Wizard World

Biodata

Geography and Regions

• The Wizard World is divided broadly into five major regions: East, South, West, North, and Central. The Central Domain is the strongest and the core of wizard civilization; the South and North developed later and are comparatively peripheral. 211 232
• The Southern Region is divided between Dark Wizard and White Wizard territories. Their boundary runs through the Atlas Mountains, Reed Swamp, and the Nightmare Rift. 211
• The Atlas Mountains form a natural border between Dark and White Wizard lands. Their borderlands are ungoverned and dangerous, with frequent killings and conspiracies. 122
• Nightmare Rift is a resource-rich neutral gathering place spanning the Dark–White border. It is outside the control of both camps and attracts knowledge-seekers, criminals, and independent factions. 122
• The Southern Region’s power structure is primarily determined by strength and the Dark–White divide, unlike the more professionalized Eastern Region, where factions are commonly organized by wizard path. 232

Civilization

Expansion and Plane Expeditions

The Wizard World developed through continual exploration, war, and the occupation of foreign planes. Conquered worlds are described as stars orbiting the Wizard World’s “Great Sun,” a symbol reproduced on Enforcer Wizard robes. 140

• Morning Star Wizards are qualified to lead true interplanar expeditions and can receive the protection and response of the Wizard World’s origin. 223
• A major expedition requires a Morning Star Wizard, an expeditionary legion, a Wizard Tower serving as command center, and a Star Gate capable of opening an interplanar route. 300
• The Gate of the Starry Sky uses coordinates and resonating projections to perceive a target plane’s laws, characteristics, and stability before passage is attempted. 223
• Morning Star Wizards commonly send lower-level wizards to scout foreign worlds before entering personally, as foreign worlds can suppress wizard power and conceal hostile civilizations. 242

Otherworld Purification

Otherworld Purification Devices are technologies used to extract essence from foreign worlds and progressively shift their rules toward those of the Wizard World. 141 142

• Their deployment supports prolonged campaigns against powerful, exclusionary plane worlds. 141
• The devices are highly valuable, have limited operational lifespans, and are generally inaccessible to ordinary Official Wizards outside expeditionary forces. 141
• Large-scale deployment—such as over one hundred devices—is normally associated with operations against beings above the Morning Star level. 141

Society and Races

• Wizard cultivation is not exclusive to humans. Dwarves, elves, half-orcs, goblins, fishmen, mixed-bloods, and other races exist within the Wizard World, and some possess wizard aptitude. 123
• Humans remain the mainstream among wizards; non-human wizards are comparatively uncommon in Lynn’s experience. 282
• Many non-human races entered the Wizard World through the civilization’s historical invasions and subsequent integration of conquered peoples. 123
• Wizard aptitude is determined by innate talent rather than bloodline. Even descendants of powerful wizards are not guaranteed to inherit aptitude. 134
• The world’s source was altered to prevent wizard aptitude from becoming hereditary and to limit other extraordinary paths from gaining equivalent longevity. 134
• Only the Path of the Wizard grants true long life; other extraordinary paths may grant power but do not halt aging. 134

Power Structure

Morning Star Realms

Governance and Law

Wizard Council

The Wizard Council is a cross-regional organization with civilizational authority, distinct from local powers such as Furnace Stone and the Nightmare Rift. 139

• Enforcer Wizards belong directly to the Council rather than independent factions. Their star-covered robes and golden-sun emblem symbolize the Wizard World’s origin and its conquered planes. 95 140
• The Council’s intervention usually signals a threat connected to an outside civilization. 139
• Wizards are expected to obey Council orders concerning the defense of the Wizard World. 139
• The Council regulates Official Wizards and most Morning Star Wizards through extensive rules and prohibitions; Radiant Moon Wizards possess far greater freedom and influence. 249
• The City of Mountains’ upper district serves Council members and contains major Council institutions, including its library. 304

Dark and White Wizards

• The Southern Region’s Dark and White Wizard factions are geographically opposed, though Morning Star Wizards from rival camps generally avoid direct conflict unless major interests are involved. 220
• Spirit Eye Furnace is a dangerous Level 4 Dark Wizard faction controlling the Kingdom of Aeluria. 69
• White Heart Tower is a Level 4 White Wizard faction in the Kingdom of Luros. 69
• The two factions are the dominant powers around the Emerald Island Forest and the surrounding buffer zone. 69

Major Locations

• City of Machinery — A prosperous neutral city originally founded by Mechanical Wizards. Dark Wizards, White Wizards, and other forces coexist there under the city’s rules; several Morning Star Wizards are citizens. 129
• City of Mountains — A Southern Region city built against mountains and linked through the earth’s “veins”; it contains major Wizard Council facilities. 304 479
• Nightmare Rift — A neutral border region free from Dark and White Wizard control, known for resource exchange and rapid information circulation. 122
• Emerald Island Forest — A dangerous region in Dark Wizard territory, bordered by the Kingdom of Aeluria, Duchy of Keshila, and Kingdom of Salam. 95
• Furnace Stone — A major Southern Region power with extensive teleportation networks and a massive Wizard Tower at its center. 227 223
• Void Wanderer / Skeletal Wasteland — A colossal rule-bound creature whose body hosts the Black Wizard Exchange; its residual rules conceal the identities of Morning Star attendees. 327

Defenses

The Wizard World possesses three major defensive layers against foreign civilizations. 479

1. Starry Sky Corridor — Screens approaching entities at the world’s outer boundary. 479
2. Protective grand formation — Examines bloodline, soul, spiritual fluctuations, authority marks, and civilization imprints. 479
3. World will — The final and strongest defense; it suppresses outsiders after they enter, with stronger foreign beings facing greater suppression. 479

• Native wizards generally receive exemptions from the first two screening procedures during frequent expeditions, but remain subject to the world will’s final confirmation. 479
• Foreign visitors must undergo identity verification, soul-fluctuation scans, civilization-imprint reviews, and rule-permission checks. 479
• The world will can directly punish invading otherworldly beings; an outside “Saintess” was struck by heavenly punishment immediately after entering through a Gate of Stars. 479
• Otherworldly intruders are also vulnerable to specialized Wizard World methods of soul-origin tracing and analysis. 108