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Dearest Poohead,

I respectfully request thine permission to role play as a humble Burrowfolk. His name shall be Timtam.

@BangoSkank

While that's not a question on the world itself, if I make an RP with it then it'll likely be available to play!

What are some popular fairy tales told with the intention of getting kids to behave?

@Utrax

Other than Roth'Maglor the Decimator being used as a cautionary tale, there is also Byak the Grimplord who steals children (who wander away from their beds) into the night and turns them into toads to be devoured by serpents and Goblins. There's also Vergengreeni who throws bad kids into the pits of Ag to be trapped forever if they misbehave.

What is the apex predator of your world?

@BrokenPromise

The Primordial. Pretty much a demi-god of Dragons who lives in the ocean and sleeps for centuries. It's larger than ten dragons and there is a city by the name of "Darkwater" that used to be a vast, ancient city. The beast rose from beneath it, literally crushing the entire city with its wake and centuries later it was found and remade into Darkwater.

Is there anything in it arguably breaking the fourth wall?

@Andreyich

I vaguely like the idea of portals from our world going into my own world so modern rock music becomes the popular norm.

Dogs of War: Old World Mercenaries

Hider

Dogs of War: Old World Mercenaries

The distant roar of the surf surged in the background, the only noise that could be heard beyond it was the whistling wind. Amal felt his muscles were as heavy and dense as iron, the aches along his body now an old friend. Beneath him, he felt soft earth and grass tickling his tanned body. In and out, he became aware of his breathing. Amal's sleep addled body stirred gingerly, and he couldn't quite grasp where he was or what had happened. All he knew is that he was cold.

He suddenly felt a jolt of energy when the world came crashing back into his mind. He knew he couldn't rest until he knew whether or not Emmaline was safe or not. Willing his body to move, he pushed his chest and head up off the ground. Even lifting himself that much, he felt the wind's intensity increase tenfold. He lifted his eyes and saw trees in the foreground around a mile away before him. Rolling hills of the grass swept forwards until they reached the trees, but after that he saw nothing.

He turned himself over and looked behind him. The thief almost yelped, his heart stricken when he saw the cliff edge just a meter away from the soles of his feet. He didn't peek over the edge, but it looked almost a mile in the air above the churning sea waters far below. He scrambled further inland away from the cliff face only to find his hand grabbed something soft and warm. Squeezing, he realized he had grabbed Emmaline's rump. "Emm!" He cried, pulling himself over her and turning her body over. Thank Ranald and Allah above, she was still breathing!

"Emmaline, wake up..." He called to her as softly as he could past the rising wind. Across a low swell of the land, the mast lay strewn in ruin. Beneath the fabric, Amal saw a man-shaped figure poking out. Scrambling to move the sail, once there was a hole in the fabric, sir Brenly's head popped out. Amal thought he had a grumpy way about him before, but the elder northman had an utterly miserable expression on his face. The Arabyan couldn't blame him. Even finding out they were all alive, they had somehow wound up in a cold, unforgiving land. What's more, he suddenly felt it beginning to rain. Just a drop here or there before it began to steadily shower. By Allah it was freezing! If this was Emmaline's land then she was made of sterner stuff than himself.

A fluttering was evident about him and he thought some of the sail had been torn off. Instead the carpet flew by, presenting itself in its full exciteable glory before flattening out to be ridden. Amal smiled, somewhat relieved. Maybe they could find some shelter somehow in the forest.
@Penny

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Who eats the most fish?

@Moth

The Lizardmen of the Southlands, known as the Ungexes. They along with the Dwarves were the firstborn on the planet, and while they're powerful they still live a basic lifestyle in swamps and rivers and mangrove trees.

What is the most depressing achievement that this/ these civilizations hit/receive/achieve? Did they develop nihilism yet?

@Shovel

I think killing the Prophet of the Evergod and demolishing the Old Praelian Empire by doing so despite the many warnings is likely the biggest. I will say that, while there isn't a huge amount of Nihilism, there are nihilistic groups like the Ashen Stars and the Grey Crows, both shady terrorist organizations.

Undeath. The cause?

@BCTheEntity

Necromancy is the art of connecting a dead body with an unbound spirit. It is not physically possible to halt a spirit from passing on, but it is possible to 'bind' a spirit to a spiritless body, or call back a spirit to its own body for a small amount of time. The cause is magic from the realm of Shadows.

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What are the limits to the magic?

@Shadow Dragon

Well there's very many different types. If you mean what the drawbacks are, it depends on the spell. But it will drain your vitality, you'll become addicted to it like a drug, and certain magics will take a stronger and stronger hold over your soul.

Does your world have any pantheons or fictional Gods? If so, tell us a little about them.

@Hyde

The Luminar are the Gods the Evergod has given the world to. There are many of them, but a few examples are

• Baelyr: God of Justice, who uses the Flaming Fist as his sigil.
• Galena: Goddess of Peace, Healing, and Serenity, whose sigil is a Song Bird.
• Gaundet: God of cities and civilization. His sigil is a tower of stone.
• Beornegar: God of the Wilderness, whos sigil is the Bear & Elk

There are also "Pagan" Gods which are really powerful spirits from the Perilous Realm. Some helped fight in a great Primordial Civil War and are allowed to be on the planet, and others have smuggled themselves or were summoned.

What type of government rules in the main continent of the story, and who is the "head honcho?"

@BrokenPromise

There's many nations, but most of them are monarchies and empires. However, the days of the nation states are near at a close and most are veritable city states by this point, making the biggest rulers Dukes.

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Do modern, classical, or other physics apply to it?

@Andreyich

Idk why I accidentally skipped this. Modern physics apply, though I tend to give mythic explanations for unexplained phenomena in our world.

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Do drugs exist?

@The Ghost Note

They do. There's many of our real world drugs, but there's also various drugs undiscovered in the Southlands where dense jungles hide plants and substances unknown to man. The first book I worked on had the hero's village get burned down because the ashes let the Felthalas weed grow to be picked, driven by a savvy businessman who wished to collected the stuff and ship it to the markets of the northern continent.

Well, what's it called? Does the world/country's name have any significance?

@Yankee

The planet is called Maroleth by the Elves, which means "Tainted/Corrupted Land" in the First Tongue. It is called Torek by the Dwarves, who are the first natives to the world, though they also just call the main continent that as well. Tor is a name for their chief deity, and 'tor' rock formations are considered sacred.

What countermeasures are in place to deal with excessively horny bards?

@Skwint

Nirn root. It's literally a birth control.

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Are there Halflings?

@BangoSkank

Yes and No. I obviously take some ideas and influences from other fantasy universe's, but I dislike copying anyone outright. Seeing as "Hobbits" were created by Tolkien, and D&D used their nickname "Halflings" given by the men of Numenor to put them into D&D, I didn't want to make my Halflings a 3rd generation clone. So I have what you might call "Burrowfolk" or "Burrahobs." They're around 36 to 40 inches in height, though they have a strange ability that lets them grow up to 5 feet in height for small lengths of time. They have cheeks that can store great amounts of food that they'll nom on at anytime during the day. They're master farmers and diggers of earth, with slightly pointed ears and generally they're very merry, though they can be prone to mischief or jealousy.

How was the universe created? Gods, random chance, etc?

@ZAVAZggg

My universe is sort of a mixture between Warhammer Fantasy, Forgotten Realms, and historical myth. However, a lot of my world buidling aspects are very Tolkien-esque. I sort of wanted to bridge a gap between our world and this one, and so while it is not necessarily canon, I sort of began by thinking "How would a world look after Dagor Dagorath, which was essentially the "End Times" of Tolkien, where the final battle against evil is fought and at the end of days the world would be remade. I wondered what world that would look like, and since Middle Earth/Arda is a pre-history of our world according to Tolkien, you can think of this as being after the next Big Crunch of our universe where it collapses into itself before creating another Big Bang to restart the process.

The universe is made up of 3 main realities. The reality of this new universe is known as Mannaheimm or Stridheim to some (just made up those 2 names, woo), though it has no true name. It was willed into existence by the one known as the Evergod, who's very spark of creation made the other 2 as well. The Elves like to say that the Evergod created a great 'Ring of Creation' sort of like the Black Hole theorized at the center of galaxies and universes. The other 2 realities are the Great Nothing/Void of Endless Beyonds, and the Perilous/Other Realm, where many 'lesser realms' are connected and intermingle. For example, the Elves come from an unknown Fey realm, before they were taken in by the Gods and went to their realm, where they were cast out into our plane/planet. Some of them tried to remain in the Perilous realm and conquered another realm, calling it the Ele'domhan before it was sundered and the rest were forced to come onto the planet.

The Gods are very much more akin to Arch-Angels. They are known as the Luminar. Below them (though some can rival them in power) are the Valukar, which consist of Physical Gods, Luminar in Avatar states, Greater Demons, etc. Below them are the Avidar, who are like lesser Demi-Gods. All of them are below the Evergod, of course.

Magic is the very runoff of creation, some of it leaking out of the other realms into our own. You can get various types of magic from various places. Some is even within ourselves since we our star-children made from the very dust of the earth.

Why is the village afraid of the volcano?

@Utrax

Because Roth'Maglor the Decimator resides within, the Demon given the name from the Nine Days of Desolation when he destroyed the city that was once Varone and killed 100,000 people in just 9 days. Or a Dragon, maybe.

Decided to try something

Doubt it'll get any takers, but if anyone wants to make a reply I'll appreciate it.

Deify

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