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i've seen the firewatcher's daughter

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couple o' dragons ⋆｡°✩

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end of campaign art!!

(i referenced the pose off a piece i found on here so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if you recognize it let me know so i can credit them)

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redraw of one of my favorite panels from @barrenclan's PATFW comic! wanted to do at least some fanart before the series ended.

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The Divine Leviathan

Intent drives the supernatural; i.e the ability to want and yearn can itself drive the world to warp in such an image. The Gods of Wildfall are not a race of beings for which created and molded the world to their liking, instead they are themselves a manifest of the world as it already is. Distraught people turn to stories of grand creators and omnipotent icons to sooth their worries, projecting that in the end it will all have had a purpose. These stories, ideas, songs, concepts and yearns, through mass intent formed or, in some cases changed, beings into the gods people wanted so badly.

The Northern people needed someone that made the harsh conditions and normalized death mean something, and so they conjured Sigfried, The god of Death, Patience and Stories into existence.

In a counter case, a being from beyond known only as Kingsell seemed to bless the prideful and vain, while casting down the humble. And so, people began to manifest them into something grandeur than a mortal thing, and into the feared God of Nobility, Art and Pride they are now known as.

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Fundamentals of Intent (Magic)

Every being is created from a constituent of three elements. A Body, Mind and Soul. Without one or the other, it is believed that a being will have their existence thrown out of balance, either physically or ethereally.

The Body acts as a surrogate for a beings capacity to interact with the physical world. Assumed to be a mixture of the elemental chaos that first collided with the material plane, bringing with it strict laws for which all matter must follow. The body is only a material manifest of the mind and soul, possibly imperfect, but providing an avenue for the conscious to have effect on others.

The Mind is the literal manifestation of a being, its thoughts, wants, aims and rational. It is conjured through the Ethereal plane, for which serves as the plane of platonic forms that overlaps all of Wildfall.

The Soul is the Ying and Yang forces that counterbalance the previously mentioned Mind. A being is able to ration, understand and even form emotional connections without a soul, but it is unable to form the link between interpretation and objective; i.e Seeing a sword and understanding it is a blade, vs., seeing a sword and understanding it means danger or glee. The soul is believed to be a combination of forces from the Negative and Positive energy planes.

The Interplay between ones Mind and Soul is commonly referred to as consciousness. Due to the close connection between the Ethereal and Material planes, when the consciousness intends something with such conviction, it is actually able to conjure things into being. This conviction must be incredibly powerful however, even on deaths door, the intention must be hyper-focused and powerful. Because of this, many that want to be a practitioner in this form of magic must use certain tactics to hone their intent. Some may turn to a philosophy of the natural world and/or intense study to take significant load of the their need to manifest; or others may use music/poetry/imagery to emotionally fixate on an intended outcome.

Causal Schools of Magic

Causal Schools of Magic refers to the traditional forms that only rely on creating effects that otherwise fit within the material laws. Causing fire to emanate from your hands, conjuring images in thin air and/or mystically tricking another mind into believing, you no questions asked. The Causal School of Magic include...

Evocation, Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Illusion, Transmutation.

Perversion Schools of Magic

Perversion Schools of Magic, or arcane taboos, refer to forms that rely on not just creating effects in the material laws, but fundamentally changing them in the process. These forms can often come with disastrous effects and require significantly more intent to conjure. Perversion Schools of Magic include...

Necromancy, Graviturgy, Chronomancy, Ethelleturgy.

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Sponsored by the C.O.S

Promotional Material for the "Museum of Deep Truth", found in the Oil-Stained District of Pryaadi.

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"The Split promises that if we polish our stop-withers it will beckons us to sail together and claim its children, but if were to disobey and drift alone without purpose, its cruelty knows no ends. It will send us into a descent where the Whales wait for their Mesistif bream with an eager-breath."

Asmafemi Sahi, Captain of the Tellermane

The carcass of a Aemaq Whale hangs just above the relief. The children of Pryaadi run overtop of the plaque, staring upwards at the ribcage of such a colossal beast wondering if something much bigger lies out there in the infinite waters.

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The World of Wildfall (Circa 1123 PS)

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A Coup.

Saint Riesling, the southern jewel of Honesta, is an anarchist city-state for which has attracted all manner of people from across Wildfall. Founded as a freeport and haven for traders and smugglers alike, Riesling flourished into a glowing port enwrapped by erected palaces and the monolithic Jungle Spires to their east. Those looking to escape prosecution fled to Riesling in mass, making it the infamous, deadly and gorgeous sanctuary it is now known for.

However, in a world filled with political disagreements, no true freedom can last long without someone there to stand and protect it. An Ancient Red Dragon rumored to be older than the Split itself offered themselves to serve as the cities triumphant guard and savior, striking a deal with the founders of Saint Riesling at its inception. The terms of such a agreement have long since been forgotten and many long years have passed since then. Now in the year 1123 PS, Riesling still stands prideful as an icon of debauchery and self expression, resting at the feet of the almost enchanting Lillian Bay; or at least that was the case... it seemed a new conspiracy has been festering beneath its golden sands, one involving its previously celebrated, brutal, protector.

A Coup brewed. Kaemen, the cities protector, and a collection of the most dissatisfied Primus Pura (Rieslings economic elite) schemed a forceful take over of the city, utilizing their personal militaries, better known as Dune Oasi's, as pawns to maneuver civilians into a more agreeable position. Their goal? to utilizes the otherwise wasted potential of free peoples, and establish a new political players on the worlds stage by establishing Kaemen as Riesling's newly introduced Emperor, not just its protector. What followed was the bloodiest weeks in Contemporary Riesling history, being brought finally to an end by the public execution of its draconic figurehead by his very own Son and Daughter.

This is. The Riesling Coup.

Our Conspirators

Kaemen, The Shaking Dune.

Rumored ancient, Kaemen has stood proud at the foot Riesling for decades, walking amongst its people and celebrated both as its elegantly destructive protector and impossible to read Politian. For years, his life remained elusive, appearing only in a blaze of fire to eradicate those that wish to do Riesling harm, sundering ships in the bay and devouring intruding dignitaries whole. For Kaemen, this satisfied him for a time, the veneer of pride and celebration he got for such an action was enough to satiate his hunger for power. But he realized soon that what he craved was not that of power, wealth or fear as all of those wither with time; Instead he wanted legacy, a social hoard that would never fade with time. And so, he entered into a secret affair with a Winemaker, Theadora Trisdove, harboring a child with her that he believed could act as his heir. Due to his lack of presence in the relationship, the child grew up raised exclusively by his mother. And when Kaemen returned years later to "collect," he was disgusted by the man that boy had become, leaving Theadora and her child destitute and without name in the dunes outside Riesling. In the years the followed, he ignored this "failed attempt at producing a prince," entering into countless affairs that each failed to produce any other heir; Or at least that was until he met another member of the Primus Pura that seemed to share in his want to create a legacy for Riesling... The singer and songwriter, June Siren.

June "Siren" Marchessi

The upper crust life of the Primus Pura cannot be compared to the lives of those that live in the midst of Riesling proper. Born to the palace-bound family of the Marchessis', June soon felt as though the stuffy world they lived in suffocated her potential. Leading her to running away from her parents palace and living amongst the majority of the city at a very young age. Without money or support, she turned to pit fighting, a beloved pastime of Riesling to make any sort of life for herself; suffering every possible form of abuse in the process by Rieslings criminal world. The aggressors suffering no consequence given the cities lack of any governance or laws. She began to see the freedom of Riesling to be arguably more suffocating than that of her old home, the people using the freedom to justify their devolution into horrific behaviors. As time grew and June adjusted to her life on the streets, news flashed through the city. The Marchessis' had been suffering some disease, which had left them bed ridden; and shortly thereafter, all dead. June, being the sole rightful heir to their families fortune took the opportunity to flee the streets of Riesling and return back to a place of luxury, inheriting the family's Cerulean palace and endless collection of resources. With a cushion behind her she fell into her artistic loves, and began to master musical skills, preferring string instruments, particularly guitar and violin, over much else. She brought her spry fighting movements into the performances, adding a layer of enchanting flow to incredibly skillful music. June took the stage name "The Siren" and not long later changed it to "Mrs. June Siren" attempting to distance herself from the Marchessi name. She used her popularity to her advantage, getting close to other Primus Pura inorder to ask favors and gain particular influence, though she never learned to fully trust them, instead building collection of blackmail incase they ever turned against her. This is what drew Kaemen to her... she mistrusted the Riesling that grew comfortable in their freedoms, to the point she was willing to take them all away if that meant the debauchery would stop. Kaemen and June entered into a affair, that soon created a child together. Delilah Marchessi, raised from then on to be a Princess to a empire yet to be.

Xereve Bolin and Ambrose Baron

Two of the more powerful members of the Primus Pura, willing to offer any economic or militaristic aid to the mounting conspiracy. Xereve Bolin, owner of the Emeraldian Shipping Company was happy to install restrictive shipping and import laws if that meant their company would become then a monopoly over the new Empire. Ambrose Baron, privateer and lord of multiple Armadas over the Tabaxi Isles and Lillian Bay was offered the position of Master of Commerce, able to introduce taxation laws and the corrupt seizing of shipments coming into Riesling at a moments notice, further bolstering his growing influence and coffers. While they were surely not the only members of the Primus Pura to aid in the Coup, they were one of the only to do so willingly; many of the others had their hand forced via the blackmail June leveraged over their heads.

Amir Lawrencia

In a city of lawlessness, every company, every merchant, every smuggler needs a middle man, able to keep the consequences real if a deal goes wrong. The Lawrencias' have served as such a middle man for centuries, being one of the original Riesling families. Since the inception of Riesling, the Lawrencias have been documenting all information moving in and through the cities, anarchist archivists of the shady deals through the cities. A nation will always have its dissenters, but that will only grow if the true history of said nation is revealed, and so the Lawrencia family was asked to join peacefully into their cause; as if not, their palace would surely burn. Amir, the figurehead of the family at this time, agreed to the deal. The Lawrencias would burn and destroy any record of Kaemen's shortfalls and/or past dealings, as well as Junes blackmail. Cleaning the record of what would surely be a bloody rise of an Empire.

This is however, only one side of the Coup... In time we will look to the opposition. Those that were targeted by the Conspirators as they were the only ones willing to stand in their way.

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Campaign Summary's (2/4)

The following is a summary of a finished Campaign of D&D 5e which unfolded within Wildfall...

Wildfall Janus | 32 Sessions + Epilogue

Southern Armagh, temperate, gentle, caring, the land gave and the world took. The Rikash Empire, home of innovation and endless progress formed through the destruction of constant cultural conflict; the scattered peoples of the seven settlements attempted to find intellectual and philosophical happiness through domination of the land not unity. Opus Luminas, thought otherwise, and despite its almost guarantee to fail he offered the worlds leaders a chance to find real sanctuary as one. One Empire. He reasoned, rationed, and divided the lucrative south into beaurcratic systems, cultures diffused and ideals became the plight of one ruling class, a Council of leaders, some elected, some grandfathered. The ancient city of Riti, their awing Aeternum Institute and endless farm fields of the Redtile Ward offered to be the new states Capitol, now a symbol of what the whole continent may become. Bureaucratic levels govern every aspect of life in the city, allowing for the individual to dissolve into its orderly current. However, the current is beginning to show its wear in the old walls of Stone Ward, the forbidden word cut into its reliefs, “Change.” Some think it will come in a philosophical revolution, some think War is on the horizon. But change in Riti is subtle, hiding in the forgotten cracks with its people.

PC's (The Six of Hearts)

Pendragon (Fairytale Human, Glory Paly/Eldritch Fighter)

Silvestri (Tiefling, Twilight Cleric)

Azure (Kobold, Bladesinger Wizard)

Rook (Firbolg, Life Cleric/Mastermind Rogue)

Fiero (Fire Genasi, Phoenix Sorcerer)

Yennefer (High Elf, Eloquence Bard)

When a story ends what is made of its hero's? A question posed at the beging of the campaign. The Empire was promised to be a end of the chaos of the world, the levels of checks and balances ensuring the suffering to be a thing of the past. These characters stories should be over, retired, old, fated and/or doomed. However, fate has pulled them together, drawing them into a Temple to Dragsol now turned nightclub better known as the "Whispered Prayer." Someone has doubled crossed Rook, a once smuggler, who is now themselves double dipping their spying between the Silvereye Smugglers and Marble Consort Governors. The owner of the nightclub, the retired pit fighter Silvestri threatened to have their bar closed once and for all due to such a mishap; pissing off the wrong group of magical investigators, accidentally killing one in the process. This string of bad luck could be called just that, if it were not for the very real threat that has wormed their way into Riti, someone alighting the streets with destructive purpose, a person of destiny it may seem, Vea.

Through an exploration of the self, we turned our attention to the small fates of the small few, wading through the wake of grander fates. Vea, a powerful aasimar, sees themselves as a destroyer, told from birth they were made only for the purpose to hurt, even if they were to run from it or not. Passed that, The Empire has sparked a war with the growing magocracy of Axyindor to the North, bringing into question if the people are those that truly makes the decisions. Our small folk, the Six of Hearts, assist those just as small make their lives the slightest lighter. Heading to the ancestral homes of Azure, the industrialized Torval, and helping those there, family included, lead a proper campaign to succeed from the Empire in good faith. Returning home excited, a new force move overhead, the forgotten sins of the Empire home at last to see it ended.

Elsyvra, The Dustbowl Sovereign, or better known now as Elsie Sov, leader of the Baldur Sov Gang. An Ancient Amber Dragon who once considered herself the protector the Reith badlands, now here to make good a promise. To put down a dying Empire, so that its memory may live in envy not infamy, as a state meant to look up too and not to look down upon. And do, then came the time to make choices, to draw cards. So that The Six of Hearts may ask themselves one last question; are the gods really the ones pulling the strings, or is fate in the hands of those that simply try; or some combination of both.

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Campaign Summary's (1/4)

The following is a summary of a finished Campaign of D&D 5e which unfolded within Wildfall...

Wildfall Eclipse | 30 Sessions + Epilogue

Far into the Whitedrape wastes sits Vik, a city, like a pen, corralling the desperate northerners into the blackmarble mountainside. The common people forced to fend for themselves as the resources that were once abundant have long been consumed; exploited and destroyed by the fearful aristocrats of the Oikos Ward. The "prophetic, or godly tied" rulers, the Simirinov family, have placed the city into a draconic rule of law since the very start, using their Wardens as hounds against the common people below. Those outside of the ruling class have banded together within the snowed-in Favela's, founding a northern hospitality despite the Simirinov's violent presence. Faith, Promises and Punk-ish attitude are the only things that keep you alive in the dark north.

PC's (The Lichendogs)

Finn (Hadozee, Drunken Master Monk)

Lumen (Drow, Soulknife Rogue)

Juliette (Human, Wildfire Druid)

Melody (Half-Elf, Life Cleric)

Legacy (Humunculus, Clockwork Sorc/Creation Bard)

Thrown into the fray at the footsteps of a Hitao Stalf, towers dedicated to free heating for the misfortunate, the group were unwillingly pulled in the midst of a mass conspiracy. A Gang known as the Death Mistresses, A Pseudoscientist Wizard, the Royal Family, a Grand Conservatory, all working with or against something from the Otherside, a being able to pull on the strings of emotions and takeover the mind suddenly; the being? Legacy's previous Patron and Fey witch, Lene-Scarlett. Backstabbed by her Unwilling Coven in the Fey-reflection of Vik. Lene was severed from her body, having her mind unknowingly scattered to the Material plane, while her body endlessly rots in the Feywild. For a stretch of time she was satisfied twisting the emotions of the royal family and acting as a surrogate god to them, but now is severed from them aswell. The Old Queen Amelia's ritual managed to protect her and her children's mind from her twisting, but now Lene demands a new body again, turning her sights to someone more apt to her warping. Legacy, a body and mind without soul is her new target, and is happy to exact revenge on the ruling family and their city, who banished her again.

Fending off the twisted emotions of a rival gang leader under Lene's grasp and saving the city from near destruction, the group, now crowned The Lichendogs, turned to work tenuously with the Old Queen once again, both determined to finish this once and for all. However, with most of the group being those from the Favela's or Exurbs of the city, they were plenty familiar with the cruelty of the Simirinov line and kept her at a safe distance; only working together when necessary. Lumen and Juliette, a punk from the Favela's and a reactionary princess from the Oikos found something unique, something Lene could use against them, yes, but unique none the less, a young love. Finn and Melody reunited with their lost families, freeing them from prison or reconnecting after many years. Legacy found purpose, both as a unprecedented life in the World, but aswell a friend to all those that were damaged by Lene's torment. And Lene? though she is doomed to live until the near-very end of time, her mind is stuck in a endless dream within Legacy. Ultimately, getting what she wanted after all these years, but not the way she expected, the two are now one but she is not in the drivers seat.

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