# Solland ## Category Nation / Surviving Post-Breaking Power / Raphius’s Homeland ## Known Facts - Solland existed before and after The Breaking. - Solland means Land of the Sun. - Solland was one of only a few nations to survive The Breaking. - Solland’s monarchy also survived The Breaking. - [[Serapha]] became central to Solland’s identity. - [[Serapha]] holds the domain of the sun. - No known Old God held the sun domain. - After The Breaking, Solland was angry, decimated, starving, and unstable. - Cannibalism, looting, and lawlessness spread. - Solland unified around a common enemy: the Fallen Old Gods. - The Fallen Old Gods were believed to have caused The Breaking. - [[The Great Purge]] sought to hunt down and imprison fallen gods of the old world. - [[The Great Purge]] was presented as justice and the beginning of a new age for Solland. - This was the beginning of Solland’s militaristic focus. - “War keeps the nation focused.” - Eventually [[The Great Purge]] was abandoned as Solland grew and unified. - War remained central to Solland’s focus. - [[The Onus Wilds]] later became a new front to protect, maintaining Solland’s unity and military purpose. - Children of Solland come of age and swear an oath to the Crown or the Light. - Those who break such oaths can suffer ailments, headaches, or similar symptoms. - People in Solland have been coughing. - The cough is now known to be caused by creatures from another plane attached to people’s backs. - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] was exiled from Solland after killing his mentor, [[Aetheric Vhail]], who had been corrupted. - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] should have been executed, but was exiled due to his family’s station. - Raphius’s father, [[Sir Dain Sunward]], is well known within Solland. - Raphius’s mother, Mirabell, was a cleric. - [[Talador Devell]] is attempting to form a coup against the king with [[The Lightkeepers]]. - Solland is currently politically and spiritually unstable. - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] is beginning to question Solland’s doctrine, truth, and use of faith. ## Known By - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] - Full party, increasingly - Solland citizens - [[Sol Spire]] - [[House Devell]] - [[The Lightkeepers]] - [[Free Thinkers]] - GM clarification / in-world texts ## Important Connected Sites - [[Crownshold]] - [[Bastion]] - [[Sol Spire]] - Onus Wilds - [[Errowshire]] - [[Pyrion]] - [[Lavenshire]] - Blossom - [[Harringdon]] - [[Menagerie Gardens]] - [[Sanctum Vitari]] - [[Giants Watch]] - [[Western Solland]] - [[House Devell]] estate - [[House Halvorn]] ## Associated Factions - Solland monarchy - [[Sol Spire]] - [[The Lightkeepers]] - [[House Devell]] - [[House Halvorn]] - [[House Postar]] - [[Free Thinkers]] - Solland military - Hands or followers of [[Serapha]] - [[The Order]], through labs in Solland ## Associated Characters - [[Raphius Sunward]] - [[Sir Dain Sunward]] - [[Mirabell Sunward]] - [[Aetheric Vhail]] - [[Clair Vhail]] - [[Talador Devell|Lord Talador Devell]] - [[Walter]] - [[Bedley]] - [[Lady Devell]] / [[Lady Devell|Lucy]] - [[Vosandra|Yosandra]] / [[Vosandra]] - [[Christoph James]] of [[House Dreymere]] - [[Quentin Yost]] of [[House Yost]] - [[Emily Halvorn]] - The King - [[Orik]] ## Connected To - [[Serapha]] - Great Purge - Fallen Old Gods - [[Free Thinkers]] - [[Oaths to Crown or Light]] - Oathbreakers - Cough - Planar creatures - Onus Wilds - [[The Order]] - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]] labs - Raphius’s exile - [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] - Political coup - Blight in [[Crownshold|Crownhold]] / [[Menagerie Gardens]] - The [[Sol Spire]] ## Open Questions - What exactly is happening in Solland? - What has the king done? - Why are oaths breaking? - What are the planar creatures attached to people’s backs? - Who or what sent them? - Is the cough connected to [[Shadowfell]] influence? - What does the [[Sol Spire]] know? - Has Solland hidden the truth of [[The Great Purge]]? - Is Talador’s coup justified? - Are [[The Lightkeepers]] trustworthy? - Are the [[Free Thinkers]] right? - What does [[Serapha]] truly want? - Can [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] serve [[Serapha]] without serving Solland’s doctrine? - What happened to [[Clair Vhail]]? - What evidence did Clair hide? - Can [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] clear his name? ## Lightkeepers’ Reports, Session 51 - Trusted Frontier’s Reach officers are being replaced by Postar loyalists. - Attacks from the Onus Wilds are changing or decreasing while Wilds creatures appear deep inside Solland. - [[Lightshold]] is closing its gates, upper Sol Spire levels are restricted and the Guiding Light has not been seen for two months. - Communications with external nations are drying up. - Cairnlace Hall has been searched for disloyalty. - Tescalian has vanished entirely. - The crisis is now military, political, arcane, planar and divine at once. ## GM Map Context The recent GM map annotations are collected at [[Solland - GM Map Annotations]]. - The [[Sol Spire]] is marked at or near [[Lightshold]] / **Mt. Sol**. - The [[The Elilim Seal|Elilim Seal]] is marked around the **Sunken Lands / Twilight Runes** area. - [[Bastion]] is anchored by the large black star marker. - An unidentified **Lab** is marked north-east of [[Pyrion]], in the direction of the **Horrow / White Forest / Derry** area. - The Lab marker is a geographic lead, **not** proof that it is [[Errowshire Lab]] or any other named facility.