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Magic tied to darkness, death, fear, or forbidden powers.

Gharmoth was an exiled vampire from the eastern continent who founded the first blood cult on Ulvenor. His teachings sur…

… the first true necromancy, but his own magic backfired on him. The souls of the dead imprisoned him in an ice spell, from which h…

A symbol of fear, the unknown, evil, and hidden powers.

…as bold and risky in his time. To allow magic, at least in the capital, was to admit that this power existed, that it could not be…

… Jacob's rule was his relationship with magic. After generations of hidden learning and a semi-legal existence, it was during his …

…pool and long suffering, seems almost a dark picture of the price one can pay for constant struggle and tension. Nevertheless, he …

…portant steps was to restrict access to magic schools to only the residents of the kingdom. He officially explained it as overcrow…

…t was during his time that the level of magical education began to rise significantly, and it became clear that the older teaching…

…pend time in libraries and even learned magic. He was not a warrior emperor, but rather an educated monarch who sought to maintain…

… a young age, he learned to move in the dark, listen to the stone and survive without light. Unlike other goblins, he saw the unde…

…thers. This is when the true history of magic on the continent begins. Sorcer wasn't just the first user—he was proof that magic c…

The history of kobold magic begins, paradoxically, long before the kobolds themselves were aware of it. As is kn…

… to be the true beginning of the kobold magical age. Nuriak understood magic not just as an alien human tool, but as a power that …

…ting features of the kobold adoption of magic is the fact that it has become not just a school or a narrow scholarly environment, …

A kobold's magical rise wouldn't be so fast if it was just patient study. For generations, the Kobold…

…ontribution was not just that he spread magic among the kobolds, but that he changed the very way in which it could be handled. Fo…

Goblin magic did not remain locked away in classrooms, temples, or laboratories. Very soon it bec…

…d, he could usher in a whole new era of magic and possibly become the most powerful mage in the continent's history. His death end…

After the death of Gharmoth, his teachings did not die out. On the contrary – it began to spread among humans and other …

Human magic originated as a systematic discipline. The schools in Magnursia were based on order,…

… of Javorica became the heart of goblin magic. Here Nuriak founded the first school, which, however, did not have much influence a…

…o a reformer. Zareth-Ka understood that magic's greatest weakness was its limited stamina. Following up on Nuriak's experiments, h…

…encounters where the kobolds used their magic proved otherwise. They weren't as strong as the best human mages, but they were fast…

…into a problem it didn't expect. Kobold magic was not organized like human magic, but was dispersed among the entire population. E…

…he Sorcer himself had not yet legalized magic within the state, but his arrival made this future change possible. He brought knowl…

…'s return, there would be no schools of magic, and there would be no possibility of the monarch himself becoming a practicing magi…

… to create the first official school of magic within the royal environment. In doing so, he elevated magic from a fringe phenomeno…

During the reign of Ignatius II. magic first began to be systematically associated with war. A key role in this was played …

…e of the first mages to understand that magic could function not only as a personal discipline, but also as an organized instrumen…

…ing style, and the Battle of Jitron saw magic used on a decisive scale for the first time. This changed the nature of the war and …

The first true martial mages grew out of the newly emerging schools and circles. These people were no longer just schola…

Ignatius III restricted access to magic schools to the kingdom's residents. In doing so he created the first truly conscious…

… conflict believing that its schools of magic and the service of both court and military mages gave it a natural advantage. Howeve…

…s differed from earlier clashes in that magic did not only appear in the role of infantry support, siege or healing. It became an …

Prior to the rise of magical universities, the teaching of magic was fragmented in many ways. It often depended…

… by mastery of a demanding field. Thus, magic ceased to appear only as a privilege of a few court circles and began to function as…

…f this transformation was the spread of magic beyond the old provinces of the original kingdom. The educational model allowed know…

Untred V's success was politically significant, but his origins were burdened by the use of a biological weapon under th…

It was in this battle that destructive magic was used on a truly strategic scale. It wasn't a one-off charm or a minor boost. It …

The arrival of new elemental magic, which gradually became one of the foundations of Magnursian and later imperial powe…

…n. The Sorcerer brought a new elemental magic to the continent, and although he was later assassinated, his teachings lived on in …

… power ready to rely on army, taxes and magic as a unified system. Banners, a new logic of military command, and the first officia…

…tius III. The Weaver of Intrigue turned magic into a tool of power. The foundations, which originally acted as court novelties, be…

… other powers have joined. The Kings of Magic thus stand at the birth of a new reality: the war ceases to be a matter of neighborh…

John I, Alfred I and Wavrin I led Magnursia on through increasing pressure. Each of them differently. Jan through defens…

…showed another danger of the new world. Magic was no longer just a tool of the state, but a force that could be wielded by separat…

…n, but gradually turned into one of the darkest chapters of the Youlender era. Oledo murdered the heir and transformed the adminis…

…Essence through fire, water, lightning, darkness, psychic and physical magic. This power was initially spread as a dangerous secre…

However, elemental magic did not remain a human possession. Kobolds were among the first non-human races to f…

Magic working with the basic forces of the world.

Old and not entirely understood magical principles.

Knowledge too dangerous to be spread widely.

Findings from the past that have survived the ages.

The highest leadership of the Order of the Ancients.

A mighty object suffused with magic.

A legendary alchemical artifact of the Fellowship of the Silver Hand.

The joining of technology, alchemy, and magic.

Magical or symbolic signs bearing meaning and power.

Magic aimed at large-scale destruction.

Magic tied to death and the undead.

… mage can shape fire, water, lightning, darkness, mind, or physical force, but the body and soul pay for every act of power. Magic…

The first centuries of Magnursia were an age of consolidation and gradual growth. The early kings had to prove that the …

Elemental magic changed Ulvenor when the Sorcer returned from beyond the Green Sea with knowledge fr…

…into an effect. Fire, water, lightning, darkness, mind, and physical force are not merely symbols; they are disciplined paths thro…

Humans institutionalized elemental magic through schools, armies, scholars, and state power. Kobolds reshaped it through Javo…

Thal Veyr is the dark southern sea associated with drow power, strange creatures, dangerous voyages, and ru…

…the entire continent, because elemental magic entered history through that voyage. After returning, the Sorcer founded a school, …

…present and older ages is the spread of magic and its deeper connection to states, war, and daily life. Elemental magic is no long…

Dark elves, often called drow, represent the most mysterious and at the same time the most…

Psychic magic manipulates the mind, emotions and perception. Its practitioners do not need visible…

Physical magic strengthens the caster's body beyond natural limits. Its practitioners become living…

On Albarit there are places where magic is not hidden in the hands of sorcerers, but visible in the landscape itself. Rivers…

After the arrival of elemental magic in the Empire, the gnomish advantage began to shrink. Many things that had once requ…

… played a crucial role in spreading new magic across Ulvenor. Magic did not originate here, but reached the city from the western …

Elemental magic brought by the Sorcer changed the balance of power on Ulvenor faster than many wars.…

…s developed their own relationship with magic. For a long time they did not belong among the most advanced magical races, but than…

… and brought the knowledge of elemental magic, which changed the history of the Empire and of the entire continent. If the naga ko…

Successful hits build tokens, and once they are filled, the next hit roots the target. The root duration increases with …

Reduces magic damage by 25%.