Lore.

This world is inhabited by all sorts of creatures. Whether powerful or not, big or small they named themselves and refer to themselves as the Sidhe.
They can be split up into two groups: 
The Neutral Ones and The Malevolent Ones.

Where the Neutral Ones generally didn’t mind mankind or treated them more or less ‘fairly’ a trick every now and then without malice, the Malevolent Ones have every intention of eating humans, whether by swallowing them whole or by skinning them alive before wearing your skin as a coat. They also keep slaves too, depending on how you look at it you don't want to end up in their hands.
Children, Maidens and the Gifted were considered more valuable since their blood and flesh was considered of higher quality. Hence all the old tales of kidnapped children or virgins being snatched and sacrificed.
Most notoriously were the Formorians, but Kelpie’s, Merfolk and Witches were quite eager for them too. 

Most of the Sidhe and their kind have the capability to shapeshift. They all have their own speciality whether it be strength or elusiveness. In some cases Powerful Sidhe enslave or capture their own, but the weaker Sidhe try to avoid that as much as they can. 
Since Sidhe are immortal beings, they can die and get reborn, their deaths being from either grief and longing or painfully falling in battle. Death by Blade or Deat by Fading their spirits are send to the Tree of Souls, to be restored and reborn into a new form.

Weapons  & Magic.
Whilst in our world Magic is practically gone and considered non-existing, here on the other side Magic is woven into the world itself. From the Veil itself, the Sky and the very earth beneath your feet.
This magic however is old and powerful, hardly a thing you want to play around with. It would be like a toddler handling a loaded gun. 
Also this magic isn’t free of charge, the use of magic is bought and paid for and sometimes the price is not going to be one you’re willing to pay.
Forms of magic may depend on the who or what wields/performs it.
Not all creatures in this world may know how to wield magic, but all are capable to sense or see it.
Witches, Druids and Shamans are usually the ones you go to for the odd magical solution.

Weapons in this world are more recognisable, they are quite like the ones we know in our world. Of course the materials may differ, craftsmanship too and some require some experience to fight with. Swords, Spears, Bow and Arrow are the norm.

Gods & some Important Figures of Herat.

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The SunKing.
The Father, Master of Light and of War.
Whilst he was no God, he married a Goddess and obtained Godhood through his defeat of the Shadows. 
Some say he was a small spark of Life inhabiting a shape of earth and air, others claim he was the descendant of a long died out Sun. 
Whatever the truth may be, in the first days of Creation the Sunking had travelled across the silence and the void, all alone.
That was until he stumbled upon an equally lonely soul that rested upon her bed of Starlight. 
As the two met in Darkness  their lights battled one another first, before enthralled by one another they decided to continue their journey together. 
But the Sunking soon found himself out classed. Unworthy of the touch of the Goddess, eager to become worthy of her, they parted once more so he could attain Godhood.
The Goddess had told him of her captors, a force she was unable to defeat, forcing her to remain in her bed of Starlight unable to venture out and explore like he had.
They were a race of powerful Shadows, manipulative, destructive and cruel. 
Her own light though powerful, was easily withstood by them, in fact it was why they had kept her there, as a captive. They would drink from her Life Essence to feed themselves.
And so the Sunking set out in his quest to free his Goddess and to become a God himself and as tale tell he succeeded. He defeated and cast back the Shadows with his own Light and by doing so attain the true Power of a God. 
The two became man and wife and together they started their creation of our world and the beings upon it. Though as time went by he grew more and more withdrawn and the old storytellers say there had been an argument in the once happy couple. 
This argument had to do with the Sunking’s restlessness and Goddess’s creation of the Veil. They started to bicker and argue more and soon enough their Heavenly forms separated, simply following one another across the Heavens.    

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The Nagtqueen.
The Merciful Lady, Mother Starlight, Lady of the Starry Sea are but a handful of her names. 
Goddess and Wife to the Sunking, they form the Pair of Creation. 
She together with her husband breathed life into our world and its creatures. 
So loving a mother she was that upon seeing the troubles her creations caused for one another, she separated them, shielding them from one another. 
She created the Veil, in an attempt to save her creations from one another’s ruin.
Considered by all in high regard and a level of respect, whether the beings are good or evil.
She was once a radiant beauty full of Mercy and Life, her light shown down during the dark nights and her watchful eye gazed down upon her children protecting them during their nightly hours. 

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The Moirai.
The Moirai are the three sisters of Fate. They are known as the Maiden, Mother and Crone. The Spinner, The Threader and The Cutter.
They are some of the most mysterious beings as there are no records or knowlegde on how they came to be.
All that know them respect them and heed their actions and warnings with a careful eye. They are amongst the most powerful and the most vindictive when scorned. Since they rarely say what they mean, people regard them with a hesitant fear knowing they weigh and judge the souls they encounter and balance upon their own designs and desires. 

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The Three Kings.
The Sons of The Sunking and The Nagtqueen.
The Goddess breathed life into all of her Children but some were more powerful than others, these Godlike children hold extraordinary powers and are more powerful than the Fae or Mankind. Witches too don’t pick a fight with these particular Lesser Gods.

The eldest and best known is the Holly King or the Winter King. 
First born and with a touch that chills he is a far cry from his younger brother, who is known as the Oak King, King of Summer. 
His coming always brings a colder climate and darker nights. 
Said to have a heart of ice to match the iron will and unforgiving nature of his being he is regarded with a good deal of fear.

Unlike his brother, the Oak King is celebrated and revered. He is bringer of harvests and sower of his oats so to speak. He embodies fertility and strength and thrower of the most extravagant parties. He is said to embody the warmth of Summer and the Freshness of Spring.
 
The brothers rule the land as the seasons pass each in their own way.

The youngest of the brothers is perhaps the most unpredictable and elusive he feels little connection to the world and the beings on it, preferring the Heavens as his domain to rule.
Lord of Heaven, the Sky King or Bringer of Storms mainly concerns himself with the control over his domain. He makes sure the heavens are in order and the winds keep blowing. He is coincidently Lord of the Afterlife, making sure the beings are reborn and the Tree of Souls maintains its duty.

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The Crimson Lady.
She is a mystery a powerful priestess and some even claim she is one of the most powerful magic users of Herat.
It is said she helped the Nagtqueen to create the Veil. She tends to aid those that seek her out. Though there are terrible rumours about her aswell.