Worldember plan for success

The Tangled Fathoms

The Returned

Mothers of Motu

the governing force that united the goblin islander tribes of Uferbrech. It is s representative council of matriarchs from the many tribes, with an official spokeswoman, or GreatMother, elected by the council members each year.

Motu

Motu is the western most island of Uferbrech , and home to the surviving clans of the Islander Goblins, led by the Mothers of Motu

Tokaru

Shadowside island of Uferbrech, where the Protectorates outpost of Omberstad aims to establish control against the growing resistance of the Motu .

Ackron Der Kustos

Akron Der Kustos is the Lord Protector of Omberstad and invader of Uferbrech.

The Talons of Aetora

The Talons are a devout order of holy warriors, who specialise in arial-based guerrilla raids mounted on the back of the giant mountain birds of Tokaru

Talon's Reach

An outpost of Motu who have managed to keep a foothold on their home island. Controlled by the fiercest of the The Talons of Aetora, to ensure they retain access to the Eyrie in the mountains.

The Blight

The Eyries of Aetora

The Mines of Koigua

Koigua is a deep and twisted mines in the central mountains of Tokaru , long abandoned by the Motu .

Omberstad

Omberstad is the only deep water port on Tokaru, held by the Protectorates since the invasion. The town, and fort that looms above it is carved in layers up the sides of the black cliff faces surrounding the port itself.

Lux Steam House

Visitors to Omberstad rave about the Steam House and it’s pools and bars. located at the top of the cliffs, the Steam House draws and distributes the boiling spring waters from below the island to the buildings in Omberstad through a network of pipes.

Coral Glass

The species of coral that grows in the Uferbrech seas and across the Tangled Fathoms. It is moulded as it grows by the Coralsmiths of the Motu into shapes complex and beautiful, and as it matures it hardens into a strong glass-like material.

The Fever Mounds of Glimmertown

These slow-moving hulks of rotting vegetation get their name from the debilitating fevers they bring down upon their enemies. Legends talk of entire armies have being routed within minutes. This fearsome reputation the greatest of Glimmertown's defences.

The Broken Dream of Wala-Kofa

The Motu's great creation myth, tells of the birth of the world, and the ending of the DeepTime, that time of creation where the Motu lived in harmony with the world, protected within the dreams of their Goddess Wala-Kofu.

The Uferbrech Tutelage

Referred to by the residents of Omberstad as The Crib, The Tutelage is where the children of the island are housed and cared for during their education.

Annika Lux

Annika is the owner of the Steam House in Omberstad. She is one of the few in town who openly speaks out against Lord Akron's rule, and has a reputation as a supporter of the down-trodden.

Sporespray

Sporespray is a device and set of chemical compounds that recreate approximations of the pheromones and spores that the fungal creatures of Glimmertown use to communicate.

Utzo

Utzo is a goblinkin, from the Shadowside tribes on the Sea of Black Ice near Torik. He has been the constant companion to Annika Lux since they met nearly 30 years ago during Annika's global travels.

Midkin

Elderkin

The Elderkin were the creations of the Elder Gods, and their slaves for thousands of years. During the Elderkin Schism they split into The Deepkin and the Arkin.

Deepkin

Arkin

Goblin Kin

The Tempus Accord

Usohati

The grandchild of Leoti Windrider, he grew up in slavery and became friend and mentor to Annika Lux.

The Lost Journals of Annika Lux

Possibly the greatest travelogue that the peoples of Shadowfire have never seen, the (mostly) Lost Journals of Annika Lux tell the story of her long self-imposed exile.

Fey Chi

The Fey Chi are shy and highly elusive creatures with glowing white fur, large pearlescent and reflective eyes and wide pointed ears. They are the bane of those who threaten the natural world, and a boon to those they bond with.

The Pilons

High above the waters of the Blackpool rise the Pilons, the two main pillars of rock that dominate the port of Omberstad and are the heart of all activity on the docks.

Uhd - The Prime Duality

Uhd is the ineffable source of all magics of the world - both divine and arcane.   It can be thought of as the core duality that drives all things, creation and destruction, birth and death.

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