Maledetta

### Leader

James Cole (Universal magic council member)Elizabeth Veil (Illusion council member)Dirth Bombsman (Evocation council member)Sylvia Peckingsworth (Conjuration council member)Antonio Altersman (Transmutation council member)Linda Shields (Abjuration council member)Roberto Mindscupltor (Enchantment council member)Rupert Mandrake (Necromancy council member)Luna Softsight (Divination council member)

### Population

10,000 (35% mongrelman, 30% human,10% gnome, 10% elf, 10% halfling, 5% other)

## Description

Maledetta was set up as a center of learning for wizards many centuries ago. Unfortunately, since the only way to get there is by sea and mages are not the hardiest of people, few have made it to stay on the island beyond the founders over the years. Despite that, Maledetta sports a fairly sizable population of wizards. Before the establishing of trade through the Allied Kingdoms, food and water needs were primarily taken care of through rings of sustenance with actual food being somewhat of a rare treat. Though they still primarily rely on the rings today, trade has opened up the way for far more culinary options these days. Unfortunately the locals are rather inept at cuisine.

Left to their own devices, the wizards are mostly free to experiment with magical knowledge, but it has not been without its accidents. One or two accidents may not mean much in the long run, but over the centuries, these accidents have slowly built upon each other to create some of the strangest weather patterns in the Arawaki Islands. Rain that falls up, winds that whisper secrets of the past and occasional slime floods are among the milder weather patterns. Some are far more deadly and so the locals have built their homes with such dangers in mind. Made of stone, the homes are built on pillars with stairs, levitation or teleportation pads leading to the front door. Each one is heavily warded against magic, both to protect against the weather as well as to help contain experiment failures. These homes are sturdy enough to withstand even the worst arcane vortexes (which are essentially blue tornadoes of energy that randomly teleport anything that gets caught in their path, often in pieces).

The government is run by a council of nine wizards (a specialist in each of the eight standard fields of magic as well as one universalist). Membership to the council requires the ability to at least cast 5th level spells. Wizards who become council members are council members for life or until they lose their position to an eligible wizard who challenges them.

With their basic needs of food and housing taken care of, the only needs the people of Maledetta have is magical components. They trade magic items as well as enchanting services in exchange for the rare spell components that they are unable to procure on their own.

Of all islands, Maledetta sports the most diverse variety of races, with humans and mongrelmen making the most significant portion. The mongrelmen on the island were once test subjects for transmuters but have since made a place for themselves despite their appearance. As their numbers are great, they are accepted as normal citizens these days, though most of them end up being craftsmen with only one in ten ever becoming wizards of any real power.