Sovereign Stone Corebook
 |
The Sovereign Stone Corebook gives you everything you need to create and play adventures in Loerem¸ from character creation to detailed setting information as well as a Bestiary and introductory adventure.
Loerem is a world of beauty and enchantment created by renowned fantasy artist Larry Elmore¸ with development from New York Times best-selling authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Through Elmore's vivid visual renditions of unique personalities¸ clashing nations¸ fantastical creatures¸ and enchanting landscapes alongside a saga weaved by Weis & Hickman¸ the culmination chronicled the mortals' struggle to master the unfathomable power of the Sovereign Stone given them from the gods - an artifact forged for peace among races but which ignited war between brothers.
The Sovereign Stone is a lustrous crystal pyramid of four triangles that form a quadrangle at the base and come together in a point at the apex. Approximately sixteen inches tall¸ the artifact is carved of a single piece of crystal. It was given to King Tamaros of the Vinnengalean Empire¸ and in order to broker peace¸ he separated it into four equal pieces. One quarter went to the humans¸ one to the elves¸ one to the orks¸ and the last to the dwarves.
Here is where the story grows murky¸ clouded over with rumors and tales¸ few of which can be believed. One thing that is known for certain is that an army led by one of the King's sons marched on the city¸ and consequently the human portion of the stone was lost in a cataclysmic explosion which obliterated Old Vinnengael and left very few survivors¸ little accurate accounts are told of those last¸ terrible days. Much of what people know about King Tamaros and the Sovereign Stone is rumor and myth that has been building for the past two hundred years.
Since that day men have quested for the lost part of the Sovereign Stone to no avail. Old Vinnengael is now a cursed and abhorrent landmark. Few who venture there ever return alive¸ but still there are those brave or foolish enough to attempt it¸ drawn by the magic that pervades the city ruins and the riches said to be buried in the rubble.
There are accounts of a dark army marching across Loerem from the west¸ but few trust the tales. Still¸ some learned scholars have renewed their efforts to find the lost portion of the Sovereign Stone and reunite its parts in order to combat this or any other threat to the people of Loerem.
Do you dare trespass into Old Vinnengael or are you brave enough to face the threat from the west?