Practitioners of Runelore, namely members of the Runewarden class, possess the ability to sketch various runes on themselves, other people, the ground, totems, weapons, and armour. By doing so, a variety of desired beneficial or harmful effects can 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 brothers Tithian and Phineus, House tutors to the Spirit Walkers and the 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 the tutors until recent times, when a malevolent spirit attacked them both and stole the protective shards. The World Tree once again began to decay, along with it the various runic abilities within Runelore.

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

After performing a ritual to mend the veil to the spirit realm in the year 669AF, Shamans severed their connection with earth magic, thereby losing their ability to sketch runes.

Rune List

The following is a list of all the runes currently accessible to users of Runelore:

Rune Effect Appearance Img
Kena inspires fear nightmare
Uruz heals allies lightning bolt
Fehu causes sleeping urges closed eye
Pithakhan attacks mental reserves square box
Jera increases vitality oak
Inguz paralyses enemies stick man
Wunjo returns an 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
Dagaz heals afflictions at random rising sun
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 ball of ice
Nauthiz sucks the nourishment from foes leech
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 yew
Laguz makes a weapon magically faster long slim blade
Loshre afflicts enemies with anorexia apple core