The World of Hiraeth

A World Still Becoming

Light Omens is a tabletop roleplaying game about survival, discovery, sacrifice, and hope in a world still learning what it wants to become.

Long ago, the civilizations of Hiraeth transformed themselves through the power of Grim Light. Entire cultures reshaped reality through thaumaturgy, living technology, and impossible ambition. The world advanced quickly. Too quickly.

Then everything changed.

The discovery of Ark remnants and reality-tearing Ark Rifts pushed civilization toward dangerous extremes. The arrival of the Light Eaters turned that instability into catastrophe. Entire societies collapsed beneath forces they barely understood, and the fall of the Grim Forges shattered the old world completely.

What survived inherited the aftermath instead.

A century and a half later, Hiraeth is still rebuilding among the remnants of forgotten ages, fractured histories, and dangerous legacies that never fully disappeared.

Communities endure among the ruins of the old world. Some preserve tradition. Others chase dangerous futures. Factions struggle over knowledge, identity, power, and what deserves to survive into the next age.

And still, people live. They build homes. Protect one another. Trade stories. Recover lost histories. Raise children beneath cursed skies. Reaching toward futures the old world could not imagine.

“The world did not end, it changed…
And now, its future belongs to those willing to shape it.“