Chronikin

Myths taking form.

Chronikin are magical creatures born from the legends of many cultures. They are the narrative heart of Chronicles of Myth and the companions who make otherwise impossible journeys possible.

What is a Chronikin?

Creatures from beyond the known world.

The world is full of myths and legends passed from one generation to the next. At some point in history, an unknown phenomenon led to the appearance of creatures that defied nature, beings tied to the very stories once used to explain the world or teach its lessons.

Some resembled familiar animals. Others were entirely unnatural. Eventually, people discovered that certain individuals could bond with these creatures. Those creatures became known as Chronikin, and their partners became Archivists.

Kotanguri, a mushroom-crowned Nature Chronikin — Kotanguri

Chronikin Allies

A bond shared in spirit

Every Archivist chooses a first companion at the beginning of their journey, but future allies must be earned through Chronikin bonding. The process joins the spirits of Archivist and Chronikin harmoniously and symbiotically. Their experiences and emotions become shared.

An Archivist may travel with up to three bonded Chronikin at once. The essence of additional bonded Chronikin can be stored within the Archivist’s Chronikin Archive, a special book given to all Archivists for the study of these wondrous beings.

Myths Taking Form

Ascension and transformation

Chronikin arrive from another world diminished by the strain of crossing into ours. Through magical essence or shared experience with a capable Archivist, they may change until they return to what is believed to be their truest and most complete form.

These stages are known as Fractured, Balanced, and Fabled. Each transformation can alter strength, stature, movement, traits, techniques, and even behavior.

The Twelve Aspects

The forces that shape a Chronikin’s essence.

Aspects are physical, elemental, and metaphysical traits that define how Chronikin appear, behave, and influence the world around them.

Martial

Physical prowess, technique, purposeful combat, and the myths of legendary heroes and battles.

Beast

Bestial traits such as horns, fangs, venom, claws, and the many behaviors of the animal kingdom.

Mystic

Untapped potential of the mind: clairvoyance, prophecy, perception, and extraordinary acts of will.

Geo

Dirt, stone, minerals, and the protective or devastating forces beneath the world’s surface.

Flame

Fire, smoke, heat, and magma—often destructive, yet sometimes restorative through cleansing and renewal.

Water

Aquatic nature and the many forms of water, including currents, ice, steam, and life beneath the surface.

Tempest

Wind, lightning, and hail expressed through chaotic beings that can be exceptionally difficult to bond with.

Nature

Growth in all its forms: vines, healing fruit, poisonous fungi, and the living systems of the world.

Cosmic

Stars, constellations, the sun, moon, meteors, and otherworldly forces drawn from the skies above.

Nether

Ghosts, spirits, the other side, and void-like forces that may inspire fear or sap the strength of the living.

Divine

Spirituality, higher powers, creation, the afterlife, and beings that appear profoundly supernatural.

Prosaic

Magical influence infused into people, animals, plants, and constructs by the presence of Chronikin.

Begin the research

Meet the first recorded Chronikin.

The Compendium currently contains full records for Demenessa, Vigyrrie, Magada, and Naqravek, with many more entries awaiting completion.

Open the Chronikin Archives