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Lumineth Realm-Lords

2020-05-10T03:08:45Z

2001:8003:8419:8400:619C:F478:DBAD:BDF1: Telling what we know of the Lumineth origin story from previews and Soulbound

[[File:Lumineth Realm Lords.PNG|thumb|500px|right|Bit of a goofy name, but certainly beats the hell out of 'Pointy Aelves"]]
{{Topquote|The phoenix must burn to emerge.|Janet Fitch}}
{{Topquote|Have you heard of the High Elves?|Oblivion youtube video}}
{{Topquote|MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!|Avalenor, the Stoneheart King}}
The High Elves are back, baby! And they're even pointier and hornier than before! The new faction in [[Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]] residing in the Realm of Hysh and lead by Teclis. Forced onto the defensive by Chaos, they harness the magic of their realm and refuse to go down with a fight... just like the High Elves of old, but without the "dying race" element (and the accompanying lore inconsistencies) and a surprising amount of Dorfiness, given their love of stone magic and elementals.

With a heavy Greek aesthetic, new model and the return of [[Eltharion]], good times are abound if you were a fan of the High Elves back in the world that was.

==Origins==
Once upon a time, [[Teclis]], [[Tyrion]], and [[Malekith|Malerion]] found a previously assumed dead [[Morathi]] who was very much alive, who then led the odd trio to the morbidly obese [[Slaanesh]] in a cave where they beat the shit out of him until he coughed up all of the Elven souls he had consumed after [[The End Times]]. A good chunk of these souls were given to Teclis, in order to recreate the High Elves of old and bring their race back to their former glory. The initial race that came from Teclis's attempts were the [[Idoneth Deepkin]] and, well... [[FAIL|He tried]].

This new batch of Aelves seem to have come out of the oven much better, and he was even able to bring Eltharion's spirit back as a hollow piece of armor powered by light. No word yet on what the Idoneth think of them, or vice versa.

Lumineth society was built on self-improvement and the accumulation of wisdom, fueled by using the power of Aetherquartz to amplify their intelligence. However, in the typical elven arrogance, they assumed that because Slaanesh was imprisoned they no longer had to worry about Chaos. The subtle whispers of the Dark Gods entered their minds, causing envy and bitter rivalry. This culminated in a massive civil war called the Ocari Dara, or Spirefall. The entire realm of Hysh was devastated, as the Lumineth had a habit of inventing uber-spells and doomsday devices just to see if they could, justifying it by claiming they were too enlightened to ever use such weapons for evil (which they obviously weren't).

Teclis searched for some way to save his race from themselves, and found it when he managed to commune with Celennar, the spirit of Hysh's moon. He taught the Lumineth a new way of self-discipline, where they would bond with the elemental spirits to gain their power and wisdom. This rearrangement of Lumineth society was called the Reinvention, and is widely credited with preventing them from becoming extinct altogether.

==Society==

The first thing to know about these aleves is that they dedicate themselves to one of the two gods, being split into the martial Tyrionic warriors and the sagely Teclian mages. These aelves also learned to bond with the environment of Hysh itself, from its skies to its rivers and mountains. This led to the Lumineth to devise a second caste system, though its particulars aren't well known yet beyond the use of representative runes. These Lumineth have also come to treasure Aetherquartz, a crystal mineral native to their realm. These crystals gave their wearers great knowledge and power, but it also involves [[Eldar|sucking out their emotions and personalities - a sacrifice they consider worthwhile since unfettered emotions are the Dark Prince's favorite snack]]. In this way, they're similar to [[Stormcast Eternals|Sigmar's golden bois]] in that they're constantly approaching that point where they become effectively automatons except these guys see it as an acceptable ending compared to the Stormcast's mad search to end the flaw.

In terms of combat strategies and tactics, their design and combat is heavily reminiscent of Ancient Greek warfare combined with a bit of Roman. The traditional Spearmen, called The Vanari Auralan Wardens, are essentially hoplites, who form phalanxes to hold the enemy in place while the archers, mages and cavalry get set up to do their stuff. Each of these phalanxes are lead by a High Warden, essentially a Centurion, who stands at the rear to make sure shit isn't going wrong. Most of these hoplites also adorn their shields with runes. These runes represent learning and enlightenment for the Realm Lords, but seem to be more for decoration than serving an actual battlefield purpose.

Also, they have strange new armored [[minotaur]]-like monsters as part of their army, which apparently are manifest [[Elemental|Earth spirits]]. Avalenor is the eldest and wisest of them, and a special character that (according to Geedubs) can go toe-to-toe (or hoof-to-hoof, in this case) with a Bloodthirster.

They also sport spellcasters, often with an elemental theme, such as the Alarith Stonemages. An exception are the Scinari; think of these women like Sigmarine Knight Incantors, but they weaponize vials of emotions stored from aetherquartz instead of souls.

More lore will come out as they approach their official release, but up until the World that Was comes back, this appears to be the closest thing to the [[High Elves (Warhammer)|High Elves]] old fans will be getting for this setting.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Aelve Spearmen.jpg|AELVES, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION!?
File:Aelve Cav.jpg|Gee, I wonder what ancient civilization these guys where based on.
File:Elf_elite_guard.jpg|Heavy armor, hammers and a stone motif... [[Dwarfs (WFB)|where have I seen this before?]]
File:Eltharion AOS.jpg|YOU COULDN'T GIVE ME A PROPER BODY, TECLIS?!
File:Befriending furries.jpg|'''Asserting dominance'''
File:Realm Lord Runes.jpg|No one tell the Dwarfs that the Elgi figured out how runes work....
File:Sitting Bull.jpg|An Alarith Stonemage. I wonder how Dwarfs would react to an elf controlling stone with magic.
File:Alarith.png|Alarith, Spirit of the Mountain. And you thought [[Settra the Imperishable|Settra]] had a lot of titles/aliases.
File:Scinari.jpg|A Scinari Cathallar. That's pronounced SIN-ar-ee CATH-ull-arr, according Geedubs themselves.
File:Sad Lady.jpg|A pretty sad job, from the looks of it.
</gallery>

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Hysh

2020-05-10T01:58:39Z

2001:8003:8419:8400:619C:F478:DBAD:BDF1:

{{AoS-Stub}}

Greetings, illuminate, to Hysh. Land of reflection, light and wisdom. Hysh is the mortal realm of light and is conjointedly ruled by the twin gods [[Tyrion]] and [[Teclis]]. It also doubles as the mortal realms' sun. The [[Lumineth Realm Lords]] come from here.

==Overview==

The Ten Paradises of Hysh are lands of illumination, symmetry and reason; and their inhabitants driven to the highest of their paths through meditation, asceticism and self-improvement almost to the point of obsession. It also helped that Hysh's realmstone, Aetherquartz, is mortal-made and enhances the mental and physical properties of the user even further.

Between the Aetherquartz and the guidance of both Tyrion and Teclis, civilization in Hysh became incredibly focused in self-improvement, reason and order; each individual willing to great lengths to become more than they were. All that was all well and dandy, but it bit them hard in the arse when [[Chaos|those assholes]] came knocking...

Hysh radiance is so strong that his realmsphere is seen from all of the mortal realms and beyond as a blinding ball of pure light and serves as the realms' equivalent of the sun. However, both Hysh and [[Ulgu]] share an orbit (with the orbit's center being, hilariously, [[Shadespire]]) and periodically Ulgu eclipses Hysh, bathing the realms in darkness. And that, children, is how day and night works in the mortal realms.

===Uhl-Ghysh===
Unlike the other realms, Hysh has a wird relationship with the realm of shadow, Ulgu. Not only both move in the same orbit as seen above, but also there's a subrealm where the energies of both Hysh and Ulgu intermingle, mix and become something that even the deities of both realms cannot fully comprehend. This paradoxical realm is called Uhl-Ghysh and with the weird properties found here, Teclis found the location perfect for his plan of trapping [[Slaanesh]] and make him/her/it throw up elven souls. Currently, as the cage of Slaanesh, is nearly impossible to get to Uhl-Ghysh, but between the machinations of [[Morathi|that bitch]] and the Necroquake, the illusions that conceal the paths there are unraveling.

==Regions==
The coming of the Lumineth Realm-Lords means that Hysh is the first realm we actually have a complete map for. The Ten Paradises are arranged as two perfectly symmetrical halves, with one half influenced by the teachings of Teclis and the other by Tyrion.

[[File:TenParadises.jpg|thumb|right|Perfectly balanced...as all things should be.|500px]]
===Xintil===
The centre of Hysh where the magic is most stable. Tends to be where the majority of non-Aelven races live.

===Syar===
The people of Syar are some of the greatest craftsmen in the Mortal Realms, and people travel far in order to purchase their magical trinkets.

===Iliatha===
A matriarchal society that's the most populous of the Lumineth kingdoms, due to their extensive use of magical cloning during the Age of Myth.

===Ymetrica===
The Lumineth of Ymetrica are a warrior culture (kind of odd for being on the Teclis half of the map) as tough as the mountain spirits they worship. It is said that there is never a time when the forces of Ymetrica aren't fighting somewhere in the Mortal Realms.

===Zaitrec===
They're powerful mystics. I'm afraid that's all we know.

===Alumina===

===Helon===

===Aurathrai===

===Oultrai===

===Haixiah===
The Realm's Edge of Hysh, described as a place of freakish perfection. The fjords themselves are rimmed with fractal patterns, and going deeper you'll find places that exist as pencil sketches, dots of light or waves of thought. No Lumineth lives here, as this was a place no mortal was meant to tread.

{{AoS-Realms}}

[[Category:Warhammer Fantasy]][[Category:Age of Sigmar]]

Hysh

2020-05-10T01:58:08Z

2001:8003:8419:8400:619C:F478:DBAD:BDF1: Adding what little we know on the regions from previews and Soulbound

{{AoS-Stub}}

Greetings, illuminate, to Hysh. Land of reflection, light and wisdom. Hysh is the mortal realm of light and is conjointedly ruled by the twin gods [[Tyrion]] and [[Teclis]]. It also doubles as the mortal realms' sun. The [[Lumineth Realm Lords]] come from here.

==Overview==

The Ten Paradises of Hysh are lands of illumination, symmetry and reason; and their inhabitants driven to the highest of their paths through meditation, asceticism and self-improvement almost to the point of obsession. It also helped that Hysh's realmstone, Aetherquartz, is mortal-made and enhances the mental and physical properties of the user even further.

Between the Aetherquartz and the guidance of both Tyrion and Teclis, civilization in Hysh became incredibly focused in self-improvement, reason and order; each individual willing to great lengths to become more than they were. All that was all well and dandy, but it bit them hard in the arse when [[Chaos|those assholes]] came knocking...

Hysh radiance is so strong that his realmsphere is seen from all of the mortal realms and beyond as a blinding ball of pure light and serves as the realms' equivalent of the sun. However, both Hysh and [[Ulgu]] share an orbit (with the orbit's center being, hilariously, [[Shadespire]]) and periodically Ulgu eclipses Hysh, bathing the realms in darkness. And that, children, is how day and night works in the mortal realms.

===Uhl-Ghysh===
Unlike the other realms, Hysh has a wird relationship with the realm of shadow, Ulgu. Not only both move in the same orbit as seen above, but also there's a subrealm where the energies of both Hysh and Ulgu intermingle, mix and become something that even the deities of both realms cannot fully comprehend. This paradoxical realm is called Uhl-Ghysh and with the weird properties found here, Teclis found the location perfect for his plan of trapping [[Slaanesh]] and make him/her/it throw up elven souls. Currently, as the cage of Slaanesh, is nearly impossible to get to Uhl-Ghysh, but between the machinations of [[Morathi|that bitch]] and the Necroquake, the illusions that conceal the paths there are unraveling.

==Regions==
The coming of the Lumineth Realm-Lords means that Hysh is the first realm we actually have a complete map for. The Ten Paradises are arranged as two perfectly symmetrical halves, with one half influenced by the teachings of Teclis and the other by Tyrion.

[[File:TenParadises.jpg|thumb|right|Perfectly balanced...as all things should be.|500px]]
===Xintil===
The centre of Hysh where the magic is most stable. Tends to be where the majority of non-Aelven races live.

===Syar===
The people of Syar are some of the greatest craftsmen in the Mortal Realms, and people travel far in order to purchase their magical trinkets.

===Iliatha===
A matriarchal society that's the most populous of the Lumineth kingdoms, due to their extensive use of magical cloning during the Age of Myth.

===Ymetrica===
The Lumineth of Ymetrica are a warrior culture as tough as the mountain spirits they worship. It is said that there is never a time when the forces of Ymetrica aren't fighting somewhere in the Mortal Realms.

===Zaitrec===
They're powerful mystics. I'm afraid that's all we know.

===Alumina===

===Helon===

===Aurathrai===

===Oultrai===

===Haixiah===
The Realm's Edge of Hysh, described as a place of freakish perfection. The fjords themselves are rimmed with fractal patterns, and going deeper you'll find places that exist as pencil sketches, dots of light or waves of thought. No Lumineth lives here, as this was a place no mortal was meant to tread.

{{AoS-Realms}}

[[Category:Warhammer Fantasy]][[Category:Age of Sigmar]]