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There are two Skarnet (stone people) nations Marcha and Rhan, both on Chariarch. Currently only one of the Alchera(Fae, elves, kinda like drow)nation is fleshed out, on Tariarch.
That nation is a single city, built upon old massive prisons that still hold angels, Castigators, and witched from thousands of years ago at the Once War.
Now the higher levels of the prison are used for petty criminals, the lower levels still holding their old charges.
NATIONS!!!
Most of my notes are all over the place in different locations and docs, so this wont be everything. Excuse the terrible grammar and structure, its just a compounding of notes.
The Holy Rhan Nearchate - [The Rhan Nearchate]
Positioned upon natural pillars within the eastern mesas of Chariarch, a massive city of marble and gold sits like a crown-jewel.
Nearchism is an ideology and a political system that suggests young people are holy.
In the Rhan Nearchate, most residents and rulers are Skarnet, although some, even in the upper houses, are of other races. Their child-rulers are possessed by their house’s holy deities, controlling the tides of politics. Numerous houses of “noble” marble Skarnet(and a couple of non-Skarnet) father children bred and surgically-refined to be perfect hosts for each house’s deity. These deities are not Ascended through an Itharien method, no, rather they are ascendants of a Tauran nature.
These houses fight for rule of the city of Agh-Toor, and the position of Vassal, competing for the Tombthrone.
System: Rhan uses a Nearchic Vasselage system, placing holiness upon child-rulers who get possessed by the Rhan’s deities.
Current Ruler: Vassal Noden Vesh
Etiquette: In the higher levels of the {tall mesa thingy}, lesser people glimpsing the nobles of the Nearchate is considered heresy and bad luck. Slaves and commoners wear obscuring veils while outside of their homes, that obstruct their sight. Any who disrespect this rule are most-often executed, or if they're lucky, have their eyes removed.
In both Marcha and Rhan, hosts & restaurants expect you to leave a layer of blood in your dinnerware from your meal. This stems from the Ameen Kingdom, where peasants would receive their minimal sustenance from the scraps left by the nobles. It is seen as a personal attack if you do not leave the remains.
The Marcha Diarchy - The Marcha Diarchy is the second major Skarnet nation, younger by birth but older by tradition. They follow more in the footsteps of the old Skarnet empire, Ameen. They are harsh and efficient, giving no thought for splendor and luxury unless it directly advances their goals. They keep no illusion of good-will as Rhan does, their citizens as much slaves as the Nearchists, but not lied to. This is an authoritarian nation of militarization, violence, and conquest.
Their cities are filled with towers of rock and metal, and their capital holds the Spire, a massive prison atop which the seat of the Diarchs sits.
One of these Diarchs, the young alabaster Kharon Kell, who founded the Castigators, an arcane-militia whose senses are dulled or removed in favour of their sense of vibration, allowing them to sense vibrations and hunt their targets.
The other Diarch is the marble Ankhess Karn, Margrave. Old, sharp, harsh, just as violent as Kell, but more wise. Together they push Marcha into numerous terrible wars, out of which they almost always rise victorious. What they lack in the divine power Rhan has, they make up for in pure martial prowess and bloody training.
System: Marcha functions under a Diarchichal rulership, where the two Diarchs rule and make all the major decisions. Minor tasks may be handled by their “Knights”, essentially militarised laborers.
Current Rulers: General Kharon Kell, Margrave Ankhess Karn
Etiquette: As in Rhan, hosts expect a leaving of blood from each meal.
If you open a conversation on the other side of a door or similar, people tend to have their entire conversations through it, without line of sight.
[Human kingdom} - The {}
System: {} is an enormous empire, and the primary human civilization, under the rule of {}.
Current Ruler: Emperor {}
Etiquette: In {}, their culture is centric to money. To gold. It is custom for the recipients of food to throw a Crown, the highest denomination of coin, into pots or pans where the food is cooking. The exception to this is when food is being cooked for a noble or a person of higher-rank than the cook, in which case the cook will deposit a coin.
It is also custom to throw a Crown down a farm animal’s throat just before killing it. This is viewed by some as paying the debt you would owe to the animal for its life, while others see it as the bribe they give to whichever god collects the animal’s soul for a return of good meat and no penance.
Lael Alain - A single-city nation that heavily follows the Penal system, Lael Alain is an Alcheran Gaol-City, one of the smaller ones, still led by its original Warden. During the Once War, it held Skarnet war-prisoners, and powerful Witched. To this day, the lower levels still hold some of the same Witched, new Skarnet, and both Castigators and monstrosities, although the higher levels are now used for criminals. All trade and travel goes through the Wardens’ -Guards and officials- iron grip.
System: Lael Alain uses a semi-penal system, the very citizens like prisoners. It is even more prison-like than its sister-cities.
Current Ruler: High-Warden Harrier Nou
Etiquette: As in all Alcheran societies, the formal greeting involves placing one hand on your own lung, then shaking with the other. The lower-of-rank hold their palms up, and the higher down, then they turn together to a handshake.
As the other common Alcheran tradition, at a funeral, it is required that all of the attendees throw a flower into the casket, and then retire to their housing, while the newborn must be entirely quiet and wait at the foot of the box until the sun goes down(or, if the funeral begins at night-time, until the sun rises again).
The Banishing -
The Bellaiern Baronies - (A monopoly on Cain, its their main currency, its built physically into their Barony)
Next lore dump: GEOGRAPHY
Next will be nations, I dont know if I've fully listed them yet?
Just basic continents and stuff, I haven't got to tectonic plates or nothing yet.
Its not fully written out, and the writing is bad, but thats cause I was just trying to quickly digitise my notes, so expect missing bits.
CONTINENTS:
There are three major continents upon Ahdaskar. These are: [[Daria]] –Crescent Remains Of An Ancient Volcano–, [[Chariarch]] –Body Of A Protector Angel Decayed Into The Earth–, & [[Tariarch]] –Corpse Of The Angel Of Death–.
[[Chariarch]] and [[Tariarch]] are a part of [[Ithicai]].
Daria is the largest continent, and moves around the Inner Isles(Chariarch, Tariarch, and Arachai), its upper layer dragged by a massive titan, whose head is half star. It is populated by Titans and evolved creatures like Humans. It is disconnected from Holiness and the Divine. It is shaped like a crescent, as it is the remains of a massive volcano.
Chariarch is the body of Chararion Godshield, and is the birthplace of the Skarnet. Chararion’s corpse creates a river of blood that fuels the warmachine of Skarnet society. The twin-islands of Chariarch and Tariarch are of similar size, each about half or a third the size of Daria.
Tariarch is the body of Tiarchass, and the birthplace of the Fae.
ISLANDS:
Chauk
Chauk is an island within the Wildlands, a section of islands left and reclaimed by the movement of Daria. It is made of granite, various harsh stones, infertile soil, dead trees, and, of course, chalk. Seemingly settled by humans long before humans evolved, it is home to some of the most ancient living beings and societies upon Ahdaskar. It moves, in tandem with Daria, but its cause of movement is entirely unknown, disconnected as it is from landmasses and moving beings. It is smaller than the Inner Isles, as it moves with the Wildlands.
Arachai is the frigid corpse of Tiarchass’ unborn child, Aureliad, who was cursed by Ithariel to die before their time. When their parent’s body was sundered, Aureliad was thrown into the northern icy water. The holy parasite within their body lies in a crater upon the wastes, this dead place now home for the Worm-God Whelm. It is the smallest of the islands, although only slightly smaller than the very small Arthalhem.
Arthalhem is the Isle Of Death, literally death. Its high cliffs rise out of the frigid waters, its mass fractured by the Schism-Trench, Banon. It is wrapped and encircled by Sanint, the Death Titan, a massive undead snake.
GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES:
The Wildlands -A region of islands, ever created and reclaimed by the movement of Daria-,
The Schism Trench - The world-spanning crevasse created during the Calamity. It's waters are dangerous and perilous.
The original creation story for my world was, in shortened form: From the tumultuous darkness of nothing, the first mote of light was born. From the brutal form of the nothingness, the light hammered itself a form, and then from the nothingness shaped an anvil. It smote the new matter it created, forging a world upon the anvil. And so the world was born.
Thr second, sorta current one is: We know not of the before, but we know it ended with a corpse. One body, floating in the nothingness of Beyond, gargantuan, the very earth beneath our feet. It's soul became a star, orbiting its past life, and from that star the angels were born. They carved it's body into mountains and rivers, a massive volcano at its centre.
Soon, the angels became tired of their solitude, and some tried to create new life. The angels became split, some fighting for more, some for their singularity and uniqueness. Eventually, a war broke out, ending when two major angels, each with a large spark of Ahdaskar(the body)'s soul, met blades, splitting the volcano and the world itself. Their forms fell to the earth, melding with the halves of the volcano. And that is how the world began.
My new idea is something about a mother, entirely all-powerful, and two siblings, where one killed the other. Their blood going out from the heart is Cain(the very material of magic in this world)(, and the blood going back is pure gold. Something something, the darkness is a thing, alive in a way, maybe it corrupted one of the siblings? Dunno!
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Thr original form of Itharien Ascendancy in Ahdaskar, from before it was even called Ahdaskar, was: to achieve godhood(which is below Angels, Greater Titans, and Ithariel), one must acquire one of the First Angel's digits(finger, not phone number).
Now, here is the new one: To achieve Ascendancy, one must consume Angel-flesh. This applies both physically or metaphysically.
You could literally eat an angel, consume enough of their creation and influence, or yes, fuck an Angel...
So, The First Angel.
Excerpt from the Tome of Yumongle, Raiders of The Libar Histori, with notes by Arch-Wizard Ediard Golayire.
Although we know naught of the Before, we know the body we live and breath on was once alive, because we can see its soul.
-After the arrival of other-dimensions travellers, we feel it important to note that when sentient creatures die, their brain becomes a sphere, containing memories and similar-
From the Star-Soul, orbiting around Ahdaskar, the first life A.A(After Ahdaskar) was born. Ithariel, The First Angel. It's body an ever fractalising humanoid, each limb with smaller and smaller versions of itself stretching out. It's skin is marble, with golden veins spread ever across. Ithariel shaped the flesh within Ahdaskar into the continents and oceans from before our time.
-It is unknown if Ithariel is still living, as no sign has been seen of it since the Once War (C5??). There are many cults that worship it, foretelling its return-
Basic World info: The world is built into a giant humanoid, no longer alive.
The sun -The humanoid's soul- orbits this world.
There are three major continents, and a couple of large islands.
The continents are as follows:
Daria is the largest continent, and moves around the Inner Isles(Chariarch, Tariarch, and Arachai), its upper layer dragged by a massive titan, whose head is half star. It is populated by Titans and evolved creatures like Humans. It is disconnected from Holiness and the Divine. It is shaped like a crescent, as it is the remains of a massive volcano.
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Chariarch is the body of Chararion Godshield, and is the birthplace of the Skarnet. Chararion’s corpse creates a river of blood that fuels the warmachine of Skarnet society. The twin-islands of Chariarch and Tariarch are of similar size, each about half or a third the size of Daria.
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Tariarch is the body of Tiarchass Deathguide, whose brain birthed and fed the Fae.
Tiarchass’ body was poisoned long before they died, and this rot grew after their death into large jungles filled with spores.
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The campaign takes place on Chariarch.
There are five main nations, and although only Rhan and it's capital are present in this campaign, your character *may* be from one of the others. The nations are as follows:
The Rhan Nearchate -
is an empire of luxury, wealth, slavery, and gods.
There are 9 main Houses -Most Skarnet, some not-, each with a House Rha(A deity-like creature from beyond), who possesses their House Vassal(Bred and surgically refined to be perfect hosts). Each House votes routinely on laws and spending, relations with other nations, etc. They also vote on a Divine Vassal once per {}. This Vassal takes a centre-seat at the Enneagon(The 9-sided governing building), where they act much like a Judge at the centre of a courtroom.
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Each House and House-Deity holds a different domain, of which they control in the city. The Houses are as follows:
House Garron - Chermus, Magus - House Garron runs the {} Academy, and holds domain over Arcanism. They study the nature and workings of magic, and seek to harness it. Their magic is practitioned, not innate.
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House Kagin - Phomus, Arbiter- House Kagin is the primary house of contracts and law, and vassal to the only Rhan deity that holds a human domain. While all the other deities are simply beasts, and took twisted domains of nature, Kagin with Phomus are arbiters of law, a very Daskarian construct, rooted as it is within immutable reality. Phomus is also one of the few Rhan Deities that holds a physical location, residing in the marble Chapel Of Order, strung up in the Belltower by its many limbs.
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House Murak - Arus, Monolith - A Construct Rha who holds domain over defense. This is the house that built the city’s defenses and runs its militaries. Arus shaped the very city walls, and forges many of the weapons of the Divine Guard.
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House Archa - Cius, Artifice - A house of invention. Many of the mechanical operations within {} run on Archa tech. No non-Archa mechanic understands it, and it seems like it shouldn't work.
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House Shallin - Ruinuz, Storm - The sorcerous innate counterpart to House Garron, As their practice is outlawed on public property, they can only discreetly use their magics, and fight to change the laws again.
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House Scol - Chaus, Humanity/Hedonist - A house of luxury and indulgence. Their house {building of some kind} is filled with elaborate tapestries, mosaics, foods and drink, an excess of colour and all else. They supply and direct the food, drug, and alcohol trades within {}. They invented Dolls(Ceramic Warforged) and use them as slaves and art. They use MELD to perfect their hedonism.
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House Alleigh - Mwaous, Diplomat - Manages trade-routes and diplomacy.
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House Kamsh- , Prophet - House Kamsh runs {Largest Church}. Also a pioneer of MELD. Their creed is the most populous in the city.
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House Kuar - //, Cardinal - No-one has heard from this House in many many decades. Their seats at the Enneagon are empty and decrepit, a burnt black next to the polished gold of the others.
The Marcha Diarchy -
Is a harsh and warring nation, their streets stalked by government-funded arcane-militias, their cities filled with towering spires of stone and metal.
A primarily Skarnet nation.
Lael-Alain -
A single-city nation that heavily follows the Penal system, Lael Alain is an Alcheran Gaol-City, one of the smaller ones, still led by its original Warden. During the Once War, it held Skarnet war-prisoners, and powerful Witched. To this day, the lower levels still hold some of the same Witched, new Skarnet, and both Castigators and monstrosities, although the higher levels are now used for criminals. All trade and travel goes through the Wardens’ -Guards and officials- iron grip.
Unnamed Human Empire -
Ruled by a single king, with 12 houses below him who rule and run the 11 fiefs. Their society has an extreme obsession with money.
The Bellaiern Baronies -
A loose collection of Baronies, weaker laws, harsh consequences. They handle a lot of trade, smuggling, and mercantile work across Daria and even occasionally Ithicai.
Their primary currency is Cain, which they hold a monopoly over. Each Baron has rivalries and alliances with the others, ever-changing.
The Banishing Wastes -
Scavengers, bandits, raiders, and survivors who make their life in the barren places of Ahdaskar. Some even build towns on the outer reaches of Ahdaskar's body, out of the Ribs.
There are 2 "suns" that effect Ahdaskarian life. One, the star that orbits Ahdaskar, is it's soul. The other, a massive skeletal figure that drags Daria, it's head half star half night, is an Aspect of Ithariel, in turn a fragment of Ahdaskar's Soul.
There are many races in Ahdaskar, the following are the most major. In the city setting, the majority are Skarnet(64%), then humans(14%), then Alchera(14%), then Dwarves(6%), then various others(2%). The races are as follows:
Humans, duh. They're mostly normal, but there are a bunch of various mutations, that lead to a bunch of very different peoples.
Skarnet: Skarnet are tall, stone-born, violent, and bred from an Angel’s blood. As Chararion’s blood and viscera flowed over the gold-scarred stones of mount {}, a race of warlike and brutal stony warriors strode from the earth. Bodies of stone, veins of gold piercing their rocky skin, a red ombre rising from their limbs.
They are born full of stature and with strong muscle-memory and instinct, gained from the flesh of Chararion that they are torn from.
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Fae: Both strains of Fae were born from Tiarchass's brain, but different sectors. Alchera from the brutal side that took front during the war, and Liranil from the softer side from before.
Alchera: Alchera are regal and efficient, often brutal. Born and raised for the pursuit of power, they are the more aggressive of the Fae. Un-empathetic. They have purple-grey skin, and dark eyes.
Liranil: Liranil are chaotic and jovial, they are more attuned to nature than their Alcheran siblings, and significantly more empathetic, relying on “humanity” rather than militaristic camaraderie. They have pale white or dark brown skin, shining in the sunlight.
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Saints: Variable in appearance, Saints have these common traits: Skin made, coloured, and layered like feathers. Semi-idealised humanoid appearance. They also have light bone wings, painful to extend from the body, but useful for flight. Their eyes are often golden, with similar golden highlights across their bodies. They don't look truly human, just vaguely humanoid.
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Zirchrin: Zirchrin are tall humanoid rabbit creatures with six ears, three eyes, and a long flower-like tail. Raised to be brutal, they might not be this way from birth?
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Dwarves are not playable, as they are huge AF.
Magic in Ahdaskar requires a material called Cain(same material as the currency). Innate arcana, like sorcery and scions, uses Cain by producing it in liquid form through an organ. Wizardry and other practitioned arcana usesartificially produced solid Cain, in chains or blocks. In both cases, the Cain is consumed by the casting.
Liquid is more chaotic, more soft-magic.
Solid is more ruled, more hard-magic.
More info on Magic is available, I'll add it soon.
Thinking of rebuilding my world to focus on language(as in sorta built on it), and making it in mainly in stories rather than straight words
