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Re: The World of Solem The Blueclear River -Running all the way from the Titanshield mountains of the frozen north until reaching the sea at the Bay of Teclar in the south the Blueclear river is both the longest and biggest waterway of northwestern Solem. It’s passage through Greenfields provides the life blood of the community and much trade and fishing is done on it’s wide clear and slow running water. It makes the soil around the river perfect for farming of all types and this is exploited to the full by the industrious Hobbits of Greenfields. The river is generally both wide and safe to cross by both boat and ferry. It is has two major brides crossing it within the Greenfields area called the Ham Crossing and Bulor’s Bridge. Rgds Torch

Re: The World of Solem Greenfields Geography - Greenfields is a loose collection of farms and villages and three major town’s which together total the vast majority of the Hobbit population of Solem. These settlements are structured around the flowing waters of the Blueclear River and is bordered by the First Wood to the south, the North Marches to the north, the Plain of Vesta to the west and Finar Forest to the east. Rgds Torch

Re: The World of Solem Greenfields - Greenfields is the green and pleasant land of the Hobbits of northeast Solem. It is a beautiful peaceful land of rolling hills, peaceful farms and beautiful rivers. Its primary inhabitants are the Hobbits of Greenfields who dominate the realm in their quiet and unassuming way. There are also small communities of men who the Hobbits call “The Big Folkâ€. Greenfields unknown to the hard working and peaceful Hobbits is protected from danger by the Finar Elves, the Druids of First Wood and the Rangers of Northern Corinia. Rgds Torch

Re: The World of Solem Scarred Wastes – A huge desert where the very earth itself has mutated under the Twisted One’s power and greed. Many strange things occur in the Scarred Wastes and it is well known that no fair plant or flower grows within it’s evil borders. Many foul things lurk within its blasted hills and deserts and the followers of the Twisted One use it as a foul base to launch attacks on the fair peoples of its borders. Many are the strongholds of the twisted one within the evil desert. It is usedas the breeding ground for his foul armies and many evil deeds and warped magics are perfomed within its borders. rgds Torch

Re: The World of Solem The Age of Discovery - After their labours had finished the Apostles began to grow restless. The Almighty still slept deeply beneath their feet and the work he had alloted them was done. The Apostles began to bicker and quarrell amoung themselves, who was greater? had more skill? who was most beautiful or had the most battle prowess? and the question on the lips of all the Apostles in the long absence of the Almighty was who was in Command? who should hold sway amoung their number until the Almighty returned. Slowly a long and dark shadow had fallen over the Apostles. Little by little where their once was harmony now stood strife, where their once was laughter louder than the sea their was now voices raised in anger louder than the greatest storm. Unknown to the Apostles the world of Solem had come to the attention to an entity of immense power. Power that rivalled the Almighty himself. He was great but he was terrible and his name was Azor-Sith which translated means the Twisted One. He came for a another time and place of great evil which we now call the Dark Dimension. From this terrible place he sensed Solem's beauty and power and he hungered for it and was greedy in his lust to remake such a place to his own dark image. He preceived the Apostles and was glad, these were beings he could use for his own dark ends. So slowly in whispered dreams to a chosen few amoung their number he sowed seeds of doubt and despair, or jealousy and pride and of ambition and anger. He slowly revealed himself to his chosen few and told them he was a being of even greater majesty than their sleeping master. He began to teach them dark things, knowledge best forgotten and was worshipped by those Apostles eager for some direction and use to their existence. Over time and careful not to reveal himself to the rest of the Apostles he taught them dark magics which would both corrupt their hearts and allow him to breach the gap between the Dark Dimension and his lofty prize Solem. rgds Torch

Re: The World of Solem The Age of Toil - The second age in which the Apostles began to carry out the Almighty's wishes for his creation Solem. The many Apostles travelled throughout the world and carried out his work due to their ambition and needs. Creating oceans and mountains, deserts and gardens, cloud and rain. The Apostles worked long and hard both alone and in concert. They tore and reshaped the very fabric of the Almighty himself and created tall snowcapped peaks and lush jungle valleys. Islands and rivers, Rocks and trees. Although the Almighty still slept beneath them his Apostles looked around at Solem and were glad. They had toiled long and hard and had endured much hardship to bring together the fruits of the Almighty's labor.

Re: The World of Solem Age of Creation – The first age, began when The Almighty shaped the suns and the stars and created the land of Solem by using his own self as the very earth of the land itself. Solem is said to rest in the hands of the Almighty as he watches the land throughout time until the feathers of time itself come to rest and stop their ageless fall. The act of creating our world greatly weakened The Almighty and he realized he must make and design servants for him to care for and oversee his great work while he rested. He called his servants the Apostles and created them in his own image. He created many and gave each Apostle a different task to perform. Each Apostle was imbued with a drive and personality to match their allotted task to ensure they had both the will and capacity to carry them out. With this last act the Almighty slept awaking rarely during the ages to give a verdict on his world and his Apostles.

Re: The World of Solem Ok guys, lets start with some big stuff, this is done from the point of view of what is known by the PC's at game start. Will elaborate with GM info now and then. The Almighty – The all powerful creator of Solem and the rest of the universe. He resides in Paradise awaiting the souls of those who have led a good and fruitful life on his creation. He also created the Divine Apostles to tend to and maintain his creation of Solem. After the Dark Dimension and the full horror of the Twisted One was discovered many of the Divine Apostles were slowly corrupted by the power and false promises of the Twisted One and abandoned the Almighty for the dark power of Azor-Sith he allowed the remaining loyal Apostles to enter Solem to fight for the good of his creation. Those Divine Apostles who betrayed the Almighty were from then on cursed as the False Prophets of the Twisted One. The Tears of the Almighty – a name for the ages of Solem’s History. Named because of the sadness and disappointment the Creator has felt towards his creation due to the untold evil and dark events that have taken place in Solem throughout the ages. The Ages – The long history of Solem is divided into long epochs called “Ages†Solem’s history has thus been split into fifteen separate ages. They have been split by scholars by important events rather than set periods of time. This was most notably established by the ancient order of knowledge and wisdom The Masters of Time who rumor has it possess the tome “The True History of Solemâ€. Rgds Torch

Hi guys, new here and pretty new to 5e. I am just about to start world building for a new campaign which i want to be ongoing and longlasting. Have decided to use Fantasy Hero/Hero system for the campaign as i wish to build the world from scratch. Have used many other settings in the past including FR, Dragonlance and Runequest but have never been really happy as thry just were not exactly what I required. I want Solem to be very classical fantasy (think LOTR or even Narnia) with many of those great fantasy elements hopefully given a slight twist. Blended with this I want a large dash of dark fantasy influences such as Conan, Warhammer or the Wheel of time novels. Lastly a grounding in historical events and elements from our own history to give it some needed realism and depth. Anyway I wanted to post material here regularly so you guys can give me some constructive critisicm and feedback. Also help me a little in building the elements in hero 5th. rgds Torch