02-10-2016, 12:34 AM
Okay so last night's magic idea set the worldbuilding wheels in motion, here's the final product.
Magic.
The Gods' gift to us, an ability limited in both power and function only by our imagination.
Magic draws upon the caster's life to bend reality to their will, over the eons since it was gifted to us mages great and minor have created and perfected ways to achieve basic results and effects at as little cost as possible, and then passed these techniques to their successors, but for one with nothing to lose and no fear of death, they can quickly snuff out their own flame in a fantastic display of unimaginable power.
Magic is not free though, while it is present in everyone big and small it requires years of training to use effectively, and a lifetime to master, although those who spend their time on this world studying magic relentlessly tend to find that as they learn to dip deeper and deeper into their own wellspring of life to call forth magical power that the ravages of time affect them less and less, there are legends of some wizards so powerful that they would have lived forever had they not been struck down in battle.
The Gods are many and not all benevolent, as the powers of magic were passed down so too were hordes of vile demons that now infest our lands. Seemingly mindless creatures united only by their subservience to the dark gods that created them, they spread death and misery wherever they come out of hiding, and some even possess an aptitude for magic to rival our own, and will occasionally attempt to band together and open an Aetherial portal that will lead back to whatever dark realm they were originally dredged out of, and allow more of their kind to flood our world until the portal sealed by a mage and the tide of demons stemmed.
Since this all was brought upon our world the Gods have continued to meddle in it infrequently, often in minor ways, a miracle here, a sign there, sometimes more majorly though, we have seen other intelligent races arise in the lands around ours, most with varying degrees of magic themselves, and we have seen new and terrible types of monsters emerge from the wilderness, some mercifully at odds with the demons.
Which brings us to the present day and the Frontier, the Frontier is an inhospitable region just beyond what is typically known as civilization that is home to most of this world's demons and little to no rule of law, which makes it an ideal place for adventurers and criminals alike, as well as the merchants willing to do business with them. Rumors have begun to swirl of a cabal of demons attempting to open an Aetherial portal somewhere in the Frontier, as demons across the realm have become bolder and more active, usually a bad omen, and so many would-be heroes are flocking to the Frontier's meager settlements in order to prepare for a hunt on these demonic wizards before they can bring another disaster to bear on our world.
The Gods' gift to us, an ability limited in both power and function only by our imagination.
Magic draws upon the caster's life to bend reality to their will, over the eons since it was gifted to us mages great and minor have created and perfected ways to achieve basic results and effects at as little cost as possible, and then passed these techniques to their successors, but for one with nothing to lose and no fear of death, they can quickly snuff out their own flame in a fantastic display of unimaginable power.
Magic is not free though, while it is present in everyone big and small it requires years of training to use effectively, and a lifetime to master, although those who spend their time on this world studying magic relentlessly tend to find that as they learn to dip deeper and deeper into their own wellspring of life to call forth magical power that the ravages of time affect them less and less, there are legends of some wizards so powerful that they would have lived forever had they not been struck down in battle.
The Gods are many and not all benevolent, as the powers of magic were passed down so too were hordes of vile demons that now infest our lands. Seemingly mindless creatures united only by their subservience to the dark gods that created them, they spread death and misery wherever they come out of hiding, and some even possess an aptitude for magic to rival our own, and will occasionally attempt to band together and open an Aetherial portal that will lead back to whatever dark realm they were originally dredged out of, and allow more of their kind to flood our world until the portal sealed by a mage and the tide of demons stemmed.
Since this all was brought upon our world the Gods have continued to meddle in it infrequently, often in minor ways, a miracle here, a sign there, sometimes more majorly though, we have seen other intelligent races arise in the lands around ours, most with varying degrees of magic themselves, and we have seen new and terrible types of monsters emerge from the wilderness, some mercifully at odds with the demons.
Which brings us to the present day and the Frontier, the Frontier is an inhospitable region just beyond what is typically known as civilization that is home to most of this world's demons and little to no rule of law, which makes it an ideal place for adventurers and criminals alike, as well as the merchants willing to do business with them. Rumors have begun to swirl of a cabal of demons attempting to open an Aetherial portal somewhere in the Frontier, as demons across the realm have become bolder and more active, usually a bad omen, and so many would-be heroes are flocking to the Frontier's meager settlements in order to prepare for a hunt on these demonic wizards before they can bring another disaster to bear on our world.
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