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General Attributes
Average Height is between 5'6" -6' for female Kh'rons, and 6'2" - 6'7" for male Kh'rons. Hair, eye and skin tone varies according to which subrace the Kh'ron belongs to. All Kh'ron are given five lives they may live, at the end of each life, there is The Refreshing, and they are given a new body -rarely is the body of another subrace than what they were born into, but in severe circumstances, it has happened. Unless there was great, severe trauma that caused the death, all memories are left intact from one body to the next, though if they were bonded to someone, such as wife, husband, child, dear friend, they may feel a closeness to them in their reborn bodies. Those who are refreshed in a body of a different subrace rarely if ever retain their memories. After the fifth Refreshing, the soul returns to the Misty Plains where dwell the Dark Kh'ron and await their passage to their heaven, the demiplane of time.
When one kh'ron dies, another kh'ron is born, somewhere. Death begets life. Funeral services are usually not given for kh'ronens until the sixth death in Spirydon, when they will not return in a new body. In other lands, because of other traditions, it is usual to see a funeral or memorial for a kh'ronen's death even when it is a Refreshing death. Sometimes, one may find the babe that is born at the kh'ronen's death, and that baby is presented at the funeral service of the dead kh'ronen. Sometimes... that babe bears the soul of the departed kh'ronen but only one wise in such things can tell in a small infant. It would not be until they are older, and can begin to speak memories and know those around them, that it would be made clear who they are.
There have been times when Kh'ronos has granted a refreshed body of a child, young adult, or same age as when someone dies to someone of great importance, instead of having them begin from infancy their next Refreshing. One never knows if this will happen or not, one's soul merely soars from it's fallen body into the Refreshed body of the god's choosing, whether infant in the womb, or created body by the gods.
"Abbe Kh'ronos leesken pen zu, om'terra zu arnus. Hendre ze'chi, la da'chyd. "
Father Kh'ronos watches over you, Mother Earth swallows you. Fallen soul, be refreshed.
The Sub Races of the Kh'ronen Peoples of the World of Spirydon
Du'Kh'ron | Twi'Kh'ron | Lo'Kh'ron | Ag'Kh'ron | Ela'Kh'ron | Uv'Kh'ron | Xe'Kh'ron | Sz'Kh'ron | Mixed Kh'ron (Twa'kh'ron)
Du'Kh'ron
"The Winter Kh'ron"
Sons of Duthair
Their symbol: A snowflake.
The Du'Kh'ron have white or grey hair, and blue eyes. Very rarely they may have eyes of grey. Their skin is pale white and they live in the high, icy mountains of Spirydon. They are very proud, and wish to keep their subrace pure above all else. They keep to themselves, and it is rare that an Oratio is summoned from this subrace, which makes them bitter towards those are made d'Oratio. Their alignment is chaotic, usually neutral or evil, and they are inclined to evil more than any other Kh'ron. They are the sons and daughters of Duthair, son of Kh'ronos and Lileander. All who remained loyal to Dulith, after Dulith was killed, were destroyed by Kh'ronos, Refreshing denied to them. All women winter kh'ronen disappeared after the war, another act of Kh'ronos. There are no full blooded winter kh'ron women at this time (see Moon Kh'ron).
Magics - Cold magics, dark magics, diablerie
Xe'Kh'ron
"The Moon Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Xeladra and Duthair
Their symbol: A crescent moon
When Xeladra was brought back to life by Duthair, and a relationship blossomed, a new race of kh'ronen peoples sprung from the dying winter kh'ronen males. Xeladra, goddess of kh'ronen magic, provided moon elven wives for the remainder of winter kh'ron males whom wished mates and did not find them other places. Not quite accepted for many reasons by the rest of the races due to seeing them as "halfie" as well as the taint that remains from just being Dulith's children, they are having a hard time fitting into the world of Spirydon, especially the region of Eldon Heath.
Xe'kh'ron are extremely beautiful, elegant creatures. They have white, or silver hair (rare: silvery blue) with blue eyes flecked with gold or silver, and rarely, silvery grey or gold eyes. All bear the slightly tapered ears of their moon elven mothers, though none speak the elven language due to the forbiddance by their husbands to teach their children elven culture. Though inherent gifts such as bardic skills, elegance, grace, penchant for magic was all passed on but no elven abilities that are learned from elven culture are known. Their skin is snowy white, sometimes so white it appears slightly blue. Unlike their fathers, they tend to the neutral or good alignments due to their mother's care, though you will find a few whose fathers influenced them into an evil alignment. Though they are born half-kh'ronen, they are gifted at birth by a crescent moon somewhere on their body by Xeladra herself, which purifies their blood and makes them fully kh'ronen as far as abilities and gifts go- also allowing them to be chosen by the gods for Oratio. They are not half-elves any longer, they are full blooded kh'ronen! Though if that ever were to happen, it is a definite that at the very least the ela'kh'ron would be up in arms.
Magics: celestial, divination, augury, metamagic, any magics are available and done well
Twi'Kh'ron
"The Woodland Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Twilleliah
Their symbol: A tree.
The Twi'Kh'ron have a wide range of hair color ranging from browns, to auburns to black. Their eyes are brown or green, and rarely they are blue. Their skin tone is medium to pale, according to where the tribes dwell. Those of the Forest of Darkness tend to be paler than those of the Forest of Shifting Colors or the Forest of Musical Waters. They are the more primitive Kh'ron, tribal and ceremonial. Many wear little to no clothes, and all priests and priestesses of the Great Father and his children come from this sub race. Most of the Oratios have also been summoned from this subrace as well, making them the enemy of the evil Du'Kh'ron for that simple fact alone. They are the sons and daughters of Twilleliah, daughter of Kh'ronos and Lileander.
Twi'Kh'ron often name their children something meaningful, and their middle names often show their lineage, such as Zeviliah-- the daughter of Zevi. Or Zevilithel-- the son of Zevi. Some tribes are more ceremonial and strict about this than others, according to their more tribal status. Some "tribes" are merely familial villages and some are actual tribes that subsist from the land as natives in the forests.
Magics they would be inclined to: Healing, Druidry, Nature magics, Divination, Rune
There are a few ceremonies that are well known, one of such being the palm kissing that is often seen being done by a woman to a man. This shows submission in a way, but to them, it shows loyalty and love, and it is only done by a woman to a man that she has devoted herself to. When she is able to kiss the palm of a man, she has decided to give herself wholly to that man. It is sometimes part of a wedding ceremony.
Another is also a "submission" ceremony, for in the twi'kh'ron villages, men are the head of the family. Women often show this leadership, by kissing the man's feet in certain situations where they wish to show complete devotion, even moreso than just what is shown by kissing one's palm. This can be done by daughters to their fathers, women to their tribal leaders, wives to husbands, and to others in leadership. Men also may do this ceremony, though they merely touch their foreheads to the feet of the person in leadership. It is a rare thing for a man to show submission in this way to a woman. Rare indeed. The only cases in Eldon Heath history would be to Twilleliah or Lileander herself.
Twilleliah is the goddess of Healing.
Lo'Kh'ron
"The Dark Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Lo'cander
Their symbol: A triquetra
These grey to black skinned Kh'ron have any range of black, red to auburn hair and black or grey eyes. They have a strong ability for magic, and it is whispered that they can travel the Strings of Time without needing to use the magical timepieces designed for this, but those on the Council of Eldon Heath do not wish to believe this. In the past, a few Oratios have come from this subrace. They live on the Misty Plains, a place of magic and wonder, where souls wait to be reborn into the land of the living. The Misty Plains are so ethereal, that only the Lo'Kh'ron, and souls of the dead, can find it. Lo'cander, son of Kh'ronos and Xeladra, is the father of the Lo'Kh'ron. They are most often neutrally aligned, though any that are chaotic or evil aligned tend to be extremely cruel to those of the other races due to the racism they have suffered.
Magics: Chronomancy (natural), Necromancy, Dark magics, Shadow , Vivimancy, Force
Ag'Kh'ron
"The Water Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Agaliah
Their symbol: Three lines on top of each other representing water.
Ag'Kh'ron are another sub race born of the union of Kh'ronos and Xeladra, from their daughter Agaliah. They dwell near water, on the seasides, in the marshes, anywhere as long as a body of water is near. They have black hair, black eyes and tanned skin, and are looked down upon by other subraces almost as the "step child" of the Kh'ron. But....prophecy has stated that the Champion of Spirydon will come from the Ag'Kh'ron, so they do not lose hope, and await the arrival of the Promised One.
Magics: Hydromancy, Druidry, Blood, Elemancy
Ela'Kh'ron
"The Royal Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Elador
Their symbol: A crown.
Noble and proud are the royals and nobles of Spirydon. Their hair color ranges from brunettes to blondes to auburn, but they ALL have bright green eyes ringed with gold. All royals are of this pure blood, mixed Ela'Kh'ron (if that should happen) cannot take a title of nobility or the throne as King or Queen. They are very strict about keeping their subrace pure, almost as dogmatic about it as the Du'Kh'ron. The royal kh'ronen people especially have a hatred towards the water kh'ronen.
Magics - Pyromancy
Uv'Kh'ron
"The Star Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Uvos
Their symbol: A star
The most striking in appearance of any Kh'ron are the unique Uv'Kh'ron. Their skin is so pale as to have a bluish tint to it, and their white hair usually hangs long on both male and females. There are forelocks of black that frame their pale faces, seen even as young children. Their eyes are black with shifting silver flecks in them. Upon birth, an Uv'Kh'ron develops a silver star magically on the corner of each eye. Legend states that Dulith and Agaliah bore a son, Uvos, who was the father of the Uv'Kh'ron. Upon maturity, each Uv'Khron must journey to the center of the Forest of Darkness and obtain a seed star from the Tree of Stars that grows deep within the Forest of Darkness. This star is then named after them in the night skies, when it is born. If they fail, their stars on the corner of their eyes fade, and they are treated as outcasts. Uv'kh'ronen often have their beautiful long hair cut off, as punishment for crimes.
Magics - Celestial, Divine, Augury
Ne'Kh'ron
"The Silver Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Ne'vilas
Their symbol: A silver heart
The youngest daughter of Kh'ronos and Lileander took the most beautiful male and most beautiful female and crafted them in her image, creating her own subrace of beautiful kh'ronen people. As they are a young race, there are not a great number of ne'kh'ron in the land. Ne'kh'ron are beautiful creatures, with silvery blonde to silvery white hair, creamy complexions, full lush lips, and blue eyes ringed in silver. They are well endowed, and very fertile. Their highest regard is beauty, love, peace - their bohemian beliefs cause them to be considered almost a joke by the more serious subraces, they are also spoken of as having low morals, as they rarely marry for life; instead they handfast for a year and a day, and then move on to another when their time is up. Sometimes they handfast with the same person several times in their life. The children are raised in a communal way, everyone assisting in the rearing of all of the children, and in the teaching of philosophy and culture. Ne'kh'rons like nothing more than sitting around, drinking absinthe, and talking philosophy or the latest fashions.
Magics - Charm/Enchantment, Geometry, Archaic
Twa'kh'ron
"Mixed Kh'ron"
Their symbol: Varies
The twa'kh'ron are mixtures of two or more kh'ronen subraces. They take attributes from their mixed sub races. Some subraces are more open to twa'kh'ron than others, and these mixed raced kh'ronen are sometimes chosen as Oratios. There are no mixed air kh'rons, and very few with royal blood mixed in them. Most will be a mix of water and woodland.
Magic: Depends on the mixture of races.
The Gods of Spirydon
Kh'ronos, Great Father (m) and Lileander, Great Mother (f) - The blessed union.
Children: Dulith & Duthair (m), Twilleliah (f), Elador (m), Ne'vilas (f)
Kh'ronos and Xeladra -- The broken union.
Children: Lo'cander (m), Agaliah (f)
The illegitimate children and outcasts of society. Born of the union before Kh'ronos and Lileander were married, Xeladra died upon giving birth to the two children, twins-- one dark and one light.
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Dulith and Agaliah -- The forced union.
Children: Uvos (m)
Twilleliah and Aaidon -- The forgotten union.
Children: Szaidon (m)
Xeladra and Duthair -- The renewed union.
Children: Xuthaira (f)
Domains and Descriptions of the Gods and Goddesses of Spirydon
Kh'ronos -- Father Time, Creator. (neutral)
Known informally as Abbe'orak (Father Time) or the Great Father.
Lileander -- Mother Nature, Family. (neutral)
A beautiful, ageless woman known as the Om'terra (Mother Earth) or sometimes the Great Mother, with long, straight blonde hair and eyes that change with the seasons. Summer gives Mother Nature green eyes, Autumn gives her hazel eyes, in Winter her eyes are grey and in Spring, they are blue. She is firm, yet loving and bears herself with a sensual grace as only the goddess of love and family together could. She bears a crown atop her head according to the seasons, fresh flowers when they are in bloom, twigs and branches, leaves and other natural elements. She is a friend to all animals and creatures, and can tame any wild creature with but a glance, but woe to any who anger Mother Nature, for as gentle as a spring rain can be, so can be the harsh and violent hurricanes and icy storms.
Relic Weapon - Oak living staff, wrapped in seasonal foliage. Holly and ivy in winter, blooming sweet pea vines in spring, colorful blooming rose vines in summer, and grapevines dripping of clusters of juicy grapes in autumn.
*Twilleliah -- Healing (light)
Twilleliah is the mother of the twi'kh'ron race, or their om'dea. Her hair hangs in waves of mahogany. Her eyes are a bright emerald green, and she wears clothing of brown and green. She is akin closest to a wood elf, as mother of the forest kh'ron. In her hand, she bears a staff of living oak that is not only functional as a staff, but as her advisor, for it's intellect is ancient wisdom. The colors of the prism are associated with Twilleliah (Twi-lay-la), and she often has prismatic colors dancing around her body and within her magics. Her healers often wear rings of mistletoe carved with tribal symbols to assist in their healing.
Relic Weapon-- Living Staff of Twilleliah
*Dulith (dead god) (dark), Duthair (neutral) -- Winter, ice and snow, and cold.
Dulith is the om'dei of the du'kh'ron, the winter kh'ron who live in the icy regions of the high mountains. Dulith was controlling, evil...During the time of the Andra'liah's rise to power, Dulith attempted to destroy the entire kh'ronen council of the gods through various means, some more devious than others. It was time for Trentin, the Hero of Gods and Kh'ronen to fulfill part of his destiny, and in battle Dulith was slain. The winter kh'ronen, whom claimed Dulith as their father-god, could not be without a patron, so Kh'ronos named Dulith's twin brother, Duthair as Dulith's replacement. Though, it would seem there was not many of Dulith's children left for Duthair to watch over.
Relic Weapon-- ?
*Agaliah -- Bodies of Water, Rain, the Seas (neutral)
Agaliah is the om'dea of the water kh'ron. She is tall, darkly tanned with flashing black eyes, and a long thick braid the shade of black only found in the most lightless depths of the ocean. She is clad always in a material that shifts with the varying colours of the ocean. It reaches to mid calf, a length of rope securing it to her body. The scent of rain surrounds her always, and footprints of salt water forms in her wake. She holds control over all forms of water, though her precedence is with the ocean. Sailors pray to Agaliah and often have a carving of her somewhere on their ship for good luck, and it is said that she is seen walking upon the water on occasion, right before a storm.
Relic Weapon -- Ag'lyns'ti Guisarme (The Waters Guisarme)
*Uvos -- The heavens, stars, moon, celestial bodies. (neutral)
Uvos is the om'dei of the star kh'ron, one of the most striking in appearance of all of Kh'rono's children. The tall, thin man looks as if he sprung from the heavens himself, for he glows with the aura of moonlight and a halo of tiny stars surround his head. His skin is so white it appears a pale blue, and his hair is stark white, silken, and hangs in hundreds of braids to his ankles, silver thread weaved into each braid, leaving his black forelocks unbraided to hang and sway about his celestial features. Silver stars glitter at his eyes. His sword is called the Nos'Seren, the Nightstar, it has the glow of moonlight, the power of the celestial forces and the danger of a black hole. None who have gone against the Nos'Seren exist in these worlds any longer, for they have been literally obliterated by its power. Uvos is one of the most powerful gods beneath Kh'ronos himself, and the most prideful and haughty. Uvos calls Dulith father and Agaliah mother, a strange parentage, for such an awe-inspiring offspring.
Relic Weapon -- Nos'Seren, the Nightstar Sword
*Lo'cander -- Dark magics, death. (neutral)
Lo'cander is the om'dei of the lo'kh'ron, the dark kh'ron. Sometimes he is referred to as the "Dark Twin", for unlike his sister Agaliah, he was born with dark black skin, and bright red hair. His eyes are grey, and he wears a dingy, grey robe, tattered and worn, his feet bare and dirty. He is the god of Death, the Reaper, and as such, his weapon is the scythe of legend, sharp and dangerous though Lo'cander himself is not truly evil, for death is as much a part of nature as is life. He is an expert at necromancy, and commands an army of undead of all races, none of which are kh'ronen. Enemies who die by the sword of the kh'ronen armies, often find themselves brought back to serve the very land they fought against, as a necromantic slave of Lo'cander.
Relic Weapon--Hendre'dar (Scythe of Death)
*Elador -- Nobility, the Sun. (light)
The sun god, radiant and shining, the om'dei of the royal kh'ron is as noble in bearing as those he represents. With his spear of gold in hand, he stands at the horizon each day at the rising of the sun, and at the setting of the sun. It is Elador that the kings and queens, and royalty of Spirydon swear to when they are crowned, and Elador that is invoked in all diplomatic proceedings. Garbed in royal robes of purple and gold, a golden crown studded with every gemstone represented by the Oratios, he often is depicted using the current King's face, and hair color, though always with bright emerald eyes ringed with gold. Elador himself, has short, blonde hair.
Relic Weapon -- Spear of the Sun-God
*Szaidon
The om'dei of the air kh'ron, forgotten by history but not by the stories told to frighten children of those that command the wind, and their cruelty.
Xeladra -- All Magic -- (neutral)
Xeladra bore Kh'ronos two children, twins, a dark and a light, though she died during childbirth. Magic is often invoked in her honor. Xeladra has been given life again by Duthair, to be his companion. She stands 6 feet tall, and has long, straight hair that is bright, blazing red. Her skin is tanned similar to the water kh'ron, and her eyes as black and deep as the abyss. Her body swirls with the aura of magic, her blood is the flow of magic into the world, her breath spinning with energy. Her touch to one unused to the flow of magic would effect them for all eternity, either draining energy from them, or bestowing upon them the force of magic in their lives. Magic in these lands is even called by her name, in honor of her. It is known as "xela".
Relic Weapon - Prim'xela - First Magic - Gold bound wand with a crystal point and gemstones.
Other Gods and Goddesses
Aaidon
Ne'vilas - Goddess of Love and Beauty (neutral)
The youngest daughter of Kh'ronos and Lileander, her birth is said to have caused spring to flourish early across the lands as Lileander's eyes changed from winter grey to spring blue a month early due to the travails and final childbirth of the child of love and beauty. She is perfection, what every kh'ronen woman strives to be, and can take the form of the most beautiful woman of every subrace though her base form is that of a tall blonde haired woman like her mother, creamy skinned, blue eyed with plush cherry lips and thick black lashes, and curves in all the right places, very well endowed. The sort of woman that kh'ron men fantasize about and kh'ron women want to be.
Xuthaira - Goddess of Shadows, Darkness, the Void (neutral)
The daughter of Duthair and Xeladra, the conjunction of the coldness of Duthair and the magic of Xeladra created a woman who dominated the shadowstuff, who moved in the darkness and ruled over the Void. Her presence is indicative of one that has spent far too much time in the shadows, she resembles a shade for her body has greyed, her eyes are pale grey, her hair is stark white- she looks very much like a greyed out du'kh'ron, like an ethereal spirit. She is close, as one can imagine, to her half brother Lo'cander. She regards Elador as her enemy though, for the sun is the enemy of the darkness, ripping the darkness from the land.
Average Height is between 5'6" -6' for female Kh'rons, and 6'2" - 6'7" for male Kh'rons. Hair, eye and skin tone varies according to which subrace the Kh'ron belongs to. All Kh'ron are given five lives they may live, at the end of each life, there is The Refreshing, and they are given a new body -rarely is the body of another subrace than what they were born into, but in severe circumstances, it has happened. Unless there was great, severe trauma that caused the death, all memories are left intact from one body to the next, though if they were bonded to someone, such as wife, husband, child, dear friend, they may feel a closeness to them in their reborn bodies. Those who are refreshed in a body of a different subrace rarely if ever retain their memories. After the fifth Refreshing, the soul returns to the Misty Plains where dwell the Dark Kh'ron and await their passage to their heaven, the demiplane of time.
When one kh'ron dies, another kh'ron is born, somewhere. Death begets life. Funeral services are usually not given for kh'ronens until the sixth death in Spirydon, when they will not return in a new body. In other lands, because of other traditions, it is usual to see a funeral or memorial for a kh'ronen's death even when it is a Refreshing death. Sometimes, one may find the babe that is born at the kh'ronen's death, and that baby is presented at the funeral service of the dead kh'ronen. Sometimes... that babe bears the soul of the departed kh'ronen but only one wise in such things can tell in a small infant. It would not be until they are older, and can begin to speak memories and know those around them, that it would be made clear who they are.
There have been times when Kh'ronos has granted a refreshed body of a child, young adult, or same age as when someone dies to someone of great importance, instead of having them begin from infancy their next Refreshing. One never knows if this will happen or not, one's soul merely soars from it's fallen body into the Refreshed body of the god's choosing, whether infant in the womb, or created body by the gods.
"Abbe Kh'ronos leesken pen zu, om'terra zu arnus. Hendre ze'chi, la da'chyd. "
Father Kh'ronos watches over you, Mother Earth swallows you. Fallen soul, be refreshed.
The Sub Races of the Kh'ronen Peoples of the World of Spirydon
Du'Kh'ron | Twi'Kh'ron | Lo'Kh'ron | Ag'Kh'ron | Ela'Kh'ron | Uv'Kh'ron | Xe'Kh'ron | Sz'Kh'ron | Mixed Kh'ron (Twa'kh'ron)
Du'Kh'ron
"The Winter Kh'ron"
Sons of Duthair
Their symbol: A snowflake.
The Du'Kh'ron have white or grey hair, and blue eyes. Very rarely they may have eyes of grey. Their skin is pale white and they live in the high, icy mountains of Spirydon. They are very proud, and wish to keep their subrace pure above all else. They keep to themselves, and it is rare that an Oratio is summoned from this subrace, which makes them bitter towards those are made d'Oratio. Their alignment is chaotic, usually neutral or evil, and they are inclined to evil more than any other Kh'ron. They are the sons and daughters of Duthair, son of Kh'ronos and Lileander. All who remained loyal to Dulith, after Dulith was killed, were destroyed by Kh'ronos, Refreshing denied to them. All women winter kh'ronen disappeared after the war, another act of Kh'ronos. There are no full blooded winter kh'ron women at this time (see Moon Kh'ron).
Magics - Cold magics, dark magics, diablerie
Xe'Kh'ron
"The Moon Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Xeladra and Duthair
Their symbol: A crescent moon
When Xeladra was brought back to life by Duthair, and a relationship blossomed, a new race of kh'ronen peoples sprung from the dying winter kh'ronen males. Xeladra, goddess of kh'ronen magic, provided moon elven wives for the remainder of winter kh'ron males whom wished mates and did not find them other places. Not quite accepted for many reasons by the rest of the races due to seeing them as "halfie" as well as the taint that remains from just being Dulith's children, they are having a hard time fitting into the world of Spirydon, especially the region of Eldon Heath.
Xe'kh'ron are extremely beautiful, elegant creatures. They have white, or silver hair (rare: silvery blue) with blue eyes flecked with gold or silver, and rarely, silvery grey or gold eyes. All bear the slightly tapered ears of their moon elven mothers, though none speak the elven language due to the forbiddance by their husbands to teach their children elven culture. Though inherent gifts such as bardic skills, elegance, grace, penchant for magic was all passed on but no elven abilities that are learned from elven culture are known. Their skin is snowy white, sometimes so white it appears slightly blue. Unlike their fathers, they tend to the neutral or good alignments due to their mother's care, though you will find a few whose fathers influenced them into an evil alignment. Though they are born half-kh'ronen, they are gifted at birth by a crescent moon somewhere on their body by Xeladra herself, which purifies their blood and makes them fully kh'ronen as far as abilities and gifts go- also allowing them to be chosen by the gods for Oratio. They are not half-elves any longer, they are full blooded kh'ronen! Though if that ever were to happen, it is a definite that at the very least the ela'kh'ron would be up in arms.
Magics: celestial, divination, augury, metamagic, any magics are available and done well
Twi'Kh'ron
"The Woodland Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Twilleliah
Their symbol: A tree.
The Twi'Kh'ron have a wide range of hair color ranging from browns, to auburns to black. Their eyes are brown or green, and rarely they are blue. Their skin tone is medium to pale, according to where the tribes dwell. Those of the Forest of Darkness tend to be paler than those of the Forest of Shifting Colors or the Forest of Musical Waters. They are the more primitive Kh'ron, tribal and ceremonial. Many wear little to no clothes, and all priests and priestesses of the Great Father and his children come from this sub race. Most of the Oratios have also been summoned from this subrace as well, making them the enemy of the evil Du'Kh'ron for that simple fact alone. They are the sons and daughters of Twilleliah, daughter of Kh'ronos and Lileander.
Twi'Kh'ron often name their children something meaningful, and their middle names often show their lineage, such as Zeviliah-- the daughter of Zevi. Or Zevilithel-- the son of Zevi. Some tribes are more ceremonial and strict about this than others, according to their more tribal status. Some "tribes" are merely familial villages and some are actual tribes that subsist from the land as natives in the forests.
Magics they would be inclined to: Healing, Druidry, Nature magics, Divination, Rune
There are a few ceremonies that are well known, one of such being the palm kissing that is often seen being done by a woman to a man. This shows submission in a way, but to them, it shows loyalty and love, and it is only done by a woman to a man that she has devoted herself to. When she is able to kiss the palm of a man, she has decided to give herself wholly to that man. It is sometimes part of a wedding ceremony.
Another is also a "submission" ceremony, for in the twi'kh'ron villages, men are the head of the family. Women often show this leadership, by kissing the man's feet in certain situations where they wish to show complete devotion, even moreso than just what is shown by kissing one's palm. This can be done by daughters to their fathers, women to their tribal leaders, wives to husbands, and to others in leadership. Men also may do this ceremony, though they merely touch their foreheads to the feet of the person in leadership. It is a rare thing for a man to show submission in this way to a woman. Rare indeed. The only cases in Eldon Heath history would be to Twilleliah or Lileander herself.
Twilleliah is the goddess of Healing.
Lo'Kh'ron
"The Dark Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Lo'cander
Their symbol: A triquetra
These grey to black skinned Kh'ron have any range of black, red to auburn hair and black or grey eyes. They have a strong ability for magic, and it is whispered that they can travel the Strings of Time without needing to use the magical timepieces designed for this, but those on the Council of Eldon Heath do not wish to believe this. In the past, a few Oratios have come from this subrace. They live on the Misty Plains, a place of magic and wonder, where souls wait to be reborn into the land of the living. The Misty Plains are so ethereal, that only the Lo'Kh'ron, and souls of the dead, can find it. Lo'cander, son of Kh'ronos and Xeladra, is the father of the Lo'Kh'ron. They are most often neutrally aligned, though any that are chaotic or evil aligned tend to be extremely cruel to those of the other races due to the racism they have suffered.
Magics: Chronomancy (natural), Necromancy, Dark magics, Shadow , Vivimancy, Force
Ag'Kh'ron
"The Water Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Agaliah
Their symbol: Three lines on top of each other representing water.
Ag'Kh'ron are another sub race born of the union of Kh'ronos and Xeladra, from their daughter Agaliah. They dwell near water, on the seasides, in the marshes, anywhere as long as a body of water is near. They have black hair, black eyes and tanned skin, and are looked down upon by other subraces almost as the "step child" of the Kh'ron. But....prophecy has stated that the Champion of Spirydon will come from the Ag'Kh'ron, so they do not lose hope, and await the arrival of the Promised One.
Magics: Hydromancy, Druidry, Blood, Elemancy
Ela'Kh'ron
"The Royal Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Elador
Their symbol: A crown.
Noble and proud are the royals and nobles of Spirydon. Their hair color ranges from brunettes to blondes to auburn, but they ALL have bright green eyes ringed with gold. All royals are of this pure blood, mixed Ela'Kh'ron (if that should happen) cannot take a title of nobility or the throne as King or Queen. They are very strict about keeping their subrace pure, almost as dogmatic about it as the Du'Kh'ron. The royal kh'ronen people especially have a hatred towards the water kh'ronen.
Magics - Pyromancy
Uv'Kh'ron
"The Star Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Uvos
Their symbol: A star
The most striking in appearance of any Kh'ron are the unique Uv'Kh'ron. Their skin is so pale as to have a bluish tint to it, and their white hair usually hangs long on both male and females. There are forelocks of black that frame their pale faces, seen even as young children. Their eyes are black with shifting silver flecks in them. Upon birth, an Uv'Kh'ron develops a silver star magically on the corner of each eye. Legend states that Dulith and Agaliah bore a son, Uvos, who was the father of the Uv'Kh'ron. Upon maturity, each Uv'Khron must journey to the center of the Forest of Darkness and obtain a seed star from the Tree of Stars that grows deep within the Forest of Darkness. This star is then named after them in the night skies, when it is born. If they fail, their stars on the corner of their eyes fade, and they are treated as outcasts. Uv'kh'ronen often have their beautiful long hair cut off, as punishment for crimes.
Magics - Celestial, Divine, Augury
Ne'Kh'ron
"The Silver Kh'ron"
Sons and Daughters of Ne'vilas
Their symbol: A silver heart
The youngest daughter of Kh'ronos and Lileander took the most beautiful male and most beautiful female and crafted them in her image, creating her own subrace of beautiful kh'ronen people. As they are a young race, there are not a great number of ne'kh'ron in the land. Ne'kh'ron are beautiful creatures, with silvery blonde to silvery white hair, creamy complexions, full lush lips, and blue eyes ringed in silver. They are well endowed, and very fertile. Their highest regard is beauty, love, peace - their bohemian beliefs cause them to be considered almost a joke by the more serious subraces, they are also spoken of as having low morals, as they rarely marry for life; instead they handfast for a year and a day, and then move on to another when their time is up. Sometimes they handfast with the same person several times in their life. The children are raised in a communal way, everyone assisting in the rearing of all of the children, and in the teaching of philosophy and culture. Ne'kh'rons like nothing more than sitting around, drinking absinthe, and talking philosophy or the latest fashions.
Magics - Charm/Enchantment, Geometry, Archaic
Twa'kh'ron
"Mixed Kh'ron"
Their symbol: Varies
The twa'kh'ron are mixtures of two or more kh'ronen subraces. They take attributes from their mixed sub races. Some subraces are more open to twa'kh'ron than others, and these mixed raced kh'ronen are sometimes chosen as Oratios. There are no mixed air kh'rons, and very few with royal blood mixed in them. Most will be a mix of water and woodland.
Magic: Depends on the mixture of races.
The Gods of Spirydon
Kh'ronos, Great Father (m) and Lileander, Great Mother (f) - The blessed union.
Children: Dulith & Duthair (m), Twilleliah (f), Elador (m), Ne'vilas (f)
Kh'ronos and Xeladra -- The broken union.
Children: Lo'cander (m), Agaliah (f)
The illegitimate children and outcasts of society. Born of the union before Kh'ronos and Lileander were married, Xeladra died upon giving birth to the two children, twins-- one dark and one light.
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Dulith and Agaliah -- The forced union.
Children: Uvos (m)
Twilleliah and Aaidon -- The forgotten union.
Children: Szaidon (m)
Xeladra and Duthair -- The renewed union.
Children: Xuthaira (f)
Domains and Descriptions of the Gods and Goddesses of Spirydon
Kh'ronos -- Father Time, Creator. (neutral)
Known informally as Abbe'orak (Father Time) or the Great Father.
Lileander -- Mother Nature, Family. (neutral)
A beautiful, ageless woman known as the Om'terra (Mother Earth) or sometimes the Great Mother, with long, straight blonde hair and eyes that change with the seasons. Summer gives Mother Nature green eyes, Autumn gives her hazel eyes, in Winter her eyes are grey and in Spring, they are blue. She is firm, yet loving and bears herself with a sensual grace as only the goddess of love and family together could. She bears a crown atop her head according to the seasons, fresh flowers when they are in bloom, twigs and branches, leaves and other natural elements. She is a friend to all animals and creatures, and can tame any wild creature with but a glance, but woe to any who anger Mother Nature, for as gentle as a spring rain can be, so can be the harsh and violent hurricanes and icy storms.
Relic Weapon - Oak living staff, wrapped in seasonal foliage. Holly and ivy in winter, blooming sweet pea vines in spring, colorful blooming rose vines in summer, and grapevines dripping of clusters of juicy grapes in autumn.
*Twilleliah -- Healing (light)
Twilleliah is the mother of the twi'kh'ron race, or their om'dea. Her hair hangs in waves of mahogany. Her eyes are a bright emerald green, and she wears clothing of brown and green. She is akin closest to a wood elf, as mother of the forest kh'ron. In her hand, she bears a staff of living oak that is not only functional as a staff, but as her advisor, for it's intellect is ancient wisdom. The colors of the prism are associated with Twilleliah (Twi-lay-la), and she often has prismatic colors dancing around her body and within her magics. Her healers often wear rings of mistletoe carved with tribal symbols to assist in their healing.
Relic Weapon-- Living Staff of Twilleliah
*Dulith (dead god) (dark), Duthair (neutral) -- Winter, ice and snow, and cold.
Dulith is the om'dei of the du'kh'ron, the winter kh'ron who live in the icy regions of the high mountains. Dulith was controlling, evil...During the time of the Andra'liah's rise to power, Dulith attempted to destroy the entire kh'ronen council of the gods through various means, some more devious than others. It was time for Trentin, the Hero of Gods and Kh'ronen to fulfill part of his destiny, and in battle Dulith was slain. The winter kh'ronen, whom claimed Dulith as their father-god, could not be without a patron, so Kh'ronos named Dulith's twin brother, Duthair as Dulith's replacement. Though, it would seem there was not many of Dulith's children left for Duthair to watch over.
Relic Weapon-- ?
*Agaliah -- Bodies of Water, Rain, the Seas (neutral)
Agaliah is the om'dea of the water kh'ron. She is tall, darkly tanned with flashing black eyes, and a long thick braid the shade of black only found in the most lightless depths of the ocean. She is clad always in a material that shifts with the varying colours of the ocean. It reaches to mid calf, a length of rope securing it to her body. The scent of rain surrounds her always, and footprints of salt water forms in her wake. She holds control over all forms of water, though her precedence is with the ocean. Sailors pray to Agaliah and often have a carving of her somewhere on their ship for good luck, and it is said that she is seen walking upon the water on occasion, right before a storm.
Relic Weapon -- Ag'lyns'ti Guisarme (The Waters Guisarme)
*Uvos -- The heavens, stars, moon, celestial bodies. (neutral)
Uvos is the om'dei of the star kh'ron, one of the most striking in appearance of all of Kh'rono's children. The tall, thin man looks as if he sprung from the heavens himself, for he glows with the aura of moonlight and a halo of tiny stars surround his head. His skin is so white it appears a pale blue, and his hair is stark white, silken, and hangs in hundreds of braids to his ankles, silver thread weaved into each braid, leaving his black forelocks unbraided to hang and sway about his celestial features. Silver stars glitter at his eyes. His sword is called the Nos'Seren, the Nightstar, it has the glow of moonlight, the power of the celestial forces and the danger of a black hole. None who have gone against the Nos'Seren exist in these worlds any longer, for they have been literally obliterated by its power. Uvos is one of the most powerful gods beneath Kh'ronos himself, and the most prideful and haughty. Uvos calls Dulith father and Agaliah mother, a strange parentage, for such an awe-inspiring offspring.
Relic Weapon -- Nos'Seren, the Nightstar Sword
*Lo'cander -- Dark magics, death. (neutral)
Lo'cander is the om'dei of the lo'kh'ron, the dark kh'ron. Sometimes he is referred to as the "Dark Twin", for unlike his sister Agaliah, he was born with dark black skin, and bright red hair. His eyes are grey, and he wears a dingy, grey robe, tattered and worn, his feet bare and dirty. He is the god of Death, the Reaper, and as such, his weapon is the scythe of legend, sharp and dangerous though Lo'cander himself is not truly evil, for death is as much a part of nature as is life. He is an expert at necromancy, and commands an army of undead of all races, none of which are kh'ronen. Enemies who die by the sword of the kh'ronen armies, often find themselves brought back to serve the very land they fought against, as a necromantic slave of Lo'cander.
Relic Weapon--Hendre'dar (Scythe of Death)
*Elador -- Nobility, the Sun. (light)
The sun god, radiant and shining, the om'dei of the royal kh'ron is as noble in bearing as those he represents. With his spear of gold in hand, he stands at the horizon each day at the rising of the sun, and at the setting of the sun. It is Elador that the kings and queens, and royalty of Spirydon swear to when they are crowned, and Elador that is invoked in all diplomatic proceedings. Garbed in royal robes of purple and gold, a golden crown studded with every gemstone represented by the Oratios, he often is depicted using the current King's face, and hair color, though always with bright emerald eyes ringed with gold. Elador himself, has short, blonde hair.
Relic Weapon -- Spear of the Sun-God
*Szaidon
The om'dei of the air kh'ron, forgotten by history but not by the stories told to frighten children of those that command the wind, and their cruelty.
Xeladra -- All Magic -- (neutral)
Xeladra bore Kh'ronos two children, twins, a dark and a light, though she died during childbirth. Magic is often invoked in her honor. Xeladra has been given life again by Duthair, to be his companion. She stands 6 feet tall, and has long, straight hair that is bright, blazing red. Her skin is tanned similar to the water kh'ron, and her eyes as black and deep as the abyss. Her body swirls with the aura of magic, her blood is the flow of magic into the world, her breath spinning with energy. Her touch to one unused to the flow of magic would effect them for all eternity, either draining energy from them, or bestowing upon them the force of magic in their lives. Magic in these lands is even called by her name, in honor of her. It is known as "xela".
Relic Weapon - Prim'xela - First Magic - Gold bound wand with a crystal point and gemstones.
Other Gods and Goddesses
Aaidon
Ne'vilas - Goddess of Love and Beauty (neutral)
The youngest daughter of Kh'ronos and Lileander, her birth is said to have caused spring to flourish early across the lands as Lileander's eyes changed from winter grey to spring blue a month early due to the travails and final childbirth of the child of love and beauty. She is perfection, what every kh'ronen woman strives to be, and can take the form of the most beautiful woman of every subrace though her base form is that of a tall blonde haired woman like her mother, creamy skinned, blue eyed with plush cherry lips and thick black lashes, and curves in all the right places, very well endowed. The sort of woman that kh'ron men fantasize about and kh'ron women want to be.
Xuthaira - Goddess of Shadows, Darkness, the Void (neutral)
The daughter of Duthair and Xeladra, the conjunction of the coldness of Duthair and the magic of Xeladra created a woman who dominated the shadowstuff, who moved in the darkness and ruled over the Void. Her presence is indicative of one that has spent far too much time in the shadows, she resembles a shade for her body has greyed, her eyes are pale grey, her hair is stark white- she looks very much like a greyed out du'kh'ron, like an ethereal spirit. She is close, as one can imagine, to her half brother Lo'cander. She regards Elador as her enemy though, for the sun is the enemy of the darkness, ripping the darkness from the land.