Malovia - Eastern Continent

## Size

Malovia is ~216mi x ~108mi which is a little small in surface area than the state of west virginia. It takes ~1.5 days to travel from Vod Zorux to Vod Desux by land.

## Places

A: Akrilgoth

B: Oszix

C: Secunda's Backscratcher

D: Mielikki's Garden

E: Vod Zorux

F: Vod Desex

G: Vod Gozzex

H: Mountport

I: Izlaestead

K: Gateport

M: Hellspire

N: The Smoldering Pits

O: The Singing Lake

P: The Spine

## Native Inhabitants

* Primal Angels - Barachiel and Uriel
* Aarakocra
* Aasimar
* Changling
* Cracklisks
* Grung
* Kenku
* Drow

## Angelic History

Malovia was settled by the Primordial Angels, Barachiel, Nakir, and Uriel in the aftermath of The Creation ( roughly ~0 ATC). The majority of Malovia was a great plain scant of wildlife. The Angles spend a few centuries in collaborative meditation in an attempt to commune with their divine creators. It was immediately apparent that beings as powerful as them could not be placed on this land without purpose. The only creatures who came close to their power was the dragons but the Dragons kept their frequent quarrels to themselves for now.

Nakir was meditating on the plain one day when an ant disturbed them by crawling across their thumb, "What a small creature, it is as purposeless as I. We are the same, yet with a single twitch of my eyelid I could wipe it from this land. Funny. What separates our creator from us, surly they too could wipe us from the land with a single twitch." Nakir thought. Then they realized, "What separates us from our creator is that our creator has a divine creation. I must be born to create life. Not just any life, I will create a being far beyond my creator's power. That is my purpose." Nakir flicked the ant off his thumb, discarding it. Nakir conferred with their kin what they had realized, that their purpose must be to create life for without that ability they were no different than the mortals of this plane. Agreeing with Nakir, in an attempt to create life they all spent the next few centuries building the island creating favorable weather patterns, forming a flood plain rich with wildlife, carving paths through the rocks for river beds, and sculpting mountains tall enough that they could be perched on to survey their handiwork. While weaving such great magic the Angels wore down the separation between the material plane and the Faewilds creating the Mirage Islands. This time period will later be know as The Flourishing the existing plants and animals of Malovia grew in number and diversity particularly with the over spill of influence from the Faewilds. The Angels were disappointed that their efforts were not rewarded with the creation of new life. "How could life be created?" they wondered. Not long later Barachiel discovered an unknown creature rampaging through the plains, the simple lions and hippos were no match for this creature's ferocity even though to Barachiel it looked only partially grown. Barachiel did not feel threated but was curious what caused this creature to come into being. After searching the area they discovered a peculiar artifact unlike anything they had encountered in this world so far, the Dryad's Diadem.

Channeling the elemental artifact Barachiel strove to create the first Aarakocra, modeled after the birds of the lands they wanted their creation to fit into the world and not feel outcast. Barachield scuplted the the city of Vod Zorux out of marble for them to live in. After seeing the Aarakocra, Nakir took the Diadem and tried to improve upon Barachiel's design but their greed tainted their vision creating the Kenku, a flightless bird that could hardly speak and imbued with Nakir's desire for mimicry. Nakir was outraged with the abomination they had created, this outrage amused Uriel. Uriel, intent to learn from Nakir's hubris created the Crackalisk, a creature imbued with an innate desire to improve. Uriel hoped that by instead of starting with a perfect base, giving a creature the ability to adapt and improve overtime it would grow to rival even their own strength. After creating the Aarakocra, Kenku, and Crackalisks the diadem was released to continue wandering Theldaram.

These creatures flourished filling the land and cities created for them but the Angels did not feel complete. Barachiel did not like that the Aarakocran wings were so fragile, they wished their wings were more like their own. Nakir's blood boiled everytime they had to listen to the Kenuku's awful warbaling but did note the utility of their perfect mimicry. Uriel created no city for the Crackalisks hoping they would construct great halls of their own but after watching them for hundreds of years he noticed the Crackalisks yearning to be the best prevented them from forming civilized societal structures as the strong ruthlessly purged the weak from their ranks.

Luckily the diadem made another pass through the lands of Malovia, this angels were set on perfecting the art of creation this time around. Barachiel created the Aasimar after their own image rather than the birds of the land, "surely a being created like them could not be far from perfect" Barachiel thought. Fascinated with the mimicry of the Kenku, Nakir created changlings, a creature able to twist its form to match it's whims. Nakir allowed the changlings to drive out the Kenku from their ancestral home of Vod Desux and replace them. Uriel knew their next creation would need more structure to encourage cooperation, they created the Grung. Uriel redirected the river from the Singing Lake to the city of Vod Gosux they created for the Grung. The diadem left Malovia once again after the creation of the Grung.

None of the Angels felt like gods yet. Barachiel concluded that they would not be feel like a god until their creation had proven them selves worthy of being created. Uriel concluded that needed to take a more hands on approach to the development of their creation and would feel like a god when their creation grew to appreciate them as their creator. Nakir became jaded with time how could they feel like a god when their work had to share this land with Uriel and Barachiel's creations if Nakir could just have more time with the Diadem they would create the perfect creature still. Nakir knew that the changlings and kenku were far from perfect.

Nakir sent changlings to disrupt Uriel and Barachiel's people while plotting to steal the Diadem for themself when it returned. Unfortunately, for Nakir the other angels discovered Nakir's plot and joined together to destroy Nakir.

Since the destruction of Nakir, Barachiel has retired to their temple in Vod Zorux intending to emerge when his creations were ready to prove themselves worthy of being created while Uriel can still be found in Vod Gossux nurturing the Grung doing their best to teach them how prosper and appreciate being created.

## Timeline

~0 ATC The Creation

0-170 ATC Angelic Meditation

170 ATC Beginning of The Flourishing

309 ATC Aarakockra, Kenku, and Crackaliks are created

865 ATC Aasimar, Changlings, and Grung are created

906 ATC Nakir is destroyed along with Vod Desux. Barachiel retires to the temple in Vod Zorux.

970 ATC The end of The Flourishing, the lands begin falling into disrepair now that they are devoid of their angelic upkeep

971 ATC Outside influences begin creeping into northern Malovia now due to the absence of the Angels.

1367 ATC The World Spire erupts spewing kyrelium ash into the air and is renamed to Hellspire, the northern forest is named the Phoenix forest

1444 ATC A blight sweeps through the lands that creates the blistering desert

1491 ATC A great beast is vanquished and left to rot in the blistering desert

1767 ATC Drow fleeing from Vallis Statera move into the phoenix forest bringing with them many heirloom magical artifacts they feared would be lost in the underdark. They construct Izaelstead at this time.

1966 ATC The have shaken off their previous identity and are now known colloquially as Keepers.

1966 ATC Izaelstead is abandonded and taken by The Dusk.

## Culture

### Calendar and Time

Most Malovians use a regional calendar known as the Iplo Calendar.