Lore & Worldbuilding

Publicly known history, culture, and geography of the Known Lands.

Warning

These documents contain lore that players may discover in-game. Some details are discoverable only through late-game quests.

History

• Before Ghelmyon — The Crossroads Nobody Named
• The Bonewinter
• The Founding War
• The Old Kingdom of Vaelheim

Culture

• Children of the Bonewinter
• The Burrowfolk
• Courtship and Marriage in the Known Lands
• Death Customs Across the Known Lands
• Education and Apprenticeship
• Festivals and Holy Days
• Food and Drink of the Known Lands
• The Seventh Day
• Superstitions and Folk Beliefs

Geography

• The Overseas — What Lies Beyond the Eastern Sea
• The Roads Between
• The Wider World — Beyond the Known Lands
• Darkhollow
• The Fairground
• Ghelmyon
• Millhaven
• Port Arrath
• The Small Settlements — Communities in the Margins
• The Standing Stones
• The Thornwood
• The Waypoints — Small Settlements Between Towns

Economy

• The Economy of the Known Lands

Religion

• The Bone Chapel
• The Temple of the Dawn

Politics & Factions

• The Keshan Confederation
• The Mountain Tribes — Sigrud's People
• The Northern Clans
• The Stillborn Diaspora — Four Refugee Peoples
• The Salt Mothers
• The Rivalries — Two Centuries of Grudges Between Towns
• The Masonry Guild
• The Power Structure of Ghelmyon
• The Thornwood Accord