The Lunarch Ascendancy
Starter Player Character — Lunarch Ascendancy
Name: Selene Vaelthorn
Race: Moon Elf
Class (Suggested): Wizard (Divination), Sorcerer (Lunar), or Cleric (Twilight)
Faction: Lunarch Ascendancy
Appearance:
Selene is tall and slender, with pale silver skin and long white hair that seems to shimmer under moonlight. Her eyes glow faintly violet when magic stirs. She wears flowing robes of indigo and pearl, embroidered with crescent sigils and star-thread, and carries a lunar focus crystal suspended on a silver chain.
Backstory:
Born beneath a rare triple moon convergence, Selene was claimed by the Lunarch Ascendancy as a child of omen. Raised within the Moonspire Sanctum, she was trained in prophecy, arcane observation, and celestial rites. Though loyal to the Ascendancy, Selene has begun to question their strict interpretations of fate. Sent into the wider world as a sanctioned observer, she is tasked with guiding events subtly—ensuring the future unfolds according to lunar design, or discovering whether fate can be changed.
Important Characters of the Lunarch Ascendancy
1. Arch-Lunarch Caelum Noctyrr
Race: Moon Elf
Class/Role: Wizard (Divination)
Title: Supreme Voice of the Lunar Will
Appearance & Backstory:
Caelum’s ageless features are illuminated by softly glowing runic tattoos along his temples. He has ruled the Lunarch Ascendancy for centuries, interpreting the moons’ movements as divine mandate. Once an idealist, Caelum became convinced that only strict celestial guidance can prevent Andorea’s ruin. He believes free will must sometimes yield to destiny—and enforces this belief through prophecy-backed governance.
2. High Oracle Virella Moonshade
Race: Shadar-kai Elf
Class/Role: Cleric (Twilight Domain)
Title: Keeper of the Veiled Futures
Appearance & Backstory:
Virella’s shadowed skin contrasts with glowing silver eyes, and her voice echoes unnaturally in quiet chambers. Drawn from the Shadowfell, she joined the Ascendancy after surviving a moon-ritual that should have killed her. She oversees prophecy interpretation and suppresses visions deemed too dangerous. Virella believes some futures must remain unseen—for the good of the Ascendancy.
3. Lunar Knight Tharion Silvermantle
Race: Aasimar (Moon-Touched)
Class/Role: Paladin (Oath of the Watchers)
Title: Warden of the Moonspire
Appearance & Backstory:
Tharion wears silvered plate etched with celestial constellations, his radiant halo appearing as a crescent moon during battle. Raised by the Ascendancy after celestial signs marked him as chosen, he serves as both protector and enforcer. Though fiercely loyal, Tharion secretly fears that the futures he is sworn to protect may demand terrible sacrifices.
4. Mistress Lyra Starveil
Race: Half-Elf
Class/Role: Bard (College of Whispers)
Title: Voice of Silent Accord
Appearance & Backstory:
Lyra dresses in elegant lunar silks and carries a moonstone lyre. She gathers secrets, spreads controlled rumors, and manipulates foreign courts in the Ascendancy’s favor. Once a court performer in the Gilded League, she was recruited after uncovering a prophecy through song. Lyra believes information—not magic—is the truest expression of lunar power.
5. Chronomancer Eryndel Phaseborn
Race: Elf
Class/Role: Wizard (Chronurgy)
Title: Keeper of the Lunar Cycle
Appearance & Backstory:
Eryndel’s robes shimmer as if out of phase with time, and his movements lag a heartbeat behind reality. Obsessed with the moon’s influence on time itself, he experiments with altering moments tied to lunar alignments. The Ascendancy tolerates his dangerous research only because his discoveries have repeatedly saved them from catastrophic futures—at great personal cost.