The Vengeful Ratfolk Spirit In life, Syla was a young mother of the Aethelgard Warren, known more for the brightness of her family’s nest than for any grand magic or political standing. That life ended during the Tissian "Consolidation," when a merchant-warship under the Vell banner anchored in the bay to "indenture" the local population. While the Tissian soldiers were busy categorizing her children as "Company Assets" and loading them into the damp holds of their galleon, s

At the Crimson Harvest festival in the Emerald Folk town of Lullin, the Vampire Court descended under the leadership of Duke Guaicaipuro . During the now-infamous Court of the Crimson Harvest, many adventurers were slain or badly injured; only a few escaped unscathed. From there, the surviving adventurers—carrying the injured and followed by the specters of those slain—fled the city. Throughout their retreat, they were pursued by the minions of the Duke and the Vampire Court,

Organization Type:  Tissian Merchant-Consortium & Infernal Syndicate The Vell Trading Company is a merchant syndicate of immense influence operating under the authority of the Elders of Tiss . In the wake of the Crimson Harvest (8218 DC) , the Company has moved from mere traders to "Saviors of Necessity." By providing the fleet (including the Concordance ) to escape Duke Guaicaipuro and the Vampire Court , they have effectively "purchased" the future of the surviving adventur

Also known as Verum Roma Colony, formerly Kwith-Ka by the Ratfolk. This island located in the northern corridor between the Western Continent and Tiss is now known as Port Aethelgard, though its history is written in layers of ancient stone and bitter ink. Long before any maps marked this spot, the Ratfolk established the warren of Kwith-Ka. They remained undisturbed for decades, building a communal civilization within the island's limestone cliffs and trading only with the o