Appendix

People

Persons

• Bastion - Prins (Prince) of Fael, married to Kathe.
• Burkhaerd - Braet (Lord) of Balrode.
• Kathe - Princis (Princess) of Fael, married to Bastion.
• Lilaena - Duxes (Queen) of Fael.
• Lothar - Stigvird (Steward) to the Dux.
• Naeldric - Dux (King) of Fael.
• Otmar - Braet (Lord) of Nurvhusen.

Historical Persons

• Larynisis - fabled ruler of eastern kingdoms an age ago.

Peoples

• The Sterish - a people from the western lands found between the Endle Mountains and the Boe Sea. Known most for their farmlands and dairy. The Sterish are primarily aeneean.
• Aeneeans - one of the three major welkling ethnicities in Endleland.

Titles and Honoraries

• Braet - Lord.
• Dux - King.
• Duxes - Queen.
• Held - Hero.
• Meisteur - Minister.
• Nulmeisteur - Tutor.
• Prins - Prince.
• Princis - Princess.
• Stigvird - Steward, the right hand to a Dux.

Creatures

• Giants - humanoid creatures of great size, some standing as tall as a tree. Giants come in various types such as Fire Giants, Stone Giants, Hill Giants and more.
• Welklings - what humans are called by the other creatures of Endleland and the name they adopted for themselves.

Plants

• Trewqs Blued - Blood Trees, native to the interior of the Hyll Hael Rudo, and prized for their mystical properties.

Places

Cities

• Balrode - woodland village north or Fael best known for its timber.
• Fael - coastal city in the lands of the Sterish, its sigil is the head of the ferocious cassowary.
• Neeklow - a rival city in the hills to the east.
• Veinheim - the richest and most influential city in Sterich.

Realms

Sterich - western realm of the sterish peoples.

Locations

• Aechtung - River Keep, the great keep in Fael.
• Duxhalle - Small Council Room, used interchangeably to refer to the room or the council.
• Vaell Ontaenus - Ontaenus' Bailey
• Waes Langhaus - Great White Hall, the great hall within the keep Aechtung.

Roads, Rivers and Thoroughfares

• Dairy Road - the roadway that connects the southern portion of the realm to the north. It cuts through a rich valley filled with farms and cattle.

Regions

• Endleland - the northern continent.
• Hyll Hael Rudo - Saint Rudo Hills, a rugged stretch of hills whose interior are barren and protected by strong spirits.
• Uest Veld - The Lost Wood, a great, dark forest along the western slopes of the Endle Mountains. A single road slips north and south through the wood.

Customs

Festivals

• Noel - the festival at the winter solstice. The Stersh celebrate this as a five day festival, the most common way to celebrate Noel throughout Endleland.
• Weide - The Hunt, a 30-day period after Noel celebrated in Sterich where no wars are to be fought and the Braets

Calendars

The Unified Calendar of Quaaninmore

The common calendar shared by most of the realms in the Upper of Endleland and the far west. It was established to make the writing of treaties and trade agreements easier to enforce. Often just called the Quaanish Calendar. Abbreviated QY, for Quaanish Year.

Weeks are 12-days long. The days are named for various welkling peoples and traditions.

Historical Events

• The Ascension - new gods reached achieved godhood on 1 Firedawn -836 in the Third Age. From that time forward, worship of the old gods dwindled.
• The Coming - The arrival of welklings to the continent of Endleland. This occurred approximately in the year QY -1,335.
• The Rushing Calm - The period of rule by Larynisis from his palace in The Lakelands. This covers roughly the years between QY -850 to -845 during the Second Age. While short, his rule and this time left an indelible mark on the western realms of Endleland.

The Heavens

The Moons

• Thenal - the Gods’s Eye, the largest and brightest moon, when in full moon it is said the gods are watchful.
• Sanavaal - the Needle, the most regular of the moons, it is said it changes phase as the Weaver weaves her fates.
• Tuelal - the Dark One, when in new moon shadows creep and dangers loom.

The Gods

• Ilsa - one of the old gods (call the Others). Goddess of the heavens and vastness of the skies.
• Mrith - god of protection and war. The chief god of the aeneeans after The Ascension.

Pantheons

• Ascended Gods - the new gods, those that were part of The Ascension.
• The Others - the name given to the old gods after The Ascension. Worship of the old gods dwindled but still have many worshippers in the west. Shrines to the old gods remain throughout Endleland.