The Sunrise Rebellion

Overview

A war waged between the two nascent powers in Arameia, the feudal lords and the Prelate, over control of the vestige empire. With their defeat died any realistic ambitions of the lords beyond a regional level.

The Geography of Spire City

History

To understand the nature of Spire City, one must understand its history. Like most of the major cities in Adylheim its history stretches well beyond that of the Empire, it is one event which defines the city more than any other though. During the Mage Wars in 2954 as the Eiderdown campaign was drawing to a close the city was one of those who suffered through a serious battle. Much of the city was destroyed in the fighting and the fires and a particularly nasty storm took care of what was left.

Demons

Origins

No living creature (dragonkin, Dae'vol, or human) really knows how demons came about. As such, speculating about the 'creation' of demons is a popular distraction for bored mages and sorcerers. Those attempting to move from theory into fact run into a big problem: no one wants to talk. Gods ignore such questions as far beneath their dignity. Demons seem to treat such questions as invitations to spin wild yarns; often giving entirely different stories to the same person on different days.

The Political System of Arameia

The Church of Luxor

The Church seized power in 3899, seizing power from the Emperor and quickly started to establish themselves as a power base independent from the nobility. The nobility of Arameia, at the time, had a well deserved reputation for being corrupt and taking advantage of the populace. The Church were greeted as saviours from a corrupt system, but it did not take long before the Church became just as corrupt as the system it replaced.

Eirwin's Story

And it came to pass that they were losing.

The gods and dragons had poured their strength against Primus, the first and greatest of the Chaos Giants. And they had come up short.

Licking their wounds they turned back.

Surrounded by the bodies of their fallen dead, Luxor turned to Eirwin and Illuyanka the dragon and he asked for a new plan.

Eirwin had never been a warrior, when others had supped on the might of the Chaos Giants, Eirwin had feasted on their knowledge. He smiled sadly at Luxor and told him the plan.