The first Renaissance was kickstarted by the Crusades and trade, the second Renaissance was fueled by a looming global crisis and international cooperation

An elfin warrior from a fallen house.

Wild beasts of the imagination — untamed spirits of the quick and unfettered waters of this world. These steeds of the fast-flowing rivers are never to be captured, never to be controlled; to stop is to die — to be stopped is to be turned to droplets which return to the fast-flowing waters. Yet, while free they are things of pure beauty; mystical bringers of the gods' good will.

Come! Enter into the safe haven beneath the seas! Where humanity fled from the deadly Kalleum bombs! Take Refuge Beneath the Waves.

Made for a brave adventurer by a spurned lover, every chain was lovingly crafted with iron and locks of her hair. The finished armor was polished with tears and blood till her final days...

BEWARE all who dare wear this chainmail...

Also known as Moon the Loon, Goon Beard, and Who?

The most influential event in Atheus is the Year of the Exile. It set up the division of the world into east and west, the human's side and the barbarian's side, respectively. But how did it actually happen? How did one race manage the incredible feat of the exile of four other races?

An open room lay before them, occupied only by a few cobwebs and dust. Upon entering, a phrase is seen on one wall. One of them utters the phrase out of wonder for its meaning, unknowingly activating the room. An eye opens on the wall in front of the poor souls and with a quick flash of light, the last thing heard from the room is heart retching screams... then silence.

'They're many names given to the things of this vast consciousness that we don't understand, are afraid of, or otherwise just don't want to be associated with. These creatures, though familiar in appearance to many common races, have no name for themselves, but have been appropriately named 'Concordare Iram', Translated: Harmonized Rage.'

The PCC is the second largest religion in the Atlantic Federation.

Crafted from the leg bone of the slain wyrm Ashirkelenge, this rod has tremendous magical power in the right hands.

Once the shipment arrives at the kingdom it seems that all the boxes are empty and for some reason most of the coins were replaced with small rocks and acorns.

Also known as automatics, dummies, skinnies, and mannikins.

'The gods have chosen to smite us today my brethren...but we must fight back'

'How damn it we're just men...insects before their power'

'We will have to find the dagger'

Quite simply, the most sophisticated and pound for pound most dangerous vehicle in the skies of the Cosmic Era

Genimals are the stock and trade of BioCreches and one of the foundation technologies of the biosphere repair effort

'Alright where is the beast so that I can size it up?'

'That's the thing...you see that mountain range over there?'

'Yeah, the twin spires, what of it?'

'Well that's the beast'

Do me a favor, stay dead this time.

The product of the Entwiner's art, this net is carefully crafted with nearly invisible knots in its fine mesh. These knots speak in the language of Entwining Magic, the words of keeping and holding.

You walk into the room and it is like stepping into the grand library. Wall to wall and floor to ceiling is taken up by leather bound loaded bookshelves. All of the tomes are in varying states of decay and none of which are new.