Endymia

**Endymia** is the name of the world where Ben Adams's campaigns take place. It exists in the Prime Material Plane, though creatures can access it from other realms in certain locations or with certain magic.

## History

Since the creation of the Gods, there are three distinctive eras: *Genesis*, *The War of the World*, and *Evermore*.

### *Genesis (0 BW - 3,500 BW)*

Many have come to know the First Age of Endymia as the beginning. With the sudden creation of the universe, powerful entities, known by the future mortals as Gods, sprung into existence, lonely specks in an empty void. Early records of Endymia’s history called them The Prodeans, bastions of light and hope. Filled with the desire to create, they made a world out of leftover cosmic energy, expending it all and a good portion of their powers in order to create various galaxies and celestial bodies. With only slivers of their powers remaining, they created the races of humans, elves, dwarves, and many more, on the first continent, called Prima Terra.

Over time, mutations in those races occurred, creating new ones, destroying old ones, and changing existing ones. Also because of these mutations, the first traces of magic were born, and entities with power similar to the gods were regarded as holy servants. They created new realms and Planes of Existence, each with their own unique creatures.

As peace and prosperity had its humble beginnings, a sect of the gods with malicious intent tried to pollute the world, with foul beasts and unholy creatures to spite and plague the creations of their brethren. No one knows why. Perhaps out of boredom of peace, or perhaps a schism between the ideologies of the Gods. These Gods were known as The Fallen, as they chose to no longer associate with their peace-loving brethren. Creating horrid manners of fiends, aberrations, and other monsters within new hellish planes and the dark caverns under the continents, the creatures of The Fallen wrought havoc and chaos throughout Endymia.

Crestfallen by the betrayal of their kin, The Prodeans declared the First War upon Endymia. The Fallen responded in kind, and the Second Age of Endymia began to run its course.

### *The War of the World (0 DW - 2400 DW)*

Doing what they could to protect the races of Endymia from extinction, The Prodeans and metallic dragons fought to drive off the creations of The Fallen. They created weapons to use against The Fallen, dubbed as the Arms of The Light. The Fallen retaliated with their own, twisted weapons, called the Arms of The Fallen, manifesting curses instead of blessings. The Fallen absorbed power from the galaxies in the Krosmos created at the beginning of time, leaving nothing but the echoes of dead planets in their wake, as they grew stronger. Realizing there was no other way in winning this war, The Prodeans did the same, with sorrowful intent.

New creatures and monsters were created to fight against each other, most notably Dragon Gods Bahamut and Tiamat, who in turn created their own chromatic and metallic demigod dragons. Through millenia, the war was won by the Prodeans, partly due to The Fallen’s inability to work together. They were banished to various planes, notably Thanatos, The Abyss, Acheron, and The Nine Hells. In the conflict, some of the Arms of the Light and The Fallen were lost to the realms, given to others, destroyed in the War, or even kept by the Gods. Some of the creatures remained, and some sought solace in other planes, like the Fiends to the Nine Hells.

However, Prima Terra was reduced to nothing more than scorched earth following the destruction from the war. Petrified corpses of forgotten warriors littered the ground, and ichor of the gods ran endlessly through the rivers of Prima Terra, leaving nothing but the echo of a forgotten age. The only denizens that remained were giant mindless constructs who wander the land and fight each other, former soldiers of a war that ended long ago.

Spent of the power and disheartened by what they had done to the land, The Prodeans urged what survived across the other continents, and they went into exile, creating a new plane called Inglorium. The Prodeans feared that their intervention would only cause strife, and left for the survivors to manage themselves on the newly divided continents of the world, sundered from the scars of war. They blocked any and all divine intervention by creating the *Megakrosm*, an amorphous barrier around the Prime Material Plane to forbid any God, good or evil, from travelling between realms.

### *Evermore (0 PW - 904 PW/present)*

Now separated from their progenitors, the humans, elves, dwarves, and others were free to go their separate ways. Despite not existing in the Material Plane, the Gods’ influence existed throughout the realm. Some new Arms of The Light were constructed and blessed as well, as well as others being left in the care of warriors favored by the Gods.

As time went on, the races of Prima Terra settled on a primary continent, which they named *Chronaetas*, and in it, sprung the prosperity and inventions of man. Other arcanists aspired for godhood with the advancing world. Cronaetas currently has a half-Renaissance, half-Medieval aesthetic, with technology as advanced as firearms but still simple as stone tools.

## Calendar

### Overview

One Endymian year lasts 360 days, divided into twelve 30-day long months. Each day is 24 hours in length and each week is 7 days. The days of the week are *Malda, Tulda, Welda, Thulda, Frigda, Sathda,* and *Sunda*, and each of the months are named *Eoson, Voron, Melthon, Avaron, Maldion, Garon, Julion, Rogon, Strillon, Novon,* and *Thulson*.

Time is measured based on the beginning of the first war. Years are marked in one of three ways: BW (*Before War*), DW (*During War*), and PW (*Post War*).

## Geographic Characteristics

Before the War of the World, Endymia was a large central landmass, held together similarly to Pangaea. Due to the stress put onto the world following the war, the continents were divided into their own different landscapes, flowing apart in the world.

### Continents

#### Chronaetas

> **Chronaetas** is the domain for most intelligent creatures in the center of Endymia, in the exact center of the world as shown on typical maps. Additionally, this central landmass is the only one not to be ruled by a Chromatic General. Typically made up of plains and forests, Chronaetas is the focal point of main commerce in the world. The city of Nova Aurora, the floating city of Trinity, and the camp of Blaizehiem reside here.
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#### Crux

> **Crux** is a jungle-dominated continent home to typically Tabaxi, Yuan-ti, and Lizardfolk, but also once-thought extinct beasts like dinosaurs that treat through the gargantuan trees. Stone temples litter the ground if one is perceptive enough to look, housing treasures guarded by simple yet dangerous traps. The inhabitants of Crux primarily rely on their primal instincts to survive, as contact with the outside world is limited. The once-glorious elven kingdom of Fethshara lies in the jungle, overrun and desolated by Arazhel of the Chromatic Generals. Taliseair rules more of the forests, and the two greatwyrms often clash for territory.
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#### Ilula

> The cold and barren tundra of **Ilula** is arguably the harshest climate in Endymia, at the bottom of the world. The mountain range of *Alltharcticka* serves as the home and hunting grounds of Demersis, who hosts a yearly gladiator ring on the final day of Thulson, *The Feats of Strength*, in his lair to celebrate powerful warriors. As with Crux, contact with the outside world is minimal, but the inhabitants of Ilula are typically arctic animals, mammoths, Frost Giants, and Ice Salamanders.
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#### Meritum

> **Meritum**, also known as the **Beggar's Desert** and the **Crimson Dunes**, is a tropical island made up of almost entirely crimson sands. During the day, they shine an iron-like red, but in the night, they appear white for an unexplained reason. Perhaps the light of the moons influences their colors, but it is uncertain. The city of Alluvium, Endymia's second largest trading station, governed by Al-Amouhl Framouk, who launched the city into a period of renaissance with the assistance of Valkorian, the Sand Shaper.
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#### The Savage Isles

> Also known as the **Beggar's Bane**, the **Savage Isles** are relatively untouched, tropical yet craggy islands that separated from Meritum during the war. An endless storm rages over the islands, with thunder always booming and lightning commonly forming fulgurites from small sand dunes. The Savage Isles are also a volcanic range, commonly erupting lava and spewing large rock, truly noting the islands as nothing more than wastelands.
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#### The Underdark

> **The Underdark** is a vast subterranean region that exists below the continents of Endymia. A dark and hostile place, the Underdark is almost a world unto itself, with civilizations, monsters, politics, economies, and threats that may interact only sporadically or indirectly with the surface world.
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### Oceans

> Endymia's oceans are divided into thirds, with the Andenian Ocean on the top, and the Nidivian Sea and Orion's Bellows to the left-most and right-most part on a typical map, respectively.
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> * **Andenian** **Ocean**: The frigid, northern-most ocean that surrounds Ilula.
> * **Nidivan** **Sea**: The warm, tropical-like waters around Meritum and Crux.
> * **Orion's** **Bellows**: The deep waters closer to Chrono Aetas and the Savage Isles.
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## Languages

Many different languages are spoken throughout Endymia, typically depending on one's location. However, Common is the most widely spoken language throughout the world.

## Satellites

Endymia has three moons, *Emesis*, *Syras*, and *Onyxia*. All of them have different orbital paths and locations but still remain within Endymia's gravitational pull.

### Emesis

**Emesis** is a deep blue moon, similar to our Neptune. Filled with craters of presumed mercurium comets, Emesis is made up entirely of pure rock, harder than any stone found on Endymia. When Emesis covers the sun completely, Emesis is the only moon with a renegade orbit, never following the pathway of Syras and Onyxia. In Elvish, "Emesis" means "The Cerulean Pearl."

### Syras

**Syras** is a gray, barren crag, similar to Earth's Moon, but glows with a silver luster in the dead of night. Little research has been conducted on Syras, but what astronomers in Nova Aurora have gathered is that strange, sea-green radiant energy lies in its core. Worshippers of the Dawnfather have stated that some of his energy lies dormant in the moon, but there has been no scientific evidence to conclude such beliefs. The planet itself is a dark gray crag, sort of similar to Emesis, but various fault lines and cracks in Syras' crust reveals this sea-green energy creeping out into the Krosmos. In Elvish, "Syras" means "The Dusted Jewel."

#### Onyxia

**Onyxia** is shiny black, made of a substance known as mercurium, a light but strong metal that rivals adamantine and mithral in terms of quality. Occasionally, meteors of mercurium fall from Onyxia, but so little has been harvested that the inhabitants of Endymia know next to nothing about this rare alloy. Various artifacts and treasure are adorned with this metal. In Elvish, "Onyxia" means "Pitch-Black Moon."

## Solar System

Endymia is the fourth planet from its Sun, *Soluna*, but the only one not turned into a husk of its former self, absorbed for power by the Prodeans and Fallen to increase the other's chances of winning The War of the World. From the closest to furthest from the Soluna the eight planets were:

* **Phobos**, a then and now craggy planet filled with craters. The only remnants of Phobos left is the top of the planet itself, and an asteroid field of what was once the rest of it. Phobos is the smallest planet in the solar system, with Deimos being about a third larger.
* **Deimos** was a beige and red planet, appearing smooth in any telescope. Astronomers have suspected acid rains were common, leading to an increased erosion rate on the planet, yet are unsure why it appears so smooth compared to the others.
* **Alevus** is a pure red planet with several large black speckles that flash red every so often, leading scientists to believe Alevus is a planet with several different lightning storms happening all across the planet. A space exploration program known as *Apollo* seeks to access the energy of these storms and provide them to Endymia is a potential source of renewable energy.
* **Endymia** itself.
* **Calypso** is the largest planet in the solar system. Filled with craters and eroded rock, telescopes sometimes observe strange lights flickering near Calypso. No one knows why they exist or what they are, and research has gathered minimal findings.
* **Hyperion** is the second largest planet in the solar system, notable for its large band of asteroids that orbit it, giving it the appearance of a large ring. Often, meteor showers from Hyperion combine with those from Emesis to create truly beautiful sights once every few decades.
* **Oberon** is a teal planet, which strangely orbits upwards rather than sideways, and opposite to the direction of the other seven planets, similar to Emesis.
* **Umbrasyl** blends in with the Krosmos itself, seeimingly black or very dark gray, hence its name. It is the least-known out of the planets, since the others have trumped over scientists' research efforts.