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Ashes of Orvell - Setting Construction

So, while I'm still chewing on what edits I might ask for you to make to the Knights Kadosh @Capra (I have a few edits in mind), I definitely think your latest piece - the Graves of the Archdemons - is spot on. It's vague as to what exactly lurks there, but it also is interesting and gives enough information for a GM to make a roleplay based around that. Good stuff. It's accepted.

P.S. The image of these dark towers jutting out from a tumultuous ocean is just marvelous. Lightning in the background and everything...

EDIT: @Hansa I think your map is a step in the right direction, but I've got some edits in mind to ask of you. Do you want me to send you my ideas via PM so we can discuss the viability of those edits?

Ashes of Orvell - Setting Construction

I'll start looking over your submission once I've regained my senses, @Capra. I just woke up and everything is hazy and fuzzy.

I was wondering if it was alright if I created a collection of city states in the south east, around the rivers in the desert? They would be separate cities but allied due to the Orc presence in the area.

@ulsterwarrior

Totally fine. I'll need to see them before I can judge them, but the concept works just fine for me and makes perfect sense.

Hey, just wanna say that I'm well under way with the fancy map. I'll be making it in a way that lets me insert things while the setting is in progress.

@Hansa

I am incredibly interested in seeing what you have so far.

EDIT: As an aside, I haven't decided where the Orvelli Empire's old capital was. If anyone wants to make that, feel free. It can either be in ruins or still standing.

I'll be finishing examples today.

I will be posting an organisations soon :) By the name " The Blue Hand"

@Pripovednik

I'll need to see it before I can judge it, as I told Ulster. Let me see what you draft up.

Shadowrun: Chicago Blues [Interest Check]

Well, another RP I was in just died, and I ADORE Shadowrun...

I like how you want to do this too: episodic. Good idea.

I'm in if you'll have me. I wanna make a bruiser type. Maybe a Physical Adept?

Ashes of Orvell - Setting Construction

Okay, so it took longer than I thought, but I went ahead and finished the first example. Check the Settlements section to see Arumach, a corrupt plutocratic state!

Do I expect your submissions to be that long? Not necessarily. I'll be making some shorter submissions next, hopefully finished by tomorrow morning. Namely: Orcs and half-orcs and humans are three races I want to describe briefly, and then I'll be writing up a brief history of the Orvelli Empire.

The Silver Dagger

Real life gets busy. I completely understand, and I also understand why you don't want to continue without your friend. I've been in a similar situation before.

Good luck, folks. I'd shamelessly advertise my own RP, but that would be rude of m-ohsh--

Ashes of Orvell - Setting Construction

A couple of things:

1) I'm working on examples for all categories, as mentioned in the opening post. I should have a few done by the end of tonight.

2) If you want to vote on Gunpowder, please do so (Aye or Nay). If implemented, it will be in its earliest forms. If there is a tie between votes after a week, I will make the tie breaking vote.

Of special note among the things I'm writing: the brief history of the Orvelli Empire and its collapse. That's the backdrop to this world creation scheme, so...

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@LoneSparrow @Harbringer @Capra @Hansa @Peik @ForeverBWFC @ulsterwarrior @Pripovednik

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Graves of the Archdemons - by Capra

Graves of Archdemons
That is not dead which can eternal lie...

Name: Graves of Archdemons, Hand of the Adversary, Pillars of the Ocean
Summary: five enormous stone towers, erupting from the waves as immense columns.
Location: far south the coast of Orvell.
Type: once great fortifications built in an era long forgotten, these towers were abandoned centuries ago, and they still haven't crumbled completely. An old legend says that five great demons rest here, awaiting for the moment to return to the world of mortals. Of course, mere superstitions...
Description: far in the south, five ancient fortresses stand as the last testimony of a civilization long lost to human memory. It is theorized that once they were connected by an immense stone wall, but now all traces of it have disappeared, swallowed by the ocean's tide: likewise, the towers themselves are in ruin, and some pieces constantly crumble, falling to the depths below. The sheer size of the towers, along with their dreaded reputations and the legends surrounding them, has been sufficient to discourage even the bravest sailors from navigating the nearby waters: yet, it is recorded that some daring adventurers managed to reach to towers, entering to uncover their secrets. None ever returned.
Denizens: none knows what lurks the ruined halls of the Graves, and indeed many believe that they are empty and lifeless. Yet, sailors report that horrible sounds, howling and screeching, come from the towers, brought by the ocean's wind, and that they have seen and heard some of the horrors that creep within. Of course, this was dismissed as sounds created by the wind and images conjured by the grog. What is certain, is that flocks of black winds have been seen storming aroound the tops of the Graves, illuminated by the rays of a full Moon...
History: according to most, the Graves were born as fortifications, as suggested by their height and their sheer mass: however, none knows who built them, and for what reason. A legend or superstition very common among seafolk, giving the towers their name, recounts that the towers were destroyed in a great war, fought by gods against the forces of darkness: in the end, the gods managed to repel their foe, and five powerful demons chose to take refuge in the deepest part of the fallen fortresses, remaining there ever since. However, this is regarded as a superstition even by many of those who dabble in the occult.
Plot Hooks:

• It is whispered that secrets of incredible power lie deeply buried within the towers.
• Some say that these towers should be destroyed once and for all. Some believe that they should be studied, in the attempt to discover more about the civilization that built them. Some are simply curious to discover what dwells inside...
• ...and if it is true that one day they may wake up.