City of Miracles

"Alchemy is so much more than making gold. It is Licoturgy, the material art."

Thaum, the great "city of miracles", is a place that truly earned its nickname - large, radiant, rich, and important, it remains one of the most renowned cities in the empire and even the world entirely. But dark clouds loom on the horizon as factions plot and scheme in the shadows to wrestle control of the city.

The Empire
Large, old, and highly decentralised, the "Sublime Empire" is a prestigious union of states ruled by an elected monarch.

Thaum
The City of Miracles form the core of the setting

Duchess Cestine
Cestine becomes the unwilling and unprepared ruler of Thaum after the sudden passing of her father and eldest brother.

Primordials
Ancient beings with immense power that some cultures have revered as gods, Primordials are intimately connected to magic.

Black Lady
The lady with a thousand names and a thousand eyes, the "raven lady" is a mysterious primordial being that may grant boons to those in need - of course, with a catch.

Iron Lord
The Iron Lords is a relatively young but powerful primordial with a close connection to metals.

"Incoherence"
Associated with all matter of disorder, chaos, delirium, crazyness etc.

Thaumaturgy
WIP

Families
Dynasties, nobility, aristocracy, well-off capitalists: their family names run across the mouths of imperial residents.