The Chromatic Chord

The Chromatic Chord

The Writers’ Guide to the Decachord

Jan Oetjen

Book 1

Foundations

The ground every era of Caeldon stands on: the cosmos, the powers, the laws of magic, the peoples as kinds, and the deep past.

  1. The Shape of the Cosmos
  2. The Powers
  3. The Laws of Magic
  4. The Peoples of Caeldon
  5. The Deep Past

Book 2

The Medieval Era

Caeldon around 1,350 CR: its two halves and the one crossing between them, its peoples and powers, an atlas region by region, and how its present was made.

  1. Caeldon in the Medieval Era
  2. Medieval Peoples and Powers
  3. Sickness and Remedy
  4. A Medieval Atlas: The Cradle-Web
  5. A Medieval Atlas: The Far Side
  6. The Making of the Medieval Present

Book 3

A Bestiary of Caeldon

The beings of the world that are not peoples: the animals, plants, and fungi of Caeldon, the natives of the planes and zones, the hosts of the Dark Entities, constructs, the risen dead, and the beasts a zone or magic has touched.

  1. Animals
  2. Plants and Fungi
  3. Natives of the Planes
  4. Natives of the Zones
  5. Hosts of the Dark Entities
  6. Constructs
  7. The Risen Dead
  8. Other Beings
  9. Touched Beasts

Companion

The Reference

A wiki of Caeldon built from the same technical pages: every power, plane, people, place, faith, spell, creature, and age, with links to the chapters of the books that tell it.