Tag: Lore
Children of Gorgmonn: Orcs of the Cataclysm
Orcs, goblins and their rarer (albeit, more beastly cousins) are a common sight on Post-Cataclysmic Earth. From hordes of raiders preying on the peripheries...
Empire of Xank: A Warpmancer Faction
There are many aliens who threaten the fringes of human space, and many who live within the confines of humanity’s vast, disunited empire. But...
In Between: The Void Between Worlds
“An unfathomable, grey void, inhabited by the dead, the cosmic and the unknowable.” - That is how a surviving riftborne human from the distant...
Vampires: Monsters of the Cataclysm
Vampires have existed in human lore for millennia before the arrival of the Vortex. Creatures of night, preying on humans and animals. Often, consuming...
The United States After the Cataclysm
When the Vortex opened in Siberia in 1991, it was almost a side-show to the other events happening in the world. For the United...
The Cataclysm: How it All Started
At first, the Vortex didn’t do much. On an otherwise uneventful day in 1991, as the once gargantuan Soviet Union was reaching its final...
Adamastor: The Titan Under the Mountain
“Even as I spoke, an immense shape
Materialised in the night air,
Grotesque and enormous stature
With heavy jowls, and an unkempt beard
Scowling from shrunken, hollow eyes
Its...
Weylines: Magic of the Cataclysm
Magic flows through the world. Even before the Cataclysm, and before the Vortex sparked massive flows of magical energy on Earth, there existed a...
Philosophy of the Imperial Council
The big baddies of the Warpmancer Universe, like any three-dimensional entity, isn’t some basic evil formed in a vacuum. Like in reality, everyone and...
The Trooper Order: Governance and Bodies
“The basis of all Trooper power is that of security. The Troopers are not builders. They are not bureaucrats. They are soldiers. And like...
