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Elrithorn is a low magic post-cataclysmic custom fantasy campaign setting where the wonders of the ancients has been washed away by their own folly, leaving scattered kingdoms and a vast desert in its wake.

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Overview

Solvheil was once the most powerful empire in Elrithorn that evolved from the birthplace of man. It was located on a landmass in the middle of a vast inland sea which sat in a basin surrounded by mountain ranges. Rel, the creator, walked with man in the ancient civilization of Solvheil. It was here that arcane and divine magic were at their pinnacle. Priests of Rel possessed the greatest of healing while Solvheilian mages controlled the elements.

While ambition was the heart of man's strength, it was their never ending quest for knowledge and power that ultimately led to destruction. The ancient Solvheilians learned how to harness the gravitational energy of the earth and sea. In their tampering they pushed all of the water of the inland sea outward spilling out of the basin over the mountains. The result was a catastrophic flood that devastated much of the outer lands and left the inland sea a dry sandy basin without water. Solvheil shook on it's foundation and crumbled from below sinking onto itself and buried under rock and sand.

Darvynus Dauntora and his resident bard

"Tyrants build towers, Darv. It has been that way since Solvheil sunk into the sands."

"You imply wizards are tyrants?"

"The ones in Shalihir were. They enslaved the masses and forced them to erect their towers. They built grand pedestals to stand above everyone else. To look down upon the less powerful."

"Perhaps towers serve not as a way to look down upon mundane, but to escape it."

"So it has nothing to do with power?"

"Why should it? A tower can simply serve as a quiet place to read."

"Then explain to me why you've spent the past hour arguing with dwarven stonecutters about the content, dimensions, and alignment of a single brick."

"How would I be able to be at ease to read if I knew things aren't in their place?"

"Sounds tyrannical to me."

"Shouldn't you be in town at the tavern by now? I'm sure your musings are appreciated there."

"Among the mundane?"

"Precisely."

Geography of both wild and settled lands

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Sentient beasts to civilized cultures

Explanation of magic origins and styles

A look at the various races

The divine pantheon and creation story

Historical events in order



