Blue rose adventurer's guide: roleplaying in the world of Aldea

Introduction

Chapter I : The world of Aldea

The mythic age

The old kingdom

The empire of thorns

The shadow wars

The great rebellion

Aldis rises anew

Humans

Sea-folk

Vata

Rhydan

Night people

The sovereignty of Aldis

The theocracy of Jarzon

The khanate of Rezea

The thaumocracy of Kern

The matriarchy of Lar'tya

The roamers

The borderlands : Drunac ; The Golgan badlands ; The shadow barrens ; The pirate isles ; The forest domain of Wyss

Philosophy and technology

Gender and relationships : Gender and the Laevvel ; Romance and relationships ; Family

Time in Aldea : Special calendar days

Adepts

The soul

Arcane items

The occult

The primordials

The seven, gods of light

The exarchs of shadow

Celebrants and priesthood : Spirit dancers

Shadow-touched

Corruption : Becoming corrupt ; Consequences of corruption ; Shadow inspiration ; Shadow-taken ; Redemption

Chapter II : The kingdom of Aldis

The sovereign's finest

The guild council

Jaellin's challenges

The central valleys : The city of Aldis

The northern lands : The Pavin Weald ; The forest folk ; Wolf-kin ; Rhydan ; The Trebutane ; The ice-binder mountains

The southern coasts : Garnet ; Elsport

The Scatterstar archipelago : Tulake ; Gaelenir's necklace ; The barren islands

The eastern lands : The Veran marsh ; Serpent's haven ; The ruins of Veran-Tath ; Tranquil waters

The sovereign : Queen Jaellin

The noble assembly : Traveling nobles ; Regional nobles ; The noble council

The guild council

The Rhydan council

The sovereign's council

The sovereign's finest

The Aldin guard

Knights of the blue rose

Life at court : The traveling court

Crime and justice

Crime : Corrupt nobles ; The shadow guild ; Bandits, brigands & pirates ; The silence

The occult

Shadow cults : The broken circle ; The cult of the crimson eye ; The cult of the jade crown ; Shadow dancers

Arcane relics

Chapter III : The theocracy of Jarzon

Faith of the pure light

Arcana and technology

Trade

The Sanisan plains : Leogarth

Basketh Bay and the coast : The leviathan's teeth

The northern marches

Priest-adepts : Confessors ; Hospitalers

Knights of purity

Shadowed lands

Monsters

Chapter IV : The khanate of Rezea

Childhood and the journey : The vision journey

Riders and runners

The witches

Rhy-horses : Other Rhydan

The circle camp : Family and friends ; Elders and leaders

Outside the circle : Journeys of exploration ; Journeys of exchange ; Journeys of exile ; Clan adoption

The clans : Ifalla ; Duze ; Rihan ; Tennir-al ; Firenze ; Winborn ; Anara ; Mischa ; Kamala, the lost clan

Settlements and outposts : Eastpoint ; Fallen River trading camp ; Griffon's Roost ; Trident Keep ; Songcamp Outpost ; Stormpoint Refuge ; The wintering grounds

Shadowed lands : Cuyami: city of ghosts ; The stone forest

Chapter V : The thaumocracy of Kern

Work is life

Obey or die

Adepts in Kern

Technology and artifacts

Religion

The mountains

The great basin

The shadowed seven

The crimson guard

The knights of the skull

The shadow-taken

Chapter VI : The matriarchy of Lar'tya

The caste system : Relations among the castes ; Sea-folk: the Seyn caste ; Rhydan

Guilds and societies : Salons

Foreigners in Lar'tya

Salista

Grala

Ryzana

Chapter VII : On the borders

Roamer history

Roamer life and culture : At home on the move ; A people of their word ; Seers ; The Sel-Shanna ; City roamers ; The cult of the broken wheel

Drunac

Forest domain of Wyss : Bastion ; Leafport ; The Seral River ; Unity

The Golgan badlands

The pirate isles : Mashae ; Oliana ; Laren's Town ; The dark isle

The shadow barrens : A desolate land ; The northern refuge ; The ruins of Austium ; Mount Oritaun

Chapter VIII : Aldean ancestries

The primordial peoples

Ancestries and abilities

Ancestries and languages

Human : Human traits

Night person : Formed by shadow ; Fought for freedom ; A place to belong ; Night person names ; Night person traits

Rhydan : Beast in form ; Awakened in spirit ; A different perspective ; Rhydan names ; Rhydan traits

Sea-folk : People of water and earth ; Changeable as the sea ; Castles of sand ; Sea-folk names ; Sea-folk traits

Vata : Of the moon and the night ; Arcane insight ; Lost legacy ; Vata names ; Vata traits

Cultures : Aldins ; Forest folk ; Islanders ; Jarzoni ; Kerns ; Lar'tyans ; Rezeans ; Roamers

Chapter IX : Aldean classes

Barbarians : Path of the wasteland

Bards : College of the roads

Clerics : Radiant domain

Druids : Circle of the clans

Fighters : Martial archetype: peacekeeper

Monks : Way of the spirit dance

Paladins : Oath of the rose

Rangers : Shadow hunter

Rogues : Rebel

Sorcerers : Primal sorcery

Warlocks : Patron: the autumn king ; Patron: the winter queen

Wizards : School of the psyche

Feats : Animist ; Ariser ; Body control ; Psychic ; Psychic shield ; Psychic weapon ; Seer ; Shaper

Chapter X : Aldean backgrounds

Existing backgrounds

New backgrounds : Reawakened ; Refugee ; Shadow-scarred

Narrative equipment

Narrative wealth

Chapter XI : Aldean arcana

Planar magic

The occult : Occult spells ; Psychic rapport

Ancestral magic items

Rhydan magic items

New magic items

Occult artifacts

Chapter XII : Aldean creatures

Aldean creature tags

Aldean creature types

Modified creatures

Clockwork creatures

Fiendish creatures

The fey

Rhydan

Shadow-touched creatures

Shadows of Tanglewood

A call for aid

Into the woods : A spritely guide ; Shadow wolves ; Talaith's fate ; The shadow ring

Ebban Manor : The ruins

Epilogue : The shadow shrine ; The Ebban mask ; Dartis and Talaith.