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Welcome to Arvelas

Arvelas is an imagined world shaped by stories, games, and the people willing to walk its roads. For more than thirty-five years, players have taken on the roles of wanderers, schemers, survivors, and heroes. Through their choices, Arvelas has grown, shifted, and in some cases remembered them as legends.

This is a world built through collaboration and friendship. Its lore, rules, and traditions draw inspiration from many games and stories, but are ultimately shaped by the players at the table and the adventures they undertake.

If you dare, pack your traveling bag and begin your journey. You can explore Arvelas by browsing this site, discovering its rules, or reading stories set within the world.

"Remember it's a collaboration art, and everyone at the table is working together to have a good time and make some memories."
-B. Dave Walters (Dungeon Master)

Current Campaigns

The Defenders (2025-Now)

The City of Light (2018-2020)

Available Stories

Surrender
by S.C. Eston

What if you could defeat evil - but only at the cost of your sanity?

"A slick and well-paced dark fantasy novella..."
- Glen Christie, GlamAdelaide

"A dark, often gritty, fantasy novella with a strong, female protagonist to root for. Highly recommended!"
- The Wishing Shelf

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Somewhere in Arvelas: Rinshar

Rinshar is synonymous with desert, sand, severe and harsh climate. Here, in the middle of arid mountains spans a world of dry steppes and sand dunes. Rinshar is inhabited by people reflecting its conditions, including those known as the barbarians and the gypsies. Food and water is at the heart of most conflict between the different clans of the region, so are slavery and gladiator fighting.

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Glimpse: Dragons

Art © Spaceweaver Art.

Regroups dragons and dragonkins.

Although elusive and rarely seen, dragons are probably one of the best known of the Ancients of Arvelas. They are creatures of incredible power and size, and directly linked to the world and one of its raw forces (element, metal, or other). Each dragon is unique.

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Map: Istagon

Istagon was for a long time the most prosperous of the human realms. It was ruled for the many years by the Griffiths, a line of rulers unbroken until the day Kings Town fell, in 755. The division cut Istagon in half. The province of Erlinia, to the south, became its own realm. The region to the north kept the name of Istagon and its mother city is now Tiras Lynn. The middle region, known as the Heart of Istagon, is abandoned and haunted by walking deads. Many dream of the day when King's Town is liberated and Istagon is ...

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