World Setting

Chronicles of Ashenfall tells the stories of a group of adventurers trying to survive in a harsh world a few generations after a cataclysm known as the Veil Sundering. They face the challenge of supporting a viable settlement in the ruins of an ancient and derelict outpost.

Over 120 years ago, new and terrible magicks were released into the world as the sky was rent asunder and mysterious tears in the veil separating our realm from otherworldly forces appeared. Although the origin of these tears are unknown, the fallout was seen by people around the world: “ashes“ fell from the other side, forever changing everything they touched. Creatures were twisted and transformed, the land was shattered, and the cycle of life and death was broken.

The outpost, now called Mysthaven, occupies the politically precarious position of separating several kingdoms and city-states that formed since the Sundering. Mysthaven and surrounding lands serve as a buffer for many of the powers-that-be and a waystation for travelers between them. For those who seek fortune among ruin, a new start to forget the past, or sanctuary from that which haunts them, Mysthaven is as good a place as any...