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A world emerging from times long past, wrapped in legends and myths, some only childrens fairytales, some not so much. It doesn't take a lot to get lost in the vast woods, run into a magical creature or a lone wanderer looking for luck.

Two competitors loom over this world: Dinosaurs, ordered by the old gods to see after this garden, and Humans, pesky intruders, setting ablaze every village they pass, knowing no bounds. These races are no strangers to conflict, you can't go a mile without seeing a ruin or an abandoned castle of some sort. Long ago a great empire ruled over all the lands and seas, but Timeless was not in its name. And so 4973 years have passed since this garden shattered again into warring kingdoms and dominions, locked into a seemingly everlasting medieval stasis.

and the moon watches from the sky.

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p.s. here's a useful table for deciphering the (specifically Sweetwater) alphabet :

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i can't do secret hidden lore or leave things up to imagination because i like showing people things too much . i'm like check it out do you like my story here's every single thing that has ever happened in it . i'm too excited for tacit implications i like to show off my characters like someone shows off their pet kitty that they put a cute hat on

99% of worldbuilders quit right before they make the Thing That Connects Everything Perfectly

travelers from afar flood through our town to visit these ruins. I honestly don't understand what they see in them. they ramble on about some distant stories of grandeur and royalty- but what meaning do they have in a place like this? no trees grow here, no beggars spend their nights under these stones, it's a wasteland! no king lives here! nor has a king ever lived here in our tribes memory! they're all mad those travelers I swear! they always bring the weirdest things: whole bundles of old scrolls and books, all sorts of confusing measuring equipments, a rich chap brought a whole excavation squad once! and for what? to dig out more rocks? damn those stupid foreigners messing around on that worthless land. at least they pay generously...

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miniature: sleepless night

Tales tell that after dusk, after the last lights leave the village, and the townsfolk fall asleep, you can see spirits wandering through the river valleys down below. Just remember to hide yourself, for they might take you with...

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miniature: where the trees end

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fuck everyone here's my lesbian dinosaurs again

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I had a dream where a bunch of grey long-snouted creatures were gathered around this other creature, who was their creator, and were chanting “give us the wisdom of not knowing death” over and over again in a cheerful sing-song tone. They wanted their creator to make it so that they wouldn’t know about death/know that they will die, believing this would free them or enlighten them, or make them wiser.

#vibes

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when you've got a dual monarchy with one king ruling the capital and the other ruling the military, a schism between the two usually ends in a siege of the capital. now you might think that the king of the army would of course win, but for some mysterious reason that never happens...

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look what I drawed!! :3

Northern raider from the Age of Letters

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ough, so contextless, so naked

The Nation of Raiders was one of the six nations mentioned in the Book of Letters. the Book of Letters is a religious/historical text that writes of the history before the rise of the Nameless Empire, around 5000 years ago.

the Raiders were said to have lived in an archipelago north of Glasshorn. they would often clash with the Iltiadic trade cities at the mouth of the Axplawe and sometimes even sailed up the river. they were master smiths, their ironwork was so renowned that people still talk about it 5 thousand years later.

their signature weapon was the dragonhead sword, long, very long, up to 2.4 meters in fact, but incredibly strong and didn't bend around when swung. the Raiders were the first to widely adopt swords instead of spears or bows.

towards the end of the Age of Letters the Raiders unified under a single kingdom, the largest at the time, to fight of a mad southern warlord, later known as the Imperator. the kingdom lasted 15 years.

The influences of the Raider culture are still seen in Sweetwater to this day: a version of the dragonhead is still the weapon of choice for any group of travellers, and their distinct cultural artistic and musical style has left a mark in almost all of Sweetwaters societies