Archive of the Architects
Stella Aeterna's Room of Records for Valrindor's hidden names, powers, places, and histories.
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Thalena Xenith is a human temporal and aether mage who bears the title Archon of Spacetime and directs political, military, and research work across Thalassai. Cassian holds the formal office of archon of time in Chronasis, while Thalena...
The ArchitectThalena bears The Architect as a title. In The Eleven Stories of Old, The Architect is chapter three, and in Chronasis it is the title of a massive volume on her desk.
The Eleven Stories of OldThe Eleven Stories of Old is an ancient text artifact made of cryptic myths, prophecies, and fragmented histories.
The Legacy of Thalion ZenithThe Legacy of Thalion Zenith is a hidden text artifact authored by Helena Hyperion / Thalena about Thalion Zenith, the Order of Thalion Zenith, the Fall of Malverand, and the Thalion Abraxas War. It records Thalion's history, memorialize...
Order of Thalion ZenithThe Order of Thalion Zenith is a secret order founded by Thalion Zenith during the Fall of Malverand and later carried forward by Isandriel / Isaac. Its members usually call it the Order. The Forgotten Order is Jin's later written accoun...
ChronasisChronasis is the capital of Thalassai on Xolterra, the seat of the archon of time, and the central city of the Chronasis region. Under Thalena, it houses the archon of Space and Time, Stella Aeterna, chronarcs, the Thalassai legions, and...
Stella AeternaStella Aeterna is the grand palace of Chronasis and the seat of the Thalena's government. Thalena rebuilds the older Palace of Time into Stella Aeterna after becoming archon of Space and Time, rules the renewed Chronasis from it, and pla...
CyclesCycles are the temporal phenomenon Jorhan created with two spiral shards to trap Xalmyrra in repeating versions of its history for millennia. They isolate the region behind storms and a veil, repeat events with variations, reset people d...
Oracles of EternityThe Oracles of Eternity are an order from Zarephon, the city surrounding the River of Eternity and the source beneath the Plains of Eternity. They guard the source, keep its flow free, and oppose Rahmavir, Myrravel, Malverand, and rulers...
TimeriftTimerifts are volatile tears in space time created, widened, or shaped through powerful temporal magic. Casters deliberately make some timerifts as direct spells or battlefield weapons. Other timerifts are world boundary fractures that t...
VarnhallowVarnhallow is the advanced eastern Valrindor nation sealed inside the Varnhallow temporal anomaly. Within the anomaly, Eltaru Ninsath rules as god king through the divine patriarchs. He, Sigvariel, and Horol'Khai maintain the temporal bu...
HrzaiHrzai is Xalmyrra's ancient divine goddess, the first successful god core of the Malverand Empire, and the golden being who later moves through Xalmyrra as Xelthys. Her original artifact form is the golden tree, and she is later revered...
Horol’KhaiHorol’Khai is the temporal god of Skarnheim and the god bound to Sigurd / Sigvariel through the Hourglass Shard. Arcanis works on the strange hourglass prototype, and Michael / Eltaru later reshapes it with his own essence and essence ta...
Jin LeiyunJin Leiyun is an elemental mage from Thundermarch, the bonded wielder of Tianlei, and an ally against Xol'Zahir, the shapers of Shroudvale, the guardians from the Malverand era, and Qadir after Gabriel empowers him with a crystal at Pyre...
CassianCassian Ironvale is a divine and resonance mage from Teryndal who later rules Chronasis as Thalassai's archon of time. In Xalmyrra, he is celebrated as the Hero of the People and the Hammer of Justice, a level nine divine mage known for...
EiraEira Caedris is a scholar and mage of the Xalmyrran Council whose life carries her from one cycle into the next and later through centuries in the deep past. Known as Aruviel in ancient Malverand, she studied with Arcanis, married Eremio...
KaelionKaelion Saeryth is a Soltheris born council mage, the Voice of the Veil, and the chosen wielder of Xoh’Tenol. At the Xalmyrran tournament, he competes as a level eight illusionist. After Xoh’Tenol chooses him in Thalcoris, Kaelion become...
ArcanisArcanis is a Malverand researcher, inventor, and engineer under Barachiel. His teams build essence lights, spell containing devices, god cores, shards, gates, skyship systems, vault protections, and advanced artifacts for Malverand's exp...
XalmyrraXalmyrra is an ancient region of Valrindor and a former province of the Malverand Empire. After Malverand begins breaking apart, Xalmyrra splits into Teryndal, Soltheris, Erenmyr, and Keldara, with the Xalmyrran Council coordinating the...
War of ScarsThe War of Scars devastates Xalmyrra on a continental scale. It begins after Kaldramir Kaldaros, supreme general of Keldara, gains knowledge of Xalmyrra's repeating cycles and launches a massive campaign across the continent. The War of...
Spiral ShardThe spiral shard is a unique god core artifact from the Malverand era created by Arcanis to store extraordinary essence and place that power in a compatible wielder. Its wielders can drain essence, restore poisoned land, trap regions ins...
Nexus Research CenterThe Nexus Research Center is Thalassai's research facility beneath Stella Aeterna in Chronasis. The ancient Chronasis gate stands in its main gate room. Cyrena leads the center, and Jareth works there as a scientist and engineer. Under C...
GatesGates are massive portals used to travel through the void between distant regions, worlds, and versions of Valrindor. They are half circle frames of metal, stone, or mixed materials. The Chronasis gate, Earth's buried gate, and the Thira...
SourceThe source is the breach beneath Zarephon where dense white essence enters Valrindor. It feeds the River of Eternity, fills the Plains of Eternity with essence that mutates local life, anchors the Oracles of Eternity's prophecies, and be...
Temporal MagicTemporal magic is a rare advanced magic school that manipulates time and temporal flow. Uses include blinking, temporal shields, slowed aging, time bubbles, stasis, time splitting illusions, timerifts, and large anomalies including Varnh...
Aether MagicAether magic is an advanced magic school that manipulates gravity, space, and magnetism. Mages use it for flight, levitation, propulsion, pressure fields, shields, object control, body support, aether artifacts, gravity waves, and singul...
ChronarcA chronarc is an elite official of Chronasis appointed by the city's archon. Thalena creates the office after becoming archon of Space and Time, appointing chronarcs as assistants who oversee much of Chronasis alongside her. The office r...