Rideen Wiki

Rideen is a fantasy/sci-fi setting created by Ethan Cuka. It is a world in the midst of an industrial revolution. Factories churn out new magical technologies, while old ones are rediscovered in the radioactive wastelands of Grellain. Railroad lines blaze across the continent, pushing through the Hana Barr mountains where the walls between realities blur and otherwordly beasts prowl. It is a world where everything new is built on the bones of the old, where thought and substance are closer than you might think, and where nothing stays the same for long.

This wiki is a dedicated worldbuilding hub for all things Rideen and all content within is created by Ethan Cuka unless otherwise stated. Feel free to browse and learn more about the setting, or see this page for information on how to run a tabletop game within the Rideen setting.

Important articles

 * On-Ramp: A fast introduction to the Rideen setting. If you're not sure where to start or are feeling overwhelmed, take a skim through this and see what piques your interest.

The Peoples of Rideen

 * Humans: You know, humans. Weird mostly hairless primates from the distant continent of Pritami.
 * Ikryn: Cold-blooded but warm-hearted lizard people from the eastern half of Rideen. Interracial tension is brewing between the rubies (a group of ikryn who lost their homeland in the Winter Event) and the emeralds (who took them in as refugees but also exploited their condition).
 * Yewen: Magically gifted but volatile people descended from ancient celestial beings. Much of yewen society is dominated by a religious ethnofascist regime based on preserving the "purity" of different yewen bloodlines.
 * Koromein: Hulking beetle-like people. Gentle but reclusive, and as distrustful of others as others are of them. They are generally content to live in small communes in the Hana Barr mountains and trade for what they need.
 * Lilithan: Agile flying-squirrel-like people who live in the canopy of the Tikarra jungle, gliding between the treetops over a sea of carnivorous vines. Sometimes disliked due to their grotesque appearances.
 * Mira-Gui: Mysterious sentient magical constructs from far to the south-west.
 * A Note on Species: Why does this wiki use "species" rather than "race?" This page clarifies the author's position on ethnicity and biological species within the setting.

Magic and Metaphysics

 * The Arcane Plane: The source of most magic in Rideen. A churning maelstrom of chaos and entropy where the thoughts and dreams of all living beings manifest.
 * The Epcane Plane: An "inverted" version of the arcane plane that produces energy toxic to most life in Rideen. Those who can wield epcane magic are exceptionally deadly.
 * Gods: Arcane manifestations of the collective thoughts, fears, and dreams of entire civilizations
 * Aspects: Avatars of a god's power who walk among mortals, usually in secret, forwarding the interests of their god.

History and Culture

 * The Sundering: An apocalyptic event long ago marked by massive earthquakes and the invasion of otherworldly creatures.
 * The Winter Event: A kinda apocalyptic event not too long ago that covered the country of Grellain in a fog of toxic epcane radiation, making it uninhabitable for generations.
 * The Greskel Family: A family of vicious sorcerer-kings who ruled Grellain before the Winter Event.

Locations

 * The Grellain Badlands: Once home to the proud ruby kingdom, the irradiated wasteland of Grellain is now being recolonized as the effects of the Winter Event fade
 * The Tikarra Jungle: The entire lilithan civilization exists in the tiered canopies produced by the massive trees of the jungle. Down below, a sea of carnivorous vines called the Churning Maw devours anything and anyone who falls from the treetops.
 * The Hana Barr Mountains: Unnatural mountains that split the continent in half. The mountains are a weak spot between worlds, and the site of many strange happenings.
 * The Masic Delta: A wealthy republic inhabited by people from all walks of life. Currently, however, it is starting to face rising turmoil due to massive wealth inequality and indentured servitude.
 * The United Kingdom of Triskel: A coalition of human settlements on Rideen's eastern shore that has grown into a powerful empire.
 * Pritami: The distant homeland of humanity, composed of dozens of diverse civilizations and countries.
 * The Star Cradle: A tropical paradise scoured by the craters left behind when the Yew crashed to the ground. Their ancestors, the yewen, live in the craters and

People

 * King Akazar Greskel, "the Patchwork King" who ruled Grellain with his powerful magic, tearing the very Fabric of reality asunder to maintain power.
 * Koda Khrisholm, sometimes referred to as "the Last Ruby Prince." A poet and inventor who was the last member of Grellain's royal family before the country's destruction from the Winter Event.



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