Runes

Practitioners of Runelore, such as Shamans and Runewardens, possess the ability to sketch various runes on themselves, other persons, the ground, totems, weapons and armour. In doing so a variety of beneficial or harmful effects may be achieved.

History

Legend states that Ayar Himself once stood upon a branch of the World Tree and etched the original twenty-nine runes of Runelore. Sometime later this branch was cut off, however, and the tree itself began to decay causing five of the original runes to be lost.

The family of Tithian and Phineus, the House tutors of the Spirit Walkers and Wardens of the Cerulean Spire respectively, found a way to hold the decay at bay with a seal. The seal was broken in two and held by these tutors until recent times, when a malevolent spirit attacked them both and stole the protective shards. The World Tree once again began to decay and along with it the various runing abilities within Runelore.

Using remnants of a lullaby sung to the tutors when they were children as clues, a way to reforge the fallen branch was discovered and the decay of the Yggdrasil was halted. Through the collective efforts of Shamans and Runewardens, the names of the runes were painstakingly re-etched upon the tree, giving power to all of the runes once again, including the five runes previously lost to mortalkind.

Rune List

The following is a list of the runes re-etched upon the Yggdrasil and currently accessible to users of Runelore:

Runes	Affects	Appearance
Kena	Inspires fear	Nightmare
Uruz	Heals allies	Lightning bolt
Fehu	Causes sleeping urges	Closed eye
Pithakhan	Attacks mental reserves
Jera	Increases vitality	Oak
Inguz	Paralyzes enemies	Stick man
Wunjo	Returns enemy’s sight	Open eye
Lagul	Increases the ability of a weapon to connect	Dirk
Sowulu	Damages the health of enemies	Nail
Algiz	Protects from damage	Elk
Isaz	Calls forth shockwaves	Flurry of lightning bolts
Dagez	Heals afflictions at random
Gebu	Increases the blunt protection of armour	Shield
Gebo	Increases the cutting protection of armour	Chain
Gular	Raises a stone wall
Raido	Summons a spirit steed	Horse
Thurisaz	Calls forth a spout of molten lava	Volcano
Lagua	Increases a weapon’s damage	Large hammer
Hugalaz	Calls down a hailstorm
Nauthiz	Sucks the nourishment from foes
Mannaz	Returns hearing	Bell
Othala	Besieges enemies with spouts of lava	Mountain range
Sleizak	Afflicts foes with voyria poison	Viper
Tiwaz	Removes the defences of enemies	Upward-pointing arrow
Berkana	Provides health regeneration	Lion
Nairat	Beguiles and transfixes enemies	Butterfly
Eihwaz	Dampens vibrations
Laguz	Makes a weapon magically faster	Long slim blade
Loshre	Afflicts enemies with anorexia	Apple core