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Mage Dynasts

**Mage Dynasts** were the ruling class of the Mage Imperium. Though they were human, long-term breeding programs and genetic engineering meant that they tended to show cognitive differences from baseline humans.

## History

In the latter years of the Mage Imperium, an increasing share of Mage Princes hailed from hereditary lineages of prior Princes. Many planetary governors and other grandees belonged to dynasties of Mage Princes, but even families without such lofty titles sought to guarantee Mage Prince status for their heirs, not only through graft and direct nepotism (though these were abundant) but also through selective breeding programs, rigorous training from infancy and (rarely) outright genetic engineering or cybernetic enhancement.

Members of these lineages, often generations of selective breeding in the making, were known as Mage Dynasts; though no formal, Imperium-wide study was ever conducted, local evidence suggests that they exhibited significant cognitive differences from the human baseline (greater intelligence and perception, but often reduced social intelligence) which could not merely be explained by superior education and a cloistered upbringing. This intellectual gulf might have widened even further if the brutal civil wars and external invasions that drove the collapse of the Imperium had not eradicated or scattered the overwhelming share of Mage Princes and ended the breeding programs.
Lochlan McNiall

**Lochlan McNiall** was a member of the Knights Mercantile who was shot by The Aeldrum Dragoons during the Irish War of Independence.

## Personality

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

*Main article: The Irish Campaign*
Maeve Keith-Levin

**Maeve Keith-Levin** was the daughter of Petra Keith and Grigori Levin, and by extension, the granddaughter of the infamous Astrid Keith. Not much is known about her, except that she, along with her mother, survived the Doom of the Mage Imperium. She was married to Carrek An'Drosse, as a result of the political peace treaty that ended the war between the An'Drosse, Brahm, and Keith family houses. She had one son from this marriage, Oreth An'Drosse.

## Personality

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

## History

Following the ascension of her husband and his subsequent assassination, Maeve left the Imperium and fled to the Hybern Sector, where it is presumed that she followed in her mother's footsteps to guide the growth the of the Consortium.
Lucian (The Commission)

*Not to be confused with Lucian (Skinchanger).*

## Lucian

**Lucian** was a Lidenian elf and a member of The Commission. He was eaten by Shamblers in Russia during The Russian Campaign.

## Personality

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

*Main article: The Russian Campaign*
Lidenia

The crest of Lidenia, a spider eating a snake on a shield adorned by poison ivy.

## Statistics

### Etheric Gates

2

**Lidenia** is a pocket dimension in Imperial Space adjacent to Ireland and Aeldrum on one ley line, as well as the Elvish Enclave Outlets and Aeldrum again on another. It is one of the nine Aeldrum Core Worlds, and is presided over in an interplanetary capacity by the Count of Lidenia.

## Politics

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

## Geography

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.
Ley Line 7

**Ley Line 7** (the "Fialta Line") is an Etheric Ley Line in Imperial Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 7:

* Zanevuela
* Marivan
* Korinth
* Fialt
* Semal
* Firhbank
* Tar'Thalran
* Hybern
* Del'Mar

### Other Points of Interest

The following phenomena are not Pocket Dimensions necessarily, but are accessible from Ley Line 7 in the modern era:

* The Crosslanes

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 7 was divided into the following national territories:

* Second Fialta Imperium
* Fialta Free States
* Thalranese Marches
* Despotate of Alusia
* Serene Duchy of Aeldrum
* Shantine Empire
Marie

*This is a Disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link refers here, consider backtracking and fixing it, so that it points directly to the intended page.*

**Marie** may refer to:

* Marie, associate of Cassandra Sorothin and one of the Ladies who Lunch
* Marie Linder, a Minister of Commerce from the Hybern Sector during the Mage Imperium era
Ley Line 3

**Ley Line 3** (the "Orim Line") is an Etheric Ley Line in Imperial Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 3:

* Telrion
* Aeldrum
* Calath
* Enclave Outlet Worlds
* Hilland
* Sierna
* Bishant
* Genova
* Sveiss
* Iberia
* Gran Mexico
* Lower Nippon Gateworlds
* Brumaire

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 3 was divided into the following national territories:

* Serene Duchy of Aeldrum
	+ ATC Colonies
* Shantine Empire
	+ Shantine Protectorates
	+ Adarnum Bastions
* Despotate of Alusia
* Elvish Enclaves
	+ Elvish Enclave Protectorates
* Dwarf Clans
Leopold Orvhim

**Count Leopold Orvhim** was the 48th Serene Doge of Aeldrum

## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

*Main article: Spires of Aeldrum*
Count Orvhim became Serene Doge in 395 A.U. following the premature death of Serene Doge Selash Luvelath, ruling on behalf of the Conservative Party (and specifically, the Morweld Faction of the party).

Early in the War of the Coalition, Orvhim's wife Baroness Sivelna Morweld was killed in an assassination attempt, struck dead by a bullet meant for her husband.

Orvhim died later in the war, a slow death from being mortally wounded in another assassination attempt. He was replaced as Serene Doge by his protege Bareth Aefendt.
Lucian (Skinchanger)

*Not to be confused with Lucian (The Commission).*

## Lucian

**Lucian** was a Skinchanger on Videna who played a part in the Skinchangers' infiltration of the Knights Mercantile. He was killed in the fighting at Adolphos Knecht's mansion by an explosive self-immolation by Cloudtripp Riverbrother at the end of The Skinchanger Campaign.

## Personality

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

*Main article: The Skinchanger Campaign*
Melam

**Melam** is an angel of Adalna, the Loregiver.

## History

After learning of Adalna's Grand Bargain within the Partition to dominate a limited era in time and abandon mortals afterward, Melam refused to obey Adalna's covenant and sought to produce an Adalnan successor cult that could last to "The Horizon" (the time when the gods (except Othal) appear no longer to exist).
Lenny

## Leonnard

**Lenny** was a dockhand in the Upper Harp Street neighborhood of Southgate, Semal during the Gangster Campaign. He was an excessively strong orc with feeble social skills. After the campaign, his father Rich Craw's relationship with Semal's governor meant that he was able to get tickets off-planet, along with some starter cash and job references.
Ley Line 8

**Ley Line 8** (the "Allegheny Line") is an Etheric Ley Line in Imperial Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 8:

* Harwel
* Semal
* Mir'Thalran
* Saldan
* Messidor
* Upper Nippon Gateworlds
* Resal
* Tar'Thalran

### Other Points of Interest

The following phenomena are not Pocket Dimensions necessarily, but are accessible from Ley Line 8 in the modern era:

* Pin-Jump

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 8 was divided into the following national territories:

* Serene Duchy of Aeldrum
* Thalranese Marches
* Orcish Directorate
* Nippon States
* Saldanese Exclusion Zone
Ley Line 15

**Ley Line 15** is an Etheric Ley Line in Naga Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 15:

* The Forgotten World
* Mouth of Shavar
* Anathema's Domain
* Turenne's World
* Dustworld
* Court of the Rainbow Serpent

### Other Points of Interest

The following phenomena are not Pocket Dimensions necessarily, but are accessible from Ley Line 15 in the modern era:

* Pin-Jump
* Smuggler's Run
* The Bier
* Towers of the Naga

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 15 was divided into the following national territories:

* Serene Duchy of Aeldrum
	+ ATC Colonies
* Orcish Frontier Protectorates
* Naga Remnants
* Corrobel Exclusion Zone (formerly the Covens of Corrobel)
* Perfect Prince Renegades
Marcel Rey

**Marcel Rey** was a rapier-wielding elf employed by the Academy of Saldan as Chief of Hostile Asset Disposal for their expedition to A11, where he was killed during The Black Pyramid Incident.

## Personality

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

*Main article: The Black Pyramid Campaign*
Leutarus

**Emperor Leutarus** (born **Tol'raznet**) was the emperor of the Fialta Imperium during the early 6th century A.U.

## Personality

Leutarus was a charismatic leader known for an obsession with winning and a love of the arts. While he was not known for being particularly intellectually inclined, his own drive and pragmatism made up for it. If he had an idea, he would push towards it no matter what.

## History

Leutarus became emperor in his early 30s after spending time not in the political arena, but pursuing the rapidly popularized "occult sports" within the Fialta Imperium. He became beloved by ravenous fans, who created a fan club called "The Lions Club," for his exploits in the game of Demon Ball. This game featured six players on each side and is similar to dodgeball, but with an occult empowered ball that would move of its own will, sapping the soul energy of players on either side as the game went on. Playing required a powerful physique and an even more powerful will to continue performing.

As he began playing, he also participated in the Church of Dalthad with his mother. There, he would eventually meet a Fialta named Leona who became his wife and was seen as his definitive right hand person. A devout Dalthadi and scholar of the Pentacle, she was known to participate in the advancement of the Cultural Institute's educational programs. Together, the two bore a boy, their only child, Faer'lun.

## Rumors

Towards the end of his athletic career, Tol'raznet's capabilities began to be questioned. Speculations of cheating began to swirl but, as they began to take hold in the athletics communities, his father died and he left the arena to become emperor.

## Trivia

Leutarus loved magic and his pet gorgonopsid, Demo. Occasionally, Leutarus would hire magicians to perform privately for him and his family. His laughs were heard throughout the imperial palace.
Lord Elsevar

**Lord Elsevar** was the owner of the Empire Club following the death of Dick Intrepid, up until his suicide in the year 476 A.U. A staunch Conservative and Aeldrum loyalist, Elsevar ran the club in the style of the Leopold era in Aeldrum history, harkening back to an age of imperialism and Aeldman supremacy. However, after the passage of the Commonwealth Amendments and the "death" of the Aeldman Colonial Empire, Elsevar apparently took his own life, leaving his estate in limbo for a number of years. However, his prized Club eventually came into the care of his valet, Dalton Kingsley, who took it upon himself to raise the Club back into its former glory.
Ley Line 13

**Ley Line 13** is an Etheric Ley Line in Celestial Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 13:

* Volune's Seat
* Limei
* Kolong
* Yushan

### Other Points of Interest

The following phenomena are not Pocket Dimensions necessarily, but are accessible from Ley Line 13 in the modern era:

* The Folds

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 13 was divided into the following national territories:

* Kingdom of the Interior
* Princely State of Yushan
* Triad Princes
	+ Triad Exclaves
* Petty Kingdoms
Ley Line 1

**Ley Line 1** (the "Aeldrum Line") is an Etheric Ley Line in Imperial Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 1:

* Chelonia
* Sivella
* Lidenia
* Antenil
* Paravel
* Aeldrum
* Calath
* Percel
* Ireland

### Length

At 330,000 etheric miles, Ley Line 1 is the shortest known ley line in the cosmos.

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 1 was divided among the following national territories:

* Serene Duchy of Aeldrum
* League of Sovereign Republics
MacGyver's Heir

***NOTICE: This article deals with game mechanics rather than with Aeldrum lore. More complete and up-to-date documentation of game mechanics and rulesets can be found here.***

## Meta

### Builds

* Explosives Expert
* Inventor

### Synergies

*N/A*

Characters that take the **MacGyver's Heir** Special Ability are granted the following effect: May ignore penalties on improvized or makeshift Craft and Engineering checks.

## Characters

List of characters with this ability:

* N/A
Lara Lundy

**Sgt. Lara Lundy** was a soldier of the Aeldrum Trade Company stationed on the planet Singe. She was the last surviving member of Lt. Gedreth Shilcar's original platoon of soldiers deployed to combat the Insurgency on Singe.

## History

Lundy was captured by the Singe Rebels when Shilcar ordered her to leave the party and spread false information about their whereabouts, but was reunited with her former squadmates when they too were captured and brought to a downed Mage Imperium ship. Lundy helped to repair the ship after Shilcar sabotaged it in order to try to gain control of the engines.

After leaving Singe, Lundy stayed with her old lieutenant, not at this point really knowing what else to do, and served as his pilot. She continued to be disgusted by his womanizing ways, and did her best to keep him, if not on the straight and narrow, then at least sober and restrained.

## Personality

Lundy was very attached to her commanding officer, despite the fact that she suspected that he was dangerously incompetent. She constantly replied to his false grandeur and self aggrandizement with sarcastic scorn and often voiced her disapproval over his womanizing ways, but felt that it was her duty to keep him out of trouble nonetheless.

Lundy was a decent mechanic and a good shot with a rifle. She also enjoyed singing as a hobby, and bonded briefly with Angus Peppers over their shared musical interests.
Liberal Institutionalist Party

The **Liberal Institutionalist Party** or **LIPs** was a political party in the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum, active during the 5th and 6th centuries A.U.

## History

### Fifth Century

*See also: Grand Strategy 1*
The Liberal Institutionalist Party was formed in the mid-late 5th century A.U. after the collapse of the Conservative Party Coalition and the assassination of Serene Doge Sevrar Orvhim. Born of a political merge of Sinvas Luvelath's Colonial Party and Jill Fermal's Progressive Party, the party took up the mantle of populism and individual rights, as well as canvassing for Colonial rights and independence.

### Sixth Century

*See also: Grand Strategy 2*
As of 530 A.U., the Liberal In caucus with the State Industrial Party, Serene Constitutionalist Party, and Cultural Coalition to maintain a parliamentary majority over the Secular Nationalist Party.
Marius Sulla

**Commandant Marius Sulla** was a veteran of the Fialta-Shantine War and the leader of Fialta forces on The Station during the Knights Mercantile's Deep Ether Expedition into Naga Space. During the expedition's final battle, he vaporized both himself and the material form of the Rainbow Serpent. The Old Commandant, after decades in the purgatory of the Station, at last found the end he wanted. He and his three surviving comrades met a death worthy of legend, giving themselves to slay a god and avenge an eons-old treason against the Pentacle. His final words, "I'M COMING THALRAN" echoed in the Martial Lord's long memory, and it is said that Sulla's god sought for years to find some trace of his soul to raise him to an angel. Commandant Sulla's story so struck the Fialta passing through the Pin Jump that some began to venerate him and his artifacts. Those Station castaways who had gone home rather than strike out on the Smuggler's Run so long ago counted themselves cursed not to share in his glory.
Mental Index

***NOTICE: This article deals with game mechanics rather than with Aeldrum lore. More complete and up-to-date documentation of game mechanics and rulesets can be found here.***

Characters that take the **Mental Index** Special Ability are granted the following effect: May take 15 on Knowledge skill checks when a library is available and the desired knowledge is plausibly contained within. Requires the character to have at least 1 point in the Knowledge to be used with the ability if the character has at least 30 Intelligence.

## Prerequisites

Intelligence 30+ or applies only to skills with at least 10 ranks.

## Recommendations

Consider spec-ing into the Knowledge Build or Inventor builds.

## Characters

List of characters with this ability:

* Sigurd Telervo
* Rose Clintock
Ley Line 10

**Ley Line 10** is an Etheric Ley Line in Celestial Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 10:

* The Brass Gates
* Tarim
* Witolm

### Other Points of Interest

The following phenomena are not Pocket Dimensions necessarily, but are accessible from Ley Line 10 in the modern era:

* Pin-Jump (pre-Coalition War)
* The "Stitch"

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 10 was divided into the following national territories:

* Brass Cities
* Margravate of Tarim (occupied by Brass Cities)
* Marches of the Ascendancy
* Nippon States
* Petty Kingdoms
Ley Line 6

**Ley Line 6** (the "Estonne Line" or "Hybern Line") is an Etheric Ley Line in Imperial Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 6:

* Calath
* Harwel
* Aeldrum
* Villenta
* Switzreich
* Deutschreich
* Sierna
* Reilla
* Gnoll
* Del'Mar
* Korinth
* Konira
* Zanevuela
* Gul'Dan Worlds
* Milgar
* Hybern
* Zu'un
* Sidenia
* Firhbank
* Ahlam

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 6 was divided into the following national territories:

* Serene Duchy of Aeldrum
* Despotate of Alusia
* Second Fialta Imperium
* Fialta Free States
* Deutschreich
* Shantine Empire
* Shantaran Free State
Halifax Novascotia

**Grand-Mistress Halifax Novascotia** was the Grandmaster of the Knights of Adarnum during the mid-400s A.U.

## History

Halifax was the scion of a noble lineage, the daughter of a major Shantine Lord and the niece of both the Empress Theoboda Kataph and the Patriarch Balmor Wenceslas of Korinth. Rather than becoming Grandmaster of the KoA on her merits, Halifax was instead selected as the future Grandmaster at birth and raised specifically for the title. As such, by the time she became Grandmaster she was younger than many other leaders of Shantine institutions, and was often disliked by older members even of her own KoA.

Halifax was responsible for many extreme actions during her tenure, including the infiltration of the Fialta Imperial Navy (through the her Skinchanger agent Ascalabus) and orchestrating the Fialt Null Bomb Disaster. Her efforts to arm Kirvans and provoke sectarian violence on Zanevuela in the Confederate Crisis played a large and bloody role in the Second Coalition War.

At the signing of the Treaty of Tar'Thalran in 448 A.U., Grand-Mistress Novascotia killed herself and Serene Doge Bareth Aefendt (along with two Thalranese Lords) in a suicide bombing, out of the mistaken conviction that Doge Bareth was in fact the shadowy Aeldman politician Mimir. The assassination was originally believed to have been carried out by the Fialta Nationalist terrorist group "Fialta Unbowed".

Halifax was succeeded as KoA Grandmaster by Arren Kane, the second son of the wealthy Kane dynasty of Brumaire and a highly commended senior commander of KoA operations on Zanevuela.

## Personality

Halifax was rather unhinged. She fully believed that the ends would justify the means, and used her blanket approval from the Shantine government to do whatever she believed would be most helpful to Kirvanism and the Shantine Empire, no matter the optics or how bloody the consequences.

Halifax held several strong and often very irrational convictions. In addition to her belief that Bareth was secretly Mimir, she was also highly prejudiced against the secular Alusian state and the entire Fialta Race, and fully believed herself to be completely impervious to fire (a conviction held so strongly that she did not even feel the need to ever test it).

## Media

File:Halifax novascotia character sheet.pdf
Melee

***NOTICE: This article deals with game mechanics rather than with Aeldrum lore. More complete and up-to-date documentation of game mechanics and rulesets can be found here.***

**Melee** is a new skill to version 2 that partially replaces Base Attack Bonus.

## Attacking

Melee checks are performed when a character uses a weapon (including fists) to strike without disconnecting the weapon from body. This check opposes the opponent's Armor Class, Parry skill, or Dodge skill[*CONFIRM*]. If a tie becomes relevant, it will go to the character with the higher skill (if same skill, favors attacker).

## Ability Bonus

Normal melee weapons use Strength as their core ability. Finesse weapons use Dexterity, but if their Strength bonus is negative, it is applied as a penalty.

## Skill Ceiling

Only the first five ranks of the skill affect a normal weapon. Each rank of Masterwork raises this ceiling by 2. Finesse weapons increase this ceiling by a further point (2 if aimed). Ranks in excess of the weapon's skill ceiling can offset half of any attack penalty (rounded up) (e.g. due to ability penalties or special actions such as rapid fire, head shots, etc.).

Ability bonuses do not count towards the skill ceiling on any weapon. Natural weapons (such as claws) have a maximum skill ceiling of +10.
Laena Aefendt

**Dowager Countess Laena Aefendt** was the wife of Serene Doge Bareth Aefendt.

## History

Prior to her marriage to Bareth, Laena was the co-founder and president of the "Society of Admirers of Bareth Aefendt".

Following her husband's assassination in 5,000,000 A.U., Laena embarked on her own political career. In 453 A.U., she was defeated by Baron Liteth in the election for Spire Doge of the Orim Spire, having campaigned on her late husband's unpopular "Alldmen" platform.
Leandra Kataph

## Leandra Irboda Theoboda Kataph

**Leandra Irboda Theoboda Kataph** was the Empress of the Shantine Empire during the early 6th century A.U. (reigning as **Empress Leandra I**).

## History

Leandra Kataph was named for Leandra, an angel of Kirva with a special relationship with her grandmother Theoboda. As the daughter of both the Shantine Crown-Princess Irboda and the King of Bec, Leandra's birth in 454 A.U. formalized the union of the ruling families of the Shantine Empire and the Kingdom of Bec.

Leandra died in 531 A.U., and was succeeded as empress by her daughter Lapheraz Kataph.
Leonus

**Emperor Leonus** (born **Faer'lun**) was the only son of Emperor Leutarus of the Fialta Imperium and his wife Leona. The young Leonus became emperor after his father's ritual suicide in 534 A.U., with Grand Duke Armand Neptos standing as imperial regent and Dowager-Empress Asmodea assuming responsibility for Leonus's education.

## History

### Grand Strategy 2

Leonus became emperor after his father's ritual suicide in 534 A.U., with Grand Duke Armand Neptos standing as Imperial regent and *de facto* head of government. Public events surrounding the return of the Sword of Dres'Fialt marked his final, full assumption of the throne and the passing of the regency.

### Impact

Leonus' most notable achievement was his role in shaping the Imperium's role as cosmic hegemon after the events of Grand Strategy 2. His self-proclaimed creation of a *Pax Fialta* in the absence of other great powers fulfilled a long-sought goal of the Imperium, albeit as a consequence of prolonged cosmic war and instability.

## Trivia

Leonus started life as a NPC, but was played by Nathaniel during the last three sessions of Grand Strategy 2, including the finale.
Mendesh Korrel

**Mendesh Korrel** (known as **"The Fly"**) was the chief of intelligence of Grand Admiral Hiram Klausman during the late Mage Imperium. Following Klausman's assassination by Brune Dorset in 1774 C.A., The Fly killed Dorset and claimed the title of Grand Admiral for himself. After trying for several years to suppress the nobility of the Hybern and Kartak Sectors with a campaign of terror, he lost against a Keith-An'Drosse fleet and was assassinated by Clarence Keith III.
Ley Line 14

**Ley Line 14** is an Etheric Ley Line in Celestial Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 14:

* Volune's Seat
* Lower Nippon Gateworlds

### Other Points of Interest

The following phenomena are not Pocket Dimensions necessarily, but are accessible from Ley Line 14 in the modern era:

* The Folds

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 14 was divided into the following national territories:

* Kingdom of the Interior
* Ashgarate of New Nippon
* Brass Cities
* Kingdom of Aksai Chin
* Petty Kingdoms
Manuel Emiir

The Emiir Crest

**Monsieur Manuel Emiir** was the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum's Finance Minister during the mid-400s A.U., ultimately rising to the position of Serene Doge of Aeldrum before entering semi-retirement as the director of the influential and powerful Emiirates Consulting Group.

## History and Legacy

Emiir's most enduring domestic legacies as Finance Minister and Serene Doge were the rise and formalization of Aeldrum's Industrial State Cooperative system and the implementation of a flexible Aeldman monetary policy. Emiir was widely credited (or blamed) for setting the tempo and involvement of government in industrial affairs and for spearheading the technology-infrastructure policy that shaped the Aeldman economy of the middle and late 5th century.

Internationally, Emiir's administration was characterized by institution-building and strong economic rapprochement with Alusia and the Fialta Imperium following the Alusia-Shantine War (though critics of Emiir argue that his principle legacy was his failure to forestall the ascension of Shantine Empire at the expense of Alusia and cosmic security).

Emiir was the last Serene Doge of the Conservative Party, succeeded for the next several administrations by Industrial Party figures such as Nebai and Alaveth. Though part of Aeldrum's elvish gentry and ennobled as Baron Emiir prior to his election, he was the first Serene Doge not have been born into Aeldrum's nobility (his successor, Chella Nebai, was also gentry but non-noble).
Legacy War/Session 9

* Our commercial losses aren’t enormous; industrial losses are pretty bad (1/4 of empire’s industrial capacity)
* What to do about Cato?
* Aeldrum government is consolidating
	+ Nationalizing ATC
	+ Intel from Graves: shakeup in Aeldrum cabinet is not yet done. (Bareth vs Sevrar, security chief, who was helping assassinate Mimir)
* Things they might ask for that we don’t want to give up:
	+ Freedom of navigation through Imperium–trade routes
	+ Tech
Marek Helsat

**Marek Helsat**'s murder by Jacob Parr, leader of the Freebooters, was one of the events that launched The Skinchanger Campaign on Videna.

## Personality

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

*Main article: The Skinchanger Campaign*
Ottokar

**Ottokar** was a Saldanese Janissary attached to the Academy of Saldan's expedition to A11, where he was killed by an uprising of Aeldrum Trade Company laborers during The Black Pyramid Incident.

## Personality

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

*Main article: The Black Pyramid Campaign*
Ley Line 16

**Ley Line 16** is an Etheric Ley Line in Naga Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 16:

* The Forgotten World
* Court of Sigvald
* Court of Nidev
* Mouth of Shavar

### Other Points of Interest

The following phenomena are not Pocket Dimensions necessarily, but are accessible from Ley Line 16 in the modern era:

* The Station

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 16 was divided into the following national territories:

* Serene Duchy of Aeldrum
* Kingdom of Sigvald
* Perfect Prince Renegades
* Naga Remnants
* Corrobel Exclusion Zone (formerly the Covens of Corrobel)
Legacy War/Session 3

State of the war:

* There are three fronts: Nippon-Brumaire, Genova-Bishant (also Nippon-Aeldrum), Pin Jump-Harwel (us-Aeldrum)
	+ Aeldrum probably doesn’t care about winning quickly at Harwel; they mostly want to cost us manpower, rather than take the planet back, and are only using volunteers there (not professionals). We should entrench, make it impossible to get
	+ Defender of Firhbank–it didn’t fall, but not for lack of trying–the man in command is the Butcher of Korinth (one of our dudes)
* Lots of labor abuses happening in Aeldrum, both of indentured servants & free workers
	+ ATC is massively anti-union
* Aeldrum Secretary of State: told state media to back off of ATC / Lidenia, which was doing our job for us but now is not
* If they win Firhbank, big moral victory, esp for Thalranese. Links Thalranese front with Aeldrum front, so they suddenly don’t have to coordinate small amounts of troop increase with orcs... essentially, total Thalranese commitment.
* If we win Harwel, we paralyze their commerce, but it’s a huge gamble.
* If the Nipponese fold entirely, then that’s great, but if they just pull out, we’re screwed (and Shantine are happy)
* Net, we lose a war fleet at Firhbank, humiliated / regroup with the Butcher–disaster
* At the Pin Jump, gain the second deck (allied with Brass Cities)–we claim the Pin Jump!!! (Brass Cities have more control of it, but we’re in there. Sweet. They run off to mess with the ATC in Celestial Space)
* Bush is the real hero at Harwel and, while they didn’t win the gate, pushed significantly
Liu Xin

**Liu Xin** was the son of Galorius Dionysus (born Liu Xuan) and a powerful noble within the Grand Celestial Confederacy during the early 6th century A.U.

## History

In 530 A.U., Liu Xin's father Galorius declared himself Emperor of the newly retitled "Grand Celestial Empire" and began consolidating power, only two be assassinated a year later. Xin attempted to claim control of his father's empire, but was forced by political crisis and pressure from Imperial powers into being merely the leader of the Celestial Confederate Council, with the Grand Celestial Empire returning to status quo as the Grand Celestial Confederacy.
Marina Nueva cer Puertos

**Marina Nueva cer Puertos** was the Empire of Alusia's Minister of Finance during the mid-5th-century A.U.

## History

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Marina became Alusia's Minister of Finance in 448 A.U.. In 451 A.U., she openly admitted to being a member of the Church of Kirva. She was killed by the Alusian Army in 453 A.U. due to the role she played in the lead-up to the Shantine Empire's coup of the Alusian government.
Lil DeVille

**Lil DeVille** was one half of "Fil 'n' Lil", a pair of extraordinarily powerful psionic twins that worked for the Urbino Crime Family during the Second Genoan Revolution. Lil died from psionic backlash after her brother Fil DeVille was killed by Luigi G. Alberghi.

## Personality

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## History

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*Main article: The Mafia Campaign*
Lucian Walls

Monsieur **Lucian Walls** was an Aeldman aristocrat and member of the Empire Club during the mid-late 5th century A.U. An unlikable and unpopular young man, Lucian often found himself accompanying his aging mother Lady Margaret Seleth to various high society events. As a "disenfranchised" and unhappy youth, Lucian found a home among the Secular Nationalist Party and was often heard repeating their various talking points. Despite his extreme dislike for his mother's romantic interest Dalton Kingsley, Lucian still became a founding member of the Empire Club upon its revitalization.
Mario

**Mario the Mount of Sigvald** was a Celestial Mutant in the Court of Sigvald. He was possessed of phenomenal strength and the ability (telekinetically augmented) to jump distances of 40 feet in a bound. But he carried on his back a sinister pumping mechanism which siphoned away his blood and vital fluids, leaving him with a feeble constitution and providing Sigvald with a supply of refreshing, revitalizing libation.
League of Sovereign Cities

The **League of Sovereign Cities** was a political party in the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum, active in the late 300s A.U. and led in 395 A.U. by A.M. Ravel.

## Party Policy

* **Foreign Policy**: Isolationist
* **Economic Policy**: Institutional-Capitalist (local governments and institutions handle commerce and trade)
* **Political Connections**: Caucuses with the Guild Party and Reform Party

## Constituency

* **Social Constituency**: Genteel
* **Planetary Constituency**: Aeldrum and Core Worlds

In 395 A.U., the League of Sovereign Cities held 37 Parlimentary votes; 0 votes from Aeldrum, 37 votes from Core and Colony worlds.
McKeough Mining Conglomerate

The **McKeough Mining Conglomerate** was a quicksilver mining company on Telrion operated by the McKeough Clan.

## History

The McKeough Mining Conglomerate dominated the area near the town of Geat’s Bail at the time of the Fialta-Shantine War. Their operations expanded dramatically at the time, but like most mining corps on the planet, the end of the war was the end of the boom, and the next decade was a period of cutthroat competition—many mine bosses resorted to underhanded means to maintain and expand their control. Meanwhile, the miners themselves and the kobold slaves used the chaos to improve their lot. This culminated in 365 A.U. with a raid ordered by Ian McKeough.

Suffering under a mining strike, McKeough sent some mercenaries and made a pact with a Telranian Clan (al-Rihya, the Wind Riders) to burn the town and break the strikers will. However, a heroic figure, Sheriff Fergus “Wild Eyes” organized a defense of the town, and drove back the attackers. The mercenaries were scattered, and the telrionese abandoned the cause of McKeough and turned on him, sensing that it would be far more valuable to plunder his mine than try to fight the stiff resistance of the townspeople. In the chaos of the raid, many kobolds escaped their bonds and fled into the desert. Fergus, pushed on by the business owners of the town, took the posse and “restored order” to several mines, with the help of the escaped kobold slaves. These, naturally, were added to the small Tantalite Mine (a product traditionally associated with forging, apparently essential in traditional Adamantine crafts) owned by Felli Lintair to create a larger independent mine, one whose profits allowed the town to retain a fair parcel of independence for the next decade.
Lord Karenus

**Lord Karenus** was a Marcher Prince of the Thalranese Marches during the mid-400s A.U.

## History

Karenus was a Lord of the Marches who was considered something of a warhawk compared with the other leading voices in the Marches. He was elected as the new Marcher Prince in 447 A.U. after Prince Gunnot's resignation, just in time for the Invasion of Tar'Thalran and Firhbank by the Second Fialta Imperium at the start of the Second Coalition War. After the end of the war, Karenus blamed Gunnot for the assassination of Serene Doge Bareth Aefendt at the signing of the Treaty of Tar'Thalran, prompting Gunnot to challenge Karenus to a duel in 448 A.U.. Gunnot killed Karenus during the duel, but was shot down immediately afterwards by Karenus's guards. After Karenus's death, Lord Armalos became the next Marcher Prince.
Leviathans

**Leviathans**, also known as "**Void Whales**", are animals in the deep ether that cause beautiful music to spontaneously psionically appear in the minds of those susceptible nearby. Nightmares may also be a symptom of their psionic influence. They travel in pods.

## Anatomy

They have large tentacles that they use for feeding. Their mouths are full of teeth and fibers. They can weigh up to 350 thousand tons.

They sometimes have Mind Coral growing on their bodies. Creatures that resemble translucent white triangular flaps also latch onto their bodies to feed.

## Diet

Leviathans have been known to swallow entire ships whole.
Ley Line 9

**Ley Line 9** (the "Neveth Line" or "Petrine Line") is an Etheric Ley Line in Imperial Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 9:

* Aeldrum
* Sevalne
* Saldan
* Bishant
* New South Saldan (pre-Coalition War)

### Other Points of Interest

The following phenomena are not Pocket Dimensions necessarily, but are accessible from Ley Line 9 in the modern era:

* NSS Exclusion Zone (impassable segment of Ley Line 9, former location of New South Saldan)

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 9 was divided into the following national territories:

* Serene Duchy of Aeldrum
* Shantine Empire
* Republic of Sermaye
* Dwarf Kingdom of Druz
* Saldanese Exclusion Zone
* Orcish Frontier Protectorates
* Dwarf Clans
Lords of the Pentacle

The **Lords of the Pentacle** are a pantheon of five Gods, forming part of the Great Pantheon.

## Worshippers

The Lords of the Pentacle are the patron deities of the Fialta, a sub-race of humans with Pentacle angel ancestry who inhabit Fialta Space. Additionally, the goddess Shantara is the patron deity of the Dark Elves.

## Members

* Dalthad, the Genteel Lord
* Othal, the Lord of Secrets
* Shantara, the Lady of Guile
* Thalran, the Martial Lord
* Valdos, the Lord of Contracts
Martin

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**Martin** may refer to:

* Cpl. Marten, an ATC expedition member during the Black Pyramid Incident
* Martin Malone, an Irish agent of Dion de Turenne during the KM's Deep Ether Expedition
* Martin Anond, a deputy on Satise during the Razing of Lairan
* Martine Vells, Aeldrum's Secretary of Commerce during the First Coalition War
Mervodan Doctrine

The **Mervodan Doctrine** was the Aeldman economic policy developed by Treasury Secretary Francis Mervodan in the early 400s A.U. and consisting of predatory mercantilism, emphasizing sales to foreign powers and domestic-first economic development.

## History

Francis Mervodan was the leader of Aeldrum's Industrial Party during the 390s A.U., before becoming the Treasury Secretary and economic wizard of Serene Doge Bareth Aefendt's administration. The term "Mervodan Doctrine" was first applied to the policy of economic warfare waged against the Fialta Imperium during the Fialta Reconstruction in the aftermath of the First Coalition War.

Aeldrum economic policy shifted in the 450s A.U. to the Manuel Emiir administration's Bachelier Doctrine of subsidized foreign investment.
Magrine

**Magrine** was a goblin employed by the Knights Mercantile who participated in the The Skinchanger Campaign on Videna.

## Personality

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## History

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*Main article: The Skinchanger Campaign*
Maggie Dawes

**Maggie Dawes** was the Baroness of Liveth and wife of Heidegger Dawes. She accompanied her husband to Aeldrum during the reopening of the Empire Club in 478 A.U. She often handled the more nuanced business of Heidegger's companies, and was generally far more taken with the niceties of Aeldman society than her husband. Unfortunately for Maggie, she made a mortal enemy of Cassandra Sorothin and the Ladies who Lunch after an outburst of disdain for them during a meeting of the Board.
Horst the Bartender

## Horst

**Horst the Bartender** was an employee of the Trans-Alpine Express who was killed during The Trans-Alpine Express (One-Shot).

## Personality

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## History

*This section is incomplete. You can help The Aeldrum Wiki by expanding it*.

*Main article: The Trans-Alpine Express (One-Shot)*
Mage Imperium I

**The Mage Imperium Campaign**, referred to in-universe as the Milgravian War of Succession, took place from 1728 to 1730 C.A. on Milgar. It concerned the struggle between House Keith and House Semokku for rulership of the Milgar Substate following the death of Governor Frodlaw Semokku. The campaign was followed by the campaigns Mage Imperium II and Mage Imperium III.

## Summary

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Morweld

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**Morweld** may refer to:

* Sivelna Morweld, wife of Serene Doge Leopold Orvhim
* Clotius Morweld, Idolmite Cardinal of Aeldrum during the First Coalition War
* Talit Morweld, Secretary General of the Coalition of Nations
Miranda Salath

**Marquise Miranda Salath** was the Marquise of Doth and a philanthropist and foreign policy lobbyist during the First Coalition War.

## Personality

Salath had a reputation for being a socialite, representing the glamorous face of the Idolmite faith.

## History

*Main article: Spires of Aeldrum*
During the Coalition War, Salath served as Aeldrum's Director of Office of Wartime Volunteers. She was removed from office after her political ally, Cardinal Clotius Morweld, blew up his own cathedral.
Marius Nemo

"**The legal position of the bank is that Marius is alive**"
 — Dionne Antema, after watching Marius getting his soul and body incinerated

**Marius Nemo** was a warrant officer representing the Bank of Valdos in the Confederate Inquisition during the events of The Inquisition Campaign.

## Personality

Marius was an extremely paranoid man. Having grown up as a child soldier, he was traumatized from a childhood in which every day could have been his last. As such, he was particularly observant, and extremely cautious in all his daily activities—to a fault.

## History

Marius was sent on a governance mission by the Fialta Confederacy to strengthen the order of the Confederacy with the hopes of weakening local religious institutions while centralizing power.

Upon arriving, he was the second of the party to greet Tacitus, shaking his hand with his own gloved hand.

Marius died in 440 A.U. at the Kirvan Abbey on Konira at the hand(s?) of an eldritch abomination, after a failed attempt to summon a Valdosian angel.
Ley Line 12

**Ley Line 12** is an Etheric Ley Line in Celestial Space.

## Cosmography

### Notable Pocket Dimensions

In the modern era, the following Pocket Dimensions have one or more Etheric Gates opening onto Ley Line 12:

* Celestial Palaceworlds
* Kolong
* Volune's Seat
* The Brass Gates
* Great Aksai
* Lower Nippon Gateworlds

### Other Points of Interest

The following phenomena are not Pocket Dimensions necessarily, but are accessible from Ley Line 12 in the modern era:

* The Folds
* The "Stitch"

## History

### Post Coalition War

In the early 400s A.U., Ley Line 12 was divided into the following national territories:

* Nippon States
* Kingdom of Aksai Chin
* New Celestial Confederacy
* Triad Princes
* Protectorate of the Mirror
* Brass Cities
* Kingdom of the Interior
Minister Narvelle

**Minister Narvelle** was the Court Chancellor and Minister of Culture for the Milgravian Government and served as a propagandist for Governors Frodlaw Semokku and Kermit Semokku during the late Mage Imperium.

## History

Minister Narvelle, unlike the other high ranking non-Mage Princes at Court, possessed considerable personal as well as official influence, the former driven by his role as Chancellor and the latter as Minister of Culture. The Minister was born to Mage Princes on the frontier world of Liev; his parents died violently when the minister was quite young, and he was subsequently taken as a ward of the local governor. Though never granted the title of Mage Prince, Narvelle displayed a talent for court life and administration, and he was recommended to Governor Frodlaw as part of an exchange of officials.
New Aeldrum Spire

The **New Aeldrum Spire** is one of the seven Spires on Aeldrum, created by servants of Baradun during the Pantheon War and housing one of Aeldrum's seven etheric gates.

## History

In the modern era, the New Aeldrum Spire is also a major city. Before Aeldrum was colonized by elves from the Elvish Enclaves, the New Aeldrum Spire was known as the "Faballe Spire".
Mind Eels

**Mind Eels** are a psionic parasite, and can be seen as the larval form of the Naga. Their name comes from their resemblance to black eels.

## Lifecycle

It is presently unknown how new mind eels are created. Once they reach their mature form, they are capable of attaching themselves to other living things from the inside or the outside. When attached on the inside, they eat their host alive and consume part of their soul, stealing information that they once knew. When attached on the outside, the host gains the knowledge that the mind eel possessed, and the two become one.

The symbiotic form of the mind eel is what allows the Naga to exist. The Naga implant mind eels into those they desire knowledge from. Juvenile Naga are then given these mind eels before maturity.

## Psionic Powers

*See also: Psionics*

Mind eels have a form of telepathy that allow them to coordinate with each other and form large colonies. This is also what grants the Naga their telepathic powers, which they use to navigate the aether.

Their psionic powers also allow them to digest and incorporate parts of souls into their own. This is described above in #Lifecycle.
Overwatch

***NOTICE: This article deals with game mechanics rather than with Aeldrum lore. More complete and up-to-date documentation of game mechanics and rulesets can be found here.***

## Meta

### Synergies

* Improved Overwatch

Characters that take the **Overwatch** Special Ability are granted the following effect: treat your ranged weapon as a melee weapon threatening attacks of opportunity on all targets within the first range increment. Still limited to one attack of opportunity as usual, does not stop attacks of opportunity against you.

## Characters

List of characters with this ability:

* N/A