#ruos

[favoredsouls]

The Dark & the Light

Bored and just ran through a conversation with myself about my worldbuilding project of Ruos. It extends to more than just one planet. Hell more than just one universe. I wanted to talk about that multiverse. About how it started and how it led to the my little fantasy world that has been my pride and joy for over three years now. Long post under the cut 

In the beginning there was no thing. An inconceivable nothingness that transcended any meaning of reality or time. The Dark. Then something changed in the Dark. In a moment that was alien to the Dark by its very existence there came a Light. The First Thing. The First Moment and the First Change.

The Light was everything the Dark was not. If the Dark was bleak then the Light shone. If the Dark had no thing then the Light would become everything. If the Dark refused change then the Light would be changing constantly. Both incomprehensible in their vast concepts.

The Light wanted one thing. To create and to see those creations become more than it could ever be. So it made its first Children. These Children of Light were several smaller powers similar to the Light and invested by it infinite power. They went on to create myriad realities inside of themselves. Vast and complex dimensions of their own unknowable vastness.

Then one Child wished to learn something. How all this came to be. Why it had come to be. It sought out the Dark to learn of the Lights origins. Moreso it was curious how the Dark played a role in such creation. This would prove to be fatal as the Dark took the Child and unmade it. Then sent it after another of the Children. One named Anon. The two fought and both died in the battle. One sooner and one later.

Anon became several things in its death. Its corpse was the numerous realities it had created in life. Its ghost became the Well of Sanctity. The font of all souls. Its mind split into several fragments. These would become the Primordials.

The Primordials know little of their function other than Anon intentionally split its consciousness into several parts. They are aware of the other Children, the Light and the Dark. But they have chosen to avoid the battles with the Dark in favor of continuing Anons creations.

So they brought together the separate parts of Anons body into Anonian. An ordered layering of several realities. All meeting in the middle in the form of the Prime Realm. Thats where the Ruosi gods were created. And where numerous other gods were created. And lastly where they made their worlds, including Ruos.

I dont plan on writing anything about this really. Its too big of a concept for me to pay with atm. Its just background of where everything started metaphysically. Plus tie together other ideas ive had over the years. Enjoy this long ass post folks!!

[cheshadraws]

I’ve been trying to think of how the DnD troupe meets each other and I think I have a basic idea of it? This is not as in depth as it would be as it’s mostly me just summarizing how they all met.

Ogby leaves the farm his family works on to start his singing career and travels from city to city for a while getting small gigs here and there until he meets Kleene in a small city after Kleene had run away from his family and started playing his flute on the street corner for money. They then keep traveling and find themselves at the port city where Abten is just getting out of prison after being captured. Abten decides to change her ways and talks to them before joining the band as their lute player. They continue to travel to different cities and become a slightly better-known band.

Ruos leaves her clan looking for redemption and becomes a mercenary for about two years before she meets the band in a bar. At the bar, they request to hire her to help protect them as they travel across several kingdoms to the city of Ringlin. 

They meet Wyndove in the town of Ravenshallow where she is trying to help the towns doctor cure people of a sickness spread by an oozing monster in the swamp nearby. After defeating said monster they return for healing and she shares her story with them. Because they’re all traveling the same way, and someone with medicinal knowledge would be nice, Wyndove joins the group with her draft horse Audrey.

From the swamplands, they cross into the Dutrivi Desert. During a sandstorm, a group of loxodons, including Galgara find and lead them back to the loxodon city. They are brought to speak with the elder council and Galgara is all but forced upon them so that she can fulfill her prophecy. Within little more than a year of traveling Galgara gives up on her prophecy so that she can do what she wants and continue to travel with the group, dubbed the Sensational Six by Ogby, much to the group's dismay.

By the time they reach the Sanctuary of Rebirth, Titania has become a paladin there and works to protect the Sanctuary. At the sanctuary, Titania strikes up a friendship with them and an older priestess tells Ruos of their future as a group, but they must travel to find the remaining members first. The Priestess blesses the group, gives them provisions and sends them away. Titania decides to travel with them to spread the word of hope and rebirth, knowing she may never get a chance to help her brother.

Another few months pass and they reach Ringlin where the duo Parvel and Cawphain introduce themselves at a large festival the city is holding by the lake. Later that night Cawphain is caught by Galgara trying to steal from the group, and Parvel steps in to save him. A scuffle ensues until Ruos separates them and they are sat down for questioning. They are convinced to join by Ogby and Titania, though Cawphain des so very reluctantly. 

Still, in the city, Archibald meets Wyndove at a spell and medicine shop where they strike up a conversation about healing. Wyndove tells him about her group and how they don’t have a true healer. As Archibald wasn’t really happy with his life in the city and wanted to do something with his cleric studies he agrees to meet the group. After introductions, Archibald agrees to join the group. 

The “Tenacious Ten” (another nickname) spend several months in the city. The bards perform and Ruos travels with them as a guard, having grown fond of them and also knowing what their future was. Galgara, Archibald, and Wyndove become friends who shop, talk and paint nails with each other. Parvel spends his time trying to convince Cawphain to stay with the group and Titania spreads the teachings of her Sanctuary, though she does watch the bards perform sometimes. Their time at the city is cut short by a massive attack that kills thousands and leaves the city devastated, as well as covered in shiny yellow goo and fog. Searching for the mastermind behind the attack they find themselves once again traveling across the continent following leads and battling mysterious monsters made of the yellow substance. Most of the continent finds itself in the same state as Ringlin. 

The group heads toward the Howling Summits, a large mountain range where cities of dwarves, gnomes, goblins, and mountain elves live. While in one of the cities they hear about a mysterious woman in purple who seems to be trapped in a cave and has been heard wailing from within. Anyone who goes in usually comes out near death or scared senseless. They, of course, investigate and with some talking and reasoning find Bonesinger is trapped by a spell a scared warlock cast on her before he ran. With some experimenting, they are able to free her. They reveal the state of the outside world and she tells them she had found a substance like that years ago deeper into the mountains. With that, the final member of the group joins and they begin the rest of their journey.

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[cheshadraws]

Day 4 - Education: the bigger clans living in strongholds have some sort of crude school but smaller clans like Ruos’ have a “learn by doing/from your mistakes” mentality. Young children will go out and follow older orcs for the day to learn about whatever the older orc is doing. Here’s Ruos with the best hunter/trapper in the clan

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Missed July 1 but I’m doing the oc week Day 1 is introduce your oc! This is Ruos! Ruos grew up with her mother in the Meadow Hooves Clan, a matriarchal clan of orcs that lived in a small camp where they tamed and bred horses. Ruos is a mercenary now who got hired by the three bards Abten, Kleene, and Ogby to protect them from bandits.

[cheshadraws]

Ruos you are my ANGEEEEEEL

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Before day 2 is over I wanted to get this in for the draw 247! Day 2 — hidden talents: Ruos is known for her skill with a spear, hand to hand combat, and taking horses but she also enjoy knitting and sewing on the side. It’s common practice for her clan to teach such skills so out in the world they can make things for themselves. Ruos uses any left over money to buy string and favors to make clothes and other miscellaneous things she often sells.

[cheshadraws]

I didn’t have service so I couldn’t post this yesterday but day 5 - ocs backpack: Ruos keeps a bunch of knickknacks, mostly healing items and other sensible objects. Her fae is 6 years old, and has been her faithful companion since she got it