Alwapa (Av."strong touch") was a character from the history of the Sinking Plain. According to legend he had ruled its lands two hundred years before the arrival of the shade, before it became the sinking plain. He had blocked Zetta’s westward expansion and decisively defeated Zettan forces at Astôs. Alwapa originally had coexisted with two other powerful lords: Eridor, High Priest of Kaishnalai (or Set according to another tradition), and Ida, another elf who defended the forests of the Oak-wise Council with both blades and spells. Conflicting goals among the three led to a cataclysmic battle that shook the earth; in that confrontation all three literally disappeared and were not heard of thereafter.
Descriptions of Alwapa were contradicting beyond this. Followers of Eridor and Kaishnalai or Sêt claimed Alwapa was a fallen Elf who mastered the magics known to mortal men and worshiped Death, keeping a grim quota of offerings. Their opponents however saw Alwapa as a saviour who had stopped Eridor's expansionism and saved Astôs and Oriz.
Fragments of Alwapa’s works survived as potent and dangerous spellbooks and scrolls recovered from ruined sites. A notable hoard was later found by a halfling called Tobelin Darver, who traded portions of those texts to a temple of Thoth in exchange for usable enchanted scrolls. Alwapa’s writings thereafter became a long‑running source of hazardous magic and a interest for seekers, cultists, and scholars.
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Original form im Loremaster (ICE Series): Aluap = Alwapa
Aluap, Eridor and Kaishnalai were created by North pole Publishing, apart from their contribution to Iron Crown Enterprises Loremaster (ICE Series) they also produced "The Tome of Mighty Magic" and "The Serpent Isles". Aluap and Eridor also appear in the first. All books share one setting and characters but are intended as generic scenarios adaptable to any background though they make use of elements from J. R. R. Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings and R.E. Howard's Conan.
According to the "Tome of Mighty Magic" Eridor was high-priest to Set, not Kaishnalai, or both once were the same deity.
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