Celestial Seekers Rangers, scouts, hunters, investigators, spies, messengers, and anyone who uses celestial or popular magic in travel, investigation, exploration...
Seekers Rangers, scouts, hunters, investigators, spies, messengers, and anyone who uses magic in travel, investigation, exploration, ranging, or communication. Ce...
Wranglers Those whose magic is related to animals. Accipitrary Alignment: Unaligned Hunters who bond with hawks and falcons via the ritual of the hunt. Accipitr...
Mongers Those who use magic in buying, selling, and trading. Mainstay Alignment: Celestial A trader who knows what their clients need. A mainstay is a provider ...
Enlighteners Those who use magic in research, teaching, archivism, learning, science, or study. Bibliothecary Alignment: Unaligned A librarian of psionic books. ...
Deviants Anyone whose magic derives from sex, sexuality, or gender is criminalized under the White Crown, and thus labelled as "deviants". Aberrant Alignment: C...
Artist Those who use magic to create art. Iconographer Alignment: Unaligned One who imbues sculptures with their faith. Iconographers create icons of faith in t...
Stats All characters have seven base stats: Prowess, Athleticism, Strength, Awareness, Willpower, Presence, and Stealth. Every stat may have substats, more specif...
Reprobates Criminals in the eyes of the White Crown. Aaronian Alignment: Elemental Homeless, jobless, or otherwise impoverished folks who use the magic of the s...
Witches Women or non men whose magic is forbidden. Beldam Alignment: Celestial A witch who gains power via matrilineal ancestral memory. A beldam learns their c...
Botanicists Ones who work with magical plants. Dendrologer Alignment: Elemental Those who commune with deciduous trees. To be a dendrologer, one must commune wi...
Chirurgeons Those who use magic to heal. Chirurgeon Alignment: Celestial One who provides medical care through mundane means has many names (doctor, physician, e...
Introduction The name of a thing is the whole of a thing... The world of Shem is a high magic setting. Everything is magic. It exists in a part of the universe ca...
Setting Info on the setting. Calendars The years 1831 and 1832, with lunar tracking, holidays, and so on. City of Haenor Information about the city, including...
Character Generation Guide Answer these questions to help get started making your character: Grith Which Grith are you in? * Blue Grith: are you involved in p...
Lore Lores are knowledge rather than skills, information, subsets of data or stories that are known by the character. Some examples include the following: * An...
Skills Skills are something a character learns. Skills can range from mundane things like cooking or writing to magical things like spellcasting. Common Mundane ...
Edges Edges are characteristics that don't have a score but have an effect on how your character operates. These are not rolled; they are passive. All edges must ...
Stats All characters have seven base stats: Prowess, Athleticism, Strength, Awareness, Willpower, Presence, and Stealth. Every stat may have substats, more specif...
Luck Every character is subject to the winds of fortune, unless there is something about their species or occupation that affects it. Therefore, they have a diffe...
Days Candeldeg Candle Day (Sunday)Weaxdeg Waxing Day (Monday)Wolcendeg Sky Day (Tuesday)Witseocdeg Lunatic Day (Wednesday)Thunordeg Thunder Day (Thursday)...
Lore Lores are knowledge rather than skills, information, subsets of data or stories that are known by the character. Some examples include the following: * An...
Skills Skills are something a character learns. Skills can range from mundane things like cooking or writing to magical things like spellcasting. Common Mundane ...
Motivations Motivations are a character's ideas, thoughts, and emotional connections. They come in three types: Passions (what they want), Convictions (what they ...
Slavers of Haenor Imperator Elite slavers who use magical white chains to control people they capture. They work for the police and the slaving guilds. PRO 13 AT...
Old Textile Mill In the last five years, the Blue Grith has moved their headquarters into Wyrtun, the massive industrial park on the west side of the city. It is ...
The Cang Shadowfolk Scelestian (Criminal)The Hooded Master of the Red Grith Age unknown The Cang once ruled the city, over 1800 years ago, and reigned for over 60...
Ranulf Hinxstone Validus Hollow MageSheriff of Haenor, Warden of Whitbroll Prison, Head Tax Collector 87 years old PRO 15ATH 10STR 13AWA 12 Lightvision 14 Psisens...
Marcery Godfigu Minotaur Raglaw (Gangster)Matriarch of the Godgifu Family 97 years old Marcery used to be a brutal soldier of the Red Grith until her back was bro...
Joldwin Callow Oak Folk Raglaw (Gangster)Patriarch of the Callow Family 71 years old Joldwin actually spent his youth doing legit building work. He's a great carp...
Pasqualluccio Sancto Bugiardo Raglaw (Gangster)Hierarch of the Sancto Family 67 years old Pasqualluccio hates ice cream and doesn't do drugs, but they are very, v...
Godhild Marsham Cocidian Raglaw (Gangster)Matriarch of the Marsham Family 151 years old Godhild knows how to run a racetrack. She loves to spend her days sitting ...
Dunning Lennard Wearg Raglaw (Gangster)Patriarch of the Lennard Family 52 years old Dunning runs the Ceorfend Shop in Corabrake as a front for the Red Grith. He's...
Ngonda Tchiki Cyclops Rover (Pirate)Captain of Yojast's Revenge 108 years old Ngonda broke free from slavery decades ago, but he still wears the shackles he wore ...
Kaiki Kawana Spirit (Menehune) Rover (Pirate)Captain of the Cutting Vermilion 201 years old From far to the south, Kaiki was enslaved long ago. He fought for his ...
Ateri Dooling Yellow Trumpet Flower Fluer Reiver (Pirate)Captain of the Cang's Glory 31 years old A slave since her earliest years, Ateri's parents snuck her away...
Nupta Balihu Ysian Reiver (Pirate)Captain of the Cang's Fury 28 years old Nupta was enslaved as a small child. She grew up in horror, but she escaped as an adult ...
Kyuregey Tyllykintsev Cephalan Reiver (Pirate)Captain of the Cang's Hood 181 years old Kyuregey was enslaved after she was rejected from schools as a youth. She w...
Quyen Thach Spirit (Tinh Than) Reiver (Pirate)Captain of the Cang's Shadow 401 years old A founding member of the Grith, Quyen was a pirate from long ago who has ...
Arosha Wikramasingha Spirit (Asura) Reiver (Pirate)Captain of the Cang's Might 59 years old Arosha grew up a slave. They escaped slavery when they were in their e...
Sclaomir Sarnow Undine Reiver (Pirate)Captain of the Cang's Wrath 47 years old Sclaomir grew up learning to hate what the empire did to the waters. Her parents we...
Rebu Gnanam Froemmler (Geisterblut Terata) Reiver (Pirate)Captain of the Cang's Flame 27 years old Once a true believer and soldier of the empire, Rebu realized...
Carambeni Bickle Harbor Porpoise Folk Loza (Pirate)Captain of the Red Queen's Revenge 35 years old Carambeni killed a man when he was 11 years old. Enslaved as pu...