A world woven of chain and stone

Magic

The Seven Houses

Shadow, Light, Storm, Water, Flame, Iron, Mind. Each guards a shard of the ancient rite that chained Tiamut.

Artifact

The Sword of Worlds

Forged from the metal of the first chain. It does not kill Tiamut but reseals her, and every sealing is paid with something of its bearer: a memory, a year, a name.

Artifact

The Phoenix Claw

Anzu's molten feather. A key that tightens or loosens Tiamut's chains, whispering to its bearer from the Void and taking its price.

Threshold

Lamasso and the Gates

Winged bulls with human heads that guard the thresholds, reading blood and intent before granting passage, and closing the threshold upon the traitor.

Cosmology

The Two Moons and Two Suns

A silver moon and a pale-green one, a golden sun and a blue twilight sun. When the blue fades, the eternal dusk looms.

Creatures

Creatures of the Void

The Gallu, tunnel gasts that feed on magic; Anzu, the storm bird; Humbaba, warden of the silver forest.