Alt-Magic Lore: Hands, Rings, Eyes, & Things

HANDS, RINGS, EYES AND THINGS by Ser Kwyx of Caliburn Writing, fah! It’s all just words on a page. Words. Words, words, words. But I suppose I must keep an accurate record of my life story in case I die soon-what? Oh, I’m talking out loud again? Okay, say no more. I’m not supposed to…

Alt-Magic Lore: The Rise of the Elder

The Rise of the Elder (or how portcullises destroyed the world) by Stigandr Wulfgarson, Lord of the White Spire, Bloodbrother Alright, I’m about to tell you a story. It’s a crazy story, but I think I need to tell some people, because….we’ve been invaded, by a foul and dark force that seeks to destroy us…

Alt-Magic Lore: The Sword of Kas

THE SWORD OF KAS Wondrous Longsword (Artifact), Requires Attunement +3 to hit and damage The Sword of Kas is powered by a demon, name unknown, that is bound to the black metal sword. Its mission is simple — to kill Vecna, his followers, and the undead. The sword, originally employed by Kas (hence the name),…

Alt-Magic Lore: Ocasta the Damned

Detailing the Eldritch OCASTA THE DAMNED by Abraxas Silvermane High Mage of the Hellblazers The Mother of Inventions was one of most powerful mortals on Enochia. Her works have inspired and destroyed, killed and created, liberated and enslaved. How did this great genius fall? It is my hope to answer this question here, with my…

Alt-Magic Campaign Lore: The Durathors

Detailing the Eldritch The Durathors by Abraxas Silvermane based on knowledge gained from Akkamas Mohaiva Durathor, a name many have forgotten, yet a name I believe deserves to be remembered. Theirs was a family at odds. Their internal struggle pitted tyranny against justice, law against chaos, and of course, light against darkness. Records on the…

Alt-Magic Campaign Lore: Waterdeep

Waterdeep may be the heart and soul of the Forgotten Realms D&D Setting, but we have taken it upon ourselves to port it into Enochia. Here is how it fits into our continuity — Waterdeep, or the City of Splendors, is the most important and influential city in the in all of Albatheos, let alone…

Alt-Magic Campaign Lore: Halastar Blackcloak

Detailing the Eldritch: HALASTAR BLACKCLOAK by Abraxas Silvermane and Anna Darque Long ago, there lived a mortal man of great power. He was respected and feared, he was wise and honored, and he stood at the ultimate peak of wizardly might. Halather Blackcloak was born in the realm that is now Vispania, where he achieved…

Alt-Magic Campaign Lore: The Abyss (Parts 2 & 3)

Detailing the Eldritch: THE ABYSS Part Two of Three by Abraxas Silvermane with collaborations by his good friend Kosmo Ralpartha Orcus, Demon Prince of Undeath Born a mortal, Orcus lived a dark and miserable human life, one that ultimately ended, as all human lives tend to, with his death. As a Manes demon, his chaotic…

Alt-Magic Campaign Lore: The Abyss (Part 1 of 3)

Detailing the Eldritch: THE ABYSS Part One of Three by Abraxas Silvermane with collaborations by his good friend Kosmo Ralpartha No one knows when, or how, but the chaos of the Abyss was there long before the gods, a great and endless hole from which the evil in the multiverse is thought to have been…

Alt-Magic Campaign Lore: Asmodeus

Detailing the Eldritch: ASMODEUS by Abraxas Silvermane, as dictated by his master, Ichorus of Helgen Long ago, when the world was still young, the gods, who were then new and powerful, looked into the astral and saw the Abyss, the endless nightmare, as a threat to their dreams of creation. The gods, of course, had…