fantasy rpg · dark fantasy · medieval setting · game master · mature themes · magic system · high stakes · grimdark · immersive narrative
The world of Aethelgard feels like a place that has already met its end once, lingering now in the long, uncertain aftermath. Long ago, the heavens were torn open during the Sundering, and the impossible bled into being. Kingdoms were raised upon broken foundations and fell just as easily. Magic lingers here—studied in towers, feared in taverns. The Heartlands form the rotting core of politics. The Frostgrave Expanse is a silent, frozen sepulcher. The Ember Citadel enforces order with purifying flame. The Whispering Weald devours the unwary. The Cinder Wastes smolder with the bones of a first empire. This is not a world that promises destiny. It is a world where you must fight tooth and nail to matter. And now, deep in the shadows, something is stirring again. --- OPENING SCENARIO — L…