I have known many heroes and had the great privilege to call some friends. While my efforts helped in these wars, the deeds of my friends and other heroes like them are what led us to victory. They put their lives on the line, when all I had to do was solve problems from the comfort of a magical tower in another realm.
—Burg...
2025-03-28 13:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostI do not like to boast of my accomplishments. Intellectually, I am aware that I contributed greatly to the Last Dragon War. I will not suffer the false modesty I’ve seen many espouse and claim that the war effort would have gone just as well without me. I am a genius, yes, but I am no hero. There are more books written about the Last Dragon Wa...
2025-03-28 13:58:14 +0000 UTC View PostNot all surface dwellers were so convinced however. Faust’s agents had infiltrated many nations prior to the invasion, and through subterfuge or greed many were brought to the evil god’s cause.
Cedric Bospian. In The Last Dragon War, 1st ed.
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A handle appeared on the previously handless door and a bell chimed.
They al...
2025-03-28 13:56:17 +0000 UTC View PostWith the aid of adventurers serving as emissaries, most having come to prominence on the Day of Heroes, the Hardune won over many nations to their cause.
Cedric Bospian. In The Last Dragon War, 1st ed.
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“What’s this?” Kole asked as she dropped a large sack of paper on the table of their commo...
2025-03-28 13:55:54 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons!
I've had a story idea I have been thinking about writing for a long time, and yesterday decided to write the first chapter. I'm in the midst of editing Primal Wizardry for publishing, and when I'm in that mode, writing content for a series where continuity is critical can be difficult.
So, I decided to start writing Dow...
2025-03-25 15:35:43 +0000 UTC View PostThey long feared how the surface dwellers would react to new that Faust’s Avatar resided in the center of Basin.
Cedric Bospian. In The Last Dragon War, 1st ed.
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“Let’s see how tough you are without your friends,” a voice called, breaking Kole out of his focus.
He was in the far stack...
2025-03-14 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe dwarves were forced to reveal themselves and their duty to the surface world to garner aid for the defence of the continent.
Cedric Bospian. In The Last Dragon War, 1st ed.
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The twelfth week of class was upon them, and all the professors were focused on preparing for the end of year exams while the students focuse...
2025-03-10 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEnough Hardune survived the attack to reclaim sufficient fortresses to reopen enough rivers to prevent immediate doom, but their number were too depleted to wage a war, even with the aid of the greater dwarven empire.
Cedric Bospian. In The Last Dragon War, 1st ed.
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When Kole returned to consciousness, his leg had been...
2025-03-07 10:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe initial action of the war occurred with the surface world none the wiser. Some of the rivers lost their flow as their opening to the oceans were blocked, but at the time, none on the surface knew the significance of the the river or the Great Plume they created.
Cedric Bospian. In The Last Dragon War, 1st ed.
The last dragon war began in the shadows, when fel dragons in service to Faust unified the forsaken races against the surface.
Cedric Bospian. In The Last Dragon War, 1st ed.
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Zale’s sword caught the first Kobold, running it through the chest and Rakin met the next shortly after, running straight at it an...
2025-02-28 17:06:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Iron Knight is the name given to the Bearer of Ryn’s Blade. While not an Archmage herself, Ryn was the master blacksmith that forged the blades that were eventually turned into the weapons of the Bladed Knights. In life, she used an ensouled smithing hammer to enhance her craft, but for her last creation, she made a blade and transferr...
2025-02-24 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Farstep Knight in the name given to the Bearer of Boldyn’s Blade. Archmage Boldyn was a master of the Font of Space. The blade granted the wielder the ability to teleport as well as the ability to cut portals in space others could pass through. The blade also allowed the wielder to pass into the Ethereal Realm.
-Bladed Knigh...
2025-02-21 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Storm Knight is the name given to the Bearer of Zyglin’s Blade. Archmage Zyglin was a master of the Font of Lightning. The Storm Knight gained the ability to use Lightning offensively, as well as teleporting through bolts of lightning.
-Bladed Knights by Kysin, the 195th High Librarian
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Some people thought tha...
2025-02-17 10:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Aegis Knight and Rive Knight bore Galyn’s Shield and Tolyn’s Blade respectively. Twin Archmages Galyn and Tolyn created the items. Galyn elected to craft a shield with his soul stone to make full use of his affinity for the Font of Barriers. His brother’s affinity for the Font of Severing made for a great blade. These two artifacts...
2025-02-14 09:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Temporal Knight is the name given to the bearer of Palyn’s Blade. Archmage Palyn was a sorcerous wizard with a deep affinity for the Font of Time. While the Font of Time resides in an unknown region of the Arcane Realm, and cannot be pathed to via any gates, Payln’s natural affinity for the Font allowed him to draw on the Font for bo...
2025-02-10 12:04:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe Arctic Knight was the name given to the bearer of Iyckel’s Blade. Archmage Iyckel the Arctic Storm had a great affinity for the Font of Ice. Iyckel’s Blade has been lost to Illandrios and its whereabouts are unknown.
The Everburn Knight was the name given to the bearer of Izynia’s Blade. Archamage Izynia the Ev...
2025-02-07 11:44:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe Mirage Knights originally were three. Light, Sound, and Mind. This grouping always reformed, even when a bearer died, the survivors would choose successors until the orphaned blade chose someone to Bond. It never took more than a dozen. Vowyn’s Blade, granted the ability to control Light, Kylical’s Blade granted the ability to contro...
2025-02-03 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the wizards were the backbone of the Illandrian military, the Bladed Knights were their elite units, serving in much the same capacity state sponsored adventuring parties do today. Many of these groups were formed by combining whatever blades were currently Bonded in compatible groups, but some groups never changed, the swords always f...
2025-01-31 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe greatest archemages of Illandrios, near the ends of their lives, destroyed the ensouled artifacts they’d used through their lives, forging them instead into swords. These swords were held in trust by the city, and whenever a warrior reached a knighthood, they were allowed to present themselves to the hall of blades. The means by which ...
2025-01-27 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEnsouled rings may greatly enhance the wizardry of their creator, but that same ring may never find a bearer to awaken its magic once its creator dies. Weapons and armor however have clear purposes, and are far more likely to Bond new wielders after the passing of their creators. Once this fact was discovered, the archmages of Illandrios bec...
2025-01-24 10:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostSoul stones, when used to create an ensouled item, use the affinities and skills of the creator, and the intent of the object they are crafted in to create an ensouled artifact with a purpose. The less focused purpose an object has, the more nebulous and tailored towards the makers need the artifact becomes. This also has the effect of makin...
2025-01-20 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe arch mages of Illandrios were the flashiest and more memorable assets, each supported by armies of lesser mages and soldiers, but they were not their only core magical force. While the means of crafting ensouled artifacts has been lost, many nations integrated the items into their society in the century between the discovery and loss of ...
2025-01-17 10:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe military of Illandrios always had a strong basis in magic, While no successful military on Kaltis could protect their home long without magical support, Illandrios formed their armed forces around their magical units, while most nations used their magic to support their larger mundane armies
-Bladed Knights by Kysin, the 1...
2025-01-13 10:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostOf the Bladed Knights of Illandrios, the Mirage Knight is the one most widely known. Many outside of Illandrios could be forgiven in thinking the cities connection to the Font of Illusions was the origin of this knightly order, but the Mirage Knights are the inheritors of a legacy that predates the discovery of the Font of Illusions
... 2025-01-10 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostKeev’s origin as a demi-god of heroics was simple, though that doesn’t take away from his achievements. He grew up the son of a wealthy merchant, but strove to use his position to help others. When it became clear he had no penchant for commerce, his father squired him to a knight of the kingdom of Avinor, with whose king he had a trade rela...
2025-01-06 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe sea drakes grew massive in this time, and soon took to taking down ships for their precious metals on board. While these beasts killed thousands in their hunting of ships, their existence contributed to the continued survival of the exiles at sea. For fifty years, the sea drakes were the only means the survivors of the Flood had to resto...
2025-01-03 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostBefore the Flood, their access to metals was restricted to the few surface deposits of ore they could find—and the metal to be found in their fellow sea drake’s bodies. Their growth was slow. Once the world flooded, vast cities of metals became available to them, and the population of the sea drakes boomed as they no longer had to fight ...
2024-12-30 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe sea drakes were more nuisance than monster before the Flood. The magical beasts were a creation of Assuine, a precursor to her eventual triumph in creating the dragons. The sea drakes, as their names imply, are draconids that live within the ocean. They are serpentine in appearance, lacking limbs and wings. The beasts consume metal, not ...
2024-12-27 07:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHis isolation ended when his magnum opus escaped from the wilds to terrorize civilization. Combining drake, snake, and troll biology, Rettew created the hydra of legend. With the body of a drake, the head of a snake, and the regeneration of a troll, the beast escaped his control and terrorized a small village. In an effort to stop it, the vi...
2024-12-20 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTo stop the beast, Rettew created even more beasts, hoping they would be the key to capturing it peaceably. The griffin, hippogriff, chimera, sphinx, and many more beast were created in his endless chase.
Eventually, the fear and terror the hydra instilled into the world was directed at the crazy man that kept following it, so...
2024-12-16 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post