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.

Zodiac of Adylheim

Each of the twelve months of the Adylheim calendar are known to have constellations associated with them, where particular arrangements of stars will hide behind the sun for that entire month. Thus, these constellations are not to be seen in the night sky during their month, and rendered invisible by the sun’s light during the day. The constellation behind the sun on a given month, is said to be the sun sign (or true sign) of any individual who is born on that month. These individuals are often thought or imagined to be born with certain traits in common.

Shame and virtue among the dragonkin

Dragonkin society, like many religious communities, is controlled and dictated by subtle rewards and penalties from the community. Shame is apportioned when you (or more rarely a member of your family) performs some act contrary to the will of the community, and virtue is granted when you perform some act of extraordinary good.

Dragonkin and the Afterlife

Dragonkin tend to focus on the physical rather than the spiritual. However, even they cannot deny the existence, albeit very rare, of dragonkin ghosts that manifest around their cities. The fact that those ghosts that do manifest report it is very hard to achieve this is felt to explain the low numbers, particularly when combined with the fact that the ghosts report they too are waiting for the return of the dragons.

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.