It is known that Karako is the world and all the life that dwells within it, even to an extent, humanity itself. Karako has turned their back on not only life but humanity especially. It is known that once the sun only ever shined, there was no moon, and that the heat was only ever kind. That animals treated predating on one another with the seriousness of a game and that strife was not known as it is known now.

Karako is a memory of a religion, with even the proper rituals dying out as many tribes become embittered to the harsh world he gives them now. When he does appear recently, he can be just as callous and cruel as he is kind and abundant, supplying vast orchard of fruit to materializing new predators from his gullets to hunt down camps to their last.

Nithla was the first and only true human. He knew not age, aches, sickness or weakness. He was born a perfect human and given a great and boundless ambition to hunt and grow. He is the creator of the spear, the rope, the campfire and arts of foraging. But he died in some sort of tragedy, he had no female counterpart so how humanity continued after his death is a mystery. Despite this, Nithla appears as a divine from time to time and is the connection between humanity and the higher world. He is the appealer on humanity part and while mankind worships the many other variations of divine, it is Nithla who normally called upon to remove curses and beg on mankinds behalf.

Nithla explanation for lack of a female counter part, or the tragedy that killed him are many depending on each tribe. There is no conclusive understanding of what the facts are. Some say he could turn into both, some say he had a female counterpart but for some reason she stopped appearing or had a falling out with Nithla. What the truth is, no one knows.

It is widely accepted that there was once, not long ago, a singular clan for humanity which spanned into the thousands and had greater abundance and technology than they did today. Items and ruins can be found of these places, normally housing armors and blades up to the medieval era. How these items were made is totally unknown and the true capital of this prior kingdom is lost to all. Such finds are extremely rare and valued as symbols of power and wealth among the remaining meager tribes.

These are divine humans referred to in the quote at the start. This quote is one of the only surviving bits of the past creation myth. They typically walk among the earth but have the power to dematerialize into the winds and talk to mankind via rituals, visions, dreams and feelings. They can be very weak and niche in their task to immense and cruel and it's not uncommon for a tribe to have one as a leader, although such tribes are typically more akin to slaves than worshippers. There were once many, many, many Nuritopa but now there are hardly ever to bound found physically moving about and such beings do not take to giving truth freely.

Because so many have disappeared or don't contact their worshippers anymore, there are many icons and religions that have twisted or simply made up figures to be worshipped, believing them to be Nuritopa when in fact they are fantasies.

Spells are abilities that players gain over time that offer immense effect at the cost of POINTS. Using spells actively takes away the points you earn towards new roles or leveling up. In exchange, a spell can offer near mythical results when used. Spells in this sense can include active magic and more subtle signs of magic, like a warrior cutting down a tree in a single swipe.

Stamina is everyone health. If you reach zero, your character is defeated and if there is a logical reason for why that may result in death, then your character dies. Stamina basically translates to: how many posts can you stay in a harmful or dangerous scenario realistically.

If you are fighting other tribes or even other RP'ers, both of your stamina is going down per post you're in it. With your own post acting as when your own stamina point is deducted. You regain a stamina point every real life day.

You get 10 points.

You have one stamina. You can put points into stamina to increase it. But unspent points go towards your score. Every ALLY player with you in that fight, adds as a plus 1 to your stamina - and you to theirs - Stamina may increase or decrease due to context. Such as certain items increasing stamina when worn or used, or being injured or sick nerfing your stamina until it no longer applies.

Resting at camp restores 4 points of stamina every day instead. You can't go over your max amount.

HEALTH

Health acts as your characters lives. When you would die, sometimes the attacks of a creature only remove a certain amount of health and should you have any left, your character is still alive. Losing health grants a quick 2 points of stamina from adrenaline to either fight or flee - or well...try too - Lost health manifests in serious scars or deformities from combat: such as lost limbs, sensitive organs, health issues that are visible on your character. Each point of lost health reduces the CAP of your stamina by 1 points.

You never regain health without outside - divine or magical - aid.

Points don't only go to your chance as a Narutopa but also represent an invisible line for character growth. When you meet the points for a character to level up, new plot points and focus will be put on you by me, as DM. This can include divine visions, random bouts of fortune, a task or a event that involves your character in some way.

Think of it like this. I see cases where players join, then find themselves neglected or unable to get into the "group" This is a guarantee from me that if you put in the time and activity, then eventually I will directly turn my gaze upon as GM and give you a plot line tethered to you. You get what you put in, sort of deal.

I plan there to be a camp with an actual mapped area around it, which will remain unknown until the players actually explore the world. Knowledge of the outside world will be minimal and the camp will have very little to it outside of some huts, a worshipping area, a bonfire and some racks for hanging catches. The option to buy or do anything is pretty low outside of talking to other humans. I will put a list of the current things that exist and can be done at the camp up in the real thread. I will keep the camp simple...for now...but if players put more energy into the camp, improving it, moving it and over all just giving it more consideration/ getting items for it. I will include more mechanics and value to the camp itself.

For the moment. It's your place of security and being at camp restores your stamina at 4 times the normal rate.