ultimacy were apparently hundreds of times more intense than those of the Heaven's Origin Sector. The ground seemed to have been torn apart and sewed together countless times. Hills, mountains and valleys were everywhere.*

*Based on the pictures captured by the crystal cameras, the crystal processor had discovered more than a hundred mountains that were more than ten thousand meters high and dozens of gorges that were thousands of meters below the sea level.*

*This was a rocky planet.*

*The territories were too complicated to have naturally formed. They could've been the result of a salvo from a piece of 'planetary magical equipment'.*

*Maybe ten thousand years ago, this place had been a heaven for animals and plants like the Heaven's Origin Sector. However, savaged by warfare, glory of the past turned into scattered sand, gone in the passage of time until nothing existed.*

*Since the land were too unfavorable for landing, the star shuttle searched for a new landing point toward the crimson ocean with brilliant exhaust flames spurting out of the power rune arrays.*

*They were preparing to land on the ocean.*

*The surface of the ocean was quite flat. The seawater could serve as a buffer, too. The odds of success would be much higher.*

*(Chapter 404)*

*Except for a very small proportion of demonic energy and impurities, the air of Ultimacy was rather clean. The oxygen percentage here was 5% higher than that in the Heaven's Origin Sector. Building Foundation Stage Cultivators could breathe the air with no aid.*

*There were more than 550 kinds of minerals and microelements in the seawater, which was almost as remarkable as the most famous hot spring in the Heaven's Origin Sector.*

*Or rather, the ocean was itself a vast 'hot spring'.*

*The average temperature of the seawater was 72 degrees.*

*By preliminary evaluation, many spiritual lodes with amazing reserves were underneath the surface of Ultimacy. Due to the intense crustal movements, the spiritual lodes clashed into one another, forming volcanoes at the bottom of the sea. A huge amount of marrow crystals and ores erupted together with magma and melted into the seawater, until in the end the ocean turned red. The temperature of the seawater was brought up during the process as well.*

*The conclusion excited all the six of them.*

*Since there were so many spiritual lodes on Ultimacy, it was quite possible that a lot of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures had been conceived. Perhaps, the battle between the Star Ocean Imperium and the Demon Beast Empire beyond the atmosphere of Ultimacy was to compete for the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures on Ultimacy.*

*(Chapter 404)*
Distant Expanse

*“It’s the Federal Army’s eternal flagship — the Distant Expanse!” Even Li Yao was stunned by the majestic aura of this crystal battleship. His breath was stifled involuntarily.*

*The Distant Expanse was born 500 years ago in the Federation. The Federation mobilized practically their entire Cultivator work force to craft this master battleship!*

*500 years ago during the Great Blood Ocean War, the Distant Expanse acted as the flagship for the Federal Army. It fought in the fierce battle against millions of Demon forces of the Far East Demon Kingdom at the Far East Ocean.*

*The fate of the Federation depended on the outcome of the Great Blood Ocean War. Because they were able to secure victory in this war… Because they were able to annihilate the Far East Demon Kingdom… The Star Glory Federation was able to obtain ultimate-supremacy in the Heaven’s Origin Sector. The fate of the nation grew more prosperous with each passing day!*

*However, even though the Distant Expanse was able to sink the enemy Heaven’s Field, it also suffered critical damage and fell into the ocean. It was only 80 years ago that the Federation was able to salvage it to the surface; however, it unable to be used as a battleship.*

*The Federation took this crystal battleship and renovated it into a war museum and a patriotic education base. It would float forever atop the battlefield in which it fought.*

*However, popular legends say that although the Far East Demon Kingdom was annihilated, the Demon Emperor did not actually perish. He hides still, deep in the depths of the endless ocean. He continues to gather the souls of his Demon Soldiers that perished on the battlefield as a futile attempt to one day launch a counteroffensive, to come back even stronger.*

*And so, this was the reason why this area of the ocean has turned into a place where evil winds blow with fury. A place covered with maelstroms. A ghastly and terrifying sheet of deathly darkness… This was all caused by the Demon Emperor on the ocean floor wanting to create havoc.*

*So, the Federation took the Distant Expanse and had it hover in the air where it had fought back in the day. Year round, tour groups of hot-blooded youngster came and toured around, stimulated with vigorous thoughts of war and valor. These thoughts condensed into an Immortal National Spirit of Star Glory Federation, which would suppress the Demon Emperor for eternity and extinguish the millions of Demon Souls completely.*

*(Chapter 41)*
Non-Player Characters

## Port Elizabeth Baronies NPCs

* King Elgarad
* Marek

## Elsir Vale NPCs

* Avarthel
* Brother Derny
* Hersk
* Malley
* Norro Winston
* Soranna
* Tadmehr

## Luccini NPCs

* Advai T'Nathalani
* Alessandra T'Nathalani

## Marrwood NPCs

* Ameliorri the Dryad
* Corian the Wizard
* Gambinotte
* Uelwen
* Vald
* Vortigern

## Mistwood NPCs

* Albrethus the Apothecary.
* Abelard, Priest of Abadar
* The Black Banners
* Father Dosol
* Old Draeb
* Gendry the Stableboy
* Kendra Lorrimor
* Professor Lorrimor
* Marla the Widow
* Marrin the Carpenter
* Phillip the Dockmaster
* Rhonwen
* Sara
* Sheriff Cage Blunnde
* Tal the Barkeep

## Slough NPCs

* Father Khaile
* Spugnar

## Velanya NPCs

* Empress Keralia
* Sunlord Maltias Gwent

## Xanwood NPCs

* Bil'bek

* Norax'at
* Stuffmaster Grabber
* Suq'Axtu
Rhogars Ranger Rental Service

Rhogars Ranger Service is designed as a multifaceted roadhouse concept for large groups and caravans to not only rest, but exchange a great deal of information, potentially either beneficial, life saving or threatening, or lucrative.

Not only is this establishment meant for the information trade that is vital along frontier routes, it is hoping to grow into a more established trading hub for adventurers, allowing people to volunteer information to what we refer to as Points of Interest, but have more in-depth information available to those who seek it.

Don't have the time to look for something on your own? Or maybe even just need a helping hand accomplishing an adventurous task? Guarding your caravan due to increased banditry?

Look for Rhogars Ranger Rental Service.

Est.
Mystwood

**Information Board**

* Points of Interest
* Area Statistics and Information
Gambinotte

Gambinotte was a wild man that lived in The Marrwood Forest. He tended to the grove of The Temple of Forgotten Tears, also known as the Temple of Smigglysmok. He was selected from the ranks of the wild men to take up this dubious honor because of his naturally pernicious nature. He took with glee to resetting some of the traps of the temple and to enticing would-be adventurers to delve into the temple and meet their ends. However, after Ameliorri the Dryad tipped off Rass'lar, Thomas, Nyla, Shem, and Jackson, they attacked Gambinotte in his home and killed him.
Spugnar

Spugnar is a wizard that currently lives in the town of Slough in The Empire of Velanya. He works at the SPUG headquarters and frequently helps the adventurers of SPUG in their efforts against The Temple of Elemental Evil.

## Early Life

Spugnar was born in a small house in a suburb of the City of Velanya. His parents, Algar and Supenya, were of relatively meager means when Spugnar himself was born, the second child behind his sister, Alinya. Algar was a master butcher in the household of one of the greater noble houses of Velanya, the Venos house. This employment allowed Spugnar's natural talent for magic to be caught up on one day when a member of the noble house was visiting Algar and his family. Algar was convinced with little persuasion to allow house Venos to put Spugnar through a magical apprentice ship to a Venos wizard, Mekliin Venos. Spugnar excelled in his his studies and became a minor wizard in the service of Mekliin and House Venos by the time he was fourteen.

House Venos intended for Spugnar to learn enough spells to become a scribe for their house and provide scrolls, potions and other magical sundries for their houses personal repository. The full extent of these plans were kept secret from Spugnar, however. Melkiin only told Spugnar that he would need to learn more in the world to become a better wizard. He released Spugnar into the world, much as his own master had done to him years before. Melkiin's ignorance of his family's plans for the young wizard proved in inadverant boon to Spugnar as he took his freedom and began traveling in search of spells to increase his knowledge as a wizard. When they parted, Melkiin told Spugnar to return when his consciousness had been graced by the mystery of greater magic. This vague statement sent Spugnar on his way, and he has spent many nights and much ink wondering what Melkiin truly wanted him to achieve before returning to his former master.
Purple Pole Sword Sect

the Purple Pole Sword Sect is a sect of cultivators, specialized in sword fighting, have also become adept at taming insects and beasts ... the sect has 100,000 disciples and 5,000 empyrean swordsmen and seven Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators...

the sect is found in the *Ancient Sages Sector*

*“The Purple Pole Sword Sect boasts the ‘Hundred Blade Mountain’, which is an intersection of the mother lodes in the world. Thousands of rare materials are stored inside the mines. Countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are excavated every year!*

*“Also, within the territory of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, there are nine springs that contain abundant spiritual energy and many amazing materials. With the spring water, and the undying, eccentric fire deep inside the Hundred Blade Mountain, we are able to forge unparalleled weapons!*

*“Furthermore, the Purple Pole Sword Sect has collected the notes of the predecessors for hundreds of years. Through the traces on the notes, we have excavated a lot of the relics that belonged to the great swordsmen of the past. We have retrieved many marvelous weapons of the ancient era. The experts in the Nascent Soul Stage often use those treasures as their weapons!”*

*Li Yao’s eyes suddenly shone. “Therefore, the Purple Pole Sword Sect certainly boasts a very spacious place for refining, and you must have a reserve of many rarely-seen materials, right?”*

*Ling Lanyin nodded. “Yes.”*

(Chapter 1377)
Tadmehr

Witchwood, Fae Grove – Faun – He has
somewhat befriended Tinder and imparted some information to her. Tadmehr has been somewhat scared by
Kristoff. The Leperchauns Malley and Eamon, and the Korreds Kollek and Norrin
are his friends. He has a lot of knowledge and is generally friendly to good
PCs and PCs who are friendly to the natural world.
Refiner

In the Star Glory Federation, the magical equipment is divided into eight ranks by their size.

* First rank, mustard-level, also known as nanoscale, is even smaller than a cell but once thousands and thousands of units combine together, they could display inconceivable abilities.
* Second rank, the super small-scale magical equipment. Super small-scale magical equipment have the size of flies, mosquitoes, or similar sizes. Once they gathered into a group, they could also become terrifying killing weapons.
* Third rank, small-scale magical equipment, or also known as individual-type magical equipment. This level is comprised of most widely used magical equipment. Flying swords, crystal suits, firearms, puppet warbeasts, are all small-scale magical equipment. There were many refiners who studied small-scale magical equipment. Li Yao, too, was a specialist in this domain.
* Fourth rank, middle-scale magical equipment. The magical equipment of this rank has a length varying from seven-eight meters to twenty-thirty meters and can weigh dozens of tons to hundreds of tons. Crystal tanks commonly used by the military, as well as the flying shuttles that can carry dozens of people, are all middle-scale magical equipment.
* Fifth rank, large-scale magical equipment. Army carriers, patrol crafts, destroyers, are all large-scale magical equipment. When they open fire, their destructive force is comparable to that of a Golden Dan Stage.
* Sixth rank, super large-scale magical equipment. The main force of the army, battleships, flagships, aerial fortresses, are all super large-scale magical equipment. The federation army's eternal flagship, the Distant Expanse that Li Yao had seen above the Far East Ocean, perfectly represents a super large-scale magical equipment.
* Seventh rank, giant-scale magical equipment! Once the magical equipment reached this rank, they tended to become complex, integrated systems that could cover the entire city, such as "Anti-demon beast defense system".
* The eighth rank is also the technical force of the Star Glory Federation and can touch the highest rank, the planetary-level! The planetary-level magical equipment's ability can cover the entire mainland.
Fort Ranek

Fort Ranek is a military border stronghold on the northeastern border of The Grand Duchy of Dennovaria. The stronghold is run by a cousin of the Grand Duke's, Errolton Anvar. The Fort's forces patrol and protect the exposed border of Dennovar that lies between the Ahngoeln and Giantshield Mountain ranges. The fort is heavily fortified to reflect the Grand Duke's paranoia ever since the 749LCY War for Vasidok.
Maps Used in Ddera

Ddera is a landscape of many places. The adventures that have been undertaken in Ddera make use of many published adventures that have existed in the published landscape of D&D and Pathfinder and other games as well. Some of the names of certain areas and the maps of them may be familiar to you. This area will have maps of regions that player characters could be from and could concieveably know about.

## Map Types

* Overland Maps
* Town Maps
Rougarou

The Rougarou are a young race, a mere three generations or so for this world, the fourth generation born in the modern days of the world. They were created by the willpower and natural magic of a mysterious being known only as The Wolf Lord. Shortly after their creation they were expelled from their home, The Great Den, in woods far south of The Endless Expanse. The Rougarou consider werewolves and all lycanthropy a blemish and a corruption on the land.
Collective Skirmish Rules

These are the rules we have created thusfar for our Skirmish Game based entirely on Pathfinder RPG. Based on 1e PF rules, we simplify the stats down based on a template and a general understanding of the level of complexity we want to play with in our games.

## Creature Designations

**HQ**

CR 6?

the leader of your warband. The most detail allowed. Allowed/should to be higher level (CR) than the rest of your warband. NPC wealth by level to determine equipment. Some sort of equivalent should be concieved if your warband leader doesn't use equipment... such as templates

**Special Units**

CR 2-5

These are all the fancy units and things with a few cool abilities and a little survivability. Perhaps 1/2 NPC wealth by level for these? Limit of one template? Versatile category.

**Regular Units**

CR 1/8 - 1

Regular low level dudes. Even like low level wizards and clerics with like one spell and 5 hp. These units should almost always die in one hit and should have the bare minimal complexity. No special equipment

## Stats for Creatures

#### **B**

* Bone Swarm (CR 5)
* Bowmen of Gaunt (CR1)

#### **L**

* Lion Guard of Brindol (CR 3)

* Lord Jarmaath (CR 5)

#### **O**

* Ogre (CR 3)
* Orc (CR 1/3)
* Orc Berzerker (CR 5)

#### **S**

* Skeletal Champion (CR 2)
* Skeleton (CR 1/3)
* Syr Zoth, Grave Knight (CR 6)

#### **Z**

* Zombie (CR 1/2)
* Zombie, Bear (CR 4)
Extraterrestrial Realm

the Extraterrestrial Realm is a term coined by Li Yao and which indicates the whole universe outside the main 3000 Star Sectors, and outside the 10.000 Star Sectors, it is a mega-verse or a vast and immense extension of the universe, outside the star Zones where the human race of the Heaven's origin Sector and where all the cultivators of Qi live and exist, the Extraterrestrial Realm is a vast, immense, boundless and unlimited realm, where numerous alien or extraterrestrial civilizations live, the Star Zones of the human race and the 3000 Star Sectors, if comparison with the Extraterrestrial Realm are small islands surrounded by a vast and immense cosmic ocean ...

the extraterrestrial Realm is inhabited by countless alien races and alien civilizations, the extraterrestrial civilizations, which are more evolved and advanced than the human civilizations of the 3000 Star Sectors

at the same time, in the Extraterrestrial Realm, humanoid or human-like races are widespread, races of aliens, but which on an external level are similar to ordinary human beings, who have developed very advanced and evolved space civilizations ...

*The Fist King said, “Both the Pangu civilization and the civilization of mankind craved to leap out of the swamp of the three thousand Sectors and explore the unknown on the other side of the grand universe, but the exploration teams found nothing after they were billions of lightyears away from the three thousand Sectors. It was even determined that there was a ‘desolate area’ beyond the three thousand Sectors where the resources were highly insufficient and even the stars had completely died out. It’s like a thick, overwhelming black wall that caged Pangu, mankind, and all the civilizations to come.*

*(Chapter 2462)*

in the Extraterrestrial Realm, there are Four-dimensional life forms, which are different from the three-dimensional life forms of the 3000 Star Sectors ...

in the extraterrestrial realm, there are mysterious civilizations, which use a mystical power similar to magic and which worship Four-dimensional entities, such as gods or supreme deities, these civilizations are called *"Wizardly Civilizations*"...

"*They have even defined the impetus of their starships as certain ‘wizardry’. I have given a name to the loyal dog of the four-dimensional lives. They’ll be called ‘wizardly civilization’.”*

(Chapter 2462)
Marius Nero

Marius Nero is the current ruler of Foghaven, recently declared as an Empire by the Magocratic Council, The Empire of Fog. Emperor Marius Nero has become a complete recluse in the past fifteen years, causing the Magocratic Council to take ever more authority and power in the operation of Foghaven. Before this, Marius Nero was credited with very much of the activity and orginizational zeal that has caused the fortunes of Foghaven to rise like the sun.
Black Wing

It is currently sealed

Black Wing is a black sword that Li Yao’s old man gave to him. The sword is an ancient artifact with intelligence that can absorb spiritual Qi and cultivate.

It is extremely sturdy and can fly extremely fast but cant attack for unknown reasons.

When Li Yao gets Marrow Crystals, Black Wing absorbs a few and tries to break into Building Foundation Stage but aborts the process to not destroy the surroundings with the momentum.

The sword then cracks and Li Yao discovers that there is a consciousness which was originally not a sword, and is not cultivating to become stronger but is actually recovering its strength.

One of its use is to serve as an advanced interface slime for Colossus.
Mad Armageddon

The strongest clone inherited the Supreme Emperor’s battle awareness and bloodlust. He was in charge of the guild with the strongest combat strength, the Blood God Guild. He was bestowed with the name Blood God!

And the countless slain Demon Race members preferred to call the Blood God as… Mad Armageddon!

When the Supreme Emperor established the Star Ocean Imperium, when he was busy rebuilding human civilization, the Blood God commanded the twenty guilds and the crystal battleship fleet. He ran wild and free through the boundless sea of the stars, banishing all Demon Race influence within every Greater Thousand World.

Within a dozen years, it seemed that all those of the Demon Race were banished to non-existence on each Greater Thousand World. The only thing that remained of the Demon Race was their old nest, the Myriad Demon Sector.

In order to completely vanquish the Demon Race, the Blood God assembled the cultivators possessing the strongest combat strength from the twenty Guilds of Provenance. He commanded seventy percent of the armed forces of the Star Ocean Imperium to form a matchless tyrannical expeditionary force!

The Supreme Emperor even split his immortal soul into two souls to temporarily be sent into the Blood God’s body, to increase the Blood God’s combat strength to rocketing heights, to be able to contend with the King of the Demon Race!

The epic Hundred-Million Light-year Expedition unfolded and surged forward!

Everyone believed that this would be the final war when the Expeditionary Forces went into battle. Humanity would forever end the suffering caused by the Demon Race. The Star Ocean Imperium would radiate with glory and blossom eternally for the next millions and millions of years!

No one ever foresaw that the Beyonder Demons were watching the Blood God carefully. With slaughter after slaughter, the Beyonder Demons endlessly enticed, corrupted, and corroded this Mad Armageddon!

When the war took a turn for the worst, when the Blood God suffered a serious injury from three Demon Gods, and when the Blood God was criticized from the back lines, the Mad Armageddon finally failed to guard his mind and fell to the Demonic Way. From a clone of the Emperor, the greatest of Cultivators, he fell into becoming the most dreadful Demonic Cultivator!

When the Mad Armageddon sank to become a Demonic Cultivator, he immediately led the Blood God Guild members to launch an attack on the other guilds.
Henry of Hainault

in 751 LCY Henry is the second son of Grand Duke John of Gaunt. He goes by this title as it is the title of the County that his father has granted to him. He does this also, often forgoing the reference to the fact that he is a count as a way to differentiate his own deeds and exploits from that of his family. He believes that he will never inherit the throne of Gaunt, and while he is deeply pledged to aid the crown if it is in danger, that is not presently the case. As his eldest brother has a son already, Henry travels the countryside looking for challenges and opportunities to live out chivalric legends. His greatest joy is the thrill of the jousting tourney, a common occurrence in Gaunt and Rangevenia, though less so in the other provinces and countries. The Elsir Vale loved tourneys before the dragonwar.

Through these exploits he has been building a following and treasury based out of his town & castle of Hainault. Many of the followers he has accumulated are fiercly loyal to Henry, though not a few are likely fair weather friends. For at least a decade, the young age of 14, he has been competing in the lists, first in the squires division but soon with the more experienced knights. He started out under the tutelage of the aged and well-respected knight Angellem Landar, but within two years he had graduated to having younger boys seeking to be Henry's squire.

Now Henry travels near-ceaselessly and almost never alone.
Chon's Castle

This castle is roughly 60 miles east from Mistwood. It lies south of the Port Elizabeth Way by roughly a dozen miles. The construction of the castle and keep seem to have been built in the style of the old Xanarran Empire. Indeed, when the deed to the keep was found, it was revealed that this castle once belonged to one lord Kilnus Smokra, a lord of a moderately sized trading and military house in the Xanarran Empire. The insignia of the house are one of Mountains with a Dragon perched atop them.

Sometime during Receptra 750 a fey giant known as Chon the Unavoidable took up residence in this castle and used it as a base of operations to harass The Golden Witch.

On 19 Receptra, 750 LCY a group of adventurers (Jackson, Dahm, Rial, Galoreus, and Thanek) breached the castle and retrieved the halved Golden Tapestry and returned it to The Golden Witch. The party's besting of Chon caused him to follow them, and then continue his chase of The Golden Witch leaving the castle behind.

The stables of the castle are partially collapsed and in one of the stalls for the stables is the corpse of a dead adventurer above which are carved the numbers "7-12-24." In the room #12 there is a secret door that is opened by a button on the west wall. This moves a central slab revealing a secret compartment. In room #14 there is an inscription above a fireplace that reads "The Blade of Virtue has been Reforged."

At the site of the descending stairs in room #23 is a burrow down into the collapsed stairwell. This leads to the home of a burrowling family headed by Nylok and his wife Marla.
Building Foundation Stage

Building Foundation Stage Cultivators could compress their spiritual energy into the liquid form to nourish their own bodies. In the beginning level of the Building Foundation Stage, the spiritual energy could only be used to nourish the muscles and bones. In the middle level, the spiritual energy could nourish the veins and nerves. For the high level of the Building Foundation Stage, the spiritual energy could be transmitted into the brain and nourish the brain cells directly, making the Cultivator's mind clearer, their senses sharper, and their computational ability stronger, thus laying a solid foundation for their future Cultivation. It was also the true meaning of 'Building Foundation Stage'. By Building Foundation Peak, a new brain located in the coccyx region will start to develop. A Building Foundation Stage cultivator is said to be able to destroy a large building with a foot.

## Breakthrough

Compress their spiritual energy into the liquid form.

## Realms

**Initial Stage -** The spiritual energy could only be used to nourish the muscles and bones.

**Middle Stage -** the spiritual energy could nourish the veins and nerves.

**High Stage** - the spiritual energy could be transmitted into the brain and nourish the brain cells directly, making the Cultivator's mind clearer, their senses sharper, and their computational ability stronger, thus laying a solid foundation for their future Cultivation.

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Serenity Arts

the Serenity Arts is a martial technique focused on Telepathy and the manipulation of brain waves, these arts allow mind control and allow you to read people's minds, these techniques can be used to control emotions, feelings, drives and even wishes...

the Serenity Arts, allow to expand and widen the brain waves of a person, making them stronger and more powerful, allowing them to cross walls and obstacles and to create large and immense "Brain Fields", which can either mentally control other people or manipulate the mind and thought of several people together ...

Serenity Arts allow telepathic communication, those who practice Serenity Arts can communicate through Telepathy ...

the Serenity Arts, have become very popular among the Demi-Humans and the Nepenthe

*“If all the Nepenthe believers entered the state of telepathy, allowing their brainwaves to resonate with each other, and spread the brainwaves out via the ‘super brainwave magnifier’, it will be possible for them to influence the residents of the thousands of towns around. Everybody will forget their pain, anxiety, and worries and appreciate the eternal tranquility when their feelings are gone. Then, the scale of Nepenthe will be expanded by a hundred times immediately.*

*However, the super brainwave magnifier requires astronomical energy and can only be supported by the largest geothermal factory of the Black Iron Group*

*(Chapter 2367)*
Kuafu Clan

## Description:

One of the twelve clans that the demons descript as their ancestrals and responsible for the alteration of the universe. The Kuafu Clan was the beasts that didn't have much resources and needed to absorv the energy in stars, even as the cost of their lifes.

*The Kuafu Clan had been the Houyi Clan’s nemesis for thousands of years. Although their life forms and their social structures were different, they both worshiped and craved for the sun.*

*The habitable planets for the Houyi Clan were also habitable for the Kuafu Clan, and the only source of life for the Houyi Clan was also that for the Kuafu Clan.*

*The fire of war was ignited on every planet they found. Since the Kuafu Clan was more developed than the Houyi Clan, they had landslide victories in most battlefields, forcing the Houyi Clan to flee and search for new habitats. Li Yao’s ancestors were among the refugees, and now, the Kuafu Clan had caught up to them again.*

*Neither the Kuafu Clan nor the Houyi Clan knew what peace was. In their eyes, their enemy was an alien species that could not be reasoned with and must be destroyed.*

(Chapter 2713)

## Kuafu sphere:

> "*The Kuafu Clan is chasing after the sun and calculating the orbit and all the relevant data of the star precisely. They are also building a 'Kuafu sphere' on the orbit of the star so that all the energy that the star releases will be absorbed as the source of power to modify the galaxy.*"
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Token Economy

As players play sessions in Ddera West Marches you will write about your experiences in the group and you will receive tokens with your name on it (an idea, tracked but non-physical). You can give other players these tokens if you read and enjoy their write-ups. Then! When you have tokens with any players name on it aside your own... you can spend them! Below is the list of things that the tokens can be spent on.

1 Token - Advantage (usuable in any session whenever you want)

2 Token - Preferred Class Bonus

3 Token - XP ( equal to 5% of your current level gap)

4 Token - trait relevant to what your character has recently been through

5 Token - "garbage" feat

Additionally when you complete a write-up in the group you receive a one-time advantage. This is usable on any D20 roll in your next session. This is entirely separate from your tokens and is meant to reward you for your write-up. The tokens are an additional reward that is mediated by the players and encourages the player agency in the best rewards. You can look at one as a participation reward, and the other one as reward for the excitement being generated by your participation.
Starfire Union

The name of the student organization of refiners at The Grand Desolate War Institution. In Li Yao’s freshman year he was both the president and the only member of the Starfire Union. The Starfire Union won the Thunderbolt Cup in a 1 vs 2000 match with Li Yao competing against 2000 other freshman of the Iron Fist and Chaos Edge Hall student unions.
Yuan Manqiu

Yuan Manqiu is the only remaining teacher in the refining department left of the Grand Desolate War Institution after the explosion that killed the Professor Mo Xuan, the teachers and students of the refining department. As Li Yao was the only student that wanted to remain in the refining department. She took him on as her disciple.

As a former student of the Deep Sea University, she was called the Deep Sea Goddess, however, upon meeting Professor Mo Xuan, she was swayed by his grassroots refining movement and went to join him as the Grand Desolate War Institution, where she lost her figure and became obese.
Myriad Demon Sector

is the region of the universe, controlled by the Demonic Cultivators

if the human race and the spiritual cultivators dominate the Heaven's Origin Sector, on the contrary, the Demon Race and the Demonic Cultivators dominate the Myriad Demon Sector

during the Second Cultivator Civil War, it was a vast and immense region of the cosmos, dominated by Demonic Cultivators, where the Demon Race had created its own empire, the Demon Beast Empire

in ancient times, the Demon Beast Empire, had unified all of the Myriad Demon Sector, under its own leadership, becoming the dominant faction of the Myriad Demon Sector

the Myriad Demon Sector is a set of planets and galaxies, ruled by a variegated and heterogeneous set of kingdoms and empires ruled by Demon Emperors and by Demonic Races and Clans of demons in perennial war and conflict with each other ...

the Myriad Demon Sector, after the collapse of the Demon Beast empire, is in a state of perennial chaos and anarchy, which has led to the same fragmentation of the Myriad Demon Sector, with wars and conflicts on the agenda, especially between Kingdoms of Demons in perennial rivalry between them ...

the Myriad Demon Sector does not have a central government or empire, becoming a Star Sector, chaotic and disordered, without laws and without order, with a set of demonic factions, especially Kingdoms and empires of Demons, which divide and compete for control of the Myriad Demon Sector ...

this sector is inhabited by clans and races of demons, here humans do not exist ...

**Cities:**

*Void Turmoil City*
Morning Sun Village

Mostly abandoned residential building known to have the cheapest rent in Floating Spear City. Li Yao lives in two rooms there at the beginning of the novel. Even though the rent is so cheap the building is right beside to the equipment graveyard which means there is a hazy fog over the sky and a bad smell all year long.

*“Morning Sun Village” was located next to Special Waste Treatment Plant No. 23.*

*Although its name was pleasant sounding, Morning Sun Village was actually Floating Spear City’s most dilapidated, cheapest residential rental area.*

*A location right next to the Artifact Graveyard meant the climate was absolutely vile. Year round, an acrid odor would permeate through the air. Even when the main city had blue skies and white clouds, there would be a sheet of gray overcast over here. Of Floating Spear City’s nineteen residential rental areas, this one had the lowest quality of life. Naturally, the rent was the lowest.*

*No matter how cheap the rent was, not many people would want to live next to a waste treatment plant. Several residential buildings were completely empty. Due to years of wear and tear without any maintenance, both the exterior and interior were covered in cracks. Corridors were covered in cobwebs. It was, for all intents and purposes, a ghost town.*

*And Li Yao was a long term resident of this “Ghost Town.”*

*He liked the quietness here. He wouldn’t disturb anyone when he repaired and modded his artifacts at home. It was close to the Artifact Graveyard. The rent was cheap. It simply served a multitude of benefits.*

(Chapter 2)
Lendore's Ferry & Lendore's Isle

These two regions are located at the southern tip of Gaunt. They both are nominally under the control of the Grand Duke of Gaunt, through his vassals of House Silvyr. This is curious, however, as Gaunt has historically claimed none of Lake Rhestin. With the danger involved in crossing Lake Rhestin since the disaster of Rhest, Lendore's Ferry is nearly the only safe landing zone for inhabitants of Lendore's Isle. This creates a legal grey zone for the Counts of Lendore, a situation that causes occasional tension with the Ducal house of Gaunt depending on the current power of House Silvyr and how much of that rests in their activities on Lendore's Isle. As the southern tip of the duchy, some Ducal troops and eyes are nearly always stationed in Lendore's Ferry.