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Chronicles of Kharayim

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 Enraya:
the Twilit Lands
By Stephanie Ferguson

Enraya Concept, art, stories

by Stephanie Ferguson
Karayim concept by Stephanie Ferguson
Cover by Stephanie Ferguson
Kalen Concept by John Pyke
Logos by Stephanie Ferguson
Graphic Design by Stephanie Ferguson

With special thanks to Heather Isenhart, Ken Walz, and Jeff Huston for putting up
with me at Origins 2007 and for putting me up at the last minute, and for Al and Mary
Simpson, who let me use their car

Thanks also to Tom Mays, Ms. Hadlock, Paul, my Teachers at ITT tech. Their expert
instruction made this possible

This book fulfills part of the required work for the Capstone Course part of the require-
ments of the Multimedia Degree at ITT tech, Omaha Campus, Summer Quarter 2007

Players and Playtesters: John Pyke, Livvia Bechtold, Dan Bechtold, Joseph Sanpino,
Amanda Sanpino, Brad Sanpino, Chris, and Josh Tausz

Chronicles of Karayim
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Table of Contents

Aureus d’Or, in youth

Chapter 1: the Twilit Lands of Enraya x

Enrayan Atlas 1
Culture of Enraya 3
Drownedlanders 10
Other Races 12

Chapter 2 Deities of Enraya 15

Creation: the Sun, the Moon and the Stars 17
Deities of Enraya 19
Myridan’s Crusade 30
Chapter 3: Monsters of Enraya 33
Marion 35
Narghai and Simghai 37
Krzhyii 38
Dire Werelion 49
Mezarch 52
Half-Mezarch 54

Index 56
Credits ii
Open Gaming Liscense iii
About Kharayim vii

A Courtly Lady
Introduction: About Kharayim:
Kharayim is a fantastic world which is contested, not simply by mortals, but by pantheons of
gods, all vying to be the principal pantheon or deity controlling the world.
The truth of the mortal races is lost in history, but all pantheons claim to be the legitimate
creators or receivers of the races, and all claim to be the creators of the world. The truth is that
the world is probably older than even these deities. Nobody other than the deities know their
origin, and they are not telling anything. In fact, most even deny that they were created at all.
The reason for this is that long before recorded history, for lost and forgotten reasons,
the gods present today killed or imprisoned the elder gods of this multiverse, and then fell to
squabbling amongst themselves over the creatures that inhabited it. The second wars concerned
the division of races amongst the gods, and the third wars were between the gods that wished
to claim one race. In the present age, only the oldest of celestials and infernals remember these
wars, and how they almost destroyed the material plane.
After the third war, the gods settled into factions and began sharing their mythology with
their mortals, with each pantheon attempting to convince their mortals that their mythology was
truth, and other mythologies were false. Each pantheon inhabits their own realm in the outer
planes, to which the souls of their faithful go, if allowed.
What resulted among the mortals is factions, nations, and races all convinced that their
version of creation was true, and with no proof to the contrary on the material plane, or perhaps
anywhere but the astral plane, where those gods who are dead lie hidden, and the realms
beyond the outer planes where those gods who are imprisoned were placed, unable to escape or
influence the multiverse.
So, what pantheon is true? Which was chosen to inherit? All and none. Since history
was first recorded the pantheons have used their mortals like game pieces to extend their
influence. When the followers of one pantheon or singular god conquers and subjugates the
mortals of another pantheon or god, the losing pantheon or deity absorbed the followers, and
made the choice to either extend their pantheon or destroy the losing god or gods.
As a result, not only are the gods not perfect, but also, their mythologies are often flawed,
and every-so-often mortals fond of traveling and seeking knowledge will come across these
gaping flaws. Some will become confused, some will leave their gods, and some will plug the
holes in their theology with their own perception. To a follower of a particular pantheon, all
other outer realms are considered lower realms. Unfortunately, because of the early wars, each
of the outer planes is nearly impenetrable to anything that does not resonate with that plane.
This means that those who leave the worship of the gods are doomed to wander the astral plane
for eternity, unable to enter the outer realms. Over the eons, this has made the astral plane a
very dangerous place, full of lost, deranged spirits, as well as creatures that prey on souls.
Some of these find their way into the elemental planes and become elementals, some
find their way to the positive plane and dissolve, becoming parts of new souls, and some are
drawn into the negative plane, where the only the most powerful can prevent being sucked into
oblivion. There these powerful remnants of souls take on fell form as the multiverse’s most
dangerous undead monstrosities.
 As for the major sentient mortal races of the material plane, all pantheons agree on the
order of creation. Dragons, Elves, and Dwarves came first, Fey, Orcs, and Gnomes came
second, Humans, Halflings, and Lizardfolk came third. All the other sentient races, such as:
giants, merfolk, locath, kobolds, and other sorts of things with sentience either evolved from
beasts, or were the result of a blending of the nine races and elementals or other magical things,
or they were an enhancement brought upon by curse or blessing.
The undead native to the material plane or its coexistent planes are not inherently evil,
because negative energy is not evil. In truth the negative plane is a necessary part of existence
to balance the influx from the positive energy plane. With undead, just as with the living, their
actions and appetites determine their alignment. Undead native to the negative energy plane are
always evil, as are undead who have been described as being evil—but this is because of other
factors involved in their existence. Zombies, for example, are neutral.
Elementals, being spirits of mortals who found their way to the elemental sources, do
not have cultures of any particular kind, but once a spirit has taken an elemental form, it can be
summoned or it can leave the plane to wander the other planes as immortal elemental spirits.
Only a summoner can give these spirits a form other than that of “elemental.” Mortals can also
interbreed with them, and produce offspring, or a mortal might tap the source of an elemental
plane and become transformed by it. Corporeal living or undead creatures, however, cannot
visit the elemental planes. Once they are beyond the bounds of the core planes (the material
and its coexistent planes) they are always drawn to the negative energy plane, from where they
draw their source of continued existence.
As for the outer planes, angels and demons inhabit the same planes, it is just a matter
of where. Each of the outer planes is infinite in its own right, but the difference is that each
outer plane is inhabited by a pantheon, rather than a loose collection of gods and outsiders.
There is only one gate in and out of each outer plane, opening onto the astral, due to the wars
in prehistory. Most pantheons have a gatekeeper, or a series of keepers to guide their faithful
souls to their plane. It is even rumored among the outsiders that there are two gates out of the
multiverse itself, but the pantheons who have access to them aren’t going to reveal or share.
Chapter 1
The Twilit Lands
of Enraya
 The Twilit Lands

Enrayan Atlas
Country: Empire of Enraya
Capital: Eschall Falls est cities: Delta City, Anj, Kanbo, and Lur.
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Total Area: 453,816 sq mi Enraya means “Lands of the peo-

Population: 50,894,732 (Humans 40%,
Drownedlanders 20%, gnomes 20%, half-hu-
mans 10%, locaths 7% other races 3%)
Languages: Draconic (official), Gnomish
(secondary official), Enrayan (common),
aquan(of the drownedlanders)
Literacy: 27%
Religions: Enrayan Pantheon(state religion)
folk religions and ancestor worhship, various
cults
Government type: Parlimentary Magocracy
Currency: Cenizhon(pp), Lorizhon(gp),
Havinan(sp), Folchin(cp)
Enraya is an ancient, human controlled coun-
try straddling the equator, and bordering the
country of Rudir to the east, Therangia to the
west, and the Terubor Forest to the north. In
the distant north is the Trade City of Kalen, the
nearest human civilization north of the equator.
The country sits on the remains of a pen-
insula, with the capital of the Barony of the Hu-
man Controlled Lands of the Terubor, Five Oaks,
lying directly on the equator, and the capital of
Enraya, Eschall Falls, lying 70 miles south at
the present mouth of the Kalen River. They also
control the entirety of the Sea of Sorrow and the
Bay of Enraya, as well as numerous crags and
coral atolls in the bay, bordering the Raashyi Sea.
The majority of land inhabited by
humans lies in swaths of swampland dot-
ted with islands of stone, where the major-
ity of cities are located. Other cities lie
along the coasts or on the islands themselves.
Drownedlanders occupy the Sea of Sorrow,
living among the ruins of Enraya’s great-
ple of the Delta.” Civilization began here
over 10,000 years ago in the region of Del-
ta City, which now lies in the Sea of Sor-
row. The State religion asserts that the coun-
try of Enraya was founded by the gods.
The land rises unsteadily from the wa-
ters edge into swamplands. There are over 1000
named rivers that come through the land from
various places, and most them used to drain into
the Kalen River between Eschall Falls and Del-
ta City. Now, they drain directly into the bay.
At the area around Eschall falls, the land
rises sharply forming the great Eschall Cliffs,
which extend 400 miles around the northern
end of the bay of Enraya, and slope downward.
These cliffs separate the forest from the swamp-
land around the area of Eschall Falls, but else-
where, the land steps quietly from swampland
to grassland to forest, and eventually into the
mountain ranges that form the border of Enra-
ya: the Iltair in the east and the Marthair in the
west. The Iltair is the taller of the two moun-
tain ranges, with some peaks reaching 15,000 ft
above sea level in the northernmost reaches of
the Barony of Iltair. The Marthair is an ancient
range, with no peak reaching higher than 7000
feet, and most of its slopes covered in deep jun-
gles on the windward side, and steep crags on
the leeward side. West of the Marthair, the land
sweeps down into harsh desert and scrubland.
The Terubor Basin is home to na-
tions and tribes of many different species. It
is a seasonally flooded tropical swamp forest
lying between the two mountain ranges where
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and rain drain directly into the Kalen River be-
fore cascading in an awesome waterfall above
Eschall Falls. Further upriver, the Kalen river
has cut wide canyons as the land rises into
high steppes and decid- uous forests,
while on the slopes of the moun-
tains bordering the forest, cloud for-
ests dominate the land- scape.
The Ter- u-
bor Forest
is a spooky, primal region filled
with mangroves, figs, ferns,
orchids, and other more sinis- ter
plants, such as assassin vines.
The massive Eternal Oak grows
in the depths of the basin, and is
sacred to the elves, while the huge,
saffron colored, dinner plate sized
lilly, the Ris’lon, grows along the
main river channel and is sacred to the
humans. There are incredibly diverse
species, as there are in almost all rain
forests. Enraya’s borders are not set in
the Terubor. The humans of that region
are generally seasonally nomadic if they
are not residents of Five Oaks, and gener-
ally co-exist with other sentient species,
though tribal skirmishes are common.
Historically, it has been a bad idea for
humans to try to claim a solid border
in that region, as it has led to
numerous wars in the past be-
tween elves, lizardfolk, and fey.
The trees in the basin grow
tall quickly, as the shadows from the mountains
shorten the days. Farther up on the slopes,
shorter, denser trees dominate. Throughout the
region, Moisture comes over the Eschall cliffs
from the bay of Enraya. The area is covered
in clouds for much of the year. The Terubor
forest is only roughly 500 miles at its widest,
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but it stretches northward, joining with decidu-
ous forests and evergreen dry forests to create
a swath of forests almost 2000 miles long. The
entirety of the 3000 mile stretch of river from
Eschall Falls to Kalen has been made navigable
over the years. Without magic, there would
be no trading along the river from the
sea, as right above Eschall Falls is the
waterfalls that gave the city its name.
Above the falls, the river is
navigable by seagoing vessels as far
as Five Oaks, and by river barg-
es all the way to Lake Kalen.
The city of Eschall Falls strad-
dles the estuary created by the
Kalen in the decades after a magi-
cal cataclysm sunk a majority of the
country under water. None know
exactly what caused the cata-
clysm, but all suspect it to have
originated with the arcane ex-
periments being conducted at the
Delta City College of Magic.
What all know is that it
crippled the economy of En-
raya, destroyed 80% of its ar-
able land, irrevocably changed
the climate of the lowlands,
and changed the nature of the
humans in its path to crea-
tures with the aquatic subtype.
250 years ago, Eschall
Falls was simply a major stop along the riv-
er. Here, ships would move their goods from
ocean vessels to river barges for transport up
the river. The ancient locks of Eschall Falls are
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one of the wonders of the world. Long ago,

before the catyclysm, when trade was new,
and there was a need for large vessels to navi- Human Culture in Enraya
gate the Kalen, gnomish engineers created a
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system of magical locks that transports ships

from the lowlands, up the falls and onto the
Enraya operates on a caste system, with noble
houses on top, magic users making up the so-
main river channel on their way to Kalen City.
cial classes, normal folk making up the work-
All the upper river trade is done by gnomes.
ing classes, and possessing an underclass of
non-entities that are responsible for the menial
work and are worse off than slaves. Enraya
does engage in slavery, as a form of indentured
servitude, punishment, or as a place to include
prisoners of war or spoils of conquest into so-
ciety. In the Red Quarter of Eschall Falls, the
country’s largest slave market exits, guard-
ed carefully by the harsh, evil eye of
the Red Faction guards.
Here are the castes, in order from
greatest to least:

The Inner Court:

The members of
the inner court are
the highest rank-
ing nobles. The
true titles of the
head of these fami-
lies are “Noble Bar-
ons” and these houses
are considered to be the
royal houses. There are specif-
ic families that these folks belong
to, each with specific traits and specific
tracts of land:

House Arren: The ancestral house Arren

hails from the eastern borders. They guard

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protected along the river, so Aureus, the current

head of the house, has had the honor of con-
these borders against incursions from the east tinuing communications and diplomacy to the
and from the sea. Their barony is known as northern kingdoms. Pure blooded members of

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Thavumet and has long felt the whip of oppres- the house are known for their golden to plati-
sion as the members of the house have become num hair, grey or yellow eyes and long lives,
increasingly under scrutiny. Some say that a on average living about 60 years beyond the
deed performed a curse upon the house, for no average human. Most attribute that to mixed
drylanded member of the house (to their knowl- genealogy.
edge) has borne a child in the last 40 years.
Members of the Arren house are well known for
House Arolell: House Arolell has been
flame red hair and pale blue eyes. The current
the backbone of the country for the past 200
head of the house is not Trajan as most outsid-
years. Not affected by the disaster, their num-
ers would think, but his cousin Judaret. Arren
bers are strong. They rule over the marshes of
minds are usually very clinical and not prone
the Ghe’mar. Noble Baron Demair Arolell is
to rage, though they are very famous in their
the head of the house there. House Arolell is
dealings with their enemies. Rumors have been
known for either black hair and violet eyes or
hinted at, though never openly, that the family
platinum white hair and pink or piercing blue
has dealt with demons, and there are some ru-
eyes. Arolell has the most insular house, and
mors, though people fear to bring it up, that the
it shows in the number of albinos born to the
Arren house has been experimenting with hu-
family.
man lives. It is death to those caught repeating
these, including the rumor that the disaster was
in fact caused by the house. House Shivess: The land belonging to House
Shivess was entirely lost to the disaster. Their
barony now lies underneath the bay of Enraya.
House d’Or: The tracts inhabited by the
Once fertile farmland is now drowned in salt-
house d’Or include the Terubor Forest and the
water and covered in a layer of sand. Members
Kalen River to the north of Eschall falls. The
of the house who escaped the disaster chose to
human city of Eschall Falls itself used to be-
turn from the land entirely and bred with the
long to the d’Or family, in fact it was once the
newly changed Drownedlanders. There is now
capital of the barony, but it was given up to the
not even one member of the house who does
state for the good of the kingdom.
not sport gills. Resh Nadair Shivess rules the
The d’Or house is the least insular of
house. Their baron is chosen by pooling and
the noble houses and has regularly intermin-
choosing the most powerful of the amphibious
gled with elves, fey, and even angels. In fact,
members. Members of this drownedland house
every few generations, an aasimar child shows
have blond hair tinted green, hazel eyes and al-
up in the birth roster, a testament to the past
most unnaturally translucent skin.
goodness of the line. The d’Or house is also
responsible for keeping trade reasonable and
House Enalli: The other house lost to the
disaster was entirely transformed. They used

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to hold the land around Delta City itself. When
the disaster struck, none of these folks survived
unchanged. They are a people embittered
against the land, claiming that the gods are
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punishing Enraya for hidden misdeeds. More
often than not, they will point the finger at the
house Arren, claiming that their recent sterility
and the past disaster are somehow intercon-
nected. Caudivar DeShan Enalli, the head of
house Enalli, is trapped in Eschall falls, and the
king has made elaborate baths for both him and
Resh of Shivess, but neither of them has been
allowed to return to the ocean, not even to visit
the orange quarter. If there was ever a house to
secede from the kingdom, it would be this one.
House Enalli is to the good peoples of the sea
what house d’Or is to the land. There has been
a lot of interbreeding with the sea elves, and this
has affected the mindset of the House, which
still inhabits the ancient palace of Enraya in the
sunken ruins of Delta City. Members of house
Enalli are quite likely to be half sea elven.
The Outer Court:
Minor nobles make up the outer court. These
are families that the noble houses, in time, were
given land. Some now rival the power of the
noble houses, while some have little more than
town home within a greater city. All of them
are patroned by a noble house, but the patron-
age can be passed from noble house to noble
hose as bargaining chips if they so choose. For
example, house Xavis is a minor house that
rules the Orange Quarter of Eschall falls. Once
it was patroned by House d’Or, but after the di-
saster, the family was transformed. When Es-
chall Falls was turned over to the state, the house
came under the protection of the royal house
Arren. House Arren turned over patronage to
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house Shivess to help cement ties between the
land and sea, but a secret deal with house Enalli
turned it over to that house. House Xavis are
the magistrates and governors of Orange quar-
ter, but their power is granted by house Enalli,
much to the dismay of house Arren.
Notable minor houses: Xavis of Orange Quar-
ter, Hanshi of Vallish, Uluun of the Terubor no-
mads, Foston of the High Iltair
The Council of Mages:
The closest thing that Enraya has to a senate,
House of Commons or parliament is the coun-
cil of mages. Any common (not landed) citi-
zen who has graduated from any of the colleges
of magic in Enraya has a chance to become a
representative of the people. The Council of
Mages has a chancellor who represents a col-
lege, and the representatives are mages from
every barony, county, and municipality. The
Delta College is less powerful at the moment,
being entirely underwater, but they speak for
the Drownedlanders. The Eschall academy
members speak for the Drylanders. The Crag
Island mages were barred from a seat on the
council after Trajan’s attack. The chancellors
report to the council Chair, who is granted a po-
sition in the inner court for the duration of his
tenure. This is the only way that a commoner
can have any say in the government. The Chair
is considered to be the voice of the people.
The Council of Divinity:
Operating much like the council of mages in
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orcs, even if they are of magical ability, are not

given a say. They are considered second-class
terms of election and positions, the council of citizens. Innate magical ability in a half-orc is
divinity represents the clerisy. Though the in- usually only enough to buy his freedom from

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ner court favors arcane magic over divine mag- slavery and only Crag Island once accepted the
ic, none of them are stupid enough to rare intelligent one as a student of arcane art.
discount the voice of the gods. More often than not, however, they make ex-
cellent psy-warriors. Halflings are transient,
The Voting Popula- and are barred for that reason. Elves, merfolk,
and dwarves have their own nations, though
tion: the sea elves are considered full citizens
by House Enalli for their favors to their
There are magic users out aquatic people and they are represented
there who have no position by that house through a delegate in the
on the council. Citizens outer court.
who were trained out of the
country, who never attend- The Armed Forces:
ed the schools, or have
become citizens by oath,
cannot sit on the council,
The only way for a mun-
dane man to carve his
but they can vote in gen-
name in the history of the
eral elections put on
country is to ascend the
by the councils. To be
ranks of the armed forc-
a member of the voting
es. This is the only part
population of Enraya,
of society where physi-
you have to be a citizen,
cal might is considered
of at least partial human
greater than magical ap-
or gnomish lineage, and
titude.
you have to have proof of
magical or ability through ar-
The Army: as with
cane magic, psionics, divine
any country, Enraya has
magic, or spell-like or psi-like
a standing army. All
ability. Druids, wizards, cler-
mundane human citi-
ics, sorcerers, rangers, paladins,
zens may join for five
and the like all qualify as well as
years following the at-
aasimars, tieflings, half-dragons,
tainment of adulthood.
half-celestials, half-fiends, elans,
Voting citizens enter
or other human crossbreeds that
as low ranking officers.
can legally fill the requirements. Half
Free half-orcs are pressed into service for
10 years following their age of majority and

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are given no special rank unless they can be-
come battle oriented arcanists or clerics. The
army has many different jobs, including but
not exclusive to infantry, cavalry, archers, and
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aerial assault (hippogriff cavalry and featherfall
troopers)
The Navy: Enraya has a top notch navy. They
are constantly patrolling for pirates and defend-
ing the borders from threats from
the sea. They also have a very spe-
cial group that serves as an underwa-
ter army--mundane Drownedlanders
are required to join this instead of the
army. Mundane dryland citizens
living on the coastlands may opt to
join the Navy instead of the army.
Inland citizens are not given the
option.
The Civil Patrol: The agents
of justice in the towns, they may
be known as watchmen, guards,
officers, constabulary, cops, or
patrolmen. This is a paid posi-
tion open to any who have
shown an aptitude for it
after their term of service
is over.
The Blue Faction: The blue
faction is that part of Enraya’s
armed forces who have historically
protected the contry from threats
within its borders. In modern En-
raya, however, the Blue Faction
has come to be known for its
aspirations to the higher
ideals. The concept of
honor and duty trickled
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down from the nobility and infused itself into
this group. Most are normally good folk who
just happened to be trained for war. They are
the oldest of the factions and represent, in their
opinion, the glory of the ancient country.
The Red Faction: All of these soldiers
are the roughest, most iron fisted fight-
ing men Enraya has to offer, and have
slowly come to power over the last
five-hundred years or so. Historically,
they protected the country’s borders
from invasion, but since there have
not been any challengers to the
might of Enraya in over a mil-
lenium, they have turned their
attentions inward. Recently,
they have mushroomed in num-
bers as people are eager to prove
themselves to Trajan. The Ar-
ren house has long supported
the Red Faction, though none
but the heads of the family
know exactly why. They are
the newest of the factions,
and are of course, in constant
conflict with the Blue fac-
tion who would like to see them
violently eradicated, because they
are unnecesary. The Blue Faction
reluctantly obeys the king’s desire
to keep the Red Faction. Early in
his reign, Trajan clearly defined
the roles of the two, but with the
favor he gives to the Red, the
red faction has been exploiting
loopholes in the definitions.
 Enrayan Culture

positions.

They represent, in their opinion, the might and Artisans: Singers and performers (not bards),
strength of the present system, and they chal-

Chapter 1
dancers, actors, painters, storytellers and mun-
lenge anyone to say that Enraya is in decline. dane performers all make up this class. Though
The king openly favors that view. they have much in common with this class,
Bards do not belong to this class, because they
The Green Faction: The green faction are can use inherent magic, and belong to the vot-
primarily scouts, rangers and the like. They pa- ing population.
trol the high roads, the mountains, and the for-
ests. They are not allied to either of the other Laborers: Farmers, porters, miners, herders,
factions, concerning themselves with the pro- paid servants, and basically any other honest
tection of Enraya’s frontiers and roads. professions that people do that don’t require ed-
ucation and aren’t on the list of tasks shunned
by society. Laborers are bound to the place they
The Common Citizens: are born, and are not usually let out without
permission. This is the lowest class of people
These people make up the bulk of the popu- allowed to use manufactured weapons.
lation. With no vote and a minimum of five
years of armed service under their belt, they re- Slaves: Captured in battle, folks serving a
tire to their businesses and farms. Commoners prison sentence, paying off debts, or being a
do everything that commoners do, as business- half-orc are reasons for people to enter slavery
men, farmers, miners, merchant sailors, and in Enraya. Being a slave isn’t all bad. Though
tradesmen. Common children in Eschall falls you are at the mercy of your owner, the owners
are required to go to school, where they will are required to provide all the basic amenities
learn what they need in order to survive before for life: food, clothing, shelter, and spiritual
they are dumped into the military or into their fulfillment. Apprentices, road workers, gladia-
trades. tors, builders, kagamen and forced laborers all
form the slave class. Only half-orcs are denied
The Merchant Class: merchants are not freedom from birth. It is possible for a slave
to be freed, and only half-orcs are bred for this
required to do military service, and are never
class. The rest either serve their term of their
given a vote. They do however, comprise some
slavery or die in it and any resulting children
of the most affluent citizens in Enraya. They
enter the unnamed class as orphans.
may have money, but money cannot buy a posi-
tion in a country that demands the use of magic.
Typical merchants have a good that they sell. The Unnamed: criminals, bandits, street
Slavers, paint peddlers, spice merchants, and urchins, orphans, meat processors, grave dig-
arms dealers are examples of merchant class gers, whores, executioners, street cleaners, and
so forth are the lowest of the low. These folks
are constantly in danger of being captured, be-

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 The Twilit Lands

ing slaughtered, or being taken for sacrifice by

unscrupulous individuals. The Unnamed are
lower than the slaves. They have their free-
Chapter 1

dom, but nothing else. They have no lineage,

and may be publicly slain by anyone for no par-
ticular reason at all. The advantage of being
unnamed is that they may go anywhere. They
are only bound to themselves, and as long as
they can gather the funds to leave their lot, they
can travel without permit, like an animal. In
Enrayan society, that is what these people are.
They are never allowed manufactured weap-
ons, not even a knife to cut their food. On a
highway, such folks can be seen as beggars or
robbers, bearing rough hewn stone tools. There
is danger, however, for them to be caught be-
cause being seen with anything manufactured
is a sure way to invite death.

Monks: Monks are outside of the caste sys-

tem. Monasteries in the Iltair Mountains, the
Drowned Chasm, the Deep Terubor, and Varruth
hills admit only those of the unnamed who can
reach their walls. Anyone wishing to be a monk
must declare himself unnamed before being al-
lowed entry. For an unnamed, this is a very dif-
ficult, but very rewarding path to choose, be-
cause once one becomes a monk, one gains the
use of a name given by the Monastery. For
a person forsaking his or her given name,
it is equally difficult, because the fam-
ily of the one giving up his name re-
gards that person as dead. Monks
are prized in Enraya for their knowl-
edge of combat, and are often called
upon for their wisdom. Retired career
soldiers often choose this path. Monks
are technically still unnamed, because
the monastery owns the names, not the
people they are given to, but monks are

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 Drownedlanders
Races of Enraya Part 2:
Other Races
About Drownedlanders
Drownedlander:
Medium Humanoid (aquatic)
Drownedlanders are new subspecies of hu- notice this unnatural respiratory rate.
man, the result of the same arcane disaster that They wear waterproof clothing in much
formed the Bay of Enraya.
Personality: Drownedlanders enjoy the same around 130 years.
tastes and aspirations as any human. Like reg-
ular humans, they run the gamut of personali-
ties and physical traits. All of them, however,
revere magical ability above all abilities. It is
a fascination common to the Enrayan culture,
whether terrestrial or aquatic. Drownedlanders
are also quite insulted to be called nonhuman.
Physical Description: The average
Drownedlander looks in height and structure
much like their terrestrial counterparts, though
a bit taller, thicker and exceptionally more mus-
cular, averaging between 5’5”-7’0” and 150-
350 lbs. They have only two toes connected
by thick cartilaginous webbing and are only
slightly longer than dryland feet. Their hands
are longer and wider than the average human
hand, with webbing connecting clear up to the
first joint of their fingers. Eye color is almost
always blue or gray. Their skin is pale, rubbery
to the touch like dolphin skin, and waterproof.
The only hair they retain past childhood is the
hair on their heads and in males, on their faces.
Many of them now file their teeth to points.
They have also lost the ability to sweat.
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Their mode of cooling is through their former
respiratory system. A Drownedlander’s lungs
cannot process oxygen, but can provide an ef-
fective heat exchange. When cooling, They ap-
pear to be panting, but they pant at a faster pace
than any medium size air breather could without
passing out. When observing a Drownedland-
er, a character can make a DC 25 spot check to
the same style as normal humans do. They are
considered adults at age 15 and can live to be
Alignment: any. As with humans, they favor
no alignment, not even neutrality.
Drownedlander Lands: The Bay of Enra-
ya and the Sea of Sorrow are the only places
Drownedlanders truly call home.
Religion: Drownedlanders worship the Enray-
an Pantheon.
Language: Common and Aquan. Drowned-
landers receive Aquan as an automatic language.
Their association with the sea and the magic
surrounding their unique transformation grants
them an innate ability to speak the language.
Bonus languages: elven, draconic, all languag-
es of sentient aquatic creatures. Drownedland-
ers wasted no time in exploring the mysteries of
the deep once they figured out how to survive,
and readily took to the languages of sea.
Names: Drownedland names are as varied as
human names, but they all have at least two or
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 The Twilit Lands

three. The first is the surface name, the second

is the aquatic name, and the third is usually a --superior low light vision: Drownedlanders
family name. Drownedlanders keep extensive can see four times better than a human in star-
records of their history and origin; lest it be lost
Chapter 1

light, moonlight, torchlight, or similar condi-

as have other races’. tions.

Drownedlanders as Characters: --Human blood: for all effects related to race,

(the following creature is open content) a Drownedlander is considered human. A
Drownedlanders have the following racial drownedlander recieves 1 bonus feat at first
traits level.
--Medium Size
--weapon familiarity: due to their environ-
--ability score adjustments: Str +2, dex –2. ment, nets are considered martial weapons
Living in the water has made these human sub-
species strong, but their minimal adaptations --Special adaption: 1 in 100 drownedlander
make them somewhat clumsy in and out of wa- children are born amphibious. To the drowned-
ter. landers, this is always a fortuitous occasion. A
Drownedlander character can take the Amphib-
--aquatic subtype: a Drownedlander has a ious (ex) special ability in place of its character
swim speed of 30 ft. Drownedlanders can creation feat only. This represents an inherited
drink from and survive in both freshwater and trait. An amphibious Drownedlander is born
saltwater. lacking the webbing between its fingers, and
its hands are the size of an average human. It
--land speed 20 ft, and cannot run on land. can breathe air through its gills, but still can-
While they walk well enough and can fit into not sweat, and still pants like its purely aquatic
shoes to disguise their unique feet, their feet kin. Its feet are not any better adapted to land
are not fully able to support their bodies well travel. Amphibious Drownedlanders are usu-
enough to allow for running. They have a –5 ally adventurers.
penalty to jump checks on land but take no pen-
alty when jumping out of water. They also take Skills: A Drownedlander has a +8 racial bonus
a –2 penalty to dexterity based skill checks in- on any Swim check to perform some special
volving the legs on land. In the water they have action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose
no such penalties to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted
. or endangered. It can use the run action while
--gills: Drownedlanders can survive out of wa- swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.
ter for 1 hour per point of constitution unless it The drownedlander warrior presented here had
has the amphibious trait--see special adaption. the following ability scores before racial ad-
(After that refer to the suffocation rules in the justments: Str 12, Dex 13, Con 11, Int 10, Wis
DMG) 9, Cha 8.

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 Drownedlanders

DROWNEDLANDER STAT BLOCK

Drownedlander, 1st-Level Warrior

Chapter 1
Medium Humanoid (Aquatic)
Hit Dice: 1d8+2 (6 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares, cannot run on land), swim 30 ft.
Armor Class: 13 (+1 Dex, +2 leather), touch 11, flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+2
Attack: Net +2 melee (1d8+1) or longspear +2 ranged (1d8/x2)
Full Attack: Net +2 melee (1d8+1) or longspear +2 ranged (1d8/x2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: —
Special Qualities: Human blood, weapon familiarity(nets), special adaption (Amphibious),
superior low-light vision, gills
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +1, Will –1
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 11, Con 11, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8
Skills: Listen +0, Spot +1, Swim +12
Feats: amphibious(feat option as per special adaption feature), Dodge
Environment: Equatorial aquatic
Organization: Solitary, Party (2–4), Marine Unit (11–20 plus 2 3rd-level lieutenants and 1 cap-
tain of 3rd–6th level), or Marine Squadron (30–60 plus 1 3rd-level sergeant per 20 privates, 5
5th-level lieutenants, 3 7th-level captains, 1 12thlevel colonel, and 20 sea elf auxillia)
Advancement: by class level

Favored Class: Ranger A Drownedlander is Elves

innately interested in his new environment, and
since Humans have had limited access to the
deeps, these folk are far traveling and explorers
of the most curious sort.
There are all varieties of elf living in Enraya,
but the most common are the Wood Elves, na-
tive to the Terubor, and the Sea Elves, native to
the Sea of Sorrow, and also to the Bay of Enra-
ya. Sea Elves in the Bay live alongside humans,
and were instrumental in helping them to adapt
to their new ecological niche. The language of
each elven subtype is different from every other
elf, so for elves in Enraya, they receive not sim-
ply Elven, but high elven, Wood Elven, Sea El-
ven, or other such subtype of language accord-

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ing to their own subtype. It is considered an

inherent language, so a high Elf raised among ern capitals on Karayim.
wood elves would still have High Elven as an
automatic language along with common, which
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is learned, and for the elf, they would still have

Halflings
Halflings are transient gypsies. They are this
to take wood elven as a bonus language.
way throughout Karayim. This is because long
Elven Religion is one of nature, primar-
ago, they had wings, but for some reason, they
ily. The elves of Enraya believe that they were
lost them. Halflings have no written history, and
descended from gods that came from other re-
the truth has been lost to legend. The Halflings
alities, and died here millennia ago from natural
of Enraya believe that they angered the sky god
causes. There are some cults that still adhere
Imaris, and he cursed them to a terrestrial exis-
to these dead gods, but for the most part, elves
tence. Every once in a while, to prove the fact
do not concern themselves with formalized re-
that they did once have wings, a Halfling child
ligion. It is not known what happens to Elves
will be born with wing stumps protruding from
after they die, but their souls never make it to
its back. These are little more than bumps, but
the outer planes.
the musculature that should provide for flight is
all intact in these children. They have worked
Half-elves wit the gnomish technomancers to create me-
Half Elves are somewhat cursed. Their souls chanical wings that are functional once applied.
are an unnatural blending of a mortal being of These children are the Skyborn, and they are
this multiverse, and a mortal being that was sacred to all Halflings as prophets of Imaris.
originally not part of this multiverse. In life,
they are too elven to be human, and too human
to remain among their elven kin. Their souls
Elans
There is only one enclave of Elans, and it lies
after death have a hard journey to make. They
at the base of the Crag Island spire. There, they
can reach the outer planes, but it takes them
host a monastery for humanoid with psionic tal-
longer to find the gate that lead to the afterlife,
ent. Unlike most Elan enclaves, the Crag Island
and so most don’t even try to make it.
Elans do not have a list of petitioners wanting
Gnomes to become Elan. Instead, every human who
Gnomes are one of the Middle Races, Meaning comes to study there gets to be on the list, and
they were among the second group of sentient the council chooses from among them, making
races to inhabit the Material Plane. For the an offer secretly to those they elect. If ever any
most part Gnomes are as they are everywhere. human learns of the true purpose of the monas-
In Enraya, however, they have become more tery, the Elans act quickly, wiping their minds
cosmopolitan. Gnomes share citizenship in of any knowledge. Thus they have kept them-
Enraya, and are an integral part of society. Es- selves secret for millennia.
chall Falls used to be mostly gnomish in popu- Originally, Elans were developed in
lation, and the architecture of the city reflects Therangia, but to all other countries, that coun-
it. Gnomes being expert crasftsmen and inven- try is a legend. Only the Elans know why some
tors, the city is probably one of the most mod-

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 Other SentientRaces
left that place.
Dwarves
The history of dwarves in Enraya is a
very sad tale. They warred with other creatures
that shared their darkened realms, conquering
and invading cavern after cavern. This brought
thim into conflict with Dragons, who were
equally greedy.
Eventually, the Dwarves lost out. Their
empires crumbled and they were forever forced
into the light of day. Dwarves in Enraya live
a tribal life in the depths of the forests of the
Terubor, and have developed a superstitious
dislike for caves.
Lizardfolk
Lizardfolk tribes are quite common in
the Terubor, but little is known about them.
They have a tribal society, and their priests all
favor a yellow powder they call Kurak. It gives
them visions, so they claim, but human apothe-
caries see it as nothing but ordinary sulfur rock.
The lizardfolk disagree however, and they can
indeed tell the difference between Kurak and a
normal lump of sulphur.
Half-Races
Aasimar, Tiefling, half-dragon, half-Celestial,
and Half-demon. Enraya venerates crosses be-
tween magical races and the human race. As
long as it brings a sense of inherant magic to the
bloodlines of mankind, Enrayans tolerate it.
The Undead
An ancient rumor about Enraya is that it
is the origin of the first undead. Of all the sur-
rounding civilizations, no other culture has the
tolerance for, or even the variety of sentient un-
dead present among the Enrayans. In Eschall
Falls, though it has always been the sorrow of
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the gnomes, the humans have built an entire
quarter--the black quarter, to sentient undead.
In Eschall falls, the Black Quarter is
contained. In order to pass by the cemetary gate
and into the quarter, You need to pass through
the Pair. These are two huge stone idols, one
depicting a gynosphynx, and the other depict-
ing an androsphynx. These represent the two
gatekeepers, Quixar-aa and Nheb-Sept. The
living come into the Black quarter at their own
risk. The undead, however, are not allowed to
enter the living quarters without paperwork.
There are also certain types that are le-
gal, and others that are not. Typical undead,
meaning those corporeal undead that have no
other designation are the most revred of un-
dead. These are always those who have peti-
tioned directly with Meridan, the god of death.
By dedicating themselves solely to him, they
are given an afterlive away from Kai-re’oh, the
realm of the dead. They gain unlife for as long
as they wish, but they pay a stiff price. Once
undead, their souls can never return to the up-
per planes.
Named types of undead are all restrict-
ed. Undead that have spawning abilities are
banned. Liches aer also banned, but because
they have usurped Meridan’s authority and
have stolen his gifts. Incorporeal undead are
hunted wherever they are found. They are con-
sidered to be evading their fate or lost on the
way, or insane. There is even a division of un-
dead dedicated to hunting them.
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Chapter 2
Deities of Enraya
 Deities ofEnraya
The Enrayan Pantheon
The country of Enraya is ancient. They
Chapter 2
are a race of humans that are usually pale of
skin, but easily tanned and not inclined to
freckle. Their hair and eye color is usually any
color but brown. Their people are arranged into
a caste system with spontaneous magic users
on the top and mundane humans on the bottom,
with clerics, soldiers, and merchants some-
where in the middle.
They are a people that revere dragons as
the root of the purest members of their ances-
try, although over the years, Enrayans have not
been shy in coupling with other magical and
outsider races. The progeny from such a join-
ing are welcomes into civilization and encour-
aged to breed into the population to enhance the
magical nature of the people.
Most of the lore surrounding Enrayan
religion has been lost, usurped, tainted, or dis-
placed by other cultures’ influence, and the in-
fluence of the outsiders and magical creatures
have warped the purity of the religion.
The oldest written documents are on
carved stone tablets and obelisks in Delta City,
and are believed to be over 4000 years old.
There is still a sizable following of the panthe-
on, and even if Enrayans worship other deities,
all of them will pay passing homage. The pan-
theon is an ancient part of their culture. When
asked they will say “Oh, I follow so and so, and
I am Enrayan.”
Folk who worship the Enrayan pantheon
worship it as a pantheon, rather than the loose
collection of deities seemingly favored by the
rest of humanity.
There are 3 principal deities, and one head de-
ity. These four do not seem to need the adher-
ent worship demanded by other deities for the
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simple fact that the domains of these are shared
by every creature, and so by existing, a sentient
creature brings honor to these beings. The prin-
cipal four are not likely to be seen personally by
the sentient races with the exception of one, but
they still grant power to their patroned clerics.
The lesser pantheon Deities still seem to de-
mand some form of attention. While the Gods
of the greater pantheon are neutral, the lesser
gods have an aspect of law or chaos, but are
all neutral, being neither good nor evil. Clerics
of the pantheon will always claim one deity as
their patron, through which his or her domains
are drawn, but all the deities are given honor
as a true pantheon. Clerics who have claimed
one of the greater pantheon as their patron de-
ity have no alignment restriction. Clerics who
have claimed one of the lesser pantheon must
be within one step of their patron, and Clerics
who have claimed an eternal servant must be
the exact alignment as their patron.
The Sun, Moons, and Stars
An Enrayan creation myth
According to Enrayan Mythology,
Eons ago, before the creation of the first race,
Yvara had a monopoly on sex, and she began to
abuse the privilege of being the only principal
Goddess. The Gods viewed incest as distaste-
ful, so they formed their own Mistresses in se-
cret. Myridon had a special powder that would
give their creations life and Godly status.
Imaris distracted Yvara as Dovram and
Myridon created their two beings. They were
beautiful, luminous creatures. They named
them H’rashi and Lorei and they hid them in
 Creation Myth

Yvara attacked, raking her nails down Shiman-

dra’s face and gouging out her right eye. To
this day, she still bears the scars, and with her
the sky. Imaris charged his daughter Shiman-

Chapter 2
one eye, can never aim her lightening with the
dra to guard them and hide them from Yvara.
perfect accuracy she once had.
As Dovram and Myridon returned to their plac-
Wounded, Shimandra retreated, and
es, Imaris came into the workroom. Finding
Yvara saw the moons. Enraged that these beings
all the ingredients laid out for him, he began
had broken her monopoly, she tried to destroy
to form his own, but not being skilled in using
them. The Gods were too slow, and they knew
Dovram’s materials, Imaris’s woman looked
that Yvara would kill their creations. In an-
larger than the others.
guish, Imaris ordered Noctiri to save them, and
He thought about destroying the model,
so she did, covering them with the cloak. They
knowing that it would be hard to hide such a
began to run, but Yvara persued them, rending
large creature. He lifted his hammer to destroy
the cloak when she could touch it. When she
it, but as he moved his feet to steady himself,
saw the Shi’phari through the tattered cloak,
he bumped the table, and the powder jar shat-
her anger was boundless, and she became ber-
tered all over the statue. Instantly it came to
serk, doubling her efforts.
life, dazzling Imaris’s eyes with a blinding ra-
Shi’phari, H’rashi, Lorei and Noctiri
dience. She shined so brightly that he feared
would have made it together, had not Sarvis
nothing could hide her from Yvara. In his
remembered her whip and struck out with it,
haste, he threw his cloak over her, and set Noc-
catching Shi’phari’s ankle. Shi’phari fell, to
tiri, one of his servants, to guard her with its
the maniacal glee of Yvara, and Noctiri ran far-
life. Since there was nothing else that he could
ther away, not realizing that one of her charges
do, he named the being Shi’phari. Noctiri took
was gone. The instant Yvara touched Shi’phari,
the cloak and made sure that she was well cov-
however, she screamed in agony and retreated.
ered.
Shi’phari was so bright that she had burned
Meanwhile, Yvara was already suspicious. Shi-
Yvara’s hands and arms. Yvara stopped, pain
mandra had been gone a long time. This would
wracking her. The skin on her arms grew back
have worried her but little if only she hadn’t
scarred and discolored. To this day, whenever
seen the flash from Dovram’s workroom. When
the sun touches the ocean, it turns red, pink,
Imaris came home with Dovram’s clay on his
purple and orange, the same color of her scarred
hands, she knew instantly what was happening,
arms.
and followed Imaris to the secret place. When
Dovram caught up to Yvara first and
she saw Shimandra there, became enraged at
subdued her. Defeated and seeking the cold
her daughter for betraying her by assisting.
water to cool her burns, she dove into the ocean
She laid in wait again, her anger boiling, until
and wept bitterly, her tears turning the sea to
Imaris left. Then she raced out and demanded
salt. She swore never again to let her brethren
that Shimandra let her see what she was hiding.
touch her. Bessina felt her mother’s pain and
Shimandra would not let her see. In her anger
comforted her in her own deep domain. As for
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tried desparately to catch up to Noctiri and the

moons, but they were too far away.
Yvara found that she could not leave uncles in creating the celestials, Yvara imposed
the waters. Her burns hurt too badly, and her a limit on her so that Shimandra could not stray
Chapter 2

hair was sodden and heavy, weighing her down. far or long from her and possibly hide another
Noctiri, seeing that her foe was subdued, tried creation. Shi’phari, learning these boundaries,
to stop, but found that when she did, they began tends to linger in places far from Yvara, and
to fall from the sky. Yvara noted this also and these places, the deserts, burn with her heat be-
tried to catch them again. Noctiri knew that cause she lingers there. .
they were doomed to run for all eternity. If they
ever stopped, they would fall, and Yvara would
kill them.
Imaris knew this too, and dedicated his
service to assisting them. He patched up the
cloak, but sewing on the run is shoddy work The Greater Pantheon
and the cloak was still full of little holes where
sun’s light still shines through. The moons, Imaris
desparate to see their lovers, come out of Imaris is the Principal God of the Sky. Eons
Noctiri’s arms and run for awhile, but ago, he left the sphere of the gods to keep watch
because they are injured, have to return over the Sun and moons. His symbol is the star.
to her arms to rest. Thus held they are Acording to mythology, the stars are his gaze
hidden, but when they run, Yvara sees peering at the world through the cloak of Noc-
them and tries to grab them, should tiri He is known as the watcher, the lord of
they come too close or fall.. Thus time, the dancemaster, the weaver of fate.
the waters are ever affected by the Domains: air, sun, oracle(CD)
moons.
The sun forever follows
Noctiri, never catching up, and for-
Dovram
Dovram is the principal god of the Earth.
ever incurring the wrath of Yvara,
Eons ago, he fell asleep to attempt to heal him-
who never strikes out for fear of
self from Myridon’s attack upon him. When
getting burned again, though she
he wakes, the earth trembles, and when he is
might reach for her out of a deep-
stirred to anger, the people suffer. Due to the
seated need for revenge. The avarice
prolonged battle with his fellow god, he is
between the sun and the waters was so
a twisted, scarred abberation marked as if
great that Shimandra took pity on the
from years of torture. He is known as the
sun and covered her while she races over
man of the mountains, the twisted wan-
the waters until she can find safety on the
derer.
land, but since she is also injured, she can-
Domains: Earth, Destruction,
not keep up with her forever. Not only that,
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Yvara
Appearance: She is a gorgeous, sensual de-
ity with robin’s egg blue skin and silvery hair.

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Myridan
She wears no clothes other than a pair of el-
Myridan is the principal god of the underworld,
bow length white gloves which cover horrible
known as Kai’re-oh. Eons ago Myridan was
burns.
actually responsible for the creation of humans,
Yvara is the principal goddess of the waters and
but humans shied away from worshipping him,
of life. Ancient texts say she was also the god-
instead turning their attentions toward Dovram,
dess of all women and of sexuality in general.
who could offer plants and soil that could
Because she is the only female of the principal
sustain a mortal’s life. Myridan grew
dieties, she is also referred to as the head,
jealous of the attention to Dovram.
though she has no more true power than
Humans began to pay Dovram
her contemporaries. Due to the mythol-
all obecience, while Myridan
ogy behind her eternal wounds, She is
became relatively forgotten by
also the bringer of sorrow, and is known
them. In his jealous indignation,
as the weeping mother, the burned one,
he launched a war against his cre-
the lady of a thousand suitors.
ation. This, arguably, is what brought
Domains: Healing, Water
evil into the world, and he was branded as
such for a long time, for he commanded his
immoral servants to take, posess, and drag near- The Lesser Pantheon
ly all humans down to their master. Dovram These gods are so named because they are the
called out in anguish, for he had come to love true get of the principal gods.
humans, and was aided by Imaris. Together,
they pushed Myridan back to his domain. Karvu
But his mark remained upon the human race. Appearance: He is the father of the Naeris, a
Death was to be an eternal part of life, so that strange deity that appears almost like a stone
humans might never forget him. Never again giant and is responsible for volcanoes, earth-
was the name of Myridan forgotten, for each quakes, and blizzards, the winds from the dry
mortal must meet him. He has the head and places as well as the things which are associ-
wings of a black dragon, but the pale, sinuous ated with the mountains. He is also the patron
arms of a comforting mother. His long robes deity of beer.
always cover his feet and body. He seems al- Alignment: CN
ways to hover, part shadow, part corporeal, his Domains: Chaos, Cold
unblinking eyes the milky color of the blind orb Weapon: Hammer
Myridan is known as the Jealous one, the blind Symbol: stylized mountain
judge, the master of equality, the scorned. Father: Dovram
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Bissina
Appearance: She is a drawn and deathly pallid
deity with long flowing hair and navy eyes with
Vellorn
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phosphorescent whites. She wears a flowing,

translucent covering that flows around her in the Myridon’s assult upon humanity was halted at
water. Her eyes are deep and troubling, filled last by an arrangement. The three gods all saw
with the horrors of the darkness and silence of that indeed, Myridon was being slighted, but
the deep ocean. Her face is careworn, from his humans refused to worship death. They all
comforting her mother. She rides her Great enjoyed life and demanded the extended time
Whale over all the ocean, and she is moody enjoyed by the other races.
and solitary. Her priestesses are the pilots of allDefeated by his siblings at the end of his war,
ships. She is the Goddess of the Deep ocean Myridon ceased killing off mankind and let
and sea lanes. them worship Dovram in life. He left man-
Domains: Law, Travel kind to do as they pleased, promising
Weapon: Harpoon never again to actively destroy hu-
Symbol: counterclockwise, mans. The price to humans was
wavy spiral the effect of their lifespan, so
Father: Myridon that they might never forget
their destiny. To seal this pact,
Shimandra Dovram and Myridon took a
Appearance: Shimandra, the piece of themselves and created
Mother of the Daelis, has the Vellorn. Vellorn appears to be
head and feet of a golden eagle, a large, grey werewolf in hybrid
and a muscular body the same form. However, despite his ap-
color as the black storm clouds she pearance, he is well spoken and dip-
commands. Her fingers are taloned. Her lomatic. He wears the rough clothes of a
forearms are feathered with pinions. She wears farmer and carries a scythe.
nothing but a loincloth and a short tunic. She is Vellorn is the god of the crops, the god of mach-
quick tempered and deadly fast. She has only inations, and the god of waste. He is the har-
one functional eye though. Yvara, in her an- vester, the sentinel, the master of the hounds,
ger, blinded her right eye. Shimandra is the the oathbinder.
God of ocean borne Storms, Lady of the rains, Alignment: LN
bringer of the hurricanes and Typhoons. Also Symbol: a sheaf of grain
the life bringer, mistress of the gentle rains and Domains: Healing, Protection
the cloaked lady of the mists Weapon: natural attack (bite)
Domains: Destruction, War
Alignment: LN
Weapon: Javelin
Symbol: lightening bolt
Father: Imaris

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they are too powerful to be servants, but are

not powerful enough to have earned a place on
Eternal Servants the lesser pantheon. Some myths say that they

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were the illicit get of the greater gods incestu-
The eternal servants represent some aspect of ous behavior, others say that these are the re-
the deities of the pantheon, or are peripherally sult of pairing with anonymous gods from other
associated with them. They have no temples pantheons, and still others to nature spirits.
of their own, instead occupying alcoves within
a specific deity’s shrine. A cleric claiming an
eternal servant as a patron can choose not only The Daelis
the domains specific to the Servant, but also the The lads, the north winds, the dry
domains of the Lesser or Greater pantheon de- Lesser Deities(Neutral)
ity it is ascociated with. These beings can be of The Daelis are the sons of Karvu: a trio of dei-
any power from hero deity to demigod. Here ties that act as one. They are seen sometimes
are the most famous of them: as gnomes and sometimes as human men, but
more often as satyrs or as cloud giants. They
are represented by three stars in the plow--
the major constellation in the dry season sky.
Ris’
These are male deities, and all clerics are male.
the father of Rice Spirits
The names of the three are Tonsis, Ekris, and
Rice is the staple crop of Enraya. It is little
Darthir. As the myth goes, they fell in love with
surprise that the Enrayan Pantheon has a deity
the Naeris and so chased after them. They in-
dedicated to rice. Ris’ is a son of Vellorn. His
vented the boat in order to better persue their
sons are the spirits of the rice plants, his daugh-
love, and humans saw it, and reproduced it,
ters are the Ris’an, the huge yellow flowers that
and so are revered as the protector of ships and
herald the planting season. Just recently, the
shipping. The Daelis chased the Naeris far out
spirits of the kelp plant Ris’lon were declared
to sea, but they ran out of fresh water and were
to be the grandsons of Ris’.
too far removed from the Earth that sustained
Domains: Life, plant
them, and so were forced to turn back. Each
Alignment: neutral Good
year they try to go out, but they can never catch
Ascociated Deity: Vellorn
the Naeris. They rule over the North Winds
that bring the dry season. They are never wor-
The Naeris and the Daelis shipped as seperate deities.
The origins of the nation of Enraya Symbol:: Three stars in the constellation of the
Enrayans are so ancient that they have made plow.
myths to explain their creation. Whether or not Portfolio: the north wind, ships, fresh water,
these are true, the Deities they associate with commerce
the origin of their country are indeed real. Domains:: Air, Earth, travel
These two trios are given enough attention that Prayers:: worshippers don’t often pray formal-
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the harvest. All prayers to them are done facing
North.
Rites:: clergy of the Lads christen ships, peti-
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tions the Daelis for profitable commerce, and
blesses the fields in the dry season.
Temples:: The main temple to the Daelis sits in
three parts: two parts as twin spires on either
side of the Kalen mouth in White district and a
third spire in Royal district. Seen from the air,
the spires align with the stars on the winter sol-
stice.
Herald and Allies:: the Daelis use a trio of sa-
tyrs as their heralds
Favored Weapon: hammer (expectation),
greatsword(north Wind), kamas(trial and need)
The Naeris
The daughters of the Sea, the water Maidens
Lesser Deities(Neutral)
The Naeris are a trio of deities that act as one.
They are the daughters of Shimandra, but they
were stolen away at birth by Bissina to be raised
by Yvara. They are represented by three stars
in the Anchor--the major constellation in the
wet season sky. These are female deities, and
all clerics are female. The names of the three
are Trana, Ilanna, and Havinne. According to
mythology, the Naeris were fond of playing
upon the shores of Enraya until the Daelis spot-
ted them frolicking and gave chase. The Naeris
fled from them, and are ever persued, though
they love to play by the land and return to it
when the Daelis return to their nothern home
beyond the mountains. As they were fleeing
from the Naeris, they threw up storms to block
or destroy the ship, hindering the Daelis to the
point of futility. The Naeris represent the south
winds that bring not only rain and heat for the
growth of crops, but also the pestillence and
disease that is common to swamplands in the
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summer. They are not evil deities, simply natu-
ral ones, and those who worship them accept
that. They are NEVER worshipped as seperate
deities. Most of her clergy are now Drowned-
landers.
Symbol:: Three stars in the constellation of the
anchor.
Portfolio: the south wind, saltwater, growth,
pestillence
Domains:: Air, Water, Destruction
Prayers:: worshippers don’t often pray formally,
but all prayers are done facing the south. People
often pray to them to endure disease brought by
the rainy seasons
Rites:: clergy of the Maidens bless the fields
for planting, ask for good weather on a voyage,
or purify water. The most interesting rite in-
volves embarkation on a ship. There is always
a Cleric of the Naeris on every Enrayan ship,
and her sole job is to stand in the bow at sunrise
and sunset and “convince” the Naeris that the
ship does not bear the Daelis, thereby avoiding
the storms they might throw in the path of the
ship.
Temples:: The main temple to the Naeris sits in
three parts just as the temple to the Daelis, but
it sits in the drowned Capital of Delta City. In
Eschall Falls, The temple to the Naeris sits at
the mouth of the bay of Sin, a huge edifice of
coral below and of white stone above. The top
of the Eschall Falls temple is a beacon that can
be seen not only out to sea, but from the river
north of the falls. it is officially in the Orange
quarter, and all ships must pass it as they enter
the harbor from the Bay of Enraya.
Herald and Allies:: the Daelis use a trio of
sylphs as their heralds
Favored Weapon: tridents(authority, tradewind,
) net (lifesnare)
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H’rashi

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The jade moon
The Heavenly Bodies H’rashi is the green moon, originally intended
to be Dovram’s mistress. Her prominence is
Three servants form the heavenly bodies. En- celebrated in the spring, when her color turns
rayans use their positions in the sky to deter- truly turquoise. Since farmers depend largely
mine which God is of more prominence in any on luck and prayers when it comes to planting
given time of the year. The stars are not deities and growing crops, she has become ascociated
at all. They are merely consulted to determine with luck.
the will of the Watcher, Imaris. Domains: Luck
Alignment: neutral
Noctiri Ascociated Deity: Dovram
The enfolding night
Noctiri is quite simply the night sky. Lorei
Her tattered cloak hides the moons The pale moon
and the sun Lorei is the smaller, pale
Domains: Protection, travel moon originally intended
Alignment: Chaotic Good to be Myridon’s mistress.
Ascociated Deity: Imaris Her prominence is cele-
brated after the harvest, when
Shi’phari the fields lie fallow. Funer-
The lady sun als in Enraya always invoke
Lady Shi’phari is one Lorei, as it is believed that
of the tragic trinity of she guides pure Enrayan souls
the night sky. Originally to her master, Myridon.
intended to be Imaris’s Domains: death
mistress, she is instead Alignment: Neutral
eternally pursued by Acociated Deity: Myridon
Yvara.
Domains: Sun
Alignment: Neu-
Ancestor Worship
Ancestor worship is common
tral
in Enraya as an extension of
Ascociated Deity:
the worship of Myridon. Every
Imaris
family keeps extensive track of
the ancestors, making little shrines to
them in their houses. They commonly petition
their ancestors to plead for them, and to per-
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ally comes from Myridon and his servants, but

the truth is that since Myridon is a dead god,
and his servants are all bound to his dominion,
underworld elsewhere, guards the gate against
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he requires the dead to petition for the living.

intrusion, and against unregulated exit.
He instructs his dead to standby and be inter-
Alignment: Neutral Good. Nheb-Sebht has
mediaries. The ancestors listen, and carry the
been known to consume souls that he finds
prayers to the servants, who, given enough im-
particularly despicable. Though he is bound
portance, may take the message on to Myridon
to guard the gate and judge souls, he is neutral
or may bestow a miracle upon that ancestor to
regarding law and chaos. His job balances his
deliver to the living.
otherwise chaotic nature. He can be persuad-
ed to allow the living to pass in and spirits to
Nheb-Sebht pass out, given the proper incentive. Bargain-
The underworld guardian , god of the far gate ing with him is an art form that living mediums
and the dead with enough motivation must
Nheb-Sebht (ne-HEB sept), an An- master if they with to communicate or
drosphynx, was one of the ear- travel beyond their native plane.
liest creatures ever to roam Portfolio: meduims, guards,
the multiverse. He is the souls
guardian of the second gate Worshippers: Sphynxes, hu-
between the material plane mans, guards
and Myridan’s realm. His Cleric Alignments: LG, NG,
gate lies upon the approach CG
Kai-re’oh, the Enrayan pan- Domains: Repose, Protection
theon’s underworld. Nheb- Favored weapon: Natural attack
Sebht is also the patron of (claw)
all ancestors. He is the deity
humans pray to when they wish
to send spirits and the undead from the Legend: Nheb-Sebht was a martyred hero in the
material plane onward and when they want to battle between Imaris and Myridan. His deeds
invoke their ancestors for favors. have since been forgotten with time, but after
his death, Myridan put Nheb-Sebht in charge
Symbol: An Androsphinx, rampant, in front of of judging souls and sending them to the proper
an adimantium gate sections of his domain. Nheb-Sebht accepted it
Home Plane: the astral plane. Nheb-Sebht in- with honor, but while he accepted this position,
habits a permanent demiplane within the astral his wife remained mortal, and began to pine for
plane that all souls must pass by in order to en- him. She became a medium in order to speak
ter the underworld. His job as the guardian of with him, but this attention distracted him from
the far gate is to judge a soul and open the gate his task, and Myridan was displeased.
into its proper place, sending it onward into the
underworld. He also allows traffic from the

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to ever enter Myridan’s domains. Too much of

her was no longer living. Instead, he granted
her the position of guide and guardian over the

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At first, Myridan wished to simply kill gate at the beginning of the journey. In this
Quixar’aa, but Nheb-Sebht convinced him of way, the pair has been allowed to remain to-
the foolishness of that choice. With him at the gether, seeing each other on rare times when
gates, Quixar’aa would simply continue to dis- the paths are aligned, and the way between the
tract him, continually sneaking up to the gates gates is clear.
in order to remain close. He loved her dearly
and did not want to see her suffer.
Meanwhile, Quixar’aa had already sac- Quixar’aa
rificed her body to the whim of arcanists to The intermediary, the guardian at the cross-
unnaturally extend her life through the use of roads, the queen of riddles, the clockwork
magical clockworks. As he stood guard over dreamer, the patron of wizards
the gates, he developed a plan to set her
permanently within his sight with- Symbol: A gynosphynx curled into a
out distracting him. He watched fetal position, lying on her left
many souls struggle to reach side against the background
him, often becoming lost of a gear
or being consumed by fell Home Plane: the astral
creatures along the way. plane. Quixar’aa inhab-
His heart ached to see these its a permanent demi-
losses, but with the task he plane within the astral
was set to do he could not plane that all souls must
leave his post, and so he pass by or risk becoming
watched helplessly as soul lost upon the astral plane.
after soul lost their way. Her job as the guardian of
His plan was simple. He the near gate is to nudge a
sat at the far gate, but no creature sat soul upon the path it must
at the near gate, ready to direct and guide take to get to the far gate. She also
souls, and to rescue lost souls. He presented knows the safest paths and gates to enter every
his idea to Myridan, who was intrigued by the other plane.
idea. It was a known fact that the journey from Alignment: Neutral. She teaches balance be-
the material plane to Myridan’s plane was the tween all alignments, for to accept any align-
most perilous journey any mortal would make, ment other than neutrality is to blind one’s self
and the addition of another guardian would ex- to all the possible solutions to all riddles.
pedite the process of delivering souls to the un- Portfolio: wizards, travel, riddles
derworld. One night, as the pale moon waxed Worshippers: Sphynxes, lore, travellers
in the sky, Myridan came to visit Quixar’aa. Cleric Alignments: N, CN, LN, NG, NE Align-
Unfortunately, in her state, she was ineligible ment does not matter to her as it does to her
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everyone as they come, ensuring that all who
come through her plane actually go through the
gate of testing from wherever they come.
Domains: Death, Magic, Knowledge
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Favored weapon: Natural attack (claw)
Description:
Quixar’aa is a deity ravaged by her choices
from when she was mortal. In the war, she was
terribly disfigured, but did not die. While her
husband became the guardian of the far
gate, she was forced to survive on the
material plane. At some point in time,
she will never quite reveal when, in-
stead of accepting regeneration,
she and a few wizards devel-
oped arcane clockworks that
mimicked life and could re-
place flesh for those willing
to accept the concequence. She
was half-Mezarch: a creature who has arcanely
attached crystal, gold, and mithral clockworks
to its flesh body. By the time Myridan came to
offer her a position she was a construct, inca-
pable of reaching the far gate.
Her form is still somewhat tortured in
appearance. Her left hind leg, her wings, and
parts of her face are obviously mechanical, but
intricately crafted. Her right front leg is coated
in her original flesh, but is also mechanical, as
evidenced by her claws, which are made of adi-
mantium. Her eyes are twin jewels of topaz,
made to look just like her original eyes.
The flesh from her right side is stretched
across her back to be clamped, snapped, and
riveted to her left side, giving her the appear-
ance of being entirely clockwork over which
some careless creator has strapped the only part
of a pelt he had. Over her chest, a window re-
veals her mechanical heart, its wheels and gears
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turning eternally counter-clockwise.
Dogma: The first word that comes to
the mind when mentioning Quixar’aa is indif-
ferent. She has spent so long inviting spirits to
move through her realm that she feels she has
seen everything in the multiverse.
She hardly ever leaves her demiplane,
she does not care to ex-
tend her influence, she
accepts all who wish
to worship her, but
she doesn’t care to
formalize that wor-
ship. She simply ex-
ists, presenting a riddle to the
living who seek
her out. It is only
through her that
the dead may have a
shred of assurance of reaching the
far gate, but she also offers safe pas-
sage for the living between the planes.
She teaches, like many deities of knowl-
edge, the quest for all knowledge, but unlike
other deities, she has a special inclination to-
ward forbidden knowledge hidden beyond the
planes. Her major tenet is that her followers
should attempt to find the answer to every rid-
dle, the solution to every puzzle, and the truth
behind every mystery. She also teaches that
while evil and good must balance each other,
just as law and chaos must balance each other,
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That being said, her clerics tend to de-

pend less on faith than most clerics of other
a cause which attempts to make the multiverse deities and more on what is seen and known

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uniform, by means rooted in any alignment, is to be granted within the multiverse, while they
a cause worthy to be opposed. expect mystery and wonder from what lies be-
She offers sanctuary to those magic us- yond.
ers that use a form of magic not normally ac-
cepted or mages that are misunderstood and
Umara Rayfallow
hunted. She is also the patron deity of travelers
The teacher, the forgiving, the redeemed one
and roads and her name is often invoked at the
Demigod
beginning of every journey.
Symbol: a skull with a crown of chains, drip-
Clergy and temples: the bulk of
ping golden tears
Quixar’aa’s clergy are humans and sphinxes.
Home Plane: Material
Most of her clerics and priests are multiclassed
Alignment: Lawful Good
wizards, Mystic Theurges, and Cosmic Descry-
Portfolio: forgiveness, magic, judgement
ers.
Worshippers: rare and scattered throughout the
Her temples are nonexistent. She
multiverse wherever her influence as a lesser
doesn’t desire them. Sphynxes are not inclined
being is still felt. Centralized in Enraya, where
to build structures, but they are willing to in-
her magic college, the Crag Island School, still
habit or explore structures that have been built.
stands as her residence and her displaced liv-
Instead, her clergy will usually hold
ing and undead students still roam the
their services in their own homes or
land.
workrooms. Generally her clerics
Cleric Alignments: LG, LN
will announce a formal service
Domains: Magic, knowledge,
as a riddle contest, or as a con-
law
templation of the mysteries.
Favored weapon: Whip (righ-
Her worship is open, inviting
teous rebuttal +5 holy, thun-
to all who are called to come,
dering, axiomatic)
whether they worship her or
not. She invites the question-
Umara Rayfallow is a
ing of motives, creates a forum
new Deity in the vast pantheon
for understanding, and an oppor-
of man. Once an ancient and ter-
tunity for warring parties to explore
rible Lich, her schemes extended across
the truths existent within each faction, and
the multiverse. These mad plans ended when
thereby come to understanding. Above all, she
Umara was captured and tested by Meridan.
never proselytizes, believing and teaching that
After struggling and fighting through
religion must be a choice born of exploration,
the tests of Quixar’aa’s labrynth, and believ-
discovery and study, not blatant demand, force
ing herself the first to pass the goddess’s many
or blind acceptance.
tests, she stood before the Nheb-Sebt, only to
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reward her for her faith in coming as far as the

gate, Meridan decided to spare her unlife. He and students as well as the undead who reach
had sent his servants out, and had captured her her island.
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phylactery.
Meridan commanded her to build and
maintain an arcane school for the living on
Dogma
The worship of Umara is not entirely solidified.
the material plane with the stipulation that she
Outside the church, only a very few know her
could not deliberately train her students to be
worship as anything other that a splinter sect of
evil. Umara did so, upon the rocky crags of
Meridan’s church. Outwardly, that would
a tiny island roughly a hundred miles off the
appear to be true. Umara teaches that
former coast of Enraya. Recently, when
forgiveness is a law greater than ei-
this school was attacked by Enraya, she
ther magic or death. Forgiveness
saved some of her students and prodi-
can break a pattern of evil and/or
gies from death by stepping in and taking
chaos more thoroughly than retri-
blows intended to kill. That act was the
bution. Umara also teaches that
first selfless, altruistic act she had ever
unrestrained emotion is the
committed in her long, horrid years of
most dangerous aspect of life,
undeath.
and should be controlled at
Immediately, she left to begin
all times, lest judgment be
undoing the evils of her long existence,
clouded and the purity of law
but Meridan’s avatar was not far behind,
corrupted.
chasing her down. Umara was pressed
As for Umara’s impris-
back to the school, where, in order to
onment upon the material plane,
keep her there, was granted godhood to
she takes it as her due, knowing that
relieve her of her obligation to her past
she is still being tested. Maybe one
sins, but was sealed there to contain her
day, Meridan will declare her free of
new and growing powers. In this way,
testing and free to make her home
perhaps she will never escape Wee Jas’s
among the other members of the
testing, being forever in that deity’s
pantheon, the third undead to reach
service.
the outer planes.
Umara Rayfallow appears
Central to the teaching of Uma-
as a beautiful, copper skinned,
ra is the idea of forgiveness and
raven haired woman of inde-
redemption. Umara believes
terminate age. Her eyes are
that even the most vile of
the only clue to her past, being
evildoers, like she once was, if it was ever once
without orbs, but containing white light. Alter-
capable of good, is worthy of an attempt to re-
natively, at her choice, she can also appear as a
deem them--even if the creature has even gone
dessicated corpse wearing the tattered remains
beyond into undeath. They are not stupid in this
of her grave linens. This second form is what
belief, however, and know that the best method
she uses to appear before her closest folowers

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of redemption often involves the slaying of said
creature to free its tortured soul. Umara does
not expect a reformed one to become good, she
simply encourages evildoers to put aside their
evil before other forces make it even harder to
do so.
Always cool headed and calculating,
Umara judges each case before her, always de-
liberating with the painstaking methodology
she acquired through her millennia. She will
always gently persuade with diplomacy and
reason in order to turn an evildoer or an agent
of chaos away from their (in her opinion) de-
structive paths.
Clergy and Temples
Umara’s churches are as yet nonex-
istent, but her followers congregate in secret
places as cult gatherings or at the Crag Island
School, where they can worship her, as she re-
sides there, incarnate. Many (of the rare) good-
aligned necromancers who know of Umara are
drawn to her worship. Of the martial classes,
she attracts monks more than paladins. The
paladin’s calling to deliver Law and Good at the
end of a weapon is highly distasteful to her. Dovram began to reveal himself to humans.
Special: Umara’s clerics cannot be-
come neutral in respect to law and chaos.
Myridan’s crusade(a short myth)
Human souls were the creation of Myridan,
the gnomes were of Dovram, and the halflings
were of Imaris. What is known is that original-
ly the four deities were worshipped separately,
and enjoyed an equal following, and in the end,
would all gather to them the host of their hu-
man petitioners.
But the deities soon grew bored of eternally
watching mortals as The world settled from its
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early days. Imaris retreated into the heavens
to watch the flight of the mistresses. Myridan
contented himself with his plane. Occasional-
ly, he would gaze up at his moon, and his moon
would peer out of the cloak and both would
long for one another.
Yvara nursed her wounds in the depths
of her daughter’s domain, weeping in anguish
and rage. After a few generations passed,
Imaris and Myridan grew complacent in their
attentions, and began to take their creations for
granted. Their attentions were divided between
the earth and their planar duties.
This was not unnoticed by Dovram, who
could not readily escape the prescence of the
creations. Earth was, after all, his domain. He
began with the humans, believing that Myridan
would not notice because Myridan, more than
the other two, was fascinated by his home in
Kai’re-oh, and with the numbers of the dead
that went there. Yvara was too widely loved by
her folloewrs, for her early clergy was nothing
less than a fertility cult practiced by all races.
Speaking through his immortals,
He led followers away from Myridan, promis-
ing himself to be an attentive god. This was
pleasing to the humans, who suffered from
Myridan’s lack of attention in life, and then he
began to plot ways to steal away Imaris’s fol-
lowers.
This was noticed after some time by
Myridan, who noted the decline of souls to his
realm. He quickly discovered Dovram’s treach-
ery and reported it to Imaris, who scoffed.
“There has not been a decline in my
souls. In fact, among those in my care are some
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of yours! You need to better care for your crea-
tures, my brother. They do not seem to enjoy
leaving the sphere as much as you want them
to. Go on. I am busy.”
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“There is not yet decline because of that
crafty Dovram’s plotting! You must listen.”
But Imaris was already departing, watching the
heavens against Yvara.
Snubbed by Imaris, Myridan seethed.
His numbers were declining, and he had to get
Imaris’s attention and expose Dovram’s treach-
ery. He emptied his realm of his immortals,
raised the dead bodies of his humans and loosed
them upon the earth.
Dovram was caught by surprise as
hordes of demons and legions of undead deci-
mated the land. The sentient creatures fought
back valiantly, even the elves, dwarves, and
dragons who were created by other gods.
Dovram retaliated by bolstering the numbers of
the living with subhuman races and the power
of his immortals, but it was inneffective.
Myridan’s armies raged across the land,
leaving destruction in their wake. He caught
Dovram on the highest peak, in full sight of
Imaris, and cut him apart. Gloating over the
body of his fallen brother, he claimed all the
souls who were once loyal to Dovram. Too late,
Imaris saw the treachery, and percieved it to be
solely Myridan’s.
He came down in rage, the force of his
own armies combining with the remnant of
Dovram’s to push back the foul armies of Myri-
dan. Yvara however, was too lost in her grief
and wounds to participate. The odds proved
impossible for Myridan. He was captured and
his armies were bound to his plane, But Myri-
dan still claimed victory over the fallen
“I asked for your help Imaris, and you
would not give it. Now you share in Dovram’s
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treachery.”
“I do not see Dovram’s treachery. I saw
you ruthlessly attempt to destroy all life after
we so carefully created it.
“You are wrong, Imaris, you have been
watching the wrong things. If you had been
paying attention to your little ones, your half-
lings, as you should have, this would not have
included them, but they have betrayed you as
surely as my humans have me. I do not intend
to let this happen again.”
“You are subdued. What do you intend
to do?”
“I intend to return to my domains with
my prize. I have won this war, Imaris, though
you may have pinned me now. All souls belong
to me: your halflings, Dovram’s minions, my
own humans. . . We shall see who is the treach-
erous one. The stinking bodies of the living I
leave to this plane. Take of it what you will.”
With that statement, he unleashed a plague upon
the world, affecting all creatures. Laughing in
victory, he departed.
Imaris called the children to reassemble
Dovram quickly, for they needed to find a way
to undo the plague. The children tried to piece
him, but not well. In their haste they pieced
him roughly, and when he stood, whole, he was
the twisted form he is known as in the present
age. Meanwhile, Imaris was taking count of
the dead and discovering the truth of Myridan’s
accusation. Fury welled up in him, but he knew
that in truth. His anger directed towards the
halflings, his creations, he ripped the wings
from their backs, cursing them to forever walk
the earth. Myridon saw this and appeared be-
fore Imaris.
Dovram tried as hard as he could, but
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“I am sorry. You were right. What

should we do about this?” he swept his hand
Myridan, the lord of death, was too crafty. His out to include the whole ruined world.

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plague could not be cured by anyone. As Myri- “Seal our arrangements. This should
dan approached, he leaned on his staff. His eyes never happen again. We are too powerful to
were full of sadness, as if he wished it had not wage war against one another. Our immortals
come to this kind of punishment, but there was are indisposed, our races are decimated, our
also the resolution of a god who had detemined own bodies are. . .well. . .you got out of this
taht though the cost was awful, the lesson was fairly well. . .” he touched his own face, and
worth the price. realized that he was not alive. “Ah ha. . .how
“I did warn you, Imaris.” Myridan ironic eh? I wonder if my humans will still
said. Still enraged, Imaris asaulted Myridan, worship me now that I am undead.”
grabbing him by his draconic neck. His fist Imaris looked at Myridan, horrified.
smashed through Myridan’s face, through one “You. . .but of coursethey will. Ah, Myridan,
eye socket and out the other. Myridon howled I am wounded too. we should create one last
and spasmed, unable to free himelf. time to seal this decision.” They agreed. Grab-
“End this plague! How dare you!” bing leftover pieces of Dovram and donated
Myridan laughed at Imaris, gurgling as blood pieces of Myridan, they created Vellorn. This
washed down his throat. act bound their pact never to war on the mate-
“Very well. Since you finally see. . .”he rial plane again. Because they feared another
said in a strained whisper. Imaris withdrew his war amongst themselves, They left the material
fist, covered in the gore of his brother.Myridan, plane in charge of their children.
who dropped to his hands and knees, blinded
and wracked with agony. Black blood
gushed out of his mouth, and death over-
took him. Imaris’s vision cleared. The
anger drained from him and he saw the
result of his rage. It horrified him and he
sank down beside Myridan, but Myridan
was already dead.
Panicked, he sent Myridan to
Kai’re-oh and stood vigil over him, partly
out of shock and grief, and partly because
the gods of the other species feared that
he was mad and unpredictable, but since
Kai’re-oh was the realm of the dead, Myri-
dan twitched and rose again into unlife,
rather than life. Imaris fell on his face in
abject relief and apology, not yet realizing
that Myridan was not truly alive.

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Monsters of Enraya
 Monsters of Enraya

Marion
Medium undead
HD: 6d12(40hp) ing them that they could be better with specisl
treatment. This treatment leads to their deaths.
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Init: +13
Speed: 30ft Once they become undead, they lack a
AC: 16 (+3 natural, +3 Dex) true will of their own. This is not to say that
Bab/Grapple: +6/ +8 they are without will, they are just incredibly
Attack: Slam(+8/1d6+2) brainwashed and nearly always dominated.
Full Attack: Slam(+8/1d6+2) In fact, the creators of these monstrosities let
Space/reach: 5ft/5ft them retain some of their will so that they will
Special Attacks: Poisonous blood, sneak attack be able to return to their assigned safehouses if
(3d6) their puppetmaster is killed.
Special Qualities: Lifelike, Strings, darkvision They appear as hauntingly beautiful
60ft, undead traits humanoids. They are always dressed to fit the
Saves: fort+7, Ref+5, Will+2 fashion of the courts, and can be programmed
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 16, Con --, Int 10, Wis 6, to talk about the relevant issues as if they were
Cha 20 true members of the court. To that end they can
Feats: Improved initiative, Dodge, Mobility, appear to be very lifelike, but vapid. Without
spring attack programming, their most intersing conversa-
Skills: Balance +8 Bluff +14, Diplomacy +14, tions involve nothing more than what would
Disguise +20, Listen +9, Knowledge Nobility amont to small talk.
and royalty + 16, Knowledge Etiquette +16, Their true danger comes in their pur-
Move Silently +10, Hide + 10, pose. They are designed to masquerade as
courtiers, but they are meant to kill or spy upon
Marion are special creatures. They are assas- important persons.
sins, but they have no will of their own. The Marions are controlled by their puppet-
Rainbow School, which is a front for the Pris- master. This is usually one of the members of
mic Light Syndicate in Eschall Falls. On the the syndicate.
surface, this school is a charm school for rich
merchant’s children and low ranking nobility. Special traits
Underneath that peaceful fron lies a deeper, Lifelike: Marions were created to imitate and
more sinister motive. infiltrate. Before a mission, they are injected
The Rainbow School creates these crea- with a chemical that reacts with what passes
tures from the bodies of street kids. The name for their blood, giving them a body tempera-
is a shortened form of marionette, and that is ture. They even breathe, and are capable of
exactly what they are. eating, though they require neither. They have
The Prismatic Light Syndicate chooses been known to imitate sleep. The truth is that
ther children carefully. They search for children the rainbow school never tells them that they
that are unusually attractive. They train these are dead. When captured and questioned, so
girls and boys to be vapid and vain, convinc-

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combined with other chemicals to imitate the

thourough is their programming that they can- warmth of living flesh, it preserves that Marion
not be convinced that they are not alive. It takes without a need for magical means that could

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a DC 30 spot check after an hour of watching otherwise be detected. It keeps them supple,
them move to determine that they are anything and able to move even more lithely than they
other then normal, flighty human courtiers. were capable of in life. The blood has one oth-
er side effect. It is poisonous to humanoids.
Strings: Marion are controlled by a puppet- Contained in the cocktail of dead blood and
master. The puppetmaster is a trained member chemicals is the very poison that killed these
of the Prismatic Light Syndicate tasked with individuals.
controlling and coordinating a mission Marion blood is one of the deadliest
involving the marions. These individu- poisons available. It is both an ingested
als are tattooed with a magical tattoo and and an injurty delivered poison. There
in the shape of a lilly somewhere on is no initial symptoms. It is a dc 25 fort
their bodies. This allows them to actu- save against the poison when applied
ally have the marions be commanded by injury and a dc40 when injested
under them. Each puppetmaster can directly. The only problem with it
control about 8 of them, and as the is that it is useless when com-
puppetmaster, it is his job to coordi- bined with other substances.
nate the attack and the escape. The normal way that a mark
As long as a Marion is com- ingests the blood is when the
manded, it registers in the same mark tries to seduce the mar-
status as its puppetmaster. Not all ion, or the marion is ordered
of the puppetmasters are alive, and to seduce a mark, and dur-
not all of them are from the material ing the process, the Marion
plane. If the puppetmaster is alive and bites open its tounge. At
human, for example, they will not reg- any rate, there is no initial
ister as undead to those who can sense effect. A week later, how-
undead. This also means that if there is ever, the victim suffers 3d6
a demon puppetmaster, they will register wisdom drain and also 2d4
as demons to those who can sense outsid- constitution damage. Vic-
ers. Only after the puppetmaster is killed, tims are usually found still
or while they are not being commanded, can warm, even hours later, eyes
they actually be sensed as being what they wide and dilated, and the body have not yet
are. begun to quit breathing, even though its heart
and mind have completely stopped. Even if
Poisonous Blood: Marion blood is not blood the victim survives, it is likely that it will nev-
at all, it a liquid formed of emblming fluids and er recover. Most survivors remain in a coma,
chemicals that has many purposes. It can be robbed of all their wisdom and therefore thier
charisma.

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though Narghais rot, they do not stink. Their rot

hurts them as if it were a permanent injury, and
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Narghai and Simghai all Narghai suffer from 5 HP worth of damage

per HD until they become preserved through
Narghai and Simghai are undead monsters natural mummification, or become skeletal--at
bound to serve the state of Enraya. In almost which point they naturally become Simghai.
every way they are the oppoite of Marions.
This template can be applied to any humanoid Turning: Narghai and Simghai can be turned,
but it is not wise to do so. A Narghai or
Adjust as follows: Simghai’s master will know immediately what
Creature type changes to undead has happened to his property, no matter the dis-
Will -6: these creatures are meant to be con- tance between them. The penalty for unlawful
trolled because of the crimes they committed commanding or unlawful destruction is impris-
in life. They have practically no will to do what onment of 3 years and a 400pp fine within En-
they wish. In addition, they are bound to a no- raya.
ble and commanded from the moment they rise
as undead. At the end of their sentence, they are Burden of Sin: Narghais and Simghais retain
destroyed--or they are supposed to be. Far too all skills, feats, spells, and abilities they had
many Simghais wind up polished and sterilized in life. It is simply that its owner may or may
and used as slaves for less scrupulous nobles. not choose to allow such skills to be employed.
Having no flesh, they are ideal for handling They retain all their attributes, and even their
things that need to be sterile. memories. In fact, Narghais and Simghais have
a special curse placed upon them. If their mas-
Simghais are skeletal. They receive damage ter should let it go without a task to be doing,
reduction 5/bludgeoning and cannot speak un- or if the creature ever has willful thoughts of
less the power is granted. A Simghai’s ability to rebellion, the creature simply stops moving,
speak is supernatural. and the litany of the crimes it has committed
in life play over and over in its mind culminat-
Unlike corpse creatures or zombies that remain ing with the memory of its painful demise. At
preserved at whatever state of decay they were this point, only its master or a cleric of Myridan
raised, Narghai are not preserved, and continue can free them from this state. After being freed,
to decay even after being made undead. Given the creature ALWAYS suffers a -8 to its intel-
enough embalming fluid or the correct spells, ligence for 1d6 days following its release.
they can stave off rot as long as their masters
will it, but the creators of this monster felt it Narghai and Simghai can always be freed or de-
fitting that due to the nature of those who are stroyed by their masters at the end of their sen-
made into such creatures, it is a most fitting tance. A freed Narghai or Simghai can choose
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 Krzhyii

psionic race, using telepathy to communicate

with each other within the hive. Some even de-
to life out its unlife however it wishes, and los- velop the ability to communicate with others of

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es both their hit to wisdom ond their burden of different hives or species telepathically.
sin, and essentually become common undead. The most numerous are the Cefalyi,
Krzhyii the larvae. These creatures are roughly
Krzhyii are a race of intelligent, symbiotic the size and shape of a human head, and
or parasitic, squid-like aberrations that have ten tentacles sprouting from their
readily attach themselves to vertebrates. ventral side. They often appear to be oc-
They inhabit deep colonies on the ocean topuses at first glance, but closer inspec-
floor. Their name means “The chang- tion will reveal that the four tentacles on
ing ones” and they are an ancient the Cefalyi’s front, right below its huge,
race. They worship their ancestors, binocular eyes, are specialized. The
in particular the queens of their middle pair is horn tipped and hollow,
people. They were discov- and is used for cracking through bone
ered by the Drownedland- and rock. The outer pair of front ten-
ers, who brought the first of tacles are long and elastic, tipped with
them to the mainland. From a suckered foot used for grasping prey
them they learned that the and drawing it to the mouth. Their
Krzhyii have been existing mouth is a sphincter in their ven-
by integrating their larvae tral side that can open as wide as
with the survivors of sinking its body. It opens directly upon
ships for centuries, living the stomach. On their back
quietly and fighting the evils side, they also have a hollow
of the deep, keeping the shal- stinger. In their larval state, they
lows safe from the worst things are free swimming. Krzhyii do
bound to the black depths. not care for their young the way hu-
Over the years, they mans do. From the moment they
have used many different are born, they are free to go where
species as their hosts, they please, and return to the hive
but the preferred spe- only when they are developed
cies to join with is enough to accept a host. This
human. Their culture usually occurs around the time
is a radical mix of hu- they reach age 20.
man philosophy and the Cefalyi have no gender. They
primitive, yet far-sighted mentality shaped by depend on their hosts to provide the hormones
the will of the queens. Theirs is a hive society, that allow them to exhibit sexuality. Cefalyi
though it is loosely so. Their roles in society are have only one purpose and that is to join with
dictated by their physiology. Krzhyi are also a a host. Other than that, they are like any oth-
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They are carnivorous scavengers by nature, eat-
ing not only dead creatures but living mollusks,
anemones, starfish, and smaller vertebrate fish.
Their preferred habitat is coastal reefs, where
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there is an abundance of life that is easily ac-
cessible.
As the Cefalyi matures, it becomes more
intelligent. Newborn Cefalyi are no more intel-
ligent than animals, but by the time they are 20,
their brains have matured to the point where
they are about as intelligent as the average hu-
man. They maintain that level of intelligence
until they successfully bond. A Cefalyi lives
for exactly 60 years, and then it dies unless it
joins with a host. It does not age physically;
it simply dies any time within 1d4 years after
reaching age 60. This age of death is perfectly
timed. Therlchyi queens come into estrus once
every 60 years, and the elder Cefalyi die just as
the new ones emerge. Usually, the unbonded
Cefalyi die close to the hive, where they can
become food for the younger generation.
Mastorchyi are the next stage in devel-
opment, and this is the briefest stage. When a
Cefalyi bonds to a human, it attaches itself to
the human’s head. The horn-like tubes on its
first pair of tentacles bore into the eyes and eye
sockets. The stinger on the back side attaches
to the human’s spine, and it settles its gaping
mouth around the human’s head. The first
thing the Cefalyi does is to sedate the human so
that it does not feel the changes that are about
to take place. The Cefalyi has three weeks of
constant work ahead of it. During this phase,
the Cefalyi uses its stomach acids to dissolve
the flesh and bone of the human’s head. When
it has done this, its stomach functions cease.
Then, from the horned front tentacles comes
threadlike filliments that stabilize the human’s
brain as they worm their way through it, map-
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ping every fold and memory. It also begins
to alter the human’s physiology. The human
sprouts functional gills and a sphincter open-
ing on its belly, just below its diaphragm. This
sphincter is the size of a human fist, and is at-
tached to the stomach. It is essentially a second
mouth during this phase. When it is functional,
the Cefalyi becomes mostly dormant, ceding
control of its body to the human. The moment
the pair wakes, it is declared Mastorchyi. For
three years, the human and the Cefalyi will
learn what it is as an aberration. The human
relearns to eat, and function as a member of the
hive as its body slowly becomes less human.
The most remarkable thing about this
brief period is that the human gives back one
limb, usually an arm, to the control of the Ce-
falyi. The Cefalyi uses this as its only point of
contact with the physical world. The Cefalyi
usually takes the host’s non-dominant arm, and
mutates it so that each finger sprouts nimble
tentacles. The closer to the end of the Mas-
torchyi phase, the more the Mastorchyi will be
able to use both arms in the way it used them as
a human.
Estorchyi: The drone mutations from Mas-
torchyi, Estorchyi resemble their Mastorchyi
forms most closely. The only difference is the
twin tentacles that jut from their backs. These
tentacles drape down, each as long as their bod-
ies. They are prehensile and more powerful
than their arms, and can grab, slam and con-
strict, but they cannot manipulate fine or com-
plex objects, such as weapons or lock picks.
When Mastorchyi near the end of their
development, they begin to crave the mussels
and barnacles that are the staple of their diet.

What they are truly after is the proteins that
form the natural glue these creatures manufac-
ture. When the time is right, they begin heav-
ing this substance all over themselves, form-
ing a watertight cocoon out of this glue and
the crushed shells of their prey, which they
eat whole. What results is a sort of giant egg.
Slowly ,the Mastorchyi’s vital functions all but
cease, and it begins to fully transform. After
three months of metamorphosis, the adult form
emerges. Estorchyi are the most common form
of Krzhyii adult. They are sterile, and tend to
live about 100 years.
Therlchyi are the adult form that emerg-
es from its metamorphosis fully sexually func-
tional. These are rare mutations, occurring in
only 1% of the Krzhyii population. Both male
and female Therlchyi possess deadly venom,
which they secrete from the suckers on their
tentacles and from the fanged tentacles that
drape from either side of their nose.
It is these that are truly impressive. Whereas
with Estorchyi, their head structure still reflects
the dual origin of the creature, the face of the
Therlchyi appears as though the Cefalyi has
formed a mask in front of a normal face.
Consorts are the males, and they are large,
naturally armored monsters that are normally
highly intelligent, unless there is a fertile fe-
male present. At that time, they lose all their
sentience and enter a mating frenzy, in which
they will battle every other consort until they
are either incapacitated or they emerge as the
strongest male.
Females are called Queens, and they are
in charge of the hive. They have a telepathic
link with every one of their own children that
manages to make it into adulthood. They are
fertile once every 60 years, and when the win-
ning male comes to mate with her, having won
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his right to her after incapacitating all other
males, she mates with him. Mating is a violent
affair, and by the end, the male is permamantly
paralyzed and and wrapped up in a fibrous goo
similar to spider webs. At first, the female car-
ries the eggs. During her pregnancy, she begins
to force feed the male, making him as fat as
possible. A male can gain over 1000 pounds
as she feeds him over the course of her preg-
nancy, but when the eggs are ready to hatch,
she implants them in the male by injecting the
male with a special poison that puts the male in
a coma, shutting down almost all bodily func-
tion, and then she lays her eggs in the male’s
stomach. She can lay up to 700 eggs at a time.
The acid in the male’s stomach will dissolve the
shell, and the infant Cefalyi will emerge to eat
the male until they grow big enough, at which
point the male’s skin splits, and the infants
emerge, swimming off as the next generation
of Cefalyi.
Males usually live an average of 300
years, as eventually they will be mated with and
eaten, but if denied the ability to mate, they can
live as long as the queens. Queens live about
1000 years before they either die or enter the
final stage of development.
Xanchyi are the overqueens, and their
minds are vast, as are their bodies. After a
thousand years, a queen will either die, or she
will start craving silicon rather than carbon.
This is the sure sign of the change. Soon, she
slows and stops, becoming infertile, and encas-
ing herself in a sort of glass coffin. At this point
she is declared Xanchyi, even as the transfor-
mation she is undergoing puts her into another
hibernation. Xanchyi are sessile, and grow like
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corals. Their bodies actually form the structure
of a Krzhyii hive. They feed off of decaying
matter and microbes, and sustain and cement
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the hive. They form an incorporeal represen-
tation of themselves to more easily interact
with the beings living within their body. To be
Xanchyi is to be nearly a goddess in Krzhyii
society. Xanchyi have a nearly unlimited lifes-
pan. Legends say that the eldest of Xanchyi
have been around for millions of years, though
they are mortal.
Krzhyii
Cefalyi:
Tiny abberation, aquatic
HD: 1d8(5hp)
Init: +1
Speed: 30ft(swim) 5’(surface)
AC: 17 (+2 size, +3 Dex)
Bab/Grapple: +0/+7)
Attack: Slam(+3/ 1d3+1/x2)
Full Attack: Slam(+3/1d3+1 x2), beak (-
1/1d4+1 x3)
Space/reach: 5ft/5ft
Special Attacks: Attatch, constrict (1d3 x2),
Special Qualities: colorblind, gills
Saves: fort+0, Ref+2, Will+0
Abilities: Str 16, dex 12 con 10, int 4, will 8,
cha 6
Feats: improved Grapple
Skills: hide: +3, move silently +3, Listen +3,
spot +3, tumble +5
Addvancement: (by age of creature) larvae
(age 0-20 as above stats) Seeker (age 21-60
as above stats but +8 int), herder (age 61-80 as
above stats but +16 int, size changes to small,
adjust attack bonuses accordingly, use penalties
for venerable age)
Color blind: while Mastorchyii do have dark-
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vision, they do not have normal vision. They
see in the ultraviolet spectrum and in the infra
red, but they lack the ability to see in the visible
color spectrum. This means that the only colors
they are seeing are the colors that humans can-
not see.
Gills: Cefalyi cannot survive for long outside
water. Exposed to water thei immediately be-
gin to suffocate.
Aquatic: Cefalyi have a swim speed of 30’,
and can use the run action in the water provid-
ed they move in a straight line. Cefalyi cannot
move on land more than 5’ per round. Usually
this movement is used up in trying to get back
into the water.
Parasite: At the end of its cycle, a Cefalyi
changes from a free swimming organism to a
parasitic one in need of a human host. A Ce-
falyi has an exact lifespan of 80 years. 20 of
them are spent developing, 40 are spent looking
for a host, and the final 20 are spent insuring
the survival of the next generation of Cefalyi.
These stages are referred to as Larvae, Seeker,
and Herder, respectively. Cefalyii do not follow
normal aging tables. When a Cefalyi
finds a host, they join and become Mastorchyii.
This is where Krzhyii societies differ. The good
societies take a symbiotic approach, and some
ones take a dominating approach.
A symbiotic Cefalyi seeks to blend its
experiences with the human. A parasite seeks
to entirely consume the brain and inhabit the
body. The parasitic approach is quicker, but the
base creature loses all skills, feats, memories,
and class levels, and its soul departs for the af-
terlife as if dead.
 mutually, through symbiosis, the mastorchyii
gains the benefit of the highest base stats from
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any of its class levels, skills or abilities, except
Use sats as follows: as adjusted.
Mastorchyii is a template that can be added to If the Cefalyi instead uses the parasitic
any human. Adjust as follows fromthe base method, the creature retains its physical stats,
creature: but its other stats change to Int 12, wis 8, cha
creature type changes to Aquatic Abberation 6. The Mastorchyi then is free to begin its life
anew, as a level 1 creature.
Ability adjustments: +2 strength, -4 dex, -6
charisma Adult Krzhyii

Special Abilities: Adult Krzhyii fall into 2 different muta-

two minds, One body: this special ability is
only available to those who become mastor-
chyii symbiotically. A parasitic, dommineering
cefalyi is alone in the shell of its host, and can
rework the body to suit it. At this stage in sym-
biotic development, however, the cefalyi mind
and the human mind are seperate, but they share
the same set of eyes, the same respiratory sys-
tem, and the same digestive tract. The cefalyi
also makes use of the base creature’s off hand.
A symbiotic Mastorchyii, then, gains
a second attack per round at its highest bonus,
but that second attack does not benefit from any
feats or proficiencies the base creature might
have. A symbiotic mastorchyii also has a -4
penalty to skills and abilities involving the use
of two hands working in tandem, such as using
a 2 handed weapon or holding a rope.
Aquatic: A Mastorchyii breathces water and
has a swim speed of 20’. Due to its clumsi-
ness, it cannot yet run underwater.
Origin of the creature: this monster has two
different paths of origin. If the pair connected
tions: Estorchyii and Thrlchyii. Estorchyii are
sterile workers, though they do have superficial
gender as a residual effect of their paring with a
human host. Thses creatures are nominally tied
to their hive structure, but unless the queen has
orders, they are usually free to continue as they
will.
Thrlchyii are the mating mutation, and
fall into two distinct forms based on gender.
Consorts are the males, and hey also function
as the fighting force of a Krzhyii hive. Queens
are the females, and their job is the ruling of the
hive, and also reproductive duties.
The change to the adult form comes
after the mastorchyii gains 4 class levels as a
mastorchyii. Then the player must roll a d100.
For male characters, if the roll comes up 90
or higher, the character becomes a Thrlchyii.
For female characters, roll a d100, but only
on a 100 does the muttion to Thrlchyii occur.
This gender bias is done to reflect the fact that
Queens are incredibly rare by necessity, since
too many queens would be bad for the hive, but
more Consorts are needed because they have to
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Estorchyii
Medium Abberation (aquatic)
Estorchyii is the most common mutation from
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the Mastorchyii form. Like all adult Krzhyii,
this is a complete reworking of the structure of
the creature. The process is time consuming
and very hard on the soul, and so the creature
loses 1 level upon awakening as an Estorchyii.
Estorchyii is a new template
that replaces the Mastorchyii template.
Completely remove the mastorchyii template
and replace it with this one.
Strength +4, con+2 will -2, cha -4
Speed 30’, run x3
Special abilities:
Naturally Psionic: Estorchyii emerge as
naturally psionic creatures and have 2 pp extra
as long as they take levels in a psionics class
Tentacles: a Krzhyii’s tentacles are not
dexterous enough to handle weaponry, but
they are prehensile, and can be used to climb.
An Estorchyii has no actual climb speed, but
they can take 10 on a climb check even when
stressed.
Multiple attacks: Estorchyii gain 2 natural
attacks from the body length tentacles on its
back. These tentacles give the estorchyii slam
attacks that deal 1d6 per tentacle in addition to
its normal attack. If the Estorchyii connects
with both tentacles, it can initiate a grapple as
a free action
Improved grapple: Estorchyii gain improved
grapple as the feat
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Aquatic: Estorchyii are aquatic, and have a
swim speed of 40’, and can run x5 in the water
as long as movement is in a straight line. They
also benefit from freedom of movement while
in the water.
Amphibious: Estorchyii can breathe water and
air equally well, though they prefer water over
air.
Telepathic: all Krzhyii are telepathic between
one another. This is an effect of the hive
structure. If a Krzhyii has taken levels in
a psionics class, it can also communicate
telepathically, at will, to any sentient creature.
Automatic languages: Aquan, Krzhyii. The
Krzhyii language is a sucking, splorching,
buzzing, clicking language combined with
telepathics and hand gestures only possible
with the Krzhyii’s tentacled fingers. It is
impossible for humanoids to speak or to
understand, and it has no written form.
Fortunately, Krzhyii adults can speak other
languages with only a little effort.
Aging: the average lifespan of an estorchyii is
around 180 years in addition to the years it had
as a Cefalyi and as a human. Counting from
the time of emergence, estorchyii reach middle
age at 80, old age at 150, and venerable age at
210. They generally die within 2d6 years of
reaching venerable age.
Thrlchyii Consort
Large Abberation :Aquatic
 speed, but they can take 10 on a climb check
even when stressed.

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Thrl Medium Abberation (aquatic)
Multiple attacks: Thrlchyii Consorts gain 2
natural attacks from the body length tentacles
Thrlchyii Consort is the sexually dimorphic
on its back. These tentacles give the Thrlchyii
male mutation from the Mastorchyii form.
Consort slam attacks that deal 2d6 per tentacle
Like all adult Krzhyii, this is a complete
in addition to its normal attack. If the
reworking of the structure of the
Thrlchyii Consort connects with both
creature. The process
tentacles, it can initiate a grapple as a
is time consuming
free action
and very hard on
the soul, and so the
Improved grapple:
creature loses 1 level
Thrlchyii Consorts gain
upon awakening as an
improved grapple as the feat
Thrlchyii Consort.
Thrlchyii Consort
Poison: a Thrlchyii consort
is a new template that
has a poison that it secretes
replaces the Mastorchyii
from the suckers on its
template. Completely
tentacles. This is an injury
remove the mastorchyii
poison with a dc 45 fort save
template and replace it
to avoid. The initial effects
with this one.
are immediate 1 point of
constitution damage. The
Strength +8, con+4
second effect occurs 2 combat
Speed 60’, run x3
rounds later, and requires a fort save
of dc 20 or the effect is immediate
Special abilities:
paralysis for 1d4 days. The application
of blood of the consort who
Naturally Psionic: Thrlchyii
administered the poison to the site
Consorts emerge as naturally
of the poisoned wound neutralizes
psionic creatures and have
this effect. This poison is not meant
2 pp extra as long as they take
to be lethal, but it is meant to be hard
levels in a psionics class
to overcome. This poison is meant to be used
against other consorts during the mating ritual,
Tentacles: a Krzhyii’s tentacles are not
but can also be used against other creatures at
dexterous enough to handle weaponry, but
the consort’s will.
they are prehensile, and can be used to climb.
An Thrlchyii Consort has no actual climb
Carapace: Consorts have hard, horny skin that
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natural armor bonus and damage reduction
5/bludgeoning.
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Mating ritual: all consorts sense their queen
coming into estrus, no matter where they
are. This occurs once every 60 years in the
hive. When this occurs, all Consorts become
automatically enraged. This rage lasts until
the consort either succumbs to paralysis or
successfully mates with the queen. The target
of the consort’s rage is always other consorts.
They can sense one another through their
telepathic bonds and will fight against each
other until one comes out as the victor. During
this time, a consort’s poison is always active.
Generally, the victor will rip the tentacles off
of the loser and consume the tentacles. This
victor then goes on to mate with the queen.
Regeneration: a Krzhyii can regenerate its lost
tentacles in 1d4 weeks. Other body parts do
not regenerate.
Aquatic: Thrlchyii Consorts are aquatic, and
have a swim speed of 80’, and can run x5 in
the water as long as movement is in a straight
line. They also benefit from freedom of
movement while in the water.
Amphibious: Thrlchyii Consorts can breathe
water and air equally well, though they prefer
water over air.
Telepathic: all Krzhyii are telepathic between
one another. This is an effect of the hive
structure. If a Krzhyii has taken levels in
a psionics class, it can also communicate
telepathically, at will, to any sentient creature.
Automatic languages: Aquan, Krzhyii. The
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Krzhyii language is a sucking, splorching,
buzzing, clicking language combined with
telepathics and hand gestures only possible
with the Krzhyii’s tentacled fingers. It is
impossible for humanoids to speak or to
understand, and it has no written form.
Fortunately, Krzhyii adults can speak other
languages with only a little effort.
Aging: the average lifespan of an Consort is
around 500 years in addition to the years it had
as a Cefalyi and as a human. Counting from
the time of emergence, estorchyii reach middle
age at 200, old age at 450, and venerable age
at 550. They generally die within 2d12 years
of reaching venerable age, but most dont even
make it into middle age, as they are killed
offin mating and fighting.
Thrlchyii Queen
Large Abberation :Aquatic
Medium Abberation (aquatic)
Thrlchyii Queen is the fertile female mutation
from the Mastorchyii form. Like all adult
Krzhyii, this is a complete reworking of the
structure of the creature. The process is time
consuming and very hard on the soul, and so
the creature loses 1 level upon awakening as
an Thrlchyii Queen.
Thrlchyii Queen is a new template
that replaces the Mastorchyii template.
Completely remove the mastorchyii template
and replace it with this one.
Strength +8, con+4, cha +6

Speed 60’, run x3
Special abilities:
Naturally Psionic: Thrlchyii Queens emerge
as naturally psionic creatures and have 6 pp
extra as long as they take levels in a psionics
class
Tentacles: a Krzhyii’s tentacles are not
dexterous enough to handle weaponry, but
they are prehensile, and can be used to climb.
An Thrlchyii Queen has no actual climb speed,
but they can take 10 on a climb check even
when stressed.
Multiple attacks: Thrlchyii Queens gain 2
natural attacks from the body length tentacles
on its back. These tentacles give the Thrlchyii
Queen slam attacks that deal 2d6 per tentacle
in addition to its normal attack. If the
Thrlchyii Queen connects with both tentacles,
it can initiate a grapple as a free action
Improved grapple: Thrlchyii Queens gain
improved grapple as the feat
Poison: a Thrlchyii Queen has a poison that
it secretes from the suckers on its tentacles.
This is an injury poison with a dc 45 fort save
to avoid. The initial effects are immediate
paralysis for 1d4 rounds, and requires a dc 10
fort save afterward, or this paralysis becomes
permanent. This poison is meant to be used
against other queens during the mating ritual,
but can also be used against other creatures at
the queen’s will. A thrlchyii consort struck by
the queen’s poison does not get a fort save to
avoid the secondary effect.
Chapter 3
Carapace: Queens have hard, horny skin that
serves as natural armor. A queen gains a +2
natural armor bonus and damage reduction
5/bludgeoning.
Mating ritual: when the queens come into
estrus, they wait for a consort to emerge
victorious. When she has mated, this sense
dissipates, and the hive life can return to
normal.
Regeneration: a Krzhyii can regenerate its lost
tentacles in 1d4 weeks. Other body parts do
not regenerate.
Aquatic: Thrlchyii Queens are aquatic, and
have a swim speed of 80’, and can run x5 in
the water as long as movement is in a straight
line. They also benefit from freedom of
movement while in the water.
Amphibious: Thrlchyii Queens can breathe
water and air equally well, though they prefer
water over air.
Hive queen: a thrlchyii queen can
communicate with any creature telepathically,
at will. Furthermore, a queen automatically
dominates (as per the spell domination) any
estorchyii in her hive. Other queens can try to
break this domination with an exertion of the
queen’s will. A queen wishing to dominate an
estorchyii not her own must turn the estorchyii
the way a cleric rebukes or commands undead.
She can do this 3/day+ cha modifier. The
queen must succeed in commanding the
estorchyii, or the attempt fails, and the queen
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who owns the estorchyii will automatically
sense the attempt.
Automatic languages: Aquan, Krzhyii. The
Chapter 3
Krzhyii language is a sucking, splorching,
buzzing, clicking language combined with
telepathics and hand gestures only possible
with the Krzhyii’s tentacled fingers. It is
impossible for humanoids to speak or to
understand, and it has no written form.
Fortunately, Krzhyii adults can speak other
languages with only a little effort.
Aging: the average lifespan of a Thrlchyii
Queen is around 1000 years in addition to
the years it had as a Cefalyi and as a human.
Counting from the time of emergence,
estorchyii reach middle age at 500, old age
at 700, and venerable age at 1700. They
generally die within 2d6 decades of reaching
venerable age. There is one other thing.
Rarely, when a Quenn reaches her milleniom,
she starts to display signs of change. She
begins to grow, and takes on a shine, coated in
a silicon based substance. This is an occasion
for celebration. These rare queens are
becoming Xanchyi
Xanchyii
Collossal Abberation :Aquatic
Xanchyii is a sterile, sessile, silicon-based
mutation of the Thrlchyii queen. Like all adult
Krzhyii, this is a complete reworking of the
structure of the creature. The process is time
consuming and very hard on the soul, and in
the end the creature is so radically different
from its previous form that the creature
usually spends the first century or so adjusting
to its new form. The creature loses all class
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levels upon awakening as a xanchyii. Her
memory of her past life is vivid initially, but
fades within the first century following her
emergence as a xanchyii. She is then free to
take on any class that she can. For the most
part this is usually a psionic class.
Xanchyii is a template that is added to
the Thrlchyii Queen template. This change
usually occurs after the Thrlchyii queen
reaches 1000 years.
Adjustments from the base creature (Thrlchyii
Queen)
Str -- Dex – con +10 Int +20, wis +30, cha +
10
HD 20 d12
Special abilities:
Sessile: a xanchyii cannot naturally attack,
move, or do any skill that requires physical
movement, unless she uses her psionics
abilities. They are a source of shelter and
structure for their hives, and mediate disputes
between the thrlchyii queens. The xanchyii
are like colossal living hives, with sentience
and power all their own. They can no
longer feel pain, nor can they communicate
physically, and their systems become passive
rather than active.
Heart stone: All xanchyii have a heart stone,
which is a massive crystal, eternally glowing
and pulsing with light. The color of this light
is unique to each xanchyii, so one can usually
tell whose body one is walking through by the

color of the vein-like lines of light that run
through the walls. In the center of the heart
stone is the body of the xanchyii’s thrlchyii
form, eternally encased in silicon crystal. To
kill a xanchyii is very difficult, because one
must first fight through the hordes of her hive,
and then generally one would have to mine
their way through the xanchyii’s body to get
to the heartstone/. Once there, the Xanchyii
is not entirely powerless, as she can always
dominate, manifest abilities, and cause parts
of her body to cave in on you. Then you have
to chip away at the heartstone to reach her
thrlchyii body, and remove its head to kill her.
Naturally Psionic: xanchyii emerge as
naturally psionic creatures and have 12 pp
extra as long as they take levels in a psionics
class
Vision of the queen: at will, the xanchyii
can manifest an incorporeal image of her
former thrlchyii form anywhere within her
body and to a radius of about 1 mile from
her body. This form is useless other than to
provide the creatures within her with a point
of reference. It is polite to address this image
when addressing the xanchyii. A xanchyii can
see everything in and around her body, and can
see beyond it for up to a mile.
Aquatic: Xanchyii grow in the deep oceans
and cannot leave once they are attached to
their rocks.
Overqueen: the Xanchyii is the foundation
of the hive. The Therlchyii live inside
the combined bodies of several xanchyii.
Xanchyii never stop growing, and are like
corals in that respect. Even the thrlchyii
Chapter 3
queens must bow to the xanchyii. A new hive
starts when a thrlchyii queen begins to develop
the symptoms of becoming xanchyii, and
swims off with a contingent of males, young
thrlchyii queens, and estorchyii. She generally
finds a place close to heat vents in the deep
ocean and settles herself down, attaching to
the rock
Silicon body: the xanchyii’s body is made of
rock, essentially.
Automatic languages: Aquan, Krzhyii.
Xanchyi are entirely telepathic and can use
telepathy at will.
Aging: the average lifespan of a xanchyii
is around 3,000,000 years in addition to the
years it had as a Cefalyi and as a human and
as a Thrlchyi queen. Xanchyi do not age,
but instead slowly become inert. Usually the
passing from life is not immediately noticed,
but after death, the Xancyii’s light will slowly
fade from its body intill her part of the hive is
nothing but cold rock. The reason this is not
initially noticed is because Xanchyi are also
referred to as “the sleeping ones” and they are
known for sleeping through centuries before
they are awakened, usually by the emergence
of a Thrlchyii queen. At the moment of death,
only other Xanchyii can sense the passing, but
they don’t generally mourn.
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Dire Werelions
sample werelion:
Chapter 3
Chanyta Leona d’Or (age 15)
Half elf/Dire Werelion(natural)—Dawn
Clan(humanoid, shapechanger) Ali: LG
Aristocrat 1/Druid 1; Deity: Ehlonna
Dire Werelion, Half Elf form
Size: Medium; space/reach 5’/5’; Speed 30
Height 5’1”, Weight 105lbs
AC: 14=(10+2(dex)+2(nat))*
Init: +2 1d8+2 plus 1d8+2 plus 8d8+16 (82
hp)
Fort +10 Ref +8 Will +14
BAB +6/Grpl +2/Ranged att +8 dam+2/Melee
att+8 dam +2**
Str 16, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 14
Special Qualities: Half-elf traits, alternate
form, lion empathy, low light vision, scent,
Animal Companion, nature Sense, Wild
empathy
Special Attacks: ----------
Skills
Climb +8, Diplomacy +9, Handle Animal
+7, Survival +9, Move Silently +7, Hide +7
Knowledge Nature +4, listen +7, spot +7,
speak language (2)
Feats: Iron Will, Alertness, Run, Weapon
Focus(claw), Natural Spell, endurance, track
Languages: Common, Elven, Druidic,
Celestial, Sylvan
*this is AC before applying Armor. Wearing
armor will alter this
**these are the base attack and damage
bonuses using MW or enchanted weapons will
alter this
Dire Werelion;Lion Form (humanoid,
Shapechanger)
Size: Large; space/reach 10’/5’; speed 40ft,
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height 7’3” at shoulder, 13’8” long, 3000lbs
AC: 17(10+2dex+6nat-1size)
Init +4 HD 1d8+5 plus 1d8+5 plus 8d8+40
(112 hp)
Fort+13, Ref+10, Will+14
BAB/Grapple: +6/+20,
Str 30, Dex 18, Con 20, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 14
Attack: Claw + 17(1d6+10melee) or bite +11
(1d8+5)
Full Attack: 2 claws +17 (1d6+10), and bite
+11 (1d8+5)
Special Attacks: Improved Grab, pounce, rake
+16 (1d6+5), curse of Lycanthropy, roar 3/day
Special Qualities: Half-elf traits, alternate
form, lion empathy, low light vision, scent
Animal Companion, nature
Sense, Wild empathy, damage reduction
10/silver
Skills
Climb +15, Diplomacy +9, Handle Animal +7,
Survival +9, Move Silently +13***,
Hide +13*** Knowledge Nature +4, listen
+7, spot +7, speak language (2)
Feats: Iron Will, Alertness, Run, Weapon
Focus(claw), Natural Spell, endurance, track
***a dire werelion gains +4 to hide and move
silently.(already figured in) In areas of tall
grass or heavy undergrowth, this increases to
+8(add +4 to current total bonus)
Dire Werelion;Hybrid Form (humanoid,
Shapechanger)
Size: Large; space/reach 10’/10’; speed 40ft,
14’8” tall, 3000lbs
AC: 17(10+2dex+6nat-1size)*
Init +4 HD 1d8+5 plus 1d8+5 plus 8d8+40
(112 hp)
Fort+13, Ref+10, Will+14
BAB/Grapple: +6/+20,

Str 30, Dex 18, Con 20, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 14
Melee attack/damage +16/+10, Ranged attack/
damage +10/+4**** /**
Natural Attack: Claw + 17(1d6+10melee) or
bite +11 (1d8+5)
Natural Full Attack: 2 claws +17 (1d6+10),
and bite +11 (1d8+5)
Special Attacks: curse of Lycanthropy, Roar
3/day
Special Qualities: Half-elf traits, alternate
form, lion empathy, low light vision, scent
Animal Companion, nature
Sense, Wild empathy, damage reduction
10/silver
Skills
Climb +15, Diplomacy +9, Handle Animal +7,
Survival +9, Move Silently +9,
Hide +9 Knowledge Nature +4, listen +7, spot
+7, speak language (2)
Feats: Iron Will, Alertness, Run, Weapon
Focus(claw), Natural Spell, endurance, Track
*this is AC before applying Armor. Wearing
armor will alter this
**these are the base attack and damage
bonuses using MW or enchanted weapons will
alter this
****the hybrid can use weapons just as it can
in human form
Descriptions of odd special qualities and
descriptions and other miscellanea
Alternate Form: Chanyta can assume the
form of a dire lion or a bipedal hybrid form
of a dire lion. Initiating the change is a
standard action (like a spell) and the actual
change occurs on the next turn. As a natural
werecreature(unlike her afflicted mother),
Chanyta has full control over her form, even
during the full moon.
Curse of Lycanthropy: any humanoid or
Chapter 3
giant bit by Chanyta’s bite in animal or hybrid
form must succeed on a DC 15 fortitude save
or contract Lycanthropy.
Improved grab/pounce/rake: these attacks
can be foundin the MM
Half Elf Traits: as per PHB
Lion Empathy: Communicate with lions and
Dire Lions and a +4 racial bonus on Charisma
based checks against lions and Dire Lions (this
bonus does stack with a druid’s wild empathy)
Dire Werelions: Stately and regal in bearing,
these werecreatures are some of the most
frightening creatures on the material plane.
Their need to eat meat is very powerful, and
extends even into their base form. In hybrid
form, standing as tall as a giant and bearing
fang and sword, they take on their enemies
like kings and generals. They polish their
bony ridges to a gleaming shine and are
fastidious groomers. In Animal form they
epitomize the phrase “king of Beasts”, as
up to 8’ at the shoulder and 15’ long, they
can manage to slink unnoticed through the
grasslands and forests alike, ready to deliver
a devastating pounce. Dire Werelions in
any form have an instinctual need to be
working with a group of others, preferably
other werelions, and tend to be very clannish.
Unlike other lycanthropes, even normal
werelions (who are all lawful Neutral) there
are two distinct branches of Dire Werelion:
Dawn Clan, and Dusk Clan
Dusk Clan Dire Werelions are
ALWAYS lawful evil, and are the elder clan.
Originally all Dire Werelions were evil, but
due to events that are now lost to history, a
branch of these creatures managed to escape
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their nature and turn the alignment of their

affliction to good. Dusk clan Dire Werelions
are darker in color, their hair and fur color of lights was ruined by the undead, she has
ranging from black to brown, to their most been under the tutelage of a group of druids.
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coveted color: a red the color of old blood.
Dawn Clan Dire Werelions are
ALWAYS Lawful Good. Nobody knows or
remembers how the first Dawn Clan Dire
werelions came to redeem themselves, but
they have been staunch agents of law and
goodness ever since. Dawn clan features
are fair, from yellow gold to tawny, and
even to pure white. Though they are lawful
Good, they are still mistrusted and feared by
almost all mortals for what they are. Only the
Leonals seem to trust them implicitly, and call
them “little cousins” though leonals are very
rarely seen on the material plane.
These two clans are entirely separate,
and eternally at war. As for contracting
lycanthropy, once the afflicted creature
becomes aware of the curse and does not cure
it, the alignment shift corresponds to the clan
that bit him. Even the most evil of humanoids
will become Lawful good under the bite of the
Dawn clan.
When last she was seen by civilized
society, she was somewhat shy and very
troubled by her then-recent capture. Other
than that she was a bouncy, lively, normal
girl. . .except for the fact that she was born as
a dire werelion. All that is guessed about her
is that at this point, she should be nearing her
full growth, and in a few years, she should
re-emerge from the forest as a druid of the
Terubor.
Chanyta is a half-elf, but she tends to
be more elf-like than human-like, owing to the
fact that while her father has human ancestry,
he is not human. In half-elf form, she is quite
thin, with pale skin and hair. By all standards,
elven and human, she is mysteriously
beautiful, as if a trace amount of her father’s
celestial nature flows in her blood. Her eyes
are green like almost all elves, but within
the pupils, when the light shines in just the
right way, the red light of her cursed nature is
revealed.

Chanyta Leona d’Or, daughter of Allhembra

d’Or and Aureus d’Or, independent nobles
of the ceceeded human clans of the Terubor,
former Barons of Five Oaks and the human
controlled portions of the Terubor, Natural
werelion, squire under Alhembra, knight
protector of the good sentient races of the
Terubor.

Chanyta is the half elf daughter of Alhembra

and Aureus d’Or. She has an infant brother
that she has never seen: an Aasimar child,
Yelerehn. Ever since the year that the festival

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Mezarch
Mezarchs are a type of construct made from
clockworks. The technomancers who created
them wished to make a construct that could be
used to perform delicate, but programmable
repetitive tasks that required simple precision
and in situations that were too compact or too
visible for a standard, large, ugly, bulky golem.
Each one represents the pinnacle of a mezarch
specialist’s talent in crafting constructs and so
each is, in itself, a priceless work of art. Even
though there are external variances, such as
gender appearance, according to the tastes and
crafting of its maker, every mezarch stands
precisely 5’5” tall and weighs around 235lbs.
These mezarchs are always medium size and
cannot be advanced.
Combat
mezarchs were not made for combat, but
instead to highlight the creator’s skill as a
mezarch crafter and as an artist. They are,
however, capable of defending themselves
when provoked or commanded.
Energy Ray(su): The mezarch can shoot
twin rays from its eyes. These rays shoot from
the mezarch’s eyes to a distance of 35’ and are
of both fire and electricity. Each of its two
rays is a ranged touch attack which deals 4d6
damage with no save. The mezarch must fire
these rays simultaneously, but it can attack
more than one target as long as these targets
are not more than 30’ of each other.
Weapon Proficiency: mezarchs are
proficient with whatever weapons its
commander is proficient in
Immunity to Magic: like golems, a mezarch
is immune to any spell or spell like ability that
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allows spell resistance.
Rewind(su):A mezarch can function for
20 hours without suffering any penalty.
After that, it must enter a 4 hour period of
inactivity, during which time its charisma
modifier drops to 0 and it cannot be repaired
of this drain. During this time, its springs
are magically, automatically reset and its
damage is completely repaired. A mezarch
can work beyond 20 hours, but for every hour
it remains active beyond 20 hours, it loses
1 point of dexterity until it becomes inert,
at which point its charisma also drops to 0
and it automatically enters its rewind cycle.
Since this is a Supernatural ability, this ability
is suppressed within an antimagic field. A
mezarch that cannot rewind and reaches the
end of its dexterity becomes an inert object
until its rewind cycle can resume, at which
point it enters its 4 hours of Rewind.
Construction
A mezarch is the pinnacle of achievement in
mezarch creation as an art form. Each gear
and spring must all be of at least masterwork
quality. In fact, each tiny component that
makes up a mezarch’s body is in itself a work
of art, and often these contain jewels and other
precious substances, just like a prized pocket
watch would. Sometimes the gears are even
made out of crystal. In total the gears, springs,
cogs, and wheels that make up the internal
workings are always precise and specific to
the mezarch, and are worth a minimum of
50,000gp. These are protected by plates of
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rare metals, most commonly mithral and gold, BAB/Grapple (+7/+2)/+11

worth at minimum an additional 20,000gp. Space/reach: 5’/5’
Applied to the mezarch, they are often Special Attacks: Energy Ray
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removable or hinged so that the creator can
show off the internal workings. In addition
it requires two jewels the size of human eyes
and of exceptional quality(15,000gp each,
minimum). The most common jewels used
are ruby or emerald. The color of the eyes
affects the color of the energy ray. Finally
special oils, glues, and bindings are required to
complete the body, worth 500 gp. It requires
a craft(metalworking) check of dc35 and a
knowledge architecture and engineering check
of dc30. The xp requirement is higher than for
all other golems, but then again, a construct
specialist undertaking the task of creating this
mezarch usually does not mind devoting the
portion of his XP.
CL 12 craft Construct, cat’s grace,
False Life, Geas/quest, Lightening bolt,
scorching ray caster must be 12th level. Price:
3,500,000gp Cost; 150,500gp + 10,800xp
Special Qualities: Construct traits, darkvision
60’, immunity to magic, low-light vision, ,
Rewind
Attack: 2 slams (+10/+5 for 1d8+3 each)
Full Attack: 2 slams (+10/+5 for 1d8+3) plus
energy ray (+14 ranged touch for 4d6 fire and
electricity, no save)
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +10, Will +3
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 24, Con--, Int--, Wis 12,
Cha 1
Skills:--; Feats:--
Environment: any
Organization: solitary or gallery (1 mezarch
plus 2-3 other constructs of various types)
CR 10
Ali: Always Neutral
Treasure: Triple Standard (in mezarch parts)
Advancement:--
Level Adjustment:--

Sample Mezarch
This mezarch appears as a perfectly
proportioned female human, however it is
obviously made from finely crafted plates
of rare metals, gems for eyes, and obvious,
though tasteful, gears and fittings. When it
moves, the clear, smooth hum of well oiled
gears and springs can be heard, as well as a
rhythmic, metronomic tick, like a clock, almost
eerily mimicking a heartbeat

Medium construct
HD: 10d10+20(120hp)
Init: +7
Speed 40’(6 squares)
AC: 27 (+7 dex, +10 natural)

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Half-Mezarch
The lifelike nature of the mezarch attracted
many to the thought of creating Mezarch
limbs as a suitable replacement for body parts.
Unfortunately, due to the cost, only the very
rich, or certain special circumstances, allow
for the creation of these limbs. Chances are
that the recipient of the limb could have, at
far less cost, had regeneration performed
on him or her, but the individual has chosen
otherwise. Far from being reviled, as other
half-golems are, a half-mezarch proudly
shows off his mechanical parts as a symbol of
wealth and strength of will.
Added danger:
The creation of a half-mezarch is perilous
enough, and for half mezarchs there is no
exception. Instead it is usually killed by its
creator, as usually the creator will demand
nothing less than balance. Only a True
Resurrection, Wish, or Miracle can restore
it to life as the creature it once was before
becoming a half mezarch. A creature returned
to life in this manner can never become a
half-mezarch again. Occasionally, however,
a creator will let a failed half-mezarch remain
alive for some reason.
Special Traits of the Half Mezarch:
The cost for the parts and ritual is 75,000 gp +
5000 xp
Creating a half mezarch involves exactly the
same processes as creating other mezarchs,
and the same template is acquired with the
following additions and caveats:
Man vs. machine: The ritual not only binds
the limb to the body, making it a half-mezarch,
as well as the body to the soul. The living
person truly does take its mechanical parts as
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part of the very nature of its being, and in so
doing, binds its soul to its body.
Rewind: like a mezarch, a half mezarch
can function for 20 hours a day without
trouble, after which he needs 4 hours per day
to rewind his gears. Normally this occurs as
part of the creature’s natural sleep, but if not,
the parts have as many hours as the creature’s
dexterity score before the limbs become
useless, and dangle ineffectually from the
half-mezarch’s body. During the time after 20
hours and before his limbs become inert, the
half-mezarch is considered exhausted until he
allows his parts to rewind. If his parts are
allowed to become inert, in addition to being
exhausted, he loses 4 points of dexterity per
limb from the loss of use. In addition, he also
loses 1 point of intelligence per hour until he
passes out. The ability loss cannot be healed
in any way, and the exhaustion cannot be
eased by any means other than the 4 hours of
rewind.
Natural Armor: a half-mezarch gains a +5
natural armor bonus
Energy Ray: when the creature attains his
first limb, the creator of the half-mezarch’s
parts will also pluck one eye and replace it
with a gem, granting the half-mezarch the
benefit of one ray, which deals ranged touch,
4d6 fire and electricity damage.
half Mezarch appearance:
A half mezarch’s mezarch parts are always
exposed, with the skin of the creature stretched
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rivets, snaps and clamps, giving the creature
the illusion of having additional internal
mechanical parts with hide stretched to cover
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them. Its hide or skin does not usually become

pale or corpse-like, but it may become shiny as
if covered by a layer of gold or mithral leaf, or
glittery as if coated with gold or mithral dust.
Its hair or fur usually does take on the luster of
mithral or gold as well.
In addition, during the final ritual, after
the eye has been replaced, and all of the limbs
are attached, right at the level of the creature’s
heart, the ribs are removed and the lung
hiding the heart is replaced with a smaller, but
equally functional, mechanical one, revealing
the creature’s beating heart. The removed
ribs are replaced with a plate containing a
clear window. This is the only piece that is
covered by the creature’s flesh, and it offers no
penalty, weakness, or strength, other than that
the living, beating heart is always visible to
anyone the half-mezarch chooses to expose his
chest to. The purpose of this window is vital.
A half-mezarch begins his life as a half-
mezarch in his four hours of rewind, during
which time he is in a coma brought on by the
ritual. At this time, the ritual’s required will
saves are made as if he was awake to make
them, with no penalty due to his state. If he
fails his will save to maintain his person, the
heart will stop, and the creature will lose his
constitution score and wake as a construct.
Needless to say, though the will saves occur
within the first hour, a creator will usually do
little else than watch that precious heart for
the entire four hours, hoping and waiting with
bated breath that the organ does not cease its
function. After that, the window is a curiosity
unique to half-mezarchs.

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Index
Aasimar, 14 Half-Mezarch Noctiri, 24

Ancestor worsip, 24, 25 Half-Orcs, 13 Quixar’aa, 26

Artisans, 8 House Arolell, 4 Ris’, 22

Aureus d’Or, 4 House d’Or, 4 Ris’lon, 1

Bay of Enraya, 1 House Enalli, 4 Sea of Sorrow, 2

Bissina, 21 House Shivess, 4 Shimandra, 21

Cefalyi, 41 House Xavis, 5 Shi’phari, 24

Chanyta d’Or, 49 H’rashi, 24 Simghai, 37

Council of Mages, 5 Humans, 3 Slaves, 8

Delta city College of Magic, 2 Iltair, 1 Terubor Basin, 1

Dire Werelion, 49 Imaris, 19 Terubor Forest, 2

Dovram, 19 Kalen River, 2 The armed Forces, 6

Drownedlanders, 10 Karayim, vii The army, 6

Dwarves, 13 Karvu, 20 The blue Faction, 7

Elans, 13 Krzhyii, 38 The civil patrol, 7

Elves, 12 Laborers, 8 The common citizens, 8

Enraya, 1 Lake Kalen, 1 The council of divinity, 5, 6

Eschall Academy of Magic, 2 Lizardfolk, 14 The Daelis, 22

Eschall cliffs, 2 Lorei, 24 The green faction, 8

Eschall Falls, 2 Marion, 35 The Naeris, 23

Estorchyii, 43 Marthair, 1 The navy 7

Eternal Oak, 2 Mastorchyii, 42 the outer Court 5

Eternal Servants, 22 Merchants, 8 The red faction, 7

Gnomes, 13 Mezarch The Sun, the moon, the stars, 17

Half-celestials, 14 monks, 9 The Unnamed, 8, 9

Half-demons, 14 Myridan, 20 the voting population, 6

Half-dragons, 14 myridan’s crusade, 30 Therangia, 1

Half-elves, 13 Narghai, 37 Thrlchyii Consort, 43

Halflings, 13 Nheb- Sebht, 25 Thrlchyii Queen, 45

 Tieflings, 14 Fidelus, 32

Umara Rayfallow, 28 Ah’kon-ic (beast of burden), 34

Vellorn, 21 Estorchyii, 38

Xanchyi, 47 Thrlchyii Queen, 44

Yvara, 20

Images

Aureus d’Or, in youth, v

a courtly lady, vi

Temple of Swords, ix

Map of Enraya, x

Sentinel of the Blue Faction, 2

seal of Aureus d’Or, 3

Undead, 6, 36

Soldier, 7

Monk, facing away, 9

Sword Hand, 19

Skull, 20

Holy Symbol of Shimandra, 21

Lorei, 24

Holy Symbol of Nheb Sebht, 25

Holy Symbol of Quixar’aa, 26

Alchemy, 27

Holy Symbol of Umara Rayfallow,

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Umara Rayfallow, 29
Welcome to Enraya
Inside this book you will find the eldrich
kingdom of Enraya, where magic is a way
of life, and heroes are needed to rebuild
the crumbling kingdom. Will you help it
toward its destruction, or will you save its
glorious and infamous history?