Tales from FAR Manor

Whew! Zharcon the White is the leader of the Westmarch Conclave, and the mentor for Mik’s friend Charn sim Bas. Accidental Sorcerers ...

This post is really about dialects and idioms. Although Camac’s empire is long past, the language that it spread across the world either rep...

This was actually a place (with a name) before I started the Challenge. It’s the ancient town in Water and Chaos . Xorsecc is one of the l...

Woldland lies on the eastern side of the Gulf of Camac, a vast grassland of plains and rolling hills. The inhabitants, the Wolds, are a semi...

In the time of Camac That Was , Vlis was a small but important city, upriver from Koyr . Surrounded by forest, Vlis supplied Koyr with the l...

Quoting the creation myth: “The Evil One persuaded many people to worship the lesser gods, but a few refused. Those few withdrew from others...

Its official name is A Compact Among the Civilized Nations, Concerning the Use of Magic in Battle , but sorcerers (and nearly everyone else)...

Sorcery, harnessing the classical elements (Earth, Air, Fire, and Water) to produce a physical result, is one of several kinds of magic kno...

Captain Rietha may well be the single most influential figure of the modern age. Born Lady Rietha, of House Chelor in Dacia, Rietha was Chel...

Queensport, formerly Stolevan, is the capital of the Stolevan Matriarchy in the modern age. In the time of Camac That Was , Stolevan’s pop...

Maintaining a far-flung empire without instant communication and rapid transport has always been a problem. Rulers, of necessity, have to de...

[I had a different O entry written, but I think more people will like this one.] Oakendrake : see Deep Forest Tree Dragon . One of the L...

The Northern Reach is a long peninsula on the west side of the Straits between the Northern Sea and the Gulf of Camac. It stretches north, t...

The Madness is the common name for the cataclysm that put an end to Camac That Was , and nearly wiped out all humanity on Termag. Exactly wh...

Quoth the creation mythos: “When the Creator saw what the Evil One had done, he took away the name and office of the Teacher of Pride, but t...

Situated on the western Gulf of Camac, only a few days’ sail from the capital, Koyr was the third-largest city in the empire. It was primari...

Jira (“noonday sun” or “brilliant”) was Protector of the North during  The Madness  and its aftermath. Historians credit her with preserving...

Northerners dwelt in the chill isles of the Faraway North for longer than history can record. Over time, Camac absorbed the North into its e...

Fantasy can be thought of as an expression of humanity’s yearning for something greater—whether it’s finding the hero within us, or a power ...

Termag has a number of religions, but I’ve delved deepest into the Western tradition. An abbreviated version of the creation myth may be the...