Year 1531 A.F.
Continent IV — Mordraith
In Death, Nothing Is Forgotten
The Continent of Mordraith
Mordraith did not rot.
It endured.
Black plains stretched beneath an iron-gray sky, broken by obsidian towers, bone-white citadels, and cities that pulsed faintly with necromantic glow. Rivers of pale mana flowed where water once had. Crops grew—not grain, but alchemical flora nourished by death-aspected energy.
This was the land of the Undead Dominion.
Here, death was not an ending.
It was administration.
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Dominant Peoples of Mordraith
Undead — Liches, Revenants, Wights, Vampires
Necromancer Humans & Elves — living, licensed, and regulated
Mortals without necromantic sanction were rare and closely monitored
Life existed—but only by permission.
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Political Structure
At the apex stood a ruler who had not drawn breath for over a millennium.
1 Necro-Empire, ruled by the Eternal Lich King
2 Kingdoms
Vampire Kingdom
Wight Kingdom
2 Principalities, ruled by Death-Archbishops
6+ City-States, governed by Immortal Councils
Nobility titles were not inherited by blood.
They were granted by soul-binding—a ritual binding authority, memory, and obligation directly to the bearer's essence.
Merchant Houses did not trade in silk or grain.
They trafficked in:
Relics
Bones
Mana cores
Preserved memories
Soul-anchors
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The Necro-Throne
Capital: Nox Aeternum
The capital city rose from black stone and pale crystal, illuminated by floating sigils rather than flame. At its center stood the Obsidian Spire, seat of the Eternal Throne.
Within, time did not move normally.
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The Eternal Ruler
The Eternal Lich King — Mortivar the Undying Sovereign
Age: Approximately 1,480 years since death
Original Race: Human
Current State: Ascended Lich
Title: Sovereign of Souls, Keeper of the Final Ledger
Mortivar did not sit.
He hovered slightly above the throne, skeletal hands folded, eyes burning with steady azure flame.
Mortivar
"All things end. Therefore, all things are predictable."
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The Consort and Soul-Bound Court
Unlike mortal empires, Mordraith's royal family existed through ritualized continuity.
Queen-Consort Seralyth of the Veiled Night
Age: 812 (Undead Vampire Queen)
Status: Primary Consort
Role: Overseer of Blood Kingdom
Her presence was graceful, voice silk-soft, eyes ancient.
Queen Seralyth
"Even the living cannot escape consequence."
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Secondary Consorts (Soul-Bound, Not Romantic)
Consort Vaelor the Pale Scribe
Age: 623
Lich
Represents Bureaucracy & Records
Consort Eshara Nightroot
Age: 487
Necromancer Elf (Undead-bound)
Represents Ritual Faith
Consorts here were anchors, not lovers.
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The Sovereign Heirs
Undead heirs were not born.
They were created or elevated.
Crown Heir — Prince Noctyrr the Ascended
Age: 402 (since ascension)
State: Demi-Lich
Role: Executor of Imperial Will
Prince Noctyrr's voice echoed hollowly.
Prince Noctyrr
"The living prince marries. Patterns shift."
Princess Virexia Bloodbound
Age: 356
Status: Married to the Vampire King of Sanguivar
Role: Inter-Kingdom Stabilizer
Prince Caldrith the Stillborn King
Age: 291
State: Wight Sovereign
Role: Overseer of the Wight Kingdom
His presence chilled the chamber.
Prince Caldrith
"Life binds. Death remembers."
Lesser Sovereign Scions
Ages ranging from 210 to 98
Serve as:
City-State Overseers
Soul-Judges
Relic Wardens
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Reaction to the Marriage Proposal
A slab of soul-glass hovered before the throne, etched with foreign intelligence.
Lucien Solvanyr.
Lady Aralyn.
Mortivar studied the names.
Mortivar
"A union not yet sealed."
Prince Noctyrr inclined his skull.
Prince Noctyrr
"The woman carries no necromantic trace."
Queen Seralyth smiled faintly.
Queen Seralyth
"Which makes her dangerous."
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Death-Archbishops Speak
From the principalities, projections formed—robed figures with glowing sigils where faces once were.
Death-Archbishop Malveon
"Marriage strengthens life. Life disrupts equilibrium."
Death-Archbishop Ilyssara
"Or creates future death. All births feed us."
Silence followed.
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Merchant Houses of Bone and Memory
Within a vaulted hall of relics, merchant-lords gathered.
Relic Baron Kethrix
"If war follows this marriage, demand for mana cores triples."
Bone-Matron Ysvelle
"If peace holds, souls age slower. Less profit."
They exchanged glances.
Profit mattered—even here.
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Final Judgment of Mordraith
Mortivar raised one skeletal finger.
The chamber stilled.
Mortivar
"We do not interfere."
A pause.
Mortivar
"We record."
Prince Noctyrr bowed deeply.
Prince Noctyrr
"And prepare contingencies."
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Closing
Across Mordraith, soul-ledgers updated themselves.
Ritual calendars adjusted.
Relics were re-catalogued.
Where forests watched, mountains calculated, and courts whispered—
Death wrote it all down.