The Cards That Tumbled Down

The appearance of Verses of Magnora had become commonplace. In a scant matter of years, one after the other after the other had been uncovered, often heralding events that transpired soon after. But no matter how routine their delivery became – always taken to places or people of import, and always with talk of keeping…

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Situation Report: Mirage Prison

The ancient portal is obviously of Illuminati design, though the technique appears equally old yet beyond my understanding. Witnesses report it was our own Jun D’Cente who discovered the combination required to gain entry to the splintered dimension of the Mirage Prison. The name of which I uncovered later with ease. Disorganised chaos reigned with…

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Psionic Fleshfae: A Scholar’s Treatise

Wandering the highways can be so utterly dull, especially when you get lost as often as I, but it is not without its advantages for a scholar. Meandering through the warren of life’s roadways, I have had opportunities to study all manner of odd and unique flora and fauna. The most recent pustule outbreak was…

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Founding of the Nunchaku

It all started with when two rivals had a spat. Madam Yith, the recently ousted Illithoid Ambassador to Magnagora wandered into Gaudiguch seeking out Ambassador Ilogbog. Madam Yith eventually left, but not before lighting an ember, an ember that later emblazoned into an inferno. This ember sat with Ilogbog for a month or so when…

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The Unity Syndrome

The presence of an unusual cage on Avechna’s peak seemed to pique attentions around the Basin of Life. Soon after its appearance, odd pustules began to be coughed up by the dying, and the cage seemed to be absorbing some sort of energy in their last moments. An odd attempt by many in Magnagora was…

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Upheaval in the Undervault

Translated as best as possible from a scrawled, near-illegible slate recovered from the Xeeth Laboratories… Time… time… it came, my turn, Promised… a Promise. He’s not happy I escaped. Promised… must protect… Basin. Deliver the words. Wrote them down so I won’t forget. I burrowed up, get out, deliver the words. The time has come.…

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Lusternia 13 Year Anniversary

Lusternia turns thirteen years old in 2017! Does this mean we are entering our adolescence? Are the teens truly terrible? The next year we’ll find out, but first it is time to celebrate! Check out some of the events below and keep an eye out for the Czigany Wayfaire which usually shows up when there…

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Trialante and the Woodbine Lyceum

The sound of sparrows graced the Serenwilde forest in the month of Kiani, 484 years after the Coming of Estarra. The brown and silver birds flew in flocks across the forest skies and attracted the attention of a number of Serens. Curious about the unusual visitation, Serens fanned out to try to find the birds.…

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Love on the Rocks

Wedding bells rang discordantly across the Basin of Life, announcing in a celebratory dirge-like fashion the joining of a viscanti woman to an orclach man. But the supposed marital bliss was short-lived as Hethklyff Ruag took his newly-wedded bride to her new home. Caithryn Ruag’s shrill, dissatisfied shrieking could pierce of the veil of death…

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April Vesteran Honours

For the April Vesteran Honours, Breandryn won the bardic contest with the news column titled, “Gaudiguch Gossip, Roarkian 471 CE”. In the artisanal category, Xeii won with the portait titled “A relic of the future”. Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic Awards Bardic Winner Breandryn Bardic Runnerup Aramel Bardic Merit…

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Battle for the Wheel

Hail Basin, I, Lebo Needles, have requested and been sanctioned to allow this report for the Order of Shallach to be seen by all. It is rather rudimentary; I am still getting used to writing reports, but I hope it suffices and informs anyone who could not be present in Lirangsha. Cordially, Lebo Needles Shallah’s…

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Duum for the Humanistic League

In the month of Estar, 475 years after the Coming of Estarra, the cities and forests of the Basin of Life were visited by two humans by the names of Elsa Fallows and Constance Walker. They claimed to be members of the Lusternia Humanistic League, an organization they described as being devoted to research about…

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When the Bells Toll in Magnagora

The Curse The bells tolled for midnight in Magnagora, hailing the arrival of the 22nd of Shanthin in the year 471, as the Crimson Lady sounded her horn with urgency, suddenly making way for the docks. Aboard the vessel, captain Yishka Feyranti was met by Geomancer Sabella, Shango d’Cente, and Avurekhos Feyranti, before other concerned…

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Mamaac the Melder and the Sword of Serenity

It was not long ago that Serenwilde was visited by the half-formed named Xarriv the Reaver, who had followed the memories of Charune, Lord of the Hunt across the Void and into the First World, wreaking havoc, and then was banished back to the Void by the Horned One Himself. And yet, mortal memory is…

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Gaudiguch – From the Ashes

STRANGER STRANGERS It was a quiet summer day in Avechary, 471, when strange happenings began in the City of Freedom, one of those insufferably hot days where all you want to do is curl up in a corner and nurse your hangover with a cold bottle of the next hangover. Dancers weren’t dancing. Thinkers weren’t…

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Deception and Madness Unleashed

Chiku Swiftpad had never really been outside the Shanthmark Lodge. She was devoted to her studies, and more than a little determined to exceed the others in their meditations and their trials. It was a pleasant surprise to her, therefore, to be called before the Soothsayer Adaeze with a personal mission – and one that…

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By the Power and Will of the Collective

Like so many things, it began with the celebration of successful innovation and well-deserved congratulations to the team involved in its construction. What could go wrong with a Resonance Tower that could broadcast directly into the minds of every citizen…? Then came the static… — [ NOISE IN THE MACHINE ] ——————– > Estar 19th,…

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March Vesteran Honours

For the February Vesteran Honours, Xeii won the bardic contest with the short story titled, “The Silver Storm and the Dying Crystal of the Forgotten”. In the artisanal category, Xeii won with the portait titled “Serenwilde’s Curious Heart”. Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives!              …

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The Tale of the Black-Striped Warrior

In the wake of the marriage between the centaur elder Tokota and his beloved Adushoc, the Serenwilde found themselves embroiled in a mystery. Shadows grew, whispers murmured, and strange visions danced at the corners of one’s eyes. At first, this occurrence was time: a minor ill omen that seemed to some like the awakening of…

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The Turning Tides of New Celest

During the month of Tzarin in the year, 471 ACE for reasons still not known the Tide Lord Murlough of the Red Tide began expressing displeasure that the city of New Celest worshipped and venerated the Supernals while knowing nearly nothing of the Tide Lords and often ignoring them. Daebach was the first to come…

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