Fantasy Heirs [background]

[Merciless]

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Background
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You will be able to find all the in-dept information about the planets (for example, but not limited to: location information) that is needed for and to participate in the IC thread. This has been done as to not put too much information in that thread. I want to keep that thread relatively small on the information part.

Pay attention to the fact that this means that this thread will be updated regularly as the RP progresses.

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[Merciless]

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↪ Location Information

• Silvatica
• Helarium
• Synthetica
• Horizonia
• Kaiserna
• Valmundo
• Corrupted Towns

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  ↪ Imperial City
  The city where the High King and most branches of the royal and high-standing families have their main residence. It is also the place where the High Court and the Inquisition have their headquarters. Furthermore the city is where knights are primarily trained under the eye of the Royal Army before they get dispatched all over Earth according to their talents, skills and standing.
  
  Silvatica has two gates that serve as both an exit and an entrance.
  One of the gates is the main gate, it is meant for travelers by land or through a portal. The other gate is the haven gate. This gate is meant for travelers by water or for (supply) shipments. The city cannot directly be accessed by portal magic because of protectional barriers around and in the city. Only certain (important) people and residents can pass the barriers and thus teleport straight into places in the city. Other portal travelers will always teleport in front of the main gates. They - and other travelers - will have to pass the necessary procedure (like a passport control) that is needed to gain entrance into the city. Without passing the procedure - or in the case that you are denied access - you cannot enter the city.
  
  The High Court can be seen as a mix between a parliament and a senate. Together with the King or Queen It has both the legislative and the judiciary powers. It thus can make the law but also act as an actually court in law cases. Members of the High Court are furthermore picked as representative bodies and thus rulers for the different cities. Each city has its own branch of the High Court but the HQ is located in Silvatica.
  
  The Inquisition is part of the High Court but in certain aspects stands indepedant from it. It is the executive power in the governance model of earth. It can be seen as a police force but they also have darker branches in their ranks such as assassins, torturers and spies. They are furthermore responsible for the prisons and thus prisoners on Earth. This means they also perform the punishments. The highest members of the Inquisition can act as judge.
  
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  ↪ Academia of magic (aka Dick Tower)
  Helarium is in all aspects a place for all the scholars of Earth. It is home to a lot of different scientific fields but is mainly occupied by mages and thus magic based sciences.
  On top of that Helarium serves as an academy for mages. Children - who have the potential to use magic - from 6 to 18 year can attend the academy to learn everything about magic and how to use their own. It isn’t easy to get into the academy. Usually it is reserved for children from prestigious or rich families but some exceptions have been made for promising youths. The academy offers wonderful career opportunities.
  
  The dark side of the tower is that it has been home to Obsequium teachings but also that the science mages in general can be snobby jerks.
  
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  ↪ Intergalaxtic portal airport (tourist hotspot)
  Synthetica is the city of portals and can be seen as an airport, touristic attraction and all in all as a gigantic diverse metropolitan. All travellers will usually chose Synthetica as their starting point and it is the spot to be if you want to stay on Earth for a prolonged time. Out of all the human cities, Synthetica is the most advanced. Of course this has everything to do with the fact that the other species helped build Synthetica. You can find a lot of different cultures, species and fashion here. Synthetica is the most accepting of strangers and diversity. It isn’t surprising that Synthetica is the biggest city on earth.
  
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  ↪ City in the desert + slums
  Horizonia has largely been divided by the rich and the poor. The rich reside in the city itself while the poorer people have to stay in the slums. The city is protected by a magical barrier that won’t let just any one in. The city cannot directly be accessed by portal magic because of the magical barrier around it. Only certain (important) people and residents can pass the barriers and thus teleport straight into places in the city. Other portal travelers will always teleport in front of the main gates. They - and other travelers - will have to pass the necessary procedure (like a passport control) that is needed to gain entrance into the city. Without passing the procedure - or in the case that you are denied access - you cannot enter the city.
  
  Horizonia holds the biggest collection of knowledge on Earth. All the knowledge is stored in their public library but there are some private parts that not everybody can access. The knowledge and the city are protected by mages although they are different mages than those that reside in the tower of Helarium. They are not ‘scientific’ oriented mages and usually the two subclasses get into brawls.
  
  Horizonia is the second largest city on Earth and is surrounded by dessert.
  
  
  
  
  Library in Horizonia
  
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  ↪ Military City in the snow
  Kaiserna is a city in itself but it isn’t a simple city, it is a military outpost and a prison on top of that. The city was build for but one purpose in the beginning and that was the testing and creating of (magical) weapons. As the army needed test subjects the city slowly but surely grew into a top-notch prison and as a HQ for the Inquisition. Now the city holds the worst criminals from Earth.
  
  Exiting the city with permission is already a challenge, escaping it is nearly impossible. On top of that the city is surrounded by mountains, icy water, ice and snow. It is constantly freezing in the city.
  
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  ↪ The port city | smugglers den
  Valmundo can in all aspects be seen as the criminal hub of Earth. It used to be a majestic port city but as soon as Synthetica was build it lost all its appeal and glory. Sooner or later it was doomed to turn into a ghost town. That was until all the baddies from across the universe started appearing in Valmundo and setting up some kind of business there. You can find a lot of different species here but usually they are part of some sort of organised crime group or ’space’ pirates. The weird part is that there have never been any physical black markets, the city itself houses nothing like that although it does have a lot of bars, clubs and secrets. Rumours say that if certain conditions are met that you can step inside a whole new world, some even talk about a fifth planet. So if you want to buy some (holy) relics, artefacts, want to hang some angels wings on your wall and/or other illegal or stolen things this might just be the place to be.
  Good luck finding out where to go ... the locals are very secretive about information and especially about the black market. Do try not to get stabbed in a back alley if you do want to ask.
  
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  The corruption had started relatively innocently. It started with patches of grass but slowly grew to forests, animals and then finally to small towns on the outskirts of the bigger cities. It left insanity, death and decay in its path. Nothing and nobody is left untouched although the symptoms of corruption differ. The only thing certain is that it keeps spreading.
  
  

 

[Merciless]

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↪ Religion

• Imago
• Ignota
• Firmitas
• Nunem-Obsequium

• Imago/ˈimäɡō/
  
  “And the more they worked together to build that great temple, the more they felt attuned with the Maker, and the more they could felt at peace with all of their fellow man.” Collegium 17:34
  
  IMITATION — Followers of Imago are guided by the teachings of the prophet Enu. Since its inception, Imago has become Earth's largest religion, in part due to most interpretations seeking out converts. Long before today's intergalactic technology, Enu told of the other realms, their guardians, and the Maker that presides over all of them. According to Enu, spoken to through the human realm's guardian, both the guardian and humans were created to be closest in likeness to the Maker. Through the teachings of Enu, Imagists strive to imitate the Maker, therefore coming closer to wholeness of what it means to be human. According to Imago, the royal family, particularly the appointed Great King and his successors, are the closest in image to the Maker.
  
  In Imago, the Maker is just and values balance. The Maker gave humans the resources to live their best, and so they should make the most of what they have for the betterment of their species as a whole. In their holy book, the Nitor, there were many tips given to being able to live a healthy life. The Nitor discusses diet, emphasizes mental health, and promotes several sex positive messages. Rituals, whether they be prayer, sacrifice, or otherwise are only suggestions for a self-care routine by meditating on one's own well-being or making sacrifices and giving to the needy. These can be done as many or as few times a day as needed by the individual. With sacrifices, there is some theme of servility to the Maker, but it is more for the larger theme of Imago to maintain balance and fairness in the human realm.
  
  Above all else, Imago is meant to teach justice and cooperation. Those who more actively try to practice Imago use the Nitor as guidance for how to create peaceful conflict resolutions. Imagists believe that one man's fortune is for the betterment of all mankind, and humans should therefore strive to help each other as much as they can.
  
  The Nitor that the prophet Enu left behind is a hefty text of several hundred pages. As Imago is often passed down between generations and with such a large holy book, there is a lot of room for interpretation within Imago, and several sects have been borne out of it as a result. The most liberal interpretations Imago can believe that it is enough to simply accept that humans are made to be like the Maker and they should try their best to reduce conflict in their lives as a result. Others may question the role of other guardians and their realms, particularly in this present intergalactic age. Others suggest that they should try to live as the Prophet did, rather than trying to imitate the Maker, because the Prophet is a reflection of the most complete form a human can achieve. Some see the Nitor as a book which emphasizes the male role, and therefore supports a patriarchal role. There is no limit to how people may use Imago in their lives.
  
  Obsequium
  
  “Everything the Earth has was given by the Maker. Only when men pay back for this great debt will humanity finally reach salvation.” Immolatio 2:13
  
  SUBMISSION — The Obsequious sect of Imago is an interpretation of Imago emphasizing servility to the Maker. They believe the Maker chose them, in spite of their many faults, to be most like the Maker, and they are therefore greatly indebted to the Maker. This is one of the few interpretations of Imago that discuss discourse and unjust harm as sins to be repented, as interpreted by one of the books within the Nitor, where it describe the chaos and collapse of an ancient planet that defied the Maker's will by giving into conflict.
  
  Obsequiusts have always been one of the more active sects in seeking converts. In recent history, however, it has taken a more hardlined stance in response to current events. The faith of Obsequium believe that the royal family has moved beyond imitating the Maker and now mistake themselves as being on the same level as the Maker, and therefore have been careless with their discourse and the realm's imbalance that comes with it. This has disappointed the Maker and so humans and their guardian been abandoned. In order to bring the Maker back, signaled by a Messiah's visitation, humans need to uproot the discourse in the realm and punish themselves. Dismantling the failed royal family and letting corruption take place is the most pure form of this. Some believe true devotees will be pious enough to not be purged in the corruption, but if not, they do not mind the sacrifice needed for the Maker.
  
  Obsequium has been a growing sect in Imago, largely due to its rabid actions to convert heretics, and has been a driving force behind much of the Earth's current affairs.
  
• Ignota
  
  “The vainest thing a person can do is think they know when there is so much that is not known.” Tenebra 26:19
  
  UNKNOWN — Through much of history, Ignotism has been the second largest world religion, often perceived to rival Imago. Followers of Ignota believe Purgatorio is a realm beyond human comprehension, and therefore the highest and most holy of all realms.
  
  There are many different ways to interpret Ignota, but the consensus in almost all sects of Ignota is the overwhelming unimportance of humanity and their realm. Teachings of Ignota therefore often emphasize humility and an acceptance of human ignorance. In some sects of Ignotism, it is a sin for followers to try to interpret an afterlife. Almost all sects of Ignota either believe the guardian of Purgatorio is created in the Maker's image, that Purgatorio's guardian is actually the Maker, or that the guardian of Purgatorio and the Maker exist simultaneously and as equals by the guardian being an extension of the Maker.
  
  Due to the passivity inherent in the religion, Ignota is one of the more difficult religions to take to an extremist level. The rise of more fervent religions actively seeking converts has knocked Ignotism down to the Earth's third largest religion.
  
• Firmitas
  
  “It was the everlasting warmth of the Maker that shined down on Paradiso. It was a beautiful purity unmatched by anything I could ever find on Earth.” Ecfectus 1:6
  
  STABILITY — Several smaller religions have existed concerning angels since the prophet Enu wrote a book discussing their realm, but these religions have only more recently formed into what is Firmitas since intergalactic travel has popularized. It was prompted by the great Nephilim Forcas' visit to the human realm. Forcas' visit was recorded by the self-anointed prophet, Ochieng, who saw Forcas' great power when they single-handedly saved several families from a collapsing building.
  
  In the prophet Ochieng's holy book, the Profor, he emphasizes that it was not humans that had been gifted with the likeness of the Maker, but instead it was the angels. In Imago's Nitor, Enu cites the mages as evidence of the Maker's favor, but Ochieng argues instead that it was the winged folk, who have the beautiful wings of Earth's most exotic birds to carry them closer to the Maker, as well as the great power the Nephilim and Arch Angels hold, such as in the case of Forcas.
  
  While Forcas is the most well-known figure in Firmitas, Ochieng followed the stories of several winged folk visiting the human realm. In the last book, Ochieng is said to have visited Paradiso, himself, though many followers of Firmitas believe this was more of a book of speculation and to be taken metaphorically, since Ochieng was said to be a poor farmer that would not have had the money to visit Paradiso himself.
  
  Firmas believe that angels are the perfect beings and Paradiso is the model realm. They cite the long-lasting peace in Paradiso as evidence of this. A lot of Firmitas sects focus on giving great respect to the winged folk and worshiping the Maker through prayer to the Arch Angels. Firmas who have more literal interpretations of the Profor believe they must pray seven to eight times a day for the twenty-two hours of light in Paradiso. They believe the Council of Angels are the model form of government, and more conservative Firmas will advocate that the royal family are useless imposters and humans should look more towards the High Court instead. Many followers of Firmitas seek to please the Maker by offering housing and gifts should a winged folk ever visit. The most liberal interpretations aim to have the same inner peace as shown by the angels' stoicism and live the most honest lives possible.
  
  Firmitas has recently taken Ignota's place as the human realm's second largest religion.
  
• Nunem-Obsequium
  
  “But while the royal family is the closest in image to the Maker, it is important not to mistake them for man’s true Idol.” Immolatio 5:40
  “It was a blessing to my eyes to be able to gaze upon the majesty of Forcas’ white wings. O Maker, it is only by your hand that such power and grace can exist in one being.” Repertum 1:14
  
  DIVINITY-SUBMISSION — Nunem-Obsequium is a hardlined sect that was borne from the faith of Firmitas intersecting with original faith of Imago. Followers of this sect give their respect to the teachings of Enu but still believe that he was mistaken and that Paradiso is the Maker's perfect realm. Like those of the Obsequius sect, they believe humans have disappointed the Maker into abandonment. Activists within this sect aim to destroy the royal family and in its place a system more akin to that of Paradiso. They consider themselves willing servants to the winged folk and believe that humans are the lesser species, and should death come unto them, by corruption or otherwise, it will be a deserved act of divine judgment from the Maker.
  

 

[Merciless]

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↪ Corruption

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For humans corruption takes different forms, as it does for animals.
So far only heirs have been unaffected by shadow rot and corruption in general. The cause is unknown.
• It can cause simple sickness, like the shadow rot, and will mostly result in a painful death. Shadow rot is highly contagious and no cure has been found. The sickness can be identified by the veins of the victim. Shadow rot victims will have some form of unnatural glowing blue veins. The glowing blue will spread through the veins and intensify eventually. In the beginning phases it could be hard to identify. Eventually the victim will die in an explosion of dust.

• It can cause mutation and insanity of the body and brain. Not necessarily seen as zombies (not undead) but the affected human becomes an uncontrollable monstrosity. The longer the person is affected the sooner humanity is lost completely. The human will turn into a rabid shadowy beast. In some cases the addition of unexplainable powers have been witnessed. All victims will gain a shadowy appearance. Nobody knows what exactly happens in the brain of affected individuals, some affected retain the ability to talk but the reasoning behind their actions is unexplained. It is like their goal is simply to destroy everything. [Plot-related reason: not a natural occurrence]

Examples: [1] [2] [3]

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For nature in general the symptoms are of a more understandable nature.
• It can cause rapid changes in weather: from hot to below freezing in a matter of minutes or heavy rainfalls, tornados and other weather manipulation.
• Death and decay of nature itself like the soil in itself but also for forests and water sources.