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The Twilight Reign is a five-book series written by Tom Lloyd. The five books in order are: The Stormcaller, The Twilight Herald, The Grave Thief, The Ragged Man, and The Dusk Watchman It follows the fight against the shadow Azaer.
The Land is the setting of The Twilight Reign. It is ruled by seven different tribes: The Farlan, The Menin, The Chetse, The Litse, The Yeetatchen, The Vukotics and The Fysthrall. Many diverse creatures roam its lands and it hosts many different environments.
The Land is a home to a multitude of species. Whether remnant of the Great War or a subject of the Gods they all play an important part in The Land's history and future.
The majority of The Land's inhabitants are humans. The seven Tribes are made up of humans and most humans worship the Gods. Humans reside all over the Land and have founded many cities.
Little is known about the elves beside the fact that they reside in The Waste and were cursed by the gods for waging war against them. They have no king and are loyal to their House and the elven race. It is presumed that they dislike humans and that they do not worship the Gods. The last king of the elves was Aryn Bwr whose name was cursed and removed from history by the gods who were not content with his death. The elves due to the curse are now twisted shadows of themselves.
Cursed by the Gods for siding with Aryn Bwr last king of the elves, the Vukotic siblings were cursed with vampirism and doomed to roam The Land consuming the life force of mortals to sustain themselves. They can pass on their curse through a bite, but they cannot remove it from themselves. The Vukotic siblings are the only vampires who cannot be killed by any means.
The Gods created many species to fight for them in the Great War. However, their abilities soon became surplus and the Gods abandoned, having no need for their talents. Instead of dying out, the creatures adapted and survived to reproduce and grow in number. There are still many of these creatures. Some of them are the trolls, the centaurs, the sibilis and the Estashanti warriors.
A swath of land lying in the East, The Waste was ravaged by the Gods following The Great War. The vast amount of energies poured into the Earth by both the Gods and the Elves ruined the land and made it a place of strange creatures and desolation.
The most powerful of the tribes, the Farlan control a large nation in the North. They are led by the story's protagonist, Isak, following Lord Bahl's death, their former leader, at the hands of Kastan Styrax. The Farlan are tall with dark hair and dark eyes, they are considered to be arrogant and have tendencies to show off. The Farlan armies rely heavily on cavalry and pride themselves on their cavalry. The patron God of the Farlan is Nartis.
A strong tribe from The Waste, they are led by Kastan Styrax, a main antagonist in the story. Styrax has dreams of building an empire, and will go very far to reach them. He led his army and conquered the Chetse tribe, the first to fall to him. The patron God of The Menin is Karkarn.
The Chetse are a desert tribe whose territory borders The Waste. They were conquered when a daemon summoned by Kastan Styrax possessed their Krann and drove off their Lord. Their soldiers are extremely obedient and fight in a phalanx. The Chetse are small but broad and are considered to be overly obedient and have a tendency to drink too much. The patron God of the Chetse is Tsatach.
The Litse were almost wiped out by a Menin warlord and as a result are a broken tribe. The Litse white-eyes are different from normal white-eyes in the fact that they have wings and are weaker than normal white-eyes. The last Litse city is the circle city which lies south of the Farlan state. The Litse have blonde hair yellow eyes and are considered arrogant and overly ambitious by the other tribes. Their patron god is Ilit.
The Tribe of Lord Isak's intended bride. The Yeetatchen's patron God is Amavoq.
Not under control of any tribe, Narkang is a country of migrants and half-breeds who would have been scorned elsewhere. The country was founded by King Emin and is an ally of the Farlan.
The Harlequins are the keepers of the Land's history. From a young age they are trained with the blade and to tell epic tales and stories to the Land's citizens. When they come of age, Harlequins are given a mask to cover their face and travel the Land telling stories to all who wish to hear. They have no history or stories of their own except one of a master of the blade who would become their king.
A shadow who is neither god nor mortal. He is the main enemy and runs schemes and plots that run over millennia and stretch all the way to the heavens.
Glorantha is a fantasy world created by Greg Stafford.
The drow or dark elves are a dark-skinned and white-haired subrace of elves connected to the subterranean Underdark in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. The drow have traditionally been portrayed as generally evil and connected to the evil spider goddess Lolth. However, later editions of Dungeons & Dragons have moved away from this portrayal and preassigned alignment. More recent publications have explored drow societies unconnected to Lolth.
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Birthright is a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting that was first released by TSR in 1995. It is based on the continent of Cerilia on the world of Aebrynis, in which the players take on the role of the divinely-empowered rulers, with emphasis on the political rulership level of gameplay. The setting revolves around the concept of bloodlines: divine power gained by heroes and passed on to their descendants. Characters with a bloodline create an aura of command known as Regency, which is measured in the game using regency points or RP. Using regency, characters acquire a domain composed of provinces and holdings. The development of these domains is as much a part of the game as development of the characters. The game uses three-month domain turns to model actions of rulers over nations in much the same way as Dungeons & Dragons uses combat rounds to simulate time to model the characters' actions in battle. In 1996, Birthright won the Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1995.
Eilistraee, also referred to as "The Dark Maiden", is a fictional deity in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. In the game world, she is a goddess in the drow pantheon, and her portfolios are song, dance, swordwork, hunting, moonlight and beauty.
Arcanis was originally a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons game, created by Henry Lopez and supported by Paradigm Concepts. It is also the name of the fictional world where the setting takes place. The setting was launched in 2001 and is known for its odd twists on the fantasy genre, as well as its wide member approval and community-based design and construction. Unlike many other fantasy roleplaying games, which focus primarily on tactical combat, the Arcanis campaigns focus on moral ambiguity and politics.
Armenian mythology originated in ancient Indo-European traditions, specifically Proto-Armenian, and gradually incorporated Hurro-Urartian, Mesopotamian, Iranian, and Greek beliefs and deities.
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Bast is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared as an idol in Fantastic Four #52, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and is based on the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet. Bast is a member of the Heliopolitan and Wakandan pantheons. and the patron of the superhero Black Panther.
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology and stemming from Proto-Germanic folklore, Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and heroes derived from numerous sources from both before and after the pagan period, including medieval manuscripts, archaeological representations, and folk tradition. The source texts mention numerous gods such as the thunder-god Thor, the raven-flanked god Odin, the goddess Freyja, and numerous other deities.
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In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Corellon Larethian is the leader of the elven pantheon, and the deity of Magic, Music, Arts, Crafts, Poetry, and Warfare. Corellon is also considered a member of the default D&D pantheon. Corellon is the creator and preserver of the elven race, and governs those things held in the highest esteem among elves. Corellon's symbol was originally a crescent moon; in the 4th edition Corellon's symbol is a silver star on a blue field.