Terramancer Dominions

An ancient order of earth mages, the Terramancer Dominions once controlled vast quantities of Mercentia. Devoting their time and patience to unlocking the secrets of the earth, the Terramancers utilise powerful earth magic in order to shatter the ground beneath their enemies' feet or raise impenetrable constructs from where there were none. During the Mage Wars, the Terramancers were driven back to their heartlands in the Eastern Stormlands. Faced with extermination by the Mercentian Royal Army, the twelve Earth Lords, on the orders of Earth King Lirek, cast the Petrification of Gerik'or, a powerful feat of magic in order to save themselves. As the Terramancers recovered from their deed, they learned two facts: All living beings within the Dominions were turned to stone as a result and only a select handful of their cabals retained knowledge, power and personality. As Lirek left for self-imposed exile due to the shame of what he had commanded, the remaining Earth Lords agreed to whittle away the centuries in order to rebuild their number. With the world changing, many of the old Petronic Warriors have been worn to dust or frozen in place and the deeds of the Terramancers all but faded from the knowledge of the other forces. With the rise of the militant Earth Lord Kerekai as the new Earth King, the Terramancers awaken their frozen legions once more, intending to rebuild their empire and bring about a new reign of stone.

Politics
The Terramancer Dominions are ruled by the Earth Lords. Earth Lords are the twelve most powerful members of their cabals, each specialising in a different branch of Earth Magic. At the head of the Council of Earth Lords is the Earth King. The most notable Earth Kings in recent Mercentian history are Lirek and Kerekai.

Military
The military of the Terramancer Dominions is mostly made up of Golems; crude, artificial constructs of stone and clay. For more specialised tasks, the Terramancers release the Petronic Warriors; the petrified remains of the human warriors that fought for and against the Terramancers in the Mage Wars. Robbed of their independent thoughts and souls from the Petrification of Gerik'or, the Petronic Warriors retain a spark of basic intelligence in order to use their weapons in battle. To ensure the armies operate as they should, the Terramancers release the full might of their cabals against their foes. Bringing to bear all forms of Earth Magic that they can remember following their petrification, the Terramancer Cabals reshape the ground their opponents stand upon, split great fissures in the earth and even turn their foes to stone before inevitably shattering them into dust.