Evity

The Forbidden Village

Evity is a Draconian Village feared worldwide for its magical practices, as the Draconians residing there specialize in techniques like Necromancy and Puppetry. Found on the edge of Lashmur Lake, one can see the shores of Ealla across the water, and to the west are the fertile fields of Ilder. But in the days of yore, all of that belonged to the mages of Evity.
The Forbidden Village was given its name due to the magical techniques practiced there, as it is a haven for forbidden magical arts that are not allowed elsewhere in the world. It is the global hub of Necromancy, Puppetry, as well as having large swaths of Divination mages, Druids, and Beastmasters, dating back to the days when it was one of the few places where magic was practiced in the whole world.
The largest Draconian Village, as well as the most densely populated, Evity is known for its dark architecture, love and reverence towards death and the undead, worship of the Goddess Helle, and rivalry with the village of Bortan. Every single one of these cultural touchstones of the village can be traced to its rich history, from the days when Bortan and Evity were one.

Talriad Nimphonker by Jarhed

History

Draconian history began in the Valley of Creation, and the village of Bortan that was built within it. It began with the Goddess Helle, who created the Draconian people. But Evity's history begins with a schism, where some Draconians (led by Lalraan Tilrak) changed their allegiance to Helle's brother Phrixus. Enraged by this, the Helle worshippers tried to fight for their Goddess, but were exiled from the village.
The Evitians were the worshippers of Helle, traditionalists who could not stand the blasphemies spoken by Phrixus worshippers. Helle granted them magic, chiefly their leader, Talriad Nimphonker. With this newly granted power, Talriad led his forces back to Bortan in the War of Creation.
When they were defeated, it was Voleth Saxan who surrendered for the well-being of his people (though Talriad, nearly dead, still wished to fight until the end). Voleth led the Helle worshippers away from the valley to the edge of Lashmur Lake and there he founded Evity, becoming its first Village Chief in -1880.

Voleth Saxan by Jarhed

Rise of Magic

The village had trouble early on, as Voleth Saxan had to help them fend for themselves in a region they did not know. He is credited with reviving the dead Evitian movement, helping keep the village stable, and creating a unique identity that helped Evity become its own village and, later, forge the Draconian culture that would in the following centuries create a more unified national Draconian identity.
Talriad Nimphonker led the earliest magical studies, a precursor to the magic education that would later make Zephys famous. He was not just the first Draconian mage, but was one of the first magic scholars in the world (with some Elven exceptions, as the Lich Licvan predates Talriad). With this knowledge, he helped teach young Evitians to control their magic, and created the first magic lessons, though a formal school for magic was not founded until Talriad's son Vacaar Nimphonker gathered his grandfather's work and built the Goddess's Gift School for Magic about nineteen years after Evity was founded.

Kilprax Ildial by Jarhed

Vacaar Nimphonker would become the next Chief of Evity, though his time in the role was hardly as notable as his time teaching students at the Goddess's Gift School. The greatest mages in Evity for hundreds of years would learn the basics there, particularly one of Vacaar's own pupils, who would go on to be the greatest mage in history.
Born in -1819, Kilprax Ildial spent as much time as he could with Vacaar Nimphonker, learning everything the old professor could teach him. Vacaar hoped that Kilprax could succeed him as Chief and educator, but Kilprax had no desire for such a position. He dreamed of higher heights, the upper limits of magic and knowledge.
He dreamed of the floating castle in the distance, a structure that no man had ever managed to reach, that no Draconian understood. Hundreds of varied legends told hundreds of different stories of what was inside, but Kilprax knew it would be the answer to his prayers. The trip he took, called Ildial's Pilgrimage, included travel into the Elven Forest, to the Temple of Helle, across the Bay of Wonders, atop the Peak of the World, and finally ended with a year or two spent living in Bortan during the height of the Northern War.

Impak Daxur by Jarhed

In Bortan, Kilprax witnessed and even met with the Village Chief at the time, Impak Daxur, who would go on to be the first Bortanni to produce magic (doing so on his own, while the Evitians had done so with a blessing from Helle). Ildial was not present for this, though he is said to have seen Impak's considerable willpower and believed him capable of it.
Daxur was a name feared in Evity at that time (and in every generation after), as Impak was an enemy to the village. He led one of the first wars against Evity, invading the village and destroying much of the original architecture. He is blamed for the ruins that make up the sole remains of Evity's "first village". He destroyed the village so thoroughly that the name of his Evitian rival is never uttered in the village, as he is so disgraced for his failure that his name is said to bear a curse.
Kilprax spent most of his time trying to find a way into the castle in the sky, and when he managed to do this after two years of travel and study, he vanished from Bortan in the wind. It is said he sent a message to Evity,

Colmiceth Nurdesh by andreaspsillos4

which was ignored by its Chief at the time (who had considered Ildial dead to the village anyway.) For the next thousand years, Ildial was nothing more than the name of a minor family in Evity, and the name Kilprax was forgotten as Vacaar Nimphonker's legacy was carried by other mages.

New Techniques and the First Evitian Split

Two of these individuals were other students of Vacaar's school (though they were students of Vacaar's successors). They were in different classes and were not the same age, though they did come up around the same time.
Shirthecmonis Eravarax and Colmiceth Nurdesh were not the first to practice the bardic arts or alchemy, as these techniques had already been recognized under Vacaar Nimphonker, alongside natural magic and early necromantic practices. They were, however, prominent leaders in these fields at a time when mages practicing them were looked down upon and forbidden from reaching the full extent of their technique. Bardic practice was considered too loud, alchemical work too dangerous, and so laws limited them to certain areas of the village, fields where they wouldn't disturb people.

Shirthecmonis Eravarax by Jarhed

It was Eravarax who first rose up, a movement of protest using his bards as a loud voice of opposition. They were forced out of the village by the Chief, and so Eravarax brought his people across Lashmur Lake, to the opposite shore, taking land that had been claimed as Evitian for his own. Here, he founded Ealla, a village for bards to practice as they pleased.
Not long after Eravarax led his people out of Evity, Colmiceth Nurdesh did the same with the alchemists, settling Tamd a year after Ealla. While war broke out between those two villages, Evity remained neutral, refusing to help either. When war ended, Evity grew close to Ealla, the two villages becoming trading partners, which is said to have led to Tamd becoming allies of convenience with Bortan, fearing a war with Ealla and Evity again.
These two mass migrations are called the First Evitian Split, as around half of Evity's population fled the village in search of better conditions.

Mamrin Suzita by Jarhed

The Second Evitian Split and Impak's War

In place of the bards and alchemists, other techniques began to flourish. Necromancers understood that they would not get the love of the village, but the practitioners of natural magic (later known as two separate techniques, Druidry and Beastmastery) started to gain influence in the village.
Many thought Evity would soon become a home for these mages, as Ealla was for bards and Tamd was for alchemists, and it seemed that the greatest of them, Mamrin Suzita (called the "Mother of Natural Magic") would be next in line for the position of Chief. When she was skipped over in favor of the necromancer Arjithuk Lormorn, the natural mages rioted, but Mamrin Suzita refused to fight for her position.
Eight years after the First Evitian Split, Mamrin Suzita abandoned Evity alongside the natural mages (most notable among them was Lorzavur Exikmaan, a young man at the time who would later go on to be the greatest druid in history). The Second Evitian Split resulted in the vilalge of Erdenn (which would eventually undergo its own Erdennian Split, resulting in Erra, Denn, and the destruction of Mamrin Suzita's legacy). Evity was not pleased with this split, and Arjithuk Lormorn spent his time as Chief disrupting the village and making sure it did not succeed.
Evitian history in the period between the Second Evitian Split and the Great Draconian Migration is hazy. Wars with the other villages, mages attempting a Third Draconian Split and failing, and contact with the new Secci Gnome population in Lebalos defined a period of stagnation in the village, where the other villages (aside from Erra, Denn, and Zeldarr) thrived and Evity dwindled. There was an effort by Drestiar Saxan, an influential mage in the village who had felt his influence was not amounting to enough, to build a castle and expand Evity's territory north of the Elven Forest. Castle Evity was adorned with many Evitian symbols and the name Saxan was carved into it everywhere to tie the two, but the Elves were able to drive the Evitians out of it and kill Drestiar before it amounted to much.
Some more attempts to settle Castle Evity resulted in the same failures, and eventually (thousands of years later) it would be taken by the Kingdom of Man.
It seemed that the end was soon approaching for Evity, and this was particularly clear when they had to intervene in wars Bortan had with Elves and Dwarves instead of starting the war with Bortan themselves. Evity had become an ally of the Elves, working together to stop Bortan's conquests, though the two were not on good terms. Evity knew they would soon fall if they did not have Elven support, and the Elves liked to exploit Evity's resources and power. If the Elves got their way, Evity may have soon become a puppet of the Elves. But someone else stepped into this war between Bortan, the Dwarven Kingdom, and the side of both the Elves and Evity.

Accith Durzire by Jarhed

The Great Draconian Migration

It was -799 when Kilprax Ildial intervened in this war, appearing in the sky over Ebreichzell. He had studied with Kath the Eternal, the Golden Dragon Lord, for a thousand years, and now he had come to unite the Draconians and teach them the secrets of magic.
But first, he needed them to be peaceful. He issued an ultimatum: end the war in the next two years or he would end it for them in a white peace. Unable to do as he asked, Bortan had to accept Kilprax's terms, with Evity having already run off, hoping Ildial had not noticed their role in the fighting.
Ildial revealed that he was opening the floating castle up as a Magic College, and that he would teach sixteen students a year at this school alongside the Dragon Lord. This caused a stir all around the Draconian Villages, as people from Bortan, Evity, Ealla, and Tamd (Erdenn, Erra, Denn, and Zeldarr had all been destroyed at this point) moved to the area below the floating Magic College in what would become known as the Great Draconian Migration (though the Evitians sometimes call it the Third Evitian Split).
One of the leading figures in this migration was an Evitian man named Accith Durzire. He approached Kilprax and revealed that he had seen through his plans, that he wasn't going to teach anyone who moved to the city, and that instead Kilprax was playing the long game, settling the city and uniting the villages first, and that it would be the kids of those who unified the villages who would become the first students. For his cunning, Kilprax included Accith in his next plan: a new village called Yirthum which, alongside the city of Zephys that was founded under the Magic College, would be symbols of unity that would help bring the warring villages of Bortan, Evity, Ealla, and Tamd, into one nation with one unified culture. Zephys would be a neutral ground while Yirthum would be a symbol of what they could do when they worked together. Evity was pleased by this, as Accith became its first Chief and so the influence of Evitian ideas was at the center of the village's founding.

Tarstarus Vorsashi by Jarhed

Draconian Unity

Evity did not just get a good deal out of the founding of Yirthum. The Chief at the time, Tarstarus Vorsashi, was given something else to sweeten the deal.
Vorsashi was the Chief least inclined to accept the idea of unity: Evity was not a friend to these other villages, save for some trade deals with Ealla, and she saw this as subjugation rather than uniting. But Kilprax gave her a gift of a necklace and a title: all Chiefs at the time were given the same offer of a title. This would give her the status as a noble, the first noble from Evity, an upper echelon in terms of status in this new Draconian nation. Others would soon rise to this noble status as well, but as one of five of the first nobles, the Vorsashis (as it would pass to her family as well) would be higher status than even the Saxans had been.
Tarstarus Vorsashi accepted this, elevating her family to noble status and bringing Evity into the fold. Despite this, her children did not get into the first Magic College class, with the Evitian representatives instead being Forthash Saxan, Elxis Lormorn, and Kilprax's own descendent, Aampeal Ildial.
Something notable about Tarstarus Vorsashi is that she had not been Chief when Kilprax first arrived. That had been Krolxosh Saxan, father of Forthash, but he had resigned, taking credit for Evity's role in the war with Bortan after a discussion and argument with Kilprax. Kilprax took Forthash as a student to make it up to the ancient Saxan family. Vorsashi lucked into the noble title by being the one Krolxosh appointed in his place, and she thought this meant her children would take a place at the head of Evity's future as well.

Aampeal Ildial by Jarhed

Instead, Elxis Lormorn earned his place, and nepotism (or so the story goes) led to Aampeal's appointment as well.
Elxis Lormorn proved to be a mediocre student, placing in the bottom half of the class, but Forthash Saxan was a star. Second academically and third overall in the class, he rose to prominence as the future of Evity. But right behind him, third academically and fourth overall, was Aampeal Ildial. The two were fierce rivals, which was odd for many at the school. While Bortan and Tamd found a new rivalry in class, Evity seemed to be at war with itself, trying to determine if its future was the ancient Saxans or the new Ildials.
It was Kilprax's influence that led to Aampeal being appointed the next Chief after graduation, with a faction called "Voleth's Hand" rising to oppose him in favor of Forthash. Aampeal's early chiefdom was marked by sabotage from within, though with his intellect and might he was able to lead them to prosperity anyway. Kilprax worked with him to redefine Evity's identity not just as a place for magic to be studied, but for the forbidden arts like Necromancy, Puppetry, and Divination to take centerstage. This helped Evity rise from its dwindling status to the center of Draconian society again.

Elnahil Shirno by Jarhed

The Draco-Elvish War

Elnahil Shirno was an Elven mage who attempted to attend Kilprax's Magic College, but was turned away. Ildial had founded it for Draconians only, but Shirno refused to accept this.
With the help of the help of the Nerifir royals, the Elven Guard, and the Magic College's worst performing graduates Tobor Tuldad and Satrin Myathuluc, Shirno declared war on Kilprax and his villages. Evity, being on the edge of the Elven Forest, was one of the first to be invaded by the Elven Forces in what would be known as the Draco-Elvish War.
Raids on Bortan were the first thing to capture Draconian attention, as Captain Génial captured Bortanni civilians in a move that forced Bortan out of the Elven Forest and back to their village in exchange for the hostages. Then, he did the same to Evity, though Aampeal Ildial was not as willing to surrender as his former classmate Cruldor Daxur had been.

"Let him kill the hostages if that is his wish. We will resurrect them stronger, and they will do to him what he has done to them tenfold."

— Aampeal Ildial

Necromancy was the main source of Evity's power now, and they had started to embrace death. So Captain Génial instead covered the streets of Evity in oil to prevent them from raising corpses, and this also kept many Evitians off of the street. When he captured more Bortanni hostages alongside the seizure of Evity's streets, the name Génial began to carry itself on Draconian whispers as if he were a monster of legend. The citizens feared Captain Génial and his Elven soldiers, and his tactics would have stopped any rational army from daring to fight him.

Captain Génial Dennel by Jarhed

One cannot call the Evitian forces of Aampeal Ildial and the Bortanni troops of Cruldor Daxur rational. Aampeal was willing to let everyone die if it meant winning the war, and Cruldor embraced this. When Elves surrounded Evity, sieging it, Aampeal heard that Captain Génial had taken Bortan and was going to put it to the torch. Aampeal took his troops from Evity to Bortan, saying he would simply build Evity up again if it was destroyed, and alongside Cruldor, he surrounded Bortan and smoked out Génial and his troops.
The two worked together, killing Captain Génial with the combined strength of Evity and Bortan in one of the only known instances of Bortanni and Evitian military cooperation. Aampeal even raised the Elven Captain from the dead just so Cruldor could kill him again in the sight of the Bortanni and Evitian people.

The Waire Plague

Kilprax Ildial was the glue that held the Draconian army together. Evity and Bortan were not at each others throats because the Grand Wizard had kept them in agreement, and King Arazion Nerifir of the Elves knew he had to kill Kilprax to win the war.

Dilfen Fondspell by Jarhed

It was Arazion and Elnahil Shirno who developed the murder method: a disease. But they needed a stage to spread it, a place to lure Ildial to his doom. What better place than his first home? What better place for history's greatest end than the city of death?
Credit for the scheme has often gone, partially, to a nameless Elven scout who discovered weaknesses in Evity that would allow Shirno easy access to the village, and would help spread the disease. In the years since the Waire Plague, some have claimed this to be Dilfen Fondspell, ancestor of the Fondspells who would one day settle in Evity, as Dilfen was an Elven scout in the war who had an enchanted golden cloak that could hide his presence. With this, he may have discovered Evity's weakness and helped further along the plan to spread a disease and wipe out the village. This rumor forced the Fondspells who later came to Evity to hide their surname, not just following Elven cultural practices, but for fear of being blamed for one of the most infamous events in Draconian history.
Someone warned the leaders of Evity of what was coming when Elnahil Shirno issued a challenge for Kilprax to meet him in Evity. Aampeal Ildial, otherwise willing to sacrifice whatever it took for victory, saw that he had a chance to save his village and evacuated it immediately, leaving the fight to his ancestor Kilprax instead. When plague came, only three people remained in Evity: Elnahil Shirno, Kilprax Ildial, and the traitorous Draconian Tobor Tuldad (who hid away from Ildial and Shirno, observing the battle). It was Tuldad's fireworks that alerted Ildial to Shirno's presence, and made him aware of the challenge he was now part of.

Tobor Tuldad by Jarhed

Evity became the staging ground for a disease developed by Elnahil Shirno, which wiped out the Elven town of Walmil where it was tested. A disease that became known as the Waire Plague.
Luckily, thanks to the evacuation, only two people in Evity died to the disease: Kilprax Ildial and Elnahil Shirno. Tuldad witnessed this and used it to his advantage. He was the first to know that Kilprax was dead and the Draconians were leaderless, so he schemed with the Elves to take Yirthum and, then, with no one to protect it, Zephys, marching in beside the King himself with "the Will of Evity" as he called it, as its "last survivor". Of course, many Evitians were still alive, though they didn't move back to the village until it was safe after the war was over.
Therefore, there was little that Evity could do when the other villages surrendered. There was little that could be called "Evity" except the refugees in Ealla and Yirthum, as well as the power structure around Aampeal Ildial. Aampeal was not as active in resisting Tuldad as the next Grand Wizard either, as his classmates and fellow Chiefs Cruldor Daxur and Oldruuk Uphal were. Instead, many credit Aampeal's ultimate surrender with normalizing Tuldad and cementing his rule.
There are different interpretations of why he did this, ranging from having no desire to fight, the Elves still patroling around Evity and threatening to take it as a puppet as they did Yirthum, or the fear that they would impose legislation that would truly ban the forbidden magics even in the village of Evity. Whatever the reason, Aampeal surrendered and supported Tobor Tuldad's rule from a distance, though no one ever saw him leave his manor following his surrender. Everything he did, he did through necromantic proxies or messengers.

The Necromancer's Ascension

The Evitians were rewarded for their loyalty to Tuldad by the Elves, with increased trade to Camor and the Elven Forest bolstering the economy of the village and helping it rebuild. Its mended relationship with Bortan was quickly soured by Aampeal's surrender to Tuldad, and the villages went back to bitter foes.
The Noble Council, though originally organized by Kilprax Ildial to feature the first five nobles, would work in Evity's favor when Tuldad appointed a noble head from Yirthum who, while not Evitian, had Evitian sympathies. First, they did what was best for the Elves. Then, for Evity (not Yirthum, though they represented the puppeted village). Evity benefited above all else from Elven control, so much so that some believed they were Elven puppets after all.

The Notable Figures and Families of Evity

An ancient land, Evity is home to a score of noble families and famed figures. Due to the extent of them, only the cream of the crop will be listed below, as otherwise one could spend an afternoon listing Evity's most notable individuals, and would only manage to get to the halfway point.
Noble families in Evity mostly trace their lineages back to the War of Creation or even the first Draconians themselves, but anyone can become a noble. The children of Village Chiefs are granted a noble title, and then any family they have are born into that nobility, which will continue as long as the bloodline does.
The nobility of Evity are particularly wealthy and powerful in Draconian society, generally having more sway than others to the point that coalitions of nobles from other villages are often formed to counteract Evitian plans. These are mighty and fearsome families, and they represent all that Evity stands for.
Saxan: (Black Draconians) The founding family of Evity, the Saxans are synonymous with the village itself, and are most often found as the current Village Chief of Evity due to their vast resources, wealth, power, and influence.

• Voleth Saxan- The founder of Evity, Voleth Saxan was one of the leading figures in the War of Creation. Following his defeat, he fled to Lashmur Lake and decided to start a village to rival Bortan.


• Krolxosh Saxan- Chief of Evity leading up to the appearance of Kilprax Ildial, Krolxosh resigned so that he would be blamed for Evity's aggression towards Bortan in exchange for his son Forthash getting better treatment by Ildial.


• Forthash Saxan- A graduate of the first Magic College class, he was skipped over as Chief in favor of Kilprax Ildial's own family. He proved a coward in the Draco-Elvish War, fleeing battle and insisting they surrender when things looked bleak.


• Coldrid Saxan- Adopted by the Chief of Bortan, Ikkul Ravofarn, Coldrid became a particularly Anti-Bortanni Chief, leading the Battle for Southern Elone against the Southern Elone Treaty Organization, though he later gave in and joined the organization, helping unite all of the villages with his foster brother Nalrik Tilrak.


• Vanxuur Saxan- A powerful necromancer and Chief of Evity during the reigns of Ardar Tilrak and Rhoziros Nimphonker, she was one of the leading forces of opposition to them, and is considered to have been "the Grand Wizard who never was", as she was passed over in favor of others when both Ardar and Rhoziros' successors were chosen.

Ildial: (Green Draconians) A family that gained much of its prominence thanks to the most famous Draconian in history, the Ildials have maintained a position as one of the most influential families in all the villages, let alone Evity.

• Kilprax Ildial- The most famous mage in history, Kilprax was the first Grand Wizard of the Draconians, who united all of the villages under his banner, founded Zephys, and created the Magic College of Zephys.


• Aampeal Ildial- A student in the first class of the Magic College of Zephys, he was Chief of Evity during the Draco-Elvish War. He bravely fought alongside Bortan to kill a Captain of the Elven Army, and evacuated Evity before the Waire Plague struck, leading to Evity's population surviving the devastating tragedy that ended the war.


• Unxod Ildial- Head of the Noble Council around the end of the Age of Tranquility and into the Age of Plague, he approved the appointment of Vimbish Baxcol and, then, Viaxis Vammush to the position of Grand Wizard. Many blame Unxod for the Age of Plague, as well as the degredation of the Grand Wizard title in the hands of fools and madmen.


• Vecon Ildial- Daughter of Unxod, Vecon was closely involved in the breakout of the Age of Plague, and was partially responsible for the ultimate fate of Viaxis Vammush. She replaced her father as Noble Head, but failed to fix his mistakes.


• Aaren Ildial- The Puppetmaster of the 500s, Aaren Ildial orchestrated schemes during the late Age of Unrest and early Age of Justice to put himself in a position of power in the shadows. Ultimately, he is said to have given in to vampirism, then being slain by Sinner Caerxan and his Vampire Hunters from Waire, who Aaren himself had funded and helped raise to prominence.


• Firnec Ildial- Head of the Noble Council during the reign of Rhoziros Nimphonker, Firnec Ildial was known for making deals with the Grand Wizard and aiding his nationalist agenda in exchange for leniency towards his own agenda and the wellbeing of the people of Evity. He is often referred to as "the Mediator" for his level-headed dealings.

Lormorn: (Blue Draconians)

• Arjithuk Lormorn- The Chief who caused the Second Evitian split, he was a necromancer who was given the title over natural mage Mamrin Suzita.


• Elxis Lormorn- A graduate of the first Magic College class, Elxis Lormorn placed the lowest of the Evitians and was disregarded by his classmates for his poor performance. Legends say he died in the Draco-Elvish War and kept fighting, resurrected by a deal with a Demon Lord.


• Drorthod Lormorn- A powerful Chief, Drorthod was an influential noble in his day who cemented his place in history by being a leading force in resettling the village of Ilder.


• Onkesh Tazwunak- Son of Drorthod Lormorn, Tazwunak was the Chief of Evity during the Chief Crisis, leading his army to almost certain victory. He is most famous for resurrecting Kilprax Ildial to fight Salasar Feaphed, though Ildial refused to listen to him and humiliated Tazwunak to death.

Nimphonker (White Draconians) Another prominent family during the War of Creation, the most prominent Nimphonkers moved to Tamd when it was founded, but some remained in Evity. The Evitian Nimphonkers are a minor branch of the family, but they often poke their head around in family business (despite, by now, having very little relation to the Nimphonkers of Tamd).

• Talriad Nimphonker- The first mage, Talriad Nimphonker was the leading force of the War of Creation. He left behind a legacy of hatred that still permeates Evity's culture, but also the study of magic that would go on to inspire Kilprax Ildial himself.


• Vacaar Nimphonker- Son of Talriad and founder of the Goddess's Gift School for Magic, the first formal place for magic education, he was the mentor of Kilprax Ildial himself.


• Garusteras Nimphonker- An Evitian hero during the Age of Heroes, Garusteras Nimphonker rose in opposition to his Tamdian cousin Tankean, though he hated Tankean's Tilrak rival even more.

Durzire (Yellow Draconians) More famous in Yirthum as its founding family, the Durzires of Evity are relegated to obscurity, though they are wealthy and fund much of the village's amenities.

• Accith Durzire- Founder of Yirthum, Accith Durzire is called the Clever Founder for the fact that, the stories say, he saw through Kilprax Ildial's own schemes and confronted him about them. Kilprax, pleased with Accith's cunning, brought him into the plans as the "leader" of the Yirthum movement.


• Preythel Durzire- A member of the Durzire family who moved back to Evity after the founding of Yirthum, Preythel Durzire wished to use the Durzire's newfound wealth to establish a rival faction in Evity. Instead, the Evity Durzires became another face in the crowd of Evitian nobility, and Preythel was remembered only as a traitor to his own family.

Vorsashi: (Black Draconians) The first noble family of Evity, their noble house is considered "the Star of Evity" thanks to an enchanted necklace carried by the head of the family which grants them light magic in addition to their dark magic (likely given to them as a gift by Kilprax Ildial). The Vorsashis have had a lot of influence on Draconian politics from the shadows, though they are not as prominent as other Evitian families.

• Tarstarus Vorsashi- Chief during the rise of Kilprax Ildial, Tarstarus Vorsashi was also the first noble appointed from Evity, and is credited with helping foster peace and unity among the villages (despite starting multiple wars against Bortan before Ildial appeared.

Suzita (Green Draconians) A family with deep ties in the history of druidry and the village of Erdenn, though the Evitian Suzitas are not the Erdennian Suzitas, who were wiped out in the War of Erra and Denn.

• Mamrin Suzita- Founder of Erdenn, Mamrin Suzita was previously the "Mother of Natural Magic" in Evity. Finding her magic unwelcome in Evity, she led a mass migration, but was still seen as an Evitian citizen.


• Findem Suzita- Mamrin's cousin, Findem remained in Evity, keeping a branch of the Suzita family in the Forbidden Village. He disowned his cousin and her movement, but his descendants later co-opted Mamrin as the symbol of their family, rather than Findem himself.

Worghull (White Draconians) Tracing their lineage back to some of the earliest Chiefs of Evity, the Worghulls have been close allies of the Saxans, staying by their side and supporting them no matter the opposition.

• Kintucet Worghull- An adventurer who was one of the first to explore the eastern coast of Elone, returning with stories and being named one of the earliest Chiefs of Evity.

Rhogar (Red Draconians) A family of Red Draconians who defected during the War of Creation, the Rhogars maintained Bortanni principles and practices even as Evitian culture changed around them.

• Daachon Rhogar- The Draconian Emissary to Nerodil during the reign of King Vamar Forestarm, Daachon Rhogar was a rival of Lorzavur Exikmaan who was said to have been exiled to Nerodil as punishment for his treason.

Shinebright (Elven) Beginning with a pair of Half-Elves, the Shinebright family traces its lineage back to Sirlini Glirdog, the first non-Draconian Village Chief, as well as the Darelors who held the position of Her Lowness in Alzirgos for generations.

• Finethir Shinebright- A member of the Weave Initiative, Finethir was a Half-Elf who was heavily discriminated against. He created a company, Sanguine Ketchup, in Evity which he used to form a cult that protected Half-Elves (and elevated him to pseud-God status).


• Lorakaen Shinebright- A member of the Weave Initiative and a Half-Elf, Lorakaen is considered one of the greatest healing mages in history, and aside from her many victories for the Army of the Revolution, she is also famous for being the longest lasting Centurion of Ludhar's Legion, a traveling group of healers based in Vitroveil.


• Valfarin Shinebright- The missing son of Lorakaen and Finethir, Valfarin Shinebright was a necromancer who was close friends with the heroic Talrin Tilrak and Semele Gunn, though his own personal achievements are shrouded in mystery.


• Altora Shinebright- Daughter of Valfarin, Altora was part of two different Grand Wizard's personal advisory Council, was headmistress for the Nawunax Valdacmith School for Necromancy, and was the first Elf to join the Noble Council. She was a pivotal ally for the Draconian Nationalists in the Yirthum War for Independence.

Fondspell (Elven) A minor family famous for two prominent Evitian bards in the Age of Justice, the Fondspells were one of the few families in Evity that non-Evitians both knew and liked. Their music is beloved even centuries after their rise to fame.

• Dilfen Fondspell- An Elven scout during the Draco-Elvish War, Dilfen Fondspell might have been responsible for discovering Evity's weakness and, thus, starting the Waire Plague.


• Jaykos Fondspell- A necromancer-bard, Jaykos Fondspell was gifted a manor in Evity by his close friend, an Ildial he went to the Magic College with. He did not live in it for a long time, but eventually the stories say he appeared there with his child, Olaiver, one day and changed the village, putting on concerts that many Evitians adored (and others hated).


• Olaiver Fondspell- A powerful necromancer-bard and son of Jaykos, Olaiver was haunted by the spirit of Sirlini Glirdog, and is said to have been somewhat mad. Still, he was incredibly close with Valfarin Shinebright and Barnabus Wildwish, and vanished alongside the other two.

Wildwish (Elven) Having lived originally in Stallbourne, the Wildwish family used its connections to weasel into Evity through necromancer circles, spreading propaganda for the World Court and stirring up trouble that partially caused the Chief Crisis.

• Chavis Wildwish- A World Court admissible who led a movement of Elves settling in Evity, Chavis was the head of a pro-World Court movement in Evity dating back to before the Chief Crisis, and he continued leading it long after the First World Court fell and he was disowned by the Second.


• Barnabus Wildwish- When he was a child, this son of Chavis was responsible for aiding in the defense of Modan against his father and a judge of the World Court. Despite spending most of his life in Udai, Barnabus' name was associated with his place of birth, and the Evitians used this to claim him and his achievements as their own. He, like his close friends Valfarin Shinebright and Olaiver Fondspell, mysteriously vanished.

Morcrath (Black Draconians) A cadet branch of the Saxan family, the Morcraths were only in Evity as a noble family for a couple generations before they moved to become one of the leading noble families in Waire.

• Clomtol Morcrath- A cousin of Coldrid Saxan, Clomtol Morcrath brought the Morcrath family to prominence in an attempt to usurp his cousin's place, and in failing to do that he moved his family to Waire and fought as a Vampire Hunter.

A vocal minority began to rise in Evity in opposition to this submission to Tuldad and the Elves: a group of Druids and Beastmasters calling themselves "Erdenn's Legacy" began organizing meetings. Very little is known about the actions of these druids, though they are believed to have ties to Iorkul Kricel, a beastmaster who went on to kill Tuldad and take over as the third Grand Wizard. Kricel was an Evitian citizen, though he opposed Evity as he knew it and gave positions of power to members of Erdenn's Legacy instead.

Iorkul Kricel by Jarhed

Though Kricel was Evitian, his reign did very little for his home village. By the time his reign was over, few even remembered where he was from (as Kricel himself often refused to say, instead saying he was "from nature".)
The villages were, however, beholden to the will of the Grand Wizard and Noble Council during this time. From the reign of Ildial until the reign of Iorkul Kricel, Chiefs had very minimal authority. This was particularly frustrating for Evity, as Kricel limited their autonomy and broke off their trade with the Elves, saying it was detrimental to Draconian autonomy. He had been unable to free Yirthum from the Elves, but if he could at least sever the Elven-Evitian ties, he saw it as victory enough for his people.
Evitians called Kricel a tyrant, though other villages found him to be a fair leader. Still, few sought to oppose him, as he was at least considered much better than Tobor Tuldad. But he was ineffective and quite moderate compared to the two extremes that preceded him. And another extreme had been growing in the meantime.
Why exactly Wiscys Nicandir killed Iorkul Kricel is the subject of much debate. But what is known is that an alchemist and witch from Tamd sucked the life force from the third Grand Wizard and took his place. She was quick to distinguish herself from her predecessors by removing a great deal of power from the Grand Wizard and granting autonomy back to the villages. She wished to be hands-off in her role, and so Evity was given freedom to trade and work with anyone it pleased, without sanctions or military force being levied against them from the other villages or the Grand Wizard.
One may think that Evity would be grateful for Wiscys Nicandir, but some trouble had arisen in the early years of her reign. The Elves of Camor found themselves at odds now with a contingent of rebels in the north called the Exilés, and they refused to deal with Evity alone, demanding the full strength of the Draconians, which Wiscys refused to give. Evity, with all the authority they'd wanted, had been left out to dry, and their alliances were gone as well.
Ealla refused to work with the Evitians, trying to be seen as a more peaceful place that invited people and art from around the world rather than a place for only Draconians. Yirthum had gone over completely to the Elves, and was forbidden from doing business with Evity as long as Camor didn't. Tamd had gone back into complete isolation, and Bortan took the chance of Wiscys' absence to declare nonstop wars on Evity whenever they had the chance. It was utter chaos.

Nawunax Valdacmith by Jarhed

One figure who grew up in this chaos was a necromancer named Nawunax Valdacmith. Valdacmith witnessed mass death on a scale not seen since the Draco-Elvish War, and feared what would happen when it reached him. Devoting his life to the study of Necromancy, Valdacmith learned how to cheat death, and soon used this to his advantage.
What role Valdacmith played in the death of Wiscys Nicandir in Udai is unclear, but he led an expedition that discovered her (and many say he knew about her death years before she was discovered). Whatever the case, he replaced her and quickly repealed many of her decisions, becoming a tyrant once more (only now, Evity was completely behind his decisions, as he passed laws that were heavily in favor of Evity and its necromancers).
Nawunax Valdacmith was hated by the other villages, but any time he was killed, he found a way to come back. Evity would be tasked with delivering payback to those who killed him, hunting down individuals and invading villages responsible for it. He had an enforcer named Dralhed Narhadur, an Evitian necromancer who would do most of the killing for him, though he did not trust Narhadur with anything else as noted by his refusal to appoint Narhadur as a regent during his Katabasis, choosing the Corpse Regent (a resurrected body ruling in Valdacmith's place) instead.
Narhadur was distracted when it happened: A Tamdian named Nyaldual Nurdesh led this mission, burning Evity with fire potions while Valdacmith was ambushed by a group of mages who had created the ultimate spell to kill him for good: Disintegrate. They had worked on it for years, and finally, they used it to destroy his body completely so that he could not be resurrected again. The plan was for Dralhed Narhadur to be dealt with afterwards, but Nyaldual Nurdesh took care of Narhadur in Evity, killing them in the flames he'd set and then meeting with the distintegration mages afterwards, victorious.
Nyaldual Nurdesh killed all mages with knowledge of how to make disintegrate, viewing it as far too powerful for anyone to wield, and he believed there was no record of its creation or what went into it. Appointing a nobleman, Brenvorth Taldis, in place of Valdacmith, the Draconians hoped they had moved on from the trouble of Grand Wizards messing with their villages. Those problems should have disintegrated with Nawunax Valdacmith.
For the reign of Brenvorth Taldis, this was mostly true. He was unassuming, not one to participate in the petty squabbles of the villages, but a firm enough leader. Sadly, he did not rule for long before he was replaced by a fiery personality.

Perzita Theldrar by Jarhed

The Age of Theldrar

Perzita Theldrar was the pride of Bortan in her youth, and as the years went by this only continued. At age 16, in the year -48, she had already been promoted enough in the Bortanni military that she led an invasion of Evity that would lead to a conflict called "Perzita's War". She was unstoppable in combat, using Evitian corpses and soldiers as training dummies to increase her own strength.
Evitian strategy in this war ended up becoming almost entirely focused on distracting her and keeping her away from the battlefield, and the conflict lasted for two years before she found out she'd been accepted to the Magic College of Zephys. Bored with the conflict, she crippled Nethtiak Xarasar, the Chief of Evity at the time (and the only one who was capable of fighting against her), demanded peace, and then went off to study in Zephys.
It wasn't long before she'd fought Brenvorth Taldis and, after seeing just how outmatched he was, convinced him to resign and give the position of Grand Wizard to her. Evity expected her to be cruel to them, but she spent most of her reign traveling the world, fighting strong opponents. For this reason, most Evitians hid their power, trying to remain under the radar of Perzita Theldrar. They were building strength, hoping to undermine her when she was away. But others had managed to do this before Evity could.
Tankean Nimphonker and Altak Tilrak, two rivals from Tamd and Bortan, respectively, had begun to dominate Draconian politics when Perzita was away. They were both members of the Noble Council, and they were leading figures in the two major factions at the time, while the Evitians, led by Tankean's distant cousin Garusteras Nimphonker, made up the third largest political faction. Garusteras tried to assert his dominance over the others, but was constantly outdone and neglected. In an attempt to at least be seen as the dominant Nimphonker, Garusteras made a grave error that caused the Evitian branch of Nimphonkers to be thrown to the wolves by other Evitian politicians: he sided with Altak Tilrak's faction when Perzita Theldrar died, and caused the Grand Wizard Struggle.

Altak Tilrak by Jarhed

Grand Wizard Struggle

It was a man named Medroth Umtic who did it: killed Perzita with a trick. The Noble Council met up after this, and they were divided into three camps once more. One, led by Altak Tilrak, believed they should follow tradition and appoint Umtic as Theldrar's successor. Another, led by Tankean Nimphonker, believed Umtic was not actually fit for the role and said it should go to someone who has already proven themselves worthy (like Tankean himself).
Garusteras Nimphonker led the third group, who wanted to find a replacement that wasn't a nobleman (as Brenvorth Taldis had been seen as a failure). Upon the suggestion of Tankean, Garusteras quickly ran to any solution that did not involve his cousin, and this led him to throw all of Tamd's support behind Altak and, thus, Medroth Umtic.
A conflict known as the Grand Wizard Struggle would follow, where the leading position in Draconian politics would be taken by unworthy mages who, following Umtic's lead, killed the prior Grand Wizard with tricks and relatively unimpressive magical feats. Altak Tilrak takes most of the blame for this in the present day, but at the time Garusteras Nimphonker was seen as equally to blame. He had sided with the enemy, the Bortanni, in his pettiness against his cousin, and he had doomed Evity for it. The people of Evity exiled him to the Lawless City of Vitroveil, where he became a close advisor to the Age of Heroes worst villain: Count Toll.
Bortan and Evity, during the Age of Heroes that had already started years prior, but mostly included this Grand Wizard Struggle, took opposite approaches. Bortan fostered a generation of heroes who cemented their place in the legend of the era, slaying monsters and fighting armies singlehandedly. In turn, they needed someone to fight, and that is where Evity's place in the age comes in. Some of the Draconian's most well-known villains came from this period.

Captain Commander Narkard Leran by Jarhed

Of these, the Necromancer King is the most famous. While his name has been lost, and very little was actually known about the individual (as most people only interacted with his necromantic summons), the title of Necromancer King is feared across Elone. From his castle, he sent corpses around the countryside, attacking and looting everything. When Elven soldiers tried passing through his land (likely to attack the Exilés in Ortoise), he repelled them and killed a Captain of the Elven Army. There were calls for the Draconians to do something about it, but the other villages refused, the Grand Wizard knew he wasn't capable of stopping him, and Evity had no reason to oppose him (as they were also harboring other global fugitives at the time). He was killed by Geltic Humans, and Castle Evity was taken by the Kingdom of Man in the aftermath.
This was not Evity's only skirmish with the Elves in this period, as an Evitian Beastmaster named Nyolsten Marmorn is generally blamed for the Beast Invasion of Camor. Marmorn was arrested when he next entered the Elven Forest and was then executed by Narkard following a sham trial by the World Court.
Other villains from Evity were similarly dealt with by Bortanni, Eallans, and even Secci Gnomes that stopped them. To name everyone from Evity who stirred up trouble in the Age of Heroes would be too tall a task for here, but just know that it was considered one of the greatest hubs of evil during the period, alongside Votarra Den, Bang Kruthiwat, Grandstone, and, of course, Vitroveil.

Age of Plague

This calmed down during the Age of Tranquility, with Evity working hard to get respect back as the idea of the "heroic" and "villainous" became a thing of the past. Despite this, one of Evity's greatest villains would appear at the tail end of that era: Unxod Ildial.

Unxod Ildial by Jarhed

Unxod Ildial was the Noble Head of the Noble Council when the Really Funny Fit was created and used by Vimbish Baxcol. With an opportunity to stop Baxcol and, potentially, end the Grand Wizard Struggle early, Unxod instead issued Baxcol a test (which he easily passed with the fit): make the Noble Council laugh. Ildial refused to go back on his word, insisting the succession (flawed as it may be) was a tradition that needed to be upheld. Baxcol made a position that had already been taken less seriously into a laughing stock, and Unxod was largely to blame, but his worst act would come later.
When Viaxis Vammush killed Baxcol with a disease called Dragon's Doom, Unxod saw this as a good sign for the Draconian people and didn't question what Vammush was planning. Instead, he happily handed Vammush the title of Grand Wizard and allowed for the disease to spread, even ignoring it until it was brought before him by his daughter and her classmates. By then, it was too late, and Unxod Ildial was almost equally to blame for the global pandemic as Vammush himself was.
His daughter, Vecon, would lead Evity's resistance against Vammush, leading the war effort that would (in part) take down the Plaguewalker. This war, called the Crisis of Vammush, was not solely against the Grand Wizard and the forces of Zephys, but also Bortan and all of the other villages as well, as most of them opposed Viaxis. Still, none could agree on who would succeed him. Bortan and Tamd held their alliance, but Evity refused to work alongside Ealla (instead, if rumors are to be believed, allying with a Korvian group called the Army of Monsters). Evity wasted most of its effort in the war preventing Yirthum and the Elves from making progress towards seizing the title of Grand Wizard again, and remained in open rebellion when Tamd won the war and planted their own replacement Grand Wizard in Vammush's place.
Evity did not suffer from Dragon's Doom the same way other places did during the Age of Plague. Some infected appeared, of course, but many Evitians who were already walking the thin line between life and death decided instead to break some necromantic taboos to kill and resurrect themselves, circumventing the trouble of the disease. They remained fully independent until Dical Bavroth, a Puppeteer and Dream Mage from Evity, killed the 28th Grand Wizard (who had unified the Flame of Bortan) and took the position to show that even the full might of Bortan was not enough against Evity.
In the long run, Bavroth's reign (and others from Evity like Nyxius Gririn's Monion-supported ascension) meant little, as the title was meaningless until the Grand Wizard Struggle ended. And, sadly for Evity, this would come at the hands of Bortan and the forces of Phrixus.

Drorthod Lormorn by Jarhed

Age of Unrest

Before the end of the Struggle can be discussed, the intermediary Age of Unrest must be quickly explained. One notable event from the Age of Unrest defined Evity's history for centuries to come: the Storm of the Dead, and the rise of Drorthod Lormorn that followed.
A tornado of souls tore through Evity, said to be karmic retribution for their use of forbidden necromantic spells, though Lormorn and his allies discovered the true source: a judge of the World Court, wielding Soul Magic. This Judge defeated Lormorn, but this only sent him down a destructive path following tradition, giving in to the World Court's demands, and marrying a much older woman from Tamd in hopes of forging an alliance (which never came): Orjish Tazwunak.
Exploited and hurt, Drorthod Lormorn would push this pain onto others, defining Evitian cultural practices as not an ever-changing set of customs, but as a set-in-stone series of rules and traditions that must never be broken. His son and successor, Onkesh Tazwunak, would then go on to create the last major aesthetic shift in Evity, fully embracing the necromantic aspect of Evity that had previously only been part of its identity. With the founding of Ilder and Dembar as successor states to Erdenn, and Waire also draining much of Evity's non-necromancer population, this shift completely cemented Evity as a place for Forbidden Magic only, not Druidry, Beastmastery, or even the study of general magical practice. This father-son duo (despite not getting along with each other, as Drorthod saw his son as the product of his own abuse and grooming at a young age) was behind the creation of the modern Evitian identity.

Onkesh Tazwunak by Jarhed

During the early years when Onkesh became Village Chief, the recently settled village of Ilder was destroyed in the Ilder Massacre. A conflict started, called the War for Ild Erdenn's Remnant, between the surrounding villages of Evity, Ealla, and Yirthum for the right to the land (which had previously been Evitian). A year into the conflict, Bortan entered under Chief Ikkul Ravofarn's command (though he did not want the land, and instead was seeking to take powerful young prospects from the other villages to raise and take over the other villages with). Ikkul did so, defeating Lormorn and taking Coldrid Saxan from Evity (and Yilkin Nagil from Ealla a month earlier).
The war ended with something of a stalemate, as a show of force from the 64th Grand Wizard not only sent everyone back home, but also was one of the first events that signified the end of the Grand Wizard Struggle. A fire covering the land of Ilder, that didn't stop until all soldiers fled the land.

Age of Justice

It was in the late Age of Unrest that the end of the Grand Wizard Struggle came about, as discussed earlier. It was Salasar Feaphed, an Arch Scholar and member of the Mage Trio, who took the position and proved himself not only a capable and intelligent leader of the Draconian people, but also a potent and powerful mage, worthy of being the center of the magical community. But many were still unconvinced, raised in an era where the title meant nothing, and the two leading figures of Evity were no different.
Drorthod Lormorn sought to challenge Feaphed with his position on the Noble Council, but it was Chief Onkesh Tazwunak who was among the first to declare war against Feaphed in the Chief Crisis, where every village challenged Salasar Feaphed for the title of Grand Wizard. Tazwunak's forces were halted by the presence of Devils in the village, though some soldiers that hadn't been trapped by the infernal invaders did skirmish with Yirthum, Ealla, and particularly Bortan (most notably against Nalrik Tilrak and Ikkul Ravofarn).

Grand Wizard Salasar Feaphed by Jarhed

Lormorn had fled Evity at the start of the war, disagreeing with it as "against tradition". He bought a vacation home in Yirthum and opposed Evity's (and his son's) actions from there, though he did not participate in the war.
Eventually it ended when the Chiefs (save for the already dead Ikkul Ravofarn) met up in Zephys following the Battle of the Birdcage. Deciding to work together to kill Feaphed, then fighting amongst themselves for the title afterwards, the Chiefs forced Feaphed to fight them in the Magic College Arena before a crowd.
Tazwunak was one of the first to face him, using the power of the other Chiefs to help him resurrect a corpse he'd found hidden in Evity, one that no necromancer could raise alone: Kilprax Ildial. Ildial, however, betrayed Tazwunak and killed himself after deciding Feaphed was a worthy enough successor, and Tazwunak was then killed, handing over Evity to the young man Ravofarn had raised: Coldrid Saxan.
Saxan was then invited, by his foster brother Nalrik Tilrak, to join the Southern Elone Treaty Organization in an attempt to unite the Draconians again. Saxan initially refused, declaring war against Tilrak, but following a quick invasion from the other villages known as the Battle for Southern Elone, Evity joined the fold as the final village to join the alliance.
Evity would not last long in this organization, finding ways to sneak out of the protective alliance so they could continue to act without any guidelines from other villages limiting them. When Coldrid was killed by the World Court while protecting the youth of Bortan, he was replaced by a weak leader, Kaltoth Vracrath. Kaltoth gave up his position after the Day of the Marshal, and his successor, Deral Worghull, had no hesitations about betraying Coldrid's agreement with the other villages.
Notable during this period as well are a few other occurrences:

• Aaren Ildial, a nobleman who worked alongside Drorthod Lormorn, was influencing global events with his puppetry, helping to rebuild Waire and support the Vampire Hunters despite opposing them as a vampire himself. He was killed by Sinner Caerxan, hunted by the man he funded and supported.

Aaren Ildial by Jarhed


• Drorthod Lormorn worked alongside his old rival's son, Oraakil Mardaar, to rebuild Ilder in the unclaimed land left by Feaphed, breaking tradition to help the people that had fled to Evity after losing their homes.


• Jaykos Fondspell moved to Evity after some years mysteriously absent from the world, despite graduating from the Magic College as salutatorian with strong prospects. The only evidence that any time had passed for him was his son, Olaiver, because otherwise he never spoke of his years between graduating and settling down. He lived in a manor given to him by his classmate, and valedictorian of his class, Rindil Ildial (father of Aaren).


• Lorakaen and Finethir Shinebright move to Evity (in the house next to Jaykos). The former starts doing community service around the village while the latter founds Sanguine Ketchup. The ketchup company would then become a cult, while Lorakaen would flee after Finethir killed their daughter Raelia (though some believe Lorakaen was a vampire who turned the people of Waire and, like Aaren Ildial, was killed by Sinner Caerxan).

Evity did not participate (save for some figures like Kaltoth Vracrath, and the Shinebrights being present) in the Day of the Marshal, though it was subject to the global changes following the fall of the first World Court, especially since Aaren Ildial had died not long before this transpired. Evity was irreversibly altered, with a power balance hanging by a thread and with the Chiefs now needing to answer to the powerful and influential Finethir Shinebright, with his cult behind him and the training of Salasar Feaphed.
The Shinebrights and Fondspells were not the only Elves to move to Evity during this time. While most Elves fleeing the wars ended up in Yirthum (an Elven puppet village) or Waire (a refugee village sheltering Elves), some ended up in Evity. While the two aforementioned families are more well-remembered, it was actually the Wildwishes, particularly Chavis Wildwish, who led the charge. A loyal servant of the World Court, he spread propaganda in the village and fought for them. He was betrayed by his son and retreated into his hatred of the rebels, continuing the work of the First World Court in Evity even after it fell.
Exactly what role they played in the death of Nalrik Tilrak is debated, but Evity was at fault at least partially for the Champion of Justice's demise (or at least they happily take credit for Bortan's greatest hero dying).

Daachon Rhogar by Jarhed

Encroaching Chaos

During the late Age of Justice, a young upstart began to show promise in Evity: Daachon Rhogar.
Up until that point, the Rhogar family were outcasts in Evity, living in an outpost to the north (overlooking Castle Evity). They had fled Bortan during the War of Creation, and while they stuck to the teachings of Helle, they also firmly believed in the principles of Bortan, where they came from.

"We were all Bortanni once. We need not follow them into our own treasons of the heart. Stand by your principles."

— Rhogar Family Motto

Following martial traditions, they never got into the forbidden magics that Evity was known for, and never participated in Evitian politics. That was until Daachon Rhogar met the 66th Grand Wizard, Lorzavur Exikmaan, the Druid.
Exikmaan saw in Rhogar the Mardaars he had failed generations prior, and attempted to help guide the young Draconian to a better path. What exactly happened between the two is unclear, as he did train him for a time, but the two had a massive falling out that resulted in Rhogar delving into the study of forbidden magics and, ultimately, burning down the entire forest around Waire in a show of force against Exikmaan. It took years for the forest to grow back due to Rhogar's spell, as otherwise Exikmaan's powerful druidry would've grown it back immediately, and for his crimes Rhogar was exiled, another failed pupil of Lorzavur Exikmaan.
However, Rhogar's exile was not as simple as Lorzavur had hoped. His own feelings prevented him from damning the boy to a true exile, and if that wasn't enough, he found strong opposition from Evity as well. While the Rhogars had previously never been loved by the village, his actions against Exikmaan had won their support. Enraged by the prospect of Exile, the representatives of Evity on the Noble Council petitioned for Exikmaan to rethink his decision. Ultimately, he could not walk it back and welcome Rhogar, as the crimes committed were too heinous for Exikmaan to forgive, but he rescinded the official statement of exile.
Instead, Daachon Rhogar was appointed Ambassador of the Draconians in the Court of King Vamar Forestarm in Nerodil. Forbidden from returning to the Draconian Villages, Rhogar was damned to spend the rest of his life as an envoy for a nation he was no longer part of, stuck in the Kingdom of Man.
As an Age of Chaos grew imminent, Rhogar squabbled with the other ambassadors, unaware of the goings on in his homeland, as Exikmaan maintained a policy of no-contact with the ambassador, and villages like Yirthum and Tamd followed suit. Only Evity and Dembar kept in contact with Rhogar, telling him what was happening in the villages.

Finethir Shinebright by Jarhed

At Odds with the Nationalists

The cult of Finethir Shinebright remained something of a hidden secret in Evity for a long time, obscured by the Mighty Herald as it influenced the village. It stirred up trouble constantly with the Witch Hunters, but only came into direct conflict with its leader Heiven when Finethir himself attacked some of Heiven's students (including Rhoziros Nimphonker, Rotgurn, and Topaz).
This led to Heiven, believing Finethir was behind a mysterious murder spree happening around Draconian territory, leading a group of his students into Evity to take the cult and Finethir down. This group included:

1. Heiven


2. Rhoziros Nimphonker


3. Ardar Tilkra


4. Naxiris Daxur


5. Raegal the Secretive


6. Topaz, First Mate of the Eight Pieces


7. Redemption


8. Rotgurn


9. Kraxx

This attack was mostly limited to the three houses lined up beside each other, owned by the cult (called "death row"), the surrounding two owned by Jaykos Fondspell and Cleaver, respectively, before the cult got hold of them. But that would not be including what Naxiris Daxur did in that village. A child of Bortan, she was used to war with Evity, and so when she fought against one of the cultists, she dragged him out of the manor and into the streets, where she hit him with everything she had. Whether the fight actually required this or she just wanted to destroy Evity is debated (with her claiming the former while denying that he was a real challenge for her), but a quarter of Evity was destroyed.

Naxiris Daxur by Jarhed

The consequences of this would reverberate throughout the era after this. The Elven Captain Avant Orinian was burned in this attack and would hold a grudge against Naxiris and her allies. The Evitians banned all of the invaders from ever entering their village again, and when Rhoziros and Naxiris became leaders of the Nationalist Party of Draqiroth Lealred, the Evitians became the most active opposition they had been in Draconian politics.
When the Draqiroth War was declared, however, they refused to intervene. They were torn between supporting the Nationalists (Rhoziros, Naxiris, Topaz, Redemption) and the global coalition (Heiven, Ardar, Rotgurn). Instead, they remained neutral, opposing both sides whenever the opportunity presented itself.
A leading figure in this, and one of Draconia's (as the nation was now called under Draqiroth and his successors) greatest mages was the necromancer Vanxuur Saxan. Vanxuur had proven herself a match against even the greatest mages of the time, going head-to-head and nearly defeating legends like Naxiris Daxur, Rhoziros Nimphonker, and Ardar Tilrak in single combat. When Draqiroth died and the Grand Magic Tournament was held to decide who would succeed him, her defeat to Rhoziros Nimphonker is what led many to support his claim (until he, too, was defeated by Ardar Tilrak, who became the 69th Grand Wizard instead).

Altora Shinebright by Yumedatchi

Evity would get power back in Draconia with Rhoziros' help: following Ardar's death, when Rhoziros was rising to be his successor, he made a deal to help Firnec Ildial become Noble Head in exchange for Evity's votes. Gaining a new seat in the Noble Council, Evity appointed a close ally of Rhoziros to help him secure the title: Altora Shinebright (granddaughter of the now deceased Finethir). While Vanxuur Saxan was the second most popular candidate, beating out Ardar's own bardic successor, she was unable to win enough votes to be the 70th Grand Wizard, and continued to hold a grudge against Rhoziros.
The rest of Evity's power structure, particularly Firnec Ildial and Altora Shinebright, were not as opposed to the new Nationalist regime, and even worked alongside them when the chance presented itself. Altora was the first Evitian politician instated as part of that party, as previously it had been seen as anti-Evitian.
She led Rhoziros' new school for necromancers, the Nawunax Valdacmith School for Necromancy, showing Evity they were welcome in Zephys and its institutions and hoping it would allow Evity to open itself up more than it had since Heiven's invasion and the death of Finethir Shinebright.