Zorseeyi

Shiir Khabal, meeting place of the Ring of Zorsery

## History

Zorseeyi, the City in the Stars, levitates above the fertile Zoras Delta, held in the heavens by the Ring of Zorsery. This circle of the 12 most powerful magic users in Eluseus rules the city by council, and has created a heavily stratified class based society where magic users are offered power and opportunity, while magicless "*hashuk*" form a lower class of laborers and farmers.

## Government

The Ring of Zorsery was founded in 1199, in the wake of the 1st Schism, as a truce amongst the most dreaded magic users in the known world. Together this conclave was able to fend off the Aberrant Invasions, eventually bargaining with the Red Dragonflight for a position of autonomous fealty following a pyrrhic victory which would see the deaths of 7 of the 12 Rings of Zor. The five surviving members would go on to found the city state of Zorseeyi, which would quickly prosper into one of the largest and most bizzare urbanities of Eluseus.

The Ring of Zorsery is a curious institution which has had an incredible influence on the power structures of Eluseus. Its members, who bear immensely powerful, physical rings made of material from "beyond the veil", effectively regulate the use of magics throughout the world. They have the power to declare certain spells or practices *vashtaiin* or "tainted", making their practice punishable by death or detention in custody of the Ring. Every 12 years the current members of the Ring assemble at a Conclave in Shiir Khabal, a temple to the majesty of magic. Here, a series of intense and occasionally violent trials will test a slew of new candidates for the Ring, as well as current members, known as Ringbearers, considered to be on the margin. Ringbearers may also choose to voluntarily vacate their position at any time, either due to failing health, or more commonly due to political dispute with fellow Ringbearers. In this case a special conclave will be called and the Ringbearer replaced with due haste. A Ringbearer who abdicates may never be allowed back into the Ring.

In addition to its magical preoccupations, in recent decades the Ring has become more and more preouccupied with the politics of Eluseus. Although their Joining Oath renounces the ownership of lands and titles and service to any higher masters, members of the Ring now often involve themselves with regional political matters, either to assure their own wealth and security, or for more egoistic designs. This has blossomed into full on intervention in some cases, under the thinly veiled justification of the enforcement of magical law or "*Elysiin".*

#### The Current Ring of Zorsery includes:

* Ausimar Cazimare, the would be patriarch of Clan Cazimare of the Isle of Eldair. Ausimar is among the most controversial and commanding members of the Ring, holding his post while his sister and wife Lanthain rules their family seat of Dunvail. Both are incredibly powerful magic users enhanced by the mythic and eldritch powers of the Abyssal Throne.
* Meduuc di Peppinov, Grande-Florent d'Vloriia. The notoriously haughty wizard from Vlorian, who has revolutionized the magical world with his combat forms. While he has an acrimonous relationship with Vlorian's beholder lord Bakuel, Meduuc is a proud Perathon patriot and vouches for his homelands interests at most turns.
* Smokeheart of Phontus. A mysterious female elf, she has been a member of the ring for decades yet no one has ever gazed upon her face, as it is perpetually shrouded in a plume of white smoke.
* Wraithion the White, a human wizard originally from Ulbia. This white haired sorcerer has amassed a fortune training private mage armies for the rich and powerful, and earned the nickname "Merchant of Murders" for his trades. He is a terribly powerful mage, able to summon armies of glyth with the flick of his wrist, yet despite this he is still rumored to be quite insecure about his own abilities, lashing out violently at any who may call them into question.
* Xokkvasht The Eviscerator, a orcish warlock of Xaraag. Xokkvasht specializes in Bloodrite, a school of necromancy that allows the control and manipulation of those still living through blood rituals.
* Flaminnael Daemonheart, an tiefling of Penumbra strongly opposed the Aberrant expansion. She is rumored to be among the only magic users who have succesfully closed a wound.
* Vai'iit Zrahan, a mysterious Void Dancer.
* Tessith Odebreather, an oracle of Tethei and founding member of the Ring she is said to have perfectly predicted the Fall of Oburoos.
* Quell Quietus, Archon of Kormoranth and a founding member of the Ring. He has not uttered a single word since the founding of Zorseeyi.

**Former members who have renounced their rings include:**

* Tomularch, the Corpse Collector of Lorthol