Dragon fleet was the pride of its creators, a fleet to rival all others any race could draw upon. It would be the Shi-chun's biggest advantage, and greatest downfall.

It has been 800 years since the House of Kollinan rose to power. The current king, Arael Halvergan, has been working through beauracratic red tape for the past 30 years to try and keep the Dark Faucet a secret from the public.

>>13305171
The kings neice heads a small force of rebels that has annexed two cities in the wilds of Saggrek, she is slowly forging her own kingdom inspite of her uncle. She has knowledge of the Dark Faucet

To the north the Dark king gathers his forces, an army of humans each with the knowledge of rituals that could warp the world and it's inhabitants.....the dragonfleet has kept them in their place....for now.

>>13305225
The Dark king's sadistic experiments with mass soul sacrifices and unholy rituals have created a tear in the fabric of the world; the Dark Faucet. The Dark king and his loyal ritualists have tapped the Faucet and are siphoning out of it the pure energy of evil, which they use to fuel their expanding armies. But much of the pure evil energy is being used for something else, something that not even the Dragonfleet can suppress.

Legends tell of skyships descending at some time in the distant past and rescuing the survivors of the Fanged Plague and taking them to a distant land. the recent studies by the Gortorian astronemer D3654 through an enormous looking glass has revealed cities on the 3rd moon Oriclep that are similar in style to images said to be left behind by the strange beings in the skyships.

>>13305282
Uuunnnhh... mmmMMM... OOOOOOH GOD YEEEESS!!!!

Renoval Ermoss has been inciting sedition ageinst the Dark King using a psychoactive drug many of his poor and desperate subjects have become addicted to. It keep his subjects less productive and more suseptable to her messages of peace and love. She is a magic user and a deep cover agent of King Arael Halvergan raised from birth for this task. When he casts spells her verbal components sound like something out of the Hair sound track.

>>13305223
>>13305279
>>13305282
Salaria Granata, King Halvergan's niece, intends to create a war-kingdom of powerful Dragon Knights to combat the Dark king and his army of night. She believes that keeping the Dark Faucet a secret from the public will only lead to her destruction, and her adolescent kingdom of Rakir is training and preparing for the assault against the northlands. Salaria believes that the key to defeating the Dark king is tied to D3654's discoveries on Oriclep.

>>13305332
oh shiiiiii.....


Keep it comming. i sense epicness.

(bumping for other's input. also, Dark King inspiration image)

>>13305332
sorry, meant their destruction, not her destruction.

efforts are underway by the Order of Gatekeepers ( mages specialising in gateways) to reach Oriclep

gladiatorial games are a tradition across the continent, but rarely do these games result in death. while tragic, the deaths of gladiators are not paid much concern. it is part of the job, and considered an honorable way to die.

The public and most scholars believe that the Dragon Fleet was assembled from the finest recruits. The truth is much darker, as it was the result of concentrated eugenics and cross breeding between magical and humanoid races. The Dark Faucet is a re imagining of this process utilizing the undead and spawns of hell and forced breeding vessels of the heavens.

The Troll Fist a vast mountain fortress that serves as the center of the Troll nation of Skwaar. The trolls are lead by the Demon Troll Vermas. He is at least 1500 years old, and has bred a ruling class of demonic blooded trolls that look after his kingdom.

>>13305468
the current Champion is Drull Hammerfist, a mysterious creature from another land who calls himself a 'dwarf'.

beware when travelling the North Road from Crelliu, the bandits are just an inconvinience compared to the tiny Meat Moth. it is advised that you carry the proper spices to burn to keep them away.

The independent city-state of Valenia has long resisted the efforts of the Kollinans to absorb their city, as it controls one of the richest deposits of iron throughout the entire world. Valenian smiths are renowned for their skill, and the city has been able to resist attacks thanks to the fact that its metal supply enables it to equip its troops to a much greater standard than the Kollinans. The Valenian elite cadre, the Hammerfists, have become a nightmarish campfire tale for Kollinan warriors. Wielding huge steel warhammers and clad from head to toe in thick, rumoredly impenetrable plate, these fearsome soldiers have decided more than one battle by shattering the enemy's morale even as they shatter their bones.

However, Valenia is but one city, and the Kollinans possess a kingdom. Valenia's wealth and skill at warfare have enabled it to hold out, but the city is gradually weakening. Because of this, the Valenian Council of Ten secretly supplies the king's rebellious niece, Salaria, the Red Lady, with weaponry and armor in the hopes that she will overthrow her uncle and ease the pressure on their city.

>>13305638

The Valenians provide their arms in secret, despite the state of open warfare between their city and the House of Kollinan, due to tradition. Valenia is dominated by a noble class which rose to power via control of the mines, and strictly enforces certain rules of social deference and hierarchy. Were the Council of Ten, nobles all, known to be supporting a rebellion against the authority of an established ruler and noble, enemy or otherwise, the consequences for them would be swift and unmerciful. Yet, they do it anyways, for they believe this represents their best chance for continued survival.

However, nothing can remain a secret forever, and already sharp minds begin to question where the Red Lady obtains so much steel...

to the west lay the perilous perilous mountains, named as such by by king Erlic Glittergarnet (self procamed king of the gnomes). The perilous perilous mountains are host to many dangers the chief being a race of tribal snow elves who worship a five-headed dragon, they believe this dragon to be a god in flesh and will one day help them take back the land they once ruled from the lesser races.

These snow elves refer to their tribe as the chosen and are not difficult to point out due to their brightly colored tattoos which cover most of their body and much of their face.

Valorians are actually Dwarves, but they rule from deep under the city and prefer to remain hidden. This is a deep seated quirk of the dwarven character, who are deeply private. the existence of dwarves is a secret.

The champion of the arena, Drull Hammerfist, does not know of the Valorians, and was given the name hammerfist because his fighting style mimics the Hammerfist Style almost perfectlly.

the dwarves of Valeria are in debate as to what to do whith him.

>>13305740

*ahem* Valenians

The Sand Wurms are awakening, and the continents are shifting in the end of their slumber. The end of their rest will mark the end of an age, and none will know until the day comes. Well, except the Valorians, who hide the fact of their existence from the world.

Dicks.

My friends should you ever find yourself in the slum of Valenia, procure for yourself an expensive treat or piece of candy, to guard yourself against the "ragman".
He lurks in corners and just out of sight, of the old slums of Valenia, and then when you are alone or even with a friend he will approach.... The air around you will grow cold and thick with death, and you will think you can hear the wails of children in the distance, and then you will see him... he appears to be a hunched over old man, covered in a dirty brown, rat eaten cloth, his voice will echo much like a judge condemming a man.

He will ask you for one item....most of the time it is but a piece of candy, somtimes it might be more...if you have the item give it to him, if you do not, flee, flee to the main road and procure the item he asked for, for you will see him again, and should you not have it the second time you meet....well some say he kills you, and others say he spirits you away...but every year people ar found in Valenia with deaths that one could only dream of in their worst nightmares.

OP's image is a member of the Erore. The beings are the main sapient race that inhabit the Tempest Ocean to the south. they are arount 8feet from tip of head to tip of tenticle. Highly intelligent, they are a race of scholars and share good relations with the Gororian Automations

>>13305829
(it's like the beautiful child of /x/ and /tg/)

The Sword of Bells has been raised for the first time in a thousand years. rumor has it that the one that raised the sword was a mongrel halfblood, son to the disgraced Lady Lelialithil by the Dread Pirate Nor. If it is true, then one with only half Sidhe blood, and an outcast to boot, will become Warmaster of the Court.

>>13306062
what the flying fuck

>>13305886
(thanks I do what I can)


"Hey....ever been to to Rosie's in oylnath? They got this dish there...it's....well I'm not sure how to describe it, it's sweet and bitter, and you can defiantly taste the alcohol they soak it in before cooking it, but man it was a cut of Fresh red meat....it was absolutely great, only thing was they wouldn't tell me what it was, just that it was the special of the night....Hell it could be kobold meat and I wouldn't care with how well they cooked it, gonna have to stop in on my next visit"

~Tyran, wandering traveler (missing)

The Flagship of the Dragon Fleet is named The Dragons Heart. It is a behemoth, with 1,000 hands on deck. It also boasts a dragon roost, and there are 10 War Dragons on hand and one Greater Wyrm at any one time.

The lowest deck on the ship is forbidden to all but the captain and a handful of others. It is said that to look upon the heart of the beast is to risk sanity and life.

>>13306124
not sure if that reaction is good or bad .....

"Madame Rosie used to work on one of the Dragon Boats, I think. She says she did, anyway, and she even had this little trinket that she took from it, a little shaving from some sorta big gem. She's making a killing letting people pay for a look, and it's worth it, too. Whenever you look into that little sliver, you see the best thing in the world. I saw this woman in it, we became friends in those little looks in the sliver. She told me to kill myself, tomorrow, and join her in her world. Said to use a silver dagger. Funny thing is, I can't find one, John bought the last one from the shipment a while back. Gonna have to kill him for it, he's my best friend, but...I need her."

>>13306208
>>13306127

>Post it
>Look back at thread
>See the same name already used
>FUCK

The year is 2407 DF The Year of Smoke and Thunder

Drull Hammerfist escapes the gladitorial arena, evading assassination attempts on his life by his own people. He stumbles into the The Citadel of the Gatekeepers during their attempt to open a Gateway to Oriclep, disrupting the spell and vanishing in a puff of light. Several mages are killed, and several present also vanish.

>>13306215
no reason why it couldn't be the same person....she seems to be making money on all fronts if thats the case.

also I desire to write a few more things, including a regiment of "insect knights" (pic related) but I will not be able to do so until I return.

in short keep this thread alive.

>>13306231
Drull Hammerfist would reappear ten years later, claiming to have been trapped in a plane of horror and torment, but refusing to speak on how he survived. He would go on to become an influential leader, urging his nation to prepare for "the danger."

The danger has never appeared, and he is beginning to lose some credibility. But he does not waver, and still he prepares.

>>13306127
excuse me
>>13306234
here, what I was alluding to was that rosie and her tavern are cutting up people and serving them to other patrons....when you consider that the charm is telling people people to do evil shit and how to do it assuming we decide it is the same Rosie I would think she would be evil for charging the people money so they can do evil crap or end their lives.

In the Endless Dreams, the oddly named deserts of the southern continent, there dwell a species of massive Larva, the size of cities. The people of the Endless Dreams use them as homes, carving out nonessential fat deposits and organs to dwell inside the beast, for it is the only thing in the desert that knows where the water is.

Only problem is, no one knows what they grow up into, and the biggest one just went into a cocoon, with the villagers trapped inside.

Solar Circle 0000045:
Three strange visitors garbed oddly and speaking foreign tongues appear, confused and injured, in the palace of the king. Two more appear on the grounds and are slain by passive-sensor devices. One arrives deceased. Of the three who lived, one takes his own life, howling in a dead language, and in his own. Later we learn he was screaming of the coming of "The Terror" or "The Danger"
After several years, their language is deciphered. They intended to visit Oriclep.. their name for our land? We believe that they come from beyond The Veil.
Abnormalities past the veil corroborate the theory. They have no knowledge of The Veil. We cannot return them to their homes. They age very quickly, and are gone in less than one of our cycles. We mourn them, but their offspring live on. We name them Farro, the Visitors.

- El Ennud, Apprentice Lorekeeper of the Land of Ebb
(Oriclep)

>>13306277
fixed


The library of Orfloch is said to be the greatest in the world. It is certainly the greatest of the 2 continents i have travelled.

Dhnarium Shnurun
explorer and acquireer of items unique

(when in doubt, use captcha)

On the Thirteenth Anniversary of the Dragon Fleet, a dozen Elder Wyrms frenzy, slaying hundreds and capsizing their vessels. Many lesser dragons leap into the sea.

Mundane animals and plants begin to be found desiccated and lifeless. Sexual congress is more often fruitless. The Year of Dying Breath marks the beginning of The Falling Time, and foreshadows the entry of (we haven't named this place yet) into The Eidolon War.

This brings about the Coming of The Danger.

>>13306415
>gave up the chance to name the place!

The world is called The Eternal Orb

"Hapa? No, never eat hapa fruit. You know how it grows in graveyards? Well that's cause if you accidentally swallow any of the seeds, it'll kill you, and after they bury you.. well, yeah. Grows right outta the ground.
Naw, I don't care how delicious it is!
But if you're looking to do someone in.. nothin's better for it than hapa fruit seeds."
- Triffeba Sleeve

>>13305166
>>13305166
>>named the empire or race Shi-Chun? I meant we didn't name the empire of the Dragon Fleet.

>>13306464
>>So I was totally wrong, someone *did* name what I thought had no name. woo woo. it is late.

>>13306305
>mother of god. so much potential

in the years since the rebellion has grown more brazen, the Kollonian leadership have resorted to more drastic measures. The gladiatorial arenas have gradually become more bloody as prisoners are executed in matches, sometimes re-enactments of Kollonian victories. This change upset many of the those who treasured the long tradition of the old games. Hammerfist was one of the leaders of this fight against the bloodier games. He and his supporters believe it removes the honor of death in the games. Some say this is the reason he was the target of an assassination, but no one has taken responsibility.

>>13306585
After the assassination attempts indirectly led to Hammerfist's disappearance, the Games were put on a temporary hiatus while the people waited for their champion to return. Eventually, the games started back up again, with the people less-interested than ever before. That is, until the new champion was declared; Arrodeon Granata, kid brother of the Red Lady.

>>13306247
>back.

Ever been to Glint? monster of a city it is, but it might creep you out at first....the thing most travelers and merchants don't like about Glint is that the place is more or less a beehive....and I don't mean that as a joke, the entire city is stacked buildings on buildings in the shape of giant honeycombs. it's easy to get around in but odd when you first see it.

the second thing people don't like is the giant bees that they train and keep in Glint, legend has it that a sorcerer created a giant queen bee Glint when it was just a hamlet, so the bees would protect the villagers from raiders... each bee that was borne from the queen was sent to one of the villagers, it would do tasks for them in exchange for food, and the villagers in turn would take care of the queen....when Glint became large though problems began to occur, the food that helped both was running low and even the honey that the villagers began making wasn't making a dent in their hunger.

So the People of Glint learned to fight from the backs of their bees...it was difficult at first, but in time they were able to take the fertile land they needed for crops, with the added land came a wider variaty of professions and blacksmiths were eventually able to make armor for those who fought.

Now known as the insect riders of Glint, they are mostly a police and mercenary force. Many of these riders are valued on the battlefield as scouts and when an entire band of them is hired or works together they will usually break the line and weaken the enemy dramatically before the true force even arrives.

Rumor has it that Many of the insect riders are also druids or shamans that bring with them the spellcasting of the wild, summoning swarms of insects so large they could darken the sky.

>>13305223
>>13306851
Glint lies in the western reaches of Saggrek, and has a strong alliance with Rakir, the kingdom of the Red Lady. The Red Lady's forces, lately, have included increasing numbers of the insect riders of Glint, and even King Halvergan of Crelliu (the capital city of the Kollinan Kingdom) is hesitant to do battle with these powerful soldiers.

>>13306438
>artfaggotry incoming. enjoy my wonderful netbook-tracpad quality maps.

>>13306939
Okay, I lied in the drawthread about bed. Enjoy this art upgrade. What fun a few blur and layer stacking effects can make.

>>13306939
Alright, I've updated it with general features, kingdoms, and cities so far. Everything mentioned in the thread should be on here, so I think we have a good consistent canon so far.

>>13307021
Dammit. See, that looks so much nicer than what i did :/ fuckin' MSpaint.

>>13307064
I sure as hell couldn't have done that without what you'd done, I just hijacked your map and did a few filter type things (and redid the text but that hardly counts.) Given the assumption that this thread will be here in the morning, I'm going to go to bed and make some really nice versions of any sketch maps you do when I wake up. Hell, maybe I'll actually read the thread. Now before I make myself sound any more like a right bastard, I do believe I have a date with a giant marshmallow.

>>13307142
sleep tight, drawfriend. I'll do what I can to keep this thread kicking without having to completely dominate the writing aspect.

>>13307057
>>13307021
>>13306939
bitchin' totally taking this entire setting for my next D&D game.


Ever been to Borta? it's this small island right off the coast in the south....theres not much to it but the women and the sun, and the fish aren't bad either, but they serve this alcohol that they call the "water of life"... now it's strong, and has a very fruity taste to it, but it's expensive...I mean really expensive...you see they catch a fairy in a jar, and put a few pieces of fruit in there, then after they wash the fairy, they drown it in some alcohol they make locally, the fairy gets pickled but releases some magic into the alcohol....at least thats what they told me, I won't say it doesn't work though got lucky twice that night."

~Flinn, Blacksmith

>>13307182
>forgot pic

rofl dis thred so randumb XDDDDDDD

A band of treasure hunters known as the Kuehl Sishols has been combing the ruins of the Gortorian cities that fell centuries ago with the advent of the Fanged Plague. Hired by King Halvergan, the Sishols are searching for magical artifacts of power, tomes of knowledge, and any sorts of tools that Kollinan can use to take out the Dark King and his wicked plans, so that Kollinan's increasing tensions with Rakir and other cities can be safely lowered. Halvergan's biggest fear, though, is that the Dark Faucet will be used to bring back the Shi-Chun-- once the world's greatest society of warriors and the creators of the Dragonfleet. If the Shi-Chun were to return, they would surely exact revenge on the descendants of those who banished the Shi-Chun to the Realm of Innumerable Despairs. The original banishers, in fact, being the House of Kollinan.
>(KUEHL, sishols. thanks for the name, captcha)

>>13307290
>>13307290
duurp

>>13307290
>saging a constructive, /tg/-related OC thread, while there are no similar threads anywhere in these 15 pages.
kaneclapping.jpg

>>13307290
>>13307331

OP here.

This looks great! I hope its still here in the morning
:D

Far to the south, beyond the tempest ocean, where the stars change into strange, alien constellations are the icelands. There is nothing but ice and ocean, no sold ground to speak of. it is bitterly cold, the days do not follow the natural order here, with nights that last for a moon and days that are season or more long.
In this land live the icemen of Hree. They are a semi nomadic people which burrow into the vast icebergs that circle the bottom of the world. they switch to a new 'berg every generation or so, before the vast peices of ice melt, break up, or find thier way out of the circular current below the ocean of tempests.
There live in many small clans of roughly 150 people in each iceberg, eking out a living in the tough wastelands. In the summer they hunt the migrating seals and birds that come down onto the ice to feed. in the winter they hunt the Krisk, the huge whale like creatures which slip and slide along the ice on thier six flippers, devouring the the ice in huge razor maws. Altough hard to kill, a single krisk will provide a clan with a years worth of blubber, hide and bone. As well as this their stomach juices will provoke a strong glowing reaction in the small worms that live among the ice. A usefull source of heatless light in an environment like this.

>>13307350
don't worry I'll keep posting ideas for a while, I'm over here in europe so I don't think this thread will die....that being said though I'm gonna type up all my stuff at once and then post it in stages so it continues to bump the thread.

>>13307419
(Map now has Ice Floes!)

>>13307419

Though the Icemen do not know it, they are the remnants of the once-proud Elven kingdom of Thieran. In 1200 DF the kingdom was crushed by the combined might of the human nations and razed to the ground. Its survivors fled on great ships wherever the winds would take them, with one group ending up at the poles. They quickly regressed into barbarism, losing all knowledge of what they once were.

Upon their initial arrival, they were greatly disturbed by the changed sky, yet nowadays the tribesmen think nothing of it.

The Rockspar Mountains, or "Perilous, Perilous Mountains", the name ascribed to them by travelers, harbor dangers beyond which any realize. Sheltered deep within the caverns of the titanic peaks dwell the Darkmen. Twisted creatures with pale white skin and glowing violet eyes, they make their society in the dark, unbeknownst to those above. They practice dark sorcery and ritual sacrifice, and have become skilled warriors due to hundreds of years battling cave beasts.

Even as the Red Lady builds her new domain, the Underground Kingdom sends scouts to the surface for the first time in hundreds of years, for the omens are clear.

>>13307563

(wanted to give the mountains a real name)

We arrived in light, from our homes as distant as a star. My husband and I began as strangers.. we were just apprentices to Xyiang Ko, the high magus. The magus died shortly after arriving. My husband.. he is gone now. Driven mad by the journey to Oriclep, and the visions it gave him.

Yes. Oriclep. We made it.

But they could not send us back; they did not know of us. Their records indicate a few spotty sightings of 'abnormalities' in what they call "The Veil". This energy.. we cannot even perceive it, but this is part of what caused us to fail. The only thing that saved us was Drull. Blessed bastard. If only I had gotten to see him one last time. He came to us for help, and in the fight against the assassins, magus Ko was hurt and stepped out of the circle. Drull carried him back in, but he.. he didn't make it. I have instructed my daughter, Moy et Ebb, to construct a statue in his honor.

Moy is taking to magic well. Better than I or her father. She is.. learning this strange place's customs so quickly. They speak of her reverently. I believe they treat us so well.. because we fit their prophecy.

I daren't tell them what I saw in their ancient halls of recods. I daren't say what I saw between worlds. Let them have their idyll for awhile.

I weep for Shi-chun and the Dragon Fleet.
I weep for the people of Ebb.

- Diary of Xifang, mother of the Farro.
Six years before the Eidolon War

>>bumpin before postin' The Eidolon War

2436 - The Year of Falling Stars
Solar Circle 00000046
The first year of The Eidolon War
Day of Fiery Eyes
Crown Princess Salaria Granata, regent for her late uncle King Halvergan's teenage son, declares a State of Emergency. To try to repair the damage her Uncle has caused with his lust for power, she authorizes another foray to the moon Oriclep. The dark energy that was gathered piggybacks on High Magus Edgard and meddles with his spell.

Days of Flaming Blood
The High Magus' unwitting attempt to circumvent The Veil shatters one of the Pillars of Destiny.
Every magic user on The Eternal Orb is wracked; many die. Many dragons spontaneously gain sapience, hurl themselves into the sea, or fall from great heights. Others merely lay down, and the spark of their living leaves them. The Dragon Fleet is in Disarray. The Elder Wyrms meet, and a representative of their species speaks to the lord of Shi-chun behind closed doors for three days.

The Stone Time
Drull Hammerfist and the people of Rend seal their borders moments before the cataclysm begins. This stands them in good stead in the days to come.

The Month of Storms
Over the Icemen of Hree, The Maw opens and otherworldly energies consume a great tract of ice in its center. Their great hero Evolde finds an ancient elven palace of ice freed by the cataclysm, and using rediscovered bits of their forgotten heritage the Hree hide themselves from the world.

The Maw reorders the weather, and lightning storms are common. The air becomes dry, and magic unstable. Tried and true spells often fail, while the smallest whispered word of magic sparks conflagrations. People bemoan the end of the world.

The Night of Fallen Stars
The First Eidolon sets foot on The Eternal Orb

>>13308819
Harvest Time - 000000046
The people of Ebb and the Farro work in concert to study abnormalities in The Veil. A strange spike in energy is witnessed on the sixth revolution of Harvest.
Farro and Ebb researchers make contact with the spike, and unwittingly facilitate the shattering of the Pillar of Destiny.

End of Harvest - 00000046
The Second Eidolon sets foot on The Land of Ebb. (The 3rd Moon - Oriclep)


>>If someone could post Eidolon War entries for The Troll Fist and the Erore and the bugriders, that'd be great! I've got to get going for awhile. It's been fun!

bamp

bump

Bump. This can't die.

The Trolls join forces with the Dark Kingdom.

With newfound stability to the north, the trolls push east, but are stopped in their tracks.

The Battle of Ficatrace is fought in the thick woods of the wild, and a group of forrest dwellers (fey creatures, centaurs, pixies, dryads etc) take out an entire Legion of trolls.

The creatures unify, and declare alligence to the Red Lady.

The east blocked, the trolls are looking south to conquest, and are even building a fleet to carry them across the Burning Sea to Gortory.

bump

The Mycoid race pledges allegiance with the Thri-kreen kingdoms in the south, near Valeina...the mycoids provide food and leadership to the Thri-kreens who protect them. Though this comes with another cost to the Thri-kreens, when their life ends they birth new mycoids due to the mind altering fungi they consume.

however to lose one minion even in the field of battle is of no loss to the mycoids, for many will grow from the bodies of their humble protecters, Some stories even tell of mighty battles where the mycoids overtook their adversary with the strength of a swarm.

Even though they have been attacked in the past, the Mycoids keep trade with most races, and it is not uncommon to see a group of varying sized mycoids surrounded by a group of thri-kreen bodyguards in a city market.

This is an awesome game. but i have nothing to contribute.......................................

wait; here is a sketch of Mount Hidcon, in the northern reaches of Gororia

>>13308819
>>13310816

It has been over 30 years since Salaria Granata's kingdom was recognized officially by the Kollinan government. Granata-- known as the Red Lady-- fought to unify the races of The Eternal Orb to rally them against the Dark King, whose wicked rituals and genocidal experiments tore asunder the magical barriers between this world and that of True Darkness. When Granata's uncle, Arael Halvergan, died of Pneumonosys in 2412DF, the king's only son, Arael Malak Halvergan de Kollinan IV ascended the throne. In 2414DF, only 3 weeks before the second anniversary of his rulership, Arael IV was tried and executed for Crimes Against the People. With no direct heir left to take the Kollinan throne, parliament voted 6 to 5 to declare Arael IV's eldest cousin, Salaria Granata, the Regent Queen of Kollinan.

The Red Lady has worked for almost 20 years to completely integrate Kollinan into her nation of Rakir, and in those 20 years the Dark King has grown much stronger, extending his influence to the Northwest Isles, and allying himself with the Trolls of Skwaar. Now that she is in the last few years of her life, The Red Lady knows that she will not be alive to see the downfall of the Dark King, but her successor and daughter, the Lady Illestra Granata, is prepared to champion her mother's cause and defeat the Dark King once and for all.

Didn't do any political map stuff since that depends so much on the date, can add place names if people want. The new mountain range by the desert are the Thousand Sorrows, so named because the constant clouds seen at the peaks from the desert is a reminder of what little the people have.

"Ware the Blood straights mah boy! Those treacherous waters have swallowed men and ship alike, beasts with razor sharp teeth and snapping maw lurk within, but they are but a fraction of the danger...."

"The true danger my boy is The Green diamond. A gem of the sea she was many years ago, the largest ironhull in the sea, she boasted the largest armed force of any vessal...however this was not a military ship, nor was it mercenary...you see the Green diamond was a pleasure ship....any vice you wanted it offered, from the throwing of bones, to slave trade, to assassinations, they did it all."

"But all vices come with a price my boy, and one day the reaper came to collect, no one knows how the ship went down, but it certaily did...many say that it was the Dark kings long ships that sank the famed vessel...and still others say that it was the Red lady's armored vessels, but The Iron hull sank, killing all on board. But not long after the ship began to appear again....night after night in different parts of the Blood straights, never leaving, but always coming close enough to let those passing through see that no crew manned the ship...yet loud rancorous noise would ring out and lights appear from the ship...Occasionally some poor fool would be sent out to scout the ship, but none have ever returned...The captains say they ran off because they were cowards, but the way I hears it they are captured and their souls sold to pay for the debt of all the sins that boat has bore witness to."

~Watt, Town drunk

> the blood straight is the area right under Oylnath, but it needs to be a bit smaller, maybe we could add some more islands to that area?

>also it would seem in my vast /tg/ folder I have no ghost ships.....

bumpan

No Horses exist outside of museums; they were hunted to extinction long ago. People use a variety of Bison breeds for transport, war, leisure etc.

Is this still alive?

>>13313584
yeah I'm just doing a few other things right now, but I'm gonna post some more when I get done.

3 months before the Eidolon War
Deep in the Endless Dream, The first larva breaks from its cocoon. From a gigantic segmented larva it has become something akin to a praying mantis and the people who were inside it have also....changed.
After undergoing meatmorphosis inside the larva certain members of the village can control the giant creature. The have also changed physically taking a greenish tint to their skin and losing vocal chords

content bump:
1st year of the Eidolon War: Strange carvings are found in the catacombs beneath Shrith-Kemak, the capital of the Shi-chun empire
the carvings seem to indicate that the catacombs were there when the city was built and that the way to find those builders was in the catacombs

bumping to keep thread alive, gonna post a bigger map soon(ish)

>>13312097

With the death of the old king, ties have been established between the Kollinan kingdom and the men of Valenia. Though there is still mutual distrust, both states are attempting to work past their grievances in the face of a greater threat.

Valenian weaponsmiths and armorers now openly equip the elite guard of the Kollinan kingdom and the Red Lady, though they reserve their finest work for Valenia's own soldiers.

However, the Dark King has long anticipated and dreaded this alliance, and so takes steps against it...

Incoming scan of TEO 2.0- Blank

Printed the old one, scanned it, traced it and rearranged some of the continents (specifically, i moved Gortary northeast more and rotated it a bit anticlockwise, also i shifted the northern continent further north in compliance with >>13312765 ). Then I added a lot of newer, smaller islands for the sake of having... well, more islands. it looks more realistic now (though i have no actual practice with fantasy cartography, so i'm sure a lot of this map is probably geologically impossible, but oh well). Going to go over it now in MSpaint (oh boy) and add in the current countries/cities, though i might do a terrain map first, then stick the cities/borders on top of that.

meanwhile, keep up the writing, guys, this place is turning out really cool, if not a bit ADD.

>>13314449

The son of a member of the Council of Ten, spends his days in investigation of the actions of the Dark King. He leads a group of friends in a quest for information that at first seems like a harmless game. Little did he know that a slip of the tongue on the part of a drunken diplomat would reveal that the Dark King had, in fact, engineered the current war between Valenia and House Kollinan in order to fritter their strengths away while he gathered his.

Armed with this information, Jan brings it to the Council's attention, yet it falls upon deaf ears; even those of his father. None believe they could have been taken in by the Dark Prince so easily, and continue the war effort.

And so the group of loyal friends embarks on a journey to the kingdom of House Kollinan; if the Valenians will not listen, perhaps the Kollinans will?

(note: this is set with the original Valenian bits I wrote in terms of timeline; i.e, before the war is over. Names are to be left intentionally vague as a potential adventure to be played out.)

>>13315369

herp disregard the Jan in there I missed it, thought I removed all references to the name

Rumors abound that at the stroke of midnight on winter solstice, the city of Paralow is visited by a ghostly bear that menaces visitors, and protects locals.

>>13314738

Please, eloborate. My scans are showing quite substantial activity.

>>13315841
I meant that i would soon be posting The Eternal Orb 2.0, but blank (no features or borders).

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/13305145/

archived, for anyone who wants to use this setting later.