Estorium
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Estorium was a predominantly human empire that stretched across much of the southern continent. Nine hundred years ago, their empire was devastated by a surprise attack by the mind flayer empire of the underdark. Unable to achieve victory against the mind flayers' powerful psionic powers, Estorium's mages studied the mind flayers and ultimately created living psionic constructs called shardminds. With the help of the shardminds, they were eventually able to turn the tide and defeat the mind flayers. Unfortunately, their own once-grand empire lay in ruins; it was estimated that perhaps only ten percent of the population survived. The mages knew that the mind flayers would someday return, and so they placed the shardminds into hibernation until such a time as they were needed once more. They also created artifacts that could grant psionic abilities to the surface races, who lacked such powers. Most of the survivors then sailed north, across the sea, and settled in the towns and cities untouched by the war. Eventually, one of these artifacts came into the possession of a young boy named Priam Adenis, though without anyone to teach him how to wield his powers he lacked control.
Now, the shardminds have begun waking up, and more and more individuals have begun to display psionic powers. Could the return of the mind flayers be close at hand?
