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## A Work of Understanding in Progress

The people, places, events, items, and histories of the world of Talus will be recorded here, in due time. Even as the world forges ahead into the future, the peoples of Talus are also actively trying to learn about the past, and misunderstandings or pockets of unknowables in the greater knowledge of the past may lead to incorrect information being taken as truth, until new information comes to light and better clarifies the general public's understanding.

## The Other Worlds

#### The Faewilds (The Fae)

Onedra's dream of an Altheris that never saw the Ordering of the first Age, made manifest. Creatures have since found and populated this alternate version of the world, but it is dominated by the forces of nature alone. Time behaves erratically in the Faewilds - dawn and dusk make up most of the world's days, with pure sun or nighttime happening rarely and quickly.

#### The Shadowlands (The Fel)

The inverted nightmare of Onedra's dream, similarly plane-adjacent to Talus, but depicting both nature and civilization drawn to their final dark conclusions. Ruined civilizations are smashed against the rampant growth of twisted forests, fetid swamps, and violent volcanoes. While few wish to venture into the Shadowlands, there are plenty walking it's blighted ground who would eagerly journey out of it.

#### Pandemonium

The world beneath and under the Prime Material plane, where used, blackened, or corrupted mana sinks to before passing into Elysium for purification. The plane is one of chaos, misery, and evil, reflected by its demonic leaders and the Traitor Gods who serve as its overlords. Souls are used as currency and power - as the essence of a soul is infinite, Pandemonium is littered with the wretched souls of the wicked and heinous from Talus's entire history. Very few souls, through efforts within Pandemonium, have been able to earn retribution, and are granted entrance into Elysium.

#### Providence Elysium

The heavenly plane of Elysium serves as the final resting place for sentient individuals who, in life on Talus, committed great deeds of valor, served the good of their world (community, or the planet itself), or otherwise acted with moral benevolence. This world exists "above" the Prime Material plane, serving as an all-encompassing sieve that also purifies Talus' mana before disseminating it back onto the planet. Angels keep watch over each of the varied domains that strive to capture the abstract concept of paradise within each of their respective fields. At the top of Elysium rest many of the gods' true forms, bound behind the Leyline Chassis - above even them, superior even to Elysium itself, the One Above All is said to reside.

#### Terminus

The metal, measured plane of Terminus is almost entirely artificial. The supposed god of Time, Xivix, resides here, and Terminus is said to be his kingdom, his subjects, and his greatest invention all in one. Terminus acts as the cosmic clock of Talus' universe, maintaining a steady flow of time centered around the Prime Material plane of Talus. Terminus is a world bound by the order of Time, and thereby exerts steady chronological influence on the other planes in the Multiverse, to varying degrees; but nowhere stronger than among Terminus' own halls. Some of the older halls speak of a different time, when Terminus was called Mechanus, and Xivix was called Primus...but those texts are almost completely rusted away.

## Major Characters

### Player Characters

Vera Root

Lenxha

Iola Brightaxe

Verrill Rathje

Uriaris Umai

Torvik Treewielder

Drakor Cloudanvil

### Non-Player Characters

Verumathras

Mulsantir -

Garkrul Ragespeaker -

Rot-tender Malris -

Vanquisher Nettle - the inside man (or woman) ultimately working for the Promised King, who's supplying arcanite from Merha to the other branches of the operation

Balkomzet - a demon of Rage, summoned by a warlock in 366 A.M. Having failed to safeguard himself in the summoning, the warlock was destroyed and Balkomzet fled into the only living thing nearby: the young Gor'har boy Torvik, who had been kidnapped by the sorcerer as a tribute to summon Balkomzet.

#### Gods

The celestial, divine, cosmic, or otherwise other-wordly powers that conspire and enact their will on Altheris, often through mortals' efforts.

### Major Races

Those races that have developed to such a point as to have had significant influence on the patterns of civilized history, recorded or not.

### Minor Races

The races or sub-species that are of background importance in regard to civilized or contemporary history, though they may still greatly influence the planet.

\*\*From the early draft "Welcome to the World" text\*\*

Elves outside the Tel’darin sort (wood elves), and other creatures of wild and exotic forms can also be seen on occasion. Most common folk in simple agrarian towns will have never seen these exotic sentient creatures, but such seemingly wild sights would be common in Expeditionary Outposts and major cities. Lower-developed races (goblins, gnolls, kobolds, etc.), drow elves, and tieflings are strongly mistrusted and generally looked down upon by most members of society.

There are tales and legends of all sorts of monsters from various lands among Meridia and beyond, and more often than not, these tales have eventually shown to contain an element of truth. Other races from far away lands may seem savage or alien in their speech or custom, but most species with the intelligence to do so have adopted some form of society or another, and can be communicative in some way, shape, or form. Some legends tell of titanic monsters of old, including the dragons - but not a single dragon has been verified in Meridia’s recorded history.

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