World of Ilinum

[gamer5]

World of Ilinum
The World of Moonlit Nights

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Ilinum is around 50% larger then Earth, and also much more massive. There are two parts of Ilinum.
The surface is completely covered by a giant forest and is made of a single continent which stretches trough both the temperate and hot climate zone. The continent, named Hidher, which has no point higher then 800m, is inhabited by a race of native reptilian-like people which are called Arihunian.
The other part is the Erithen, which is the collective name for the large and small islands which float 1000m above the surface around the planet's equator. The inhabitants of those islands are the races of Makuri (known also as catkin), the Iheris (humans), the angel-like Seis and the Harizu, weird humanoids which mostly live in self-inflicted isolation all over Erithen. Ilinum has six natural satellites, from the smallest to the largest they are Kisuri, Nallin, Marri, Pyel, Warli and Ilin, none is an trapped asteroid. This makes a moonless night quite rare on Ilinum, happening only each 74 years.

Little is know about Hidher since Arihunians use their powerful poison to kill anyone from Erithen who approaches. It's a also full of dangerous monsters.

Made up of 5113 smaller and larger floating islands Erithen is a made up of 2138 provinces in a total of 38 countries. From it's islands 4232 is smaller then 1 square mile, 784 is between 1 and 10 square miles and just 97 are larger then 10 square miles of which just 15 are lager then 100 square miles.

Much like the oceans on Earth the atmosphere of Ilinum is inhabited by many creatures, from the small aeralium (something like air plankton) over the colones of coaye (colonial organisms which have similarity with earth's corals, live attached to the floating islands) to the giant dragons. Many of those creatures are used by the sapient species in many ways.

No one knows when or how people inhabited Ilinum, but it's sure that the written history begun around 4300 years in the past on the largest floating island of Terro. But the current calendar uses the dating system from the fall of the Nerghan Empire which was untied all but the smallest and most distant large island named Suya which happened 1034 years from today. Now there are 14 great countries which rule over the large island of Erithen and 31 small ones which rule over the much smaller areas of land.
Most of the population lives bellow the ground of the floating islands or in treetop habitats to allow as much as possible land to be used for agriculture.

Makuri
Makuri are humanoids with some features of the common cat, like cat ears, eyes, tails and much denser and longer body hair. Compared to humans their reflexes and senses are much more keen and they are much more physically fit. But they are much less akin to magic making Makuri magic users rare. Makuri are, averagely, a little shorter then humans and live between ten or twenty years shorter then humans. Makuri mostly live in forests.
Iheris
Iheris or more commonly just called humans, are the major race of the larger cities and floating islands. While they may vary form strong to weak and genius to plain idiotic in terms of physical strength and/or intellect all of them are highly adaptive and creative. Most humans live on the larger islands, working in many fields but are especially successful in craftsmanship and art.
Seis
Seis are humanoids with large angel-like wings growing from their backs. Even trough, from head to feet, they are just around 2/3 of a human's size their wings make them appear much larger. Seis have a affinity for magic, especially healing and physical enhancement magic. Seis live on the highest or lowest points of almost every floating island and act like messengers, hunters, patrols or provide different services while traveling trough the world. If it was not for their affinity for healing magic Seis would live just half the time that a human does but the affinity gives them almost the same time to live like that of a human.
Harizu
Coming in many variants and sizes the Harizu have a few common points. Their head is human in appearance but their hair color is much lighter then that of the humans, they have red glowing eyes and their ears are larger then human for around 25%. Also their torso is humanoid, although much thinner, due the fact that Harizu rarely eat food and when they do it's mostly meat. But their arms and legs are ghost-like, able to pass trough solid objects and are usually different in shape and size for each individual. Harizu are akin to magic, especially to offensive magic or dark magic arts. Nocturnal.
Arihunian
This reptile-like humanoids are a large mystery. The only thing that is sure is that their saliva is highly toxic, killing even their own species in just a few minutes.

There are three main ways of transportation between the floating islands. Those are: Flying creatures trained to carry people, Magical portals build between larger cities and Magically powered Airships.
The most common flying creatures are dragons or gigantic birds which inhabit Aerith.
Magical portals are always active and are usually located just outside of large cities. Those allow fast travel for people and smaller quantities of cargo.
Airships have the largest cargo and passenger capacity but are relatively slow compared to the other two transportation methods. Still since airships are relatively easy and quick to build they are the most common transportation. Airships are powered by large magical stones which are commonly found all over the world.

In year 1030 the Kingdom of Suya launched a full scale assault on the Kingdom of Arlanth, now a former large country which controlled the Yihati floating island. Suya had just 3/4 of the army that Arlanth could muster to fight but with the brilliance of the military genius of general Kalhi Narakuri and the mysterious destruction of one third of Arlanth's army, which was key to defending Yihati, Suya won and conquered Arlanth in 1031. Three years of occupation pass...

The province of Ilakuri, part of the small Yera Kingdom, located on the islands which share the same name and the closest province to the Kingdom of Arlanth. There, in the city of Ilak, close to the border, where the Ilak Royal Military Academy is located. There our story will start...

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Name:Josh Arrowsmith
Surname:Arrowsmith
Age:23
Race:Iheris

Appearance:
Bio: "I try to forget most of my childhood considering it wasn't much of a childhood, my father took me around the world doing his 'jobs' doing this i met many people mostly scum,anyway one day when i was eight-teen i found my father with a knife int he back and note on the table it was adressed to me. It said that i was my fathers legacy the 'one' born of pure bounty hunter blood so being a nai'eve kid i decided to walk in his foot steps and well here we are now get out of here before i slice open your throut"
Personality:cold,mean, trustworthy,arogent
Job:bounty hunter

Combat skills:expert swordsman, expert hand to hand fighter
Magic knowledge:none
Other skills:survival skills

Name: Lebreau
Surname:Lebreau
Age: 17
Race: Iheris

Appearance: (description or picture )
Bio: Lebreau started fightnig in the infamous group called N.O.R.A (No Obligations, Rules, or Authority) which was a resistance group that was on both sided of the fight. After the group was killed including Yuj her husband to be, she went mad and is now known for murders.
Personality: Quiet, stays to herself (unless feelings are touched) sometimes sympathetic
Job: To kill
Combat skills: expert swordsman
Magic knowledge: Summoning (Odin, a gaint warrarior that is merely a duplicate of her strength and fighting, dissapears after a short period of time.)
Other skills:

Name:Rar’jir
Surname:
Age:30
Race:Makuri

Appearance: Almost as tall as a human, Rar’jir towers over hi skin. He is black of fur with white patches concentrated around his hands and feet, although a few do dot the rest of his body. His pelt is soft and does not stray much, his hair is mostly impeccable. His small eyes are a pale green. He is very muscular.

Bio: The years have not been kind to Rar’jir. He does not remember much of the time before he was sold. Not even the exact reasons for this betrayal. Was it poverty? Perhaps. When only but a cub, he was sold to an illegal fighting ring. Of them, he remembers much but does not care to go into details. They were harsh with him, they beat him and they made him fight other children. He eventually earned his freedom. But then what was he to do? He hunted rats and other vermin for a while but his was not the life of a beggar. He returned to another arena, this one, state-funded. There he made a reputation as a fighter and a fortune as a winner. He is a free man, yet always returns to the ring to fight.

Personality: Rar’jir his proud for an abandoned child. His years as a glorified fighter as made him this way. Even with such a trait he will get his hands dirty if need be. He has a calm demeanor; his very first match had been to the death. This has forged his ability to tackle difficult situations with a certain distance. He enjoys the luxuries of life though. His lifestyle has been a refined one outside the ring, as he was a winning asset and thus, rewarded often. He is used to working alone though; there isn’t much room in the ring for cooperation. He will on the other hand accept teamwork if necessary. Finally he is very curious and loves to read.

Job: He still works as a fighter across Erithen, most recently he has been working around Suya and Arlanth

Combat skills: He is an excellent hand to hand fighter, most matches having been fought with only his bare hands (and claws). He has nonetheless used a variety of weapons during the years and has acquired experience with them. He is very agile, even though the few instances where matches were fought to the death they used weapons, they were never given shields. He is used to dodging.
Magic knowledge: None
Other skills: During his many years as a favorite to the crowd and organizers alike, he was able to learn how to write and read. He is an avid reader of stories and upholds a certain fascination for history and fiction. He is also a collector of art and exotic items when he can get his hands on them. Thus he can name a few artists, writers and can reasonably talk about history.

Name: Maya
Surname: Amaya
Age: 7
Race: Makuri

Appearance:

Bio:" I'll tell it to you like it is furless, I grew up in a tribe far from your cities with my own kind I lived there for a lot of my life, I soon started to feel trapped in the village and felt like leaving the forest to see what was out there in the world, it was difficult for me to get to on one of the cities that you furless people live on, I had nearly no money and I had to get jobs that I had no skills in making me fail at doing them in till I became a bounty hunter, it is a great job that utilizes my skills."

Personality: Maya is very courageous, friendly, optimistic, and open-minded, but most times she can be silly, and easily bored.

Job: Bounty hunter

Combat skills: Experienced swordsmen and archer
Magic knowledge: Next to none
Other skills: Free running, tracking, Hunting, and trap setting

Name: Kiia
Surname: She doesn't know
Age: 10
Race: Makuri

Appearance:

Bio: You want to know more about Kiia? I don't think there's much to tell you though... I've lived with

as long as i remember. Two cold seasons ago, Merna stopped moving. I was really sad, but I still have Naki. He lets me ride his back, and then we fly so fast nobody can catch up with us!
Go back to the other Makuri? Why would i go to them? Naki is my family, I don't need anyone else!
Personality: Funloving and innocent, very naive. Has hardly had any contact with humanoids.
Job: No job as of now, but she would make a good scout or messenger flying on Naki.

Combat skills: She doesn't fight very often, having a young but pretty dangerous dragon defending her, but she is pretty capable with a sling and stones. These skills she uses to hunt. However, she doubts if she could use those against intelligent species.
Magic knowledge: None
Other skills: Wild animals never seem to hurt her, especially young predators can be found playing with her when they meet.

Name: Arina
Surname: Rheni
Age: 21
Race: Harizu

Appearance: Arina is 6 feet tall and has a really light silver colored hair. Her legs are human in appearance but much stronger then those of a human, while her arms wide towards the hands which are large and have claws. To hide her Hariza nature Arina wears large clothing to hide them.
Bio: Arina lived in her tribe until the age of five when a raid from a Arlanth outpost in which she was taken from the village by the raiding party. During the next three years she worked in an arena as a cleaner and then for the next eight years as a fighter. She used a fire, which broke out in the arena, to escape. She was found and sheltered by a Arlanthian priest which studied dark magic in secret. During the next three and half years she learned dark magic from him but was forced to flee the city from the Suyian invasion, splitting away from the priest, and for the next two years she was a member of a small resistance force in Arlanth. After most of the resistance was crushed in the Battle of Grourhnih she and the survivors of her group fleeted the country.
Personality: Arina hardly has a personality. From young age she learned that feelings don't get you far in a world unkind to her race. She is extremely cold and calculative and without a trace of the feeling of guilt for her actions.
Job: None

Combat skills: Arina is the master of daggers and crossbows. She is also a natural leader and tactician.
Magic knowledge: Arina has a wide knowledge of dark magic. Her knowledge includes curses, necromancy and life-taking magic.
Other skills: Arina is a good rider.

Name: Jebh
Surname: Narib
Age: 30
Race: Iheris

Appearance: Jebh is 6 feet 4 inch tall and has black hair and brown eyes. He has a muscular build and is covered with many scars. His skin coloration is European.
Bio: Jebh was the second son of a noble Suyian house which went trough a military school and academy as well as a magic academy. At the age of 25 he was appointed as commander to a small unit and stayed at that position until 1031. when he, under the scene of utmost barbarism and carnage which occurred after the fall of Arlanth, deserted and joined a small group of Suyian rebels acting in Arlanth. He soon become a brigade commander and used his strategic skills to buy enough time for the survivors of the Battle of Grourhnih to flee. As he fled he meet Arina and joined her.
Personality: Jebh is serious in warfare but his true personality is a warm and considerate human which holds greatly to honor.
Job: None

Combat skills: Jebh is a spear user and has some knowledge of using guns.
Magic knowledge: Jebh is a user of divine magic.
Other skills: He possesses wast knowledge of warfare and is a great strategist.

Questions?

[Rope]

So basically no one really knows what’s going on in the main continent. We only know about stuff from the islands is that it? About the Makuri, do they look more like, say, a charr from Guild Wars 2 or a khajit from the Elder Scrolls?

[gamer5]

Yes, there is just a few heavily defended military outpost on the shores of Hidher anyways, almost of no importance to the story... for now... but you never know ... since the plot will differ depending on the way your characters respond to the events which befall them.

[Rope]

I also need a tiny bit of info on the Makuri's physique. Do they have more pronounced feline or human traits? For exemple, I was thinking of making a Makuri who was rather large, had a panther's face and had a curved back. His only human traits would be that of having usable hands with five fingers and being able to stand (although not completely straight). I was just not sure if this fitted with how you envisioned the Makuri,

[gamer5]

That would be to far fetched ... the greatest difference could be that is from a Mukuri tribe which is more close to the Mukuri ancestors but still it wouldn't share that much of the similarity with felines ... after all the humanoid body is best fit for developing a civilization. So:
1. Size. Like in all races there is variety of sizes inside the Mukuri, so don't fret to much over how big your character is. Just don't go over the scale. There is a possibility, a small one, of a 200 cm Mukur,i but 225 cm is to far fetched...
2. Anatomical differences. Mukuri do poses a head of a cat, but it's more similar to that of a common house cat then of a wild cat. The stable climate of the floating islands reduced their fur but they still have much more body hair then humans.
3. Standing straight or not. The spine of a Mukuri is much more flexible then a human's making it possible for Mukuri's to stay out of the two natural positions of humanoids (straight standing position or sleeping/crawling position) much longer and easier. Their tail also allows them to keep stability much easier then humans, even if asleep.

[blackblood223]

Name:Josh Arrowsmith
Surname:Arrowsmith
Age:23
Race:Iheris

Appearance:
Bio: "I try to forget most of my childhood considering it wasn't much of a childhood, my father took me around the world doing his 'jobs' doing this i met many people mostly scum,anyway one day when i was eight-teen i found my father with a knife int he back and note on the table it was adressed to me. It said that i was my fathers legacy the 'one' born of pure bounty hunter blood so being a nai'eve kid i decided to walk in his foot steps and well here we are now get out of here before i slice open your throut"
Personality:cold,mean, trustworthy,arogent
Job:bounty hunter

Combat skills:expert swordsman, expert hand to hand fighter
Magic knowledge:his magic sword that glows and tells him things like how to use a sword properly.
Other skills:survival skills

[gamer5]

Nice one. BTW i guess that the appearance is picture + wings (since seis have wings)

[blackblood223]

oh no! i chose the wrong race i meant human DX

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also question, i'm imagining this world kinda steam-punky am i reading that right?

[gamer5]

No, more like 14th century Medieval Europe in therms of technology (wide spread use of windmills, watermills and introduction of lumber mills with manufactures being the main industrial form)

[blackblood223]

oh,okay