Skyfall:Archives: Index

Contents: Astronomy, Awakening, Ancients, Celestials ...see also CoE: Tribes & CoE: Zodiac Houses


The concept depicts Qins, Antepyrovians, Titans, Vices, Virtues and/or Ancients, depending on the term you prefer to use: their celestial bodies hovering over elyrians' night skies and their daily lives, dancing along their own tune.

Astronomy meets astrology

Since times immemorial, elyrian religions turned to the stars (and their avatars) to find explanations and signs to incoming and current events (CoE: Almanach), hence the earlier names are the Qins from the Qindred lore and founding stories, while the latest are from the (relative) newcoming Virtori concepts of Vices and Virtues (seven each, though a bit different than their earthly counterparts).

Closer to players, during charater creation (from scratch or from child contract), the choice of the character's birth date will be felt through their whole lifetime Story Arcs, especially important are the conceptual influences of those CoE: Celestials bodies crossing through the twelve CoE: Zodiac Houses at that defining moment.

Better ask an astronomer about your child's horoscope... as spinning story hooks from player actions is but one of the powerful feature of the narrative Soulborn Engine.

Soul-centric story-telling

The Akashic Records is a mystical place and Soul Pool within the Astral Plane where deeds from the player-character souls are recorded... and judged, or weighted to be more accurate? Home to the Character Creation, each soul can be reincarnated into their next character's lifetime, related or not (at the cost of a single Life Spark, no more, no less).

You can find more about character customization in our CoE: Tribes section and the official guide.

Prologue: The Awakening [#]

Akashic Records: Anara Starsong's forewarning

Akashic Records: Anara Starsong's forewarning

"The Awakening" is one of the pre-launch phase of the game and a major event in elyrian timeline: an offline prologue occuring in elyrian year 797 (twenty years before Launch, eight before the history-making "Exposition" phase).

The astronomical-accurate orrery shown in the above video, central piece of the "room", allow players to check, with unrivaled precision, the positions of the celestial bodies at the time of their chosen birth date.

Lore and the Ancients

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Below, each ancient's card view has more details and information than initially shown in the list below (one vertical column per astral form): noticeably folklore, family ties between the Qins, origins of the CoE: Tribes... and their associated CoE: Newslinger articles.

Skyfall:Archives: Ancients in the elyrian (solar) system [CoE]

Skyfall:Archives: Ancients in the elyrian (solar) system [CoE]

Orrery and major Celestial bodies

An insightful reader might want to check the CoE: Almanach about recurring major events like for instance the "Longest Night" (years-long eclipse of Angelica by Selene) or the "Queen's Gaze" (passage of the Eye comet) events.

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Cover image: Orrery in the Akashic Records, background to the Character Creation. Images credits: Soulbond Studios. <<