The Fractured Lands

Long before the kings and queens, priests and lords, there was the Council of Four. Upon the council sat the Lord of Night, the Lord of Flame, the Lady of the Sea, and the Lord of Dreams – each unique in their power and unified in their purpose until the Great War and rebellion. When the Council of the Four waged war against each other, the force of their fury was felt in every cave, mountain, forest, and river within creation.   When the Four moved from their celestial homes and made their own creation their battle grounds, the foundations of the earth split and whole landmasses became displaced in what is now known as the Great Fracturing.   The war on earth raged for thousands of years before all of creation as they knew it was destroyed. From the birds of the air to the fish in the sea, the very bedrock of the earth groaned at the loss of life. It was at this that the Council made a resolution and ended their senseless conflict, and life began anew. Celestial creatures descended upon the wind and new life sprung from the sea.   Now, hundreds of years after the resolution of the war and the fracturing of the lands, civilization has rebuilt and the eight sovereign kingdoms are thriving – though some more than others. These are the stories of those kingdoms, the monsters that that threaten their safety, and the evil that threatens their very way of life.