Welcome to Lunaria! Part 2

The Kingdom of Lunaria was formed after the Great Schism. When the people of Farlothen first came to Elemastra, many wandered or sent out explorers to determine where to settle. They came upon the Source Well, the site of the Schism. On this hill, a relic of a people of ancient times, they discovered five stones. 

Each stone represented one of the elements–Farrig’s Tear, the stone of Water. Phira’s Heart, the stone of Fire. Xantara’s hand, the stone of earth. Kazeh’s breath, the stone of air, and Aetheron’s eye, the stone of spirit. Once plucked from their resting place, the stones awakened the magical connection to the elements in the bearer. 

Fights broke out nearly immediately. Magic anyone could master? No long rituals, no specialized equipment, or rigorous training? It was too good to be true for a people who had come from a place where magic was hoarded by those who knew its secrets. 

Eventually, the fighting got to such a point that the great people of Farlothen split. Factions followed the bearer of the stone of their choice, hoping to be bestowed with great magic. 

Those who wanted control over water went north and east. Devotees of earth or wind magic follow Eryn Tathrill and Faris Darthon west.  Those who desired to wield flames traveled east to the Phiran mountains. And those who sought to understand the magic of aether or spirit traveled south. 

In Lunaria, Basil Ferryngard, the first stone bearer, returned to the site of the first landing to build his city–Neomea. He granted favors of touching the stone to friends and those who wooed him with gifts or favors. But soon, the stone was stolen. It was then it became clear that only those with the strangest connections to the element could bear the stone at all. 

With the stone also came social power. Whoever held the stone became in charge of the people. The stone quickly began trading hands as the bearers were assassinated or stolen from as those who desired power sought it out. 

By this time, the people were realizing that you needn’t touch the stone to gain a connection to the elements. Exposure to this magic land had awakened it in nearly everyone–or those who had the ability. Others discovered an affinity to other elements, but they were quickly shamed into silence or exiled to one of the kingdoms that would accept that type of magic. 

Then, Gavin Athieston, came along. He wrestled the stone from the grasp of a particularly corrupt lord and changed everything. He hid the stone so no one could find it, united the disparate families and competing factions under his rule, and decided that from then on, his offspring would bear the crown. 

Thus began the line of kings, and the water stone swiftly sank into memory and then myth.