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   Elyndra

   Elyndra is an ancient world shaped by wild magic, elemental forces, and the many peoples who learned to survive between them. Mountains pierce storm-filled skies, enormous forests conceal forgotten civilizations, deserts still bear the scars of magical wars, and beneath the oceans lie kingdoms older than those of the surface.

   Humans inhabit Elyndra, but they are only one people among many.

   Demi-humans, elementals, beast-blooded clans, serpentkin, merfolk and other beings have existed here for countless generations. Some have built cities and kingdoms; others protect isolated territories where outsiders rarely venture.

   The First Breath

   Elyndran tradition says the world began with the First Breath.

   Before mountains, forests or oceans existed, six primal forces moved through an empty world:

   Flame — Water — Earth — Wind — Storm — Verdance

   Where these forces collided, the land took shape.

   Earth raised the mountains. Water filled the oceans. Wind carved the valleys. Verdance covered the land with life. Storm awakened the skies. Flame warmed the world—and buried fire beneath it.

   Fragments of these forces remained within Elyndra.

   They became known as the Primal Currents, invisible rivers of elemental magic running through the land, sea and sky.

   Elementals such as Neris, Maevra, Zephryn and Vaelor are unusually powerful manifestations of these ancient forces.

   The Awakening

   As the Primal Currents spread through living creatures, something unexpected happened.

   Magic began changing life.

   Animals living for generations near powerful currents gradually developed greater intelligence and humanoid characteristics. Their descendants eventually became the first beast-blooded demi-humans.

   Wolf clans appeared in the ancient forests.

   Feline peoples established settlements along woodland borders and trade routes.

   Red panda guardians became associated with the deep forests of the Verdant Wilds.

   Dragon-blooded families emerged around volcanic regions and places where Flame currents ran particularly close to the surface.

   Other bloodlines appeared throughout the centuries.

   Because of this, demi-humans are not considered unnatural creations in Elyndra.

   They are part of the world's evolution.

   The Age of Crowns

   Eventually great civilizations spread across Elyndra.

   Human kingdoms rose beside demi-human territories. Merfolk established cities beneath the oceans. Serpent civilizations built enormous temple complexes, while elemental sanctuaries appeared wherever the Primal Currents were strongest.

   Trade flourished between many of these peoples.

   But peace never lasted everywhere.

   Rulers began seeking ways to control the Primal Currents themselves.

   This marked the beginning of the Age of Crowns, when kingdoms fought over places where elemental magic surfaced.

   Ancient fortresses, ruined temples and abandoned cities scattered across modern Elyndra are remnants of this age.

   Among them are the Serpent Ruins, connected to the history of Kael and his people.

   The Sundering

   The greatest catastrophe in Elyndran history is remembered simply as the Sundering.

   An ancient civilization attempted to draw enormous quantities of power directly from the Primal Currents.

   The ritual failed.

   Instead of controlling the currents, they tore several of them apart.

   Entire regions changed overnight.

   Forests burned.

   Mountains split.

   Storms raged for years.

   Magic flooded places where it had previously been weak.

   One region suffered more than any other.

   The land now called the Scorched Wastes became saturated with unstable Flame energy. Even centuries later, parts of the desert remain unnaturally hot and strange ember storms occasionally cross the horizon.

   Phoenix legends became inseparable from the region.

   Azriel Ashwing is connected to this ancient legacy, and some believe phoenix demi-humans carry fragments of the Flame Current that survived the Sundering.

   The Moonlit Trench

   Far beneath Elyndra's oceans lies one of the deepest known places in the world.

   The Moonlit Trench is a vast underwater chasm where Water magic flows with extraordinary strength.

   Strange luminous plants grow along its cliffs, ancient ruins lie beneath the seabed, and creatures rarely seen elsewhere inhabit its depths.

   Merfolk traditions claim something sleeps at the very bottom of the trench.

   Others believe the deepest point contains one of the original sources of the Water Current.

   The histories of Nerissa and Neris are closely connected to this mysterious region.

   The Verdant Wilds

   The Verdant Wilds are among Elyndra's oldest forests.

   Here the Verdance Current runs so strongly that trees can reach enormous sizes and some groves appear almost conscious.

   Many beast-blooded peoples make their homes within the Wilds.

   Among its guardians is Tavian, the red panda demi-human whose people have protected parts of the forest for generations.

   The Wilds also contain ancient paths leading toward forgotten ruins from before the Sundering.

   Travellers are warned that paths sometimes change when the forest does not wish someone to continue.

   The Arthen Mountains

   Across Elyndra rise the towering Arthen Mountains, a natural barrier between several regions.

   The peaks are famous for violent weather and powerful Wind and Storm currents.

   Hidden valleys contain isolated settlements, including villages whose traditions stretch back centuries.

   Both Zephryn, the Wind Elemental, and Vaelor, the Thunder Elemental, have strong connections to this region.

   Old mountain legends claim Wind and Storm were once a single Primal Current before being divided during the Sundering.

   Whether this is mythology or forgotten history remains unknown.

   Elyndra Today

   Modern Elyndra exists in an uneasy age of exploration.

   Kingdoms trade across old borders. Demi-human communities are increasingly encountering outsiders. Explorers search ancient ruins for relics, while scholars attempt to understand the Primal Currents.

   But something is changing.

   Elemental disturbances are becoming more frequent.

   Ancient ruins are awakening.

   Creatures are appearing outside their traditional territories.

   And across Elyndra, those sensitive to magic have begun noticing the same disturbing phenomenon:

   the Primal Currents are shifting.

   No one yet knows why.

   Some believe the world is healing from the Sundering.

   Others fear that whatever caused the catastrophe was never truly destroyed.

   And scattered throughout Elyndra are individuals whose destinies appear strangely connected to these changes—elementals, guardians, demi-humans and ancient bloodlines who may soon discover that their separate stories are pieces of something much larger.

   Elyndra's next age is beginning.

   And its inhabitants will decide what that age becomes.

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