Shrine to the Old Gods

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The Fuyusaka Shogunate

The Shogunate is a grand empire that has been embroiled in civil war more times than one can count. Being made up of various provinces of feuding warlords, after the third Shogun laid claim to a massive swathe of land, they have ultimately stagnated in their aim in conquering foreign lands, A long lineage of warriors took root in the ancestry of the populace. As such martial arts is a lifestyle in this nation. Almost everyone in the land has a basic understanding over various martial arts. Some being self taught, others learning from their friends and neighbors, handfuls being taken on as disciples and apprentices.

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Uskas

The Nation of Uskas happens to be an oligarchy ran by various business men. The difference between The Northland Consortium and Uskas is the difference in centralization and cohesion. Uskas engages in great games of commercial competition with each other, engaging in market speculation and artificial shorting of the market as whole. While the Northland consortium divided its industries and engages in joint competition however they ultimately work towards the betterment of the entire consortium.
Where Northland is outwardly shrewd in market practices, Uskas is inwardly shrewd in market practices as the upper ranking business men are always trying to get a leg up on one another.

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Unique Resources

*Proto-Hydrangea *
In the World of Mezeran there is a unique plant, known as the Proto-Hydrangea, these hydrangeas grow from locations suffused with copious amounts of Hyperion in the area. While Hyperion has no real caustic effects upon the world, it does create byproducts in the world. One of these byproducts is a proto-hydrangea. They are ethereal flowers that grow off other organic objects. The mere appearance of these orchids creates an area of ambient Abundance magic. Allowing for those who enter the zone to heal their wounds while the plant is in bloom and hyperion is still in high concentrations.

Oricalix
Oricalix is a highly dense byproduct of geothermal vents at the bottom of the ocean. The only reason why these vents were discovered was through the information gleamed from the new god of Erudition. As such mankind has recently began to harvest oricalix in the last 300 years to craft masterwork pieces of arms and armor. Oricalix is a metal capable of absorbing kinetic and thermal energy. The metal naturally absorbs heat from the surrounding environment. It is also capable of taking on impacts equivalent to a ballista firing onto the target. However that doesn’t mean the wearer won’t be crushed. Which became a shortcoming in armor design with this material.

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Lunar sheafs
Lunar sheafs are leaves from a vine that grows on costal jungles of Uskas. These leafs are the only unique component to the plant, as they cause a sudden burst in overall productivity, and mental acuity. As such this leaf is highly used and cultivated by the government of Uskas as they regularly spike water supplies with this leaf to further meet quotas.

Lotus Pearls
Lotus Pearls are pearls of condensed hyperion. These pearls retain a bright cyan hue that glows and lights the lakes they form on as if they were a blinding beacon when formed. These pearls are generated from when a Lyctis Lotus blooms. The Lotus itself has a vibrant purple and blue hue, almost akin to a roiling cosmos. Which is fitting as these Lotuses only bloom at night under a specific Aeon. Specifically the Aeon on Jubilation. Nonetheless these Pearls that are produced are capable of acting as powerful spell focuses for the basic paths of magic, allowing for feats that were once thought not to be possible. However the Lyctis lotus cannot be cultivated as moving them from their locations will lead to them ultimately dying, and in turn these plants are usually closely guarded secrets of various nations.

Aizen Berries
Aizen berries are white berry typically inedible to the average individual. The reason being is their foamy texture, and the reaction when coming into contact with water. These Berries typically undergo an exothermic reaction when coming into water, becoming so hot that they could start a fire. They usually grow in arid environments, however in recent years, The Northland Consortium began to sell these as small berries as products for mercenaries, soldiers, and Miners. As a way to heat food in various environments and on the go. However later they would be used for long timed explosives in various circles.

Crystal Marrow
Crystal Marrow is the crystalization of hyperion within the bones of a powerful creature from the age of Coalescence or the age of Introspection. Due to the method this Marrow matures, it's extremely difficult to procure and is in limited supply. Very few creatures remains exist from those times. Nonetheless this resource is noted to for its ability to influence various alchemical creations. The addition of this material can cause materials to catalyze neatly in a small round orb no larger than a peppermint in size. The consumption of these pill will cause the effects of the condensed material to instantaneously occur upon consumption. Thus emergency healing pills are crafted in bulk,sold, and resold across the world,

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Glassteel
A unique Alloy that grows from dragon trees. This alloy is malleable as wood until the summer when dragon trees spontaneously spew flame into the heavens up above. These trees draw upon natural gas deposits deep below the earth and in turn the amount of raw pressure as the gas travels up deep tunnels spontaneously lights it. Which helps temper the wood into large steel trees. Nonetheless this steel has a glassy look to it and is nearly see through. At the current stage of development its more akin to clouded glass of the middle ages in terms of clarity.

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Alpercite

Alpercite is a naturally occurring metal where the hardness cannot be exceeded by anything other than diamonds. As such it's commonly believed to be unbreakable in nature. It a metal most noticeable by its hardness, however it's also noted for its vibrant orange hue, which led to its eventual discovery in the Yllitar Tribelands and the Northland Consortium. As their landscapes detracted made it far more noticeable for the ore to be discovered.

Vitralcite

Vitralcite is a beautiful rosette mineral that naturally expands into the form of metalic latices. The ore is exceptionally rare to find in nature as it naturally undergoes refinement deep underneath mountains in Esthin and the Fuyusaka Shogunate. Alchemists in their respective nations work hand in hand with blacksmiths to create a armors with regenerative properties.

Steel Stalks
Akin to Glass steel, the Orsika Gulf and Principality of Barag has cultivated unique series of plants. These stalk like plants live below the waters in their respective gulfs. These plants draw upon various minerals, superheating the waters and creating warm coastal tides while washing up Entire bullions of Steel

Wizard stones

Floating above the ocean in various points of the world are the corpses of the many suns from the age of the original lightbringers. When they died their corpses coalesced as husks of raw fountains of hyperion, traveling to one of these floating stones allows for mages to meditate and access the Sea of identity consciously if they were previously unable, for as long as they remain at the stone. However remaining for prolonged periods of time runs the risk actually regressing the growth on an individual in the sea of identity.

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(since we're running low on time let's start pushing out plot lines)

Plot Lines

Introduction

The Introduction to the story will naturally follow the the initial three characters; Levant Alemmon, Lan Kessler, and Ensia Sicht. Following their introduction would be a window into their lives on the isles of Burzistan. Levant and Ensia live together with Levant's parents. While Lan lives with his grand parents, as his parents passed before the intro due to pursuing the limitations of the Aeons.
Nonetheless the story would begin with Lan awakening underneath a tree, being awoken by Ensia as he was taking a break from gathering alchemical ingredients for his father who is an alchemist and doctor. Following returning home, Levant expresses wanting to travel to the other lands. Which is naturally frowned upon by their mother. To most people on Burzistan, the other continents are riddled with strife, constant wars, and cruelty. As such upon revealing a desire to see the world abroad, the see the wonderous sights. Their father understood their desire, as he came from the Northland Consortium himself with unique medical techniques of his Corporation.
Nonetheless after his father leaves to go on a few house calls, Levant would leave the household, followed by Ensia to meet up with Lan. Who in question, would be in the midst of a fight with local bullies. A quick scuffle with the bullies and they triumph in driving them off.
After the fight they would go tend to their scrapes and bruises by the canals and talk about the freak out done by Levant's mother. Lan is more understanding over her point of view, as Burzistan is a fairly peaceful community of various towns and villages. However midst conversation, they would be interrupted by the first crusade. As fireballs are launched from over the horizon, landing into various neighborhoods and burning them asunder. Storm clouds form abruptly over the portside town, and lightning strikes rain down from high above. In the midst of chaos, Levant would initially run towards his home, with Ensia following in toe. Lan was initially going to follow them, but instead they would break off to go find his grandparents. Both parties would find their guardians harmed. Levant's mother would have been scorched by the initial fireball volley from the Shelonan Crusaders, and Lan's family home was destroyed by a powerful bolt of electricty. Lan would find all that remains of his grandfather as he was shredded by wooden shrapnel. Nonetheless these three children ultimately would survive the initial attack. They would respectively be evacuated to a ship and sailed outwards to Barag on the continent of Garion. With Levant cursing the gods for attacking his home.

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The Reinvention of Family
Following their Arrival into Barag, the three main characters are there in a foreign port, with various guards herding refugees away to refugee camps and hostels. The coin many refugees had on hand was rendered useless as Burzistan would fall only a day after their arrival in Barag. The Shelonan Samnals took to the fields and eviscerated any form of resistance. Nonetheless the refugees who survived in fleeing to Barag are desperate for to make ends meet, as strict rationing enacted for the refugee populace, with meager rations being distributed. The three main characters end up losing their rations when a beligerant man steals their food, leading into Kuroda to finding beaten Levant and giving his share of food to the three kids. After this initial encounter, the four of them became inseparable. Given that the three main characters were still children at the time of the exodus, a clear family dynamic was formed. With Ensia acting as the older sister, despite being the youngest of the group by a few months of the three children, Lan being the bookish yet bright eyes kid, and Levant being the rambunctious kid trying to grow to quickly than he should. Kuroda acted as the guardian; and given his age and mere chance, had to turn to a life of crime as he ran down a alley in Tarth which was secretly called the "Street of flavor." There Kuroda would ply his new trade, as a "Dublin."

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The Bonds we Forge

The Bonds we forge is a section of the story, where the characters effectively begin choosing their classes growing their strengths and the like. The newfound family had been living as refugees for an upwards of 3 whole years. And in turn the three children have reached their teenage years and opted to join the military each for their own reasons. Ensia did so to make sure the other two wouldn't end up dead, Lan wished to become an wartime scholar to pursue the basic paths of magic. Levant had vowed to become an ace soldier to try and take back their home someday. Kuroda would join the military after leaving his works in the streets of flavor, although he would offer his left ring and pinky finger as payment to his superiors. Nonetheless this section of the story revolves primarily around gathering a cast of recognizable characters to call as friends, until the story is ultimately hijacked once more by the rain of a Nix Ballista. As on their first day of leaving bootcamp to join a local garrison, a number of large metallic casing in the shape of ballista are shot into the heavens high above the town from under the cover of night, before shattering midair. Raining down large thin rods Vitralcite into the ground. Through entire buildings before bursting out as large rosette bundles of frayed wires.

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The Crumbling Lines.

Following the attack by this Vitralcite Ballista, The story will follow the characters as they try to make a desperate attempt at defending against this attack by the Path'kis Kingdom. This would be a long series of battles and exploring of the ruined port city of Tarth. It's a series of guerrilla tactics as Tarth is extremely close to the border of Gregar, one of the Grand duchies of the Path'kis Kingdom. As such they would be cut off from reinforcements and tasked on either finding another way to flee with their regiment, or to fight off the path'kis kingdom till reinforcements arrive, which would be difficult as the Grand duke of Gregar has opted to take charge of attacking Tarth in the early days, and his personal retinue of trained elemental knights are amongst the siege party.

The Fading Advance
If the main party can't find a way to hold out against the attack, its quiet possible to fade amongst the enemy soldiers. Through the use of enemy uniforms, they could very easily leave the city by waiting for the right moment to join the enemy troops, and possibly head towards the Path'kis Kingdom to figure out what to do next.

Either way depending on the party's capabilities, they could go down various paths. After this battle, if they remained with the Barag army to defend the city and successfully defended it, they could very well remain with the army and go to another battle across the front lines, or abandon the army entirely and head further inland into Barag, and perhaps even cross the wildlands of Garion, as well as too the Northland Consortium to try and earn a new life. Perhaps even join a Knightclub. Heading westwards back to Burzistan would reveal that its been occupied entirely by the Shelonan Theocracy. Heading further westward without stopping for resupply would be a foolish endeavor, thus the only way to reach the western continent would be to embark from the Fuyusaka Shogunate, or Uskas and head further eastwards.

Plot lines of Barag

The Path'kis Kingdom has employed various Entropists to manifest unique diseases not privy to this realm. The caster of this new magic, happens to call himself a Viromancer. A Entropist who studies disease and uses them to inflict plagues upon the world.
The Capital of Barag is conducting a festival amidst wartimes, the festival needs Volunteers to embark into the Sea of Identities through the aid of a powerful Mentalist and a Entropist, and to call upon the dead, to enlist their aid by re-enacting or conquering their defining story.
A local prince in the Capital of Barag needs someone to cross the battlefront and rescue their family.
The Party will need to side with one of the three leading princes in the succession competition, one using any means necessary to run the others out of business, Another opting to sell secrets and information to the enemy to hopefully maintain some form of autonomy for when Path'kis "inevitably" wins the war, and Finally an upstanding however ,naive prince who earned their position by a mixture of outstanding luck, and very few good business practices.

Plot Lines of the Path'kis Kingdom

Upon switching sides, the characters would need be made to figure out their next plan of motion, as such when thinking things out, they would be caught by a superior officer and in turn given a mission to attack various villages outside the port kingdom. As to replenish lost supplies from poor logistics.
The Party is given ample opportunity to sabotage various military supply chains as they're either exploring the Path'kis side, or fleeing the front lines.
A War supplier from Gregar is transporting various new experimental weapons, one such being the Vitralcite Ballista Bolts.
The Grand duke's daughter snuck onto the front lines to try and earn some real combat experience. However upon realizing the grittyness of war, they've defected to the other side, and opened up a small infirmary in the City of Tarth in a already pillaged section.

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Legendary Artifacts

Astras
Astras are Extremely powerful reality defying weapons. Its was commonly believed to be tools of the Amender. These tools all maintain a form of reality bending property. As such the Astras were given to mankind a handful of times before disappearing from the annals history. Many believe them to be hidden from the world at large. Some Astras recored by history are;

The Samsara- One of Three chakrams given to mankind when they overthrew the lightbringers and ascended to lightwardens themselves. This chakram is capable of imbuing the wielder with the power to resurrect once after their death. This facilitated the ascension of man as they were unable to contain the power of a light-bringer without it initially.
The Kanman- The Second of the Three chakrams given to mankind. This one was capable of containing the sun during the conflict. As such the legend states by holding the weapon up towards the sun, it was capable of trapping the star within the loop. Creating a throwable discuss even the sung god themselves couldn’t defend against. Ultimately the sun was returned through the ascension.
The Akivili: The third chakram in the series given to mankind. This chakram was not used as a weapon, instead it was given to mankind to unlock something in the sea of identity, not much is known of this astra, and in fact the lightwardens themselves do not remember this astra, nor can they be reminded of it.
The Brahmastra: This astra is mentioned however anything but the name is lost to history.
The Mandala: A gem that captured the ever truthful light of the moon. Once enough moonlight was captured within the gem, it was used to cleanse and expand the mind of a powerful necromancer. When this occurred the necromancer vanished from the world leaving no trace by the gem and their robes.

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Tomes

Tomes of Ascalon: These are a set of five tomes that instruct the individual in the art of recreating the blade of ascalon. However these tomes tended to be a closely guarded secret and they have yet to actually be collected in their entirety. However even though all books have yet to come together, it’s said an otherworldly smith would greet the reader if they have what it takes to put the skills in the book into practice.
The Tome of Rhelandor: This tome has no magical properties in it of itself. However it has profound insights into how the world functions, insights that were even denied by the lightbringers of old. Rhelandor himself was a powerful elementalist and his understanding of the world allowed for him to create the first dragon tree after the diaspora when Nivora fell.

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Deities

The Light Bringers

Ash The Renewal: One of the 27 Lightbringers of the Winged court, and the Lightbringer of Renewal. Their Domain and authority revolves around life after death. Their Samnals are noted for having a great propensity for fire magic, and many of their rituals require fire sacrifices of food or object. Their domain also taken parts into the aspects of the earth and magma, as they took part in the war of the light bringers long ago.
Archetto the Melodic: One of the 27 Lightbringers, Most noteable for being the patron deity of bards and travelers. She was for being the creator of the beast kin, and her preferred form is similar to that of a humanoid with feline eyes.
Broca the Story Keeper: Broca the Storykeeper is noted for keeping the chronicles of the world. However they are also attributed to developing the common trade language of the world, as well as planting the seeds of knowledge for mankind to develop their own unique languages across the various nations.
Ceylone The Erudite: The Erudite is noted for advancing mankind through the use of creativity. When this Light bringer came into the world, they were gifted with a drive to explore the bounds of the world around it, they retain a humanoid form, however their body has seam and faults, as if they were comprised of starry puzzle pieces. The Erudite is patron to various artists and inventors.
Cantabile the Shield: Cantabile is noted for creating the dome that shielded Nivora from the world around it, she's capable of creating impenetrable defenses and domes of hyperion capable of simulating isolated biospheres. As of recent years following her death, her mortal successor has used her power to a far greater degree than what she could have ever done originally.
Dagda The Remembrance: This Lightbringer is noted for traveling around the world and erecting various places of worship to the fallen lightbringers during the age of coalescence. Her followers state that she can still hear their whispers in their ears, she has yet to choose a Samnal to the present day, however her followers are avid scholars entropists and maintain various graveyards across the entirety of the Shelonan Theocracy.
Erato the Permanence: The Lightbringer that presided over stasis, stagnation, and permanence. In various holy scriptures, and retellings of various stories states that she has an immense hatred for The Amender, making it a borderline obsession. However this obsession nor the reasoning was ever realized as Permanence was killed in the fall of Nivora. No one knows how entirely. However their successor would go on to become the order.
Flint The Ember: Following the creation of mankind this lightbringer was attributed to bringing fire to the first people. There isn't really any noteable stories besides this initial achievement, however this lightbringer was also noted to organize the festivals that would go on in the city of Nivora. However after her death, their successor was the Eternal Flame
Frost the Ever Winter: Originally long ago after the war of the lightbringers, the everwinter created the northern and southern poles to prevent a coming heatwave after the war. She was noted for creating the grand frozen landscapes that encrust the Northland Consortium.
Highmore The Rising Tide: The deity that presides over the ocean currents, she rejected living in the city of Nivora and escaped the consequences of the fall. In scriptures it's believed that she went to the Orsika Gulf to Erode the continent and to prevent pollution of the ocean as the gulf was tainted heavily by the light bringer war.
Istina the Huntress: Istina is the deity that provides over the art of hunting, originally a kind young goddess in the past, after the light bringer war she awoke to her true nature. Reveling in the thrill of hunting her quarry, she had cleansed the world of the creations of the previous light bringers who happened to be too dangerous for the world.
Indra the Champion: Indra the Champion despite being a deity, ultimately was the blade the Shelonan Theocracy brandished towards dissidents. She became the patron deity of soldiers, however she would ultimately fall when Nivora fell. She was killed by the dissedents she looked down and in turn, the Medicus was formed.
Kafka the Seeker: This Deity sought to explore the ever changing world of Mezeran, the lover to Broca the Story Keeper, she would leave the city of Nivora and return with chronicles to share with Broca. She was one of the deities, she didn't resent the Amender for the war, as she found her true purpose in a changing world.
Lan the Endless: This deity is the most enigmatic, it actively participated in the Lightbringer war and consumed various different powers from other lightbringers. As such they gained a formless body, one made of pure hyperion. Many followers of the endless worship them for endless growth in the Sea of Identities.
Quercus the Silver tongued: Following the creation of Nivora, Quercus finally gained a title they could call their own. They became the pillar of commerce within the city, and in turn she strove to put a price on everything in the world. However she didn't live long after the creation of Nivora. As she was destroyed by the grand ice sheet. Her only notable achievement was creating the great bazaar.
Shalem the Jubilation: This lightbringer was a ray of joy within the city of Nivora, he would strive to ensure the populace of their chosen disciples would always remain entertained within the city. They organized plays, festivals, death matches, fight clubs, and concerts. Nonetheless this deity wouldn't live through the fall of nivora as they would be succeeded by the Empathy.
Sesa The Radiant: Sesa the Radiant was the original sun lightbringer. He's the reason as to why this world only has a singular sun. Despite many texts portraying him as a righteous and noble soul, he actually consumed his other brothers during the war of the lightbringers. As such only he retained his divinity and dominion over the celestial body, called the sun
Ringokt The Woad Tree: This deity surprisngly didn't participate in the lightbringer war, however he manifests himself as a giant tree in the city of Nivora, given that he was a tree, he was an unmoving pillar that suspended the dome over Nivora. However his roots also fed the people of Nivora, recycling and producing nutrients for the soil of the city fields. However he was splintered by the grand ice sheet and killed. His successor was Gaia, the wandering world.
Sora of the Rosette Sky: This deity is attributed with the every changing sky. She was originally wed to Sesa, and together they would share the sky, and create the beautiful colors that are associated with dawn and dusk. She was killed by the uprising in Nivora. Her successor would become Swire the Eternal wind
Arene The Abundant: Arene was the deity that created the angelic race, he also pioneered the study of Abundance, however neglected their studies upon creating Nivora. Through the use of their powers and the study of abundance they had prolonged the lives of his followers for extreme lengths, however they would soon die like everyone else when Arene fell with Nivora.
Ambriel the Kindred: A extremely kind deity, however not much is known of the deity. The secrets of her cult were forgotten in Nivora, such as the arts of creating ruby red silks. What is known of the deity is that she loved to walk the streets of Nivora and participate in activities with her creations, those beign the elves.

The Remaining lightbringers were either forgotten to history, or disappeared all together. The secrets of these Lightbringers are hidden to all besides the most devout of priests, Samnals, and the lightbringers themselves.

Lightwardens
The Lightwardens were once mortal men who attained godhood, as such they became the pillars of what mankind in this new age.

Luo The Bulwark : This Deity inherited their power from Cantabile the Shield. Like her, Luo presides over the concept of protection and defense. However unlike Cantabile his understanding over the concept is much broader in a sense, allowing for mankind to spread out across the world, he doesn't delude himself in the belief that something is indestructible.
Revache The Blazing: Revache inherited their power from Sesa the Radiant. The ultimately function in the same vein as Sesa, however the power ultimately changed him, and the aid he received during the usurping in Nivora directly prior to the Ice sheet coming, he was mortally wounded by his benefactor and lost a great amount of his divinity, cooling the world somewhat.
Ensia the Order: Ensia the order ultimately is a powerful lightwarden, she rose to power and originally opposed to taking the lightbringers power, but ultimately was tempted by the power. After coming to find that their benefactor stripped her comrades of some of their divinity, she was the only one left. In turn she and her followers would act towards righting this wrong. By creating a world of order. Their followers are devoutly loyal to people they see as just and worthy of ruling. As such they retain multiple holy orders across the world.
Gebura the Reaver: She was ultimately the second in command to Revache, however after arising to godhood, she would claim Indra's power as her own. Becoming a suit of armor constantly dripping in blood. She's typically worshipped by soldiers however her relationship with Revache soured greatly.