The first chronicle. Vethara is the pilot that proved the whole system — a continent raised from Isrogant's lore and set a year after the Great Flood, played free with a hand-picked circle of rulers. Its thrones are filled and its history is already being written, week by week.
The world
Vethara occupies the Western Reaches — some four hundred miles of shattered coast and reclaimed plain, walled off to the east by the Great Accursed Mountains, beyond which a wider continent lies off the charts. Like every Flood Chronicles world it opened on the first day of Year 1, with six surviving city-states scattered across the ruin and a ring of lesser powers between them. From that low, equal beginning its rulers have been carving out kingdoms, faiths, feuds and fortunes.
Everything in Vethara from Year 1 onward is its own: its realms, its rulers, its wars and bargains belong to no other world and to no canon. What the players build here is theirs. The deep history they inherited — the Age of Wonders, the Mage Wars, the empire of Adjagard and the Flood that ended it — is set out in The Game.
The state of Vethara
Continent
The Western Reaches — the founding map of The Flood Chronicles.
Status
Full. All six thrones are taken; the world is closed to new rulers.
Nature of the pilot
The free proving game, played by invitation with a circle of long-standing collaborators.
The age
A little over a year since the Great Flood; the calendar advances one week per turn.
Newspaper
The Edö Messenger — the elitist, biased, post-Flood voice that carries the news of the age.
Resolution
A human game master adjudicates every turn, with Claude as clerk and co-author; nothing is published until reviewed.
Applications closed
Vethara's six seats are filled, so it is not taking new players. The second chronicle, Calderis, has now filled as well. If you would like a throne of your own, the next world — Armidion — is being prepared, and you can join its waiting list for free to be told the moment it opens.
The living record of Vethara — the newspaper that has gone out, the scenes and maps of the world, and any films of its making. New material appears here as it is added; nothing is set in stone.
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Support Vethara Voluntary
Vethara was the free pilot and stays free — there is nothing to pay. If you have enjoyed following its chronicle and would like to help toward the game master's time and the tools that keep the world turning, a small contribution is warmly received and never expected.
