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 the World Tree branch 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 Phineas, 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 after attacking them both, a malevolent spirit stole these protective shards.

Using remnants of a lullaby sung to the brothers 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 theYggdrasil and currently accessible to users of Runelore:

• Kena Inspires fear
• Uruz Heals allies with earth magic
• Fehu Causes sleeping urges.
• Pithakhan Attack sthe mental reserves of enemies
• Jera Increases the vitality of the bearer
• Inguz Paralyzes enemies
• Wunjo Returns an enemy's sight.
• Lagul Increases the ability of a weapon to connect
• Sowulu Damages the health of enemies
• Algiz Protects from damage
• Isaz Calls forth shockwaves
• Dagaz Heals afflictions from you at random
• Gebu Increases the blunt protection of armou.
• Gebo Increases the cutting protection of armour
• Gular Raises a stone wall
• Raido Summons a spirit steed to bear a practitioner home
• Thurisaz Calls forth a spout of molten lava from the earth
• Lagua Increases a weapon's damage
• Hugalaz Calls down a hailstorm
• Nauthiz Sucks the nourishment from foes
• Mannaz Return hearing to a victim
• Othala Besieges enemies with spouts of molten lava
• Sleizak Afflicts foes with voyria poison
• Tiwaz Removes the defenses of enemies
• Berkana Provides health regeneration to the bearer
• Nairat Beguiles and transfixes enemies
• Eihwaz Dampens vibrations
• Laguz Makes a weapon magically faster.
• Loshre Afflicts enemies with anorexia.