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The Setting
by Areos Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:42 pm
Magic; the ability to utilize the unstable source of Mana to create or directly affect anything within the realm of imagination, even defying the principles of logic - Wether it be summoning fireballs from ones palms, the body extending far above normal standarts or playing with the minds of any individual. Although both MAgic and Mana were present ever since the construction of this world, this unstable substance has brought many grief and only few the power and the favors of reaching out for the unthinkable.
With humans it had turned out to be a unique matter in itself. While in essence able to react upon mana, most humans that were forced into contact with it lost their body, their mind or their true self to it. While Human males could easily be brought into insanity, females were corrupted diffrently - few of them were accepted, leading to being granted the ability of using Magic - often in exchange for their personality. W i t c h e s.
Maybe they too were drawn into madness, that or their new gained powers simply granted them the freedom and perception of the world to understand what one should truly strife for.
Either way one would try to interpret it, there was only one thing that could describe what happened once the amount of witches rose throughout the world: Utter destruction.
Unmatched by normal human standarts, a single witch could easily eradicate a village within less than a day. Acting entirely on instinct and whatever their mood told them, they would kill or spare who they met.
To face this threat to humanity, which by then had almost laid waste onto half of the known world and many kingdoms, an organisation was founded to fend of these rampaging witches. W i t c h _ h u n t e r s
Made up from mostly skilled humans and a few witches that had held onto their senses, seeing the endless destruction of their sisters, these individuals challenged and fought all these witches with the intention of ending the violence. Soon magically enhanced weaponry was developed, allowing even "normal humans" with enough skill to handle them, the possibility of facing witches on their own and either capturing them or kill them if neccessary.
Ever since a couple of years back, a part of these independant acting witches have allied themselves under the name of (witch) haven to fight the Witchhunters, whoms organisation has grown to an incredible size.
Now this world is caught within stable chaos between haven , Witch hunters and the few who fight for their own reasons and goals. There is a future, but the question is who will be able to reach out and take hold of it.
(world appearance)
Our world, Enthralea, the place we (or at least most of us) have been born and learnt to live at. While Many races and entire cultures had developed themselves to take care of the lands and those who dwell within it, most of the areas are still clad in their natural colors. Wether it be the snowy north, diverse east, scortching west or southern sea, most of the flora and fauna has remained quite intact and in some degrees turned incredibly dangerous due to Mana influence. There are several guide displaying and explaining the notable sights to see in this world, one would have to seek them out by themself.
The most prominent species were humans, who banded together to build cities and Kingdoms all around the world, however, many of these civilisations were eradicated as witches began to rise and upon whims destroyed the countryside. Ever since then only few areas are still fully intact.
(technologic advance)
Regarding technology, this world is still mostly set in a period dubbed 'age of revolution' meaning that most work still requires physical strength to be executed. Nevertheless the creation of "Magiscience" - a way of utilizing mana along with mechanisms and formulars - allowed new developments to be reached. This ranges from using trains and magic arms up to dryblowers and screens that can display a multitude of things.
Magiscience is still quite new, leading only the larger cities or Witchhunter facilities to have good hold on them. Outside its reach, most villages and towns remained the way they were decades ago.
(Myths, Legends and Believes)
The mayor Religion practiced within this world is that of a single omnipotent god, who had once created the world and watches over those dwelling on it. The Holy church represents him upon this world, they are seated deep in the west guarding something behind their closed gates. Nevertheless priests can be found all around the country, praying and preaching all around the world for the other believers.
However, there still remain a large amount of other believes and ideas on how the world came to be, such as the nordic tales of the warrior gods, the believe of the mythical beasts in the southern parts of the east, or olympian gods practiced in the south.
Witches in return do not believe, wether it be the fact that they have no true history or simply lack any kind of intrest in the matter, either way the conclusion is that there are no witches that try philosophying about it. At most they seek how the world works, but how it came to be only intrests them if they find any gain from that knowledge.
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With humans it had turned out to be a unique matter in itself. While in essence able to react upon mana, most humans that were forced into contact with it lost their body, their mind or their true self to it. While Human males could easily be brought into insanity, females were corrupted diffrently - few of them were accepted, leading to being granted the ability of using Magic - often in exchange for their personality. W i t c h e s.
Maybe they too were drawn into madness, that or their new gained powers simply granted them the freedom and perception of the world to understand what one should truly strife for.
Either way one would try to interpret it, there was only one thing that could describe what happened once the amount of witches rose throughout the world: Utter destruction.
Unmatched by normal human standarts, a single witch could easily eradicate a village within less than a day. Acting entirely on instinct and whatever their mood told them, they would kill or spare who they met.
To face this threat to humanity, which by then had almost laid waste onto half of the known world and many kingdoms, an organisation was founded to fend of these rampaging witches. W i t c h _ h u n t e r s
Made up from mostly skilled humans and a few witches that had held onto their senses, seeing the endless destruction of their sisters, these individuals challenged and fought all these witches with the intention of ending the violence. Soon magically enhanced weaponry was developed, allowing even "normal humans" with enough skill to handle them, the possibility of facing witches on their own and either capturing them or kill them if neccessary.
Ever since a couple of years back, a part of these independant acting witches have allied themselves under the name of (witch) haven to fight the Witchhunters, whoms organisation has grown to an incredible size.
Now this world is caught within stable chaos between haven , Witch hunters and the few who fight for their own reasons and goals. There is a future, but the question is who will be able to reach out and take hold of it.
(world appearance)
Our world, Enthralea, the place we (or at least most of us) have been born and learnt to live at. While Many races and entire cultures had developed themselves to take care of the lands and those who dwell within it, most of the areas are still clad in their natural colors. Wether it be the snowy north, diverse east, scortching west or southern sea, most of the flora and fauna has remained quite intact and in some degrees turned incredibly dangerous due to Mana influence. There are several guide displaying and explaining the notable sights to see in this world, one would have to seek them out by themself.
The most prominent species were humans, who banded together to build cities and Kingdoms all around the world, however, many of these civilisations were eradicated as witches began to rise and upon whims destroyed the countryside. Ever since then only few areas are still fully intact.
(technologic advance)
Regarding technology, this world is still mostly set in a period dubbed 'age of revolution' meaning that most work still requires physical strength to be executed. Nevertheless the creation of "Magiscience" - a way of utilizing mana along with mechanisms and formulars - allowed new developments to be reached. This ranges from using trains and magic arms up to dryblowers and screens that can display a multitude of things.
Magiscience is still quite new, leading only the larger cities or Witchhunter facilities to have good hold on them. Outside its reach, most villages and towns remained the way they were decades ago.
(Myths, Legends and Believes)
The mayor Religion practiced within this world is that of a single omnipotent god, who had once created the world and watches over those dwelling on it. The Holy church represents him upon this world, they are seated deep in the west guarding something behind their closed gates. Nevertheless priests can be found all around the country, praying and preaching all around the world for the other believers.
However, there still remain a large amount of other believes and ideas on how the world came to be, such as the nordic tales of the warrior gods, the believe of the mythical beasts in the southern parts of the east, or olympian gods practiced in the south.
Witches in return do not believe, wether it be the fact that they have no true history or simply lack any kind of intrest in the matter, either way the conclusion is that there are no witches that try philosophying about it. At most they seek how the world works, but how it came to be only intrests them if they find any gain from that knowledge.
[unfinished]
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