Lorekeepers - A Worldbuilding Podcast

This week we investigate the rise and inevitable fall of the Marion Dominion. The elven lords who once held such a sway over the people of the Marion Ocean fell to the one true enemy of all empires: time.That, and the poison party.Related EpisodesThe Shrouded Empire, the first "nation": Ep. 1.2The Nineflow, leycourse of dispositions: Ep. 1.04Strife-spire, the cause of millenia of conflict: S1.25Vampires, rulers of the blasted world: ep. 1.31The Eight, the dragons, the Aspects, and the macrowar: ep. 1.67———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepersLorekeepers art by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade

Grab your tricorn and get ready to drop several years worth of bowman's salary because we're buying our way into the seaworthy aristocracy! This week we explore the Admiral's Club, the one and only club for every worthy captain on the Marion Ocean.———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepersLorekeepers art by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade

It's a new, exhausting week in the world, but lets leave that behind for a little while, why not? This week we go deep down beneath the waves, further than even where the sun reaches. But that doesn't mean it's dark. In the ruins of an ancient city of the Golden Hour, a city bursting with life glows into view. Welcome to the city of the merfolk.———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepersLorekeepers art by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade

Happy New Year! Good Riddance to the old, and let's pretend for a few days that this one might be better! Might!This week we zoom out to take a peek at the year ahead, specifically at the goings-on in Parresari. We consider important questions like:What seasons are there in Parresari? What do they look like?When do the treasure hunters arrive?Why are shipwrights setting fire to their own vessels?How do you milk a giant bat? All this and more. Enjoy!———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepersLorekeepers art by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade

Years' end festivities! Happy Bremann! To celebrate the holidays, we're having another one of our seasonal eps, this time about the Tide Festival (name pending?) of Parresari.Enjoy!We're a little late in bringing this one to you, but for good reason: we've got beautiful new album artwork! It's been a long time in the making, but well worth it! This incredible art was done by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

This week, we roll up the 'ol God Mill and see what we get! Well, her name's Wiwrnenthal, what's she about? How does she show up on Parresari? Listen and find out!———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

In the spirit of Candlemaker’s square, for this week’s episode we explore Pegum Plaza, the first thing that anyone sees when they land ashore in Parresari. From claimed “artifact” curio barkers to beautiful coral articulations to cafes high above, there’s something for every kind.———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

This week the Lorekeepers imagine a government for Parresari and investigate a particularly odd creature simply known as Thog.———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

We finish our conversation about the larger world around Parresari and discover some satisfying conclusions about our podcast's namesake!Episode ReferencesGnomes, angels and the spire of Oberiska: Ep. 1.03The Nineflow, leycourse of dispositions: Ep. 1.04Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

What starts as a conversation about the districts of Parresari becomes a much larger conversation about the context of the entire ocean.Episode ReferencesSpans, the primal entrapment: Ep. 1.34Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

Short but sweet, this week we explore two (one?), well, explorers! Enjoy.Episode ReferencesAquatropol, coral-bound cities of the Quel-tessari: ep. 1.32Brightharbour, beating heart of the Golden-hour rush: ep. 3.02Tidelings, children of lore and loam: ep. 3.03Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

In the dawn hours, strange figures wash ashore. They step out of the mist. Figures from familiar stories. This week, we imagine the ways of the Tidelings.Episode ReferencesSeasilver, lunar iron and the fourth moon of Sudar: Ep. 1.56Walking with the behemoth-gods of the wild: Ep. 2.26Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

What do you get when you mix a Californian gold rush, diving teams, and merfolk? We sure as hell don't know, but we're finding out! This episode, we investigate the world beneath the waves. An entire city of artifacts waits to be discoveredEpisode ReferencesElves, the children of magic: S1.5Roarark, apex-city of the philosopher queen: S1.8Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

Season three begins now, and boy are we excited! This week, we begin a new exploration into a distant unnamed city. Just one city, not even quite large, and yet the touch of its hand reaches far accross the lands of Sudar.Ancient artifacts are traded as though they were curios. Desperate relic divers bump elbows with rich merchants. A culture of hospitality trades stories for food and shelter. And in the dawn hours, the spent adventurers bloom tulpas into being, who walk as wraiths in the mists.Welcome to season 3!Episode ReferencesThe Ashcurse, cataclysm that broke the world: S1.1The early elves, birth of the vampiric nations: S1.37Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

Thank you so much to everyone who was with us for season 2! As a treat for being such fine folks, here's a little something extra from us to you.Enjoy :]Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

The final episode in our Oruhnian climax!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

Part two of our Orhunian climax!Also, heads up! COMPLETE SPOILERS FOR MISTBORN. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

In the first in our Oruhne climax, we begin tying together the many threads of Oruhne. This is it y'all!Also, heads up! COMPLETE SPOILERS FOR MISTBORN. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

We've got a nice, sleek ep. this week about nothing other thanDAH-NO-SAR-ISEnjoy :]Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

It's more giants this week. But more than that, we screw about with the periodic table of natural elements. It's all about the Gigantic Table!No idea what that is? Listen and discover!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

The bones of a prehistoric world call out to the Oruhnian... and some answer the call.Giant bones. They have a presence. What do they do? How do they affect magic? How do the Oruhnians use them? Listen in this week to find out!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

Everything works slightly differently in Oruhne. What does that mean for ancestral tidepools? Well for starters, they're literal. As in, literally ancestral. This week, we explore the nature of empathic magic and how it can create warm, inclusive communities... for a select few. Enjoy!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

Inspired by a reddit question, we investigate a third type of dragon: gemstone dragons! What are they? How do they relate to the other two kinds? What is their place in Halûme? Listen to find out!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

“Love will not be constrain'd by mastery...Love is a thing as any spirit free.” Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury TalesIt's been a long while since we did a god mill, so this week we decided to roll one up, with a caveat: what would this god be like in Oruhne? And what if they were exclusive to that continent alone?Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

This week, we investigate the Outriders further. What would a class breakdown for them look like? They can't all be rangers you know. They aren't a single kind of person, so this week we open their ranks to be explored. Enjoy!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"Next time you feel unqualified to be used by God remember this, he tends to recruit from the pit, not the pedestal."- Someone with Troubling TheologyFor a long time now the people of Oruhne have been used for purposes beyond themselves. They've grown used to it. Or at least, that's the common conception.But not all feel this way. What about those who don't wish to ally themselves with the Wild Gods? What about the Shorn?Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

“Never forget what you are the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be used to hurt you.”- George R.R. MartinWhen a warrior spends a lifetime with a weapon, it's bound to take on certain aspects of their character. It reflects who they are. When an Oruhnian spends their life by a weapon, the imbuing is literal.This week, we investigate what the implications of a weapon imbued becomes. How does it change the character of the weapon? Of the imbuer? Is the bond forced? Is it like marriage, or a friend you've always known? Or something else? Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"Not all those who wander are lost."- J.R.R. TolkeinThe wilderness is full. Full of adventure and danger and lessons. It will ground you, but also uplift you. And it will certainly endanger your life. This week we travel outside the walls of Haven and Hold to investigate Travel in the land of Oruhne.Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"...All things continue as they were from the beginning of creation. For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished..."-Simon Peter, 2 Peter 3:4-5Oruhne changes. Perhaps it was simply one continent, a rainforest. But what if it was more? If it's a land of wilds, what about the sea, and the shore? What about evergreens and deserts and tundras and mountains and flood plains? The face of Oruhne changes this week.Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"Through your acts of mercy, kindness, and forgiveness, kindle the light of hope in the world, beating back despair."-Kindle the Light, Oath of the AncientsIt's time we had a *spiritual* talk: the kind that involves holy weapons, oaths to ancient nature gods, and a divided war between the Shorn and the Wilders. Simple, right? This week, we investigate the paladins of Oruhne, and imagine how such a class would operate in their lands.Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this"-Old Man, The Legend of ZeldaAngels in Oruhne? What could that even mean? What does it have to do with the "master sword?" This week we imagine an incursion of angelic presence and the concerns, if any, that the Etherium has with Oruhne.Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

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“The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.” -John LockeThe defenses of a Haven in Oruhne are among its most crucial features. How does it propel others away from it? What forms does the corruption takeHave some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."-Thomas AquinasReturning again to Oruhne we take time to explore the beliefs of those that reside there. How do they interact with the gods? What does spirituality mean to them? How does it affect their magic?Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”-Friedrich NietzscheWe've established what magic is like on Oruhne, and we've mentioned the corruption. But what is it exactly? How do the people of Oruhne contend with it on a daily basis? And how do "semblences" figure into this?And so we go.Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

“The core practice of magic is: the execution of a willed intent to create change in the material world, which either defies, hastens or purifies the consequences of natural cause and effect.”- Zeena SchreckThis week our return to Oruhne is focused on magic. How does it operate differently? What do the people of the Havens to prepare for and use magic? How do wizards, paladins, and other common classes change in the new land? We explore all these thoughts and begin several others.Oh also we get sidetracked about a thousand billion timesHave some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"The ignorance of one voter impairs the security of all."- John F. KennedyWe return to our new continent Oruhne where Carter unfolds for us the Haven of Xìkhos, the first and only "true" known democracy of our world. Unsurprisingly, things aren't totally perfect in the country, but it makes for a fascinating place to visit!Oh also we get sidetracked about a thousand billion timesHave some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility."- Jack KerouacReturning to the world of Halûme comes with some changes. To celebrate a shift in our lives, we celebrate a change in landscape. Today we embark for new lands, a new continent! And at the helm Carter invites us to discover the lands beyond the endless waters.Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"I refuse to accept the idea that [humanity] is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround [them]."- Martin Luther King Jr.This week we put our heads together and begin to form some ideas around the strange lands of Flotsam, the floating continent. In the bizarre mega-jungles of the lands above, the status quo of all history is threatened...Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."- Plato, The RupublicWith a Plato quote, you know it's gonna get esoteric. This episode, we attempt to comprehend Ardam, the god of patterns!Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath."-Amit RayTo have mastery over the self, unity of the soul and the body... what incredible power! This week we explore monks and ki, (thankfully) discovering that the mystic power is not yet another power to keep track of, yet profound all the same! Enjoy.Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk! Have at you!"-Dracula, Castlevania: Sypmhony of the NightPart three of the record-stravaganza, and we're feeling the burn. Instead of giving out like an old sofa, we decide to gracefully relax instead into... blood magic addiction. Anyways, enjoy!Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

“I saw that animals were important. I saw that plants were even more important. I was also to learn that... we weren't important at all except for the damage we do. We do not rule the natural world, despite our conspicuous position in it.”- Elizabeth Marshall ThomasSometimes what you need is a big fun list of new ideas, so this week that's what we've got! We take a gentle diversion into the strange and unique flora of Halûme, complete with mushroom trees, bark that can make talking dogs, and saps used for field triage. Enjoy!Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

There are always more tales to tell. But we realize that sometimes, they're not ours, they're yours.If you feel lost or want to reach out, we're extending our hand. Feel free to reach us via the usual channels.Reddit: r/thelorekeepersWebsite: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles."-Garry KasparovWell, it's not chess. Nor is it dragonchess. But it is chess-likeThe cultures of Halûme surely enjoy the diversion of a mental joust now and again, no? They, like us, if they are indeed like us, must enjoy some battle of wits. This week, we imagine what Vagi, the game of strategists, kings, and retired seniors would likely be like. Enjoy!Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Referenced EpisodesExaban, battle-lord: S1.7Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"Why's it got so many colors in it, man? What is this?""That's the thing. They say you can see the whole universe in opals."- Kevin Garnett and Howard Ratner, Uncut GemsThe primal powers of the cosmos are never quenched. When they coalesce into a singular prism they take on peculiar qualities that make them heavily sought after in the Materium. This week, Carter brings the heat (and the wet, and the weight) with elemental gems!Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Referenced EpisodesPrimordium, the crucible of form: S1.19Drow, fanatics of distant magics: S1.40Anima, Fienir and the powers of the Primordium: S1.64Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"This land is not ready for a version of me who cares for anything other than his next nap."- Davriel Cane, Children of the NamelessYou asked, we delivered! This week we deep dive on just who exactly this Rhaac'var figure is: lovable rogue? Unkillable genius? Dire enemy of the past, present, and future? Sure, why not?!?Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Did you want to read the Children of the Nameless? Check below!pdfepubThonks monch, Brandon!Referenced Episodesthe Avireal, the dream-legends of elves: S1.15The Eight, the dragons, the Aspects, and the macrowar: S1.67Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."-John RuskinThis week we explore a very unique but oft-overlooked aspect of life in Halûme: the magesphere. Every day, mortal lives are inundated by the flowing of the Nine Abstracts all about them. Finally we start to give the magesphere its due!Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Referenced EpisodesMagician's guilds, the craftsfolk of the Nineflow: ep. 12The Ratcatchers, monster hunters for hire: S1.23Spans, the primal entrapment: S1.34Yahdiel, current-giver of the unprismed Nine: S1.55Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

“When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools.”- King Solomon, EcclesiastesThe Vowsworn. A selection of individuals who are called on by the gods to accomplish the impossible. Driven by their vision beyond mortal ability. What a fun idea to play with!Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Referenced EpisodesThe Nine, defenders of the Nineflow: S1.37Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers

"...for ere the fall of Nargothrond or Gondolin I passed over the mountains, and together through the ages of the world we have fought the long defeat.” - Lady Galadriel, The Fellowship of the RingThis week we continue our conversation about the history of Aevum Tertius on the macro scale by considering this: what have the other ancestries been up to during all this time? We consider this while dodging and weaving station troubles and canceled contracts, ultimately discovering some pretty neat things!Have some of your own thoughts? Join the Aftermath on r/thelorekeepers!Referenced Episodesthe Drakenfall, storm of dragons: S1.2Yamdallah, mecca of dragonborn: S1.16warriors of the Nine, Halûme's "jedi": S2.2Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World"! Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: [email protected]: @thelorekeepers