It's a small thing, but with the one year anniversary of my debut coming up soon, Knight Gardenia has uploaded the VOD of my second class to her youtube, ensuring that both the classes I've held can be viewed by anyone at any time!
The video has timestamps so that you can skip right to to ritual I performed that day, or to anything else that may interest you!
Timestamps have also been added to my debut stream, which I think will make it a much better study tool!
My first stream was on April 1st of last year, so I hope to hold another class on the anniversary! In the meantime, I hope this can help commemorate the occasion.
It's been a long time since I've had summoning sickness, but I did quite a bit of conjuration yesterday, what with teleporting around while streaming into a parallel universe. At least I have banana bread though!
Last time I held a class, I wrote some summaries of the lecture afterwards, so since it came up, I think I'll write up something about Veday Teldt's Transmutation teachers!
Perhaps I'll also summarize the ritual I performed? So you can, ah, eat something dangerous, magical, and crunchy...
What should my next class cover? I have no clue at this point, but I'm willing to take suggestions!
I had originally promised a post specifically about Miorma's mines of knowledge, and even more specifically the arcane ore contained therein, but ultimately decided that one cannot talk about arcane ore without talking about the greater historical context that makes it so significant in Miorma, and, in fact, the entirety of the continent of Brandice.
Let's talk about the country where I teach, as well as the land that once was Knight Gardenia's home, Viatorum!
Early Miorma and the Arcane Ore:
While Miorma is currently a fairly large nation that focuses primarily on artificy and law, this was not always the case. Miorma had its start in the west, a fraction of its eventual size and severely lacking in resources such as fertile land and stable food production. The Miorma of the past got by with sparse fishing along the cost, along with the few resources they had in abundance: clay, tin, copper, and - once they'd learned how to safely extract it - arcane ore.
Arcane Ore is essentially crystalized arcane energy - potent, volatile, and unpredictable. (And, notably, not edible.) Arcane ore today is a governmentally protected substance, the Mines of Knowledge where they are mined being heavily regulated and both the mining and processing of the ore requiring permits that can only be obtained through rigorous study, training, test taking, and background checks; as well as official employment by the government of Miorma. The reason for this strict regulation is both in part of the exceptional delicacy and knowledge required to handle it property, and the role arcane ore has in Miorma's place in the world today.
Viatorum and Miorma's Expansion:
As previously stated, Miorma was originally a much smaller nation that began in the infertile west of its present territory, and lacked many resources. In order to gain the resources it desired, Miorma first developed clay golems, powered by what few shards of arcane ore they had managed to mine, and used those golems to extract ever greater quantities. The determined artificers of Miorma then used the arcane ore to develop a wide array of magically enhanced weapons, staves, and stronger golems, which carved a warpath that would eventually conquer all of present day Miorma.
One of the final areas to fall to Miorma's conquest, you may have realized, was Viatorum. My divinations suggest that Viatorum once existed roughly around where the present day city of Crossroads exists - a very nice city, the very place I've conducted the bulk of my research into cross-planar travel. Unfortunately, very little is remembered about Viatorum - Miorma prefers the nations it conquers not cling to their old identity, for fear of harboring resentment and eventual calls for independence.
It stands to reason that, were it not for the presence of arcane ore in Miorma, Knight Gardenia's casket would have been in the forests of Drothiel. As it were, the high concentration of arcane ore in the Mines of Knowledge is suspected to cause several magical irregularities, including instability between the planes. This instability leads to planar distortions - holes in the barrier between the Prime Material plane and its echos, the Feywild and Shadowfell. One such distortion became a fairly regular fey crossing in the woods of Drothiel, and on the other side of that crossing is where Knight Gardenia's casket eventually found itself, suspended in time long after her kingdom had fallen.
Have any more questions for me? My ask box is open for all curious students~
Good day, students! I am Osmo Bergamo, dean of the school of Conjuration at the Vemay Teldt Royal Academy of the Metaphysical Arts. I'm a wizard VTuber, planning to debut April 2024!
My classes will include lots of TTRPG inspired lore and roleplay that intersects with other Vtubers and content creators, as well as RPG video games, and sometimes the occasional experimental topic focused on peeks into other dimensions. I'm glad to see you've enrolled in my classes! Please take a seat wherever you like, and take out your notes.
My first class will be at 7pm UTC+2 (that’s Germany time) on Monday, April 1st!
Lore tag: #loregamo
Note: Any resemblance to existing person(s) is entirely coincidental. No identification with existing vtubers is intended or should be inferred.
