Myrador — World Atlas
What Sydney Diem Knows
A street-level primer for a traveling stoat prophet in Myrador.
The Big Picture
The world is fractured. Tyrants have carved Myrador into territories and the common folk are caught in the middle. A rebellion just kicked off in Mossrest — the Rat King’s soldiers showed up trying to subjugate the town and the residents fought back. That’s where the calendar restarted. It’s year 1 A.R. — After the Rebellion.
Syd has been traveling for 2-4 years, so he’s seen the buildup firsthand. The mood of the land: people are scared, angry, and looking for something to believe in. Perfect conditions for a prophet.
The Territories
The Verdant Forest — Home
The ancient heart of Myrador. Old-growth trees, fey spirits in the shadows, beast-folk and wanderers. This is where Syd likely grew up and where he knows best.
Mossrest — The rebel haven. A real community with elections. Mayor Viola Greenwhisker keeps winning despite protesting every time. The other candidate is Stump Barkly, who nobody takes seriously but who won’t stop talking about the “Inshcident of Thurteh’ Tree” (33 B.R.) that nobody else understands. Syd would have performed here. He’d know these people.
The Hollowtree Archives — A massive ancient tree at the heart of the forest, said to have been planted by Virelan herself (~4,620 B.R.). Its roots twist into an archive of knowledge. If anyone could verify — or disprove — Verimoss, it’s here. Syd probably avoids looking too closely.
The Gossamer Stream — A stream that gleams under moonlight. Rumored to carry whispered messages for those who know how to listen. Its waters supposedly ease dreams or deepen visions. Flowers bloom year-round along its banks. Resistance messengers and fey both use it.
Other known locations: Brackenburrow, Stump’s Stump, The Beaverbank River, The Whispering Thicket.
The Burrowdark — East
A sprawling catacomb network formed thousands of years ago during a tectonic event called The Shudder (~8,000 B.R.). Caves, trenches, tunnel entrances on the surface. Only tough vegetation survives the constant quakes.
The tunnels were sealed with fire about 10 years ago during the Plague of Maggotgate — a horrific epidemic of rot and decay. Recently re-excavated. Now controlled by the Rat King, whose Vermarmy (rat soldiers, scouts, battalions) crawls across the landscape. Contains Crownspire Burrow.
The Rat King is the one who tried to take Mossrest and got driven out — that’s what started the rebellion.
The Iron Canopy — North
Used to be the northern Verdant Forest, beyond the Smokespine Mountains. Now ravaged by a warlord called Grakk who’s running an industrial operation — machines churning through trees, smog choking the sky, rivers tainted. The forest floor festers with industrial waste.
His fortress is Grakkspire — a towering steel citadel that perpetually belches black smoke. He’s processing forest timber into Grakkus (a dark green viscous substance) → refined into Groil → forged into Grakksteel.
Syd would know the Iron Canopy by reputation — refugees from the deforestation, stories of poisoned streams, beast-folk displaced from their homes.
Saltmourne — The Delta
The region around the Golden Canal. Ancient history: the freshwater Saltjaw Empire drowned ~5,000 B.R. when the sea flooded in. Gold vaults still lure treasure hunters.
Recent history: a decade-long drought (11 B.R. to 1 B.R.) cracked the land and sent sandstorms raging. Then Sutekh, the Sand Priest, emerged from a centuries-old ziggurat, claimed divine authority, demanded tribute, and made it rain again.
Syd would recognize Sutekh as a kindred spirit — someone using the claim of divine power to control people. Except Sutekh might actually have the power to back it up.
The Embermaw — Western Highlands
A massive ancient crater formed when the sky fell (~10,000 B.R., the Night of Embersky). Volcanoes were active for millennia, went dormant ~3,000 B.R. A powerful keep called Ashvault was built in the crater center (~2,900 B.R.).
The volcanoes erupted again without warning 12 B.R. — fire and ash, burning shadow over the west. Ashvault Keep survived untouched, which is suspicious.
Syd would know the Embermaw mostly as “don’t go there” territory.
The Witchgut Wetlands — South
Southern bogs. The Corruption of Throtch Hollow (100 B.R.) opened a rift and the bog expanded unnaturally from the void, devouring villages in a sea of spores. It’s void-touched — something wrong grew out of it.
Syd would have heard horror stories. Refugees from the Corruption ended up in Mossrest.
Icereach — Far North
Cold. Remote. Syd probably knows very little.
The Titans
Virelan (she/her)
Druidic Old God. Created life in Myrador through the Verdant Oath (~7,100 B.R.), when wild gods and spirits bound themselves to the land, scattered sacred seeds, and shaped the wilderness. Domains: life, community, participation, shared knowledge. The Hollowtree is said to be her planting. The closest thing Myrador has to a widely known creator deity.
Iboraen (E-bohr-ayne)
The other known Titan. Associated with dreams. “Dream, big or small, just dream…” Much more mysterious than Virelan — less widely discussed, which makes Iboraen useful for Syd’s purposes. Harder to fact-check a deity nobody talks about.
Both Titans are listed as having unnamed children/courtiers. This is the gap Syd exploits. Verimoss is supposedly one of these minor figures — a scribe who records things the powerful want forgotten. Obscure enough that nobody can confirm or deny.
The Tyrants
| Tyrant | Territory | Method |
|---|---|---|
| The Rat King | The Burrowdark | Military force (the Vermarmy) |
| Grakk | The Iron Canopy | Industrial exploitation (Grakksteel) |
| Sutekh, the Sand Priest | Saltmourne | Theocratic authority (divine claims) |
| Unknown (Ashvault) | The Embermaw | Unknown — the keep survived eruptions untouched |
People Syd Would Know
Mayor Viola Greenwhisker — Mossrest’s perpetual mayor. Wins write-in elections despite protesting. Serves because people need her, not because she wants power.
Stump Barkly — The other candidate. Won’t stop talking about something nobody understands. Harmless. Good audience.
Ylva Crumplepott — A scholar/wizard who’s been alive 100+ years. Lost family to the Corruption of Throtch Hollow. Dedicates her life to the Hollowtree Archives and knowledge. If anyone might notice the lack of records about Verimoss, it’s her.
Sylas Embershadow — An opossum rogue who grew up poor, stole books, and hunts ancient lore. A kindred scrappy underclass spirit.
Zuriko Amberport — A rare book dealer in Mossrest. If the mentor’s journal has provenance questions, Zuriko might notice.
Shaa’Rokk the Thunder Maw — A crocodilian warrior from near the Witchgut Wetlands, declared “chosen by the storm god” after surviving a lightning strike. References a storm god — so there are divine figures beyond the two Titans.
Timeline (Key Events)
| When | What |
|---|---|
| ~10,000 B.R. | Night of Embersky — the sky fell, creating the Embermaw Crater |
| ~9,200 B.R. | Smokespine Mountains form |
| ~8,000 B.R. | The Shudder — tectonic upheaval forms the Burrowdark |
| ~7,100 B.R. | The Verdant Oath — wild gods bind to the land, life begins |
| ~5,000 B.R. | Sinking of Saltjaw — freshwater sea floods an empire |
| ~4,620 B.R. | Birth of the Hollowtree |
| ~3,000 B.R. | Embermaw goes dormant |
| ~2,900 B.R. | Ashvault Keep built |
| 300 B.R. | The Sand Priest arrives in Saltmourne |
| 100 B.R. | Corruption of Throtch Hollow — void rift opens in wetlands |
| 33 B.R. | The “Inshcident of Thurteh’ Tree” — nobody knows |
| 12 B.R. | Embermaw erupts again; Ashvault survives |
| 11–1 B.R. | Ten-year drought of the Golden Canal |
| 10 B.R. | Plague of Maggotgate — Burrowdark tunnels sealed |
| 1 B.R. | Rat King rises; Sutekh re-emerges and ends drought |
| 1 A.R. | Mossrest drives out the Vermarmy — rebellion begins |
Calendar months (known): Ashrise (Jan), Bramblemarch (early spring), Rootmember (Mar), Frostmoor (May), Sparkch (Aug), Bloomstart (Oct), Flamefall (Dec). Gaps exist.
What Syd Wouldn’t Know
- The deep lore in the Hollowtree Archives (he hasn’t looked — too risky for the con)
- The full nature of the Corruption of Throtch Hollow (void magic is above his pay grade)
- What’s really going on inside Ashvault Keep (nobody seems to)
- Whether the Titans are still active or just historical figures
- What happened to his mentor
- Whether Verimoss is real