Ok for the second time I have irrevocably lost my WIP OOC, because I'm literally the dumbest person on earth. The good news is the version I have saved is much closer to the real deal now, so barring me being a complete idiot again tomorrow, we'll have the OOC up then. 

Here are a few details in the meantime

About This RP
-It is dark fantasy nation RP set in a harsh and unforgiving fantasy world living among the ruins of ancient, hyper advanced civilizations. Azoth is crawling with mutants and monsters. Resources are scarce. This is Lovecraft meets Tolkien meets Skyrim.
-I'd like this to be an exercise in collaborative world building. That means that we want factions and characters that feel like they inhabit a shared world. Players will collaborate heavily in designing their factions.
-It is low-medium fantasy: magic exists. It is powerful and dangerous. 
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A note on Magic: I am not a big fan on fixed magic rules or magic systems. I do want to stress that this is low(ish) fantasy. That means no armies of reanimated dead or golems, no legions of fireball casters, balrogs, etc. We're going to err on the side of how the LotR handled magic rather than say, D&D. Meaning, it is present and powerful, but mysterious and often indirect. 

This is what I call the Tolkien/GRR Martin approach to magic and religion. Magic is real, mysterious, and powerful, but for the most part takes place 'off-screen', and is for aesthetic purposes somewhat subdued or indirect. Likewise, the RP will take the GRR Martin approach to religion: there are as many religions as we can come up with here, but we will leave it an open question as to whether any of them are true. Conflicting mythos and cosmologies and visions of god(s) are encouraged.[/hider]

-It is vaguely Renaissance tech. Cannons and arquebus are new military technology, and would be very very very rare in the Broken Lands, which are generally barbarous and backwards.
-It has archeo-tech from a lost, highly advanced civilization. Salvaged/repurposed Old One tech is common in many places across Azoth, though the Broken Lands are relatively backwards in this respect as well. Old One ruins are very common all over the world.
-It has original fantasy races. (GM approval needed for original races, which can be allied/part of your mostly human Clan)
-Inspired by Tolkien, Warhammer fantasy and 40K, Lovecraft, China Mieville, Morrowind, Skyrim, Song of Ice and Fire...looking forward to seeing what others bring to the table.
- Advanced writing standards.