GuruOfTheVoid

The End of All Things (Dark Medieval Fantasy)

Welcome to "The End of All Things"!

A vast & detailed dark fantasy world full of fanatical holy knights, masked assassins for hire, mentally ill monarchs ordering executions, supernatural entities pulling strings in the shadows, legendary kings of the past, despicable bandit clans, warrior societies training for the near future, disgraced nobles, realistic/gritty characters, laughs, cries, gasps, pirates, deep issues (addiction, political corruption, PTSD, vengeance, racial equality, destiny through bloodlines, and much more), murder mysteries, love, war, blazing fires, brooding mercenaries, giant lizard-beasts, cities built into mountains, a sea where the sun does not shine, sea-serpents, and a path to the end of the world.

Can you stop it? Inquire here with a comment if interested.

Be forewarned, multi-paragraph posting.​

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A quiet peace has reigned over the beautiful, colossal continent of Seldwa for just a few short years. The continent, which covers over half of the planet's surface and is home to a massive portion of the planet's population, is split into several nations...

The Ice Empire of T'Odis


A shrill and cold land, governed by strict laws and severe living conditions; it sits on the northern end of the continent and is protected by the Great Ice Mountains. It's chalk-white haired people's stature feels influenced by these mountains, as much as their harsh language must be bore from the deathly winters they must forge through.

The Holy Queendom of Roadalia


A Queendom whose cold climate and land is protected and isolated by mountains and walls. The Great Ice Mountains protect its borders from the North while the remaining land is kept safe by the walls they have built. It's people, once part of Kilderland centuries ago, are now an isolated theocracy.

The Old Conquered Kingdoms of Kilderland


Spanned by green, hilly fields with a few mountain ranges, this collection of kingdoms borders the Dark Seas on the east. Its land is vast and open; it has a wide variety of terrain. The headstrong nobility of this country has waged war with nearly every other nation through the centuries, while its peasant class has suffered the burdens of the aftermath.

The Unbound Kingdom of Beros
WIP

The Warrior Nation of Ulpanga
WIP

The Fishing Island of Pa Shuum
WIP (Off continent)

The Free Republic of Tungwa
WIP

The "Savage Lands" of Talijan
WIP (Off continent)

The Merchant Cities of Cission
WIP

The Dominion of Al-Jaysh
WIP (Off Continent)

The End of All Things (Dark Medieval Fantasy)

Hello everyone! I’ve gone by many names during my roleplaying career, but I have chosen to go by “Guru” here. I’m hoping to get to know some fellow great writers to help me out. I believe I have a story and setting that will interest quite a few people.

So, to cut to the chase, I’m looking for some dedicated and experienced writers to help me flesh out and organize the lore for a world and story that I’ve been working on for the better part of a decade. The title of the project is “The End of All Things” and it will be a dark medieval fantasy with an apocalyptic storyline. The setting is akin to George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire”, Kentaro Miura’s “Berserk”, & Glen Cook’s ”The Black Company”.

A quick synopsis:

The massive continent of “Seldwa” is home to many kingdoms and nations, each with their own long and complicated histories with each other. There is a rare state of peace in the modern day, begging to be broken. The leaders and denizens of Seldwa are unaware that quickly approaching their known world is an ancient, Lovecraftian space-god known as “Engriact” whose only form of sustenance is the “life force” of a world.

To prepare the planet for his arrival, Engriact sends his “Heralds of Death”, beings from worlds he has consumed in the past millennia that are cursed with immortality so they can serve Engriact for eternity. Their job is to end the lives of as much of the population as they can before Engriact’s arrival, causing the planet to swell with their “souls” and giving Engriact a larger “meal”.

This is where the characters come in. They are just citizens of this world as this chaos very slowly unfolds. Some will slowly realize the strange occurrences around them, while others may find themselves victims of, or manipulated by the Heralds. There is a strong emphasis and focus on character development.

I had much of the lore and other story points all worked out on an old computer that had the hard drive go kuputz (such as the nations and their histories), but thankfully most of it I can still pull from my head. I do want to rework a few elements which is why I’m poking around for some interest. This is something that will probably take a long time to get off the ground before we would actually be roleplaying, but I’m willing to put in the weekly work if I can find a friendly and talented group wants to work with me.

I am strictly looking for 18+ writers as I plan on exploring adult themes in this story. Themes such as

-Racism and racial equality
-Classism
-Alcoholism and addiction
-Mental health and PTSD
-Generational trauma
-The ugly realism of medieval warfare

Also, this is a low fantasy world. Very little amount of any magic or anything supernatural, especially at the beginning of our story. There are only humans on this world, split up into diverse cultures and races.

So what do you think? There’s a hell of lot more to this thing, but I figured I’d slap this little interest check together while at work to see if anyone is interested in the concept and helping me build this. Hope to hear from some interested parties soon.