- Knightly Orders of DakhomaKnightly Orders of DakhomaKnights strive to be bastions of virtue, bestowing guidance, judgment, and retribution upon an imperfect world. They are distinguished by their oaths, which give them magical power and authority in the eyes of the people.
Knights of Skyreach
The Gaisedai are the warrior class of Skyreach. Gaisedai are organized into schoficts, or fighting schools, which train soldiers on behalf of noble families and chiefs. All Gaisedai warriors are bound to a strict code of chivalric honor, and are said to ha
- SkyreachSkyreachSkyreach is a vast forested mountain range, and in these lands dwell a people very much devoted to their ancient ways.
Hierarchy
Skyreacher society is based on strict adherence to the duties of one's social class. The hierarchy of authority is based on five classes. First come the peasants who produce food, then merchants and artisans. The Gaisedai, or warriors, are nobles who serve royalty. The Woodkenners are the educated class, performing the roles of bards, priests, scientists, and other p (Skyreach Natives)
- WoodkennersWoodkenners"I am the hill and the valley. I am the rising and setting sun. I am the key and the door. I am the closed fist and open hand."
* from The Invocation of the World Tree, an old Skyreach "kenning" or spell
The woodkenners, a decentralized federation of druids, bards, and priests, are revered as spellcasters and spiritual experts among the indigenous tribes of the Skyreach mountains. These enigmatic figures work closely with the local hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists, sharing and preservin (Druids, bards, and nature-priests in Skyreach)
- Night FolkNight Folk"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."
* An old Night folk kenning.
The Night Folk are an elusive and cryptic people who make their homes in warrens deep in the mountains. They are wise in magic and in mushroom lore, and they are friends of bats and frogs.
Origin
The Woodkenners tell that long ago, when the dragons returned to Dakhoma, those ferocious reptiles became humanity's most fearsome predator. Humans adapted over time in several ways. The ancestors of the Cunning Folk built hom (nocturnal, capricious cave-dwellers)
- Fair Folk (Mysterious inhabitants of the Elseworld)
- Wierdkenners (Practitioners of forbidden glyphic magics)
- Thingamajig SocietyThingamajig SocietyCast:
* Percy Plainview (Handsome Explorer, Party Leader)
* Anton Blear (Crooked Mage, Second In Command)
* Dominic Swain (Grizzled Veteran, Big Guy)
* Lark O'Keefey (Gangly Scholar, Smart Guy)
* Veraster Godwit (Compassionate Priest, Heart of the Party) (Magic Item Cult)
- Raven Hood's Men of ActionRaven Hood's Men of Action"I think it better to do something wearing a mask than to do nothing while wearing a smile."
* Raven Hood
Origin
When the mountain land of Skyreach was recovering from an invasion by the Dark Sun, there was a Woodkenner who set himself apart from the others. His ideas would shock the world of Skyreach, and all would call him Anathema.
According to the Woodkenners, Elmic son of Elric, of the house of Estiborne, came into their ranks too late in life. His father Elric was a knight, who died i (A gang of freedom fighters)
- Dark Sun FederationDark Sun FederationFar to the North lies the Free City of Golmira. This teeming metropolis is the center of the Dark Sun Federation, a powerful alliance of three great city-states.
Treasure of the Sunken Library
Long ago, Annaeus the Prophet, by the guidance of the Great God Dzios, discovered a library buried beneath the waters of the Sea of Calamity. Within its hallowed archive he discovered a stone engraving of the Declaration of Independence, and a slightly water-damaged copy of the Constitution of the United (A powerful, militant civilization to the North)