Setting & Timeline

The World of Khurun encompasses the twin continents of Ilica and Suldaza. At the center of this world lies the Scar of a shattering calamity - falling meteors that shook the heavens and changed the face of Khurun. A mother raining tears down upon her child. The Shroud, the force of nature that dictates magic in this world, was changed forever. Celestial elements - freshly fallen upon the earth - spurred the evolution of magitech and the shaping of new cultures. Thousands of years later, many peoples walk Khurun. From the ash-blooded Devhani nomads, to the elves of Northern Suldaza, Made-men testing their worth against themselves like sharpening knives. Covenants and kingdoms, ageing empires and moving cities, all circle round The Scar...

Khurun's night sky is full of bright bodies - thick rings of celestial dust stripe diagonally across the sky, and eight moons orbit through their phases. Nights are brightly lit, and save for overcast days, lanterns are not needed to see. The tides are temperamental, coastal storms destructive, and predicting ocean currents is a well-respected artform. The celestial elements from the rings oft rain down upon the land in meteorological events. These elements have magical effects not found anywhere else on the planet. The Eight Moons Remnants of the Deva Empire remain across the world, including in the common names of the moons. Old stories and myths are loosely associated with each moon, though each culture has its own variations on...

The First Age (Unknown - Estimates at 4000 years E.O.P.) “Era of Promise” Tears of the Mother, the dawn of currently available records Large scale meteor shower and destruction that changed the old world, with far reaching effects caused by the crystals’ siphoning of the Shroud devastating ecology the world over First appearance of the Deva who learned to harness the power of the crystals, forming a world-spanning empire originally seated in the crown, now known as the Scar Ruins of the Devahni empire exist today in the bones of ancient magitech, in the collapsing wall of the city of Vapna linking the South Ilican peninsula to the Suldazan coast Runefolk records claim the species to have been yet fledgling minerals in the world at this...