Vacria

Notekeeping Purposes of my Worldbuilding and Writing in that World

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Comment of the Writer

Second blog, main is @vacria

This for personal note keeping of worldbuilding stuff and writing that im doing!

Tags for personal order, hate nothing being at least named in a subgenre to find it easier

#WherethehellaretheyHELLO? - anything to do with Religion, be it Gods, prophets, and the religious groups viewed from an allknowing perspective, will sometimes add how the different groups view them

#Legendofthosethatwere - Stories told about the Gods and those deeply connected to them in character knowledge, may be fully untrue as most stories are

#lovelifeconflict - character development/character building stuff idk

#Fantasynotesidk - just notes for potential future ideas

#toliveistosufferpain - health and medicine related things

#Charactersareallflawed - general character related, ideas, concepts, full characters

#imwritingastorywtf - writing of story stuff, rundown, ideas, rough outlines etc

#Warisconflictbutbig - war and interpersonal ruler conflicts

#Mapmakingismylove - worldbuilding of the world

#loveisnotjustinstinct - romance stuff

#Namesarelangusgesoftheirown - names of characters kingdoms, etc

#thosethatspeakthroughquotes- quotes of characters and real people

#Musicsetsmoodandilovevikingshit - songs and playlists of the regions,

#PoliticsofTheForsaken - Political structures stuff

#LifesdifferenthereFauna - Animals ans stuff

#Magicscaleswith - Magic stuff

Regions Tags

#jarkesiscold

#DoutenHorses

#VsevCouncil

#ErltynOldGrace

#BjerkenStraugardiggyhole

#Sachslachwasgold

#Koirvouwasinnocent

#TujhourNorth

#TujhourSouth

#Mordantsplitfromcrown

#Montsachmountainkeep

#Dautsachwasatpeace

#Deutsachalso

#Lersachtislowersaxony

#Sachairnewasntfree

#wreckedcoastwine

if any others spring to my mind ill just add them aswell

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The Mainway Riders

The Mainway Riders are an Order of Voluteers that have Sworn to Patrol the Mainways of the Sachs World for the rest of their lives.

They each hold a amulet made of metal of they region. The symbol of the Mainway Riders, a waysign pointing left and right, made out of a local precious stone and a red rune carved into the metal with the Blood of the Rider, making each one Unique. The amulet acts as a Tracker for other Riders to find eachother, a lifesign indicator and a Compass, as it glows and vibrates if headed northward.

The second indicator for someone to know the person in front of them is a Mainway Rider is the Brass Lantern with green Glass attached to their Horse.

Villages along the Ways, if the Riders wish to stay there, largely provide free bedding, food and traveling supplies for both the Rider and the Horse.

But in recent times their Numbers are dwindeling, forcing local rulers to spend more on roadside security and patrols and along the Stretch and the Hook some even have disappeared without a trace.

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The Carnell Brothers

The Last Birthday, by me <3

(still learning drawing with mouse and stuff) Short Version of their Story The Carnell brothers, James and Olliwer, were twins who rose to power within a criminal organization known as The Net, based in the city of Amrach.

Their partnership shattered when both fell victim to a scheme orchestrated by their second-in-command.

James awoke believing that Olliwer had kidnapped his girlfriend and locked his own child in the basement. At the same time, Olliwer awoke to find his child missing and James’ girlfriend held captive in his own basement.

Convinced of each other’s betrayal, the brothers went to war, splitting the gang in two and waging a bloody conflict that lasted for a year.

Eventually, the second-in-command arranged a meeting to end the fighting and exchange the hostages.

When each hostage was finally back in the arms of their loved one, a shot rang out. Olliwer, holding his pistol, wasn’t sure if he had firedbut the bullet struck James’ girlfriend, and she collapsed. In a blind rage, James hurled a knife into Olliwer’s daughter, killing her instantly.

With both men having lost what they loved most, their feud reached its breaking point. The city burned as they fought, their final battle raging through the harbor. In the end, James fled on a boat as the docks burned around him, while Olliwer stood on a bridge, watching him disappear into the inferno.

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The Casperian Trading Company

The Trading company of Cesperia is a in Lersacht Originating semi influential part in the world of trade,

Its founders were Josepher Rung from Wiggant and Ulirka Lettre from Koirvou shortly before their marriage and setting down at the coast of Lersacht,

Their shared admiration of Birds became a cenmtral piece of their relationship early on snd such decided to name their company after a rare Bird. The Casperian Caine, which has recorded sightings all along coastal regions of Grantsach.

Using the only known artwork of the Bird and the combining Emblem of the Two individuals they created a flag and symbol still known to this day.

Their first ship built for the Company was by a old shipsyard in Lesvig and was notated as the Casperian Caine of Lesvig, a four masted galleon typical of southern Shipmaking, a decision of Ulrika.

On its rear it holds a carved image of the Casperian Caine and a Golden Branch,

at its front is a figurehead in form of the presumed shape of the bird.

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Dragons, an addition of Lore

Dragons were born from the end of the Slaying. The Amounts of energy and magic of the Gods simply needed new hosts.

So the Creatures called Dragons were formed.

These Dragons, realising the World has just went through a Apocalyptic event and centuries long War ruining majority of it, went to Repair the Damage and protect the Beings from further agression. They Resowed the land with Nature, refilled lakes and rivers and brought the Armies of the two forces home.

They Seperated the continents with magical barriers of Storms and Whirlpools in the ocean, hindering them to leave their Continents and make contact, isolating them to their designated lands. And made evry living being Forget the events of the Slaying, editing the religion and history.

The Continents Grantsach and Eryntell, forming the Continent Grantyllen

were set to be the purely inhabited by humans, as it was the Land where both the divine landed and Malia set out their Revenge on the Gods.

And were commanded by dragons of Calm, reasonable and intelligent traits as to make sure no event like Malia could happen again.

Fremwyld

Fremwyld was largely untouched by the Slaying, the gods had their events and hands in the shaping of the culture and land there but they also were edited by the dragons, just that the dragons of Fremwyld were proactive, and active after their initial changes, interacting with eachother and the population heavily. So much so that the entire land is inhabited with dragons now, not as strong as the first, but the people either live among them, fear them or hunt them. depending on what region and what clan they are a part of.

(imagine HTTYD basically)

Frynland

had no interactions with the original dragons born from the slaying, but due to its proximity to Fremwyld it not houses many dangerous dragons on, in and under its ice

Demmerun

was the main battlefield of the slaying, and such needed the most rebuilding, and the most dragons, which are now rather inactive, a few are seen controlling the land every century or so making sure nothing goes wrong, the people largely see them as divine signs of good luck and protection

Emr

As originpoint of the Ending event of the Gods Emr is still a dust covered inhabitable land, the people there are only surviving due to the dragons of their land periodically creating storms that fill the few rivers and force plants to grow

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WIP Planned world map

This is the Planned world map of the World im building

the dark grey lines are large mountainchains

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Rough Outline of Chapters

These are WIP Chapter outlines and summaries of a Story i am writing in a Fantasy world that i am making at the same time!

Planned mostly every major thing until Chapter 4 Mutilation of Life and forgotten Teachings

the rest is just a unplanned collection of story beats, Map is for personal wayfinding, also always neat to have a visual aid !

Chapter 1 Scar’s

Intro

Wakes up in wildernes under snow after 3 days of travel, gets up and walks, finds a frozen lake, small interaction with lake that discribes the face of MC, looks beneath ice, sees tree and some existing life

far side of lake is a Excrement mound, digs in it for confirmation of direhog, finds direhog dead in a clearing, no predators normally hunt them in the vicinity, flashback to her learning about it from mother

 skins the hog, fells two smaller trees, makes makeshift sled and puts carcass with hide on sled, walks back where comes from, the beast that killed the Hog, A Scar, finds her, attacks her, she runs and tries to injure the beast, they get on the lake, it breaks under them, they fall in, the beast gets impaled by a tree in the lake crawls out and dies at shore, she loses her axe, gets out and rapidly tries to dry off as much as possible by making a fire, semi successful, she puts parts of the beast on the fire for food, rest on sled, hurries back within a day, collapses at gate

Loss of weapon is shameful to her and the other people, due to rarity of the material it was made from, extra for her as that was supposed to be her final hunt before becoming an adult by the rite of passage in the capital, failed that too, needs to recover

Chapter 2 What is it to Heal

Heals but is judged by Garmen, the Elder Speaker and Adults, in the Main House, punishment

 forced to hunt while she heals with elder supervision but only a knife, only small time prey, critters, needs to take care of Meat bees and Oupt too, train the three kids of the village old enough to learn

Two Unrooted, a old man in his last years and a middle aged man rest in town for a few days, they tell her stories of their life without home and of what they experienced, they tell her tall tales and lie/exaggerate, she feels connected because her mother left her in the village as she was young, other told her she wanted to sever the roots she grew in the village

elders forbid her from speaking to them even if that lift up her spirit,

When they leave to the top of the Sorgens Horn the old man tells her hes going for his last look upon Jarkes and advises her to never take life for granted, even the village and thatr in the end they generally want her to be ready to survive

she begins training more harsh, energized, a year passes and she experiences a once in centurie event, the Day of the Blood Harvest, and the Shamans elder dies a few weeks later, sharing his last moments with the new Elder and Viveka, the new Elder being the person who took care of her when her mother left

Map of Village, (Temporary)

Chapter 3 Hunter

First hunt back at it fully healed hunt is a Success but still only has a Knife, success, finds out someone from the village followed her, is angry at them, lashes out,emotionally and lets every frustration out, if they are happy now etc

The person from village leads her back to the lake she lost the axe in, 

“You think youre ready? Then get it back”, forces her to dive down and retrieve it, she does it, person made fire,they rest, and get back home

Prep Travel to capital for trials

Chapter 4 Mutilation of Life and forgotten Teachings

Travel first few days

Finds mutilated corpse of beast, a Sark, killed by by person without antthing being used for anything

Against the teachings

Uses what she can from corpse, cuts the rest up and hangs it in the trees for birds to get them easier, safer, takes spine and skull with her

Ends with her arrival at the great descend, from the Sorgen valley highland into main Jarkes

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Death in Jarkes and the Spirits

The blood of all Jarkes Creatures, be it animal, man or plant seeps back into the ground after death, absorbed by the roots of Magical trees and stored there, giving some of its trees a irony smell and a red interior.

Blood Spirit

At the Day of The Blood Moon, a time where the Third Moon of the World is locked in position over the region of Jarkes, filling out the sky with red.

And once the Moon covers the sky a being appears, Elk or Deer like. With white fur and red eyes and Antlers, Blood running across the body in waves.

They traverse the Snow covered Region and absorb the blood collected by the Blood Trees by piercing them with their Antlers.

They Store The Blood by magically levitating it as a Sphere in the  Center of their antlers.

The Guiding

the All Knowing Spirit accompanies the Event of The Truth Sight,

The Elder Speakers and some Garmenof Jarkes shortly before death will see a being with the normal body of a Moose, only difference is that the Head is nothing but a skull and the Andlers are a weird black goo like Oil, upon seeing it the Elder Speakers and Garmen will encounter a vision that shows them the Full Truth of the World, the night after then they die. The Spitit will appear next to the Deceased ones Pyre, leading the Soul away.

Both are connected Though,

Once the Blood Spirits Collect the Blood they all Gather at the Place of Decease,a magically hidden region north east of the Morn Lake. Also known as the Glass Barks. 

The magic sealing of the place creates a maze of Frozen Willows and every dead creatures soul of Jarkes resides there, having been lead there by the Guiding Spirit, protecting it.

There, sealed away from prying eyes the Blood Spirits deposit the blood into a hollowed out tree, in this Hollowed out tree Jarkes is being reformed by their loyal creations, if knowingly or not.

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The Magic of Jarkes

The Magic in Jarkes works by how the entity lived, by giving and taking equally

A wish uttered, a thought thought or just existing makes Jarkes react.

for example,

If you are close to death but desperately want to survive, you will lose something important and you may survive.

This influenced how The People hunt and live alongside Jarkes. As Greedyness is Punished by the land itself.

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Lore of Jarkes

The Region of Jarkes was for the longest time of the Eryntell Continent nothing but a Mountain Range, forming a similar build as the southern Tricorn Peaks.

With the arrival of the Divine Entities, and their meddling in the Way the World was shaped the region changed drastically.

None of the deities truly took interest in the Northern regions as it was practically impossible for life to exist there without heavy intervention.

One Entity, Jark, took a leap of faith and Tremendously shaped the region in their own image without any other Influence. While some took their duty too literally, reshaping entire landmasses, changing how nature grows or creating Places of their Worship across the Globe, Jark hyperfocused on fineproofing their little Corner.

So after Millennia of slow Terraforming, the region changed and the old central mountains disappeared, creating a pit surrounded by the now named Cauldron Chain

In the region Jark took it upon themselves to aid the evolution of new wandering creatures, making them stronger or resilient as well as teaching the People moving there to live in harmony and importantly survive the harshness, it quickly became a majority Nomadic people, with some settlements already being shaped.

Unlike most others, Jark did not mind the people to have self determination and encouraged it as long as they follow their teachings

Their Kind entering the war against mortals Jark was forced to act.

Some people loyal to the god and beasts under their control left the Cold, and entered war.

At the end of the Slaying, Jark kept themselves alive long enough not to die instantly at the Centre of the World's Wound like all others, but rather crawled back to their Love, their Life, Their passion project. To die surrounded by what they made

This changed the region forever, all other regions had no direct divine intervention since the beginning of the Slaying.

This Marks Jarkes as the most magically direct Land in theory.

The death of Jark splintered all their magic into the Region making the entirety of Jarkes into a Magically influenced zone, the Animals took on magical abilities and practices, became smarter, the people became stronger and more connected to the land and Beasts.

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The Sark

The Sark are widely believed to be the calmer, more docile relatives of the Scar. 

While they  most likely share a common ancestry, the differences between them are notable. Slightly smaller in stature than their more violent cousins, the Sark are distinguished by their gentle temperament and an almost naive curiosity when it comes to interacting with the world around them.

In terms of physique, the Sark still retain the distinctive build characteristic, shorter back limbs paired with long, powerful front legs. 

They possess a more balanced frame, with a normal-length tail without thorns, a longer, more flexible neck, and a skull shape that leans toward the rectangular rather than the sharper, more predatory features of their kin.

They are adorned with long, flowing manes that extend down their spines and possess thick beards under the chin.

Sark share a similar mating ritual to the Scar, marked by elaborate displays and physical engagement of both Sexes to establish breeding heirarchy, but they are far less aggressive in their courtship. 

Fights between them are not rarer and but generally non-lethal and avoidant of heavy injury, with contests focused more on endurance or posturing than inflicting harm. 

Notably, Sark males play an active role in the rearing of the young, often supporting the females by guarding the den, foraging for food, or teaching the young how to navigate their surroundings.

Sark are also Family creatures that find lifelong Partners outside the Mating seasons.

From time to time Sark follow Unrooted across the Wilderness to observe curiously, scavenge or in some instances aid them in danger situations

The people of Kokurfi formed a special bond with the Sark, and each mating season of the population in the area, some that had no partner or mate stay in the village vicinity

lil Doodle for visual aid

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The Scar

These Creatures are by far the most Sadistic of the bunch.

Their Visual appearance can be Described as a Bear sized Hyena with a short, almost nonexistent neck and a Tail that along its Lenght holds sharp, hooked Thorns.

Their Forearms are long and thick and end in a paw with 5 retractable claws. The back Legs are shorter and thicker, ending in a paw with 4 retractable claws

They are Largely born with White Fur, but genetic issues in the Species sometimes Produce Brown or Black fur.

The name Scar derives from the Male and Females behaviour during Mating Season,

During which the males Fight under eachother and females Fight against eachother to determine the heirarchy of who breeds with who,

this is highly violent, causing the Beasts to be coverered in countless scars once they have gone through their first season, and incredible enviromental damage in the vacinity

the more scars a beast is covered in, the more they areRespected within the Group.

the mating is done near hot Springs and Geysers for heat production that the Young require

Quick Doodle of them attached

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The Fauna

Jarkes Houses the ususal Animals that one can see in the Cold regions of Real Life and some small unususal critters:

Lynx

Rabbit

Mice/Rats

Mustelids

Oupts, Small Chicken like beings with reptile tails

Meat Bees

But also Megafauna specific to the Region evolved to survive the Hostile Land, some of them being:

Scar, a Quadrupedal Canine Beast roughly the Size of a Grizzly when adult, its stature is reminicent of Hyena, if they had no Neck and posesses Tails with Thorns Attached

Sark, A Relative of the Scar, main differences are the longer neck, softer features and a singular tail with no thorns. Reminicent Of Dogs/Coyotes

Unicorn, a Deer esque Creature that has a singular Horn growing across the majority of their upper skull,

Duohorn, A Bison like Being that grows a Horn plate over its skull that have two main appandages to the top, it grows exponantially so the beings either fight to break them or it becomes their of Suffocation

Moutan are Mountainous Moose like Beings, They largely lie Dormant and become semi permanent hills of the region, with massive fat reserves but get up to consume anything to fill those back up

Young Moutan, Distinct Creatures from Moutan that just developed a similar look, as no creature wants to mess with the Giants. they are smaller with a Dachshund Like Build and Deer Bull like Horns that regrow each mating season, they also have Two fork like horns on their tail that act similarly

Dire Hogs, Massive Boar

They all will get their own Little posts going into detail how they interact with the people

There are more but those are common ones

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Name Origin

Name comes from the semi Cataclysmic and life altering event of the world roughly 2k years ago

The Slaying

where a mortal turned deity through sheer obsession and hate, aswell as whorship of other people went to war with the "real" Gods and destroyed them, including themself

nobody remembers it, no scriptures mention it

the only that bore witness to the aftermath and reconstructed the world were the Dragons that were born from the remaining energy released from the Gods dying taking form

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Snow Politics

Each Village has a Political Structure formed by Two Decision making Seats

The Garmen,

a Person voted into office by every Adult in the Village at the time of Vote until death or the Voting body decides the Person of the title is unable to perform the duties of the role. The Family of each acting Garmen becomes a House for the duration of the Tenure, some houses keep influence after the abdication. Those are called the Remaining

The Duties of the Garmen are the Following:

Be the Main Decisionmaker on all Issues regarding the Village, be it Judging, Hunting, Planning etc.

Needs To posess knowledge of all general duties to survive

Representing the Village People During Votes of Krachg and the Hunting Assembly

The Elder Speaker,

the Speakers of each Village Vote in one of themselves to the Position until death, if only a singular Speaker is available, they are the Elder They are the Spiritual Guide of the People, speaking for them to Jarkes and for Jarkes to them, They are Educated in the Mythological, The stories and generally had a deep connection to Jarkes before the Title

It is possible to be Elder Speaker and garmen at the same time, it has not happened yet

But,

Mornes Functions similar but different to the Villages,

The Garmen of Mornes

is voted in by every House of Jarkes for Life, of which there are 20 at the time

and technically has Power over the entirety of Jarkes, but practically controls the Morn Sea Valley. The Garmen of Mornes and Ruler of Jarkes is also called

The Krachg

The Krachg also presides over the Hunting Assembly every Nine Years, where the Garmen and Elder Speaker Come together in a predetermined Location and converse abou the issues of the Villages and decide what regions need to turndown the Hunting and who need to Ramp it up, to Keep a stable Population of the animals and Beasts.

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The Life Within

The Life of the People can be Divided into 3 main Ways.

The Unrooted, People that live within the Wild of Jarkes outside of Settlements and ususally are of Singular People be it Exiled or Out of Free Will, a collective of Individuals or Families They survive Purely from Foraging and the Hunt of smaller Critters and Larger Beats, aswell as scavenging

The Rooted, Those that choose a more Permanent Home in the Villages spread around Jarkes. They live from a Duality of Keeping smaller Critters as Lifestock, Like Oupts, some rare Agriculture, Foraging, Hunting and the Keeping of Meat Bees, They Consume Meat and Produce Honey, the main Beverage of the People

Morn Rooted, The Term specifically describes those that stay in or near the Only City of Jarkes, Mornes. The Morn Rooted survive largely from the Keeping of Lifestock near the Morn Sea, the Fishing that the lake allows and Hunting. During the rare Warm Times they also Grow Vegetables and Berries. Aswell as the Keeping of the Meat Bees

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Jarkes

This is one of the Regions i have Spent the most time Writing about

The name Jarkes discribes the fully isolated region within the Cauldron Mountain chain and is mostly Everfrosted Ground covered by meters of Snow with some Green being able to grow near the Morn Sea during Warm Seasons.

More to the region in following Posts of different Topics