#gravegoldverse

[thenixart]

[id: A digital drawing of a humanoid character from the hips up dressed in high waisted purple shorts and a green sport's bra against a blue rectangular background that contains a horse skull in the upper left corner and horse shoes in the lower right corner.

The character has medium brown skin, small pointed ears, short purple hair that falls over one eye, purple claws claws, and blue eyes. The character has a curvy figure and is posed resting one hand on their hip and the other against their thigh, with their lone arrow tipped tail curving behind them as they grin at the viewer. /end id]

Another one of my high school ocs updated.

Aqua Stone, the protag of Grave Gold who's a devil witchling (the child of a devil and a witch).

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[thenixkat]

I'm going to bed, but like, feel free to send me asks about my Grave Gold setting. It will help me think about it.

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[id: Digital art of the head and neck of a big cat in profile facing left against a background of gold to brown contours around the cat. The cat is built like a lion or tiger with a grey and white coat. The topline of the cat is black with thin black stripes going vertically down its neck and cheek. The cat’s eyes are yellow and its nose pink. /end id]

Sunlands tiger (aka an African tiger)

[thenixkat]

Brain was poking at the magic system for Grave Gold and trying to find something that feels appropriate for my oldest universe that is the most magical that fits with my animist apatheist scientist type world view.

So maxims about magic in the Grave Gold setting:

Magic is a bunch of bullshit.

The decision to evoke magic is a decision to manipulate or undermine the natural order to achieve a goal.

One cannot evoke magic without sufficient confidence.

Magic is shaped by belief.

What is the strength of Mankind's belief compared to that of every beast, bird, bush, and small invisible thing that lives upon the world?

In matters of contradicting beliefs, the side with more conviction and numbers wins.

All these statements are true and do not contradict: X god created the sun. Y goddess created the sun. Z deity is the sun. The sun is a giant ball of burning gas very far away older than all known gods and peoples.

Magic is aware and has its own opinions.

Magic is the flow of power generated by movement and the processes of life. Where there is more life, there is more magic. Where there is more motion, there is more magic.

Things that are dead are not alive and therefore cannot be killed.

The inanimate set in motion requires a source of power to stay in motion.

[thenixart]

[ID: A drawing of a character facing the viewer with their body turned slightly to the left. The character is topless, they are wearing a cloth belt low on their hips, a cloth band with metal rings on their upper left arm, and a bat themed headdress that covers their eyes with a curtain of beads.

The character has a lean, somewhat muscular body with thick black bat wing tattoos on their shoulders. The character is sticking their inhumanly long tongue out and their fangs and crooked front teeth are visible. The character has long hair worn in two braids that come together in a bat themed clasp under their chin into a single braid.

The drawing is black line art with a red sketch faintly visible underneath. /End ID]

Blood Priest My oc Zan dressed up as a priest for Halloween

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[id: A digital doodle of a black wyvern with orange stripes on its head and tail tip on a grey page. The wyvern’s front limbs are small arms while its hind limbs are large smooth wings. The wyvern is in flight./end id]

I still don't know how to use krita but here's my oc Hollow Screeching Under The Mountain. I think he looks better without the eyes.

[thenixart]

“Rain“ in the desert night

Essentially my wifwolf character who goes by several titles along the lines of ‘Rain’ or ‘Wandering Storm’ in a random desert in her half transformed form (her full werewolf form is a kaiju sized thunderstorm with legs and teeth).

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GraveGold worldbuilding- Dawnlands

Dawnlands

Main setting. The east coast is partially colonized by paperfolk. A diverse land with many influences from the myriad of native cultures and a failed alien invasion. The east coast and islands have a large population of Sunlands diasporic people, the Maroons. And the west coast has a notable influence from Stormlands immigrants/refugees. Has a lot of exchange/trade with the Moonlands. And some infrequent historical trade with the Sunlands. 

Countries/Nations

The Maroon Federation - came together during the time of the invasion and fought a guerilla war against the paperfolk for decades. Still fighting at the border. Effectively many states and nations under a larger banner to provide mutual aid to one another. And strongly reduce infighting.

Hosstrot- Far south on the east coast, lots of swampland and beaches

Watawo- Lower/mid east coast and islands. Strong rice culture. Use of pigments in ghost repelling.

Garib- the islands south of Hosstrot.

Sunkeep- A bunch of states along the west coast and southwest that used to be an empire. Seperate from the Maroon Federation but valuable trading partners. Has a notable Thunderfolk population and due to that is the hub of train activity. Also known for their impressive time keeping and their sports.

Tula- The capital city-state?/economic hub of the Maroon Federation. Out in the midwest, contains both the desert at one end and verdant mountains on the other and grassland in between. The city itself sits between the Cottonwood River (Arkansas river) and the Arch Mountains (The Ozarks) 

The Godless City- Located offshore of the Telos Gulf in Saltpont territory (mostly marshland). A hub of gambling and organized crime. Known and named for its distinct lack of a local god without being a magical deadzone. Has a wolf cult and thriving tourist culture.

Hartlnd- The heartland of the continent. Full of open forest and grassland. Lots of bison herding.

Death’s Valley- A magical deadzone in an inhospitable desert that was once the very bottom of an ancient seabed. There is a single spot of incredibly potent magic water deep underground in one spot known as Death’s Respite (Devil’s Hole).

The False Sea- The desert area surrounding Death’s Valley. Known for its periodic swarms of ghost sealife at night.

Cultivated Plants

Corn

Beans

Squash

Sunflowers

Goosefoot

Sand Plum

Blueberries

Elderberries

Wild rice/water oats

Avocado

Blackberries

Raspberries

Peppers

Prickly Pear cactus

Tomato

Tomatillo

Chia

Melons

Notable Animals

Cougar (Moon lion)

Bison

Coyote- full folk species

Pot parrot (pot pot chee/carolina parakeet)-poisonous parrot!

Pink pigeon (amimi/passenger pigeon)

Fishing eagle

Turkey

Iguanas

Alligators

Peccary

Salmon

Jakalope

Pronghorns

beaver

Cultural influences

Music is everywhere (Jazz, hip hop, rap)

Comics and cartoons

Rainbowriders and the aesthetic of the Wild West (there’s just so many weird-ass monsters out there in the plains, woods, desert, everywhere really the continent has a lot of magical hotspots)

Jack Lanterns (for repelling ghosts)

Magical influences

High John root

Devil contracts

Root magic

Jackalope parts (milk is an aphrodisiac)

So much stuff on ghosts, like ghost repelling paint

Youth restoring springs

Space strings