Kryllos

Kryllos is a lower-magic, dark fantasy, sword-and-sorcery setting which mixes airship swashbuckling with lawless gold-rush style prospecting against the backdrop of a festering cold war between two nations while the religious authority sanctions an inquisition to purge heretics. In Kryllos, characters are fragile and fallible, not indestructible superheroes. Every victory is hard-earned and survival is never guaranteed, emphasizing resourcefulness, caution, and grit over raw power or certainty of success.

A meteor struck the planet in an apocalyptic event known as "Starfall", splitting time into two halves: Before Cataclysm (BC) and Astral Descent (AD) The comet delivered arcane magick to the world but fractured the landmasses - levitating entire continents into the air where they remain, hovering, to this day. The surface wasteland, far below, is cloaked in perpetual shadow and covered in ash. Home to undead beyond count.

Fragments of the meteor (known as "Witchrock") are the source of sourcery and high magick - a required component to cast arcane spells. Because these fragments enable powerful invocations and enchantments, they are priceless. Wars have been fought over Witchrock.

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Note that Kryllos is a compilation of original ideas mixed with content curated from multiple TTRPG sources (such as Blackbirds, Ptolus, Darkenhaven, Middenheim, Tal'Dorei, Kingdoms of Kalamar, Journey to Ragnarok, Drakkenheim, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Dolemwood, Into the Wyrd and Wild) and other fantasy worlds (such as those of Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn.) It employs AI art to provide tone and visual feel. It is intended to support group role-play in a shared world.