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[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Yeah! Great Spirits! Revived!

Make a medieval character, no magic (yet), and name a really general type of magic you want (something like “fire” or smt)

Its been a while, and most of these threads are dead, so…

(I wanna preface this by saying this is lore I’ve had in place for like a year so NO IM NOT INFRINGING ON ANY OTHER CURRENT RP IPS)

Lore Dump

Spoiler

After the collapse of the Aeian Empire, the lands were fractured. Many still worship Aeia, the Duchess of Light, but some have turned to the First Render, the architect of the Rending, for he sacrificed himself to perform the Great Rending—dividing lands torn by war and permanently stopping the conflicts. Keylan is still a name associated with rumor and suspicion, dubbed the Spider and the Great Evil.

“the world was fractured into a bunch of plateaus with uncrossable chasms — shadows separate them, and these shadows kill those who try to cross (there are ways to cross them, but not readily accessible. There’s two people that can. One of them is unaffected by the shadows between chasms by nature, and the other one (the Judge) used methods unique to the Immortals)”

The plateau this takes place on is on the fringes of the Eternal Kingdom, between the Empire of Light, the Corrupt Flame, and this Kingdom.

Your characters would be at least suspicious of the Empire, ambiguous relation with the Corrupt Flame (more commonly hostile than not tho), and citizens (though not necessarily Eternal) of the Eternal Kingdom.

The Eternal King is known to be benevolent (he’s actually the most morally correct character that persists through the eras). Aeia is evil, but generally thought to be very good. Keylan is evil, but lazy for reasons not commonly known. The Corrupt Flame is portrayed as evil, and purposefully acts evil, but is actually a good person. Tricked by Aeia to be her fall guy.

Ummmmm

Questions, comments, concerns?

 

Edited December 20, 2025 by SpiritOfWrath

[Through the Living Hope]

14 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Yeah! Great Spirits! Revived!

Make a medieval character, no magic (yet), and name one type of magic  you would like that character to specialize in.

Its been a while, and most of these threads are dead, so…

Tbf they’re dead because the amazing GM is busy. 

Is this going to be a “remake” or an original story?

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

1 minute ago, Spark of Hope said:

Tbf they’re dead because the amazing GM is busy. 

Is this going to be a “remake” or an original story?

Hmm

Which would you prefer

(whaaaaat????)

[not much more! Although I may or may not have gotten the Stormlight RPG for Christmas {I know cuz my parents got me to get it signed instead of WaT} so if I drop off it’s not my fault]

[Through the Living Hope]

3 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Hmm

Which would you prefer

(whaaaaat????)

[not much more! Although I may or may not have gotten the Stormlight RPG for Christmas {I know cuz my parents got me to get it signed instead of WaT} so if I drop off it’s not my fault]

I’d like something original

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, Spark of Hope said:

I’d like something original

Cool

It’ll be a new thing, then

Prolly explore the Twins a bit more.

[Through the Living Hope]

4 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Cool

It’ll be a new thing, then

Prolly explore the Twins a bit more.

Which ones were those two?

Also- what do you mean by what kind of magic?

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

7 minutes ago, Spark of Hope said:

Which ones were those two?

Also- what do you mean by what kind of magic?

Just a general idea (fire magic! I’ve magic! Wind magic! Emotion magic! It was to get an idea of what era was the  best fit. The twins era kinda fits a softer magic system tho, which fits the question so…)

Those were the people in the crowns. Sort of. Haven’t mentioned them much.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

I'll sign up

Later

When my brain is working fully

Edit: GUYS. I JUST POSTED THIS HOW DID IT IMMEDIATELY GET TWO LIKES. THERE WEREN'T EVEN TWO PEOPLE ALREADY LOOKING AT THIS THREAD

Edited December 19, 2025 by Kansas Stormcursed

[Argenti he/him]

1 hour ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Yeah! Great Spirits! Revived!

Make a medieval character, no magic (yet), and name one type of magic  you would like that character to specialize in.

Its been a while, and most of these threads are dead, so…

mhhh what magic.....

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, Ookla The Silver said:

mhhh what magic.....

Name it

Its a very, very broad variety

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

2 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Yeah! Great Spirits! Revived!

Make a medieval character, no magic (yet), and name one type of magic  you would like that character to specialize in.

Its been a while, and most of these threads are dead, so…

Hard magic systems allowed?

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

Hard magic systems allowed?

Describe it to me. I’ll see.

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

6 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Describe it to me. I’ll see.

Chromaturgy

 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

Chromaturgy

 

No already established magic systems, sorry

I can give you a list of magic systems in place at around this time in the world, if you want

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

2 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

No already established magic systems, sorry

I can give you a list of magic systems in place at around this time in the world, if you want

Yes

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

22 minutes ago, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

Yes

Sadly, this is the most soft magic era other than era 0

@Ookla The Silver here’s a list of already available magics

Aeian magic:

Spoiler

All of the magic in Era 2 applies to Era 3, so…

 

Keylan’s Magic:

Spoiler

Rending ~ shadow magic. Using a focus (certain shapes are better as focuses, seems abstract but there is a reason. Staves and swords are good. Items associated with change (again, a sword) are better focuses as well). With these focuses, they Rend something touching their focus - shattering it irreparably. And I mean irreparably. If the shattered fragments are smelted down and forged, these fragments are significantly more difficult to Rend. Anyways, when a Render rends something, they begin to Rend their focus with each rending, until it is also broken permanently.

They can use their bodies as a focus, and their bodies are the best focus possible, but this is very very dangerous.

Some applications: Touch armor, Rend an enemy from within the armor. I mean what is that a little op maybe but! Certain things resist rending. For example, it’s very difficult to rend a Creation, or anything actively infused with Aeia’s magic, which is actually what makes them such good focuses.

 

Edited December 19, 2025 by SpiritOfWrath

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

6 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Sadly, this is the most soft magic era other than era 0

 

Aeian magic:

  Hide contents

All of the magic in Era 2 applies to Era 3, so…

 

Keylan’s Magic:

  Hide contents

Rending ~ shadow magic. Using a focus (certain shapes are better as focuses, seems abstract but there is a reason. Staves and swords are good. Items associated with change (again, a sword) are better focuses as well). With these focuses, they Rend something touching their focus - shattering it irreparably. And I mean irreparably. If the shattered fragments are smelted down and forged, these fragments are significantly more difficult to Rend. Anyways, when a Render rends something, they begin to Rend their focus with each rending, until it is also broken permanently.

They can use their bodies as a focus, and their bodies are the best focus possible, but this is very very dangerous.

Some applications: Touch armor, Rend an enemy from within the armor. I mean what is that a little op maybe but! Certain things resist rending. For example, it’s very difficult to rend a Creation, or anything actively infused with Aeia’s magic, which is actually what makes them such good focuses.

 

So can I do something like

Future sight?

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

So can I do something like

Future sight?

Future sight is actually yeah that’s something that does exist

Its usually era 0 exclusive but it actually exists in all eras.

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

Future sight is actually yeah that’s something that does exist

Its usually era 0 exclusive but it actually exists in all eras.

So I can have it?

Also my character's going to be the third iteration of Kreen

Kind of lazy, because his consciousness was copied from a bendalloy/bronze Twinborn who spent a lot of time storing wakefulness, though he doesn't know that

He's a merchant, and a fairly skilled one

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

44 minutes ago, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

So I can have it?

Also my character's going to be the third iteration of Kreen

Kind of lazy, because his consciousness was copied from a bendalloy/bronze Twinborn who spent a lot of time storing wakefulness, though he doesn't know that

He's a merchant, and a fairly skilled one

Uuuuhhhhh

Original characters

You can play Kreen, but no memories of other RPs

What would he do if he weren’t a merchant?

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

Uuuuhhhhh

Original characters

You can play Kreen, but no memories of other RPs

What would he do if he weren’t a merchant?

Yeah he's been brainwashed

He'd be sleeping, or philosophy-ing I guess

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

6 minutes ago, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

Yeah he's been brainwashed

He'd be sleeping, or philosophy-ing I guess

Philosophy is on theme, yeah!

I ask because there’s a catastrophe some years/months before the beginning that makes trade pretty difficult

Edited December 20, 2025 by SpiritOfWrath

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

Philosophy is on theme, yeah!

I ask because there’s a catastrophe some years/months before the beginning that makes trade pretty difficult

Oh

Would he know of the catastrophe?

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

Oh

Would he know of the catastrophe?

Yeah

Pretty difficult to miss

Ill put it up in the description, because it’s important and I didn’t know I would be doing it when I made this thread

the catastrophe was called the First Rending

Basically, the world was fractured into a bunch of plateaus with uncrossable chasms — shadows separate them, and these shadows kill those who try to cross (there are ways to cross them, but not readily accessible. There’s two people that can. One of them is unaffected by the shadows between chasms by nature, and the other one (the Judge) used methods unique to the Immortals)

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

23 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Yeah

Pretty difficult to miss

Ill put it up in the description, because it’s important and I didn’t know I would be doing it when I made this thread

the catastrophe was called the First Rending

Basically, the world was fractured into a bunch of plateaus with uncrossable chasms — shadows separate them, and these shadows kill those who try to cross (there are ways to cross them, but not readily accessible. There’s two people that can. One of them is unaffected by the shadows between chasms by nature, and the other one (the Judge) used methods unique to the Immortals)

Ahh

So Kreen was sleeping and philosophy-ing in that time.