Unknown Falls

"...like Icarus flying too close to the sun- you can feel your wax wings melt as you get too close to him, but the feeling of his warmth feels a little too good. But like Icarus, you too shall get burnt, as all things that feel too good to be true usually are." a DnD campaign in my world called Xaria this is for all my mechanics, monsters, storyline, maps, everything- except for the campaign itself, which will have its own blog.

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The Unknown

Part one: the history.

The Unknown is a hidden island in Xaria. Originally, it was the birthplace of the fae, but after some time, a great evil ransacked the land. At the time it went by Enoch Cypher, a great and terrible Fae Lord. He grew to power faster than most, and quickly climbed the social latter with him smooth talking.

One day though, something in him seemed to crack somehow. His usually dramatic demeanor turned dark, and his actions while still maintaining some smoothness became erratic. The usual welcoming warm and alluring kindness started to warp to warm chaos so inviting and intoxicating you didn't realize you were scared till he left you alone. So many fell to his alluring destruction and painted the whole land in nightmares, others worked together to stop the chaos he was sowing.

Eventually, those who followed him started to realize and fight. Which finally gave the rebels a better chance. After many battles and awakenings, Enoch Cypher was left alone with the whole Fae Wildland turned against him. They separated him in two.

One called themselves Enoch. Enoch looked like he wore a pumpkin as a head, with long black streamer-like tentacles at his command attached to the bottom of the pumpkin. The tentacles used to walk even though seemingly too small to support anything. His voice and attitude like his younger self, smooth and intoxicating.

The other called himself Cypher. Cypher was worse than what he had grown into. He was obsessed with killing, blood, and chaos. He took the form of an ever-morphing shape which was eventually classified as the "Morphing Chaos Primordial", a new class for what seemed to be a Chaos Elemental and an Eldrich Horror combined. It quickly made a mess of that around it, eventually escaping, making a cult, murdering the wrong people, and resulting in advanced imprisonment inside a mountain. He now resides in some mountain, long forgotten and frozen forever conscious of his life but unable to do anything but stew over his imprisonment, slowly driving him more insane.

Enoch, too, eventually became a worry, after seeing what his other half was capable of. Eventually, the High Fae Council decided to enclose these wilds to their own and created a being they called "Beast Watcher". The Beast Watcher was innocuous at first. But just as the being it was watching over, it corrupted with time. Then the mushrooms began to grow.

(*This uses an ecosystem that was built by someone else. I will link the information I used at the end*)

The Beast Watcher grew darker after being a guard for so long that he now was referred to as "The Beast". He was now what went bump in the night. Eager to find something worth being stuck forever inside a cage, he began to torture the locals - learning of their darkest nightmares and worst things to take from them to break them. He won sometimes, and lost others- but he always tempted people to stay trapped in a fate worse than death, just like he was. I think he would see it as 'evening the playing field' so others had to suffer as he does. I see it as him wanting to have something to control when everything else seems helpless, it's sad really.

Enoch honestly just became your stereotypical cult leader. He has a liking for the Fae, the Undead, and the weirdos. Nothing seems too crazy about him yet, but there's something about him that feels dangerous, like Icarus flying too close to the sun- you can feel your wax wings melt as you get too close to him, but the feeling of his warmth feels a little too good. But like Icarus, you too shall get burnt, as all things that feel too good to be true usually are.

Biome: (also a bit of a mix of the Fae Wilds too, but that's normal DnD stuff)

Fungus Forest | Trove of Lore — Biomes, Landmarks & Adventures for DnD 5e

Fungus Forest — A self-aware, temperate biome with 7 creature statblocks, 5 plants, 3 conditions, and 3 battlemaps. The tree-sized mushrooms

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Pendragon Acadamy

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The founding school for Geo-Ficers

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Pendragon Academy was founded by Arther Pendragon, the original creator of Moving Manors. Pendragon lived a long life before disappearing. Elves usually last to be max 2,500 years (our calendar year is four months [spring, summer, fall]), but even at two thousand, he barely looked over one thousand. He had seemed normal originally. He was a Sorcerer, decended from other Sorcerers, and he grew up fine. He was always ahead of his age group - he even went to college early he was so advanced.

Eventually, after college, he met his soon to be wife, Serendipity - a Druid by nature. They dated for 20 years before finally getting married, making her Serendipity Pendragon. She had three kids with him: Howl, Markle, and Lottie. During the time he spent with his wife, he had begun to walk the path of the Druid as well. They raised their kids with both backgrounds. With this combination, their familiar magic became quite the force to be reakoned with.

After all the kids left, Arther grew bored and sought out more knowledge to expand his life. He began researching Artificing and became quite good at it, too. Eventually, he began mixing the studies, and that's how he created Geo-Ficers. A combination of terraforming and machine building, he worked hard to make these beautiful land masses with functioning self suffienciency and the capability to follow you. That way, home was never too far away.

He created Pendragon Academy to teach other people how to create his invention. He made the school a special Moving Manor. It floats in the middle of a deep cavern between two giant mountains. Rivers flow through the sky, and it's surrounded by a semi-permiable bubble that you can't get through unless given permission from a dean (or if you attend the school, of course). The students ride around in bubble-cycles (another exclusive from the founder), and the school house is a giant Gothic castle with beautiful stained glass windows.

The Deans are Pendragons kids; Howell, Lottie, and Markle. All the teachers were personally trained during childhood and early adulthood by Arther, or directly under his kids. All of the kids seem to share Arthers knack for ageless-ness and have been around for quite some time. Their kids are now coming on to adulthood and almost seem to be siblings to their respective Pendragon parent. Questions about this are always met with a "You're too kind!" Or "If you keep it up, I'll get a complex." With a laugh, but never any answers.

Never the less, they watch over Pendgragon Academy, the home of Geo-ficers, and their only connection to their father. Their kids will eventually take hold and run after they serve their time as teachers, and then maybe will finally see where the Pendragons go after they leave the Academy. Only time will tell.

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MOVING MANOR

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Land types* and pricing:

Basic: 2,500G .5 Sq. Mi.

(Enough land for a hut and a small amount of land for a horse and barn)

Level one: 5,000G 1 Sq. Mi.

(Enough land for a 1-2 story house and a farm to produce for the people who live in the home, and maybe a bit extra for outdoor fun)

Level two: 25,000G 2 Sq. Mi.

(Enough land for a small three to four household community, a farm to care for everyone, and a central meeting area with kitchen and dining usage)

Level three: 50,000G 5 Sq. Mi.

(Enough land for a small village [8-10 households], large farming area, a community center, and a tavern hall with rentable rooms)

Level four: 100,000G 10 Sq. Mi.

(Enough land for a sizable village or town [10-15 households], a "mayor manor" [manor style home meant to serve as the person in charges home], large farm, shop center with a good size restaurant/tavern, and a few farms [2-4])

Level five: 250,000G 100 Sq. Mi.

(Enough land for a small kingdom [15-25 households], a castle, several farms [5-8], large central town area with plenty of space for school(s)/shop(s)/restaurant(s)/tavern(s)/hotspring(s)/whatever you like, small forest covered sections (can chose forest location[s]), and gaurd stations)

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*land can be added to later for the base price*

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Building Add-ons

Hut: (r:1) 1000G

One story house: (base [r:6]) 2,500, (+room*)

Two story house: (base [r:9) 5,000G, (+room*)

Manor: (s [r:10]) 7,500G, (m [r:14]) 15,000G, (l [r:18]) 25,000G, (+room*)

Castle: (s [r:20]) 50,000G, (m [r:25]) 100,000G, (l [r:30]) 150,000G, (+room*)

Tavern (s [r:6]) 15,000G, (l [r:12]) 30,000G, (+room*)

Public building: (base [r:3]) 10,000G, (+room*)

Guild hall: (base [r:4]) 20,000G, (+room*)

Shop: (s [r:2]) 5,000G, (l [r:4) 15,000, (+room*)

Gaurd tower: (base [f:2]) 10,000G, (+floor)5,000 max four (fifth floor can be added for 25,000)

Farm: (base [c:4]) 25,000G, (+[c:2]) 7,500G

Animal pen: (a:4[l]/8[s]) 1,000G

Nature space*: 500G/acre

School: (s [r:6]) 15,000G, (m [r:10]) 25,000G, (l [r:15]) 50,000G

Custom: (base [r:4]) 25,000G, (+room*)

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Rooms:

Bedroom: 500G

Bathroom: 500G

Kitchen: 1,000G

Dining room: 500G

Library/office: 1,000G

Solarium: 1,500G

Entryway: 1,000G

Theater: 1,000G

Green house: 25,000G

Utility space: 500G

Large seating area: 1,000G

Bar: 1,000G

Master's quarters: 1,500G

Storage space: 500G

Amory: 1,500G

Empty room: (s) 250G, (l) 500G

Classroom: (s) 750G, (l) 1,500G

Cafeteria: (s) 1,500G, (l) 3,000G

Nature spaces

Forest: 500G

Flower garden: starting at 500G (based on complexity)

Community park: 1,000G

Courtyards: starting at 250G (based on complexity)

Outdoor theater: 1,000G

Playground: 250G

City center: (clock tower, paved/unpaved, flowers, seating, gaurd station in tower, chose your design) 2,500G

Technology levels

First, I'll explain what that means. The moving manors are made by specialized Geo-Ficers (geologic artificer) that include enchantment of the land to allow it to move with you. At the bare bones, you have to allow it to move, but if you work with the right Geo-Ficer and Great Mage, you could even make buildings that are bigger inside than they are outside. But with more magical effort needed, the more you're going to pay.

Level one: 1,000G

This is bare bones. It moves and keeps homes warm/cool. It's a walking piece of earth, and you can tell.

Level two: 10,000G

This is better than the last. Water flows even though there's no way to make a current. The crops always grow well. You don't really notice the feeling of the land moving as much. There are elemental spirits present to help keep the land and people happy.

Level three: 100,000G

You have all magic mentioned before but no longer feel when the land moves. There is a land spirit present that you can work with to edit the land masses (be kind to them for your own good). Weather can be controlled if you wish with the presence of stronger elementals. There are holographic/gullum servents that can handle working on/taking care of the land and buildings on it.

Level four: 1,000,000G

You have all the magic mentioned before. Now, the servants are more plentiful and handle everything to do with the taking of the land and buildings. Buildings don't decay, holograms run shops, gullums man gaurd towers, the main home has the "bigger on the inside" magic which comes with a house spirit that helps you add rooms at will as long as you have the materials. You have a "storehouse of holding" behind the main home that stores all building supplies infinitely, and it just looks like a backyard storage shed. The cupboards are always full as the servants make sure every home has the food it needs.

Level five: 10,000,000G

You have all the magic mentioned before, and now every building has the "bigger on the inside" magic. The servants take the time while the land isn't moving to collect building material for you, and the land spirit can now help you build new buildings as well as change the land. The land spirits can add nature areas with the help of the land spirit (though it can take some time unless helped by a druid). Your land is self sustainable, and your people will always thrive, as long as you are kind to the spirits they will provide.

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Workers:

If your magic isn't strong enough for servants, or you need more hands, you can always use Worker Guilds to hire help. They can be temporary, or you can build contracts with them to be forever residents. Just be mindful of the guild rules for customers.

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History, rumors and other notes

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You don't have to just have a walking manor. Some manors float, like boats. Some manors fly like birds. There's even a rumor that some can swim and reside deep down in the ocean. No one has seen it or at least came back after seeing it.

The original creator was a very old, powerful mage named Pendragon. He had studied Atificing, he was a sorcerer by birth, and walked the path of a Druid for quite some time. Some say he's immortal and still lives among us. He had family too, but they aged normally for elvenfolk. His grandchildren still teach their grandfather's invention at Pendragon Academy.