Elderthread
Shape an elder world upon the Weave
Before the first dawn there was only the Weave, and upon it the elder hands drew land from water and breathed life from clay. The old gods have long since gone quiet. The thread is yours now.
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A living sandbox
A world that lives without you
Raise a people and let go. They found holdings, farm and mine, forge weapons, crown kings, wage wars, cross oceans, and climb the ages from the first hut to the star-vessel — all on their own. You are the Elder above it: nudge, bless, or unmake.
Kingdoms rise
Villages grow into walled cities, form dominions, strike trade routes and blood feuds, and march to war — an emergent history, written while you watch.
Powers of the Elder
Call meteors, lightning, tornados, floods and volcanoes — or lift a people with blessings, miracles, and the god-hand that plucks a soul up and flings it across the world.
Myth walks the land
Loose a phoenix that rises from its ashes, a forest ent, a mountain giant, a yeti of the high snows, or a sky-hunting griffin. Then a werewolf curse spreads by moonlight.
True 3D terrain
Carve mountains with real cliff faces and depth, wake rivers that find the sea, lay roads that speed the trade, and watch snow settle each winter.
Epic battles
Thousands of warriors clash on open plains. One-click battle scenarios — Clash of Hosts, Battle Royale, Last Stand — drop you straight into a war in motion.
Age of sail & beyond
Peoples must build ships to cross the deep, raise navies and ironclads, and roll out coaches, lorries, steamers and airships as they advance through the ages.
The four peoples
Who will you raise?
The Kith
Wandering folk who make a home of any land — the soil gives more to those who ask it humbly.
The Grull
Broad-backed children of stone and storm; wounded, they only burn the hotter.
The Sylvani
Keepers of the elder forests, swift and far-eyed, who loose their arrows on the wind.
The Karn
Delvers of the deep roots of the world, who walk through mountains as through open doors.
Free to play · yours to keep
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