Fedran is a world on the cusp of two great ages. The rapidly fading world of magic clings to the last remnants of a great society that unfortunately reached the limits of spells and mages. The new world, one of machines and devices, struggles to find its place among the old guard.
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Sources
Ultimately, Fedran is about the novels, stories, and poetry that make up the world. Everything is written from a unreliable point of view of a single character with the series being named after that person. Their plots wind and overlap with other characters, occasionally intruding into other stories or just being referenced. This means various biases and -isms are from the character’s thoughts, not to mention they don’t always have the full story of what is going on.
Introductory Sources
If you are new to Fedran, then these are good sources to start as they explain the various aspects of the world, how magic and machines work, or give broad introductions to the setting.
- Flight of the Scions (0047-00) → Kanéko • Novel (129k)
- Sand and Blood (0100-00) → Rutejìmo • Novel (69k)
Published Sources
If you want something professionally-edited, then these are the ones that have gone through the entire release process and have been “published”:
- Flight of the Scions (0047-00) → Kanéko • Novel (129k)
- Sand and Ash (0100-01) → Rutejìmo • Novel (78k)
- Sand and Blood (0100-00) → Rutejìmo • Novel (69k)
- Sand and Bone (0100-02) → Rutejìmo • Novel (82k)
Recent Chapters
Below are the last chapters or stories that been posted to the site:
- 2023-01-31 Nor Curse Be Found 13: The Freezing Cold
- 2021-08-03 Allegro 59: Decisions → Linsan, Brook, and Miska have to decide what comes next.
- 2021-08-01 Nor Curse Be Found 12: Rude Interruption
- 2021-07-27 Allegro 58: Proof → Linsan has the opportunity to prove that she has played Palisis before, but there are some disagreements.
- 2021-07-20 Allegro 57: Requests → Linsan and Brook search for Miska who had gone missing.
- 2021-07-16 Nor Curse Be Found 11: Camping Out
- 2021-07-14 Nor Curse Be Found 10: Surprise Guests
- 2021-07-13 Allegro 56: Surprises → Linsan gets separated from Brook and encounters an unexpected surprise.
- 2021-07-12 Nor Curse Be Found 9: The Bad News
- 2021-07-11 Nor Curse Be Found 8: The Beast
- 2021-07-06 Allegro 55: Grand Entrance → The three enter the auction house and are quickly overwhelmed.
- 2021-07-03 Nor Curse Be Found 7: The Tower
- 2021-07-02 Nor Curse Be Found 6: In the Woods
Recent News
2024-01-31 #Lore24 - Day 31 - On Cores → Inventions didn't stop with the Farimon Chamber but would eventually evolve into more portable forms of energy storage.
2024-01-30 #Lore24 - Day 30 - On Energy Reservoirs → Energy has to be stored somewhere, but they haven't quite invented the idea of a battery.
2024-01-29 #Lore24 - Day 29 - On Towler Classification → As part of my refactoring of Crystal Spheres Techniques, I created the initial roots of a second magical system that tries to create a tree-like taxonomy of magic.
2024-01-28 #Lore24 - Day 28 - On Fire and Heat → One of the most basic reactional, fire is the basis for a number of magical systems.
2024-01-27 #Lore24 - Day 27 - On Magical Systems → Creating conflicting systems of magic for fun and profit. Okay, just fun.
2024-01-26 #Lore24 - Day 26 - Revisiting Crystal Spheres → Reworking how I describe the Crystal Spheres Techniques verses the spheres themselves.
2024-01-25 #Lore24 - Day 25 - On Farimon Chambers → The Mechanical Age was officially started when Farimon discovered the idea of a chamber wrapped in iron to protect it from resonance.
2024-01-24 #Lore24 - Day 24 - On Runes → A specialized form of artifact, a rune is one of the simplest and safest form of enchanting objects.
2024-01-23 #Lore24 - Day 23 - On Artifacts → The impossible quest for many mage smiths was to create a stable magical item that wasn't affected by resonance and feedback.
2024-01-22 #Lore24 - Day 22 - On Mage Techs → A mage who mainly focuses on utility magic including quality of life, constructions, and non-aggressive pursuits.
2024-01-21 #Lore24 - Day 21 - On Mage Smiths → A mage smith is an artificer who creates magical items and artifacts.
2024-01-20 #Lore24 - Day 20 - On Mage Knights → Mage-Knights are mages primarily use their magic for combat.
2024-01-19 #Lore24 - Day 19 - On Crystal Sphere Distance → The distance between the crystal spheres determines how difficult they are to brought together in a single spell.
Magic
Nearly everyone in Fedran can perform magic to some degree, but the bulk of the population can’t go beyond little things like lighting a fire or helping flowers grow. Mages had spells but the more powerful the mage, the more their resonance reacts poorly with other magic. Their presence causes pain in others and can create a violent reaction with unattended artifacts. At the most intense levels, resonance can kill.
- Artifact → A device capable of producing a magical effect without a living behind behind it.
- Core → A portable and modular form of a Farimon Chamber.
- Elemental
- Energy Reservoir → A source of energy to create magical effects.
- Farimon Chamber → A shielded chamber that provides continual heat for a boiler.
- Feedback
- Mage
- Mage Knight → A mage who focused on offensive or defensive magic.
- Mage Smith → A mage who focused on the creation of magical items and artifacts.
- Mage Tech → A mage who focused on utility magic.
- Magical System → Various attempts to codifying the rules of magic into a general system.
- Manifestation
- Resonance
- Rune → A limited effect artifact that uses the medium it is engraved on for its source of power.
- Talent
- Telepathy
Machine
A recent invention, a fire rune wrapped in enough iron to protect it from resonance, has slowly made its way across the continent. The fire cores, as they are known, are far weaker and limited than most spells, but they can be built into other machines. With a little ingenuity, massive steam engines powered by cores are making their way into society, paving a way for the new age: the Industrial Age.
- Nothing found in this category
Countries
There are many in Fedran, each with their own cultures, societies, and norms.
- Gepaul
- Kormar
- Kyōti
- Lankerni
- Sun-Over-Sands
- Tarsan
- Turfuno
- United Hidanork Tribes → A loose federation of nomadic tribes occupying the steppes of the northern continent.
- Vo → A large island off the western coast of the continent where telepaths live.