Beginner's Guide

This is a **Beginner's Guide** to the Lumiadare Roleplay, which outlines general world knowledge that the average person from the universe would possess. It should hopefully help you with the creation of your character and stories.

This guide assumes that you have already read the rules in the Discord server, and is more of an extended guide that covers lore-related details.

## Setting

The **Lumiadare Roleplay** is set in a present-time, modern-fantasy world, revolving around the adventures and exploits of the Lumiadare guild, a magic guild based in the town of Terraven, in an unnamed island country in the Pacific Ocean. For the current time of the roleplay, see Timeline.

While humans are the main species that roam the Earth, many others species that you can think of also lives among us and away from us, including (but not limited to) half-dragons, incubi and vampires.

## Magic

Magic can be acquired in various different ways, whether its gifted at birth, awakened naturally or forcefully, or artificially given to people, so on. Mages and gifted humans are generally a minority, and their existence is acknowledged by only a fraction of the general public.

Magic comes in all forms, from elemental spells to passive body enhancements. Due to the wide variety of known magic, there is no commonly recognized "magic categorization". However, all magic-related matters are regulated and overseen by a central, international organization: the Magistrate.

## Magistrate

Main article: Magistrate
The Magistrate is the internationally recognized magic-auditing organization. Based on the floating islands of Orbis, the Magistrate oversees all guilds and their activities, and are responsible for dealing with threats related to magic.

The Magistrate employs a group of magic users to handle their operations, known as the Enforcers. Each Enforcer is highly skilled in combat, and is able to hold their own against high-priority threats. Enforcers known by the guild include Hsiao Ren and Rika Yoroizuka. S-Rank guild member Ahren Konig is also an ex-Enforcer.

## Guilds

Main article: Guilds
The world of the Lumiadare Roleplay is populated by numerous guilds, which are organizations consisting of individuals of various skillsets. Each guild has a different purpose and their own set of values, but most guilds carry out their duties in the form of "Requests", and are involved in dealing with other similarly magical threats. For reference, see the guilds of the Fairy Tail universe.

All guilds can be categorized into three types. Guilds that are Sanctioned and Unsanctioned by the Magistrate, as well as Dark Guilds, which are vile guilds with abilities and purpose that pose a serious threat to society.

Currently, the most influential guilds include Heavenly Mandate, Hunter and Takemikazuchi.

## Lumiadare

Main article: Lumiadare
Lumiadare is a small guild based in Terraven, and serves as the main focus of the titular story. While it was first founded in 2016, it has gone through periods of inactivity and only later resurfaced in industry presence during 2018.

The guild's current Guild Master is Lorelei Shone.

In recent years, Lumiadare has been recognized for their aid in the Steinburg Incident, as well as their finalist performance in the 2019 Grand Magic Games.