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Explore Andellian
Andellian is a world of old gods, dangerous Graces, broken histories, working roads, stubborn people, and truths that depend greatly upon who survived to record them.
Begin at River's Crest, where Forge and Shadow opens, then look beyond the village toward the wider world waiting on the road ahead.
Begin at River's Crest
A forge, a tavern, a bridge, a river, and the ordinary lives that existed before the dead arrived.
River's Crest is only one small place in Andellian, but it is where the first road begins.
What Lies Beyond the Road
Realms and Roads
Kingdoms, villages, mountain crossings, old ruins, and the long distances between safety. Andellian is discovered by traveling through it, not by reading a perfect map.
Gods and Graces
Faith can grant power, but Grace is neither simple reward nor proof of goodness. The gods act through limits, bargains, institutions, and people who rarely understand the whole design.
Creatures, Tales, and Rumors
Some monsters are known. Others survive only in tavern accounts, caravan gossip, temple warnings, and Tales of the Stranger whose accuracy remains open to argument.
Faith and the Divine
Two Histories.One World.
The Temple of Light teaches that truth must be brought into the open before it can be trusted.
The Temple of Darkness preserves another teaching: that some truths cannot be understood through exposure alone.
One looks outward.
One looks within.
Both teach history.
Both teach theology.
Both claim to preserve what the other has forgotten—or chosen to conceal.
These are mortal accounts, preserved by mortal institutions.
Whether the gods themselves would recognize every word is a question no priest has answered.
Read both accounts. Decide what you believe.