By Danny "Ralsu" Gourley



With The Chronicles of
Spellborn (TCoS), players enter into an impressive
online scenario with scenic landscapes, majestic cities and the
remnants of an ancient civilization. Alone or with a party of allies,
PC adventurers step into a huge fantasy realm consisting of varied
shard worlds floating in the magic Deadspell Storm.



Frogster recently released some lore for TCoS in the form of a
time line,
and
Ten Ton Hammer has the details.

To most scholars it is unknown what has happened in this
period. Some
of them are not even convinced it lasted a full 500 years. What is
known is that the remnants of the world - the various Shards and
Fragments - are covered in Undying Ice during this period and that all
survivors of the Great Collapse are frozen in time, trapped within a
deep slumber. 

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Shards

The Shards are remnant pieces of the Ancestor World floating within the
Deadspell Storm. They usually shield their interior habitat (oppidan
and levee) from outside influences with a gigantic carapace (consisting
out of an inner and an outer carapace) stretching over it. Shards
should not be confused with Fragments, which might be as large but lack
a carapace. Nor should they be confused with Raftyards, which are
considerably smaller, also lack a carapace and are man-made.

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Oppidan: The inhabited pieces of land from the Ancestor World
locked inside a Shard.

Outer Carapace:
The outer rock shell of a Shard. Often has a recognizable form.

Focal Aperture(s):
The hole(s) which reach through both carapaces allowing light coming
from the Deadspell Storm to shine inside.

Inner Carapace:
The inner rock shell of a Shard. The form of the inner carapace almost
never follows that of the outside carapace.

Levee: The
space inside a Shard which is not occupied by the Oppidan. It is often
considerably larger than the Oppidan functionally requires.

Known Shards: Parliament, Ringfell, Quarterstone, Mount of Heroes.

Fragments

Fragments are like small Shards, yet they lack a carapace and
constantly bathe unprotected in the swirling light of the Deadspell
Storm. Life is possible and sustainable on them, although beings are
subject to more violent manifestations of the Deadspell Storm, whether
that be entities or rogue magic storms.

Known Fragments: The Athenaeum, Hood’s Belfry...

Undying Ice

Magical ice that instantly encased all the created Shards and Fragments
directly after the Great Collapse. It is believed to have formed after
the magical energies of the Altar of the Undying were set free, thus it
is assumed that the Ice is a direct consequence of destroying the
Altar. Melting it requires a piece of the Altar itself to be hold in
contact with it.