Bastard Bonds Setting Lorebook

1. #1Lukatt Overviewconstantselective

   Keys: prison island, island of Lukatt, Lukatt

   Lukatt is a remote island used by the Kingdom of Crest as a penal colony. Convicts, the deranged, political inconveniences, and others deemed undesirable are shipped across the sea and interned there, primarily at the Stocks of Lukatt, an ancient fortress converted into a prison. The island's shores are said to let nothing slip free. Once a prosperous kingdom, Lukatt has been a monster-infested ruin for at least a century. It is divided into western and eastern halves. Escape is extraordinarily difficult due to dangerous terrain, hostile creatures, and a greater supernatural force associated with the ocean.

2. #2Kingdom of Crestconstantselective

   Keys: Crest, Kingdom of Crest

   Crest is a human-led kingdom on the mainland. It maintains a penal system that exiles criminals and political problems to Lukatt. Nobility, bishops, and upper levels of government are widely regarded as corrupt. Inter-racial relationships (particularly human-orc) are illegal. Hunting rights are heavily restricted, with nobles claiming prime game lands. Citizens of both human and orc descent live under Crest's laws. The kingdom employs naval patrols between its waters and those of Tsarath.

3. #3Tsarathconstantselective

   Keys: Tsarath, orc nation

   Tsarath is the nation of the orcs. It shares some degree of citizenship and trade with Crest; orcs may live in Crest and humans in Tsarath. Orc society is shaped by a severe gender imbalance: the vast majority of orcs are male, and female orcs are rare. Laws protect women from dangerous professions (including military service) and incentivize the birth of daughters. Crimes committed by women are frequently punished upon their male partners or husbands as collateral. Inter-racial relationships are illegal under Crest law.

4. #4Orcsselective

   Keys: orc, orcs, orcish

   Orcs are a humanoid race with their own nation of Tsarath. Most orcs are male. Female orcs are scarce and protected by extensive laws that bar them from hazardous work and treat their offenses as the responsibility of associated males. Orcs serve in Crest's navy and as citizens of Crest. Physical strength is a noted trait. Historical figures of orcish origin include ancient warriors tied to Lukatt's past.

5. #5Hayillselective

   Keys: Hayill, werewolves of Hayill

   Hayill is a settlement on Lukatt inhabited primarily by lycanthropes. It is led by an Alpha. The community includes various werewolf subtypes, including Gevaudan. Residents may live with fewer restrictions on their nature than elsewhere. It serves as a known point of contact for those seeking information or passage regarding the eastern half of the island.

6. #6Werewolvesselective

   Keys: lycanthrope, Crinos, Gevaudan, werewolf

   Lycanthropes on Lukatt exist in multiple forms: ordinary werewolves, Gevaudan (often clad in leather harnesses), Crinos, Savages, Wildmen, and Alphas or Patriarchs. The condition is not transmitted by bite. A community of them resides at Hayill. Some exhibit healing factors and voluntary shapeshifting.

7. #7Leviathanselective

   Keys: ocean god, Leviathan

   The Leviathan is an ocean god associated with Lukatt. It is the reason the island's shores allow nothing to escape. The entity is bound or sealed in a manner that maintains the island's isolation. Temples, organic structures, and regions of the island show signs of connection to it. Bargaining with or confronting the Leviathan is a matter of legend and extreme risk.

8. #8Maxim Spartillselective

   Keys: Spartill, Maxim Spartill

   Maxim Spartill was a historical military figure who once defended the land of Lukatt with elite soldiers. Statues, information, and a hunting lodge associated with him remain scattered across the island. The Spartill Lodge was once a favored retreat of his.

9. #9Fastadselective

   Keys: Fastad, Fastad's Archive

   Fastad is a historical figure connected to the fall or history of Lukatt. Fastad's Archive is a private repository with official ornamentation whose windows have been plastered over.

10. #10Beauregard (Historical)selective

    Keys: Luc Beauregard, Beauregard

    Beauregard is an orcish historical figure who served a Queen of Lukatt's former kingdom. He was sealed in an oubliette and frozen in time for centuries. He carried a trinket given by the Queen as a symbol of duty.

11. #11Magic Systemconstantselective

    Keys: magic, Max, veins, Nix, Arcus, Rex, Pox, Lux

    Magic is organized into six veins or elements: Arcus (non-elemental), Lux (light/holy), Max (destructive/fire-like), Nix (entropy/spirit/water/storm), Pox (darkness/poison/death/undeath), and Rex (nature/plant). Opposing veins deal additional damage to one another. Crest maintains an Academy of Sorcery where formal research into charms, enchantments, curses, and specialized applications such as gustomancy occurs. Lukatt is noted by some practitioners to possess an ambient affinity for certain veins.

12. #12Church and Religionselective

    Keys: crusader, church, religion, God

    Crest's church recognizes a singular God. Crusaders and church agents are dispatched to address demonic corruption, including on Lukatt. Holy relics, Ward magic, and concepts of purgatory fire are employed. Isolated abbeys and nuns exist on the island; some practices there are more relaxed due to local dangers. Multiple ruined temples, chapels, and abbeys (including Queen's Abbey, Briarheart Temple, Temple of the Eclipse, and Untouched Chapel) remain from earlier eras.

13. #13Stocks of Lukattselective

    Keys: Stocks, Stocks of Lukatt

    The Stocks of Lukatt is the primary prison facility, constructed within an ancient fortress. New arrivals are held there. Guards assigned to the site are frequently themselves products of scandal or reassignment.

14. #14Spartill Lodgeselective

    Keys: Spartill Lodge

    An old hunting lodge on Lukatt once favored by Maxim Spartill. Signage and local knowledge still associate the site with him.

15. #15Temple of the Eclipseselective

    Keys: Temple of the Eclipse, Eclipse Gate

    An ancient site on Lukatt. The Eclipse Gate is engraved with images of a king wielding godlike powers while his subjects cower before him. The temple itself is an ancient crypt filled with the scent of stale spices.

16. #16Queen's Abbeyselective

    Keys: Queen's Abbey

    A religious site on Lukatt associated with the former kingdom's royalty.

17. #17Alignmentsselective

    Keys: Lawful, Neutral, alignment, Chaotic

    Inhabitants of Lukatt and the wider world are categorized by alignment: Lawful, Neutral, or Chaotic. These designations reflect behavioral tendencies and social contribution rather than moral good or evil. On Lukatt, the distinction between good and evil holds little practical weight.

18. #18Brandingselective

    Keys: brand, branding

    Convicts sent to Lukatt are branded. The mark serves as permanent identification of their status. Certain lycanthropes may heal such brands over time. New or specialized brands have been created for particularly severe cases.

19. #19Sahaginsselective

    Keys: Sahagins, Sahagin

    Sahagins are fish-like humanoids that inhabit coastal and aquatic areas of Lukatt. They are known to capture and consume prisoners and other humans.

20. #20Gigajacksselective

    Keys: Gigajack, Gigajacks

    Gigajacks are giant native creatures of Lukatt. Most are aggressive, though some individuals are more docile and engage in labor such as lumber work. They are considered native to the island rather than introduced.

21. #21Goblinsselective

    Keys: goblins, goblin

    Goblins on Lukatt are generally primitive. Magical enhancement can temporarily raise their intelligence. Their lifespans are short; an individual of eight years is considered old.

22. #22Vampiresselective

    Keys: vampire, vampires, Frico

    Vampires exist on Lukatt, including neonates and older individuals. One known vampire controls passage between the western and eastern halves of the island. Some neonates serve as watchmen under stronger vampires.

23. #23Demonsselective

    Keys: Demon Lord, demons, demon

    Demons are powerful entities present in the world and on Lukatt. Demon Lords exist and maintain strongholds. Binding contracts with demons are possible under certain conditions. Demonic corruption is a known concern addressed by the church.

24. #24Greenbackselective

    Keys: Greenback

    Greenback is a significant settlement area on Lukatt containing a shipyard, traders, and blacksmiths. It retains more functional infrastructure than many other sites.

25. #25Organic Regionsselective

    Keys: Arkasin, Zias, Arpa, Chrun

    Certain regions of Lukatt (including Arkasin, Arpa, Chrun, and Zias, along with their Meatus and Tract subdivisions) exhibit organic characteristics: pulsing walls, fleshy tunnels, churning fluid, and odors reminiscent of blood. These areas suggest a living or corrupted biological component underlying parts of the island.

26. #26Glamig Cosovaselective

    Keys: Glamig Cosova, Glamig

    Glamig Cosova is a figure of Lukatt's older kingdom, remembered in relics rather than in a living court. A crown and even a hairbrush still carry the name. Like Maxim Spartill and Fastad, Glamig belongs to the island before Crest used it as a prison.

27. #27Klarthusselective

    Keys: Klarthus

    Klarthus is named alongside the living tracts of Lukatt — Arkasin, Arpa, Chrun, and Zias. Its humour is collected as a thick organic reagent, the same way those other tracts are bled for theirs. People who speak of the island's body include Klarthus in the list.

28. #28Fricoselective

    Keys: Frico

    Frico is a vampire on Lukatt who holds the passage between the western and eastern halves of the island. Travel from one half to the other goes through him, or through his death. His key is a known object. Some younger vampires serve watches under stronger blood such as his.

29. #29Nikolaiselective

    Keys: Alpha Nikolai, Nikolai

    Nikolai is the Alpha of Hayill, the lycanthrope settlement on Lukatt. Werewolves, Gevaudan, and the other shapes of that community answer to him. His emblem marks that authority. The bite of his people does not spread the condition.

30. #30Victorselective

    Keys: Victor the woodsman, Victor's Axe, woodsman Victor

    Victor is a woodsman's name attached to an axe and to a story still told by gigajacks and lumber crews on Lukatt. The axe is the part of the legend a person can carry. The rest is camp talk: a cutter large enough, or stubborn enough, to be remembered.

31. #31Katch weaponsselective

    Keys: Bradkatch, Mandkatch, katch, Jamdkatch

    Katch is a family of regional arms: the Bradkatch, a sword; the Mandkatch, a knife; the Jamdkatch, an axe. The names are not court Crest. They are the local word for that pattern of weapon, used on Lukatt and anywhere the same smithing speech is spoken.

32. #32Rodsselective

    Keys: magus rod, rod, staff, hedge rod, stave

    Rods are the staff-weapons of this world's magic. A warped branch or a hedge rod is country work. A divining rod seeks water, metal, or a vein. A magus rod or a spellbinder rod is professional, Academy or contract work. Blast, Flourish, Flash, and Entropy rods are cut toward particular schools: destructive force, growth and showing-forth, hard light, and unwinding. The Chocolatier Rod conjures food. Great named rods such as Yggdrassil and Bifrost carry mythic titles. Gems are set into staves to change their bent.

33. #33Vein iconsselective

    Keys: Luxicon, Nixicon, Poxicon, Maxicon, icon of the vein, Rexicon

    The five vein-icons are weapons and badges for casters. A Luxicon is light and holiness, a Maxicon destruction and fire, a Nixicon entropy, spirit, water, and storm, a Poxicon darkness, poison, and death, a Rexicon nature and growth. Carrying one announces the current a person trusts. Arcus, the non-elemental vein, has no icon in this set.

34. #34Script weaponsselective

    Keys: mantra, grimoire, Sumptuous Garden, arcane tome

    Some weapons are texts. Grimoires such as Halex and Solaris are Academy books that can be fought with as well as read, and gems are set into them. Mantras, abstract prints, taboo manifests, psalms, and tomes work the same way: the page is the arm. Sumptuous Garden is the infamous erotic volume of the same class, common across Lukatt, collected by a certain kind of scholar, and is still carried into a fight as readily as a sword.

35. #35Soul reagentsselective

    Keys: Assassin Soul, soul reagent, soul-stone

    Souls, in the crafts of this world, are kept as reagents: the vestige of a calling or a creature, not a person walking around. Assassin, mercenary, guardian, paladin, marauder, shrike, mantis, wasp, mountain, and spark are among the named kinds. They are packed with obsidian, bezoars, and humours, not with rations.

36. #36Devil effigiesselective

    Keys: Devil Adonis, devil effigy, Headless Devil

    Demons are imaged in effigy, and on Lukatt those images are often incomplete: headless, armless, one-winged, legless. The pieces are ritual stock and trophies. A Devil Adonis is a whole and beautiful example, the sort of image used when someone seeks audience with a Demon Lord. The church sends crusaders against the corruption these bargains answer to.

37. #37Humoursselective

    Keys: humour, humours, Arkasin Humour

    The living tracts of Lukatt bleed humours: thick organic fluids taken from Arkasin, Arpa, Chrun, Zias, and Klarthus. They are reagents of the island's body. The tracts themselves pulse, smell of blood or slime, and in places open into lakes of churning fluid. A humour is not a healing draught.

38. #38Gems and lensesselective

    Keys: focus gem, lens, lense, gemstone

    Cut gems — ruby, sapphire, emerald, diamond, onyx, and stranger stones such as serenity gems and dark rubies — are money, ornament, and magical foci. They are worn as rings or alone, and they are set into grimoires, staves, and rods. Lenses ground to a vein (Luxic, Maxic, Nixic, Poxic, Rexic) bend workings of that current. A glass jewel may be a fake or an unground blank.

39. #39Gustomancyselective

    Keys: Chocolatier, gustomancer, conjured food, gustomancy

    Gustomancy is the magic of conjuring food. A skilled hand can call up bread, cake, beer, or a full course. Crest's courts have treated a conjured cake at a noble wedding as conspiracy. On Lukatt the same art is how a band eats when the hunt fails. The Chocolatier Rod is the tool most associated with the practice. Food otherwise ranges from stale rations and hard crusts to truffles, chowder, and black forest gateau.

40. #40Torchselective

    Keys: Torch

    A torch is the ordinary light of cells, ruins, and night roads on Lukatt. People carry them because many halls under the island have no other lamp.

41. #41Plank Shieldselective

    Keys: Plank Shield

    A rough wooden shield, the sort knocked together from ship-timber or ruin-wood when no armorer is at hand.

42. #42Brass Shieldselective

    Keys: Brass Shield

    A brass-faced shield. The metal takes a polish that shows in torchlight, and it turns a harder blow than bare plank.

43. #43Crest Shieldselective

    Keys: Crest Shield

    A shield bearing the device of the Kingdom of Crest. Soldiers of the kingdom and guards posted to the Stocks carry this mark.

44. #44Stud Bucklerselective

    Keys: Stud Buckler

    A small studded buckler worn on the forearm by duelists and close fighters.

45. #45Void Bucklerselective

    Keys: Void Buckler

    A buckler associated with the void, a small guard said to drink the force of a blow rather than merely stop it.

46. #46Tough Ropeselective

    Keys: Tough Rope

    Heavy rope used by porters, climbers, jailers, and anyone who must bind a load or a prisoner.

47. #47Fur Bootsselective

    Keys: Fur Boots

    Boots lined or faced with fur, worn against the cold of coastal caves and high paths.

48. #48Soft Shoesselective

    Keys: Soft Shoes

    Light shoes for quiet feet. Thieves, servants, and anyone who does not want to ring on stone prefer them.

49. #49Plate Bootsselective

    Keys: Plate Boots

    Iron-shod boots worn with heavier armour.

50. #50Lacquer Helmselective

    Keys: Lacquer Helm

    A helmet finished in hard lacquer, lighter in look than raw iron and common among soldiers who can afford a craftsman.

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