Solosian Empire

#Worldbuilding

Solos, the capital of the ancient Solosian Empire, a city that was built atop several leylines across the one continent of Laylan and the North parts of Mahra Coulta, a bastion of hope for mortal races in the ancient monster filled era of The Age of ConduitsThe Age of Conduits\#Worldbuilding He then made anew the lands of Adestria, though still split into pieces. The Creator brought forth races to rule over the new land: elves, Dwarves and humans were created, each with defining features to aid their task. These children of Creation were never meant to be mindless masses without reason and though given their tasks were also bestowed their own will. As penance for their conflict, the gods were barred under a divine rule to govern over select races, those that found.

These leylines provided large quantites of magical energy that could fuel powerful abjuration magic that reinforced the city walls - the ruins of these walls largely still stand upon the Mahra Coulta, even dipping down into the sea.

A Long Forgotten History

It's unsure when the Solosian Empire began its reign and the history presented on the walls of ruins found don't do much to help this due to several different art styles and architectures that encompassed this Empire.

The reason scholars believe they are all a part of the same Empire of Solos is due to the lines of kings and passage of time detailed across the history. Though the art styles are vastly different the marking of events, the sequence and passage of time between them are fairly consistent e.g. a certain Emperor's coronation, war, betrayal, and successor in an inked art style from a Laylan site might match with a separate ruin on Mahra Coulta that uses a geometric engraved style.

The only written record of any event from the Solosian Empire is its destruction, thus the History of AdestriaHistory of Adestria\#Worldbuilding Since the arrival of the gods, four distinct ages have passed: The Dawn, The Dusk, The Age of Conduits, and Post Divergence \[!timeline|t\] The Dawn Untimed The Creator created Adestria using the seed of life, including the gods to govern it. center|500 \[!timeline|t-1\] The Dusk Untimed The gods split into two factions and fight for thousands of years center|500 \[!timeline|t-1\] The Age of Conduits 12489AC - 0 The Creator brings forth the races and enacts a divine rule t dates itself counting back toward that as the start of modern history.

Technologically Advanced

Spanning across multiple continents, this Empire was incredibly large, sporting technologies way beyond what is understandable now - it is believed that the many colonies within the Kingdom of Ix'alKingdom of Ix'alKingdom of Ix'al \#location \*Based on Riot’s Ixtal Kingdom of Ix'al.jpg The oldest known Kingdom in Adestria dating back to the earlier centuries of The Age of Conduits. Ix’al spans across the Mahra Coulta based mainly in the Mahran Desert, having witnessed The Divergence from afar, they seclude themselves spending their time and energy harnessing the power of the elements that run rampant across Mahra Coulta. The Ix’ali don’t inhabit one settlement but rather live in colonies of like mind are derived from the remnants of this land, their unique magics a shadow of what the Empire held. Most notably the secrets of the WarforgedWarforged\#Worldbuilding Most Warforged were destroyed in The Forged War yet a mountainous artisan clan of the Ix’al continue to make recreations made of a special wood, resistant but not as strong as the metal relics found in museums. The history books dictate that an unknown benefactor was the inventor who taught craftsmen how to forge such beings though this technique has been lost to time. * A single scroll holds the contents of how to build such machinery The Ix’al Warforged are now often used fo's creation process originated from the Solos.

The reason the northern parts of Mahra Coulta are habitable at all are due to the Solosian Empire's ability to terraform the frigid wasteland there. Tremendous mechanical pumps have been found in the area that lead into a complex array of water bodies that the city of AllenthirAllenthir\#location A village resembling that of Vikings. Many beast-humanoid creatures live here Allenthir is a proud and reasonably barbaric tribe Allen’Seza - Chieftain of the Redblade. Allen’Seza is a black leonin resembling a lion as well the current chieftain of Allenthir. He’s called the Redblade due to his left arm being covered in intricate red tattoos, this arm also morphs into a red greatsword that he wields with his remaining arm. use as their water supply. These complex machineries have been undecipherable despite their ability to continue moving the water, many believe it to be an ancient magic that continues to run these aqueducts yet no one has been able to uncover what kind.

Sol

The current theory for the mysterious Empire's technology is based around what they believe is a 'battery' of some sort commonly referred to as a 'Sol'. These components come in various shapes to accomodate the technology it powers, the only distinguishing feature is the brilliant blue that it emits when both sunlight and magic are infused.

Relic Hunters

Solos relics fetch a pretty penny, some even a fortune if they are still in working order and many commit their lives to searching out these treasures whether to sell them or understand more of this lost Empire - they call themselves Sol Hunters.

Religion

Based upon the iconography found in ruins like the Temple of KiratSands of Doom\#OneShot Hook In the year 914 PD there exists a prophecy that speaks of an ill omen, of cataclysmic proportions that will bring ruin to the continent of Mahra Coulta. Whether you’ve been brought to the temple of Kirat for that purpose or in pursuit of hidden treasures within, the locals bear witness to strange happenings and warn you to give up. The End With a final screech, sands explode from his body to join the surrounding black sands that begin to shift upward, swallowed by the bell of, they worshipped many of the gods heralding the Arch-Conduits within their midst as legitimate progenitors of the deities.

Their main worship centres around Belial, The JudgeBelial, The Judge\#god #npc The two suns, Shakhor and Lavan, trace the sky of Adestria ever in harmony by the power of Belial the Judge. His scales judge fairly just as his suns shed light and magic upon the Material Plane. When Belial is not guiding the suns through the sky, it is believed Iora governs the sky instead. Belial.jpg The Holy Guild of Belial began as a church in The Age of Conduits honouring and worshipping the two suns and now serve as judges when concerning legal matters and merchant issues. being the de-facto ruler of the Pantheon. Solosian Empire history seems to hold the fact that several of the gods dwelled with them though their influence brought to the people through their Arch-Conduits.

This devotion was reflected in their architecture on both continents, differing slightly in motif despite the multitude of art styles, it is believed that on Laylan they worshipped Shakhor whilst on the continent of Mahra Coulta they took after Lavan.

Dragons

Many dragons are believed to have made their den in this kingdom, working with the people in some kind of community. At the Empire's destruction they were sent into the earth.

Destruction

Records within Solosian ruins depict the last Solosian Emperor, an arch-conduit of Ollon, decided that the meddling of the gods in mortal dealings was causing too many issues, and tried to sever the connection between the material plane from the upper and lower planes, obliterating himself and his Empire.

Dragon Age

Since the city was unprotected, some really powerful dragons decided that its riches were an all you can get buffet and jumped in the opportunity to pillage it. The remaining court mages could not stop them from doing this, but they could at least help the remnants of the empire not to suffer the same fate and "reversed" the magic on the walls to keep the dragons in, making it a jail for them.