Aqualon World Updates

  • Additional Daily Fact Updates
    Mar 11, 2023

    Aqualon facts #8-#15 have been updated with more content and better prose as well. Preparations for regular video uploads with voiced facts and lore are well-underway.

  • Updating old Daily Aqualon Facts
    Mar 10, 2023

    Aqualonfacts #1 - #7 have been updated with improved prose and/or additional lore in preparation for audio recordings to come. (Find Aqualon Facts on the Aqualon Discord)

  • Article Categories Implemented
    Oct 21, 2022

    The World Anvil article category widget is now correctly rendered in articles on this site. This makes the Encyclopedia Aqualonia article much more useful.

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Featured Novel

The Storm Winds of Glazglubin


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"There's a monster in every man, boy. Within me, there is a host, and one day, it'll be yours to command." Too often these days, Kenji's mind turns to the words of his accursed father. When he fled the Old Country, he thought he had left the monsters behind, but now he sees them every day in the eyes of his friend and mentor. His world is about to crumble in a spasm of eldritch magic, and though he can see the face of his undoing so clearly in his nightmares, deep down, he knows that the first blow has already been struck.
As the tendrils of a soul plague lay claim on Aqualon's oldest and most powerful magocracy, the Lord of Wind, Kenji Sokolow, is cast down from his high tower, pressed to rally whatever forces he can find. But first, he has to survive...

Featured Short Story

The Black Priest of Rastrowel


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A gripping short story from the life of Lyn, a young girl in the care of two HJT Ferries, ships mages for hire, which operate from their office on the island of Rastrowel, the highly religious birth place of the Church of Pure Souls.

Faced with prejudice against mages every day, Lyn's winning personality and innocence keep her well within the good graces of her peers, until a Black Priest, an inquisitor of the Church takes notice of her...

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A Synopsis of the World

Seventeen centuries of peace have allowed the people of Aqualon to flourish. Since the Great War, now known as the Age of Heroes, when the Old Gods rose up once more in vain, the world has become prosperous: powerful magocracies in the Middle Lands are going through a magical industrial revolution and rich tapestries of cultures flourish in the Yamato Mountain Range and the Seventeen Yonder Islands. These lie in the Corsic Ocean of the Ocean Belt beyond the 150 kilometer band of iron, the Iron Belt, which rings the planet around its equator.

And isolated from the rest: two technocracies so far beyond them that they could be thought to live in a world of their own. They are divided by their opposing views on integrating magic and technology, yet united in their quest for knowledge.

But who would have thought that none of these would start the next great war?
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Browse Aqualon's countless lore articles below: Fantasy, Scifi, Horror, Mystery; there is enough to suit any palate and sate any appetite.

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Become a Ferry Trainee by pledging 1$+ a month.

The Hank & Jordan & Tenzer corporation controls the shipwright and logistics sector of the Corsic Ocean and is rivaled only by the West-Yamato Trading Company. They are most famous for their Ferries, ship's mages for hire, which can be found at local HJT offices, which command wind or water to ensure safe passage in a sea riddled with storms and powerful pirate houses.  
  • Get the first novel "Rise of the Broken" as a pdf once it is completed in early 2019.
  • Early access to public articles.
  • Get access to secret facts and little in-world stories nested in most encyclopedia articles on Aqualon.
  • Get your own address in any mapped out village, town, or city of Aqualon, visible on the map on World Anvil!
  • Behind-the-scenes sneak-peeks into in-progress articles, maps, and projects.
 
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Become a Magus of the Academy by pledging 3$+ a month.

The Grand Academy of Fulgrath is one of the highest institutes of learning in the Middle Lands , and whether you specialize in lightning magic, alchemy, or the sciences, you'll be sure to make it far in the city of boundless opportunity. Of course not all mages concur that the GAF reigns supreme in magical education, and in fact there are a total of five Magus Academies in the Middle Lands and two overseas.  
  • All "Ferry Trainee" rewards.
  • Get the first novel "Rise of the Broken" as an ebook once it is completed in early 2019 and a proper ebook conversion has been completed.
  • Access to exclusive short stories and the newest chapters of the "The Glimmer War" book series, which will continue the story of "Rise of the Broken".
  • Access to the "Middle Lands" and "Great Land" discord categories.
  • Access to "The Curling Unagi" voice channel on Discord, let's talk and be merry!
  • Your name will be mentioned on the Aquaon World Anvil page, thank you very much!
 
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Become a Brother/Sister of the Null by pledging 5$+ a month.

The Brotherhood of the Null owns two great sanctums hewn from obsidian at either Walls of Weltenend (Eastern and Western) where they train in their strange art of nullifying magic while seeking enlightenment, ever ready to step in when magic is being used to the detriment of the human race.  
  • All "Magus of the Academy" rewards.
  • Eligible for merchandise raffles on the weekly "Gates of Aqualon TV" live-stream. (Raffles will be limited to digital content until at least 5 "Brother/Sister of the Null" tier or higher contributors are available.)
  • Shout-out on the weekly live-stream.
  • Access to secret author's commentary audio recordings in many articles, be soothed by the audible chocolate that is my voice.
  • Eligible for the "Worlds and Words of Interest" segment of the weekly live-stream. (Where I showcase worlds, poetry, writing, and artwork).
  • Get the scoop on Aqualon Writing Contests one week early!
 
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Become a Technocrat of Miyako Fluxum by pledging 9$+ a month.

Going beyond technology driven research, the technocrats of Miyako Fluxum dare to do research in technamagix, the banned faculty of Borealis. Knowledge is the ultimate end in itself, so move ahead with me, all the way to the future!  
  • All "Magus of the Academy" rewards.
  • Access to the "Miyako Fluxum, the moving City" category on Discord.
  • Get a beautifully printed deed to a house or piece of land on Aqualon and a marker to your new property on one of Aqualon's interactive maps!
  • Participate in character polls and World Anvil polls and actively influence the book and World Aanvil page!
  • Get download links for the music of Aqualon, composed by yours truly.
 
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Become an Angel Saxon Master Smith by pledging 15$+ a month.

Mysterious and withdrawn, most of what people know about the Angel Saxons is from legends and hearsay. They are the great smiths of magical arms and armor that serve the Old Gods.  
  • All "Technocrats of Miyako Fluxum" rewards.
  • Access to the "Realm of Angel Saxons" category on Discord.
  • Get your own poetry, songs, music, articles, and artwork featured on Discord.
  • Get a chance to have your work published in the "Gates of Aqualon Magazine".
  • You will be prominently mentioned on the website and World Anvil page.
 
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Become a Certified HJT Ferry by pledging 25$+ a month.

The Ferries of HJT are people of renown. They command the winds or the sea and are the bulwark against the elements of the Ocean Belt. With their powers and official HJT licenses, they hire their skills out to ships that traverse the Corsic Ocean and beyond, doing battle with storms and thwarting pirate attacks.  
  • All "Angel Saxon Master Smith" rewards.
  • Get occasional goodies such as magazine hard copies and merchandise from time to time.
  • You may participate in an Aqualon chat RPG on Discord mastered by yours truly.
  • I will write a short article about your character in Aqualon on the World Anvil page; be it yourself, your chat RPG character, or an original character you want in my setting. Once I have completed my character design course, I will also create artwork for your character!
  • Your character may appear in articles, short stories, and possibly even the novel.
 
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Become a member of the Greenhorn Family by pledging 50$+ a month.

"The war horn blows green" is one of the most famous sayings to emerge from the Great War, when the Greenhorns, the first masters of technamagix created green, magical horns they wore as hats and that could be heard everywhere at once when blown. They tamed mighty moths and rode them into battle, and are still among the most renowned researchers in the field of ribogenetics today.  
  • All "Certified Ferry" rewards.
  • This is the loot box tier! Get a monthly loot box with various goodies! Links to digital rewards may also be included.
  • Whenever one of my Aqualon novels is complete, a printed, hard-cover copy will be included in your monthly loot box.
 
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Become a member of the Hall of Heroes by pledging 100$+ a month.

You want to travel with me? Well... I suppose the road is wide enough, and where it isn't, we'll make do! Yes, saddle your horse, pack your bag, we are going on an adventure!  
  • All "The Greenhorn Family" rewards.
  • You may participate in a monthly video RPG session on Discord or Roll20, set in Aqualon and mastered by me.
  • Your adventures will be epic and well recorded on the World Anvil page. Perhaps word will even reach the characters of the books.
  • You may have your name on the website linked to your own site and add a short description or statement, and I will help you design a banner for this purpose, if you do not have your own.

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