A World forged in Realmly
seed 774120 · 26 entries
The lands of House Vaelar, as charted at the forging.
A rare, rule-bound power drawn from inherited bloodline - every use exacts years of the caster’s life
| Source of power | The inherited fire carried in the blood of the old dragon-touched houses |
|---|---|
| Cost to the wielder | Years of the caster’s own life, burned away with every great working |
| Limitations | Cannot raise the dead, cannot create fire where no fuel exists, cannot cross deep water |
| Hard or soft | Hard - clear rules the reader can follow and predict |
Emberblood working that stills a battlefield to a whisper
| Magic system | The Emberblood |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Oathwork |
| Effect | Stills a battlefield to a whisper: no blade drawn inside the ring will strike true until the caster draws breath again. |
| Cost | Four years of the caster’s life, taken at once |
| Difficulty | Master |
Grief-keepers of the drowned god, strongest along the Mourning Sea
The tale of why the coast is broken - and what sleeps beneath it
Glacier-dwelling serpents that sing before they strike
The dead court tongue; spoken now only in oaths and curses
Salt-traders of the southern coast; hospitality is law, debts are sacred
The king’s seal - it remembers every hand that has worn it
spouse of Prince Bran · parent of Rou · located in Frostenwatch
spouse of Lady Senna · parent of King Aldric Vaelar
The seventh king of House Vaelar, who held the Ashthrone through the Long Winter.
| Title | King of Toreauun |
|---|---|
| House | Vaelar |
| Reign | Year 441 to present |
| Seat | Penridge |
Aldric took the Ashthrone after the Long Winter, wedding Queen Maeve to bind the river houses. His word carries from the high passes to the edge of The Mourning Sea, and his patience is spoken of the way other kings’ armies are.
He rules from Penridge, where the granary ledgers are read aloud each dawn. Three works define his rule:
Lore note: the Ashthrone is said to remember every king who has sat it, and to grow colder with each one it outlives.
Three houses hold the river valleys under his crown:
House | Seat | Sworn since |
|---|---|---|
Caldmoor | Frostenwatch | Year 441 |
Vaelar | Penridge | Second Age |
Patient, cold, and famously fair - a king who would rather outlast a rival than out-fight one.
Winter is not my enemy. Winter is my witness.
Prince Bran is named heir, yet the river houses whisper. The court watches Queen Maeve more closely than the king, and the ravens fly heavier each spring.
child of Garren the Elder · child of Lady Senna · spouse of Queen Maeve · parent of Prince Bran · parent of Princess Lyra · ruler of Toreauun
spouse of Garren the Elder · parent of King Aldric Vaelar
spouse of Lord Garrick Caldmoor · parent of Tamsin Caldmoor
sibling of Queen Maeve · member of The Ashen Order · rival of Princess Lyra
spouse of Lady Wynne · parent of Tamsin Caldmoor
child of King Aldric Vaelar · child of Queen Maeve · sibling of Princess Lyra · spouse of Elowen of Frost · parent of Rou
child of King Aldric Vaelar · child of Queen Maeve · sibling of Prince Bran · rival of Lord Cassius
Queen consort of Toreauun, who drowned three hundred debts to save as many lives.
spouse of King Aldric Vaelar · sibling of Lord Cassius · parent of Prince Bran · parent of Princess Lyra
child of Prince Bran · child of Elowen of Frost
child of Lord Garrick Caldmoor · child of Lady Wynne
includes Lord Cassius
The realm bound whole at the bloodless Council of Frost.
| Capital | Penridge |
|---|---|
| Government | Feudal crown |
| Founded | Second Age |
ruled by King Aldric Vaelar · seat of Penridge · contains Frostenwatch
located in Toreauun · contains Elowen of Frost
The seat of House Vaelar, raised above the Mourning Sea from a fishing camp.
capital of Toreauun
The grey, grief-haunted sea along the realm’s southern coast.