Fantasy Arkadia - Lore

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Delphine Tremayne
Goddess | Hero of Mankind | The Great Uniter

"Remember to thank Saint Delphine for blessing us with a plentiful harvest."​

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Delphine Tremayne
Trickster | The Great Evil | Ruiner

"Never forget, it was she who stole us from the forests."​

The King's Army Attire​

In the present day, humans revere Delphine Tremayne as a Saint. Children are told bedtime stories of a brave goddess that faced an army of elves that came for her magic, jealous with their own inferiority, and of how she defended her people and fought them off. A statue of Saint Delphine stands at the gates of Lullin, looking sternly down as those who seek to enter. Some even keep posters of Saint Delphine within their homes for good luck.

King Easton Tremayne is 23 years old. He took the throne at 19. Being descended directly from Delphine, he is assumed to be far above any other Aera in Arkadia, though the full extent of his magic and capabilities is unknown. It's rumored that, at the very least, he can control the four basic elements (water, wind, earth, and fire). ​

The King's Royal Guard​

The Black Scourge​

Signs & Symptoms​

Aera​

☢High Fever (4 Hours After Exposure)
☢Darkened Blood (8-10 Hours)
☢Organ Failure (16 Hours)
☢Death (24 Hours)

Information collected may vary by individual​

Humans​

☢Sneezing/Coughing (24 Hours)
☢Fever (48 Hours)
☢Hallucinations/Delusions (72 Hours)
☢Slight Darkened Blood (4 Days)
☢Weakness/Muscle Pain (5 Days)
☢Severely Darkened Blood (6 Days)
☢Organ Failure (7 Days)
☢Death (7-8 Days)​

The Great Human-Elf war was the start of a downward spiral for the elves. Once Delphine won her one-sided war, she had her soldiers loot their former homes in the trees and claimed any knowledge and artifacts she found as rightfully hers. Today, the surviving pieces of elven history are kept on display in a library in Lullin. Nearly all the elves Delphine indentured or imprisoned after the war remained that way for the rest of their lives. Watching elves forced to serve Delphine or being touted around in chains fueled the idea that humans were the superior race, and the few who challenged this were denounced as half-bloods and written off. Most of elven blood were stripped of everything, with some even losing their names.

It was only when Victoria Tremayne was crowned (the 8th ruler, just before Easton) that she attempted to bridge the gap between human and elven kind by introducing laws meant to protect elves. She made elven slavery illegal, required elves to be given at least a basic education, and attempted (failed) to abolish the black market. Though those laws are in effect most towns (especially Sulwen) simply treat them as suggestions. Aera have the power to enforce the law, if they wanted, but most don't. As she was a Tremayne, no one dared to openly defy or question her decisions. Queen Victoria died in her early forties from natural causes (though the fact that her closest attendant was beheaded the day after makes this questionable).​

Lullin​

Before Delphine built Lullin, she created a wall; a towering ring made of white marble that encircled the bustling city within and made it nearly impossible to infiltrate. There are only two gates into Lullin at each dock, with two Aera guards to inspect anyone trying to enter. Outside each gate, a towering statue of Saint Delphine stands outside, looking down at her people.​

At the center of the Crown City stands the Tremayne castle. Lullin is the most prosperous city in Arkadia.​

Sulwen​

Pinella's Pass​

Docks/Routes​

Train Route​

The railroad system (at its current level) is heavily unreliable. The train stops often to refill on coal, to clear debris from the track, or to let the engine cool if it overheats. One Aera soldier is on the train at all times, periodically patrolling each cabin to ask travelers for their identification. The conductor is also an Aera, though not a soldier. Most who choose the train do so to transport valuable goods safely (as carriages are easy targets for bandits), while a few do it to brag about the experience to their friends.

The mining towns of Hwen (lower) and Leeside (upper) reside along the train route.​

NPCS​

• King Easton Tremayne
• Sulwen's Aera
• The Client
• The Daughter

• The Chosen King​
  
• The Telepath
  Hattie Barkett
  

  
• The Sea Trader
  Ephraim Dennet​
  
• The Scourge Afflicted
  Lina Dennet​
  

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Bestiary​

Chian are a race of beasts that live within the woodland forests around the upper half of Arkadia's train system. Skittish and easily frightened, the beasts

are as likely to attack out of fright if approached as they are to run away. Chian are the fastest known animals in Arkadia, and, in the past, were hunted extensively for their horns (made out of ivory). Before Queen Victoria made elven slavery illegal and the railroad was built, hunters used to capture them by sending elves to frighten them into traps. Chian are omnivores and roughly the size of horses.

Eago are herbivores that live within the thick forests (almost jungle-like) of Arkadia. Some live near the

lower portion of Arkadia's railroad, though more live in the forestry around Sulwen and Pinella's Pass, away from the noise of the train. Eago are gentle giants with thick skin and uncaring attitudes. They will only attack if provoked. Eago are the size of rhinos.

Quera are carnivores that live within the thick forests of Arkadia. About the size of medium to large dogs, Quera travel in packs, hunt their prey mostly at night, and rest during the day within dug holes. Quera are extremely aggressive, even more so when something or someone stumbles upon their sleeping hole.

Quera are also found within the outlying islands of Arkadia.

The Beast in the Mines​

A terrible beast is rumored to live deep underground within the mines of Leeside. The people call it

Aiwyne. The beast is said to be as tall and wide as a house, though those that venture that deep into the mines rarely return alive. Only one person in Leeside has ever seen it in person—an elderly man who returned with all his arm "bitten off" with questionable credibility. The rumor mill has mostly kept the myth of the beast in the mines alive. Still, no one ventures past the last of the torches in the dark in fear of it. Even so, it's just a myth, right?

Sea Creatures​

Krerok are omnivores that live on the shores and within the shallow waters of Arkadia. About the size of a small octopus, Krerok tend to hide beneath sand or rocks when a predator is near. At the same time, if they can catch a predator unaware, they often attack. Despite their small size, they like to bite everything.

The Monster of the Deep​

The last sighting of it was twenty years ago, when it appeared just long enough to wrap itself around a cargo ship and drag the whole thing down into the dark with it. A merchant ship traveling the opposite way witnessed the whole thing from a distance,

terrified that the same fate would await them. Neither the monster, nor pieces of the ship ever reappeared. For a while, trade and passage decreased while the Tremayne's sent the army to deal with the threat. The monster was never discovered. But after so much time has passed, sailors widely believe that the beast either died or never existed to begin with.

Swamplands​

Between Lullin's wall and its coast lie a vast swampland, which make it extremely difficult to sneak into/infiltrate the city without being an Aera able to fend off the wildlife. Each dock is connected to Lullin's gates by a gleaming white bridge, visible from the water.​

The Cordu flower grows on the moss within the swamplands. Bright and alluring, the flower stands out among the fog and the dark trees. It's extremely poisonous to the touch, and feeds off of insects/bugs that crawl on it without knowing any better.

Nyuvira is as long as a grown adult is tall, but only as wide as an adult hand. Thought to be the product of a genetic mutation gone terribly wrong, Nyuvira is a carnivore pretending to be an omnivore. While it can survive off the moss and tree leaves, it prefers live prey. It's poisonous, but not lethal. It's poison is paralytic and the more heads one is bitten by, the faster the body part goes numb (which eventually spreads to the rest of the body). It lives within the water of the swamplands.

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