The Lore
“. . . and those sentient creatures that are not human shall secretly coexist with man.”
• Most are immortal and can regenerate from injuries, killed only by mystical fire or beheading.
The Lykae Clan
“A proud warrior of the Keltoi People was taken in his prime by a maddened wolf. The warrior rose from the dead, now an immortal, with the spirit of the beast latent within him. He displayed the wolf’s traits: the need for touch, an intense loyalty to its kind, and an animal craving for the delights of the flesh. Sometimes the beast rises.”
• Each Lykae possesses the Instinct, an inner guiding force.
• Mate for life. Above all things, they seek their fated one, revering matehood as other species do gods.
Those Best Forgotten
“Cross the Forgotten, and your future becomes history.”
• A mysterious sect of warlocks, thought to possess a time-travel gateway.
• A supernatural sphere protects their home realm of Quondam.
The Turning
“Only through death can one become an ‘other.’”
• Various immortals can transform humans or even other Lore creatures into their species through differing means, but the catalyst for change is always death, and success is not guaranteed.
The Accession
“And a time shall come when all immortals in the Lore must fight and destroy each other.”
• A kind of mystical checks-and-balances system for an ever-growing population of immortals.
• Two major alliances have recently formed: the Pravus Rule and the Vertas League.
• Occurs every five hundred years. Or right now . . .