Welcome to Letorus

Welcome to Letorus

Once, long ago, magic was a gift only held by the divine and otherwordly, largely inaccessible to mortal hands. But, if mankind is capable of anything, it is learning from and adapting to the world around them. Some centuries ago, the great Empire of Castellus, a bastion of erudition to the North, began to pioneer the refinement of magic, drawing upon the mystical energies in the world around them. They found a world teeming with arcane vitality, an untapped and near limitless source of power. As the first mages and spellcasters of the world came into being, the citizens of Castellus shared their gifts and knowledge with the world, establishing a vital alliance with their sister kingdom to the south, the small island nation of Argolis. For a time, society flourished under the enlightenment of arcane study.
However, when mankind pushes too far out too quickly, there will always be something to push them back. As the mages of the great Empire furthered their studies, they were bound to discover things best left untouched. As their practices grew too powerful and nightmarish to control, their great society fell to ruin. Countless souls were slaughtered in the aftermath, and Castellus disappeared soundlessly into the mists, never to be heard from again. For over a decade, chaos reigned, as magic became unpredictable and volatile, and even the most inoffensive cantrips were warped into curses. 
But when the smoke finally cleared, not all was lost. Seven powerful acolytes stepped forward, having retrieved what little research could be saved from Castellus' ruin, and declared themselves the faces of a new era, an era of Order, where magic and its adherents could be tamed. As the years turned to decades and the decades turned to centuries, these "Magelords" guided the new generations of spellcasters, domineering how magical practices evolved, and who was privy to such blessings. As more and more kingdoms fell under their dominion, Argolis, and their council of Magelord rulers, grew from a small island kingdom into a vast and totalitarian empire.
Now, seven centuries after the Ruin of Castellus, the tides have begun to shift. The Magelords are more ironfisted and authoritarian than ever under the lead of the recently inducted Lady Alestra, as they plan to stretch their empire further than its ever gone. As rebellions grow and tensions rise, many wonder whether Argolis will rise to greater heights than ever before, or if it will be crushed under its own weight.
From the highest peaks of the Everee Mountains to the shifting sands of Xaldune, every inch of this world is steeped with magic, the very earth carved from the arcane.