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Seems to be going in the direction of supernatural/dark fantasy at the moment...but good natured stuff and basic fantasy elements could always be put in :)
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Seems to be going in the direction of supernatural/dark fantasy at the moment...but good natured stuff and basic fantasy elements could always be put in :)

No I mean like, the last two CHAR posts imply there's extremely sophisticated technology, some degree of genetic engineering, and e-mails.

EDIT: Reread the first OOC post. Guess I misremembered the basis of this whole thing. Thought it was just standard fantasy-medieval stuff but with more sophisticated architecture. My bad.
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Wait, is this still a fantasy setting?


I'm thinking of it in terms of a worldwide scale: some locations will have developed magically propelled technology while others are living in medieval kingdoms or tribal forests. They can coexist.

Either that or we can be developing several time periods at once, but I'm a fan of the former idea. X3
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I've jumped time periods between my articles without paying much conscious to it. I had WWII-era in mind when I wrote the Stellar Express and an Imperial China-esque country with Mirror, Mirror by the River.

I've somewhat imagined a setting similar Hunter x Hunter which is a mishmash of modern and fantasy elements but that's just whats been in my head so far.

Regardless, I need to get work on my next article. Enough babbling.

Edit: Here is my first attempt at trying to incorporate the Ruse into something. I hope it's sensible.

The Tragedy of Ceolmaer







"I've always wondered why Avolire Castle has yet to be gifted to a lord."

"The castle has remained vaccant for well over a hundred years."

"Enlighten me. I'm sure there must be a reason why such a magnificent abode has gone to waste."

"Because he still roams its halls to this day, paying the price for the kingdom's sin."





The Kingdom of Oadren was and still is a prosperous nation. A land of vibrant pastures, rolling hills, jolly peasants, and sophiscated lords, from the outside looking in one would think of Oadren as highly cultured and consider it a bastion of civilization.

But, as we all know, in this world even the most alluring of things carry the darkest secrets. And that is just what the case is for Oadren.

Once upon a time Oadren was not the magnificent kingdom that it is but a rather unremarkable land ruled by Everard the Hungry, one of the earliest kings in the nation's long history. As his name may suggest Everard was a man who wanted to consume everything he could both literally and figuratively. Unlike his predecessors he had the quality needed to bolster Oadren ahead of its rivals - ambition. And it was that very ambition that nearly drove an entire continent in chaos.

In an era which the world was commonly thought to be flat, it is sensible to think that the Ruse was far from understood. Everard's predecessors shunned the Ruse and thought that meddling with it would bring about the downfall of their people. Everard disagreed and who exactly shall be named as right or wrong should be left to the interpretation of whoever is reading this record. Regardless, the previous kings were right about the Ruse in that it would prove destructive in the wrong hands.

And Everard's hands were barely fit to hold a spoon correctly.

Desiring swathes upon swathes of territory, Everard sought to raise an army. An army that could quite possibly be the biggest the era ever saw. Obviously, Oadren did not have the men or resources to supply the forces that Everard required. That was when he turned to the Ruse. With it Oadren thought to turn every man, woman, and child dead or alive into a soldier. His hunger had taken form and it threatened to infect all of Oadren and beyond.

Ceolmaer, the famed Paragon of Light, could not allow his king to wrong his people in such a way. After failing to appeal to his majesty about his course of action, he decided that betrayal was the only way to prevent the land from falling into despair. He decapitated Everard to stop his hunger from swarming all of Oadren and beyond but by then it was too late. Everard's hunger no longer needed him and was able to thrive on its own. The people of Oadren were consumed by the hunger and became vicious fiends, invading and devouring its neighbors without command. Ceolmaer, by virtue of his honor, was able to resist the hunger and took it upon himself to be the driving force in fighting against it.

It wasn't until after putting down countless amounts of fellow countrymen and even his own family that Oadren realized his cause was futile. Oadren, in its current state, was lost. The hunger was spreading and there was no that Oadren, a mere warrior with armor and a greatsword, could do anything to stop it.

Then he thought. And, thankfully, thought is the Ruse.

What had birthed the hunger that ravaged Oadren would be what birthed the means to save it. However, a price needed to be paid for such a travesty. All that hunger could not just simply disappear from the world. It had to be redirected.

And it was with the Ruse of sacrifice that Ceolmaer took on that hunger and subdued himself within Avolire Castle. As humanity cannot withstand the vicious plague that is the hunger, Ceolmaer quickly became the very enemy he fought against - only greater. Fortunately, for us all, he became bound to Avolire Castle and with him Everard's hunger.

Miraculously, due to their proximity to Avolire Castle and its prisoner, Oadren and her people recovered from the hunger. Her neighbors, alas, did not fare so well.




"And that's how Oadren became what she is today."

"Preposterous! I've read through the entirety of our history and never have I encountered such events! As far as I know there was never a Paragon by the name of Ceolmaer!"

"Perhaps we are better off believing that."


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Heh...think I like cntributing to this a bit much XD
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@Zealous Blade Ooh more mysteries! So the hunger was a plague that turned people into zombie-like ravenous monsters, and it permeated from the castle -- so Ceolmaer cast a spell, using his own sacrifice as charge, to seal the hunger inside the castle? And the hunger may still be spreading elsewhere?

I should do a synopsis on spellcasting too. Hmm...

@Crawkid Purple ore! Yeaa! This is totally the stone used in the FENIKS project, and the floating stones in a yet unwritten location. Maybe even the power source of some manufactured Ruse.

Definitely have to write that thing on witchcraft, haha.
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Should I just open a text document and throw all my ideas at it and just copy and paste occasionally or....something?
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@Crawkid It'd probably be easier to find/categorize certain ideas if each were in a separate post -- so maybe pick your favorite ideas now and then and post about that? x3
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I like the idea of not having a defined "present" time. My two posts each took place at different times. That said, there would still be different areas with different kinds of technologies and magic present at once, just like there is in the real world.
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Honestly...my brain cant comprehend not having a general timeline
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An outline of Magician's Guilds! I thought after all the spooky/mysterious/serious posts it would do to have something a bit lighthearted and cliche anime, haha.
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@Wardian That's some complicated politics if ever I saw it. @.@ Potential for hilarity and mayhem!
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I wrote an article on the Null Empire since it is the most central topic and it looks like the person who originally came up with the idea isn't ever going to post it.
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Is this dead

I hope not :(
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@Wardian Hey cool something set down about the Null Empire! I'd like to open the floor to any feedback on that one -- I have a feeling this is a cornerstone of the worldbuild. I may have to go back and read all the previous mentions of it and get back to you. ;)


Is this dead

I hope not :(

I can't imagine this could possibly ever be dead! I'll basically always be here, so whenever anyone has an idea for an article -- even if it's been months since the last one -- just fling it up there. xD



Everyone: A friend recently pointed me at a worldbuilding RPG Microscope -- it looks pretty cool and seems pretty much like a better organized version of what we've been doing already. Would you guys be interested in maybe trying to convert this to a Microscope game? PM me if you're interested in taking a look at the game book pdf. :)

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@Mokley Hey I've heard of that! It's broken down into events and scenes right? I'm interested in that for sure.

I haven't had any ideas for this particular world lately-but I'm still following along.
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@Polybius Yep you got it! Essentially we'd need some kind of timeline visual aid that shows the beginning and end of certain eras/timespans, and fit new events/wars/etc between or alongside existing points.

Timeline: The Game, essentially. xD

The first step, though, is to come up with one descriptive sentence about the world and specifically the time period we're focusing on, and build off of that.
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@Mokley Microscope looks like a really interesting system. I'd be interested in doing something along those lines.
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@snake153 Hey awesome! :)

We could probably put what we've already got into the system and go from there -- OR create a new thread and start fresh with the new system and maybe a different theme. Leaving this one open, of course.

What do you guys think?
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I'm interested. I think we've got a nice amount of work going here so if we could convert what we have so far into the system that would be preferable for me. A blank slate isn't bad either. I'm game regardless.
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