Map of the Alderes #2
The Alderes
The Known World, Aeterel's Kiln, The Veiled Havens, Fendurin's Harbor. The world of Oathbreaker goes by many names, and much of it remains shrouded in ancient myth. A deeply supernatural place, phantasm and old wounds are as real in these mist-shrouded shores as the wind and mountains. The dead do not rest easy, and powerful immortals plot and wage strange wars behind a tapestry of mortal realms.
It is said the Elden Ones, known by many other names, dwelt first in these lands. Their lords and elders were hungering demigods, whose names and cults are still known to some. Mankind came later on silver ships, spreading across the world to build many fair realms, and they worshipped distant, cold gods from faraway shores who they called Onsolain. The meetings between Man and Fae, Kin and Kith, were not always bloodless, but over many ages an equilibrium was found.
That is, until an exiled goddess stepped foot upon the lands, and all was thrown into a gilt disorder.
The Alderes is divided into a number of regions, each of which contains its own history and powers.
Edea is the Great West, the Ancestral Land, and the Long Decay. A large continent spread across much of the known world, it is here that Aureia, God-Queen of the Onsolain, battled the aged Cambion for dominion over the world. After many years of battle, She would take those spirits loyal to Her, and the hosts of faithful kings, into the east to fashion a new bastion.
Urn is a subcontinent of Edaea, a sizable land in the east. Aureia brought Her followers here after Her war with the Cambion, and oversaw the forging of many new kingdoms. The godlings, dire elves, and mortals who dwelt here fought the Edaean exodus for many generations, but the Aureate onslaught could not be stopped, and much of Urn's history prior to the God-Queen's arrival is now lost.
The Fane Lands are a vast land to the southeast, covered in cold deserts and haunted wilds. Little is known about it, and it is said many spirits who would not bow before either the Cambion or the Heir of Onsolem migrated to this region. What mortals live here dwell in fear of hungering immortals.
Lost Hithlaean shall not be spoken of, for the Onsolain have forbidden it. Only know that it lies far in the north, beyond the Sea of Fangs.