Ink and watercolour sketch of townsfolk at work in a stone courtyard: blacksmiths at an anvil by a forge, an enchanter at a workbench, a miner with an ore cart and a guard with a spear under red banners.

Faction

Meliorans

The folk of Meliora: craftsmen, miners and townspeople who cannot summon raw magic themselves, but have mastered the art of enchantment.

  • Before the Invasion
  • The Goblin Invasion
  • Between the Ages
  • Dark Times

Description

Meliorans are the people of the realm: the townsfolk of Pinewood and High Oak, the miners and smiths, and the army that guards Meliora's borders. Only a true wizard can summon raw Rift magic unaided, but many Meliorans specialise in working it into enchanted objects, from blades that wound only the wielder's opponent to finely made instruments. To those without magic, a belt of bottled elements is priceless treasure.

Historical context

Their enchanted wares made the Meliorans a prize for the goblin invasion, and their neglect of the abandoned Healand Mines let it take them by surprise; once the portal had collapsed, Meliora's own army was left to deal with the survivors. Most Meliorans, Aurelius noted a generation later, think of elves as forest-loving druids, an impression he considered badly mistaken.