The Unveiling

Summary: The Gallimaufry

Magic: Levitation, Air, Flight

Titan: The Kin of Masks

Capital: The Unveiling

Location: Floating over the central Iceflow Sea

Specialties: Trade, Knowledge, Transport, Flight

“I am Astariel the Golden, Divine Child of the Sun and Emperor of the Sky. Behold my perfection and know your place, you vapid corpulent flaws on my existence. You will kneel. You will serve. You will die as I command - for those who would usurp my throne among the clouds are heretics and apostates to be rendered into ash on the wind."

The Gallimaufry is the only member of the Group of Eleven with no land to call its own. The roaming nation was formed by families of cloud giant traders, who traveled through the skies in floating castles. Whimsical, ethereal, and reliably witty, the Gallimaufry carried goods between the Eleven and beyond as independent merchants. The giants wielded Syranian magic picked up over generations of angelic pacts.

Over time, they transformed into permanent aasimar, gaining the innate powers of flight - and empowering their magic to solidify clouds, and harness the trade winds. Family lines forged pacts with the same angelic Thrones and Dominions, granting specialized knowledge of certain trades. This ranged from the cafes of the Dominion of Tea, to the flying carpet weavers of the Throne of Flight. The arrival of the cloud giants was always celebrated in the cities of old Xen’drik, though none could control the routes they chose to travel.

The goods sold by the cloud giants included everything from flying carpets to political information. Their access to the Immeasurable Markets of Syrania allowed them to buy and trade with immortals directly, while their pacts with the plane’s angels of knowledge allowed them to deal in specialist lore. Many also specialized in delivering goods across the continent at speed, ferrying delicate cargo and artwork between the cities of the Group of Eleven. Their efforts were mediated and protected by the Kin of Masks - ephemeral titans who supported the families from behind magical visors.

The purpose of the Kin was to ensure the freedom of the Gallimaufry, and act as diplomats to Syrania. Many were contracted with powerful Dominions, and undertook quests to provide them with knowledge. The only time the Gallimaufry truly assembled was the event known as the Unveiling. This social festival caused the majority of cloud castles to assemble over the Iceflow Sea, where they caroused and competed in a raucous tapestry.

Others remained across Xen’drik, either anchored in cities to trade, or flying on migration paths where they remain to this day. The Shattering caught the cloud giants in the middle of the Unveiling; the result is a burnt ruin of floating islands, caked in rime and exposed to the elements. The signs of their peace and joy lie scattered all around - and dangerous radiant idols rule over the ruins.