Lore and History
After the rebellion felled a tyrant, the people must build a future
It has been only a short decade and a half after the god of enigmatic decay was murdered in their tower of tomes by the deathless. The city of Xedoc sits in a kind of power vacuum as the new ruler and ruling system of the Bogs is in constant debate and disagreements are found in the decision of what to do with those who collaborated with the god versus the cryptic rebellion. Fear also sits in the back of the minds of the people as many of the amenities the city relies on; such as the aqueduct, ballistas and healing well are things that must be maintained as the knowledge to build new marvels like these were destroyed by the god.
Beyond the walls of Xedoc the delicate nature of the bog lands roils in chaos. The balance of life and death was skewed by the magic of the god and the warring between the god forces and rebellion, many beasts are now surging in population as they feed on the corpses and strange mutations in the wildlife have appeared of a magical nature. In efforts to regain an understanding on the balances of the magic the wizards have founded collective cloisters, built in secret during the reign of the god at key leylines. Study has begun to allow knowledge once hidden from the common people to become tools to rebuild an independent future for the easterners.