The Delian Empire

A multi-cultural Empire to the south west of charted Collabris.

It consists of 8 nations, 5 of which are connected on the same landmass, and the other 3 residing on an unnatural mountain island formation. 3 diamond-shaped islands lay in perfect geological formation directly to the north of the eastern nation: Corruta. The tips of the Tri-Nations could be connected by a line on a map to form a perfect equilateral triangle.

**Landmass nations:**

* Micaren- Westernmost nation, most military operations against Carcosa in the SnakeFire War are launched from here.
* Furasia- Despite the Delian Empire priding itself on its uncommon multi-culturalism, Furasia is a primarily orcish nation. Many of the Delian Empire's strongest warriors come from the various military tribes that litter this mountainous nation.
* Xantho- The Southern portion of the landmass is mainly baking desert, despite ecologically it should be a freezing tundra. Many scholars suggest that the warmth that emanates around the landmass is caused by some buried magical secrets beneath the sand.
* Sindeferric- Centre of the Delian Empire, the Elven Emperor Almain Delian and his family reside here.
* Corruta- Still recovering from an event called The Emergence, in which various eruptions of sub-terranean creatures nearly destroyed the nation.

**Tri-Nations:**

* Lyrida- The northern island, headed by a dracosphinx called Lydré, who worships a god whom she only refers to as The Golden One
* Pelphin- A reformed Erinyes from Phlegethos, who calls herself Lady Shepard, rules the south-eastern island.
* Krakata- An incredibly powerful ancient kraken, who calls herself Toni, is the Queen of this technologically advanced island, that uses steam-powered machinery to perform many basic and complex tasks that most rely on magic to complete.

**A deeper look at Pelphin**

The south-eastern member of the Tri-Nations. This mountainous island is Krakata's near opposite; sparce, small cities are spread far apart, interspersed with beautiful landscapes and sights of magical wonder.

Glimmervale and the Star Forge

One of these sites of magical wonder being the city of Glimmervale, which lay a valley at the base of a volcano called Coronos. Legend speaks of a star which fell from the sky and impacted the mountain, which is why the water that flows down it's obsidian slopes seems to glimmer with starlight. The Fireside Monastery, which lay halfway between Glimmervale and the peak of Coronos, shot to fame after it assisted in the downfall of Brimskarda; the disgraced fire giant Forgecaller who attempted to use the Star Forge at the volcano's peak to finish her life's work.

For pious giants, position in the ordning is everything. Brimskarda was a legendary fire giant smith who had attempted to completely re-order the ordning’s ranks. Various missteps in recent years had imperiled her lofty station. To resecure her standing in the ordning and prove that she was still the greatest smith among giants, Brimskarda reclaimed the legendary Star Forge and set about crafting her greatest creation yet: a titanic war machine called a Runic Colossus.

As proud as she was, Brimskarda knew that she lacked certain expertise necessary to complete her work. To fill the gaps in her knowledge and learn the secrets of the Star Forge, Brimskarda had kidnapped the renowned human smith, Theldin Giltall and forced him to toil at the forge alongside her. Complicating matters was the Star Forge’s most recent master, a red dragon named Akaanvaerd. Brimskarda’s nephews have managed to draw Akaanvaerd away from his lair, but in this opening that she had created for herself, she also secured her own downfall.

Theldin's nephew, the famed knight Sir Evin Giltall, sent 3 heroes (Phyra the Frozen, Intyn the Incredible, and Catiri Denovo the Godhunter) to save his uncle. On their journey, they passed three trials of the Fireside Monastery and had inspired them to journey with the three. The Grandmaster, Diasma, had stated in a later journal "I never saw warriors with such spirit, I wish I'd gotten a beer with them." The records of the battle itself were spotty, but the common factors were that the Firbolgs of the monastery fended of Brimskarda's nephews while the three destroyed Brimskarda and her colossus.

The Star Forge itself was located in a large crater near the top of Coronos where a falling star struck a ridge, displacing millions of tons of rock and melting the entire volcano to obsidian glass. The displaced rock formed a 150-foot-tall rim around the crater’s basin. Snowmelt and precipitation gradually smoothed out the crater floor and filled it with water. A mound of rubble formed an island in the crater’s center around the fallen star, atop which ancient giants constructed the Star Forge.
**A deeper look at Sindeferric**

**A deeper look at Sindeferric**

The capital is a flying city that's powered the magic of a quintessent that has taken the form of a majestic gargantuan bird with cyan feathers: named Cocaecarcaira (koh-say-car-kaye-rah).

Cocaecarcaira is a gargantuan cyan coloured bird that flies around Sindeferric, and can travel the entire country in a night. It makes this journey between the end of one month and the start of the next, to roost at one of the country's cities. Sindeferric has 13 cities, the capital is a large floating city that follows Cocaecarcaira in their flight. The other 12 are settlements that built up around Cocaecarcaira's roosts.

Once per year, during their flight, Cocaecarcaira will drop a single down feather, whoever finds this feather is said to be blessed with good luck for the rest of their life (mechanically, they are under the effect of a permanent 'bless' spell that can only be dispelled by the 'wish' spell).

**A deeper look at Lyrida**

This desert country is the location of the Spring of Peace, and the Draaz'viir Forge.