What is Eberron?

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 Eberron is a premade Campaign Setting for Dungeons &
Dragons!
 The appeal of a Campaign Setting is they are professionally-
designed worlds to stage your adventures in.
 Other popular Campaign Settings for Dungeons & Dragons
include: The Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun, Ravenloft, and
Planescape.
 Why Play in Eberron?
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It’s fucking awesome.
 Specifically, the setting was designed for the best kind of fun Pulp Adventures.
 “Pulp” comes from Pulp Magazines/Fiction that specialized in the following genres:
 Indiana Jones-Style Exploration
 Noir-type Detective Mysteries
 Cold War-esque Spy Thrillers
 Fantasy/Sword and Sorcery
 Crime/Heist/Gang Action
 Horror/Occult
 Railroad Adventures
 Seafaring/Piratical Adventures
 Science Fiction
 War
 Westerns

 Eberron is specifically made to be compatible with these kinds of stories and more!
 Why Play In Eberron 2!
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Eberron is a small, cohesive, and carefully-designed world, unlike older Campaign Settings that were stitched
together on a need-to-retcon-basis over 30 years. (*cough* Forgotten Realms *cough*)
 It lacks the universal “we’re fucked”-ness of Dark Sun or Ravenloft, but it’s not completely absent from the
setting. Moreover, Eberron is open to wild and fun adventures that would be awkward in other settings.
 Eberron as a world has many completely unique features that set it apart from other high-fantasy settings and
makes it worth exploring over and over again.
 Mythology of Eberron
Age of Dragons: 
At the beginning of time three great dragons appeared from the ether.
They were Siberys the Proud, Khyber the Dark, and Eberron the Vibrant.
Strive happened immediately, and Khyber slew Siberys.
Eberron encircled and bound Khyber to ensure Khyber would hurt no one else.
The remains of Siberys became the glowing ring that encircles the world. The body of Eberron formed
the seas and continents. The bones of Khyber formed the dark passages inside Eberron that twist away
into Chaos.
Side note:
The magical Dragonshards are said to be the crystallized essence of the three dragons. These
dragonshards can be used to create technology more advanced than in any other setting.
Yellow Siberys dragonshards come from the sky and enhance the power of Dragonmarks and are used
to create the magic items used by Dragonmarked Houses to dominate the economy. Red Eberron shards
are found throughout the land and enhance magic of all kinds; they are particularly good at holding
rituals like a spell book would. Bluish-purple Khyber shards are found deep underground and are
powerful binding agents used to secure elementals to magical machines. The supernatural properties of
these dragonshards are more valuable than any gemstone.
 Mythology of Eberron
Age of Demons: 
The supposed first rulers of Eberron were fiends spawned from the dark depths of Khyber.

The only beings in Eberron capable of resisting the demons were the dragons.

The demons, incapable of invading Argonnessen, and the dragons, unable to establish holdings
outside Argonnessen, were at a stalemate for millenia.

The first great shift came with the arrival of the couatls.

Many couatls sacrificed their pure souls to help the dragons overthrow the demons.

Today few couatls remain and the dragons have withdrawn to Argonnessen.

Pictured: an artistic interpretation of a Couatl fighting a Rakshasa demon in the

mythological Age of Demons.
 History of Eberron
Age of Giants:
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The first civilization to leave behind signs of their existence
were the giants of Xen’drik.
Using their great strength and powerful magic (and legions of
slaves) the giants shaped the continent into a vast empire.
Eventually they came close to ruling the world.
After tens of thousands of years, the civilization either
collapsed or was destroyed.
Now, all that remains of their reign are the scattered ruins in
Xen’drik.

Notice the human-sized figures walking

up the smaller staircase…
 Welcome to Eberron!
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The world of Eberron has five major landmasses and two polar ice caps. Easy as hell to remember!
Argonnessen
 Penetrate into the impregnable continent of dragons!

The stone dragon heads are

not the only thing that protect
Argonnessen’s shores!

Discover why
the most
powerful
beings in
Eberron have
Learn the secrets of hidden
existence from draconic themselves
prophets! from the world!
Xen'drik
 Find lodging in Stormreach: the
adventuring capital of the
world!

Explore the
ancient jungle
ruins of giants
and uncover
long-lost secrets
of magic!

Fight wild drow

and their
scorpion gods!
Aerenal
 Enter a society so
perfect it has
transcended death!

Beware the designs of the

Undying Court!
Probe the
mysteries of life
among elvenkind!

Enter the City

of the Dead!
Sarlona
 First home of
Humans,
now a land
of
Nightmares!

The quori have pierced the veil of

reality and seek to turn all sentient
beings into their mind slaves!

Their chaotic Plane of Dal Quor can

only become stable if no living thing
dreams!

They have
Using their specially-
shaped the
bred vessels (The
continent into
Inspired) quori hope to
the perfect
spread their influence
domain of
beyond Sarlona!
psychic power!