Tales of Meldevan

Join me as we delve into the Realm of Meldevan.

This book will be a collection of tales with the purpose of world building for my current novel in progress.

This is a story where magic is not beyond scientific understanding. In fact, the Meldevonians have thrived off of this understanding.

The method by which the clans came to know the natural world largely influenced the abilities to each. As such, the three clans had different specialties in the manipulation of energy around them.

The Popplins approached the natural world with a focus on facts and evidence. Their hard scientific approach led their manipulation of their world around around them, and each field of study had equally variable magic. A biologist, for example, might be able to manipulate properties of their body. A physicist might be able to create centers of gravity to push and pull objects around them.

The Elsifs took a more naturalistic approach and looked to combine themselves with the forces of nature. They valued the elemental influences around them. Their powers pertained to fire, earth, water, air, and other natural forces. They had the specialists, sworn to one elemental plain and thus powerful in that element alone. Then there were those who sought dominion over multiple elements, never at full power in any of them but gaining from the flexibility they maintained.

Finally, the Nemrielle were the nomadic clan of Meldevan. They continued their wandering ways long after others pursued localized life. Their powers pertained to beast taming, and this is truly a powerful ability in a place so wonderfully diverse as Meldevan.

Our story begins with the hero, Darien, alone and confused in the wild. He awakens with no idea that the world as he knew it was over. Some great calamity took out the major settlements, leaving him alone in the world.

That is, except for the Nemrielle and the beasts that have risen with the fall.