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dishonestea) wrote2022-12-25 10:57 pm
dishonestea) wrote2022-12-25 10:57 pm
World Info
The overall setting can loosely be defined by taking iterations of the conventional world map as we know it and retracing the flow of history as it may have happened differently and adding in the element of the fantastic that lurks in the back of our imaginations. The technology level can be defined as roughly 1850s level with steampunk or solarpunk elements, and the migratory patterns of populations differ because of the changed makeup of its denizens.
All the different people, whether they be elves, orcs, or humans, can interbreed as if they were part of the same species. However, the contemporary definition may vary somewhat from the tabletop game style that many are familiar with.
People dwelling in regions that are more closely connected to their mystic, elemental origin, like Genasi, are biologically and functionally genderfluid. All associated parties can either sire or carry their children as they please. Likewise, Gender in all populations is not necessarily biologically defined but something that is determined by individual action. This can be as minor as role or as major as altering appearance either magically or through practical measures, and this is treated as fairly ordinary (even if the people around said individual need to adapt to such changes).
The focus of this piece is on the kingdom of New Hiberia, a peninsula in a fairly tropical region. It is surrounded by water and is ravaged by annual cyclones and monsoons during the warmer months, but is a hot location for many because of its ports and its ordinarily balmy weather.
New Hiberia has been a contested territory between the rulers of Hiberia and the sovereign Blue Hollow, a thriving city of ocean-dwelling Genasi exists far underneath the coastal waters. Hiberia laid claim to the dry land for its agricultural resources, but the sovereigns of Blue Hollow claimed that the multitude of underwater caverns upon which the lands of New Hiberia sat were theirs. Both territories additionally claimed the large Sweetwater Sea in the lower half of the peninsula-- New Hiberia for the fact that it is the location where a young explorer with prophetic powers vanished after quelling what would have been an otherwise devastating storm, and Blue Hollow because that is the seat of the Storm Goddess and their consort.
Both stories are interconnected. The gods are real and interact with the world, although no one alive has truly witnessed it. The young explorer distracted the enraged goddess by telling them stories, and the two eventually wed. There is no record of this incident, nor how it influenced the bloodlines of both kingdoms. It is the joint claims over these resources that serve as the key to border disputes-- and therein lies where the story unfolds.
All the different people, whether they be elves, orcs, or humans, can interbreed as if they were part of the same species. However, the contemporary definition may vary somewhat from the tabletop game style that many are familiar with.
People dwelling in regions that are more closely connected to their mystic, elemental origin, like Genasi, are biologically and functionally genderfluid. All associated parties can either sire or carry their children as they please. Likewise, Gender in all populations is not necessarily biologically defined but something that is determined by individual action. This can be as minor as role or as major as altering appearance either magically or through practical measures, and this is treated as fairly ordinary (even if the people around said individual need to adapt to such changes).
The focus of this piece is on the kingdom of New Hiberia, a peninsula in a fairly tropical region. It is surrounded by water and is ravaged by annual cyclones and monsoons during the warmer months, but is a hot location for many because of its ports and its ordinarily balmy weather.
New Hiberia has been a contested territory between the rulers of Hiberia and the sovereign Blue Hollow, a thriving city of ocean-dwelling Genasi exists far underneath the coastal waters. Hiberia laid claim to the dry land for its agricultural resources, but the sovereigns of Blue Hollow claimed that the multitude of underwater caverns upon which the lands of New Hiberia sat were theirs. Both territories additionally claimed the large Sweetwater Sea in the lower half of the peninsula-- New Hiberia for the fact that it is the location where a young explorer with prophetic powers vanished after quelling what would have been an otherwise devastating storm, and Blue Hollow because that is the seat of the Storm Goddess and their consort.
Both stories are interconnected. The gods are real and interact with the world, although no one alive has truly witnessed it. The young explorer distracted the enraged goddess by telling them stories, and the two eventually wed. There is no record of this incident, nor how it influenced the bloodlines of both kingdoms. It is the joint claims over these resources that serve as the key to border disputes-- and therein lies where the story unfolds.
Cast List
Genya Belinay-- The Prince. Named after his father. Swore to be the light; plays tag with Misty Step instead. Breathes water. He is honest, mostly. He/Him, Pan, Gender and Fluid
Lili Vale-- The Apprentice. The Foundling. No one suspects the sweet ones. Honest in the way that she knows how to. She/Her, Demi, Assigned Construct At Birth.