Tiamat was the original being. She is The goddess of salt water, life, and creation. She was the mother of the universe. She is a mysterious figure, very few people having any information at all about her. She is known in most places as the goddess of the salt sea, and the first. She sleeps at the bottom of the primordial sea, a giant expanse of glittering ocean in which the planes are islands. She takes the form of a mighty dragon, thousands of feet long. If she wakes up, she will reclaim her domain from the gods and sink the world, before devouring the gods. She will topple the gods from their thrones, where they think they are all powerful. She will show them what true power is.
the protogenos
the protogenos, the children of Tiamat, are fundamental parts of the universe. Time, space, light, darkness, fire, earth, water, air. They often mess with mortal lives, causing volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, longer nights, and other events. They are loyal to Tiamat and will help her if she ever wakes up.
the shifting
Also the children of Tiamat, the shifting are all unique horrors with godlike power. They are less loyal to Tiamat, often dealing with or allying with the gods, like Lucifer. Others hide from the gods in the faraway places of the world, like the king in yellow. Others feign godhood, like the clever Anansi. They were hunted and driven away by the gods for the most part, where they hid in the underdark, the clouds, the mountains, or other places. There they had children which became most monsters known today.
the gods
The gods appeared once Tiamat went to sleep. They embody less important things than the protogenos, but are no less powerful. They are personifications of things like war, decay, death, renewal, paradise, trees, volcanoes, certain animals, lighting, and other things. A specific group of 6, known as the Angeli, sit in heaven, where they look after the souls of good people when they die. The Angeli are the most powerful gods, just a bit more powerful than the protogenos, but they still can’t compare to Tiamat. Tiamat is around as powerful as all 6 of the Angeli combined.
Seraph
Seraph is the most powerful Angeli, and the king of all the gods. They are the god of power and radiance. They could single-handedly fight any other being in existence besides Tiamat and win. Even all 5 other Angeli would have trouble fighting him alone. He does as he pleases, and is worshipped almost completely by more than half the world’s nations. While he takes on a less terrifying appearance when talking to mortals, his true form is terrible to behold, seeming humanoid, but their eyes aren’t on their face, but circling their top hat in the air. They also notably have four eyes. They dress like a ringmaster in a circus. His staff has 6 wings and an eye he can also see through. His smile is charming, yet unnerving. No person witnesses Seraph unchanged.
the “gods”
the gods are from the primordial sea. But some mortals, through sheer willpower, as well as devotion of mortals, have ascended to power similar to gods. These are known as overlords, and they are often extremely involved in mortal affairs, acting like royalty for a nation or running a criminal organization spanning kingdoms. They are generally viewed as evil, which is often the case, but not a requirement. Overlords die without worship. They can only become overlords with worship, but an existing god can help them exist without it, by feeding them the prayers they get, because they don’t need them to survive. A god can only do this willingly.
I love it! Very cool. Especially like the parts about Tiamat and Seraph. The shifting are great too. Very Lovecraft-like.
Thanks! Any parts about them you like in particular?
also, i forgot something, Seraph can’t beat the dark powers in a fight if they’re in the shadowfell, since they have almost actual omnipotence in the shadowfell. Seraph could beat any of their avatars though, and that’s most likely to happen since that’s the only way the dark powers interact physically with other planes, since they can’t leave the shadowfell.
I like the fact that Tiamat is like a primordial creator who emerges from the salt sea, I like that with the shifting you make a reference to the King in Yellow and I like that the protogenos are like the fundamental concepts of the universe (I never thought of space as a fundamental concept but I guess it is). And Seraph is just a generally cool concept for a god of radiance.
Thanks! I might change what is included as a protogenos, i might remove space. I thought about adding nature but the Archfey are basically nature gods.
The king in yellow hid away from the gods in the stars. Eventually, after hundreds of years, they found Carcosa, a ruined empire that used to be ruled by a god who made Gith to be his subjects. That god was imprisoned in the primordial sea by one of the protogenos for messing with the flow of time. The king in yellow decided to rule over the ruined land, only inhabited by the souls of gith who chose not to leave when their god was imprisoned. The king in yellow used their powers to inspire the writing of the play, the king in yellow, which drives those who read it mad, making them believe they are destined for a paradise. What they believe exactly varies, but it always has to do with that. It also makes the readers violent and generally try to do violent and evil acts, often for no reason or for a strange one. When they die, if they are not cured with magic, their soul becomes trapped in Carcosa, a lost and uninhabited wasteland, the ruins of a paradise.
Tiamat was the original being. She is The goddess of salt water, life, and creation. She was the mother of the universe. She is a mysterious figure, very few people having any information at all about her. She is known in most places as the goddess of the salt sea, and the first. She sleeps at the bottom of the primordial sea, a giant expanse of glittering ocean in which the planes are islands. She takes the form of a mighty dragon, thousands of feet long. If she wakes up, she will reclaim her domain from the gods and sink the world, before devouring the gods. She will topple the gods from their thrones, where they think they are all powerful. She will show them what true power is.
the protogenos
the protogenos, the children of Tiamat, are fundamental parts of the universe. Time, space, light, darkness, fire, earth, water, air. They often mess with mortal lives, causing volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, longer nights, and other events. They are loyal to Tiamat and will help her if she ever wakes up.
the shifting
Also the children of Tiamat, the shifting are all unique horrors with godlike power. They are less loyal to Tiamat, often dealing with or allying with the gods, like Lucifer. Others hide from the gods in the faraway places of the world, like the king in yellow. Others feign godhood, like the clever Anansi. They were hunted and driven away by the gods for the most part, where they hid in the underdark, the clouds, the mountains, or other places. There they had children which became most monsters known today.
the gods
The gods appeared once Tiamat went to sleep. They embody less important things than the protogenos, but are no less powerful. They are personifications of things like war, decay, death, renewal, paradise, trees, volcanoes, certain animals, lighting, and other things. A specific group of 6, known as the Angeli, sit in heaven, where they look after the souls of good people when they die. The Angeli are the most powerful gods, just a bit more powerful than the protogenos, but they still can’t compare to Tiamat. Tiamat is around as powerful as all 6 of the Angeli combined.
Seraph
Seraph is the most powerful Angeli, and the king of all the gods. They are the god of power and radiance. They could single-handedly fight any other being in existence besides Tiamat and win. Even all 5 other Angeli would have trouble fighting him alone. He does as he pleases, and is worshipped almost completely by more than half the world’s nations. While he takes on a less terrifying appearance when talking to mortals, his true form is terrible to behold, seeming humanoid, but their eyes aren’t on their face, but circling their top hat in the air. They also notably have four eyes. They dress like a ringmaster in a circus. His staff has 6 wings and an eye he can also see through. His smile is charming, yet unnerving. No person witnesses Seraph unchanged.
the “gods”
the gods are from the primordial sea. But some mortals, through sheer willpower, as well as devotion of mortals, have ascended to power similar to gods. These are known as overlords, and they are often extremely involved in mortal affairs, acting like royalty for a nation or running a criminal organization spanning kingdoms. They are generally viewed as evil, which is often the case, but not a requirement. Overlords die without worship. They can only become overlords with worship, but an existing god can help them exist without it, by feeding them the prayers they get, because they don’t need them to survive. A god can only do this willingly.
I love it! Very cool. Especially like the parts about Tiamat and Seraph. The shifting are great too. Very Lovecraft-like.
Thanks! Any parts about them you like in particular?
also, i forgot something, Seraph can’t beat the dark powers in a fight if they’re in the shadowfell, since they have almost actual omnipotence in the shadowfell. Seraph could beat any of their avatars though, and that’s most likely to happen since that’s the only way the dark powers interact physically with other planes, since they can’t leave the shadowfell.
I like the fact that Tiamat is like a primordial creator who emerges from the salt sea, I like that with the shifting you make a reference to the King in Yellow and I like that the protogenos are like the fundamental concepts of the universe (I never thought of space as a fundamental concept but I guess it is). And Seraph is just a generally cool concept for a god of radiance.
Thanks! I might change what is included as a protogenos, i might remove space. I thought about adding nature but the Archfey are basically nature gods.
The king in yellow hid away from the gods in the stars. Eventually, after hundreds of years, they found Carcosa, a ruined empire that used to be ruled by a god who made Gith to be his subjects. That god was imprisoned in the primordial sea by one of the protogenos for messing with the flow of time. The king in yellow decided to rule over the ruined land, only inhabited by the souls of gith who chose not to leave when their god was imprisoned. The king in yellow used their powers to inspire the writing of the play, the king in yellow, which drives those who read it mad, making them believe they are destined for a paradise. What they believe exactly varies, but it always has to do with that. It also makes the readers violent and generally try to do violent and evil acts, often for no reason or for a strange one. When they die, if they are not cured with magic, their soul becomes trapped in Carcosa, a lost and uninhabited wasteland, the ruins of a paradise.
I think you should remove space. Seven is a perfect number of protogenos. And yeah I think the Archfey make sense as nature gods (though you could argue that the nature worshiped by druids is a very different setting from the Feywild).
And I love the part about the King in Yellow. Are the gith of Carcosa githyanki, githzerai or neither?
*Gtg for now. Night guys.*
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I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
Tiamat was the original being. She is The goddess of salt water, life, and creation. She was the mother of the universe. She is a mysterious figure, very few people having any information at all about her. She is known in most places as the goddess of the salt sea, and the first. She sleeps at the bottom of the primordial sea, a giant expanse of glittering ocean in which the planes are islands. She takes the form of a mighty dragon, thousands of feet long. If she wakes up, she will reclaim her domain from the gods and sink the world, before devouring the gods. She will topple the gods from their thrones, where they think they are all powerful. She will show them what true power is.
the protogenos
the protogenos, the children of Tiamat, are fundamental parts of the universe. Time, space, light, darkness, fire, earth, water, air. They often mess with mortal lives, causing volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, longer nights, and other events. They are loyal to Tiamat and will help her if she ever wakes up.
the shifting
Also the children of Tiamat, the shifting are all unique horrors with godlike power. They are less loyal to Tiamat, often dealing with or allying with the gods, like Lucifer. Others hide from the gods in the faraway places of the world, like the king in yellow. Others feign godhood, like the clever Anansi. They were hunted and driven away by the gods for the most part, where they hid in the underdark, the clouds, the mountains, or other places. There they had children which became most monsters known today.
the gods
The gods appeared once Tiamat went to sleep. They embody less important things than the protogenos, but are no less powerful. They are personifications of things like war, decay, death, renewal, paradise, trees, volcanoes, certain animals, lighting, and other things. A specific group of 6, known as the Angeli, sit in heaven, where they look after the souls of good people when they die. The Angeli are the most powerful gods, just a bit more powerful than the protogenos, but they still can’t compare to Tiamat. Tiamat is around as powerful as all 6 of the Angeli combined.
Seraph
Seraph is the most powerful Angeli, and the king of all the gods. They are the god of power and radiance. They could single-handedly fight any other being in existence besides Tiamat and win. Even all 5 other Angeli would have trouble fighting him alone. He does as he pleases, and is worshipped almost completely by more than half the world’s nations. While he takes on a less terrifying appearance when talking to mortals, his true form is terrible to behold, seeming humanoid, but their eyes aren’t on their face, but circling their top hat in the air. They also notably have four eyes. They dress like a ringmaster in a circus. His staff has 6 wings and an eye he can also see through. His smile is charming, yet unnerving. No person witnesses Seraph unchanged.
the “gods”
the gods are from the primordial sea. But some mortals, through sheer willpower, as well as devotion of mortals, have ascended to power similar to gods. These are known as overlords, and they are often extremely involved in mortal affairs, acting like royalty for a nation or running a criminal organization spanning kingdoms. They are generally viewed as evil, which is often the case, but not a requirement. Overlords die without worship. They can only become overlords with worship, but an existing god can help them exist without it, by feeding them the prayers they get, because they don’t need them to survive. A god can only do this willingly.
I love it! Very cool. Especially like the parts about Tiamat and Seraph. The shifting are great too. Very Lovecraft-like.
Thanks! Any parts about them you like in particular?
also, i forgot something, Seraph can’t beat the dark powers in a fight if they’re in the shadowfell, since they have almost actual omnipotence in the shadowfell. Seraph could beat any of their avatars though, and that’s most likely to happen since that’s the only way the dark powers interact physically with other planes, since they can’t leave the shadowfell.
I like the fact that Tiamat is like a primordial creator who emerges from the salt sea, I like that with the shifting you make a reference to the King in Yellow and I like that the protogenos are like the fundamental concepts of the universe (I never thought of space as a fundamental concept but I guess it is). And Seraph is just a generally cool concept for a god of radiance.
Thanks! I might change what is included as a protogenos, i might remove space. I thought about adding nature but the Archfey are basically nature gods.
The king in yellow hid away from the gods in the stars. Eventually, after hundreds of years, they found Carcosa, a ruined empire that used to be ruled by a god who made Gith to be his subjects. That god was imprisoned in the primordial sea by one of the protogenos for messing with the flow of time. The king in yellow decided to rule over the ruined land, only inhabited by the souls of gith who chose not to leave when their god was imprisoned. The king in yellow used their powers to inspire the writing of the play, the king in yellow, which drives those who read it mad, making them believe they are destined for a paradise. What they believe exactly varies, but it always has to do with that. It also makes the readers violent and generally try to do violent and evil acts, often for no reason or for a strange one. When they die, if they are not cured with magic, their soul becomes trapped in Carcosa, a lost and uninhabited wasteland, the ruins of a paradise.
I think you should remove space. Seven is a perfect number of protogenos. And yeah I think the Archfey make sense as nature gods (though you could argue that the nature worshiped by druids is a very different setting from the Feywild).
And I love the part about the King in Yellow. Are the gith of Carcosa githyanki, githzerai or neither?
*Gtg for now. Night guys.*
After the gith left Carcosa, they fled to the primordial sea (there are settlements of monstrous humanoids and some humans who got there somehow) most of them joined the settlements and helped found others, while the rest became pirates. Githyanki is for the pirates, and Githzerai is the rest of them. The primordial sea is like an actual ocean except physics there make a lot less sense and the water is purple and cloudy. The primordial sea is kinda hard to explain, because I haven’t made many details about it, but everything there is super magical and it’s sparkly.
Parthamon Ilianos is a figure from Latsian legend, he was a beautiful man who was deemed the greatest man of his city and named its governor. Like any good Latsian at the time, he worshipped the Olympian pantheon, but never picked a patron god. One day Dionysus lamented that no god would ever earn him as their champion. Athena claimed that it would be easy to persuade him, as every man should love wisdom. Hera scoffed and pronounced that he would never disobey the queen of gods. Aphrodite interjected that no man could deny her. Dionysus challenged the three goddesses to a bet to prove themselves. Dionysus went down and forewarned Parthamon that three goddesses would appear before him to become their champion, but he should accept none of them.
Athena was the first to appear and offered him great wisdom and armies. Parthamon politely refused and said he liked being a simple man, and did not mean to conquer. Hera followed and ordered him to be her champion so he could rise high in the world. He refused and told her he had risen as far as he meant too. Aphrodite was the last of the three to appear and offered him a son by her if he became her champion. Parthamon was tempted and accepted her offer, and he had a son by the goddess. Athena and Hera were furious, and Dionysus encouraged them to take revenge. When the son of Aphrodite was born, Athena stole him. She trained him up and made him the greatest warrior of his generation. Then Hera married him to the governess of another city. Dionysus then filled the son with tales of conquest and gave him his wine of bravery. The son took his wife's armies and attacked his father's city.
Parthamon had to witness his walls torn down and his people put to the sword or dragged off in chains. In the end he asked Aphrodite why this had happened to him, Aphrodite smiled and told him that being a god's champion is like an axe above your head. Aphrodite then slew Parthamon and placed his soul among the stars.
Tiamat was the original being. She is The goddess of salt water, life, and creation. She was the mother of the universe. She is a mysterious figure, very few people having any information at all about her. She is known in most places as the goddess of the salt sea, and the first. She sleeps at the bottom of the primordial sea, a giant expanse of glittering ocean in which the planes are islands. She takes the form of a mighty dragon, thousands of feet long. If she wakes up, she will reclaim her domain from the gods and sink the world, before devouring the gods. She will topple the gods from their thrones, where they think they are all powerful. She will show them what true power is.
the protogenos
the protogenos, the children of Tiamat, are fundamental parts of the universe. Time, space, light, darkness, fire, earth, water, air. They often mess with mortal lives, causing volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, longer nights, and other events. They are loyal to Tiamat and will help her if she ever wakes up.
the shifting
Also the children of Tiamat, the shifting are all unique horrors with godlike power. They are less loyal to Tiamat, often dealing with or allying with the gods, like Lucifer. Others hide from the gods in the faraway places of the world, like the king in yellow. Others feign godhood, like the clever Anansi. They were hunted and driven away by the gods for the most part, where they hid in the underdark, the clouds, the mountains, or other places. There they had children which became most monsters known today.
the gods
The gods appeared once Tiamat went to sleep. They embody less important things than the protogenos, but are no less powerful. They are personifications of things like war, decay, death, renewal, paradise, trees, volcanoes, certain animals, lighting, and other things. A specific group of 6, known as the Angeli, sit in heaven, where they look after the souls of good people when they die. The Angeli are the most powerful gods, just a bit more powerful than the protogenos, but they still can’t compare to Tiamat. Tiamat is around as powerful as all 6 of the Angeli combined.
Seraph
Seraph is the most powerful Angeli, and the king of all the gods. They are the god of power and radiance. They could single-handedly fight any other being in existence besides Tiamat and win. Even all 5 other Angeli would have trouble fighting him alone. He does as he pleases, and is worshipped almost completely by more than half the world’s nations. While he takes on a less terrifying appearance when talking to mortals, his true form is terrible to behold, seeming humanoid, but their eyes aren’t on their face, but circling their top hat in the air. They also notably have four eyes. They dress like a ringmaster in a circus. His staff has 6 wings and an eye he can also see through. His smile is charming, yet unnerving. No person witnesses Seraph unchanged.
the “gods”
the gods are from the primordial sea. But some mortals, through sheer willpower, as well as devotion of mortals, have ascended to power similar to gods. These are known as overlords, and they are often extremely involved in mortal affairs, acting like royalty for a nation or running a criminal organization spanning kingdoms. They are generally viewed as evil, which is often the case, but not a requirement. Overlords die without worship. They can only become overlords with worship, but an existing god can help them exist without it, by feeding them the prayers they get, because they don’t need them to survive. A god can only do this willingly.
I love it! Very cool. Especially like the parts about Tiamat and Seraph. The shifting are great too. Very Lovecraft-like.
Thanks! Any parts about them you like in particular?
also, i forgot something, Seraph can’t beat the dark powers in a fight if they’re in the shadowfell, since they have almost actual omnipotence in the shadowfell. Seraph could beat any of their avatars though, and that’s most likely to happen since that’s the only way the dark powers interact physically with other planes, since they can’t leave the shadowfell.
I like the fact that Tiamat is like a primordial creator who emerges from the salt sea, I like that with the shifting you make a reference to the King in Yellow and I like that the protogenos are like the fundamental concepts of the universe (I never thought of space as a fundamental concept but I guess it is). And Seraph is just a generally cool concept for a god of radiance.
Thanks! I might change what is included as a protogenos, i might remove space. I thought about adding nature but the Archfey are basically nature gods.
The king in yellow hid away from the gods in the stars. Eventually, after hundreds of years, they found Carcosa, a ruined empire that used to be ruled by a god who made Gith to be his subjects. That god was imprisoned in the primordial sea by one of the protogenos for messing with the flow of time. The king in yellow decided to rule over the ruined land, only inhabited by the souls of gith who chose not to leave when their god was imprisoned. The king in yellow used their powers to inspire the writing of the play, the king in yellow, which drives those who read it mad, making them believe they are destined for a paradise. What they believe exactly varies, but it always has to do with that. It also makes the readers violent and generally try to do violent and evil acts, often for no reason or for a strange one. When they die, if they are not cured with magic, their soul becomes trapped in Carcosa, a lost and uninhabited wasteland, the ruins of a paradise.
I think you should remove space. Seven is a perfect number of protogenos. And yeah I think the Archfey make sense as nature gods (though you could argue that the nature worshiped by druids is a very different setting from the Feywild).
And I love the part about the King in Yellow. Are the gith of Carcosa githyanki, githzerai or neither?
*Gtg for now. Night guys.*
After the gith left Carcosa, they fled to the primordial sea (there are settlements of monstrous humanoids and some humans who got there somehow) most of them joined the settlements and helped found others, while the rest became pirates. Githyanki is for the pirates, and Githzerai is the rest of them. The primordial sea is like an actual ocean except physics there make a lot less sense and the water is purple and cloudy. The primordial sea is kinda hard to explain, because I haven’t made many details about it, but everything there is super magical and it’s sparkly.
This sounds great! I love it :)
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I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
Parthamon Ilianos is a figure from Latsian legend, he was a beautiful man who was deemed the greatest man of his city and named its governor. Like any good Latsian at the time, he worshipped the Olympian pantheon, but never picked a patron god. One day Dionysus lamented that no god would ever earn him as their champion. Athena claimed that it would be easy to persuade him, as every man should love wisdom. Hera scoffed and pronounced that he would never disobey the queen of gods. Aphrodite interjected that no man could deny her. Dionysus challenged the three goddesses to a bet to prove themselves. Dionysus went down and forewarned Parthamon that three goddesses would appear before him to become their champion, but he should accept none of them.
Athena was the first to appear and offered him great wisdom and armies. Parthamon politely refused and said he liked being a simple man, and did not mean to conquer. Hera followed and ordered him to be her champion so he could rise high in the world. He refused and told her he had risen as far as he meant too. Aphrodite was the last of the three to appear and offered him a son by her if he became her champion. Parthamon was tempted and accepted her offer, and he had a son by the goddess. Athena and Hera were furious, and Dionysus encouraged them to take revenge. When the son of Aphrodite was born, Athena stole him. She trained him up and made him the greatest warrior of his generation. Then Hera married him to the governess of another city. Dionysus then filled the son with tales of conquest and gave him his wine of bravery. The son took his wife's armies and attacked his father's city.
Parthamon had to witness his walls torn down and his people put to the sword or dragged off in chains. In the end he asked Aphrodite why this had happened to him, Aphrodite smiled and told him that being a god's champion is like an axe above your head. Aphrodite then slew Parthamon and placed his soul among the stars.
Great morality tale Klein. Very much in the spirit of the Greek tragedies.
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I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
Parthamon Ilianos is a figure from Latsian legend, he was a beautiful man who was deemed the greatest man of his city and named its governor. Like any good Latsian at the time, he worshipped the Olympian pantheon, but never picked a patron god. One day Dionysus lamented that no god would ever earn him as their champion. Athena claimed that it would be easy to persuade him, as every man should love wisdom. Hera scoffed and pronounced that he would never disobey the queen of gods. Aphrodite interjected that no man could deny her. Dionysus challenged the three goddesses to a bet to prove themselves. Dionysus went down and forewarned Parthamon that three goddesses would appear before him to become their champion, but he should accept none of them.
Athena was the first to appear and offered him great wisdom and armies. Parthamon politely refused and said he liked being a simple man, and did not mean to conquer. Hera followed and ordered him to be her champion so he could rise high in the world. He refused and told her he had risen as far as he meant too. Aphrodite was the last of the three to appear and offered him a son by her if he became her champion. Parthamon was tempted and accepted her offer, and he had a son by the goddess. Athena and Hera were furious, and Dionysus encouraged them to take revenge. When the son of Aphrodite was born, Athena stole him. She trained him up and made him the greatest warrior of his generation. Then Hera married him to the governess of another city. Dionysus then filled the son with tales of conquest and gave him his wine of bravery. The son took his wife's armies and attacked his father's city.
Parthamon had to witness his walls torn down and his people put to the sword or dragged off in chains. In the end he asked Aphrodite why this had happened to him, Aphrodite smiled and told him that being a god's champion is like an axe above your head. Aphrodite then slew Parthamon and placed his soul among the stars.
Great morality tale Klein. Very much in the spirit of the Greek tragedies.
the marching city is one of the shifting. Their true form is not known, as no living person has seen it, and no immortal ever speaks of it. They take the shape of an enormous city, bustling with inhabitants. This city is ruled over by Asyrthus Gailen the second, a king part of a long line of rulers who made a deal with the creature hundreds of years ago. The Gailen family rules over the city, and in exchange, they help the city with its one goal: becoming perfect. The city slowly moves a few hundred feet a day, and it’s armies raid and take all the materials they can, for the marching city to absorb and use to further build itself. The marching city is practically impenetrable, and has never been successfully attacked. When the Marching city meets another town, it’s streets spread, invisibly crawling up the walls of the city, taking it over and turning the materials into a living, breathing part of itself. If the marching city is ever destroyed, then it will rise up again in the same place in a year. Below the palace, is the marching city’s core. If that is destroyed, then the city is permanently destroyed. But the marching city isn’t. It’s true form slips away, until it finds a man made structure to start it’s empire once again.
the marching city is one of the shifting. Their true form is not known, as no living person has seen it, and no immortal ever speaks of it. They take the shape of an enormous city, bustling with inhabitants. This city is ruled over by Asyrthus Gailen the second, a king part of a long line of rulers who made a deal with the creature hundreds of years ago. The Gailen family rules over the city, and in exchange, they help the city with its one goal: becoming perfect. The city slowly moves a few hundred feet a day, and it’s armies raid and take all the materials they can, for the marching city to absorb and use to further build itself. The marching city is practically impenetrable, and has never been successfully attacked. When the Marching city meets another town, it’s streets spread, invisibly crawling up the walls of the city, taking it over and turning the materials into a living, breathing part of itself. If the marching city is ever destroyed, then it will rise up again in the same place in a year. Below the palace, is the marching city’s core. If that is destroyed, then the city is permanently destroyed. But the marching city isn’t. It’s true form slips away, until it finds a man made structure to start it’s empire once again.
the marching city is one of the shifting. Their true form is not known, as no living person has seen it, and no immortal ever speaks of it. They take the shape of an enormous city, bustling with inhabitants. This city is ruled over by Asyrthus Gailen the second, a king part of a long line of rulers who made a deal with the creature hundreds of years ago. The Gailen family rules over the city, and in exchange, they help the city with its one goal: becoming perfect. The city slowly moves a few hundred feet a day, and it’s armies raid and take all the materials they can, for the marching city to absorb and use to further build itself. The marching city is practically impenetrable, and has never been successfully attacked. When the Marching city meets another town, it’s streets spread, invisibly crawling up the walls of the city, taking it over and turning the materials into a living, breathing part of itself. If the marching city is ever destroyed, then it will rise up again in the same place in a year. Below the palace, is the marching city’s core. If that is destroyed, then the city is permanently destroyed. But the marching city isn’t. It’s true form slips away, until it finds a man made structure to start it’s empire once again.
That is really cool. So the only way to permanently destroy the marching city is to destroy its core?
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the marching city is one of the shifting. Their true form is not known, as no living person has seen it, and no immortal ever speaks of it. They take the shape of an enormous city, bustling with inhabitants. This city is ruled over by Asyrthus Gailen the second, a king part of a long line of rulers who made a deal with the creature hundreds of years ago. The Gailen family rules over the city, and in exchange, they help the city with its one goal: becoming perfect. The city slowly moves a few hundred feet a day, and it’s armies raid and take all the materials they can, for the marching city to absorb and use to further build itself. The marching city is practically impenetrable, and has never been successfully attacked. When the Marching city meets another town, it’s streets spread, invisibly crawling up the walls of the city, taking it over and turning the materials into a living, breathing part of itself. If the marching city is ever destroyed, then it will rise up again in the same place in a year. Below the palace, is the marching city’s core. If that is destroyed, then the city is permanently destroyed. But the marching city isn’t. It’s true form slips away, until it finds a man made structure to start it’s empire once again.
That is really cool. So the only way to permanently destroy the marching city is to destroy its core?
Yep, but then it’s true from (inside the core) could escape and rebuild itself, starting with just a house, then a town, then it devours even more villages, becoming the marching city again. This has never happened, though. It’s kinda like a mimic that could infect stuff to become more mimics, but instead it just absorbs the materials to use. Also, because of this, the city can completely rearrange itself overnight.
the marching city is one of the shifting. Their true form is not known, as no living person has seen it, and no immortal ever speaks of it. They take the shape of an enormous city, bustling with inhabitants. This city is ruled over by Asyrthus Gailen the second, a king part of a long line of rulers who made a deal with the creature hundreds of years ago. The Gailen family rules over the city, and in exchange, they help the city with its one goal: becoming perfect. The city slowly moves a few hundred feet a day, and it’s armies raid and take all the materials they can, for the marching city to absorb and use to further build itself. The marching city is practically impenetrable, and has never been successfully attacked. When the Marching city meets another town, it’s streets spread, invisibly crawling up the walls of the city, taking it over and turning the materials into a living, breathing part of itself. If the marching city is ever destroyed, then it will rise up again in the same place in a year. Below the palace, is the marching city’s core. If that is destroyed, then the city is permanently destroyed. But the marching city isn’t. It’s true form slips away, until it finds a man made structure to start it’s empire once again.
That is really cool. So the only way to permanently destroy the marching city is to destroy its core?
Yep, but then it’s true from (inside the core) could escape and rebuild itself, starting with just a house, then a town, then it devours even more villages, becoming the marching city again. This has never happened, though. It’s kinda like a mimic that could infect stuff to become more mimics, but instead it just absorbs the materials to use. Also, because of this, the city can completely rearrange itself overnight.
That’s amazing. So it’s basically indestructible in the long run. It always regenerates even if you destroy the core.
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The Bond of Broken Swords is a group of four once great heroes from Allegoy that have since fallen from grace and were sentenced to death. The Broken Swords were brought together by Judge Jeyne Havercrossed, an eccentric woman who saw value in the four. The four members are Daisy Franklin, Billy Treehugger, Nicole Butcher and Alice Brook.
Jeyne Havercrossed
Jeyne Havercrossed is a powerful noble within the hierarchy of Allegoy. She was appointed a judge and set over the justice system in Allegoy for many years. Jeyne is a dhampir, and as such looked at oddly by the other nobility. She however managed to gain the king’s trust, and when she proposed to him the formation of an elite squadron of convicted death row criminals to do the missions nobody else was crazy enough to attempt, the king agreed.
Daisy Franklin
Daisy Franklin was captain of the Terror of Erebos, a great warship that was the pride of Allegoy. Daisy was betrayed by her crew during a voyage through the sea of thieves. The crew turned to Piracy. Lord-Admiral Frary from Port-au-Vin managed to hunt down the Terror of Erebos. When he found Daisy locked in her quarters after boarding, he did not believe her innocence and sent her back to Allegoy in chains to be sentenced to hang for Piracy.
Billy Treehugger
Billy Treehugger is a bugbear druid who often preached for the preservation of a certain forest. A local noble wanted to tear down the forest to build a new keep. One day the workers of the noble were attacked by a bear. The noble pointed to Billy as the obvious culprit, though he denied involvement. The courts agreed with the noble that Billy was the most likely suspect, his monstrous race and druidic powers being used as evidence. He was sentenced to death by stoning.
Nicole Butcher
Nicole Butcher was one of the great griffon knights that Allegoy is so proud of. A half-elf paladin sworn to the crown, she ended up in a bloody battle against the forces of the dark god Bane. Bane’s followers killed her companions and the common soldiers alike. When her griffon was killed, Nicole cried out for vengeance. Fierna answered to take her oath. With Fierna’s help she slaughtered the Bane followers. When she returned to Allegoy, the paladins quickly noticed the devil’s taint, and Nicole was deemed a traitor, fit only for the headsman's axe.
Alice Brook
Alice Brook is the most enigmatic of the four. She was once deemed a prodigy of the clergy as Aasimars often are, and took to clerichood with eagerness. As she rose in the clergyhood of Selûne, she discovered a dark secret on the nature of the moon that drove her half-mad. Now following an ominous being she calls the Thousand-Faced Moon, she was deemed a heretic and sent to the stake.
The Bond of Broken Swords is a group of four once great heroes from Allegoy that have since fallen from grace and were sentenced to death. The Broken Swords were brought together by Judge Jeyne Havercrossed, an eccentric woman who saw value in the four. The four members are Daisy Franklin, Billy Treehugger, Nicole Butcher and Alice Brook.
Jeyne Havercrossed
Jeyne Havercrossed is a powerful noble within the hierarchy of Allegoy. She was appointed a judge and set over the justice system in Allegoy for many years. Jeyne is a dhampir, and as such looked at oddly by the other nobility. She however managed to gain the king’s trust, and when she proposed to him the formation of an elite squadron of convicted death row criminals to do the missions nobody else was crazy enough to attempt, the king agreed.
Daisy Franklin
Daisy Franklin was captain of the Terror of Erebos, a great warship that was the pride of Allegoy. Daisy was betrayed by her crew during a voyage through the sea of thieves. The crew turned to Piracy. Lord-Admiral Frary from Port-au-Vin managed to hunt down the Terror of Erebos. When he found Daisy locked in her quarters after boarding, he did not believe her innocence and sent her back to Allegoy in chains to be sentenced to hang for Piracy.
Billy Treehugger
Billy Treehugger is a bugbear druid who often preached for the preservation of a certain forest. A local noble wanted to tear down the forest to build a new keep. One day the workers of the noble were attacked by a bear. The noble pointed to Billy as the obvious culprit, though he denied involvement. The courts agreed with the noble that Billy was the most likely suspect, his monstrous race and druidic powers being used as evidence. He was sentenced to death by stoning.
Nicole Butcher
Nicole Butcher was one of the great griffon knights that Allegoy is so proud of. A half-elf paladin sworn to the crown, she ended up in a bloody battle against the forces of the dark god Bane. Bane’s followers killed her companions and the common soldiers alike. When her griffon was killed, Nicole cried out for vengeance. Fierna answered to take her oath. With Fierna’s help she slaughtered the Bane followers. When she returned to Allegoy, the paladins quickly noticed the devil’s taint, and Nicole was deemed a traitor, fit only for the headsman's axe.
Alice Brook
Alice Brook is the most enigmatic of the four. She was once deemed a prodigy of the clergy as Aasimars often are, and took to clerichood with eagerness. As she rose in the clergyhood of Selûne, she discovered a dark secret on the nature of the moon that drove her half-mad. Now following an ominous being she calls the Thousand-Faced Moon, she was deemed a heretic and sent to the stake.
So kinda like Suicide Squad?
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The Bond of Broken Swords is a group of four once great heroes from Allegoy that have since fallen from grace and were sentenced to death. The Broken Swords were brought together by Judge Jeyne Havercrossed, an eccentric woman who saw value in the four. The four members are Daisy Franklin, Billy Treehugger, Nicole Butcher and Alice Brook.
Jeyne Havercrossed
Jeyne Havercrossed is a powerful noble within the hierarchy of Allegoy. She was appointed a judge and set over the justice system in Allegoy for many years. Jeyne is a dhampir, and as such looked at oddly by the other nobility. She however managed to gain the king’s trust, and when she proposed to him the formation of an elite squadron of convicted death row criminals to do the missions nobody else was crazy enough to attempt, the king agreed.
Daisy Franklin
Daisy Franklin was captain of the Terror of Erebos, a great warship that was the pride of Allegoy. Daisy was betrayed by her crew during a voyage through the sea of thieves. The crew turned to Piracy. Lord-Admiral Frary from Port-au-Vin managed to hunt down the Terror of Erebos. When he found Daisy locked in her quarters after boarding, he did not believe her innocence and sent her back to Allegoy in chains to be sentenced to hang for Piracy.
Billy Treehugger
Billy Treehugger is a bugbear druid who often preached for the preservation of a certain forest. A local noble wanted to tear down the forest to build a new keep. One day the workers of the noble were attacked by a bear. The noble pointed to Billy as the obvious culprit, though he denied involvement. The courts agreed with the noble that Billy was the most likely suspect, his monstrous race and druidic powers being used as evidence. He was sentenced to death by stoning.
Nicole Butcher
Nicole Butcher was one of the great griffon knights that Allegoy is so proud of. A half-elf paladin sworn to the crown, she ended up in a bloody battle against the forces of the dark god Bane. Bane’s followers killed her companions and the common soldiers alike. When her griffon was killed, Nicole cried out for vengeance. Fierna answered to take her oath. With Fierna’s help she slaughtered the Bane followers. When she returned to Allegoy, the paladins quickly noticed the devil’s taint, and Nicole was deemed a traitor, fit only for the headsman's axe.
Alice Brook
Alice Brook is the most enigmatic of the four. She was once deemed a prodigy of the clergy as Aasimars often are, and took to clerichood with eagerness. As she rose in the clergyhood of Selûne, she discovered a dark secret on the nature of the moon that drove her half-mad. Now following an ominous being she calls the Thousand-Faced Moon, she was deemed a heretic and sent to the stake.
The Bond of Broken Swords is a group of four once great heroes from Allegoy that have since fallen from grace and were sentenced to death. The Broken Swords were brought together by Judge Jeyne Havercrossed, an eccentric woman who saw value in the four. The four members are Daisy Franklin, Billy Treehugger, Nicole Butcher and Alice Brook.
Jeyne Havercrossed
Jeyne Havercrossed is a powerful noble within the hierarchy of Allegoy. She was appointed a judge and set over the justice system in Allegoy for many years. Jeyne is a dhampir, and as such looked at oddly by the other nobility. She however managed to gain the king’s trust, and when she proposed to him the formation of an elite squadron of convicted death row criminals to do the missions nobody else was crazy enough to attempt, the king agreed.
Daisy Franklin
Daisy Franklin was captain of the Terror of Erebos, a great warship that was the pride of Allegoy. Daisy was betrayed by her crew during a voyage through the sea of thieves. The crew turned to Piracy. Lord-Admiral Frary from Port-au-Vin managed to hunt down the Terror of Erebos. When he found Daisy locked in her quarters after boarding, he did not believe her innocence and sent her back to Allegoy in chains to be sentenced to hang for Piracy.
Billy Treehugger
Billy Treehugger is a bugbear druid who often preached for the preservation of a certain forest. A local noble wanted to tear down the forest to build a new keep. One day the workers of the noble were attacked by a bear. The noble pointed to Billy as the obvious culprit, though he denied involvement. The courts agreed with the noble that Billy was the most likely suspect, his monstrous race and druidic powers being used as evidence. He was sentenced to death by stoning.
Nicole Butcher
Nicole Butcher was one of the great griffon knights that Allegoy is so proud of. A half-elf paladin sworn to the crown, she ended up in a bloody battle against the forces of the dark god Bane. Bane’s followers killed her companions and the common soldiers alike. When her griffon was killed, Nicole cried out for vengeance. Fierna answered to take her oath. With Fierna’s help she slaughtered the Bane followers. When she returned to Allegoy, the paladins quickly noticed the devil’s taint, and Nicole was deemed a traitor, fit only for the headsman's axe.
Alice Brook
Alice Brook is the most enigmatic of the four. She was once deemed a prodigy of the clergy as Aasimars often are, and took to clerichood with eagerness. As she rose in the clergyhood of Selûne, she discovered a dark secret on the nature of the moon that drove her half-mad. Now following an ominous being she calls the Thousand-Faced Moon, she was deemed a heretic and sent to the stake.
So kinda like Suicide Squad?
Yeah, kinda XD
Awesome xD
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Thanks! I might change what is included as a protogenos, i might remove space. I thought about adding nature but the Archfey are basically nature gods.
The king in yellow hid away from the gods in the stars. Eventually, after hundreds of years, they found Carcosa, a ruined empire that used to be ruled by a god who made Gith to be his subjects. That god was imprisoned in the primordial sea by one of the protogenos for messing with the flow of time. The king in yellow decided to rule over the ruined land, only inhabited by the souls of gith who chose not to leave when their god was imprisoned. The king in yellow used their powers to inspire the writing of the play, the king in yellow, which drives those who read it mad, making them believe they are destined for a paradise. What they believe exactly varies, but it always has to do with that. It also makes the readers violent and generally try to do violent and evil acts, often for no reason or for a strange one. When they die, if they are not cured with magic, their soul becomes trapped in Carcosa, a lost and uninhabited wasteland, the ruins of a paradise.
I think you should remove space. Seven is a perfect number of protogenos. And yeah I think the Archfey make sense as nature gods (though you could argue that the nature worshiped by druids is a very different setting from the Feywild).
And I love the part about the King in Yellow. Are the gith of Carcosa githyanki, githzerai or neither?
*Gtg for now. Night guys.*
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After the gith left Carcosa, they fled to the primordial sea (there are settlements of monstrous humanoids and some humans who got there somehow) most of them joined the settlements and helped found others, while the rest became pirates. Githyanki is for the pirates, and Githzerai is the rest of them. The primordial sea is like an actual ocean except physics there make a lot less sense and the water is purple and cloudy. The primordial sea is kinda hard to explain, because I haven’t made many details about it, but everything there is super magical and it’s sparkly.
Your world lore is amazing, Archfey!
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Tale of Parthamon Ilianos
Parthamon Ilianos is a figure from Latsian legend, he was a beautiful man who was deemed the greatest man of his city and named its governor. Like any good Latsian at the time, he worshipped the Olympian pantheon, but never picked a patron god. One day Dionysus lamented that no god would ever earn him as their champion. Athena claimed that it would be easy to persuade him, as every man should love wisdom. Hera scoffed and pronounced that he would never disobey the queen of gods. Aphrodite interjected that no man could deny her. Dionysus challenged the three goddesses to a bet to prove themselves. Dionysus went down and forewarned Parthamon that three goddesses would appear before him to become their champion, but he should accept none of them.
Athena was the first to appear and offered him great wisdom and armies. Parthamon politely refused and said he liked being a simple man, and did not mean to conquer. Hera followed and ordered him to be her champion so he could rise high in the world. He refused and told her he had risen as far as he meant too. Aphrodite was the last of the three to appear and offered him a son by her if he became her champion. Parthamon was tempted and accepted her offer, and he had a son by the goddess. Athena and Hera were furious, and Dionysus encouraged them to take revenge. When the son of Aphrodite was born, Athena stole him. She trained him up and made him the greatest warrior of his generation. Then Hera married him to the governess of another city. Dionysus then filled the son with tales of conquest and gave him his wine of bravery. The son took his wife's armies and attacked his father's city.
Parthamon had to witness his walls torn down and his people put to the sword or dragged off in chains. In the end he asked Aphrodite why this had happened to him, Aphrodite smiled and told him that being a god's champion is like an axe above your head. Aphrodite then slew Parthamon and placed his soul among the stars.
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This sounds great! I love it :)
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Great morality tale Klein. Very much in the spirit of the Greek tragedies.
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Guess what time it is! Time to kill a gnome!
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I came up with a new shifting!
the marching city of Gailen
the marching city is one of the shifting. Their true form is not known, as no living person has seen it, and no immortal ever speaks of it. They take the shape of an enormous city, bustling with inhabitants. This city is ruled over by Asyrthus Gailen the second, a king part of a long line of rulers who made a deal with the creature hundreds of years ago. The Gailen family rules over the city, and in exchange, they help the city with its one goal: becoming perfect. The city slowly moves a few hundred feet a day, and it’s armies raid and take all the materials they can, for the marching city to absorb and use to further build itself. The marching city is practically impenetrable, and has never been successfully attacked. When the Marching city meets another town, it’s streets spread, invisibly crawling up the walls of the city, taking it over and turning the materials into a living, breathing part of itself. If the marching city is ever destroyed, then it will rise up again in the same place in a year. Below the palace, is the marching city’s core. If that is destroyed, then the city is permanently destroyed. But the marching city isn’t. It’s true form slips away, until it finds a man made structure to start it’s empire once again.
That's really cool!
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Edit: I meant to put (: , like "Wow that's so cool!"
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That is really cool. So the only way to permanently destroy the marching city is to destroy its core?
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Yep, but then it’s true from (inside the core) could escape and rebuild itself, starting with just a house, then a town, then it devours even more villages, becoming the marching city again. This has never happened, though. It’s kinda like a mimic that could infect stuff to become more mimics, but instead it just absorbs the materials to use. Also, because of this, the city can completely rearrange itself overnight.
That’s amazing. So it’s basically indestructible in the long run. It always regenerates even if you destroy the core.
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Bond of Broken Swords
The Bond of Broken Swords is a group of four once great heroes from Allegoy that have since fallen from grace and were sentenced to death. The Broken Swords were brought together by Judge Jeyne Havercrossed, an eccentric woman who saw value in the four. The four members are Daisy Franklin, Billy Treehugger, Nicole Butcher and Alice Brook.
Jeyne Havercrossed
Jeyne Havercrossed is a powerful noble within the hierarchy of Allegoy. She was appointed a judge and set over the justice system in Allegoy for many years. Jeyne is a dhampir, and as such looked at oddly by the other nobility. She however managed to gain the king’s trust, and when she proposed to him the formation of an elite squadron of convicted death row criminals to do the missions nobody else was crazy enough to attempt, the king agreed.
Daisy Franklin
Daisy Franklin was captain of the Terror of Erebos, a great warship that was the pride of Allegoy. Daisy was betrayed by her crew during a voyage through the sea of thieves. The crew turned to Piracy. Lord-Admiral Frary from Port-au-Vin managed to hunt down the Terror of Erebos. When he found Daisy locked in her quarters after boarding, he did not believe her innocence and sent her back to Allegoy in chains to be sentenced to hang for Piracy.
Billy Treehugger
Billy Treehugger is a bugbear druid who often preached for the preservation of a certain forest. A local noble wanted to tear down the forest to build a new keep. One day the workers of the noble were attacked by a bear. The noble pointed to Billy as the obvious culprit, though he denied involvement. The courts agreed with the noble that Billy was the most likely suspect, his monstrous race and druidic powers being used as evidence. He was sentenced to death by stoning.
Nicole Butcher
Nicole Butcher was one of the great griffon knights that Allegoy is so proud of. A half-elf paladin sworn to the crown, she ended up in a bloody battle against the forces of the dark god Bane. Bane’s followers killed her companions and the common soldiers alike. When her griffon was killed, Nicole cried out for vengeance. Fierna answered to take her oath. With Fierna’s help she slaughtered the Bane followers. When she returned to Allegoy, the paladins quickly noticed the devil’s taint, and Nicole was deemed a traitor, fit only for the headsman's axe.
Alice Brook
Alice Brook is the most enigmatic of the four. She was once deemed a prodigy of the clergy as Aasimars often are, and took to clerichood with eagerness. As she rose in the clergyhood of Selûne, she discovered a dark secret on the nature of the moon that drove her half-mad. Now following an ominous being she calls the Thousand-Faced Moon, she was deemed a heretic and sent to the stake.
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So kinda like Suicide Squad?
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Yeah, kinda XD
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Awesome xD
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