Varythia

An ancient, bruised world where the sea connects shattered continents and magic bleeds from forgotten gods. Long ago, Varythia was a single supercontinent ruled by celestial beings known as The First Crowns. When mortals learned forbidden magic, the gods shattered the land in an event called The Sundering Tide, breaking the world into smaller continents and poisoning the oceans with monsters, storms, and lost spirits. What remained is a world ruled by nobles, guilds, pirate kings, and dying deities.

1. Drakenfall – The Land of Crushed Thrones A dark, gothic continent of ruined castles, dying kingdoms, and constant war. Features: • Black forests, mist-covered moors, cursed ruins • Crumbling castles and fortress-cities • Blood-soaked battlefields • The capital: Blackspire Keep Major Noble Houses: House Virelion (The Bleeding Crown) • Sigil: A crimson crown dripping blood • Known for: Assassins, poisoncraft, shadow pacts • Goal: To reunite Drakenfall under one ruler at any cost House Korrvain (The Iron Maw) • Sigil: A wolf made of iron • Known for: Heavy armies, fortress warfare • Goal: Endless expansion and military dominance House Aurelthane (The Gilded Chain) • Sigil: A chained sun • Known for: Wealth, slavery, trade monopolies • Goal: Control the Great Sea Routes ⸻ 2. Sylvera – The Living Continent A realm alive with wild magic and ancient forests. Features: • Walking trees • Forests that shift and attack • Ancient elven cities fused with nature • Glow-in-the-dark rivers Races: • High Sylvans (Elves) – Tall, pale, luminous veins • Mossborn – Plant-humanoid creatures born from ancient roots • Feral Fae – Twisted, half-mad forest spirits Magic is strongest here… and most unstable. ⸻ 3. Ashkarra – The Cinder Lands A volcanic continent ruled by warlords and fire cults. Features: • Rivers of lava • Obsidian cities • Dragon-worshipping clans • Enslaved fire elementals Races: • Cinderlings – Fire-resistant humanoids • Ash Orcs – Brutal, magma-veined • Salamanderkin – Serpent-bodied fire beings Major Power: The Pyrebound Empire – Warriors branded with live flame runes. ⸻ 4. Thal Marrin – The Sunken Realm A broken continent swallowed by sea. Features: • Half-submerged cities • Coral-covered ruins • Underwater kingdoms • Living shipwrecks Races: • Merrow – Deep-sea merfolk with shark features • Drowned Ones – Undead sailors • Pearl Elves – Oceanic elf-variants Here lies the Library of Tides, still containing forgotten god-knowledge. ⸻ 5. Kaelreth – The Floating Shards Fragments of land suspended in the sky, rotating around a storm-core. Only reachable via: • Dragons • Airships • Fallen goddess ladders Features: • Gravity shifts • Crystal towers • Sky-cities ruled by mage-lords • Arcane storms Rulers: The Arcanum Choir – A council of fused wizard-beings. Between continents lies a deadly sea full of: • Living storms • Leviathans • Ghost fleets • Singing whirlpools • Pirate kingdoms Major Pirate Factions: The Black Wake • Undead-led fleet • Ships made of bone • Can’t sink The Golden Fang • Rich, fast, merciless • Led by Captain Seris “Goldtooth” • Deals in slaves & relics The Saltborn • Free pirate clans • Worship sea-spirits • Tattoo-based magic

Humans in Wartorn Kingdoms and Realms. Elves, Mossborn and Fae’s in the wild and magical forests. Cinderlings (Fire-resistant Humanoids), Ash Orcs and Salamanderkin in the Volcanic Regions ruled by their Warlords. Merfolk,Undead Sailors and Oceanic Elves in the half sunken regions. Fused Wizard beings on the Floating Fragments of Earth.

MAJOR GLOBAL CONFLICTS • Drakenfall wants to conquer Sylvera • Ashkarra wants to burn the world clean • Kaelreth seeks to control all magic • Pirates want independence • A dead god is waking beneath the sea A second Sundering may come.

Magic is drawn from the shattered essence of the gods. Types of Magic: 1. Bloodbinding • Requires sacrifice • More blood = stronger spell • Causes curses & madness 2. Aetherweaving • Pure magical manipulation • Difficult but stable • Rare & expensive 3. Wildsong • From nature itself • Strong in Sylvera • Often uncontrollable 4. Relic Magic • Old god artifacts • Near limitless power • Corrupts the user Magic creates physical consequences: deformity, glowing veins, scars that speak at night. The gods are DEAD — but still dreaming. People worship: • The Drowned Queen (sea) • The Ash Father (fire) • The Verdant Mother (nature) • The Shattered King (old ruler god) Worship grants boons but draws their attention. Some priests are turning into monsters.

The Era of Gods and Gods descended came before but was ruined in the Shattering. This leads to only few being able to tap into the Gods powers through different techniques.

The different continents are connected through the sea which is used for most major travel and trade routes. Every Continent uses the universal Currency System of Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Copper. They are used in descending order with Platinum being worth the most and Copper the least. Every 100 Copper is equal to one bronze and every 100 Bronze is equal to one Silver and so on.

Justice and its administration depends on the continent. In Drakenfall it is administered by the noble houses and the Kings and Queens. In Sylvera it is based and Natural Law, in Ashkarra Justice is decided by Trial of Combat, in Thal Marin it is decided by Council and there is no justice in the pirate Kingdoms.