The Wiki of Gaia
Everything you need to know about Gaia. Like, ever.
Are You New Around Here?
Hey! If you are new around here, first of all, welcome! My name is Jared, and I have been DMing in my own home-brew world for over 5 years. What you see before you is the official cannon knowledge of my D&D 5e home-brew world called Gaia. I don't use any modules or source books in terms of writing storylines and plots, but I sure do take a heck of a lot of inspiration from them when I design my world and its history!
This site contains the active knowledge across all my settings, campaigns, and players, all of which get revealed in sessions or after arcs. In essence, every page in this wiki is a record of knowledge gained by my players as they play!
If you are interested in playing in one of my campaigns, first checkout the Rules page and the Player Resources to see if this kind of setting is for you. If it is, great! Reach out to me using the links in the Get Involved section of the site. I look forward to hearing from you and having you and your character ideas become a part of Gaian history 🙂.
That's it from me, for now! If you want to learn more about me and my journey, check out the About Me page. Happy clicking!
Getting Started Guide
There's a lot of information on this site, but don't be overwhelmed. The "Important Links" below this should help you in a pinch, but if you're new here and have no idea where to start, the following content outline and the respective links should get you up to speed in a jiffy!
Start with reading the history of Gaia located at the History page
Get familiar with the pantheon of Gaia using the Religion page
Understand the continents and the seas using the Gaia page
Finally, if you are interested in joining, take a look at the Get Involved page
Important Links
New Material
This section will list out new material and pages that have been added along with their timestamps. It will not list out the pages/content that have been edited. That information will be in the "Changelog Section" of the site.
Added on 04/27/2022:
Clasp page
Council of Tal'Dorei page
Nobles of Naught page
Golden Sword page
Spectral Arcan page
Fortune's Favor page
The Nomads page
Added on 04/26/2022:
Planes of Existence page
Ethereal Plane page
Astral Plane page
Feywild page
Shadowfell page
Added on 04/25/2022:
Timeline page
The Great Reckonings page
Great Reckoning I page
Great Reckoning II page
Order of the Archive page
Added on 04/24/2022:
Bedford page
Factions page for Caldron
Solstice Academy page
The Nomads page
Riverrun page
Jannaq page
Ghirel Oasis page
Tiramis page
Added on 04/22/2022:
Holy Wars page
The Founding page
Added on 04/21/2022:
Player Resources page
Session Recordings page
Rules page
Get Involved page
About Me page
Campaigns page
Characters page
Changelog
This section will list out the pages/content that have undergone changes along with the timestamps associated with these changes.
Changes on 04/27/2022:
Added content to the Lyceum of Lidonia page
Changes 04/26/2022:
Added content to the Founding page
Added content to the Holy Wars page
Added content to the Material Plane page
Changes 04/25/2022:
Added content to The First Men page
Shuffled the pages for the ages of Gaia to be under the Timeline page
Added content to the Solstice Academy page
Added content for the Ostanza page
Changes 04/24/2022:
Added Jarrah to Characters page
Added Felix to Characters page
Updated links to characters on the Campaigns page
Changes 04/22/2022:
Edited the content of the Creation Story page
Fixed typo on the Campaigns page
Added Tenley to the Characters page
Changes 04/21/2022:
Redid the homepage
Moved the Continents tab to under the Gaia tab
Changed the wording and organization of the Creation Story page
Special Note
This site is an amalgamation of 5+ years of planning, thinking, and meticulous editing. Things are subject to change quite frequently, especially as this world is played in and not just an invention I have in my head. What has remained constant, though, through the dynamic nature of this world, is my awesome group of players, who, in so many ways, give me ideas and the necessary validation to continue working on this site. This is a passion project, and something I like to do to escape the boringness and tedium of the real world, and it really would not be possible without their help. A huge thank you to them for their unending patience, valuable feedback, and incredible dedication to this world and their characters.
And for any prospective DMs out there, I really encourage you to build your own world: it is the most rewarding experience I have ever embarked on, and while it was (and still is) a ton of work, there really is no better feeling than seeing your players explore, fight, and experience a world that you created.
Special thanks to my brother Dan for giving me great insights and generally just being a great person to bounce ideas off of. I hope you enjoy the writeups of his one shots as much as I did actually playing them. He is truly an inspiration and an outstanding DM, and many of the things in this world were born from his incredible ideas. His creative mind is a wonderful and awe inspiring thing to observe.
For information on their characters, check out the campaign page and the character page.
Also, MAJOR shoutout to Mathew Mercer and Critical Role for being an enormous inspiration to not only this world, but to me as a DM. Without those guys, I would likely not have even gathered enough confidence and courage to DM in the first place.
