Ilha das Sombras/en

This Article is in accordance with the version 0.94 of Runarcana RPG

“The land known today as Shadow Isles was once a thriving and stunning kingdom but was destroyed by a magical cataclysm. The Black Mist covers the isles permanently, and the land itself is cursed, corrupted by evil witchcraft. The living beings that know can be found at the Shadow Isles have their lives slowly drained from their bodies, attracting more insatiable and predatory spirits of the dead. Those who perish inside of the Black Mist are doomed to haunt those melancholic lands for all eternity. Even worse, the power of the Shadow Isles is an ever-growing force growing each year, allowing for the spirits to grow the range to which the dead can mow souls throughout Runeterrra”

Once known as the Blessed Isles, the archipelago that is today know as the Shadow Isles had a golden past, filled with gardens, libraries and universities filled the whole territory, teaching houses existed everywhere with the intent of spreading knowledge, knowledge which was combined with a harmonic existence with the magic that proliferated everywhere in those lands.

The architecture was composed of architectonic puzzles with hidden meanings and filled with symbolism of the occult, a reflex of civilization that kept itself isolated thanks to the white mist that guided travelers away from the island. It was a society that was in an eternal search for self-knowledge.

As a result of this isolation, the Isles didn't have the most expressive army, many of the people living there were searching for self-knowledge, be it in the ways of art, learning, or even in the many exquisite crafts.

The fertility of the Isles was tremendous, not only thanks to its abundant magic but the advanced agricultural technologies and techniques which harmonically utilized the land, never forcing it too much or depleting its arcane energies.

Such prosperity made possible that even without an expressive military force, they could conquer other lands, having as a goal the evolution of technology in those regions through the wisdom shared by the new rulers of those regions.

This same prosperity attracted the greed of opposing nations who sought their own objectives, sending an assassin to end the king's life.

Characters

Ao criar um personagem dessa região, você recebe proficiência com os seguintes:

Idioma. Escolha um entre: Heliano ou Espiritual

Perícia. Escolha uma entre: Arcanismo, Enganação, Furtividade, História, Intimidação, Intuição, Percepção, Prestidigitação ou Sobrevivência.

Atividade. Escolha duas proficiências entre as seguintes opções: Uma arma simples ou marcial, apotecário ou guia: navegador

The Curse

During the murder attempt, a victim was made, not the one the assassin was hired for, but his wife. The queen, being poisoned by a small wound in her arm, became infirm.

It wasn't by lack of trying, the best priests, surgeons, and mages worked in a cure, even the King's magic, powerful and driven by the magic of the Isles, wasn't able to nothing more than do slow the effects.

Everything came to a close when the queen perished and the king, mad and filled by anguish, began to search desperately for a way to revert this disgrace.

Having sent his emissaries in search of a cure around the world, the King also began a reign of horror and violence in search of a way that he could save his loved one.

In the end, in his final and larger act of madness, going against everything he ever learned and practiced in most of his life, the King tried to violate the natural laws, trying to subvert magic and bend it to his will.

Such insult to the equilibrium came with a high cost, the Blessed Isles became a lugubrious and dreary place, such as the actions of the king, they became a parody of what once was life and beauty, in which spirits that were once alive howled in agony stuck in a state between life and post-mortem.

Helia

Helia, a capital das Ilhas das Bênçãos, está localizada na costa. Como resultado, muitas partes da cidade foram alagadas depois da Ruína. Além dela, uma série de outras maravilhas antigas permanecem perdidas, abandonadas ou simplesmente amaldiçoadas demais para que possam ser sequer visitadas pelas pessoas mais insanas, corajosas ou com tamanha sorte no azar de sobreviverem a uma entrada nessa terra. Outrora uma grande galeria de artefatos antigos que trazia itens de várias culturas e épocas, agora é nada mais do que uma cratera nas Ilhas das Sombras.

Qualquer mortal que pisar nas Ilhas das Sombras atrairá os espíritos dos caídos, talvez A Viúva das Canções, uma colecionadora de pássaros que tentou libertá-los quando o desastre chegou e que agora anda sem rumo, procurando por canções das quais ela não consegue mais lembrar, ou mesmo um dos muitos dos humildes escrivães e arquivistas das Ilhas das Bênçãos que morreram nos seus púlpitos, sem notar o desastre que recém caíra sobre eles. Essas almas perdidas agora escreves fervorosamente descrições de seus tormentos em um pergaminho infinito e podem transmitir esses tormentos a qualquer ser vivente.

Ainda assim, em meio a tanta insanidade ainda existem fagulhas de luz aqui e ali, como O Pastor de Almas que procura proteger espíritos mais fracos de espectros predatórios.

Apesar de espíritos mais fracos só conseguirem se manifestar durante um Tormento, entidades mais poderosas podem fazê-lo sempre, às vezes até se aventurando para além das Ilhas das Sombras. Os espectros mais poderosos conservaram muito de sua personalidade e desejos mesmo depois da Ruína, tornando-se espíritos predatórios que podem caçar os mais fracos e vulneráveis por toda a eternidade.

Aviso

Embora As Ilhas das Sombras estejam listadas aqui como uma região para conhecimento dos jogadores e mestres, aventuras nela são extremamente desencorajadas para aventureiros iniciantes. Essa ilha é um local de sofrimento e dor contínua, aventuras aqui devem ser elaboradas com o cuidado de traduzirem o perigo presente a todo o tempo e o destino dos que ousam invadir esses domínios quase sempre é a morte.