KOED-Ly - Lyonesse
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KOED Lyonesse (KOED-Ly) ruled by Elpis Riddick-Lust

Those who may stand on the extreme point of the Land′s End, and, looking over that space where the waters of the Atlantic mix with those of the British Channel, see in the far distance the Scilly Islands, will have to call upon their imagination to conceive that these broad waters roll over a country which has existed within historic time.

A region of extreme fertility, we are told, once united the Scilly Islands with Western Cornwall. A people, known as the Silures, inhabited this tract,--which has been called the Lyonesse, or sometimes Lethowsow,--who were remarkable for their industry and their piety.

The legend of a sunken kingdom appears in both Cornish and Breton mythology. In Christian times it came to be viewed as a sort of Cornish Sodom and Gomorrah, an example of divine wrath provoked by unvirtuous living, although the parallels were limited in that Lyonesse remained in Cornish thought very much a mystical and mythical land, comparable to the role of Tir na nÓg in Irish mythology.

The rocks called the Seven Stones are said to mark the place of a large city. Even tradition is silent on the character of this great cataclysm.

Lyonesse was famous for over 140 chapel, cathedrals and churches before it sank. After the rising those buildings were turned into holy and unholy places of knowledge, lore and learning. Closely connected and protected by the Elders of Hy-Brasil, these places have been turned into schools and libraries.

The largest chapel of Lyonesse was turned into The Great Library – it is the seat and domain of The Librarian, who is ruler of Lynonesse.

The Great Library is an overwhelming structure that rules the scenery of Lyonesse and is filled with thousands of books, scrolls and papers concerning the Lust family, magic, lore and power. It can easily compaired with the Great Library of Alexandria.

By raising the island the trinity of the Elder Island – Avalon, Hy-Brasil and Lyonesse – is restored. Portal have been activated that allow the journey from any given point of the island to either the KOED mainland in Avalon or to Hy-Brasil. The Harrowgates do not allow travel to Lyonesse, but away from Lyonesse, as safety measure.

THE LIBRARIAN - Elpis Riddick-Lust - is the official ruler of Lyonesse and in charge of all books. All protective spells are bound to the Librarian. She is warrior, magican and scholar at the same time as she has to protect the extreme amount of knowledge and power stored in KOED’s biggest library.

As there is so much power and knowledge stored and the need to gather information as well as sort it, she has a chosen group of trusted individuals that help her. They are called the Librarians. Each Librarian usually brings certain qualities to Lyonesse that help him or her perform their duties.

THE ORDER OF ELDERS is a group of skilled magic users who are bound to a code of honor. They protect knowledge and pass it on. But they are separated into different houses to part the power their combined knowledge could hold. Each member of the Council of Elders is guardian to one specific book of power. Only The Librarian has access to all books and each house.

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