The Eye of Wisdom

The Eye of Wisdom is a group dedicated to gathering wisdom about magic and artifacts from the Old Times.
On the old continent “Kolydia” they were on good terms with the emperor’s domicile and other political factions, which brought them significant influence.
When the Time of Discoveries about 100 years ago began, the Grandmaster decided to move the whole organization to the continent of Candara and focus their exploration on the relics of ancient times.
This time is also referred to as “Withdrawal of the Eye of Wisdom” since they broke most of their contacts with Kolydia back then. They gathered many magical artifacts, which helped them to develop powerful spells since the creation of Varanas. The meaning of “Withdrawal” may refer less to the withdrawal from political involvement but rather the establishment of an independent power. In the beginning everything seemed to progress nicely, until 20 years ago when the Grandmaster Ancalon and his elite of their organization disappeared without a trace. For a couple of years the Eye of Wisdom was nearly rendered incapable of acting. Only with the assumption of the post as Grandmaster by Yarandor, the leader of Rune Magic, they returned to activity.
But the influence within the city of Varanas had already been cut radically by the Council and their power and influence in the world was no longer as strong as previously.
The Eye of Wisdom has now overcome the alienation of the world and is anxious to help the people of Varanas. In addition they resurrected multiple research projects and recruit mages from all over the world to push their academic position back to the top.

The Order of the dark Glory

The predecessor of the Order of the dark Glory was a steel association which had followed the Eye of Wisdom to Candara and cooperated closely with them. Back then the continent of Candara was completely inhabited by wild monsters and ruled by barbarian clans.
They began to hire mercenaries after the foundation of Varanas to establish and ensure profit and security for the association. The initial rather chaotic appearance of this group changed when Lajos Halka joined the association together with his mercenaries. As the son of the chairman in the association, Lajos had proved his abilities with skills and the use of deadly weapons through early adventures as a mercenary. When the old chairman died, young Halka inherited his position. He then rebuilt the armed protection troop of their society to become the main army of Varanas (the later known Guard of Varanas), which strengthened his influence within the city.
After some involvement with the power struggles for Varanas, the wish to leave this place matured. He took the association’s main share of finances and the elite of his followers and pushed forward into the inner part of Candara to explore. After countless adventures and about 40 years they succeeded in creating a base in the Dustdevil Canyon which they called the Obsidian Fortress. The Order of the dark Glory has now become the world’s most powerful military group without their own state.
Their members’ only means of surviving is mining and being mercenaries, as well as managing the world’s largest mercenary education center. Raised to be true fighters, the aspirants are well known for their loyalty and discipline, a reason why many countries send their leaders here for their training. In addition, the Order of the dark Glory finds itself in constant disputes with the neighbors due to many different reasons, which cause a lot of pressure to their law enforcement forces.
Lajos Halka is known to often groan: “It’s hard to believe: Once you pick up a sword, you cannot dodge any fight until the end of all time.”

Adventuring Guild: Silvershadow

After the creation of Varanas there were no laws for the pioneers who had come from Kolydia to Candara, which allowed more and more to start bullying others. The mages of the Eye of Wisdom punished those with their magic, but it also had the side effect that it made them more vulnerable to monsters and the harsh climate of Candara.
The adventurers’ guild “Silvershadow” was created in order to attract more powerful people. They not only enacted rules for adventurers but also took over the education of people to make them good fighters. That way the pioneers of Varanas were able to defend themselves and penetrate deeper into the land. They train everyone who comes to Candara in the arts of combat in order to be prepared for all sorts of challenges.