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Welcome to the Manaverse

Manaverse is an original fantasy universe: world-building, literature and storytelling set in a world of ancient magic and arcane technology.

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The universe

An expandable archive

The lore archive is built to grow: worlds, characters, stories and books are added over time without redesigning the site. Short previews from the Manaverse Compendium are shown below; the full detail will live in the archive.

World and historyComing
Continents, kingdoms and culturesComing
Magic archetypes and class laddersPreview below
Gods, champions and important figuresPreview below
Races and speciesPreview below
Professions and craftingPreview below
Timeline and major eventsComing

From the Compendium

The Grimoire

A glimpse of how the Manaverse is structured. These are previews, not the full compendium.

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Magic archetypes: 45
Patron gods: 588
Race options across 46 categories: 51
Professions

Magic, gods and champions

Every archetype has a patron god and a champion. Six of the 45:

Arcane Magic / Wizard
Patron: Vael, The Architect of Arcana
Champion: Daithi Arturus
Blood Magic / Hemomancer
Patron: Alucari, The Crimson Myth
Champion: Alucard Bischwaller
Shadow Magic / Shadowmancer
Patron: Noctura, The Veil of Dusk
Champion: Darius Black
Chrono Magic / Chronomancer
Patron: Temparas, The Time Warden
Champion: Zephyr Loview
Void Magic / Voidcaller
Patron: Dezo, The Empty
Champion: Zbbi Zeka
Celestial Magic / Starborn
Patron: Astralis, The Starborn
Champion: Selene Estrella

And more: Nature · Witchcraft · Necrotic · Elemental · Illusion · Sound · Gravity · Spatial · Dream · Technomagic · Transmutation · Omnima…

Class ladder · Arcane Magic / Wizard

Magus
Arcanist
Mystika
Arc Mage
Sorcerer
High Wizard
Arch Wizard
Majestika
Enigmancer
Arcane Monarch
GrandMaster Wizard

Races and species

46 main categories and hundreds of variants, from the familiar to the cosmic. A taste:

Humans (6)
Highlander · Nomad · Urbanite · Seafarer · Mysticblood · Mavarian
Dwarves (6)
Dark Dwarf · Runic Dwarf · Deep Delver · Emberlin · Skormundra · Forgarian
Celestials (13)
Seraphim · Cherubim · Archangel · Valkyrion · Dawnbringer · Ophanim
Demons (13)
Imp · Fiend · Noble Demon · Pit Fiend · Hell Knight · Archdemon
Automata (21)
Clockwork Automaton · Steamforged · Brass Golem · Gearling · Clockwork Hound · Falcon Drone
Dragonkin (8)
Redscale · Bluescale · Greenscale · Blackscale · Goldscale · Whitescale