The Age of Leviathans

Before the empires, before the factions, even before the first parley coin clinked on a table—there were the Leviathans.

Massive, ancient, and in many cases sapient sea titans, the Leviathans were the original shapers of Aethertide. Their passage carved trenches, their breaths summoned whirlpools, and their dreams seeded islands. Some believe the very Weave follows their ancient migratory paths.

Titans of the Deep

Leviathans vary wildly in form and temperament. Some resemble serpents miles long, others drift like living islands, shell-backed and forested. Many were once worshiped as gods, and some still are.

Notable types include:

  • The Spinebacks – Crag-covered leviathans with cities built on their backs

  • The Deepcallers – Whale-like entities with voices that warp time and current

  • The Seraphant – A sky-swimming hybrid seen only during eclipse tides

Their known migration patterns are still tracked by Leviathan Hunters, tide-priests, and map-keepers, especially near the @Migratory Leviathan Islands .

Legacy on the World

The Age of Leviathans predates written history. Much of what we know comes from:

  • Coral scripture preserved by the @Coral Crown

  • Memory-scrolls stored in the @The Spiraled Wake Archives

  • Tidebones, massive skeletal remnants used as temples or ships

Their deaths created:

  • New island chains

  • Magical sea-glass fields

  • Cursed regions like the @The Gyre of Lost Souls , where their fury lingers

The Leviathan Wars (Suppressed Histories)

Some texts speak of a time when mortals rose against the leviathans, attempting to enslave or chain them for power. This may tie into the mysterious Age of Chains, a suppressed era of magical imperialism where the influence of @The Veythane Empire was at his highest.

What is known:

  • Some leviathans were bound in runes and turned into fortresses

  • Others fled to the deepest trenches

  • A few still surface during eclipse tides or during Stormcalls

Leviathans Today

Though rare, leviathan sightings persist:

  • Stormcallers claim the Tidemother rides one beneath her temple

  • Free Keys sailors speak of the Worm of Blackwake, half-seen by ghostlight

  • Pilgrims claim to hear their songs in the sky mist

  • Voices murmur that somewhere in the @The Duskmoors a titan sleeps.

Some smaller descendants, known as Leviathan Kin, have been seen serving as:

  • Island bases for druids

  • Bound spirits for abyssal warlocks

  • Sentient companions to ancient shipwrights

Cultural Impact

To many, Leviathans are revered ancestors of the ocean. Festivals and tattoos often depict them in stylized form. Leviathan-scale armor and weapons are legendary artifacts.

Ships may carry figureheads carved in leviathan likeness, or sails dyed in tidal ink to attract their blessing—or ward off their attention.

Warning from the Archives

"Should a Leviathan breach in full... pray not for survival, but for meaning."

To sail Aethertide is to sail a sea built on the bones—and breath—of these titans. They are not gone. Only sleeping.