Browse chapters
- Book 0: Origins and Cosmology
- 1. Character Histories
- 1. Aranx's Origin
- 2. Darkon's Origin
- 3. Nulgath's Origin
- 4. Dage's Origin
- 5. Sepulchure, Lynaria and Gravelyn
- 6. Drakath's Origin
- 7. Alteon, Victoria and Greenguard
- 8. Skye and the Lothian Dynasty
- 2. The Eternal Dragon, Malgor and the Three Masks
- 3. The Doom Spirits and Carcossa
- 4. Primordials, Deities and Elemental Avatars
Skye and the Lothian Dynasty
Skye's royal history joins the Lothian dynasty to the Champions of Energy, the losses behind its succession, and Iona's pursuit of divine power.
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The Lothians and Cold Thunder
You recover records of the Lothian dynasty and its wars with Skye's earlier inhabitants.
Gaheris's selection as Champion of Energy drove the Lothians apart from Camlan, where it was treated as treason against Light. Remembering his years with Glace, the Half-Elven Champion of Ice he loved, he later created Thundersnow spells that joined lightning and snow. Duty led him into another marriage after her death, and his son Gareth destroyed many of those spells in jealousy.
Deirdre came to repair relations, but her death was used to lure Naoise into a trap, after which the surviving Dragons lost their wings. After years of theft, a later king demanded Volgritian as a mount, only for the Great Dragon to kill him. Haeos then helped the next ruler imprison Volgritian, protecting the dynasty at the cost of the Dragon's voice and freedom.
Iona calls herself the Mother of Orphans and presents Skye as a land abandoned by the Avatars and exploited by Greenguard. She takes children from their families, suppresses rebellion and pursues the power of Cold Thunder.
Iona's Defeat
Iona's pursuit of Cold Thunder culminates in Abel forcing Haeos to surrender his title and power, then adding Ice to her transformation. You and the Champions defeat the unstable Avatar with the help of Brentan and the other wronged souls. Victoria loses her sight, but you refuse to leave Abel to the death he intended for himself.
After Iona's defeat, Kieran becomes temporary regent pending an elected council, and Victoria promises to return Skye's stolen gold. She and Tara reconcile. Tanaris believes they have become the new Avatar of Energy and sends Brentan and the other souls onward.