Evenlo

The sphinx came to the world near its end (or what they thought was), they had decided that humans were imperfect, too many flaws and nobody could agree with one another. They had fought and killed their neighbors for centuries and were stuck in the past. The need for something they called gold wrecked and ravaged them; they stole, killed and did unspeakable things in order for some small circles of metal. So they came and taught their magic to everyone that would listen. They tested their students until they found the Archmagi, He created the first clone army that built the city of Illumanare by hand and established the pyramid of power. He found scholars, inventors, and citizens to populate and work in the city. It has been almost one hundred years since the beginning of the rule of the high arbiter and magical technology has progressed tenfold since the prominence of the Archmagi and his students and clones. Flying brooms and carpets are everywhere and teleportation circles and the transportation of goods and people are inexpensive. Magical weapons and tools are everywhere and food, early death, famine, and disease are no more all it takes is the payment of a couple of coins to a wizard or cleric and your problems are solved. Not everything is perfect, crime is still very prominent and the government is always watching its citizens, peering into their minds and spying on them too but overall life is good. The government of Evenlo is legally an Oligarchy but its citizens suspect that it is, in fact, a Dictatorship. There are also Rumors that the Archmagi is losing his mind to another entity and that the High Arbiter is secretly a Litch and has phylacteries hidden all over Lynnden making him practically immortal. Others suspect he isn’t a sphinx at all and is, in fact, a god sent from the heavens to get the world back on track and in order, some suspect he has made many deals with many devils and became all-powerful through black magic, some believe he is one of these devils himself.