[center][sup][h1][color=96B93F]꧁[/color] [color=D13936] ᴀʀᴄᴀᴅɪᴀ ᴏʙꜱᴄᴜʀᴀ [/color] [color=96B93F]꧂[/color][/h1] [h1][color=F9E9DA]ÏīīīīīÏīīīīīÏīīīīīÏīīīīīÏ[/color][/h1][/sup] [table][cell][color=2e2c2c]════════[/color][/cell][cell][color=96B93F][sup][h3][sup]꧁[/sup] [sub]꧁[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]꧁[/sup] [sub]꧁[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]꧁[/sup] [sub]꧁[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]꧁[/sup] [sub]꧁[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]꧁[/sup] [sub]꧁[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]꧁[/sup] [sub]꧁[/sub][/h3][/sup][/color][/cell][cell][center][justify][h3][sup][sup][color=F9E9DA]Concealed in the Atlantic for millennia by forces not entirely natural, Arcadia — an island shaped by the legacy of Athens and Alexandria — is uncovered in the nascent days of global conflict. As rival powers race to claim it, the Arcadians must navigate a shadow war of diplomacy, espionage, and survival, or see their belovèd utopia carved into an evil weapon by ruthless ideologues and generals.[/color][/sup][/sup][/h3][/justify][/center][/cell][cell][color=96B93F][sup][h3][sup]꧂[/sup] [sub]꧂[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]꧂[/sup] [sub]꧂[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]꧂[/sup] [sub]꧂[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]꧂[/sup] [sub]꧂[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]꧂[/sup] [sub]꧂[/sub][/h3][/sup][sup][h3][sup]꧂[/sup] [sub]꧂[/sub][/h3][/sup][/color][/cell][cell][color=2e2c2c]════════[/color][/cell][/table][/center] [center][color=D13936][b]ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴇɴʀᴇꜱ[/b][/color] [color=F9E9DA]ᴀʟᴛ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ • ᴜᴛᴏᴘɪᴀ • ʀᴇᴀʟᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴋ • ᴍʏꜱᴛᴇʀʏ • ɢᴇᴏᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄꜱ • ʟᴏᴡ ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ[/color] [/center] [center][color=D13936][b]ɪɴꜱᴘɪʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ[/b][/color] [color=F9E9DA]ʟᴏꜱᴛ • ᴀᴛʟᴀɴᴛɪꜱ • ɪɴᴅɪᴀɴᴀ ᴊᴏɴᴇꜱ • ᴡᴀᴋᴀɴᴅᴀ • ɴᴜᴍᴇɴᴏʀ[/color][/center][b][/b] [table=bordered][row][cell=active] [center] Hello. I'm looking for a partner to explore this prompt with me. It will involve plenty of [color=96B93F][b]world-building[/b][/color], and could be heavily influenced by your own ideas and suggestions. However, it would first-and-foremost be a [color=96B93F][b]character-focussed[/b][/color] narrative. The story would initially follow two young courtiers with moderate-to-high levels of political influence — magistrates, priests, aristocrats, etc. — who will seek to protect their home from the encroaching espionage on three fronts. Within this republic, there may be many once-allies who have been corrupted by outside influence, and would seek to open doors for them into the city. I think there is a lot to play with here, and we could really go crazy with the level of detail. Multiple characters are fine too, but I'd like primary focus to be on one protagonist each. As with my other posts, this will be [color=96B93F][b]advanced to novella[/b][/color] level.[/center] [/cell][/row][/table] [table][row][cell][color=Gainsboro][justify][color=F9E9DA]Hidden from the annals of history and untouched by the marches of empire, Arcadia has endured in secret, deep within the Atlantic Ocean — a sovereign land cloaked by mysterious electromagnetic properties. A curio of a bygone era, Arcadia retains much of the culture and custom of Hellenistic Greece — yet its people have developed significantly in their understanding of science and technology. Uncorrupted by the taint of war for nearly two millenia, Arcadia has found prosperity through peace, eliminating poverty through careful design. It is Earth's only true utopia. But in the waning days of the 1930s, as the world fractures beneath the weight of war, the island is discovered by chance by aerial magnetometers designed to track submarines. As the world's greedy eyes fall upon Arcadia, just as Prometheus' eyes did fall upon the Gods' fire, a secret war breaks out between superpowers who covet its annexation. The island becomes a target not merely for its bounteous resources, but more focally for its many secrets which defy common scientific comprehension. For Arcadia's people live long, rarely fall ill, and recover from wounds with uncanny speed; and across the island, time and space are known to shift in ways that defy logic — distances stretch or collapse, and the landscape itself seems to change. Now, as the veil that sheltered Arcadia for millennia is pierced, those who have taken its quietude for granted must contend with the arrival of sinister foreign ambition. Germans, Soviets, and Americans turn their focus to the proverbial [i]fountain of youth[/i] — but neither force intends to share, nor do the people of Arcadia intend to bend the knee so readily. Raised in the legacy of statesmen and sages, you now walk a perilous path—one where loyalty fractures under foreign promises, truth is bartered like coin, and the fate of your homeland may depend on your ability to thread the needle between conviction and compromise.[/color][/justify][/color][/cell][cell][sub][sup][color=2e2c2c]____________________________________________________________________________[/color] [img]https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/045/337/475/large/size-2.jpg?1642494588[/img] [img]https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/083/546/455/large/size-1.jpg?1736231845[/img] [img]https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/071/574/352/large/size-qq-20230925062817.jpg?1705480252[/img] Art by [url=https://www.artstation.com/size80]size80[/url]. [/sup][/sub][/cell][/row][/table]