Magic Is Forged, Not Born
The elements contain the essence of the divine — and the metals remember it.
The Elemek ores are rare metals imbued with elemental power, wielded only by those with a special connection to them — a gift proven and trained at the schools of magic. Kingdoms have gone to war over a single vein. Wielded without the proper bond, the ores turn unstable, and worse.
Adamantine
Hard and unyielding — the metal of weapons and armor that outlast their bearers.
Aquamarine
Bright blue and restless — artifacts that command the tide and everything it carries.
Celestium
Shimmering silver-white — the metal of instruments, tools, and things that must be precise.
Eternium
Glowing gold — the forge-heart of the most powerful artifacts ever made.
Illuminite
Many-colored and radiant — it burns away shadow, and some say falsehood with it.
Shadowsteel
Dark and quiet — the most feared of the six, and the least understood.
The Elemek Gods
The faith of Elemek Istenek holds that each sacred metal carries the essence of its god — and that the gods are never far from their ore.
Nocthar is no villain: darkness in Aelaria means endings, secrets, grief, and necessary truth. The world fears Shadowsteel anyway.
The Faiths of Aelaria
Four ways of looking at the same sky.
The Temple of the Starlight
Faith of the star-readers and seekers. Followed by Queen Elora of Arvandor.
Elemek Istenek
The old worship of the six metal-gods. Practiced by King Umberto III of Shadowdale.
The Sisterhood of the Sacred
Kept by Warlord Queen Aria of Aegae — and by Leia, and Clisson before her.
The Godless North
Icevale's rulers keep no gods at all. The mountain, they say, is enough.
The Eye of Aelaria
A permanent vortex at the center of the sea. Impossible storm, rupture in the world, divine punishment — every kingdom has its theory. None of them are right.