#lorecrafting

[popcultureoverdosed]

Reverse: 1999 Mondlicht Analysis

Mondlicht is one of my favorite characters in R1999 due to her fairytale motif. Her design is a reference to red riding hood, the hunter and the wolf. She's a young girl who wears a red hood and hunts against wolves. Ironically, she has a dog for a udimo. She comes from a small villages that is stuck in an endless war against wolves. With all the male hunters dead, the women of the village took on the mantle and joined the bloody battles against the enemy. The war raged on for over a century until only one huntress remained. She handed down her cloak and weapon to Mondlicht who would continue the battle in her stead. She is now the only hunter left.

Her cloak's red hue comes from generations of people staining it with blood during the war. Her silver bullet necklace shares the same name as her and was apparently made from ore that fell from the moon. Mondlicht's fighting style is unique since she uses an axe/shotgun hybrid. Definitely the coolest weapon in the game. Her personality is pretty simple. She's solely devoted to protecting her village from the big bad wolves. She's always on edge for even the remote possibility of a wolf attack. She stays up all night to protect everyone from any attack. There's hardly any trace of childhood innocence to be found in her. Mondlicht is like a child soldier forever devoted to fighting the war. There's a voiceline where she tells the listener not to trust the wolves and don't respond to them. This could imply that the wolves are capable of speaking or have human level intelligence. Mondlicht specifically using a silver bullet brings to mind werewolves, suggesting that the wolves aren't normal animals.

Her arcane skill is ambiguous, but it could be a heighted sense of smell. Her insight 2 variant gives her glowing eyes which could also indicate enchanced vision. I've been told that Mondlicht teleports during Alien T's Anecdote so perhaps that's what her true ability is.

A cute little detail about her is that she's very happy to have Vertin stories to her. It's so sweet and it's one of the few times she acts her age.

[veri-berri]

My favorite part of world building / lorecrafting is that I can get back to my roots :v

Anyway check out this progress!

Sidenote:

Do not think I pulled the structure for this out of my ass it is 10000% referenced from the mission basilica

[thefoldedbird]

A story in three parts. The above is the river god Balisk hallucinated while almost drowning. He felt as though he had sunk deep underwater while this murky looming figure surrounded him. Staring at him. If felt disappointed.

Lanos and Maonlui are a pair of gods somewhat lost to time. Lanos is the large figure whose body is murky and liquid like a lake bed. It’s said he’s responsible for carving the paths of the water in the region. Maonlui are smaller pieces of Lanos that broke away to spread the water further. Maonlui represents streams and forks in the river paths.

[wckhamm]

Just realized at work today that if Blizzard has intended the whole time to give orc ears movement, like say a cat, then the reason half orcs like Garona are seen as ‘more human’ and ‘untrustworthy’ isn’t only because they’re smaller, it’s because they are physically incapable of conveying a huge portion of orcish body language and therefore their intents are not easily read.

[luncalxartwork]

First Rule of Writing a Novel:

“Your villain/antagonist, not the protagonist, should be your most developed and thought out character.”

This is an example of the world building that I have been doing. This character sketch is one of the major players that influence my antagonist’s (AT) life, by the name of Runar (Thistle) leader of the Cobalt Company Mercenary group.

[darkknightsuggestion]

There’s a forest outside the kingdom that carries death and dread in its branches. No one speaks of the creatures that lurk in its darkness.

[moonlitalien]

Devaronian worldbuilding | Government

Montellian Serat, siege of the government of Devaron and of the Serat Arrje’d. [picture source]

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The Government of Devaron

The government of the planet of Devaron is a representative participatory democracy largely influenced by matriarchal ideals. Indeed – just like in most other sectors (such as businesses, banks, etc), the government is led mostly by females. Males are usually discouraged from participating in politics, unless under specific circumstances.

The planet is ruled by the High Ministry of Devaron. The High Ministry is comprised of twelve members, five of which are the heads of the five primary departments. The heads of the departments aren't elected by the people, but chosen through presidential decree by the other seven members of the Ministry. These seven ministers, however, are elected through universal suffrage by the people of Devaron. The High Ministry holds a monthly meeting in the chambers of the Ministry, in the Tower of Serat, or Serat Arrje'd (”Great citadel tower”) in Devaronese. 

The Serat Arrje’d is named after Montellian Serat (literal translation: “Citadel of Montellian”, Montellian being a historical figure in ancient Devaronian history), of course, which is the capital city of Devaron and where the High Ministry is located.

The five departments of the Ministry are as follow:

The Treasury: Management of tax policy, national funds, development, regulation and control of the planet's economy.

The Grand Tribunal: Responsible for legislation concerning the constitution of general administrative and criminal laws, as well as the judgment and application of punishments upon citizens who have violated the law.

The Foreign Affairs: Commercial affairs, trades, industry, foreign commerce, communication, diplomacy, foreign bids and liaison with other planets/systems. 

The Interior: Everything that includes relations and affairs within Devaron. Granting of official papers (Identity papers, authorizations, commercial agreements, etc) and global administrative aspect of the government. 

The Defense: Everything that deals with the military/army of Devaron and conquest/exploring. One of the oldest branches of the government. Deals with the army, its units, supply system, engineering (roads, architecture, construction, etc), spatial navy, and Intelligence (Which monitors spies and infiltrators as well)

The government of Devaron is heavily based on communication and a desire to stay united with its citizens. Devaron is known for having some of the best diplomats in most known systems, most of them being females, due to their trustworthy and honest qualities.

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The Juridical system of Devaron

Criminal offenses are strictly forbidden, and very harshly punished on Devaron. The juridical system of Devaron is based on execution rather than imprisonment for the highest criminal offenses, and as such, the planet is not granted total allyship with the Core Worlds, as the Republic sees their methods as barbaric (in contrast to the planet's otherwise peaceful, orderly mentality).

Should a criminal be proven guilty of a high offense crime (premeditated murder, for example), they will be sent to the Judgement Field of Montellian Serat, where they would be executed by Quarras : carnivorous predators, native to the jungles, who were starved before each execution. Despite everything, Devaron did not actually hold many executions – perhaps no more than a handful each year – as the citizens were known to be very lawful, especially the females – and the males would choose to commit their crimes off-world to avoid the capital punishment.

A popular expression in Devaronian culture is derived from the last sentence a prisoner who is about to be executed hears: “Look to the skies” (in Devaronese: “K’ven arr ku’ur”). By doing so, the victim exposes their throat to the Quarra, inviting them to bite directly into their throat and hopefully make their death fast. This expression now commonly means to resign oneself to one’s inevitable fate.

[glaucophane]

Lorecraft Idea: Eredar Puzzle Jewelry

I’ll keep this short and sweet, since it’s mostly just me spitballing.

So the Draenei have a racial bonus to Jewelcrafting, and Eredar lore outright states that they’re a people who take pride in their intellect. And after finding my own puzzle ring after unpacking a box from my last move, I got to thinking that something like it would be perfectly in line with everything we know about spacegoats.

Here’s the twist, though: instead of being used to catch an unfaithful lover, puzzle rings and the like exchanged by the Eredar and their descendants are given unsolved, and without instructions. The reasoning behind this? Someone who cares enough to solve the puzzle cares enough about the person who put it together, and expresses it through wearing the solved piece. Such jewelry does not necessarily have a romantic connotation, as it’s also been a common gift between friends or relatives on special occasions.

Naturally, there are some rules about what is and isn’t appropriate to give in an exchange. Giving someone a large and complex piece early on in a courtship was/is considered excessive, with simple 4- or 6-band rings being seen far more favorably. And to give someone an intentionally unsolvable ring or bracelet is considered to broadly be in poor taste, unless the persons doing the exchanging have already established a relationship where pranks are fair game. And finally, because of the deeply personal meaning of wearing a solved piece, it’s a deep insult to suggest that a third party be allowed to solve someone else’s band or bracelet for them - if the recipient is genuinely having trouble with the solution, they should ask the person who gave it to them for help (and there’s nothing wrong with asking - wanting to know how it all fits together shows that you care, after all).