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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: Kurtor

Kurtor is a fortress made of carved rock and natural mountains. It is a grand sight, one that leaves its visitors humbled by its imposing size and incredible craftsmanship. The western dwarves call it home, living in a maze that expands both underground and above ground, in between peaks and on high plateaus. Tyr is revered and a fifty foot statue stands at the heart of Kurtor in his honour.

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Glimpse: Dryad

Art © Unknown.

The dryad is a powerful spirit of the woods, intimately linked to trees and nature. It makes its home in oak trees and lives in secluded woodlands, preferring the company of plants, animals and trees to any other living things, including their own.

To rest and recuperate, a dryad blends into an oak to which it is permanently connected, sharing both nutrients and life. The link between a dryad and its tree is akin to a destinea tree, but much stronger. If the oak dies, the dryad also dies (and vice versa).

A dryad will do everything in its power to ...

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Map: Tilia

Since the fall of Kings Town and Istagon, Tilia has become the largest human realm of Arvelas. Because of its location, bordering on the realms of Kurtor and Quilanis, Tilia has a wide variety of races. Telstar is its mother city.

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