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Aether-Engine Schematic Notes Author: Chief Engineer Thorek Ironfist Project: Mk IV "Goliath" Aethe...

Aetheric Anomalies and the Mages Council Aether is the lifeblood of Aethervale's magic and indus...

Ancient Crowns and Mercenary Secrets While the Bank and the Syndicate play their games of global...

Battle of the Boiling Coast (420 AW) Overview The Battle of the Boiling Coast in 420 AW was a le...

Battle of the Shattered Plains (218 AW) Overview The Battle of the Shattered Plains, fought in t...

Black-Market Aether Labs of Kigum Beneath the glittering spires and industrial chimneys of Kigum...

The Black Market Aether Trade While Kigum regulates aether through the High Temples and Steamfor...

Blood Coin Economy In the Broad Swells, traditional currency often loses its value compared to loy...

The Sunken Empire of the Silver Waters Long before the First Brood (the Ancient Dragons) descend...

Cosmology of Aethervale The Myth of Creation In the beginning, there was only the Aether—a swi...

Draconic Lies and the First Brood The First Brood dragons are not merely powerful beasts; they are...

Durgrims Transformation Overview In the smog-choked, industrial heart of Steamfort, a quiet and ...

Main Players and Factions of Aethervale The Powerhouses Kigum (The Arcane Spire) Identity: F...

The Festival of the First Spark (Kigum) Date: The Spring Equinox (1st of Dawn-Month) Location: ...

Fragment of the Sundered Prophecy Discovered in the ruins of the Mana Wastes, translated from Hi...

The Giantfolk Incursion (420 AW) Overview The Giantfolk Incursion was a brief but catastrophic...

The Hazardous Economy of the Wastes The Mana Wastes are a death trap, but they are also the most...

A History of Aethervale: The Last 500 Years The modern calendar of Aethervale begins with the end ...

Hydro-Aetheric Ziggurats and Magic The Argentari do not build with stone or wood. In the depths ...

Intercepted Correspondence From: Agent 'Iron-Tooth', Kigum To: Ironbeard Syndicate Intelligence D...

The Iron-Forging Holidays (Steamfort) Date: The Winter Solstice (Final week of the year) Locati...

Kobold Engineering and Aether-Diversion The technological prowess of the Sub-Terran Accord is cen...

Leviathans of the Eternal Slumber To the surface world, leviathans are monsters of myth, sea ser...

Lost Continents and the End of the World The map of Aethervale is incomplete, and the history bo...

Magic and Aether In Aethervale, magic is not an abstract concept; it is a tangible resource know...

Aethervale Master Timeline and Consistency Report This document serves as the authoritative chro...

Quartermaster's Ledger: The Crimson Company Date: 14th of Hearth, 224 AW Location: Forward Camp, ...

Naval Tactics of the Pirate Lords The Pirates of Crystal Cove do not win through superior number...

The Night of Silence (Elven Enclaves) Date: The Anniversary of the Great Blight (Mid-Autumn) Lo...

The Pirate's Jubilee (Crystal Cove) Date: The "Luck-Week" (Variable, usually following a major h...

Resurrection and the Hollow Price In the world of Aethervale, death is rarely the end, but retur...

The Scavenger's Survival Guide If you're reading this, you've likely just arrived in Fortune's L...

Secret Societies and the Obsidian Scale Beyond the official governments of Aethervale, several s...

Smuggling Routes of the Broad Swells The Broad Swells are often considered the most dangerous wa...

Steamfort and the Ironbeard Secrets Steamfort is the heart of Dwarven industry and the primary r...

Sylvan Mysteries of the Elven Enclaves The Elves of Aethervale, particularly those of Wyn_Dor an...

The Aetheric Soul: The Spark and the Cycle In Aethervale, the soul is not a philosophical abstract...

The Age of Ruin Trigger Overview The accepted historical narrative states that the Age of Ruin—t...

The Broad Swells Incursion (385 AW) Overview The Broad Swells Incursion of 385 AW is remembered ...

The Chronos-Clock Deep beneath the tectonic plates of Aethervale lies a secret that predates the ...

The First-Born Protocol The true origins of the Giantfolk are shrouded in myth and time, but anci...

The Forbidden Ancient Deities: Echoes of the Primordial Aether Before the Seven Saints ascended,...

The Gear-Bound The Gear-Bound are a testament to the lengths to which the dwarven race will go to...

The Truth Behind the Grand Arcane Bank The Grand Arcane Bank of Kigum is the most powerful finan...

The Great Sinkhole Incident The Great Sinkhole Incident refers to the sudden disappearance of the...

The Green Dream Overview "The Green Dream" is the whispered name for a terrifying and insidious ...

The History of the Deep-Strands The Deep-Strands did not begin as a global network. Their origins...

The Hollow Price Overview In the desperate times of Aethervale, the promise of bringing a loved ...

The Mana Wastes and the Crystal Blight The Mana Wastes are not just a dead zone; they are a living...

The Pact of Cinders The Pact of Cinders is the whispered, terrifying rumor that has begun to spre...

The Pact of Silence The Pact of Silence is a legendary, yet largely undocumented, diplomatic agre...

The Pantheon of Seven Saints The Pantheon of Seven Saints is the dominant religion across the Ea...

The Proclamation of Silence (260 AW) Overview The Proclamation of Silence was a monumental and c...

The Realms of the Afterlife: The Aetheric Tides The afterlife in Aethervale is not a single dest...

The Pantheon of Seven Saints: Celestial Domains and Divine Mandates The Seven Saints are not merel...

The Sunder of 12AR Overview The Sunder of 12AR remains one of the most catastrophic geological a...

The Void Gazers The Void Gazers are a dangerous, decentralized cult operating in the shadows of Ae...

The Weaver of Shadows At the center of the Silk & Shadow Syndicate sits a figure known only as T...

The Whispering Lich and the Vanguard of Dawn The history of the Age of Ruin is inextricably link...

The Treaty of the Iron Anvil Ratified: 15th of Sun's Height, 420 AW Signatories: High Chanc...

The Trial of Cinders (Giantfolk) Date: Whenever the volcanic activity of the Northern Wastes pea...

Twisted Ecology of the Western Edge The environment around Fortune's Lake and the Mana Wastes is...

The War of Sunder (210 - 225 AW) Overview The War of Sunder was the first major global conflic...