Foreword: The History of Tellest<\/b><\/p>\n
From the Desk of Gaston Camlann<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>\u2018I\u2019ve never looked down upon such beauty, as the day I stood upon the peak of Mount In\u2019Adell.\u2019 \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n The World<\/b><\/p>\n General<\/b><\/p>\n The world of Tellest\u00a0is vast and varied.\u00a0 Gaston Camlann, one of the leading historians of the human race, has said that there are infinite possibilities that abound throughout the lands, the deep oceans and the treacherous underworld.<\/p>\n While Tellest\u00a0can be beautiful, it can also be cruel.\u00a0 Scattered across the globe, the goodly races struggle to make the most of their lives while protecting their lives and livelihood against the darker races, like the gnolls, the lagano\u00a0and the goblins.\u00a0 The deep oceans are filled with even stranger evils, like murkgills\u00a0and levians.<\/p>\n Yet, among all the frightening unknowns, the humans, the dwarves and even the elves have banded together to push forward.\u00a0 Though cataclysmic events like the demon wars and the rise of the great dragon Batrura\u00a0have shaped the world, the people who call Tellest home are not easily deterred.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Continents<\/b><\/p>\n Tellest\u00a0is composed of several large land masses.<\/p>\n The major continents are Lustra, Ravane, Saveon, Astranus, Draconis, Mistfall, Lionel, Erenea, Algea\u00a0and Tarson, in order of their size.\u00a0 There are also two archipelago continents called Numasa\u00a0and Brittanea.\u00a0 In the deep south, a glacial continent called the Frozen Abyss also supports a small amount of life.<\/p>\n Each of these land masses supports a variety of life and has a rich history, whether it be the haunted isle of Japel\u00a0Brae\u00a0in Brittanea, the Forgotten Sands of Xumedar\u00a0in Lustra, or the lands of Vissicus\u00a0in Lionel, where demons from Evarice have peaceably settled.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Magic and the Strain<\/b><\/p>\n In Tellest, magic exists as a sort of radioactive tapestry.\u00a0 It is part of the world the same way the weather is, and in that form is called the aether.\u00a0 Various practitioners of the arcane arts tap into this world between worlds, and create magic with the powers it bestows.<\/p>\n Because of its presence, the aether can bestow its gifts on people even unbeknownst to them.\u00a0 This is called the Strain, and it has blessed many people with uncanny powers.<\/p>\n The races all inherit their gifts differently.\u00a0 Humans are the tried and true champions of Tellest, who toil with their identities and the harsh way they are treated. \u00a0Dwarves very rarely receive the Strain. \u00a0When they do, it’s a sign that they’ve become their own clan leader. \u00a0They are essentially thrown out of their original clan to start a new one. \u00a0Elves share the strain amongst themselves, but typically their powers are very limited. \u00a0As an example, the Whisperwind elves can teleport anywhere they’ve been before, but only twice a day. \u00a0Even the darker races experience the strain in some cases. Harpies, for instance, gain the title of Matron, and can take additional male consorts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Technology<\/b><\/p>\n 980 years after the return of man, technology has begun to rapidly change the face of the world.\u00a0 The gnomes, especially, have begun taking spectacular risks, some of them quite inane, in the name of science.<\/p>\n Coupled with magic, nearly anything is possible.\u00a0 In Raleigh, in the city of Atalatha, a tinkerer named Maximus Xanders\u00a0has created a clockwork steed that he calls Equinicus.\u00a0 In the seas south of Draconis, the various pirate lords have been working on a projectile artillery weapon with more accuracy than a catapult.\u00a0 The gnomes of the Golden Council were supposedly even able to make fully functioning automatons \u2013 recreations of themselves to serve as a proxy in basic tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Foreword: The History of Tellest From the Desk of Gaston Camlann \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2018I\u2019ve never looked down upon such beauty, as the day I stood upon the peak of Mount In\u2019Adell.\u2019 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thundar\u00a0Proudfist\u00a0wrote that in his book, \u201cThe Mountains of Lustra\u201d.\u00a0 The writings were a memoir of a minotaur, who had been bred into a warlike […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[5,25],"tags":[162,64,69,161,73,160,97,159],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1UVey-tellest","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thundar\u00a0Proudfist\u00a0wrote that in his book, \u201cThe Mountains of Lustra\u201d.\u00a0 The writings were a memoir of a minotaur, who had been bred into a warlike society, who longed for a change to his scenery.\u00a0 He traveled the whole of Lustra, before finally ascending the aforementioned mountain in the final passage of his book.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tellest is an aged world.\u00a0 The trees and mountains are testament of that.\u00a0 Wisdom abounds in the landscape surrounding us, and the wind carries the secrets of old.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The gods created Tellest\u00a0from a hunk of molten lava.\u00a0 They breathed life onto its surface, cooling the fires wrought upon the plane.\u00a0 They cried tears of joy, which created the grand oceans and lakes.\u00a0 They cultivated Tellest\u2019s solid form, and grew great fields and trees and mountains.\u00a0 Through the gods, Tellest was born.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Life on Tellest\u00a0was born soon after.\u00a0 The gods populated the planet with all manner of beast, from the lowly mouse, to the great dragon.\u00a0 Multiple types of flowers and herbs sprang up from the dirt, helping to color the once dismal world.\u00a0 But Tellest still lacked beings of greater knowledge.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The gods decided upon three greater races that would live upon the surface of Tellest.\u00a0 Each would live of their own free will, able to make their own mistakes or victories.\u00a0 It was up to the three to decide how they would proceed through life.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>The elves were the first to walk this earthen plane.\u00a0 They were the first mortal children of the gods.\u00a0 They were jealous of their creators, though, and many had forsaken them.\u00a0 The dwarves were created next.\u00a0 Their loyalty to the gods has earned them great favor, and many had thrived with the blessings of Golernus.\u00a0 Humans took presence afterwards, formed in the true image of the gods themselves.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>The three races vied for the love of their creators, warring and meddling with each other until the Elves banished humans to the depths of the deepest mountains, the dwarves also playing their part in the third race\u2019s exile.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>But this greatly angered the gods.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>They had not created mankind to simply be wiped out, never to be seen again.\u00a0 A cataclysm of rage and fury tore the world apart, ripping the world asunder and sinking parts of it to the ocean.\u00a0 Volcanoes shot up from the depths of the seas, creating new, hostile lands.\u00a0 Storms shattered the single land mass into a series of continents and smaller isles.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Following the Sundering, the gods created\u00a0 scores of other creatures, and other races.\u00a0 The orcs, gnolls, kobolds, kaja, lagano, minotaur, and many others took face on the planet, each with their own unique views on life.\u00a0 If the elves and dwarves thought the world was theirs alone, they were mistaken.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Then, over nine hundred years ago, the first of us men began climbing from our earthen holes.\u00a0 We escaped from our exile, appearing in every corner of the world, ready to live anew upon the surface.\u00a0 We had forgiven the elves and dwarves, and found new allies waiting for us in the orcs, minotaur, kobolds\u00a0and kaja.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Together, this world is ours.
\n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Together, we will thrive.<\/em><\/p>\n