The Fall of Ossard

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The high, the Lae Velsanans; the numerous common-men of the middling nations; and the lowly Saldaens.

Three branches of magic, each with a league to control them;

Mind, governed by the women of the forbidden Sisterhood;

Soul, wielded by the priesthoods of the faiths; and Heart, regulated by the Cabal of Mages.

Three realms of existence;

Ours of soil; the Celestial of souls, gods, and magic; and the Elemental.

Three stages of godhood;

Avatars, seeds within mortal shells; the New-Born, awakened gods upon our world; and the Elevated, those matured and raptured to the next.

And all in a world forged by the goddess, Life, in partnership with her husband, Death.

Yet now they are estranged and waging divine war, a war that promises doom for us all.

The fiery brand seemed weak, its flame all but lost under the glare of the summer sun, yet the black robed man who wielded it stepped forward with all the chill and menace of the deepest winter squall.

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