The world of Corinthos:
The world consists of the continent Cordana placed in the middle and surrounded by seas from all sides. North from it spreading far into the north-west is the continent odf Cordial. There are rumors that there also exists a third continient south from Cordana but since no one could confirm it's location or existence it even doesn't have a name. All people living in the world possess elemental and sub elemental power and also a beast form
Cordana:
The inner continent where most part of the action and history takes place. It was nearly destroyed by the Adversary and his army of demons but saved by the Heroine Adelle. It was united under her rule as one great nation. After Adelle's death, Cordana was split into 5 separate nations under the rule of Adelle's children
Cordial:
The outer, mysterious continent. It is said that the Adversary and his armies originate from there. Notmuch is known about it even now but beast and monster far stronger than in Cordana live there. Also Cordial is the continent where real dragons live
Heroine:
Adelle also called The Heroine was the one who saved the world from The Adversary.Their battle lasted for days as none could gain the upper hand and even though the Adversary commanded unique powers, Adelle was like the nature itself being able to command all of it's forces. Finally on the 5th day of their fight, she managed to poison him and make his body paralyzed. Not being able to kill him personally, she threw his immobilized body from a high cliff. After the victory she sealed the demons that served the Adversary with a seal made of her own blood destroying their bodies and locking their souls away and was chosen as Cordana's ruler. She came from a line of renowed warriors, the only clan that possessed more than 1 element without being outcasts and all subelements coming from them. She gave birth to 5 children (Fiamme, Cyrax, Darren, Aisha and Bellatrix), who after her death became rulers of 5 countries created in Cordana. In some odd way each of her children only inherited one element and subelement power. Almost no one knows that she also had a 6th child (Garret) whose father was none other than Garbolt, the Adversary, but the child was a Damagez and only had a draconic form as a curse of his father's bloodline
Adversary:
Garbolt was the man later and better known as the Adversary. He supposedly came from the continent of Cordial and commanded unknown powers. Very little is known about him officially but the manuscripts of the Inquisition give more details: Garbolt was born in a small town on the continent of Cordial where he developed his unusual powers. He was also the first ever to possess a Draconic beast form. When he was still young he went to Cordana where he also encountered Adelle. Not much is known about his actions on her clan's lands but after a few years he set off on another journey. Presumably he is the only one to have reached the 3rd continent since there is no known place on both Cordana and Cordial where demons would exist. There he started forming his army. He returned to Cordana and Adelle after many years when she was already married to one of the clan leader from the plains and had children quintuplets. It is known that they became lovers. Two months after his return his army attacked Cordana and he officially took command of the invading demons and soon gained a reputation of a cruel and heartless warrior. He was finally engaged in battle by Adelle herself who during the weeks of battle gained herself the title of Heroine and not many remembered her name using the title instead. During their long fight she managed to slip poison in his wound and after he got paralyzed, she threw him of the cliff to make him find death on the sharp rocks thousands feet lower. After his death, his name was to be forgotten and erased frmo history. Little is known that Garbolt left a son who was born 5 months later and whose mother was Adelle.
5 Nations:
Created after Adelle's death from a single country on the continent of Cordana and ruled each by one of her official children. By some unknown phenomenon, even though before people could come from different parts of the continent and have same or similiar powers, after splitting to 5 countries it soldified into the same elements in the country as the first leader had. The cause of this is unknown but it can also have something to do with the strange things happening around Adelle. Each country now has it's own politics and is often hostile to other countries since the Blood War. Relationships with citizens of another country are strictly forbidden under the pain of death. Here are the first rulers of those countries and their powers along with forms and titles.
Country of Earth: king Darren "Land-crushing lion" Earth, Gravity, Lion
Country of Air: queen Aisha "Windfreezing peacock" Air, Ice, Peacock
Country of Water: king Cyrax "Deepest fang" Water, Darkness, Shark
Country of Fire: queen Fiamme "Flaremane" Fire, Smoke, Horse
Country of Lightning: queen Bellatrix "Stormwing" Lightning, Sound, Hawk
Basic elements:
Each citizen of the world of Corinthos is born with the power to wield one of the elements that are now split among the 5 countries. Those basic elements are: Air, Earth, Fire, Lightning and Water
Origin of the five elemants:
- Air was given to humans by wind sprites and fairies. Those elemental beings never forbade their power from humans in the first place so if any of air using cla from the plains would want to conquer other lands, they wouldn't have much difficulties in that. However at that ancient time all the clans had noknowledge of others and lived in a relatively peaceful way
- Earth is supposed to originate from satyres and fauns. They started passing that power only to worthy ones in ancient times but it soon starte spreading from human to human and soon entire clans wielded that power
- Fire was the element that was the most difficult to attain by the humans in ancient times. Ifrites were guarding the secret of this elements jealously and didn't give it willingly. But from the very few that learned the secrets of fire from Ifrites, the knowlegdde spread around people naturally
- Lightning was given to people by the spirits called Stormcrows or Thunderbirds. But it wasn't given as a grace. The spirits were quite thricky and mischevious and loved watching people die struck by thunder they tried to control. That's because controlling lightning requires a lot of discipline before the first attempt
- Water was originally known only to Mermaids and Tritons. But the secrets of this element leaked out with each sailor saved by them and soon those who could master Air or Water became rulers of the seas. Often as pirates. The seafolk stopped teaching the element to humans and withdrew. The element was spreading among people but just like with other elements, the original power and knowledge was lost. This can be seen clearly with the Meren race who are descendants of Mermaids and Tritons as their power over water is greater
Sub-elements:
There are many sub-elements in the world of Corinthos and Adelle was so far the last one tp possess all of them. Now each person possesses as much sub elements as many basic elements they have. The sub-element one possesses must come from the basic element they have
Beast Form:
Along with the elemental powers, each human on the face of the world has something called a Beast Form. It is an ability similiar to lycantropy where the user's body takes on a shape of an animal or beast but still stays about the same size and is of humanoidal shape. People of Cordana had forms after normal animals while in Cordial the forms came after mythical beasts. After the Blood Wars ravaged the lands, most humans from Cordial were almost wiped out and moved to Cordana's towns and cities. Now the forms of animals and beasts are mixed among the citizens of the 5 countries but those who have mythical beast forms are descendant of those who come from Cordial. While mostly children don't inherit the sub-elements, they can inherit the beast form of one of their parents. Sometimes both forms, a mix of both forms or a completely different one. Activatin th beast form boosts the elemental powers of the user
Auras:
A form of manifesting one's own spirit. Each living being possesses an aura but only a few races can manifest it. It is a form of intimidation or just manifesting your own strength and presence and there are known cases that auras of high enough quality can put nerly physical pressure on others. Cases of old masters driving dragons away with just their aura are quite common and only a handful of them is false. Auras can come in many various colors that are dependant on the owners self and don't have anything to do with the element power they wield
Blood War:
Around 10 years ater Adelle's death (30 years after the fall of the Adversary) her children engaged in a bloody war against eachother. It is unknown which one of them started and which ones followed (although Inquisition's archives point that "Deepest Fang" Cyrax was the one to start the wars) but there were no alliances there as each of the children of Adelle fought for only themselves, using their country's men and armies in any ways possible. The war lasted over 2 years and things started to change when "Flaremane" Fiamme was aided by a warrior who although had no powers, possessed a gigantic dragon form which was not seen before since the Adversary. The man was named Garret and soon after the war he became Fiamme's husband. The war ended without an outcome because of one event: One day on the battlefield Darren and Bellatrix met and fought eachother and when Darren striked her inflicting a wound, and the first drops of blood of Adelle's child fell on the ground the seal that was binding the demons was broken releasing them back into the world but as mere souls. The demons started taking over bodies of different fighters. The first one to be possessed by a demon was a child of Lightning and Earth citizens, the first Outcast and seeing the power coming from possessing more elements, from here on all Outcasts were feared, hated and prosecuted. The dmonic army in the bodies they stole was such a threat that all the nations united in the fight against them and after another 2 years of conflict they managed to drive them away. But demon souls can't die and will take over new bodies until they are killed in a body of their own. Such is the end of the Blood War
Outcasts:
People born from parents coming from different nations. They inherit both basic elements and have as much sub-elements as basic elements. Outcasts first appeared in history during the Blood War There outcasts were possessed by demons because of their better capabilities. This event caused the outcasts in the future to be heavily prosecuted. The hatred towards Outcasts is fueled by that history, propaganda, fear and envy. Now even if the nations are in a state of war they will unite in an instant to hunt Outcasts. Now relationships between people from different nations are strictly forbidden and if discovered, both the parents and children are sentenced to death. If the child manages to survive it becomes an Outcast. If outcasts are to live in one of the nations they have to hide their powers the come from one of their parents. Somewhere deep in the continent the outcast town Recluce exists where they can find peace without being prosecuted. They and those who know the truth about outcasts can find shelter there but getting there is very hard and without clues from anyone - practically impossible.
Damagez:
People who had their genes damaged and some of their magic powers gone and other improved. There are two types of Damagez:
Power Damagez: those who do not possess a Beast Form but instead their elemental, sub-elemental or both power are hightened to a level normally attainable only in beast form
Beast Damagez: those who have no elemental powers but instead their beast forms are evolved. Not only they can take on a beast-human form but also can fully turn into a beast and the size of that form is much greater than normally, even as big as a few houses
Demons:
Beings with monstrous and corrupted elemental powers that are said to come from the legendary third continent. Their elements take on colors different than normally (example: crimson lightning, black fire, white water) and have a bit more power in them and in a possessed body they have a demon form instead of a beast form where the body takes on their original appearance). They were made to serve the Adversary in his attpemt to conquer Cordana but after his fall, their bodies were destroyed and their souls sealed with a seal of blood made by Heroine Adelle. During the Blood War the seal was broken and the demons only in forms of souls were powerless and left to wander the world. They possessed people (and also the first outcast) to take control over their bodies and gain some of their power back (demon power table and hierarchy below). Not many years ago, some demon scientists aimed to recover their original bodies during the Experiment. For that they started kidnapping the Cursed descendants of the Adversary from all nations. Their plan most likely has failed but their motives were unknown for a long time.
Demon power table:
Original Body: 100%
Possessed body in demon form: 15-40% of original power
Possessed Body: 5-15% of original power
Soul: 1-5% of original power
Demon hierarchy:
Mardrag - Royalty
Viydyag - Nobility
Rondlag - Elite
Amdsag - Soldier
Dirdbag - Peasant
Meren:
The third race besides humans and demons that resides the world of Corinthos. They look like humans but have membranes between their feet and palm fingers and gills on the sides of their necks. They usualy look like albino humans but doesn't differ more than that. They reside in the deepest parts of Meren sea which spreads between Cordana and Cordial and until recently they didn't reveal their existence. They started coming in contact with the people of the five nations and especially the people from the Water country who share similiar powers
Elves:
The most ancient race rinhabiting the world of Corinthos. They enhabit the third continent and never really left it to settle elsewhere. For centuries they lived in peace and thus were able to become almost one with nature. Instead of gaining knowledge from the elemental spirits, they connected themself to nature which gave them power over plants and weather. The latter appearance of the demons turned their life into a battlefield and countless wars dragged on. The Arrival of the dwarves who were first residing the continent of Cordial made the conflict into a three way meelee. Even though elves were seemingly weaker, they held their ground really well. When Garbolt arrived through the Sea of Whirls and landed on elven territory, the fragile balance of powers was broken as he plowed through the elven ranks leaving nothing in his path until he reached and conquered the demons taking them with him later on. Using the weakening of the elves, the dwarves started gaining advantage. With this the elves abducted a few of the human race and performed an experiment to create half elves who would combine the human potential and elven power. The conflict eventually returned to a balance but the two races are still at war and since Garbolt's arrival, the elves became hostile to humans and the only race they tolerate are the Meren
Dwarves:
The dwarves first inhabited the continent of Cordial but the harsh conditions made it hard to live there. They migrated and soon reached another land which was already inhabited by elves and demons. The dwarves, not used to sharing joined the all out warbetween the elven and demon races and managed to get a hold of and defend around a third part of the continent. When Garbolt arrived massacring the elven race, the dwarves had a time of relative peace and after he took the demons with him, they managed to easily gain more terrain and pressure the elves. Since that time there has been a time of conflict and stalemate where none of the races could gain an advantage. Dwarves arn't really hostile to anyone besides elves and demons but they don't tolerate strangers on their lands and usually kill them on sight
Recluce:
A town deep in the continent founded by one of the strongest outcasts in existence who is currently it's leader. It is a shelter and haven to all outcasts and those who know the truth about them and don't prosecute them where they can find peace. The town is impossible to locate without tips how to get there. Finding Recluce is one of the priorities of all nation leaders. They say that the only person able to direct someone to Recluce is it's leader who wanders all the nations in search of other outcasts
Inquisition:
A roup with many privelages in the continent of Cordana. They don't abide to the laws of any nation but have a great influence. Their main purpose is hunting and disposing of demons and outcasts. People of any nation can come and join the inquistion as the only requirement is the will to hunt. The inquisition has enough power to even take in and protect outcasts and demons if they join. They also have ways to improve their power and attempt mastering more elements. All inquisitors except the top 3 have one of these specialties: Torturer (those who extract information with tortures), Confessioner (those who listen to the sins of those who are tortured): Judge (those who weigh the deeds and give judgement), Executor (those who execute and pass judgement), Prosecutor (those who track targets)
Inquisition ranks:
god - leader
god's hand - leaders helpers (right hand, left hand)
Division chief - one for each country
Footsoldier - normal inquisitors
Priests:
A profession for people with special abilities. With their prayers they are able to use their element powers to bless or heal others. Usually the priests only serve one god but there are many who act independently. Priests are usually apolitical
Main gods:
Shavren - main god, creator of the world
Luminarie - goddess of life
Nestos - god of night and death
Cassandra - goddess of wisdom
Deparkion - god of war
Weapon Dancers:
A special class of warrior who after harsh training can freely manipulate the shape of their magic element weapons and being able to switch (example) a sord into a whip in the middle of the strike. The training for a weapon dancer takes at least 2 years but the skill can be deaadly in the right hands
Dragon Riders:
An ancient order of warriors who rode to battle on dragons. They played key roles in battles during the Blood War but later slowly became forgotten. Now the order barely exists but still trains new warriors but hardly aany of them has seen, and not to mention ride a dragon. Many of young warriors died on a quest to obtain a dragon egg
Mentats:
People who were born with immense sensitivity to their surroundings. After proper training they can become great detectors as they can pick up abnormalities in human auras. A mentat is a valuable worker in each place
Slayers:
A fanatic sect od assassins made up of members of any race that support and worship the Adversary. They practice bloody rituals and ritual murders for the glory of Garbolt and they are deeply offended if anyone from outside their sect uses his name. Even junior members are forbidden to do it as he is like a god to them. Despite killing for joy and for the cult they still take assassination requests and money for them
Chronomancers:
In a way they are the priests of the god of time - Tempus. The guard the flow of time and control some events accoridingly. Even though they have powers over time they are forbidden to do so unless in selfdefense and their ability to see into past, present or future can't be used for anyone for free. Chronomancers when using their time powers have to maintain complete neutrality, never favor anyone and do anything for free. If they break that law, they loose their time powers forever. Even though their use of time is limited, they can use their normal powers as they wish
Brawlers:
Brawlers are the only warriors in the world of Corinthos who can use martial arts and reinforce their strikes with an additional elemental hit. A rained brawler is a force to be reckoned with and can easily dispatch numerous enamies since he generates the force out of his own body
Spellbreakers:
Spellbreakers are powerful and nasty opponents. They are the only ones able to cancel out enamy elemental manipulations. A Spellbreaker can fully disable and cancel all attacks that use the basic and subelemtent he possesses and partially do the same with the subelements that come from his basic element. However there arn't many of them and the training islong and difficult. Many have died in the process of becoming a spellbreaker
Engineers:
The man who work wonders with technology. Engineers are capable of creating various machines powered with magic or magical energy to make them work. The machines they create can really be weapons of destruction or work wonders
Experiment:
The exmperiment was an attempt made by some demons to recreate their original bodies to regain their full power. They decided the best way to do it would be combining the man who cmmanded them - Adversary and the woman who sealed them - Heroine and control that new being. They abducted the descendants of Garbolt from all over the five nations and through genetic engineering they isolated Garbolt and Adelle' genes. Later they started combining them into one being. Their experiment lasted for a few yearsand gave birth to 5 Siblings, each of them wielding a different power of the Adversary and all five basic elements. The oldest Sibling rebelled and left the laboratoryleaving it in rubbles unaware that there were others like him who used this chance to also escape
Siblings:
The children of the demon Experiment. There are a total 5 of them and each of them possesses all five basic elements, five subelements and one of the powers wielded by the Adversary. During the long years in the demon laboratory they didn't even know about each other's existence. They are often feared as the most terryfying outcasts and all have draconic beast forms.
Curse:
Also known as the Curse of the Adversary. Garbolt was the first one who possessed a draconic beast form and his son Garret inherited it. Even Garret's relationship with Fiamme of the fire country didn't change the strength of this form as all descendants of the Adverasry possess draconic beast forms. During the long years of history the detailed story how again the line of Fiamme ruling the fire country is clear of the Curse but people with draconic beast forms can be encountered in all nations
The world consists of the continent Cordana placed in the middle and surrounded by seas from all sides. North from it spreading far into the north-west is the continent odf Cordial. There are rumors that there also exists a third continient south from Cordana but since no one could confirm it's location or existence it even doesn't have a name. All people living in the world possess elemental and sub elemental power and also a beast form
Cordana:
The inner continent where most part of the action and history takes place. It was nearly destroyed by the Adversary and his army of demons but saved by the Heroine Adelle. It was united under her rule as one great nation. After Adelle's death, Cordana was split into 5 separate nations under the rule of Adelle's children
Cordial:
The outer, mysterious continent. It is said that the Adversary and his armies originate from there. Notmuch is known about it even now but beast and monster far stronger than in Cordana live there. Also Cordial is the continent where real dragons live
Heroine:
Adelle also called The Heroine was the one who saved the world from The Adversary.Their battle lasted for days as none could gain the upper hand and even though the Adversary commanded unique powers, Adelle was like the nature itself being able to command all of it's forces. Finally on the 5th day of their fight, she managed to poison him and make his body paralyzed. Not being able to kill him personally, she threw his immobilized body from a high cliff. After the victory she sealed the demons that served the Adversary with a seal made of her own blood destroying their bodies and locking their souls away and was chosen as Cordana's ruler. She came from a line of renowed warriors, the only clan that possessed more than 1 element without being outcasts and all subelements coming from them. She gave birth to 5 children (Fiamme, Cyrax, Darren, Aisha and Bellatrix), who after her death became rulers of 5 countries created in Cordana. In some odd way each of her children only inherited one element and subelement power. Almost no one knows that she also had a 6th child (Garret) whose father was none other than Garbolt, the Adversary, but the child was a Damagez and only had a draconic form as a curse of his father's bloodline
Adversary:
Garbolt was the man later and better known as the Adversary. He supposedly came from the continent of Cordial and commanded unknown powers. Very little is known about him officially but the manuscripts of the Inquisition give more details: Garbolt was born in a small town on the continent of Cordial where he developed his unusual powers. He was also the first ever to possess a Draconic beast form. When he was still young he went to Cordana where he also encountered Adelle. Not much is known about his actions on her clan's lands but after a few years he set off on another journey. Presumably he is the only one to have reached the 3rd continent since there is no known place on both Cordana and Cordial where demons would exist. There he started forming his army. He returned to Cordana and Adelle after many years when she was already married to one of the clan leader from the plains and had children quintuplets. It is known that they became lovers. Two months after his return his army attacked Cordana and he officially took command of the invading demons and soon gained a reputation of a cruel and heartless warrior. He was finally engaged in battle by Adelle herself who during the weeks of battle gained herself the title of Heroine and not many remembered her name using the title instead. During their long fight she managed to slip poison in his wound and after he got paralyzed, she threw him of the cliff to make him find death on the sharp rocks thousands feet lower. After his death, his name was to be forgotten and erased frmo history. Little is known that Garbolt left a son who was born 5 months later and whose mother was Adelle.
5 Nations:
Created after Adelle's death from a single country on the continent of Cordana and ruled each by one of her official children. By some unknown phenomenon, even though before people could come from different parts of the continent and have same or similiar powers, after splitting to 5 countries it soldified into the same elements in the country as the first leader had. The cause of this is unknown but it can also have something to do with the strange things happening around Adelle. Each country now has it's own politics and is often hostile to other countries since the Blood War. Relationships with citizens of another country are strictly forbidden under the pain of death. Here are the first rulers of those countries and their powers along with forms and titles.
Country of Earth: king Darren "Land-crushing lion" Earth, Gravity, Lion
Country of Air: queen Aisha "Windfreezing peacock" Air, Ice, Peacock
Country of Water: king Cyrax "Deepest fang" Water, Darkness, Shark
Country of Fire: queen Fiamme "Flaremane" Fire, Smoke, Horse
Country of Lightning: queen Bellatrix "Stormwing" Lightning, Sound, Hawk
Basic elements:
Each citizen of the world of Corinthos is born with the power to wield one of the elements that are now split among the 5 countries. Those basic elements are: Air, Earth, Fire, Lightning and Water
Origin of the five elemants:
- Air was given to humans by wind sprites and fairies. Those elemental beings never forbade their power from humans in the first place so if any of air using cla from the plains would want to conquer other lands, they wouldn't have much difficulties in that. However at that ancient time all the clans had noknowledge of others and lived in a relatively peaceful way
- Earth is supposed to originate from satyres and fauns. They started passing that power only to worthy ones in ancient times but it soon starte spreading from human to human and soon entire clans wielded that power
- Fire was the element that was the most difficult to attain by the humans in ancient times. Ifrites were guarding the secret of this elements jealously and didn't give it willingly. But from the very few that learned the secrets of fire from Ifrites, the knowlegdde spread around people naturally
- Lightning was given to people by the spirits called Stormcrows or Thunderbirds. But it wasn't given as a grace. The spirits were quite thricky and mischevious and loved watching people die struck by thunder they tried to control. That's because controlling lightning requires a lot of discipline before the first attempt
- Water was originally known only to Mermaids and Tritons. But the secrets of this element leaked out with each sailor saved by them and soon those who could master Air or Water became rulers of the seas. Often as pirates. The seafolk stopped teaching the element to humans and withdrew. The element was spreading among people but just like with other elements, the original power and knowledge was lost. This can be seen clearly with the Meren race who are descendants of Mermaids and Tritons as their power over water is greater
Sub-elements:
There are many sub-elements in the world of Corinthos and Adelle was so far the last one tp possess all of them. Now each person possesses as much sub elements as many basic elements they have. The sub-element one possesses must come from the basic element they have
Beast Form:
Along with the elemental powers, each human on the face of the world has something called a Beast Form. It is an ability similiar to lycantropy where the user's body takes on a shape of an animal or beast but still stays about the same size and is of humanoidal shape. People of Cordana had forms after normal animals while in Cordial the forms came after mythical beasts. After the Blood Wars ravaged the lands, most humans from Cordial were almost wiped out and moved to Cordana's towns and cities. Now the forms of animals and beasts are mixed among the citizens of the 5 countries but those who have mythical beast forms are descendant of those who come from Cordial. While mostly children don't inherit the sub-elements, they can inherit the beast form of one of their parents. Sometimes both forms, a mix of both forms or a completely different one. Activatin th beast form boosts the elemental powers of the user
Auras:
A form of manifesting one's own spirit. Each living being possesses an aura but only a few races can manifest it. It is a form of intimidation or just manifesting your own strength and presence and there are known cases that auras of high enough quality can put nerly physical pressure on others. Cases of old masters driving dragons away with just their aura are quite common and only a handful of them is false. Auras can come in many various colors that are dependant on the owners self and don't have anything to do with the element power they wield
Blood War:
Around 10 years ater Adelle's death (30 years after the fall of the Adversary) her children engaged in a bloody war against eachother. It is unknown which one of them started and which ones followed (although Inquisition's archives point that "Deepest Fang" Cyrax was the one to start the wars) but there were no alliances there as each of the children of Adelle fought for only themselves, using their country's men and armies in any ways possible. The war lasted over 2 years and things started to change when "Flaremane" Fiamme was aided by a warrior who although had no powers, possessed a gigantic dragon form which was not seen before since the Adversary. The man was named Garret and soon after the war he became Fiamme's husband. The war ended without an outcome because of one event: One day on the battlefield Darren and Bellatrix met and fought eachother and when Darren striked her inflicting a wound, and the first drops of blood of Adelle's child fell on the ground the seal that was binding the demons was broken releasing them back into the world but as mere souls. The demons started taking over bodies of different fighters. The first one to be possessed by a demon was a child of Lightning and Earth citizens, the first Outcast and seeing the power coming from possessing more elements, from here on all Outcasts were feared, hated and prosecuted. The dmonic army in the bodies they stole was such a threat that all the nations united in the fight against them and after another 2 years of conflict they managed to drive them away. But demon souls can't die and will take over new bodies until they are killed in a body of their own. Such is the end of the Blood War
Outcasts:
People born from parents coming from different nations. They inherit both basic elements and have as much sub-elements as basic elements. Outcasts first appeared in history during the Blood War There outcasts were possessed by demons because of their better capabilities. This event caused the outcasts in the future to be heavily prosecuted. The hatred towards Outcasts is fueled by that history, propaganda, fear and envy. Now even if the nations are in a state of war they will unite in an instant to hunt Outcasts. Now relationships between people from different nations are strictly forbidden and if discovered, both the parents and children are sentenced to death. If the child manages to survive it becomes an Outcast. If outcasts are to live in one of the nations they have to hide their powers the come from one of their parents. Somewhere deep in the continent the outcast town Recluce exists where they can find peace without being prosecuted. They and those who know the truth about outcasts can find shelter there but getting there is very hard and without clues from anyone - practically impossible.
Damagez:
People who had their genes damaged and some of their magic powers gone and other improved. There are two types of Damagez:
Power Damagez: those who do not possess a Beast Form but instead their elemental, sub-elemental or both power are hightened to a level normally attainable only in beast form
Beast Damagez: those who have no elemental powers but instead their beast forms are evolved. Not only they can take on a beast-human form but also can fully turn into a beast and the size of that form is much greater than normally, even as big as a few houses
Demons:
Beings with monstrous and corrupted elemental powers that are said to come from the legendary third continent. Their elements take on colors different than normally (example: crimson lightning, black fire, white water) and have a bit more power in them and in a possessed body they have a demon form instead of a beast form where the body takes on their original appearance). They were made to serve the Adversary in his attpemt to conquer Cordana but after his fall, their bodies were destroyed and their souls sealed with a seal of blood made by Heroine Adelle. During the Blood War the seal was broken and the demons only in forms of souls were powerless and left to wander the world. They possessed people (and also the first outcast) to take control over their bodies and gain some of their power back (demon power table and hierarchy below). Not many years ago, some demon scientists aimed to recover their original bodies during the Experiment. For that they started kidnapping the Cursed descendants of the Adversary from all nations. Their plan most likely has failed but their motives were unknown for a long time.
Demon power table:
Original Body: 100%
Possessed body in demon form: 15-40% of original power
Possessed Body: 5-15% of original power
Soul: 1-5% of original power
Demon hierarchy:
Mardrag - Royalty
Viydyag - Nobility
Rondlag - Elite
Amdsag - Soldier
Dirdbag - Peasant
Meren:
The third race besides humans and demons that resides the world of Corinthos. They look like humans but have membranes between their feet and palm fingers and gills on the sides of their necks. They usualy look like albino humans but doesn't differ more than that. They reside in the deepest parts of Meren sea which spreads between Cordana and Cordial and until recently they didn't reveal their existence. They started coming in contact with the people of the five nations and especially the people from the Water country who share similiar powers
Elves:
The most ancient race rinhabiting the world of Corinthos. They enhabit the third continent and never really left it to settle elsewhere. For centuries they lived in peace and thus were able to become almost one with nature. Instead of gaining knowledge from the elemental spirits, they connected themself to nature which gave them power over plants and weather. The latter appearance of the demons turned their life into a battlefield and countless wars dragged on. The Arrival of the dwarves who were first residing the continent of Cordial made the conflict into a three way meelee. Even though elves were seemingly weaker, they held their ground really well. When Garbolt arrived through the Sea of Whirls and landed on elven territory, the fragile balance of powers was broken as he plowed through the elven ranks leaving nothing in his path until he reached and conquered the demons taking them with him later on. Using the weakening of the elves, the dwarves started gaining advantage. With this the elves abducted a few of the human race and performed an experiment to create half elves who would combine the human potential and elven power. The conflict eventually returned to a balance but the two races are still at war and since Garbolt's arrival, the elves became hostile to humans and the only race they tolerate are the Meren
Dwarves:
The dwarves first inhabited the continent of Cordial but the harsh conditions made it hard to live there. They migrated and soon reached another land which was already inhabited by elves and demons. The dwarves, not used to sharing joined the all out warbetween the elven and demon races and managed to get a hold of and defend around a third part of the continent. When Garbolt arrived massacring the elven race, the dwarves had a time of relative peace and after he took the demons with him, they managed to easily gain more terrain and pressure the elves. Since that time there has been a time of conflict and stalemate where none of the races could gain an advantage. Dwarves arn't really hostile to anyone besides elves and demons but they don't tolerate strangers on their lands and usually kill them on sight
Recluce:
A town deep in the continent founded by one of the strongest outcasts in existence who is currently it's leader. It is a shelter and haven to all outcasts and those who know the truth about them and don't prosecute them where they can find peace. The town is impossible to locate without tips how to get there. Finding Recluce is one of the priorities of all nation leaders. They say that the only person able to direct someone to Recluce is it's leader who wanders all the nations in search of other outcasts
Inquisition:
A roup with many privelages in the continent of Cordana. They don't abide to the laws of any nation but have a great influence. Their main purpose is hunting and disposing of demons and outcasts. People of any nation can come and join the inquistion as the only requirement is the will to hunt. The inquisition has enough power to even take in and protect outcasts and demons if they join. They also have ways to improve their power and attempt mastering more elements. All inquisitors except the top 3 have one of these specialties: Torturer (those who extract information with tortures), Confessioner (those who listen to the sins of those who are tortured): Judge (those who weigh the deeds and give judgement), Executor (those who execute and pass judgement), Prosecutor (those who track targets)
Inquisition ranks:
god - leader
god's hand - leaders helpers (right hand, left hand)
Division chief - one for each country
Footsoldier - normal inquisitors
Priests:
A profession for people with special abilities. With their prayers they are able to use their element powers to bless or heal others. Usually the priests only serve one god but there are many who act independently. Priests are usually apolitical
Main gods:
Shavren - main god, creator of the world
Luminarie - goddess of life
Nestos - god of night and death
Cassandra - goddess of wisdom
Deparkion - god of war
Weapon Dancers:
A special class of warrior who after harsh training can freely manipulate the shape of their magic element weapons and being able to switch (example) a sord into a whip in the middle of the strike. The training for a weapon dancer takes at least 2 years but the skill can be deaadly in the right hands
Dragon Riders:
An ancient order of warriors who rode to battle on dragons. They played key roles in battles during the Blood War but later slowly became forgotten. Now the order barely exists but still trains new warriors but hardly aany of them has seen, and not to mention ride a dragon. Many of young warriors died on a quest to obtain a dragon egg
Mentats:
People who were born with immense sensitivity to their surroundings. After proper training they can become great detectors as they can pick up abnormalities in human auras. A mentat is a valuable worker in each place
Slayers:
A fanatic sect od assassins made up of members of any race that support and worship the Adversary. They practice bloody rituals and ritual murders for the glory of Garbolt and they are deeply offended if anyone from outside their sect uses his name. Even junior members are forbidden to do it as he is like a god to them. Despite killing for joy and for the cult they still take assassination requests and money for them
Chronomancers:
In a way they are the priests of the god of time - Tempus. The guard the flow of time and control some events accoridingly. Even though they have powers over time they are forbidden to do so unless in selfdefense and their ability to see into past, present or future can't be used for anyone for free. Chronomancers when using their time powers have to maintain complete neutrality, never favor anyone and do anything for free. If they break that law, they loose their time powers forever. Even though their use of time is limited, they can use their normal powers as they wish
Brawlers:
Brawlers are the only warriors in the world of Corinthos who can use martial arts and reinforce their strikes with an additional elemental hit. A rained brawler is a force to be reckoned with and can easily dispatch numerous enamies since he generates the force out of his own body
Spellbreakers:
Spellbreakers are powerful and nasty opponents. They are the only ones able to cancel out enamy elemental manipulations. A Spellbreaker can fully disable and cancel all attacks that use the basic and subelemtent he possesses and partially do the same with the subelements that come from his basic element. However there arn't many of them and the training islong and difficult. Many have died in the process of becoming a spellbreaker
Engineers:
The man who work wonders with technology. Engineers are capable of creating various machines powered with magic or magical energy to make them work. The machines they create can really be weapons of destruction or work wonders
Experiment:
The exmperiment was an attempt made by some demons to recreate their original bodies to regain their full power. They decided the best way to do it would be combining the man who cmmanded them - Adversary and the woman who sealed them - Heroine and control that new being. They abducted the descendants of Garbolt from all over the five nations and through genetic engineering they isolated Garbolt and Adelle' genes. Later they started combining them into one being. Their experiment lasted for a few yearsand gave birth to 5 Siblings, each of them wielding a different power of the Adversary and all five basic elements. The oldest Sibling rebelled and left the laboratoryleaving it in rubbles unaware that there were others like him who used this chance to also escape
Siblings:
The children of the demon Experiment. There are a total 5 of them and each of them possesses all five basic elements, five subelements and one of the powers wielded by the Adversary. During the long years in the demon laboratory they didn't even know about each other's existence. They are often feared as the most terryfying outcasts and all have draconic beast forms.
Curse:
Also known as the Curse of the Adversary. Garbolt was the first one who possessed a draconic beast form and his son Garret inherited it. Even Garret's relationship with Fiamme of the fire country didn't change the strength of this form as all descendants of the Adverasry possess draconic beast forms. During the long years of history the detailed story how again the line of Fiamme ruling the fire country is clear of the Curse but people with draconic beast forms can be encountered in all nations
