Seven Sins, Seven Domains of Power: The Thassilonian Empire

… seven schools of arcane rune magic harnessed from the very sins of mankind …

The ancient empire of Thassilon occupied most of western Avistan for over a millennium. While its power was great, struggles for control within the nation itself tore [it] apart…. Thassilon was ruled by seven runelords, each of whom mastered one of seven schools of arcane rune magic. ¹

There was said to be seven domains of Thassilon: Bakrakhan, the realm of wrath, Cyrusian, the realm of pride, Edasseril, the realm of envy, Eurythnia, the realm of lust, Gastash, the realm of gluttony, Haruka, the realm of sloth, and Shalast, the realm of greed.

Thassilon was said to have been founded by the benevolent emperor Xin. Seven fiefdoms were established under his rule, each run by his most trusted of advisors who were also the most powerful magicians in the land. Eventually, his influence over his nation became smaller and his ideals were pushed aside.

The rune goddess Lissala’s worship, introduced by the Emperor Xin, influenced the teachings of rune magic which gave the empire power. History knows her as an evil goddess, but the truth remains hidden under years of a corrupted reign of the runelords.

Remnants of this empire remain, to this day, throughout the realm of Varisia. The town of Sandpoint lies somewhere between what were the domains of Bakrakhan and Shalast.