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Nold Tul'Semokku

General **Nold Tul'Semokku** was a second or third cousin of the ruling Semokku family of Milgar at the twilight of the Mage Imperium.

## History

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As the commander of Milgar's military garrison and the guardian of Raolf Semokku (bastard son of Prince Statler Semokku), Nold was instrumental in ending the Milgravian Succession War, sparing the life of Astrid Keith and her entourage, installing Kermit Semokku as Governor and placing his nephew Raolf as heir to Milgar.
Nypan

**Nypan** is an isolationist fortress-empire of eleven pocket dimensions within the Nippon States whose cities often contain a "foreign quarter" for trade and diplomatic purposes, in which crime thrives and peculiar exports, everything from death-worshipping samurai to exotic poisons to infamous criminal organizations like The Nine, abound.
Nat

**Nat** was a mute androgynous young assassin employed by the Knights Mercantile 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*
Due to Nat being the child of an influential member of the Knights Mercantile, the governess assigned to them during the KM operations in Dalcia was in fact Dr. Ingrid Gewerschmidt, a KM operative secretly intending to hold Nat hostage as a bargaining chip or eventually kill them. However, in an unrelated incident, Nat was instead beaten to death by members of the Dalcian Communist Front.
Quintus the Mind Singer

**Quintus the Mind Singer** was a Fialta psychic and artist-in-residence of the Empire Club during the mid-late 5th century A.U. Initially recruited as a Dalthadi Mind-Singer by Mlle. Marion Gauthier during the festivities of Gala Week, he was eventually hired at an exorbitant rate through his agent Zara as a retained artist in the employ of the Club. After some investigation by Heidegger Dawes, Quintus was discovered to be an opium addict that was illegally trafficked by Zara from the Thalranese Marches.
Operation Prodigal Son

**Operation Prodigal Son** was an Aeldman operation devised by Mimir during the First Coalition War.

## Description

For Operation Prodigal Son, Mimir proposed the dying Doge Leopold Orvhim to switch his soul into the body of the lost, dead son of the Fialta Emperor that Mimir had been able to recreate. Doing this would save Leopold's life and, with clever maneuvering, allow him to infiltrate the Imperial government and secretly send back information to Mimir, who was the Count of Lidenia and War Secretary for the Aeldrum government. Only Mimir, Leopold, and newly appointed Doge Bareth Aefendt knew of this plot.

## Media

Attached is a recounting of the discussion between Mimir (Seth) and Leopold (Wes), where Mimir is trying to convince him to go along with this plan that ultimately confused and slowed the Imperium enough to turn the tides of the war in the Coalition's favor.

File:Planning a Coup.pdf
Nikki Yevozh

**Nikki Yevozh** was the adopted heir of the Empire of Alusia's Emperor Alekai Chevik during the mid-400s A.U. As the head of the Department of State, she belonged to the now-notorious “Inner Circle” founded by her mentor Lavrency Beriak within the Alusian civil service and extended to the Alusian military through the patronage of Chevik. Yevozh was assassinated the day before her coronation, the last widely recognized claimant to the Imperial title.

## History

Yevozh was the successor to the late Lavrency Beriak, chief of the Alusian State Department. She became the heir to the emperor after the 454 A.U. accession of Emperor Chevik, following the abdication of Empress Illyana as per the terms of the Treaty of Ahlam. Neither Chevik nor Yevozh were related to the Alusian Royal House by blood or marriage, instead following a largely untested policy of adult adoption.

The would-be Empress Yevozh was challenged immediately by an attempted coup from the Legitimist faction of the Alusian clergy, civil service and junior brass, which sought to install a bloodline member of the Imperial House of Alusia and to counter the perceived corruption of the Inner Circle. While the security apparatus of Alusia strongly supported the Inner Circle after the death of Yevozh, the Legitimists manage to claim control of government facilities and to challenge or in some instances co-opt the lightly-staffed Deadhand Era Alusian military.  The Legitimist platform demanded the nationalization of all foreign assets in the country as “war reparations,” the restoration of a bloodline Alusian Royal to the throne and the abolition of foreign-funded churches in the country. The struggle of the Inner Circle and the Legitimists, known as the Legitimist Crisis, would ultimately destroy the Imperial House and lead to an indefinite Regency.
Minister Haffeld

**Minister Haffeld** was the Secretary of the Interior on Milgar during the late Mage Imperium.

## History

As Secretary of the Interior, Minister Haffeld was charged with managing the direct holdings of Governor Frodlaw Semokku and the bureaucratic apparatus of tithe collection. He was, in effect, the administrative counterpart to the diplomatic role of the Minister of Tithes, Minister Narvelle. Minister Haffeld was unique at court in that he was the only Milgravian to hold high office, an innovation of the governor, who felt that his interior secretary should understand the politics and culture of his subjects intimately in order to best advise Prince Statler. As a result of his native status, however, Minister Haffeld was accorded short shrift by the Mage Dynasts at court, viewed as a provincial upstart. Despite his role, he possessed little personal influence and mostly served the governor directly (this may well have been part of the governor’s design to ensure Haffeld’s loyalty).
Narim

***Brass Cities, Language***"*Under no circumstances should you deal with the Porcelain People of the Brass Cities unless you absolutely have to. If you see one, ignore its strange speech, lest it come into its mind that you would like to become like it, a terrible melding of man and machine.*" —  The Intrepid Guide to the Cosmos, Celestial Adventures

**Narim** is the language of the Porcelain Lords.
Orcs

**Orcs**
"**Orcs are one of the most miserable races to be made by the grace of the Elder Gods. Stupider than the lizard-brained Kobolds of Telrion, more ill tempered than a Gnoll on holiday with the Fialta, and uglier than a half-melted Dan of the outer rim of Naga Space, it is unclear how such a brutish and offensive creature ever came to be blessed by a divine power. Their only practical use is as manual labor, or as ferocious frontline fighters, where their savagery and highly muscled bodies can be put to good effect. They should be treated with the utmost respect for their ignorance, and a kind understanding of the impossibility of achieving any form of higher education.**"
 — Encyclopedia Imperia, 6,000th Anniversary Edition

Orcs are a humanoid race of exceptional strength but limited intelligence.

## Religion

The orcs predominantly worship the savage gods and revere Korbog as their war-patron. The frequent communication of the savage gods with their shamans in the tongue known as "bloodspeak" means that while the orcs possess an enormous multitude of tribal languages they can communicate with each other relatively easily, facilitating the rapid development of warhosts on a planetary or interdimensional scale.

## Society

Though most orcs exist in a state of slavery, barbarity or second-class citizenship in more civilized societies, the Orcish Directorate is a beacon of discipline and Orcish ascendancy.
Orim Spire

*For the ley line that connects to the Orim Spire's etheric gate, see Orim Line (Ley Line 3).*

## Orim Spire

### Inhabitants

Elves, Humans, others

The **Orim 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 Orim Spire is also a major city. Before Aeldrum was colonized by elves from the Elvish Enclaves, the Orim Spire was known as the "Moldarn Spire".
Professor Truark

**Professor Truark** was a professor at the Pristville School for Advancement during the 424 A.U. recruitment efforts for the Cult of the Uberpantheon.

## Personality

Truark was not a typical academic, but he had a point to prove. He tended to be disrespected by other staff, but was respected by students who saw him as “a working stiff,” more so than typical academics. He worshipped Korbog (the Orcish god of war).

## History

*Main article: Metagaming Bastards (One-Shot)*
As part of the First Coalition War peace deal, Orcs were given some priority spots for the new Aeldrum academies – Truark was one of the beneficiaries. He was not a typical academic, but has a point to prove
Pontooners Gang

*Main article: The Gangsters Campaign*
The **Pontooners Gang** was a gang active in the West Fens and East Fens districts of Southgate, Semal during the Gangsters Campaign.

## Description

The Pontooners Gang was one of two main gangs active in the East Fens, the other being the Boardwalkers Gang. Their name was derived from the fact that they operated pontoon boats through the fens.

## History

In 435 A.U., the Pontooners Gang was caught up in the Cult of Hieranthotat's efforts to revive the Thanasid god-king Hieranthotat. The gang was largely taken over from the inside by members of the cult.

## Notable Members

* Slimy Bill (squad leader)
* Blimey Jill (Slimy Bill squad member)
* Timey Death (Slimy Bill squad member)
* Whyme Kill (Slimy Bill squad member)
* Grimy Phil (Slimy Bill squad member)
* Allan (lieutenant)
* Rebecca (lieutenant)
* Isaac (took control when leadership collapsed after 435 A.U.)
* Ingo (took control when leadership collapsed after 435 A.U.)
Reaper

## [Name Unknown]

The **Reaper** was a Celestial Mutant in the service of Sigvald the Cruel who sowed terror on Sigvald's behalf among outlying towns. Many a conspirator against the Prince found their efforts ended by a magnetic bolt from the shadows, and many an innocent was felled in the same manner to make any number of points. Like all of Sigvald's psychic servants, the Reaper had a weakness: though faster than seemed humanly possible and able to guide bolts with a thought, the Reaper had the strength of a feeble child and depended on a mechanical harness for physical activity.
Pyotr Rurik III

## Tsar Pyotr Rurik III

**Tsar Pyotr III** (also spelled "Peter") was the ruler of the Russian Empire on the planet of Zemlya following the death of his father, Tsar Alexander Rurik.

## 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*.

*See also: Alexander Rurik*
Muginn

**Muginn** was a member of the Knights Mercantile during the Third Knights Mercantile Expedition to the Taino Basin.

## 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 Aztlan Campaign*
Peter

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**Peter** may refer to:

* Pyotr Rurik II, ruler of the Russian Empire on Zemlya during The Russian Campaign
* Pyotr Rurik III, ruler of the Russian Empire, grandson of Pyotr Rurik II
* Peter van Krueger, a sniper on Telrion during the Fistful of Crecibles Campaign
* Peter Korinthos kast Entolia, the Royal Consort of Empress Illyana of Alusia
Raolf Semokku

**Raolf Semokku** was the illegitimate son of Statler Semokku and was named heir to the governorship of Milgar after the Milgravian Succession War. He was born out of a love affair between Statler and Statler's third cousin Melandra Tul'Semokku. To cement ties between House Semokku and the Milgravian Navy he was married to Juna Tiello, the eldest daughter of Admiral Faisal Tiello.
Power Attack

***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

* Natural Edge

Characters that take the **Power Attack** Special Ability are granted the following effect: May choose to subtract a number up to the character's Base Attack Bonus from all melee attack rolls and add that number to all melee damage rolls until your next turn.

## Recommendations

Consider spec-ing into the Bruiser build.

## Characters

List of characters with this ability:

* J. Paul Getty
Peter Korinthos kast Entolia

Looking imposing

**Prince-Consort Peter Korinthos kast Entolia** (in full: His Honor the Empress Consort Peter Korinthos kast Entolia, Warden of the Armory) was the husband and heir of Empress Illyana cer Alusia of the Empire of Alusia.

## History

Prince-Consort Peter was killed during the Alusian-Shantine War in 453 A.U., in the destruction by the Alusian Palace of State on Ahlam by Arren Kane's Knights of Adarnum strike.
Octo Thorpe

**Cpt. Octo Thorpe** was a Thalranese military officer in the Confederate special forces on Konira who worked with the Confederate Inquisition during the events of The Inquisition Campaign.

## Personality

Thorpe was militaristic, xenophobic, loud, and obnoxious.

## History

### The Gunboat Wars

Prior to working with the Inquisition on Konira, Thorpe fought with the Thalranese forces in the Gunboat Wars, where the fighting lost him an arm and also claimed the life of his brother Brocko (see: The Gunboat Wars (One-Shot)).

The Thalranese defeat at the hands of the Aeldrum military led Thorpe to eventually abandon his Thalranese nationalism and instead look to the superiority of a united Fialta race as his identity and political motivation.

### Confederate Inquisition

*Main article: The Inquisition Campaign*
Thorpe was serving as a captain in the Confederate special forces on Konira when the Confederate Inquisition arrived on-world. As part of the force sent as advisors (but in reality more like mercenaries) to Prince Ymres, Thorpe commanded a small platoon of soldiers along with two small gunships. Thorpe and his men were allocated to the Inquisition as extra firepower, and were the core fighting component used in securing the Kirvan Abbey following the Kirvan Abbey Incident on Konira, and in capturing Settram during the Labor Day Weekend Special Operation. When the Inquisition left Konira for Firhbank, Thorpe and his men were hired on to come along.

On Firhbank, Thorpe and his men were largely responsible for the disastrous Inquisition Incident on Firhbank. In the aftermath, amid an atmosphere of tension and accusations and fearing that he might be arrested and blamed for what had happened, Cpt. Thorpe snuck away from Inquisition headquarters (with many of his men following suit). While on the run, he wound up meeting Caesaris's squire at a gas station and spent the following weeks hiding aboard Caesaris's ship. When Caesaris publicly revealed the details of the Koniran Abbey incident and her ship was destroyed by the Society, Thorpe died in the assassination as well.
Pristville School for Advancement

*Main article: Metagaming Bastards (One-Shot)*
The **Pristville School for Advancement** was a college in Pristville.

## History

The Pristville School for Advancement was one of many similar schools throughout Aeldrum's core and colony worlds, established by Serene Doge Bareth Aefendt in the early 400s A.U. after the First Coalition War to develop an improved class of civil servants to facilitate increased presence of the central government.

In 424 A.U., the Pristville School for Advancement was the site of the founding of the Cult of the Uberpantheon, by former prefect Sebastien Gee.
Prince Paloctus

**Prince Paloctus** was a powerful Fialta prince in the Fialta Confederacy during the 5th century A.U.

## History

### Fialta Confederacy

*Main article: The Inquisition Campaign*
During the time of the Confederate Inquisition, Paloctus was outspoken in his criticism of what he believed to be overreach by centralized Fialta authority. He was a central figure in the formation of the Fialta Congress of Princes in 440 A.U.

### Fialta Union

*Main article: The Grand Strategy Campaign*
With the breakup of the Fialta Confederacy and formation of the Fialta Union in 445 A.U., Paloctus was left as the biggest voice in the new nation, though somewhat overshadowed by the influence of the Church of Shantara. He was killed in 451 A.U. during Priestess Marinia's capture of the Union capital on Firhbank.
Porcelain Lords

The **Porcelain Lords** are automata and rulers of The Brass Cities and commanders of swarms of automata. They are so named for their expressionless porcelain masks.

## Relations

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

### The Great Game

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

*See also: The Great Game, Veiled Masters of Nippon, Naga*
The Porcelain Lords are minorly involved in the "Great Game" between the Naga and the Veiled Masters of Nippon. They are notably unimpressed by the Veiled Masters of the Nippon, whom they are in a cold war with. And as they are not biological, the Porcelain Lords are immune to the Naga's psionic powers.
Perception

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**Perception** is a custom skill to Aeldrum Dungeons & Dragoons 3.5. It replaces Spot and Listen from vanilla 3.5 and correspondingly uses the Wisdom ability bonus.
Puddles Brown

**Puddles Brown** was a student and intern at the Pristville School for Advancement. In 424 A.U., during his final year at the school, he was one of the original members of the Cult of the Uberpantheon.

## Personality

Puddles had the strange quirk of announcing actions he was about to take, almost as if he was aware of the meta-actions of his player. Despite this, he was an incredibly charismatic person and a moving public speaker.

## History

In 424 A.U., Puddles (along with classmate and fellow cultist Rango Norman) went to Pristville's local casino, Casinoville, in response to Sebastien Gee's assignment to recruit more members for the Cult of the Uberpantheon. Though Rango went a bit off-script and attempted to urge the crowd of casino patrons into a mass-suicide, the two cultists did manage to recruit several new cult members.

## Trivia

* In addition to his real-world character action declarations being spoken aloud in-universe, Puddles also was required to urinate whenever his player (Craig) urinated.
Othal, the Lord of Secrets

**The Lord of Secrets**
"**...the common Prince should be careful before he or she falls to the temptation of Othal. His secrets always come at a cost - knowledge for knowledge, blood for blood. Only the wise have seen through the tricks of the Lord of Secrets and struck a worthwhile bargain...**"
 — Encyclopedia Imperia, 2nd Edition

**Othal, the Lord of Secrets** (also known as Qualos, Athderin, Athedrin and endless variations revealed to scholars who insist they have discovered a "truer" way to describe their Patron) is one of the five Lords of the Pentacle and a member of The Great Pantheon. He (she? it?) is perhaps the least prominent of the five Lords, whispering dulcet half-truths into the ears of scholars and kings, encouraging a ravenous hunger for knowledge, guiding them to the precipice of some profound cosmic truth then withholding it until a terrible service has been performed. Most who worship Othal or contract with its angels will gladly pay whatever price is demanded, so consumed are they by their thirst for understanding.

In this respect, Othal is perhaps the most direct mirror within the Pantheon of Adalna, patron of the Mage Imperium, who built a far more public creed around the sharing of knowledge, exacting worship, not service from her followers.

## Summary

Othal is a being obsessed with truth, so much so that he paid a dire price (some say his sanity, others say another god) to formulate and understand a series of secret questions -- answering them is his only goal, and something in these questions seemed to convince him that Valdos and Dalthad offered the best chances for answers.

Qualos has few angels; some say they may not even be his in the sense of drawing their power from him -- they are strange, shadowed things to match their secretive master, unnerving even to other angels. Qualos deals in secrets -- a piece of knowledge is valuable to him if it is not shared widely, and all the more if it is coveted: his mortal servants are most often cloistered scholars, madmen and the first psychics.
Pelvis

*For the rock star Pelvis Resley, see Pelvis Resley.*

**Pelvis** was a film about Pelvis Resley released in 445 A.U..

## Details

"Pelvis" told the story of the life of Pelvis Resley, the late halfling country rock star. It included three previously unreleased songs by Resley, and broke box office records upon its release.
Prince Rogers

**Prince Prince Rogers** was the Secretary of State of the Second Fialta Imperium during the First Coalition War, as well as a keeper of secrets at the Church of Othal. He was part of a political family with many links in government; he was not an Imperial prince (just the ruler of a planet) but he had a grandson (Prince Wenceslas Rogers) who was also a grandson of Emperor Mithranatus, and was the uncle (and advisor) of many Fialta generals.
Rapid Fire

***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

* Gunner
* Sniper
* Luck Build

### Synergies

* Rapid Lock-On

Characters that take the **Rapid Fire** Special Ability (also sometimes known as "Rapid Shot") are granted the following effect: You may take one extra attack per round with ranged weapons at -2 to hit.

## Characters

List of characters with this ability:

* J. Paul Getty
* Selene H. Veer
* X
Republic of Chelonia

The **Republic of Chelonia** is a minor power in Imperial Space. It was formerly part of the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum, and is centered on the pocket dimension of Chelonia.

## History

Chelonia broke away from the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum during the Aeldrum Devolution Crisis in the late 5th century A.U., the second major republic to do so (after the Semalese Republic). Chelonia is one of three major "Popular" republics created during the Devolution Crisis, the other two being the Semalese Republic and the Republic of Telrion).
Randolph H.

**Randolph H.** was a newspaper and radio journalist in the Upper Harp Street neighborhood of Southgate, Semal. He was orphaned at a young age, but Don Prektanos took him under his wing and funded his journalism. As an orphan, he often hired orphans to work for him as informants and newsboys. While he thought he took good care of his newsboys, they probably would have benefitted from a union. He had lots of sources and info on current events. He worked for Prektanos during the Gangsters Campaign up until he was pistol-whipped to death by Griphook, after which it was revealed that Randolph had actually started working for the Cult of Hieranthotat, who he believed would help Semal achieve independence.
Protectorate of Adarnum

The **Protectorate of Adarnum**, also known as the "Kirvan Church-State", was a state neighboring The Hybern Sector. It was a precursor state to the modern Shantine Empire.

## History

During the late Mage Imperium it was mostly Kirvan zealots, and was undergoing a violent reformation that led to several crusades around the time of the Mage Imperium's collapse.
Rakta Jino

**Rakta "Rocky" Jino** was a Fialta agent posing as a human bodyguard for the Aeldrum Trade Company security team on The Station during The Station Adventure. Though his efforts ultimately brought the station under Fialta control, he was killed in the conflict with Shantine marines.

## Personality

Rocky generally made his way through the cosmos with an air of callous indifference. The seemingly sole exception to this attitude was in brawling; he was a hulking brute, and he knew it, and he took a distinct pleasure in throwing his weight around. The gig with the ATC security team was just the latest in a long string of covert Fialtan military operations that had given Rocky the chance to break a few bones and exercise his mild sadism.

In combat, Rocky wielded an oversized fullblade as his signature weapon, as well as carrying a bastard sword for use as a light weapon while grappling.

## History

### Early Life

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

## Trivia

* As The Station is the Aeldrum-universe equivalent of Deep Space 9, Rakta Jino's name was taken from the popular Star Trek beverage

1. ↑ thanks to the Monkey Grip feat
Poisonproof

***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

*N/A*

Characters that take the **Poisonproof** Special Ability are granted the following effect: Inoculated against all poisons.

## Characters

List of characters with this ability:

* Evangelos Argyris
Progress Front

The **Progress Front** was the leading rebel group in the Delarman Civil War of 447 A.U., in opposition to the government of President Mielnar.

## Description

During the civil war, the Progress Front demanded better political representation for the urban populations in the Presidential Republic of Delarma, a full economic opening, and a transparency commission against Elvish Enclave influence in Delarma.

## History

During the war, the Progress Front was led by Adrienne Adal. At its height, the group controlled a third of all Delarman planetary gates, significantly disrupting internal navigation. The rebellion was put down by forces from the Elvish Enclaves and Thalranese Marches, with Adal escaping Delarma but many senior members of the Progress Front captured or killed. The Progress Front afterwards continued to issue messages in exile from an unknown location.
Psionics

***Psychics***"*...if you ever have the sheer misfortune to meet a psychic bugger, the first thing is never to show fear. Bloody mind-reading fuckers can smell fear on you like a Telrionese Dust-walker on the hunt for a tasty kobold. Instead try confusing them with nonsensical thoughts. Play a card-game with yourself in your head - I always love trying to outthink psychic buggers with a game of blackjack.**If this doesn't work, a solid bullet to the brain will stop their mind-touching obscenities right quick*" —  The Intrepid Guide to the Cosmos, The Intrepid-Cut Edition
**Psionics** are innate powers that some individuals possess. One possessing psionic powers may also be referred to as "a psionic". Possessing psionic abilities seems to be a major part of deals with gods/demons. The psionic phenomenon is distinctly different from the magic of demons and gods.

## Example Abilities

* Commune with Gods
* Detect Eldritch phenomena
* Mind control

## Acquisition

Psionics are a phenomena typically granted due to a certain structure in the brain. Many people are born with these powers from a lineage of psionic individuals. Sometimes it is a fluke of nature, completely comping out of nowhere in one's family lineage. Just about every brain section has been identified as a candidate source, so it seems that different psionics might manifest from different regions in the brain. It is at least partly heritable and perhaps partly induced by in-utero exposure to the open ether.

Sometimes an individual may acquire psionic powers that they did not have from birth. This can be done via a brain graft, where the special structures are applied to their brain. Sometimes an individual may have never exhibited psionic powers but always have had the potential. These individuals may have their powers "awoken" by a number of means, usually demonic or Eldritch in nature.

Psychics are exceedingly rare: without very careful screening and training, spontaneous psychic manifestations probably occur once in a million human or orcish children under normal circumstances, with even fewer psychics among elves and none among dwarves.

One outlandish theory is that psionics might be exhibiting, on a very micro-scale, the powers of gods. One Mage Prince at the twilight of the Imperium learned the origins of psionic power, now lost to time, and used them to create a caste of psychic humans, who ultimately betrayed and murdered him and joined the Naga.

## Cultural Impact

Psionics are not well understood by the public, and most would probably consider them to be "witches" or demons (obviously a serious academic misnomer). Civilized churches mostly barely tolerate or openly persecute them, though many prophets were almost certainly psychics of some kind or another (and in the days of the Mage Imperium, the Seers of Adalna were a psychic ruling body.

## Notable Psionics

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

## Game Mechanics

Knowledge: Psionics allows a character to understand how psionic powers work.
Prince Brucius

**Prince Brucius** was a grandson of Emperor Mithranatus of the Second Fialta Imperium, and became Emperor himself following the First Coalition War.

## History

During the War of the Coalition Prince Brucius led the Imperium's palace guards. He became Emperor upon the death of his grandfather, under a compromise succession arranged by the most senior councilors of the Imperium and the Pentacle Churches (excluding the Shantarans). The reign of Brucius was stable and relatively peaceful, marked by a long period of adjustment to the Imperium's wounded pride. Brucius proved an able statesman, keeping the Imperium out of the Gunboat Wars while developing secular Imperial institutions to counterbalance the enormous influence of the Pentacle Churches. The Imperial Navy became a pillar of non-denominational nationalism under this policy. In later life, however, Brucius found that he lacked the stamina to continue the energetic reign necessary to preserve the independence of the throne from its religious partners. Sensing his declining faculties and claiming illness, he abdicated in favor of his only son, Asterion.

Throughout Brucius's reign, it is believed that he carried a considerable weight of expectation and indeed guilt surrounding the legacy and death of his father, the Imperial Regent Constantinus. On the rare occasions that any courtier was foolish enough to mention the Siege of Korinth or the late Regent, Bruscius was known to fall into lengthy depressive episodes. Rumors that Constantinus had been assassinated or secretly imprisoned by the Bank of Valdos as a precondition of the compromise succession were continuous throughout the rule of his son, and those with greater knowledge suspected that Brucius may have been all too aware of the requirements for his accession. Those who knew the most, of course, may have pitied the Emperor his lifelong doubts about the true identity of the man who had arrived at the Imperial court in the midst of the Coalition War and claimed the name of Constantinus.
Paul

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**Paul** may refer to:

* Paul Roddock, an officer in the Hauldt City Watch during The Skinchanger Campaign
* J. Paul Getty, a mercenary working for the KM's Expedition to Banish Aztlan
* Paul Wilson, an ATC miner on Nocturne during the Moon's Haunted Campaign
Pin-Jump

The **Pin-Jump** is a massive artificial object within the Aether that connects Imperial Space, Celestial Space, and Naga Space.

## History

Not much is known of the Pin-Jump before the modern era. Given its sophistication, it may be of Mage Imperial origin or perhaps even earlier.

### Modern Era

The Pin-Jump became of interest to major powers during the First Coalition War, after which control of it was split between the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum, the Orcish Directorate, and the Shantine Empire[*CONFIRM*].

## Cosmology

The Pin-Jump does not seem to move in the Aether, with the ley lines it connects to seeming to move around it. Additionally, it has no gates, warping space to hold the connections together.
Planet Buster

The **Planet Buster** was a superweapon conceived and developed by Selene H. Veer with the assistance of Astrid Keith, Clara Keith, Montral Keith, Gentila Katiche, and a few others.

## Function

The Planet Buster uses both the fields of Teleportation and Transmutation to achieve its deadly effect. The payload, a massive amount of matter, is teleported and reassembled as an even denser substance and folded over itself. This causes a gravitational cascade that warps the Aether.

The result is one of several possibilities depending on how the device is calibrated:

* The creation of an ethereal quagmire.
* The disintegration of anything within range.
* The sealing of an Aethereal Gate.
* The creation of a Pocket Dimension.
* The destruction of a Pocket Dimension.

It is also highly likely that at the time of the implosion, enough energy is generated that a large number of demons are created. Thus, mass possession of all nearby living beings occurs, albeit briefly.

## Costs

The payload of the weapon is any superdense material. Technically, any material could be used, but the denser a material is to start with, the more energy is required to achieve the gravitational cascade. A massive amount of the material is required, around the same amount of matter as a small planet.

The conversion of the payload into energy also requires a substantial power source. Typically, a D-Battery is used to power the device.

While not nearly as devastating as the Black Pyramids, the cost in life has been extraordinarily high.

## Uses

The first use of the weapon was at the twilight of the Mage Imperium. The Imperial Navy detonated it on 5 planets in the Holden Expanse simultaneously. The result was the slaughter of a great many Kirvan forces. It was later detonated on the planet Dolorn to prevent the factories from falling into the hands of the Fialta.
Magda Zlatovic

**Magda Zlatovic** was an avante-garde artist and prominent investor in the Empire Club during the late 5th century A.U. She owned a powerful auction house and had a devoted coterie of bohemian hangers-on. Rich from her own work and auction platform, Magda invested in the club on her own account and initiative. Zlatovic’s mystique comes from her infrequent public appearances, but also from the rumors that she studied under Istomiri witches and employed occult methods in producing some of her finest works. Zlatovic is elvish but not obviously Aeldman, Enclave or Istomiri.
Republic of Demalth

The **Republic of Demalth** is a minor power in Imperial Space, part of what is commonly referred to as the "Minor Republics".

## History

The Minor Republics, including Demalth and the Republic of Aldesh, were formerly part of the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum but gained independence during the Aeldrum Devolution Crisis of the late 5th century A.U.
Possession

**Possession** is when a Demon occupies a corporeal vessel. This vessel can be an inanimate object or a living being.

## Methods of Possession

### For a Living Body

The most common method for a living being to become possessed is to make a deal with a Demon or Eldritch being. There are many reasons that an individual would accept such a deal, chief among them being the psionic powers that a demon can grant its host. This almost always ends badly for the host. See: #On a Living Body

### For an Inanimate Body

The most common method for an inanimate object to become possessed is for the demon to be bound to it during a Summoning ritual.

## Effects

### On a Living Body

Depending on the willpower of the individual possessed, a demon may completely take over the body or may be simply relegated to influencing the individual's actions indirectly. If the host does not lose their self to the demon, they typically gain some portion of the demon's power as per the deal made with the demon. The effects can be relatively minor, such as sensing surface-level emotions, or much more impressive, such as levitation.

### On an Inanimate Body

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Recroprose Trobe

**Recroprose Trobe** was the genetically engineered son of Anselm Trobe and brother of Flazel; a free-agent responsible for multiple destabilizing assassinations and terrorist attacks involving Free Elf fighters, Milgravian smugglers, etc. Recroprose was killed by Imperial Marines during the Mage Imperium II campaign.
Presidential Republic of Delarma

The **Presidential Republic of Delarma** is a minor power in Imperial Space, bordering the German Empire, the Despotate of Alusia, and the Elvish Enclaves.

## Overview

The Presidential Republic of Delarma emerged in the 2nd century A.U. from an unlikely mix of Kirvan and Triad Elvish influences. The Republic’s political culture carries the egalitarian and populist overtones of Kirvanism, the primary religion of its urban populace, while relying historically on the Elvish Enclaves as the guarantors of its independence (first against Deutschreich and later against Alusia). The result has been an historic pattern of Enclave political interference in the republic, going so far as to prop up its current leadership as a presidential dictatorship; a large number of Enclave “advisors” take an active role in the higher echelons of Delarman politics and governance.

Radical Kirvan and Idolmarite clergy have made inroads in Delarma, however, agitating for the return of a truer form of democracy and an end to foreign influence – though not yet at the point of widespread rebellion, these Kirvans have encouraged multiple terror attacks targeting the dictatorship and its elvish allies.

## Economy

Economically, the Republic is a relative backwater, unable to match the environmental and occult conditions of the Elvish Paradise Worlds (the most productive portion of the country is its semi-autonomous dwarven “clan concession” territory), but also restrained from full participation in the cosmic economy. Attempts to normalize economic relations with Deutschreich, or to expand relations with Alusia, have largely failed (many suspect, due to Enclave sabotage).
Point Blank Shot

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Characters that take the **Point Blank Shot** Special Ability are granted the following effect: Gains +1 to attack and damage with ranged weapons within 30ft of the target. Ignore attacks of opportunity made against you in this range.

## Characters

List of characters with this ability:

* J. Paul Getty
Paul Roddock

**Paul Roddock** was an officer in the Hauldt City Watch during the events of The Skinchanger Campaign on Videna.

## Personality

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## History

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*Main article: The Skinchanger Campaign*
Prince Cattrel

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

## History

Cattrel became a leading voice in the Marches following the death of Prince Karenus in 448 A.U.. In contrast to the old-guard traditionalism of the new Marcher Prince Armalos, Cattrel emphasized economic solutions and security through alliances.

Cattrel ultimately died via suicide by duel, in order to avoid death from old age.
Priestess Marinia

## Marinia

**Priestess Marinia** was a warrior outlaw who, from 448 to 453 A.U., led a rebellion in Fialta Space against both the Fialta Union and the Thalranese Marches.

## History

Marinia, an ally of Prince Gunnot, appeared on Firhbank carrying the Sword of Dres'Fialt shortly after Gunnot's death. Her campaign against the local Fialta governments was a major component of the Union Crisis, which was in turn a partial cause of the Alusian-Shantine War of 453 A.U.. After the war began, Marinia and her forces aligned with the Thalranese and the Shantine Empire against the Empire of Alusia.
Raegan DeGroot

**Raegan DeGroot** was an ambitious politician that became a Skinchanger. As a Skinchanger, he was killed during the Knights Mercantile campaign to steal the Codex Exilium from the Academy of Saldan.

## Personality

Prior to becoming a Skinchanger, DeGroot was a very charismatic, but very inept politician. He was known for likeable, but never being able to convince anyone of anything.

## History

### Early Life

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### Skinchanger

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*Main article: The Heist Campaign*
## Media

* File:Raegan degroot-character sheet.pdf
Prince Ymres

**Prince Ymres** was the hereditary ruler of Konira during the Confederate Inquisition and Second Coalition War.

## History

### Early Life

Ymres was born post-Coalition War; after his elder siblings had all died in the war, his father remarried to get an heir but was reportedly half-mad with grief the rest of his life... obviously a very healthy environment for Ymres.

### Konira Rebellion

*Main article: The Inquisition Campaign*
Ymres came to power in 435 A.U., and his rule was described somewhat favorably, though he had a reputation for petulance and a notorious tendency to find insults in the smallest matters. The Koniran Rebellion appeared largely to have been triggered by disputes over his right to impose various laws, including very strict libel laws against him and his court.

After Settram was captured in 440 A.U. and the rebellion was put down, Ymres remained a weak ruler, with his actions largely dictated by his massive debts to the Bank of Valdos and his government maintained mostly by his chamberlain Astor.

### Second Coalition War

*Main article: The Grand Strategy Campaign*
After the Second Coalition War, Konira became part of the Shantine Empire as per the terms of the Treaty of Tar'Thalran. Prince Ymres was killed by the Fialta Militia in 448 A.U. in a drive-by shooting that took place just hours after his public conversion to Kirvanism.
Preacher Mataxes

*"Only a fool considers an armed Fialta a civilian! And we all know there's no such thing as an unarmed Fialta!"*
 — Mataxes, 448 A.U.

## Basic Information

### Affiliation

* Shantine Empire
* Church of Kirva

## Alignment

### Ending

Zealous Evil

**Preacher Mataxes** was an influential member of the Church of Kirva on Zanevuela during the Second Coalition War, later becoming the Patriarch of Korinth, a figurehead of the Shantine Crusade and a member of Empress Irboda's Triumvirate.

## History

*Main article: The Grand Strategy Campaign*
### Confederate Crisis and Second Coalition War

Preacher Mataxes first rose to prominence during the Confederate Crisis as a militant Kirvan zealot, relentlessly agitating for open conflict with the Fialta of Zanevuela throughout the 440s A.U. and working to end slavery and arm Kirvan and pro-Shantine militias. In the lead-up to the Second Coalition War, Mataxes was the preeminent leader of the Kirvan partisan forces within the former Fialta Confederacy, serving as a more public-facing counterpart to the Knights of Adarnum's efforts to arm and destabilize the region. Throughout the 440s, Mataxes was in some ways the Shantine Kirvan analogue of the Fialta National Front's Grand-Captain Mirbus. Mataxes survived the war despite assassination attempts, and went on to be regarded as a war hero despite his many ethnically- and religiously-motivated war crimes.

### Patriarchate of Korinth

In 451 A.U. Mataxes was elevated to the Patriarchate of Korinth, a move which was seen by many as a reward for his loyal service to Empress Theoboda Kataph. His first act as Patriarch was to "burn the impurities" out of the Kirvan establishment on Korinth, ritually burning the residence of the former Patriarch Wenceslas and purging and banishing much of the Korinthian clergy. Patriarch Mataxes also created the Archbishopric of Zanevuela, with Teresa "The Blind" as the first archbishop.

## Personality

*"Burn Them All, Kirva Will Know We are Righteous!"*
 — Mataxes, 447 A.U.
Mataxes was a magnetic and rallying leader, but also a polarizing figure within the Kirvan Church and the Shantine Empire. Though fully devoted to Empress Theoboda, he represented the most radical and zealous aspects of Kirvanism, leading him to have many detractors and enemies within the Empire.

Mataxes's leadership during the Second Coalition War was marred by many instances of horrible cruelty (and even outright war crimes), in particular to Fialta civilians and POWs. In one instance in 447 A.U., Mataxes led Kirvan partisans under his command in ritually burning to death 10,000 Fialta prisoners that they had been charged with guarding. The Shantine Colonel Latak, on arriving at the scene, attempted to kill Mataxes with his sword but was physically restrained by his aides and carried from the scene, screaming, "Let me show you Kirvan mercy, you sadistic [*expletive*]!"
Percel

**Percel** is a Pocket Dimension in Imperial Space.

## History

Prior to the Aeldrum Devolution Crisis of the late 5th century A.U., Percel was part of the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum and was one of the nine Aeldrum Core Worlds.

After the Devolution Crisis, Percel was the capital of the newly-formed Serene Republic of Percel.
Patrick Connolly

**Patrick Connolly** was the leader of the CLAIN during the Irish War of Independence. Following the war, he became the first Prime Minister of the Irish People's Republic.

## Personality

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## History

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*Main article: The Irish Campaign*
Prektanos

**Prektanos** ['pɹɛk.tɑ.nos] was a gangster in the Upper Harp Street neighborhood of Southgate, Semal during the Gangsters Campaign. He was in charge of numbers games (gambling) and also all of the drugs (legal and not). He ran the local casino Little Bishant. Prior to coming to Semal, Prektanos was a Shantine vet of the First Coalition War. He was killed post campaign, shot to death in his casino.
Prince Gunnot

## Gunnot

**Prince Gunnot** was the Marcher Prince of Tar'Thalran and leader of the Thalranese Marches during the mid-400s A.U.

## History

Gunnot became Marcher Prince during a time of economic crisis for the Marches. He led the Marches through the the lead-up to the Second Coalition War, resigning just before the Invasion of Tar'Thalran and Firhbank after a confrontation with Lord Karenus.

Gunnot was blamed by Karenus for the 448 A.U. assassination of Serene Doge Bareth Aefendt at the signing of the Treaty of Tar'Thalran, and was branded an outlaw and had his remaining in-country assets expropriated. In response, Gunnot challenged Karenus to a duel. Gunnot won the duel and killed Karenus, but was then gunned down by Karenus's guards.

## Personality

Prince Gunnot was bloodthirsty, spiteful, and possessive. He was feared by his subordinates for his wrathfulness.
Pristville

**Pristville** was a city in the Aeldrum Colonies, on a minor pocket dimension located between Lidenia and Witch Haven.

## History

*Main article: Metagaming Bastards (One-Shot)*
In the early 400s A.U., Pristville was used as the site of an Ethernet Relay Center. It was also home to two academies, the Pristville School for Advancement and a Lidenia Academy Satellite Center. In 424 A.U., it saw the creation of the Cult of the Uberpantheon.