Setting:Tabula Gloria/Skies/The Alchemists of the Kardosairs

The archipelago of the Southern Sea is dotted with rocks. These rocks levitate in the air, effectively shaping the whole society of its people. The peoples of the Southern Sea call themselves the Kardosairs and the presence of the levitating rocks fascinated them, the most adept among them, the Alchemists, rising to positions of power within Kardosair society.

The Alchemist Cult mastered the rocks to the point that buildings could float off the ground, offering protection from foes. As time passed by the Alchemist Cult managed to combine the levitating rocks with their native ships, creating sky-ships in the process. With these sky-ships the Southern Isles were colonized though the majority of settlements, called Covens by the Alchemists contain only a couple of buildings and are usually just supply stations for the ships.

The Kardosairs are mainly interested with perfecting the use of the rocks. To this purpose they utilize Earth and Wind elements of magic for the navigation of their ships in the wind and for the harnessing and study of the rocks.

The Kardosairs act as suppliers of the exotic goods found in their tropical archipelago, for example their gravestone reaches as far north as the Nation of Animar. They jealously guard the secrets of their sky-ships, the Alchemist Cult desiring isolation for their study of the rock. However, some sky-ships have gone rogue and pirate the World Itself, disappearing as quickly as they have appeared.

As for the rocks themselves, the Alchemist Cult hypothesizes that they might be remnants of an errant deity that walked the Southern Sea. Due to its own size and mana limitations, it had to construct several beacons to transport it to the Other World. Fortunately for the Kardosair (and unfortunately for the deity) the Alchemists have managed to master the rocks, at least for now..

The Alchemist Cult

The Alchemist Cult is composed of the Windweavers who master the Wind element for sky-ship navigation and weather manipulation, the Rockshakers who master the Earth element for rock-harvesting and for somewhat crude telekinesis. Finally there are the Alchemists themselves, concocting various elixirs to be sold around the World Itself and for magical and physical enhancement.

The Windweavers

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The Rockshakers

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The Alchemists

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