Worldbuilding Update: Reunaecathe, Southern Ruvenar

I’m so happy because this week I get to share the piece of my world I’ve been working on. Reunacathe (also known as Runeveil) is now known as Runefall.

It was once the heart of arcane schools of magic. They were far more advanced in technology than any other country and willing to share their progress, especially with their Ruvenar neighbours (Sanctaris and Thoranorsall). They shaped the magical arts through transport, education and communication.

And then it was gone.

No one knows precisely what happened; only something broke through, and the undead came with it. The land was sealed off by a magical barrier not long after by an unknown force. It’s still standing, and no one’s been able to cross it since. What’s left behind is a question even the oldest records can’t answer.

This map shows the southern stretch of what was once Reunaecathe, the capital city at the heart and a centre of arcane leadership and learning.

Surrounding Reunaecathe were places with their kind of magic. In Celestria, scholars studied the stars and the arcane forces that flowed through them. Arcane Kava was built around a crystal-rich quarry, its enchantments woven straight from the land. And then there was Sterinmenall, where fragments of fallen stars were forged into weapons — or something stranger. Each place held a thread of magic. What’s left behind them now is anyone’s guess.

Each of these places was a part of something bigger. It was a network of magical discovery, woven through everyday life. What remains of them now, beyond the barrier, is uncertain.

Whether any of that still exists is a mystery — and for now, I’m leaving it that way.

Maps like this help me trace the shape of the story, though not always through what’s told, but through what’s been lost. Some places carry a weight that lingers, even if no one speaks of them. Reunacathe is one of those places.

Thanks for reading, and for wandering through the ruins with me. More soon.