Magic user specializing in the arts of Necromancy and Mind Control. Torrin was active during the Age of the Sorcerer and Age of Lamentations. He led the cabal known as The Withered Aegis and is presumed dead after the Battle of Tazoon. Torrin, despite his wickedness, was the most influential figure during the Age of Lamentations.

Status: Presumed Dead (finally)

High Paladin of Istara. Keeper of Histories at the Temple of Istara.

Status: Active

Ryson led the Protectorate during the Battle of Tazoon. At the height of the battle Ryson activated an artifact designed to obliterate the undead and creatures from the Realm of Blight. His sacrifice defeated the Withered Aegis for the first time and perhaps brought about the downfall of Torrin Macalir.

Status: Presumed Dead

Master Scout of Dalimond.

Status: Active

First High King of the Human race. Vandus united the human tribes under one rule and founded the City of Tazoon in the Age of Warrior-Kings. Due to his vast knowledge of Draconic culture he led his race out from under the auspices of dragon rule.

Status: Deceased

Dragon Scholar. This scholar taught that Dragons should prove that their culture is the most enlightened by taking leadership roles in the affairs of other races. The division on how to treat the lesser races eventually tore dragon culture in two.

Status: Unknown

Dragon military leader. Espoused the notion that dragons should preempt the threat of lesser races through conquest and subjugation. Followers of Lunus and Helian eventually clashed philosophically which led to the Great Schism.

Status: Unknown

Elven Military advisor in Tazoon.

Status: Active

Battle fought at the very gates of Tazoon, the last bastion of the Living Races on Aradoth. This battle marked the first victory by the Living Races over the Withered Aegis. Victory was achieved by the sacrifice of Ryson Lightbringer who triggered an ancient Artifact at the cost of his own life. The victory also marks the end of the Age of Lamentations.

Siege of the Dwarven Capital by the Withered Aegis. The siege was fought in spurts over a fifty year period. The Withered Aegis successfully breached the outer defenses of the underground city but was never able to conquer it.

Dragon Society split into two warring factions, The Lunus and The Helian. The split occurred due to differences of opinion on how to treat the rapidly advancing and multiplying lesser races. The Lunus viewed the lesser races as a threat to dragon prominence and culture, followers of this belief advocated the conquering of the lesser races. The Helian believed that dragons should prove their superior culture by showing leadership and guidance to the lesser races.

In the Age of the Sorcerer human society, like its Dragon predecessor, split in two. One faction practiced the forbidden arts of Necromancy and Mind Domination and eschewed any moral values. The human race engaged in a bitter but truncated civil war in which the immoral section of society were ostracized and banished. These outcasts in time became the Race of Fiends.

Ancient home of the dragon race. Controlled by Lunus dragons after the Helian dragon departed during the Great Schism.

Home of the Helian Dragons.

Underground capital city of the Dwarves. Located on and in Mt. Grenaden in the Northern Black Mountain range.

Ancient human city, believed to be the first permanent community built by the race. The ruins are located in the Barasavus Desert.

Capital of the Alliance of the Living Races and independent city-state.

Capital of the human race and seat of the Vandus Confederation. Istaria's premier port city located near Aradoth Minor.

Mountain city in the far North of Aradoth. Capital city of the Fiends. Kirasanct is believed to be founded on the site of a Portal to Twilight, the realm in which the Fiendish deity resides. In actuality it is a large deposit of magical Essence used to fuel fiendish rituals and research.

Capital city of the Gnomish Race. This city is currently under Withered Aegis control. It is believed that gnomish technological devices have been subverted in some way under Withered Aegis control.

Seat of the Elven Court. This city has been occupied by the Withered Aegis for twenty-five years. The city is located south-southeast of Aughundell in the Feladan Forest. A large bastion mans a wall bisecting the town. The fortress and wall serve as a gateway to the Blasted Wastes.

Half Giant capital city in the Northern Mountains of Aradoth.

Capital city of the feline Saris. Located on the northern shore of Lesser Aradoth.

Capital city of the reptilian Sslik. Located in the southern jungles of Lesser Aradoth. The lands of the Sslik are bordered by the human Vandus Confederation across the Sable Straits and the Saris to the North.

Major continent of Istaria. Three powerful factions of Withered Aegis control the western half of Aradoth while a plethora of smaller warring factions lay claim to the east. There is little information concerning the lands to the North and Southwest of the land claimed by the Living Races. The Heart of Aradoth and the mountains of the North are claimed by the Alliance of Living Races which consist of: Saris, Elves, Dwarves, Dragons, Humans, Fiends, Gnomes, Sslik, and Half-Giants.

Subcontinent of Aradoth. Region controlled by the Saris and Sslik. Dalimond is the land/sea gateway to this subcontinent which is relatively untouched by the Age of Lamentations.

Planet on which the continent of Aradoth is located. Site of a battle between the sentient free races and the Withered Aegis, which is a cabal of necromancers, undead, and beings from the Realm of Blight.