Bravaria

"The elders, they won't wake up..." - A worried child of Bravaria.



At a Glance
A human and gnome village in The Near Reaches, the town of Bravaria was a rural community built near the elevated highway known as The Ancient Causeway. An old village, much of the population was made up of elders and aged folk with a few younger families. A homely hamlet, many of the inhabitants were practicioners of druidic magics in their lives. It was also the refuge for an escaping band of Kalashtar.

Dreamer's Ladder
Over the course of a month a "Sleeping Sickness" began to afflict the elderly of Bravaria. Unlike most illnesses, it had no symptoms and would come on overnight, striking the aged victim with a shallowness of breath and inability to wake from their dreams. Unable to rouse the elders, the youth of Bravaria would do their best to wake them but inevitably the elder's body would fade and pass from malnourishment.

Stranger still, several public families of Bravaria became reclusive during this time. Unknown to the other citizens of Bravaria, the individuals of these families had been possessed by the spirits of Kalashtar who had fled the Realm of Dreams. Trapped in the bodies of these humans (as well as sharing their mind in a single body) the Kalashtar did what they could to care for those afflicted by the "Sleeping Sickness", knowing full well its cause.