They settled in the southeastern corner of Yuros, where they formed a pacifist order of magi known as the Ordo Costruo. A hundred men and women who abhorred violence and wanted no part in the overthrow of the Rimoni Empire departed into the wilds, led by Antonin Meiros. Not all of the five hundred surviving Ascendants (the first magi) joined the Blessed Three Hundred in their conquest. As the magi multiplied, they claimed their own fiefdoms and spread their influence across Yuros. The first magi, as they called themselves, found their children inherited their powers, though the gift was weakened if they didn’t breed with other magi. This event, known as The Ascendancy of Corineus, changed the world. The Keepers encoded the recipe for the ambrosia into an artefact called the Scytale of Corineus to preserve its secret for the empire alone. They founded the ‘Gnostic Keepers’, an order of Ascendant magi dedicated to serving the empire and the gnosis. Of the remainder who survived the Ascendancy, three hundred, led by Sertain Sacrecour, set out to conquer the continent using their new gnostic powers the magic of these ‘Blessed Three Hundred’ enabled them to destroy the Rimoni Empire with ease and establish their own regime: the Rondian Empire. Ncluding Corineus himself (apparently murdered by his ‘sister’ Corinea, who fled the scene). They consumed a fluid (‘ambrosia’) that imbued them with magical powers, which they called the gnosis. The catalyst was a man called Corineus, who had gathered together a thousand religious pilgrims in Yuros. That all changed some five hundred years ago. Even though they were once one landmass until relatively recently, the two continents were unaware of each other. These two great landmasses are divided by a raging sea because of Urte’s strong lunar cycle, massive tides make the sea impassable.
Ahmedhassa (or ‘Antiopia’) is equatorial, largely arid, and heavily populated by dark-skinned peoples. Yuros is cold and wet and the people are pale-skinned. On the world of Urte there are two known continents. a Fire/Sorcery mage is strongest at wizardry (the intersection of Fire and Sorcery) and most vulnerable against Water-gnosis (the intersection of Water – the antithesis of Fire and Thaumaturgy – the antithesis of Sorcery). Most have an affinity to both, and many have a weaker secondary affinity.Īny affinity creates a blind spot to its antithesis, as follows:įire and Water are opposites Thaumaturgy and Sorcery are oppositesĪir and Earth are opposites Hermetic and Theurgy are oppositesĮ.g. Mysticism (Water-linked): psychic linking to aid another mindĪll magi have a primary affinity to a Study and/or to an Element. Illusion (Air-linked): deceive another’s senses Mesmerism (Fire-linked): dominate or mislead another mind Spiritualism (Earth-linked): send one’s spirit out of body Wizardry (Fire-linked): summon and control aetheric spiritsĭivination (Air-linked): use aetheric spirits to predict outcomesĬlairvoyance (Water-linked): use aetheric spirits to ‘scry’ distant places Necromancy (Earth-linked): contact the dead, and remove life
Healing (Water-linked): restore flesh, and resist infection Morphism (Fire-linked): alter the human formĪnimism (Air-linked): control animals, take on their form and senses Sylvanism (Earth-linked): alter wood and plant material Water-gnosis: manipulate, purify, and breathe water The Moontide Cruades: A Recounting of the PastĮarth-gnosis: find, manipulate and alter stoneįire-gnosis: manipulate, survive and douse fireĪir-gnosis: fly, alter weather, and otherwise manipulate air I love you, and no matter where I travel, you’re always with me inside. Home has always been a sanctuary and the first place I gravitate to when things are tough, for some realism and perspective. Always thoughtful, concerned, supportive and loving. This book is dedicated to my parents, Cliff and Biddy Hair. Names, characters,īusinesses, organizations, places and events areĮither the product of the author’s imaginationĪctual persons, living or dead, events or Without permission in writing from the publisher.Ī CIP catalogue record for this book is available Information storage and retrieval system, Or by any means, electronic or mechanical, May be reproduced or transmitted in any form Identified as the author of this work has beenĪsserted in accordance with the Copyright,Īll rights reserved. This ebook edition first published in 2017 by First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Jo Fletcher Books
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