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Kinnoch

2016-06-14T14:06:04Z

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The Rift Wars

2016-06-14T14:05:30Z

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Three mellenia have past since the world was cleft in two. Forsaken were
the beings when the gods fell. The great rift defines all those that
live beside, within or over its cliffs. Those that were to survive
grew stronger and apart. First, were the elves who held a steel blade
to the throats of any who dare question their reign. But their
oppressive technocracy was to implode through their own bloody spite
and treachery. Their time, was the age of the [[Ancient Republic]].

But as the last noble elvish blood seeped below the surface into the
eddies and lakes of the Dyafice, whom should rise but the scattered
and nameless tribes of the uplands. A human conqueror, Mekzig, as Mek,
the God of Men. But before long, the humans too learnt nothing from
the fall of the [[Ancient Republic]]. They turned their wayd into a
brutal set of instiutions and came to dominate all who dwelled along
the rift's gearth. In their hearts, they looked up to their one true
god but downward to all other religious beliefs with lethal
intolerance. Forgotten would be the pluralist temples of the Ancient
Republic. Their time, the present age, is a time of war. The Rift
Wars.

Little is written of how the Rift came to be but many prophecies
abound of its origin. For the Mekanites, the rift is evidence of the
wretchedness of the [[Ancient Republic]] and the poverty of a society
once ruled by other kind. The rift avows the greatness of Mek. But the
songs of the street tell another tale. In the alleys and smoke houses
of cities and towns believers secretly pray to the old gods. In the
farm houses and ale houses of villages the downtrodden look up to the
heavens. Quietly though, beyond the reach of the Mekanites, the fallen
gods answer their prayers.

However, a wondrous new power lingers in the third mellenium. It is
the battery of sorcerous energy the Mekanites call Toch'thonism.
Coming in many forms, from the wild energy of the sorcerer to the
cloistered mastery of the wizard, Toch'thonism is seen as threatening
Mekanite power in the two kingdoms.

[[File:Threefirtrees.png]]

= History =

In the common tongue, the name of the known world is abbreviated to
simply Ruk. Scholars categorise its history into two distinct stages
called the Durations. The historical record spans three mellenia with
the First Duration referring the time of the [[Ancient Republic]] and
the Second Duration, the present age, as the [[The Age of Mek]]. The
term ''Duration'' came into the vernacular through the research of a
Valentian scholar, Holbard Cobala, who argued that there were two
epochs, or durations, to Ruk history. He concluded that the Second
Duration was looming as a fatal repeat of the first. Cobala's
distopian conclusion is rejected by the followers of Mek.

= Races =

The known world is peopled by a variety of humaniod races. The nomadic
[[Dwarves]] are common across the the two kingdoms of Ruk with humans
suspicious of their ways often accusing them of crime sprees and
vagrancy. [[Elves]] today either avoid all contact with the human
rulers of the Rift or are subordinate to human occupation as
mecenaries and journeymen. The dense forests of the lower Dyafice
support small populations of [[Dyaks]] who trade with human
populations but prefer to exist outside their vast walled cities.

== Humans ==

Two human kingdoms claim sovereignty over the rift. To the north lies
the kingdoom of Xerzigra and to the south the kingdom of Ephercuse.
Both kingdoms worship Mek but disagree as to the form that worship
should take. In recent times, a peace was agree between the two
kingdoms which officially ended the Third Sulfic War.

= Gods and Demi-gods =

What is left of elven religious beliefs falls into two camps. The
first deity is venerated by the wood elves of the lower Dyafice who
worship [[Pauwm]] and continue to believe that the true nature of
Pauwm is yet to be understood. Unlike their forest dwelling cousins,
the black elves subordinate [[Pauwm]] to their sun god, [[Baltet]].

== Mek ==

The human god Mek is the immortalisation of [[Mekzig]] the Conqueror, a
rural warrior come king who united the tribes of the south and
captured the three union cities from the remaining elven nobles. The
tragedy of Mekzig's deification combined with the brutal efficacy and
dogma of the orders that his daughter was to found continue to
dominate the known world.

=== Mekanite Theocracy ===

At its core, the Mekanite theocracy centres on the closest of ties
between the political leader of a province, the ''Chair'', and his
trusted spirtual advisor, the ''Robe''. The ''Chair and Robe'' system
can be traced back to the days when Mekzig walked the cliffs of Ruk
and to break this tie is treason and any weakening of it is seen as a
sign of revolt and succession. The provincial Chairs and Robes report
directly to their ruling counterparts, the [[The Crown Exceptor]] and
[[First Mekae]] respectively.

==== Orders and Institutions ====

The ''Tri-Furs'' is the name given to the three orders of the Mekanite
Church. Each order has its own speciality, vows and role in the
''Chair and Robe'' system of government. At the top of this hierarchy
are the Mekanite clerics who adjucate over all crimes in the kingdom.
Mekanite clerics are distinctive for their green and black robes.
Reporting to clerics are two subordinate orders who have special
duties to perform for the Church.

= Magic (Toch'thonism) =

* [[Cursors]] - ''Nuer''

= Cities and Towns =

* [[Claviscero]] - ''The Second Union''
* [[Bent Knee]]
* [[Velentia]] - ''Falling Fortress''
* [[Lugusnon]] - ''Midlight''
* [[Bante]]

= Notable Characters =

* [[The Crown Exceptor]]
* [[First Mekae]] - ''Armand Pressarian''
* [[Muir Durilix]]
* [[Teroaro Mahakanika]]
* [[Kinnoch]]

= Adventures =

* [[Nuer Attack on Kuurok Day]]
* [[Hunt for the Nuer Assassin]]
* [[Captives of Bassamel Fight Back]]

= Map =

[[File:TheDyafice-1.png|x300px]]

= The Five Dies =

Dwarves: Tale of the 5 glyphs/dies - metal, earth, fire, water, wood.

"All of the sons disappeared due to the betrayal of two of the sons. The son of earth and the son of metal."

Elves:

5 Sons - If the elememts are ever separated then it would cause the fall of the republic.

Wood:
[[File:Glyph1.jpg|x300px]]

[[File:The5sons.jpg|x300px]]

= DM =

* Ben Hall

= Player Characters =

* [[Titus Pullo]]
* [[Arias Amaranthine]]
* [[Fel Ecco Song]]
* [[Naivara Amakiir]]

The Rift Wars

2016-06-14T14:04:53Z

Gaudi: /* Notable Characters */

Three mellenia have past since the world was cleft in two. Forsaken were
the beings when the gods fell. The great rift defines all those that
live beside, within or over its cliffs. Those that were to survive
grew stronger and apart. First, were the elves who held a steel blade
to the throats of any who dare question their reign. But their
oppressive technocracy was to implode through their own bloody spite
and treachery. Their time, was the age of the [[Ancient Republic]].

But as the last noble elvish blood seeped below the surface into the
eddies and lakes of the Dyafice, whom should rise but the scattered
and nameless tribes of the uplands. A human conqueror, Mekzig, as Mek,
the God of Men. But before long, the humans too learnt nothing from
the fall of the [[Ancient Republic]]. They turned their wayd into a
brutal set of instiutions and came to dominate all who dwelled along
the rift's gearth. In their hearts, they looked up to their one true
god but downward to all other religious beliefs with lethal
intolerance. Forgotten would be the pluralist temples of the Ancient
Republic. Their time, the present age, is a time of war. The Rift
Wars.

Little is written of how the Rift came to be but many prophecies
abound of its origin. For the Mekanites, the rift is evidence of the
wretchedness of the [[Ancient Republic]] and the poverty of a society
once ruled by other kind. The rift avows the greatness of Mek. But the
songs of the street tell another tale. In the alleys and smoke houses
of cities and towns believers secretly pray to the old gods. In the
farm houses and ale houses of villages the downtrodden look up to the
heavens. Quietly though, beyond the reach of the Mekanites, the fallen
gods answer their prayers.

However, a wondrous new power lingers in the third mellenium. It is
the battery of sorcerous energy the Mekanites call Toch'thonism.
Coming in many forms, from the wild energy of the sorcerer to the
cloistered mastery of the wizard, Toch'thonism is seen as threatening
Mekanite power in the two kingdoms.

[[File:Threefirtrees.png]]

= History =

In the common tongue, the name of the known world is abbreviated to
simply Ruk. Scholars categorise its history into two distinct stages
called the Durations. The historical record spans three mellenia with
the First Duration referring the time of the [[Ancient Republic]] and
the Second Duration, the present age, as the [[The Age of Mek]]. The
term ''Duration'' came into the vernacular through the research of a
Valentian scholar, Holbard Cobala, who argued that there were two
epochs, or durations, to Ruk history. He concluded that the Second
Duration was looming as a fatal repeat of the first. Cobala's
distopian conclusion is rejected by the followers of Mek.

= Races =

The known world is peopled by a variety of humaniod races. The nomadic
[[Dwarves]] are common across the the two kingdoms of Ruk with humans
suspicious of their ways often accusing them of crime sprees and
vagrancy. [[Elves]] today either avoid all contact with the human
rulers of the Rift or are subordinate to human occupation as
mecenaries and journeymen. The dense forests of the lower Dyafice
support small populations of [[Dyaks]] who trade with human
populations but prefer to exist outside their vast walled cities.

== Humans ==

Two human kingdoms claim sovereignty over the rift. To the north lies
the kingdoom of Xerzigra and to the south the kingdom of Ephercuse.
Both kingdoms worship Mek but disagree as to the form that worship
should take. In recent times, a peace was agree between the two
kingdoms which officially ended the Third Sulfic War.

= Gods and Demi-gods =

What is left of elven religious beliefs falls into two camps. The
first deity is venerated by the wood elves of the lower Dyafice who
worship [[Pauwm]] and continue to believe that the true nature of
Pauwm is yet to be understood. Unlike their forest dwelling cousins,
the black elves subordinate [[Pauwm]] to their sun god, [[Baltet]].

== Mek ==

The human god Mek is the immortalisation of [[Mekzig]] the Conqueror, a
rural warrior come king who united the tribes of the south and
captured the three union cities from the remaining elven nobles. The
tragedy of Mekzig's deification combined with the brutal efficacy and
dogma of the orders that his daughter was to found continue to
dominate the known world.

=== Mekanite Theocracy ===

At its core, the Mekanite theocracy centres on the closest of ties
between the political leader of a province, the ''Chair'', and his
trusted spirtual advisor, the ''Robe''. The ''Chair and Robe'' system
can be traced back to the days when Mekzig walked the cliffs of Ruk
and to break this tie is treason and any weakening of it is seen as a
sign of revolt and succession. The provincial Chairs and Robes report
directly to their ruling counterparts, the [[The Crown Exceptor]] and
[[First Mekae]] respectively.

==== Orders and Institutions ====

The ''Tri-Furs'' is the name given to the three orders of the Mekanite
Church. Each order has its own speciality, vows and role in the
''Chair and Robe'' system of government. At the top of this hierarchy
are the Mekanite clerics who adjucate over all crimes in the kingdom.
Mekanite clerics are distinctive for their green and black robes.
Reporting to clerics are two subordinate orders who have special
duties to perform for the Church.

= Magic (Toch'thonism) =

* [[Cursors]] - ''Nuer''

= Cities and Towns =

* [[Claviscero]] - ''The Second Union''
* [[Bent Knee]]
* [[Velentia]] - ''Falling Fortress''
* [[Lugusnon]] - ''Midlight''
* [[Bante]]

= Notable Characters =

* [[The Crown Exceptor]]
* [[First Mekae]] - ''Armand Pressarian''
* [[Muir Durilix]]
* [[Teroaro Mahakanika]]
* [[Kinnoch.jpeg]

= Adventures =

* [[Nuer Attack on Kuurok Day]]
* [[Hunt for the Nuer Assassin]]
* [[Captives of Bassamel Fight Back]]

= Map =

[[File:TheDyafice-1.png|x300px]]

= The Five Dies =

Dwarves: Tale of the 5 glyphs/dies - metal, earth, fire, water, wood.

"All of the sons disappeared due to the betrayal of two of the sons. The son of earth and the son of metal."

Elves:

5 Sons - If the elememts are ever separated then it would cause the fall of the republic.

Wood:
[[File:Glyph1.jpg|x300px]]

[[File:The5sons.jpg|x300px]]

= DM =

* Ben Hall

= Player Characters =

* [[Titus Pullo]]
* [[Arias Amaranthine]]
* [[Fel Ecco Song]]
* [[Naivara Amakiir]]

File:Kinnoch.jpeg

2016-06-14T14:03:01Z

Gaudi: Gaudi uploaded a new version of File:Kinnoch.jpeg

2015-06-10T10:53:40Z

Gaudi: /* Player Characters */

[[File:Threefirtrees.png]]

==== Adventures ====

* [[Nuer Attack on Kuurok Day]]
* [[Hunt for the Nuer Assassin]]

==== Races ====

* [[Dwarves]]
* [[Elves]]
* [[Half Elf]]

==== Player Characters ====
* [[Titus Pullo]]
* [[Arias Amaranthine]]
* [[Fel Ecco Song]]

==== Cities and Towns ====
* [[Claviscero]] - ''The Second Union''
* [[Bent Knee]]
* [[Velentia]] - ''Falling Fortress''
* [[Lugusnon]] - ''Midlight''

==== Notable Characters ====
* [[The Crown Exceptor]]
* [[First Mekae]] - ''Armand Pressarian''
* [[Muir Durilix]]
* [[Teroaro Mahakanika]]

==== Theocracies ====
* [[Mekanites]]- ''Tri-Furs''
* [[Recursors]]

==== Magic (Toch'thonicism) ====
* [[Cursors]] - ''Nuer''

The Rift Wars

2015-06-10T10:53:29Z

Gaudi:

[[File:Threefirtrees.png]]

==== Adventures ====

* [[Nuer Attack on Kuurok Day]]
* [[Hunt for the Nuer Assassin]]

==== Races ====

* [[Dwarves]]
* [[Elves]]
* [[Half Elf]]

==== Player Characters ====
* [[Titus Pullo]]
* [[Arias Amaranthine]]
* [[Fel Ecco Song
]]
==== Cities and Towns ====
* [[Claviscero]] - ''The Second Union''
* [[Bent Knee]]
* [[Velentia]] - ''Falling Fortress''
* [[Lugusnon]] - ''Midlight''

==== Notable Characters ====
* [[The Crown Exceptor]]
* [[First Mekae]] - ''Armand Pressarian''
* [[Muir Durilix]]
* [[Teroaro Mahakanika]]

==== Theocracies ====
* [[Mekanites]]- ''Tri-Furs''
* [[Recursors]]

==== Magic (Toch'thonicism) ====
* [[Cursors]] - ''Nuer''