The World

Pages on the concepts and locations related to the setting of Heartfall.

Magic

• The Celestial Gods. The five Gods whose Hearts orbit the Earth like crystalline moons. Humans pray to them, and in exchange, they send friendly gifts of blood, which gives humanity access to their Domains of magic. All the Celestial Gods were human once, and like humans, they will all die eventually.
  • The Grand Maker. The eldest of the extant Celestial Gods, she was once a master metalworker and now reigns over creation, craft, and transformation; but also destruction, disassembly, and unmaking.
  • The Star-Seeker. A scholar in life, they are now the God of knowledge, light, and perception; but also of secrecy, darkness, and occlusion.
  • The Warden-at-the-Gate. Once a humble stonemason, he rose to become the God of protection, defense, and duty; but also of piercing, attacking, and breaking through.
  • The Flower-Queen. The First Queen of Floracio, and now its foremost Goddess, she oversees growth, healing, and renewal; but also decay, deterioration, and beautiful endings. Eighteen years ago, her Divine reign ended, and her Heart split and fell, the Halves landing in East and West Floracio.
  • The Traveler Returning. The youngest of the Celestial Gods, he was a seafarer in life (or a pirate, as others claim). He is the God of journeys, exploration, and connection; but also of isolation and loss of direction.
• The Old One. The dead (or undead?) God of the Earth, whose Domain is nebulous and poorly-understood. It is associated with time, inevitability, suppression, downfall, and gravity. Unlike the Celestial Gods, it has no Heart in the sky, nor is it known what form it took in life... If ever it was alive at all.
• Heartfall. This is the term used to describe the death of Celestial Gods, in which their Hearts fall back to the Earth, often causing a minor magical cataclysm wherever they land.