Figures of the Age
Tyrants, heirs, conquerors, philosophers, and liberators move through an age already fractured by empire.
Some inherit power. Others challenge it. Each carries a different vision of what the world should become.
At the Heart of the Age
Kalia and Astaros emerge from different traditions, yet both threaten the structures that have governed Orros for generations.
The Ancient Lands
Tyrant Huntress
Kalia moves through an age ruled by tyrants, sycophants, and decaying traditions. She is guided by her cousin’s impossible dream: excellence through collaboration, unity, and shared purpose.
“A tyrant’s power ends where fear does.”
The Outer Realms
The Liberator
Astaros carries the promise of another order. Where others inherit dominion, he seeks to transform power into responsibility, law, and representation.
“Rule must become service, or it deserves to fall.”
Court, Blood, and Intrigue
Around the central struggle gather rulers, heirs, survivors, and observers. Some defend the age. Some endure it. Others wait for the precise moment to break it.
The Ancient Lands
Conqueror, Unifier, Drunken Fool
Aevar stands between grandeur and disgrace, conquest and absurdity. His legend survives because it contains both the splendor of empire and the rot beneath its triumphs.
“History remembers victories. Wine remembers the rest.”
Taros
Heiress of the Tyrant
Born into the bloodline of a tyrant, Theara is both an heir and a threat. Her very existence endangers those who hope to replace dynastic power with a broader and more representative order.
“They fear what I might inherit. And they should.”
None
The Last leading mage
His presence carries the weight of a world shaped before law became absolute.
“Before there were laws, there were dreams.”
The Ancient Lands
The Face of Intrigue
Philosopher, playboy, and reluctant voice of reason. Kosartes disguises insight beneath indulgence, humor, and a talent for appearing less dangerous than he truly is.
“Reason is most useful when nobody suspects you possess it.”
The Ancient Lands
The Conquered Prince
Once a prince, Estas now lives as the conquered ward of the King. He serves as emissary while enduring the moods, humiliations, and unpredictable favour of his captor.
“A court is merely a prison with better clothing.”
A World in Transition
For those who throw rocks, summon comets upon themselves.