Valombreuse has become the most resplendent city in the Empire. Ancient Blood has become extremely rare, and those who have it are all the more powerful for it.
With tensions running high between the kingdoms, young Vélar, heir to the crown of Déréïs, takes his turn at the Solstice Ceremony. At the same time, the last Vein, dedicated to "the protectors of the Dawn", arrives in Solaria and is entrusted with the mission of escorting the daughter of a wealthy merchant to Valombreuse: Sub sole Veritas.

Cet article 11941 AD – Céphéus : Nowadays est apparu en premier sur Valombreuse.

The Dolomite Merchants' Guild settles in Valombreuse. In the years that followed, the town experienced an extraordinary boom. In restoring the ruins of Malicorne, the Dolomite Merchants rediscovered the Veil of Tear, and they reintroduce The Dros Valdech Code with one important modification: at the end of the Summer Solstice ritual, the chosen few are trained together, whatever their bloodline, to form a Vein. And at the end of the Winter Solstice ritual, In the year they turn 18, the "Vein" is consecrated and recorded in the Annals on the Isle of the Eye. The group thus formed becomes inseparable, and is entrusted with missions by the Monastery or the Daughters of the Night. Yllurie is rebuilt thanks to the fortunes of the Dolomites, who become Princes-Marchands and found the Council of Valombreuse. The Daughters of the Night proclaim the end of the Dark Era and the beginning of the Age of Judgment.

Cet article 10430 AD - Cepheus : The Renaissance of Malicorne est apparu en premier sur Valombreuse.

When Emperor Eddard III disappears without leaving an heir, the Daughters of the Night prophesy a millennium of chaos: it is the beginning of the Dark Ages. In Malicorne, Asterion, a cursed child with black blood, unleashes the crowds by announcing the return of the Serpent. A double solar eclipse will last a whole month, while the Mad Wind sweeps the Kingdoms. The whole of Ylluria rises up and proclaims its independence. The monastery of Malicorne is attacked, the monks massacred and the Veil of Tear is lost. The other kingdoms join forces and form the largest army in living memory. They set out on a crusade to once again root out the Heresy from the heart of Cepheus. For twenty years, Ylluria resists but Asterion is finally defeated in the battle of the Purple Marshes. He is judged and dies at the stake. The Kingdoms refuse to restore the Empire and a precarious peace is established.

Cet article 10130 AD - Cepheus: Heresy of the Serpent and Fall of the Empire est apparu en premier sur Valombreuse.

In 8254, the prophet Dros Valdech, receives in his dreams a message from the Gods: It is Cephéus itself that must be purified to allow their return. And the only way to do this is to take back the cursed lands of Yllurie. With the support of Emperor Varysian-the-Hearty, the prophet founded the city of Valombreuse, on the very ruins of the Serpent's lair. He is entrusted with the Veil of the Tear and builds the monastery of Malicorne, where the blood of children will be tested. He writes the book of blood rituals which sets the rules to be followed by those who still have Ancient Blood in their veins.

Cet article 8254 AD - Cepheus: End of the Golden Age and Prophecy of Dros Valdech est apparu en premier sur Valombreuse.

After a millennium of war, humanity is bloodless. The Ancient Blood is becoming scarcer, and the majority of men find themselves without bloodlines. Velar I takes advantage of this situation to unify the kingdoms and proclaims himself Emperor of Cepheus. He enacts a set of specific laws, forbidding men to be born in the...

Cet article 5499 AD - Cepheus : Laws of Velar I and beginning of the Golden Age est apparu en premier sur Valombreuse.

The men, abandoned by their Gods, work hard to make Cepheus fertile and habitable again. They swear to do everything to find the lost paradise by following the perfidious Serpent God. Thus, perhaps the Gods will grant their forgiveness and return to Cepheus to live among them. Since they have broken the harmony...

As they have broken the harmony of the Divine Blood by mixing it, they must purify themselves if they are to regain their former power. The Daughters of the Night, priestesses of the Goddess Lunae, use the Veil of Tear to identify the divine lineage from which each man descends: each adolescent, in the year of his 13th birthday, pours his blood on the Veil, in order to know his dominant divine lineage and thus join the good Kingdom. Centuries follow centuries, but despite all these efforts, the Gods give no sign. The men end up despairing and the conflicts start again. Kingdoms against kingdoms, lineages against lineages. Once again, the Divine Blood is mixed and it begins to become scarce.

Cet article Year 1 - A new beginning est apparu en premier sur Valombreuse.