Limehold

The bright light burning off of the High-Warlock refracts in Limehold’s atmosphere, setting a calming orange light on the bronze city below. Gears and oversized exhaust pipes expel hordes of steam and smoke as millions of craftsmen smith away below. Being the first civilization to gain the power of the High-Warlock, Limehold unified under a single nation and formed a planet-wide inventor city.

History

The grassy paradise of Limehold birthed a species of intelligent life who would later call themselves the Travi. These incredibly curious organisms technologically progressed rapidly, even managing to make it to their closest satellite, Limechild. As curiosity and exploratory drive grew, the Travi began to wonder what gave them light. Their wonder-filled attention continued to bloom as a plan to venture out to their source of heat and light was written. The previously unknown explorer going by the name of Aria Woolwork was tasked with being the sole subject on the mission to observe the High-Warlock. In a lonely and anxiety-stricken trip, Aria finally reached the center of Sinister. After prying a crystal sample from a bone of the Warlock, she returned home with unknowing calm. The previously meadow drenched world was now covered in steam spewing cities. Aria wondered how they could’ve accomplished this in such a small amount of time. She was only gone for two years after all. As she landed, instead of being greeted with cheering, happy family members and excited scientists, Aria was instead welcomed with countless new and confused faces. The Travi now understood the concept of time dilation. Aria did not return home 2 years after her mission; She returned 1,000 years after. After extensive research on the sample brought back, the Travi researchers concluded that the bones of the High-Warlock were almost indestructible, being only damaged by stomach acid. After several years of more testing, the sample was given to Aria to ingest. The researchers on the project hypothesized that the stomach acid of a person would release the stored magic that they had detected within. Aria was the test subject in this case because the researchers felt it was immoral to strip her of her family and friends while giving someone else the hypothesized magic abilities that she retrieved. After consuming the bone fragment, Aria gained the power to move large amounts of iron freely through space. These abilities increased the Travi’s growth rate as the specie’s cost of metal only lessened as time went on. Although Aria experienced the intense loss of everything that she ever knew, she became the single most important individual in Travi’s history.

As the trade paradise of Limehold continued to expand, it caught the destructive eye of the Order of Cobalt Sorcery. The hunger for power that itched at the Order’s greed infected stomach only festered as they finally aimed for the civilization that provided the information of the High-Warlock to them. The same civilization that essentially fed their species by gifting them knowledge on the High-Warlock’s power. Despite their previously good terms, the Order continued their plot to attack the city planet of Limehold. Using an interstellar radar detection created by one of Limehold’s countless engineers, the planet predicted the Order’s attack. It seemed the Order of Cobalt Sorcery was bringing every military resource they could possibly find. A fleet of blue painted warships glided through the blackness of space, carrying a moon sized collection of cobalt behind them like a backpack. The power of the Warlock was detected in a large glob, meaning all six generals of the Order were present for the incoming attack.

"Citizens of Limehold. Don’t lose sleep. Don’t lose time over worry. I will protect you. There is no need for any soul on this entire planet but me to ready their weapons. I will show our betrayers how to lose their army." -Aria Woolwork

Aria Woolwork wasted no time preparing Limehold for the predicted assault. Spires of iron that stretched into the upper atmosphere were erected while strategists developed battle plans and weaponry within the four hour window of peace before the Order arrived. Taking advantage of the fact that the Six Siblings are untrained and don’t use melee weapons, Limehold’s strategy guild formed the Dexter Rod prototype; the first ever usage of this weapon. In addition to this advancement of Bishop melee combat, Aria donned a set of air-tight armor of her own design. This suit of mostly iron allowed her to survive in the harsh void of space, protected from the pressure and lack of oxygen. With the preparations in place, Aria created a platform of iron and used it to pull herself out of Limehold’s upper atmosphere and into the sight line of the now soon approaching Order of Cobalt sorcery.

Technology

Dexter Rod

A concealable weapon wielded like a sword and almost exclusively used by Bishops due to its inherent design being catered to them.