Time is not a thing that can be stretched or sliced. It can’t even be looked at directly, just its consequences. Time is like air: you feel a breeze and get a hint of where the leaves will go. The Divination school of magic concerns itself with perceptions, especially seeing…

Leviathan and Krakens. Fishing is the central aspect of Cocytian culture and economy. The prince gives out fishing permits to nobles and commoners alike since, following Infernal Jurisprudence, all bodies of water are the property of the Emperor and managed by the Princes Electors. The beneficiaries of the permits are…

The princes and princesses of Cocytus are from House Levistia, the noble house descending from the archdevil Levistus, saint patron of who searches, warden of mysteries, and master of time. The Levistia family has a more direct connection with their ancestor than any other princely lineage. There have never been…

Cocytus, the westernmost principality of the Holy Infernal Empire, is the only place where you can have nostalgia for the future and trepidation for the past. Cocytus projects itself into the ocean and its promises while neglecting the mainland, be it the immediate surroundings or the whole continent. The principality…

Hi everyone! I want to make a “prototype” chapter of a Codex Inversus atlas-style book. Probably one of the principalities of the Holy Infernal Empire is the best place to start: it’s the location I have more details and art about, after all. But where exactly? That’s where you come…

Leviathans’ and Krakens’ Breeding Grounds Leviathans and Krakens are two families of gargantuan sea animals, the former a group of cetacean-like beasts, the latter of tentacled creatures. Some species are prized catch, with a fleet of “whaling ships” [“leviathaning ships”?] on the hunt during spring and summer. …

The Phoenixopteroi are the sacred birds of the Elven Sultanates. They have a plethora of other names and titles, the sum of which tell the history of the phoenix species: the Flamignix, the Prime Elementals, the Silent Watchers, the Mages-of-the-Beasts, the Hounds of the Ifrit, and the Gifts of Iblis. …

The Orcish Kingdoms, especially those of the North, are geographically dominated by sinkholes, crevasses, and pits. Many of these formations, due to the spatial aberrations of the post-Collapse universe, are literally bottomless- or, rather, their bottoms are so distant that they end beneath reality itself. These are slivers of Elemental…

The zebubim, also known as the flyfolk, are perhaps simultaneously the most pitiful and annoying people in the world. Zebubim are gifted with highly enhanced senses, especially sight, but this sensory acuity throws them into a state of perpetual overstimulation. They are also minute and quite weak, rarely exceeding a…