☾ Geography & Environment

Climate: Highland plateaus; storm-heavy skies; vast cloudbreak mesas; hidden valleys and stone forests.

Notable Locations:

• Kaeloros (Capital): Storm-forged city of stone and sky — home to the High Monastery of Breath.
• Skyvault Spire: Sacred training ground of the Storm Monks — accessible only through trial.
• Temple of the Last Tempest: Shrine to fallen monks and the ancient Breath — Pai Hai trained here.
• Stone-Tongue Paths: Living stone labyrinth where monks test Breathform purity and will.

☾ Culture & People

Dominant Races: Primarily Eithari; significant Kasherni lineage; occasional Seraveth and Veydrathi found among monk initiates.

Religion:

• Reverence of Breath itself — the storm, stone, and body as conduits of memory and force.
• Veneration of elder monk lineages — no gods, only Breath.
• Dragons honored as teachers — especially Thalosz, elder storm-dragon of the East.

Social Structure:

• No king — governed by the Circle of Tempest Monks.
• Monastic paths guide life — warriors, artisans, and spiritual seekers follow chosen Breathlines.
• Breathform purity and mastery valued above bloodline or title.
• Strong tradition of non-interference — yet many monks are called to aid in great turning points.

Factions:

• Storm Monks of Weilah — spiritual and martial order.
• Scattered sects of Breathwalkers — wandering monks maintaining ancient Breathlines abroad.
• Rising number of younger monks questioning strict non-interference — some aligned with Threadborn Initiative.

☾ Magic & Combat

Common Magic:

• Air, Lightning, Earth, Wyrd Breathforms.
• Minimalist, Breath-synced motion — magic flows through stance and breath, not raw spellcasting.
• Lightning Breathform used to pulse through body and weapon in harmony with breath rhythm.

Combat Styles:

• Stormborne Wrathwalk — core martial form of Weilah monks.
• Rooted + Flowing + Spiral stance hybrids — as mastered by Pai Hai.
• Breath-Sealed Forms — advanced defensive techniques that seal Breathform flow to negate external magic.

☾ History & Legends

Weilah’s monks trace their Breathlines back to the earliest days of Aethros, claiming the art of Breathborne combat predates even glyph magic. In the Ashwake Era, monks of Weilah trained Pai Hai, whose mastery of Stormborne Wrathwalk became legend. The land itself suffered during the Seraveth wars, with many skyshrines destroyed. Yet the Breathlines endured — and in modern Aethros, Weilah remains a beacon for those seeking to master Breath and body in harmony. The Storm Monks remember. And when the Breath calls, they answer.

☾ Current Status

Ruler: Circle of Tempest Monks.

Weilah maintains a fragile neutrality:

• Officially apart from the wars of kingdoms — yet many monks are drawn into broader conflicts.
• Rising interest from Threadborn Initiative — Breath-sealing techniques are highly sought.
• Storm Monks quietly allied with certain Kaelvyrn and Driftline agents — honoring old debts.
• Fragmented sects emerging — younger monks torn between tradition and the changing world.

☾ Threats & Oddities

• Breath-sundered monks — rare cases where overuse of Breathform fractures body and mind.
• Storm-chained spirits — remnants of ancient monks lost in Breath-ritual gone awry.
• Lightning-warped beastforms haunting the Stone-Tongue Paths.
• Sliver anomalies spreading through deep caves beneath Kaeloros.
• Whispers of a fallen Breath-Saint seeking to create a perfect Breath-Sealed warrior.