Crúnbrigh

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Pirate/Fleet: Yes (Royal Undertide)
Speciality: Governance, naval command, dynastic control
Loyal to the Crown: Absolute
Ruling Family: Royal House of Elásia

Crúnbrigh is the capital of Kingdom of Elàsia, and the physical seat of the Crown. The city spreads horizontally along the shore before climbing upward into the cliffs. The Royal Palace of Elásia is poistioned here. Home of the The Royal Undertide.

Skeldra

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Pirate/Fleet: Yes (The White Wake)
Speciality: Fishing, ship repair, cold-water sailing, raiding
Loyal to the Crown: Conditional
Ruling Family: House Elrionn

Skeldra is the northernmost Dukdir of Elàsia. Its harbor city, Iskarshamn, is built into the cliffs. The city exists for ships, raiding, and survival. Stone and iron dominate; nothing is decorative. Life here centers around fishing, shipbuilding, repairs, and pirate activity with taverns acting as recruitment halls. Skeldra’s pirate fleet, the White Wake.

Valcaryn

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Pirate/Fleet: Yes (Privateers & mercantile fleets)
Speciality: Trade, finance, logistics, rare goods
Loyal to the Crown: Transactional
Ruling Family: House Merovayne

Valcaryn is the largest and wealthiest Dukdir of Elàsia and the center of maritime trade. Its capital port, Nar Valcaryn, is vast, crowded, and constantly expanding. Markets, warehouses, and docks stretch for miles. Everything has a price.

Velnyca

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Pirate/Fleet: Yes (The Black Undertow)
Speciality: Assassination, disappearances, forbidden trade
Loyal to the Crown: Officially Yes / Practically No
Ruling Family: House Vharrow

Velnyca is the darkest Dukdir of Elàsia, officially loyal and practically lawless. Velnyca and it’s harbor city is a hub for disappearances, unregistered ships, and forbidden trade. Pirate fleets, including the Black Undertow, sail from Vel Noct. They raid without warning and take targets rather than plunder.

Fornren

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Pirate/Fleet: No (Industrial fleets only)
Speciality: Iron, blacksteel, cannons, anchors, hull plating
Loyal to the Crown: Yes
Ruling Family: House Blackvein

Fornren is the industrial Dukdir of Elàsia. Its coastal stronghold and harbor-city, Karnhold, produces iron, blacksteel, cannons, anchors, chains, and hull plating. Without Fornren, Elàsia cannot build fleets or wage war.

Thraekar

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Pirate/Fleet: Yes (Raider Fleets)
Speciality: Warships, raiding, naval warfare
Loyal to the Crown: No
Ruling Family: House Draekyn

Thraekar is an island Dukdir far from the main coast of Elàsia, exposed to open sea and constant wind. Its primary harbor, Hambaras, is built for war. Foreigners are not welcomed. Docks serve fleets, armories, and prisoners. Thraekar’s fleets raid openly and fearlessly.

Aurelion

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Pirate/Fleet: Yes (The Gilded Wake)
Speciality: Smuggling, interception, controlled crime
Loyal to the Crown: Selectively
Ruling Family: House Lumerain

Aurelion is the gilded Dukdir of Elásia, defined by beauty weaponized, organized lawlessness, and power hidden behind elegance. Beneath the polished facades, criminal syndicates, rogue courts, and bandit houses rule with near-total control. Aurelion’s fleet is known as The Gilded Wake—a rogue navy disguised as a merchant armada.

Virethys

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Pirate/Fleet: Yes (Imperial fleets & galleys)
Speciality: Slavery, relic trade, ancient infrastructure
Loyal to the Crown: Legally Yes
Ruling Family: House Caelvorn

Virethys is the ancient Dukdir of Elásia, defined by bloodline supremacy, arcane remnants, and inherited authority. Though magic is officially dead in Elásia, Virethys remembers when it ruled. Slavery is illegal by crown law, yet Virethys relies heavily on “contracted blood-servitude.”

Harthmere

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Pirate/Fleet: No
Speciality: Agriculture, manpower, inland supply routes
Loyal to the Crown: Fractured
Ruling Family: House Rennicar

Harthmere is the fractured inland Dukdir of Elásia. It is rich in farmland, rivers, and old roads, yet poor in centralized control. Banditry, deserters, and displaced families are common. The land feeds the realm, but is perpetually exploited and under-protected.

The Green-Domed Tower

Lorebook triggers Green-Domed Tower, royal residence, Crúnbrigh palace, Crown family, restricted access, royal authority, palace, Royal family

The King

Lorebook triggers King, Domnall, king of elàsia, crown ruler, royal authority, father of tiar

King Domnall (67) is the ruling monarch of Elàsia, husband to Queen Muireen, and father of Crown Prince Tíar.He was born into the royal line and resides in the upper royal quarters of the Palace of Crúnbrigh.Appearance: Grey hair, weathered face, heavy build
Personality: Cold, patient, authoritarian
Opinions: Order and unity justify cruelty

The Crown Prince

Lorebook triggers Crown Prince, Tíar, heir of elàsia, crown prince, tyrant, succession, Duke of Crúnbrigh

Crown Prince Tíar (40) is the son of King Domnall and Queen Muireen, and heir to the throne of Elàsia.He was born in the Royal Palace of Crúnbrigh and rules from there in the King’s name.He is married to two consorts: Fionnàn, his male consort, and Eithne, his female consort. He intends to take a third consort.With Eithne, he has two daughters: Princess Eira (14) and Princess Nia (11). He continues to seek a male heir.Appearance: Dark hair, hard eyes, imposing presence
Personality: Tyrannical, volatile, unhinged
Opinions: Fear is the only true loyalty

The Consort Fionnàn

Lorebook triggers Consort, Fionnàn, male consort, royal spouse, valcaryn

Consort Fionnàn (28) is the male consort of Crown Prince Tíar.He originates from Valcaryn and resides permanently in the Royal Palace of Crúnbrigh.Appearance: Exceptionally beautiful, white hair, pale eyes
Personality: Quiet, controlled, withdrawn
Opinions: Survival depends on obedience

The Queen

Lorebook triggers Queen, Muireen, queen of elàsia, royal court, political marriages, mother of tiar

Queen Muireen (63) is Queen of Elàsia, wife of King Domnall, and mother of Crown Prince Tíar.She was born into nobility and lives permanently within the Royal Palace of Crúnbrigh.Appearance: Pale, sharp features, dark hair streaked with silver
Personality: Calculated, observant, quietly dominant
Opinions: Bloodline and image outweigh affection

The Princesses

Lorebook triggers Princess Eira, Princess Nia, royal daughters, elàsia heirs, palace children, Nia, Eira

Princess Eira (14) and Princess Nia (11) are the daughters of Crown Prince Tíar and Consort Eithne, and granddaughters of King Domnall and Queen Muireen.Both were born in the Royal Palace of Crúnbrigh and have lived there their entire lives.

The Consort Eithne

Lorebook triggers Consort, Eithne, female consort, mother of eira and nia

Consort Eithne (38) is the female consort of Crown Prince Tíar and mother of his children.She resides in the Royal Palace of Crúnbrigh, where both daughters were born.Appearance: Dark hair, composed posture, tired eyes
Personality: Dutiful, pragmatic, restrained
Opinions: Security comes from compliance

The Royal Family &
The Palace

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Royal Undertide of Elásia

Lorebook triggers Royal Undertide, royal pirates, undertide, crown fleet, privateers, sea law

The Royal Undertide of Elásia is the Crown’s pirate fleet. Only the King or the Duke of Crúnbrigh may command or dissolve them.The Undertide performs acts like sabotage, fleet destruction, punishment of disloyal dukedoms, and removal of succession threats.They are led by a single High Admiral, appointed directly by the King. Below them serve Black Captains, each bound by personal oath and forbidden from land, heirs, or independent power.

Black Captain

Lorebook triggers Black Captains, royal undertide, crown pirates, elite captains

Black Captains are the elite commanders of the Royal Undertide.Each Black Captain commands a single ship under a personal oath to the Crown. Black Captains may not own land, marry without permission, or hold recognized heirs.Violation of Undertide law is punished by immediate execution. Judgment is carried out by the High Admiral or assigned captains. No trial is given.Most Black Captains are former pirate lords, fallen nobles, or survivors of forbidden wars and their service is permanent. Death is the only release.

Library of Crúnbrigh

Lorebook triggers library of crunbrigh, library, archives, scholars, forbidden knowledge, royal records, history, Elàsia history, history books

The Library of Crúnbrigh is the largest archive in Elásia and the Crown’s primary center of recorded knowledge. It houses royal records, bloodline registries, religious texts, censored histories, and pre-Collapse fragments.Most scholars assigned to the Library never leave it. Access to certain sections is restricted by royal and religious authority, and much of its content is sealed, incomplete, or intentionally contradictory.

Scolars

Lorebook triggers scholar, scholars, library scholar, royal tutor, royal education, library of crunbrigh, teachers, historians, forbidden knowledge

Scholars are individuals educated within the Library of Crúnbrigh, where they spend years—often decades—studying history, law, religion, bloodlines, and pre-Collapse records. Many arrive young and never leave, their lives consumed by cataloguing, comparison of conflicting sources, and copying texts they are not permitted to interpret publicly.Scholars are the primary educators of royal and highborn children.

Micro Wyverns

Lorebook triggers micro, micros, micro wyvern, micro wyverns, pet, household pet, house wyvern, family pet, shoulder pet, golden line, royal line, gold micro, valcaryn trade, allergy

Small, highly intelligent wyverns comparable in size to a large parrot. Micro Wyverns are free-ranging household animals found in nearly every home across Elásia. They bond to families rather than individuals, are commonly carried on shoulders, and move freely within homes.They are social, loyal, and long-lived, with an average lifespan of 20–30 years. Most are traded through Valcaryn trade market, while the rare gold Royal Line may only be obtained directly from the Crown through political exchange.A minority of humans are allergic to Micro Wyverns, commonly believed to be a curse rather than a medical condition.

Sea Wyrms

Lorebook triggers sea wyrm, sea wyrms, ocean creature, ship wyrm, bonded wyrm, sailing omen, valcaryn waters, eryndhal sea, superstition

Massive ocean-dwelling entities that dwell beneath Elásia’s shipping routes. Sea Wyrms are rarely seen in full, most often appearing as shadows, eyes, or ridged backs beneath the waves.Naval tradition holds that many long-lived ships or it’s Captain are bound to a Sea Wyrm, which guides them through storms and hazards. The loss of such a bond is widely considered an omen of disaster.Their true nature remains unclassified. Some believe they are all humans cursed to an eternal life at sea.

Mountain Wyverns

Lorebook triggers mountain wyvern, mountain wyverns, large wyvern, wild wyvern, hunting wyvern, skeldra wyvern, thraekar wyvern, dangerous creature

Large, territorial wyverns native to the mountain ranges and cliffbound coasts of Skeldra and Thraekar, with smaller populations in the interior highlands of Noctyria. Mountain Wyverns are apex predators responsible for frequent loss of livestock and caravans.They are aggressive when threatened and incapable of domestication. Hunting is legal in most dukdirs, and their hide, bone, and claw are widely used for armor, tools, and ritual items.

Maned Wyvern

Lorebook triggers maned wyvern, fur wyvern, cold wyvern, skeldra wyvern, white reach creature, protected species, rare wyvern

Cold-region wyverns found primarily in northern Skeldra and the highlands bordering the White Reach. Maned Wyverns are distinguished by dense furred manes and undercoats adapted to extreme cold.They are officially classified as a protected species, though illegal hunting persists due to the high value of their pelts. Their population is steadily declining.

Sabertooth Wyverns

Lorebook triggers sabertooth wyvern, saber wyvern, noctyria wyvern, dangerous wyvern, aggressive creature

Large, highly aggressive wyverns native to the black coasts, ravines, and inland highlands of Noctyria. Sabertooth Wyverns are marked by elongated curved fangs and advanced predatory intelligence.They do not migrate, cannot be domesticated, and are known to return to sites of previous kills. Encounters are rare but frequently fatal.

Ice Wyvern

Lorebook triggers sea wyrm, sea beast, sea animal, ocean animal, bad omen

Silent, cold-bound wyverns recorded only in pre-Collapse texts describing the frozen coasts and inland ice of the White Reach, beyond the mountains of Skeldra. Ice Wyverns are said to have regulated cold, quieted storms, and behaved unlike predatory creatures.They have not been reliably observed for centuries and are officially classified as extinct. Their continued existence is dismissed by the Crown and quietly disputed by others.

About

The religion of Elàsia is founded on the Three Kahir, Brahkanaten, and Moriani. The Three Kahir, Brahkanaten, and Moriani are collectively referred to as the Trifold Gods.The Book of Trifold describes Kahir as the creator of all things, they are married to both Moriani and Brahkanaten, creating a divine polyrelationship that serves at the theological heart of the faith, and provides the basis for why homosexual relationships are accepted in Elàsian society and why only the royal family can enter into polygamous marriages, as the Crown is considered to be the closest representative of the gods.

Monasteries and shines

Lorebook triggers Ocean Priests, Monasteries, The Seabound, Monk, nun, worship, faith, monastery, birth, labor, midwife, delivery, physician, healer, sick, ill, injury

Ocean Priests oversee the operation of the monasteries where worship of Elàsia takes place.

Not only are monasteries places of worship, but they also serve as centres of education and nursing. Every physician is trained in a monastery, and the majority of births within Elàsia occur in monasteries.

Beyond the monasteries stand countless shrines, simple holy places where offerings are left.

The Book of Trifold

Lorebook triggers Holy book, book of trifold, gods, origins, prayer, cermony, pray, mourning

The Book of Trifold is considered the Word of Elàsia’s sacred text, and it can be found in almost all Elàsia homes. Within it are the origins of Elàsia and their Gods.
Unlike other ceremonial items or artifacts, the Book of Trifold is alive. It is to be read aloud, written upon, repaired, and passed from one generation to another. The Book of Trifold serves as a guide to daily guide, prayer, birth and death rites.

The Ocean Priests

Lorebook triggers ocean priests, sea rites, marriages, oaths, elàsia religion, priest

Ocean Priests officiate marriages, bless ships, witness oaths, and oversee sea burials. Without their rites, contracts and unions are considered incomplete.To be denied an Ocean Priest is a political act. They answer to no duke, but are watched by the Crown.Ocean Priests oversee the operation of the monasteries where worship of Elàsia takes place.

Kahir

Brahkanaten

Moriani

Kahir is the most widely worshipped deity. Genderless and eternal, creator of all things, embodiment of the sea as a whole, and ultimate authority. Prayers for order, life, and endurance are offered in Kahir’s name.

Brahkanaten is the god of storms, action, and violence. Sailors and pirates pray to him before every voyage. It is said that to anger Brahkanaten is to invite storms, shipwreck, and bloodied seas. Nearly every harbor in Elàsia holds a shrine dedicated to him, where offerings are made before setting sail.

Moriani is the Mother of Tides, goddess of waiting, birth, and return. Women and children most often pray to her. Childbirth, mourning the drowned, and long periods of uncertainty are all placed under Moriani’s care.Legends claim Moriani rides an Ice Wyvern, a creature believed long extinct. This bond is why Moriani is deeply linked to the Whites.

The Whites

Traditions of the Sea & Maritime Law

Law of the Drowned Oath

Lorebook triggers drowned oath, sea law, sacred oaths, elàsia law, ocean judgment

The Drowned Oath is the most binding law in Elàsia.Any oath sworn in seawater, with flesh and blood submerged, is considered sacred and irreversible. Such oaths are believed to be witnessed by the ocean itself.Breaking a Drowned Oath is not treated as a crime against the Crown, but as a violation of the sea. No civil court will hear such a case.Punishment is never defined in law. Death at sea, loss of ships, exile, or the destruction of bloodlines are all recorded outcomes, referred to as the ocean’s judgment.Once sworn, a Drowned Oath cannot be undone.

Treason as Tidelock

Lorebook triggers treason, tidelock, elàsia law, sea crime, exile, crown punishment

Acts considered treason include sabotaging harbors, breaking sea treaties, waging war without seal, or claiming to speak for the ocean without priestly recognition.The punishment is called Tidelock. The condemned is stripped of name and rank, and their family loses protection.Sentences vary and include execution, exile, or disappearance at sea. No appeal is permitted.

The Silent Launch

Lorebook triggers silent launch, royal undertide, ghost ships, elàsia rituals, crown fleet

The Silent Launch marks the induction of a new Undertide ship.No ceremony is announced. No name is given. No priest presides.The ship is pushed from dock at dusk or dawn, without banners, music, or witnesses. Its crew boards in silence.

The Undertide Oath

Lorebook triggers undertide oath, royal undertide, pirate oath, elàsia law, execution, no pardon

The Undertide Oath binds all members of the Royal Undertide.By swearing the oath, one surrenders name, future, and forgiveness to the Crown and the sea. Service is permanent.The oath forbids departure, betrayal, or legacy. No member may retire, defect, or claim pardon.Breaking the Undertide Oath is punished by immediate execution. No trial is given. No record is kept.

Religious Traditions & Rituals

Body, Blood & the Life Cycle