Characters

Some characters are important in the history of Swords 'n Magic and Stuff.

= Tiramar (human)  = Tiramar was the Human King and High Mage of Tirawyn. During the Mage Wars, Tiramar was a leader among Humans due to his mastery of spell inscriptions. Unsatisfied with the amount of Magic Shards that Humans were receiving, Tiramar sent groups of thieves and excavators into the Shard Lands with orders to steal more of the precious crystals under the cover of night. The theft was eventually discovered causing the betrayed Moon Elves to shut their gates and cease all trade with other races. Soon Tiramar organized an alliance with the Orcs, promising them land, riches and power. While the Orcs lacked in their abilities with spell inscription, they understood how powerful magic could be. After the Mage Wars, Tiramar assumed the position of King and High Mage of the Humans. His people, bolstered by the support of the Orcs, came together to claim the rest of the continent for the kingdom. They named this new country, Tirawyn, after their mighty ruler. King Tiramar ordered that all Magic Shards were to be gathered for safe keeping in the High Mage Towers spread throughout the land. On his orders, many of the Magic Shards were used sparingly to better the lives of both the Humans and Orcs. Though mines were created and expeditions were held to recover more shards, few were found. Tiramar remained convinced that the Magic Shards originated from the sky and not the earth.

= Owynn (human)  = Tirawyn was being overrun by monsters and ruffians when a new king was born named Owynn. The young King took the throne on his tenth birthday after his father had passed. Owynn had a kind heart and no signs of his ancestors' corruption. The people of Tirawyn held their breath, hopeful that his reign would finally bring peace and prosperity to the land - and it did. By the time Owynn was fifteen, he brought together twelve legendary paladins. Heroes of great deeds and triumphs. They were stationed around the world to hunt monsters and help the citizens with their woes. Eventually the land was at peace and the people loved King Owynn. As he aged, he began to feel the tug of the corruption but was able to control it. Believing that the corruption was a curse in his family's line. He vowed to never bear children - to end the curse with him. But in his younger years, he seemingly adopted a young moon elf child named Erenna who had lost her family in a village raid. Owynn raised the girl as his own. As Owynn grew old in the kingdom, flourished the adventurers, town guards and warriors in the land laid down their weapons and retired. Many of them settled down in cities or established family farms.

The world seemed to be at peace once and for all. But one day, the kingdom woke to the news that Owynn had disappeared from his castle.

= Helena (moon elf)  = During the Mage Wars, when the moon elves prepared to sacrifice a second crystal to summon more dryad, but before the spell was cast, a young elf named Helena interrupted the high mages. She insisted that they stop destroying the Earth's gift for the sake of protecting it as she had a better way. The young girl began writing strange runes on to a large scroll. The runes emanated with power as each one formed on the page. She had discovered a runic language that better utilized the magic in the shards, a language from a lost time that only few mages would ever truly master.

Helena wrote a spell to teleport the entire Shard lands to an alternate dimension one impossibly far away from the invading armies. As the high mages began to cast the spell, the entire earth began to shake. The elven armies retreated inside the walls and the attackers fell to their knees as they witnessed the entire city disappear in front of them, leaving a massive crater in the earth.

= Erenna (moon elf)  = During the reign of king Owynn, the king adopted a young moon elf child named Erenna, who had lost her family in a village raid. Owynn raised the girl as his own.

But one day, the kingdom woke to the news that Owynn had disappeared from his castle. Erenna left the castle in search of her adoptive father, leaving the kingdom without a leader.

= Lunimer (moon elf)  = In the past 500 years since the terrible Mage Wars, a new leader came about among the Moon Elves. A bright and powerful elf by the name of Lunimer has distinguished himself in leading his people as they fled from the Shardlands due to another group of Moon Elves that are referred to as The Withered had taken control of the Shardlands. King Owynn in his efforts to bring peace to the land befriended Lunimer. In his life, Lunimer had two children. First a son named Varune and later a daughter, Erenna. As a testament to their friendship, Lunimer named Owynn as protectorate of Erenna in the event that misfortune befell him. Several years later, Lunimer was killed in a raid upon his village. Erenna, his daughter was invited to live with Owynn.