Tales of a lost world: The Red Wind

The lore of Mertath

BEGGINING

The land of Mertath is an ancient world forged by the god Armenta on the anvil of worlds. Armenta was also the one to create the races of Mertath such as

HUMANS

humans are the most common of the races they are skilled tacticians and masters of warfare. Unfortunately they are also easily corrupted and their nobility is obsessed with politics which leads to an immense amount of backstabbing and assassination attempts in their kingdom of Demoth. Their ruler is king Darium

GORGON

Gorgon are a race of aquatic humanoids. They have the features of fish but the body of a man and can live both on land and underwater. They are masters of mechanics and masters of the sea which they sail in their huge kingdom of Hermon 'the sailing kingdom' propelled by a massive manna engine in the center of the kingdom. they are extremely intelligent and have reflexes twice the speed of a normal man but they are psychically much weaker than any of the other races and do not posses any magical capability whatsoever.

DWARVEN

Dwarven or more commonly known as dwarfs are extremely talented at forging and mining minerals, especially mana crystals, which is why they have strong relations with the gorgon, they are also fears warriors and are known for their courage and fighting spirit, the down side to this is Dwarfs are known for having very short tempers and infamous bad luck, they live mainly in their kingdom of Crozmine "the kingdom of a thousand mines" where the sky is seldom seen through the thick black smoke produced by the mines.

DOTHMOOR

Dothmoor are very talented in the realm of magic. they are the most magically inclined out of all the races and have an affinity for nature they are excellent hunters and trackers. However they are extremely proud this is to their detriment as they have lost many battles solely on the fact that they underestimate their enemies. They have been at war with Demoth for the last 50 years and only recently has the fighting stopped. They are also prone to illness. It is said that they are the dependance of elves who lived in Mertath in days of old but the elves where wiped out by some cataclysmic event eons ago. they live in their kingdom of Shilluin

WITCHES

witches are a type of human who are almost always women, male witches are exceedingly rare with only one being born every 2000 years. The most infamous witch and surprisingly also the fist male witch was Zoltrim "the witch king". Who ascended to power with the help of the elves in a time of great fear and chaos, Zoltrim's mind however was corrupted by Demoth who granted him and all witches the ability to tap into the abyss home of Dremack, normal witches are tolerated in Mertath but male witches altho rare are considered abominations and are therefor hunted by king Darius and hes hounds, witches can be commonly spotted by the birthmarks the bare on their hands.

THE FORGING OF THE WORLD

The world of Mertath was forged by the god Armenta on hes anvil of worlds. He shaped the world and created its inhabitants, he created the humans the elves and the dwarfs but little did he know that a fellow god Dremack had grown envious of hes creation. unbeknownst to Armenta Dremack had poisoned hes peaceful world with cruel vile creatures monsters and beasts. The creatures who had intelligence came to worship Dremack as their god and grew to hate Armenta. These foul creatures live mainly in the untamed but are also known to roam lands such as Krom and Lindenfel.

THE GODS

Armenta

Armenta is the god of creation and craftsmanship he is the one of the more powerful gods and the creator of Mertath. He used the anvil of worlds to create Mertath but hes creation was flawed by a fellow god. Armenta is worshiped by most in Mertath but especially by craftsmen such as smiths.