History:

 

- Periods/Eras in time

- War arc (At least 10 years ago)

- The Reign of the Shadow Queen (Started at least 20 years ago)

- Main Historical Events

- Times of War (Mainly with the Claralux Kingdom)

- The murder of the royal family by the current queen

- Current State

- Peaceful but tense.

- Civil war in a sense, preparing for a war that seems inevitable

- How does time work

- Regularly, months being called moons by civilians and the like

 

Economy:

 

- Economy working on?

- Coins (silver and gold) 

- Most valuable Resources

- Obsidian/ Magic imbued Amethysts/ Shadow cores (Dark crystals that have souls sealed in them for power/ Can only be made by Dark sorcerers)

- How are these resources bought or sold

- Strict prices set by the royal council

- How can this society be considered wealthy

- Their power and strength/ the knowledge in using the resources at their disposal

Religion:

- Actual divine entities in the world?

- NONE, FUCK THE GODS

- gods/goddesses of that religion

- NONE

- Myths and Legends

- The sorcerer’s revenge (A tale , in summary, that was about a wizard who was underestimated in strength by his enemies and sealed their souls in what is today called the Shadow cores

- The Tale of the two brothers (Two brothers that each rivaled the other in the powers of dark and light, starting the two kingdoms we know today)

- Primary Tenets/ Ideals

- A belief that power and the will to learn is the utmost symbol of strength

- Changing and adapting but still gathering under the one true royal family

- How do religions clash

- The clash with the ‘foolishness’ of the Claralux Kingdom’s religion quite a bit, as they believe it promotes weakness

 

Magic System:

- The limits

- Soft System/ strengths come with drawbacks and the like. Those born in the kingdom Mortuus can have specific powers handed down to them via teachings, not genetically. However, many can often be more talented than others in learning the shadow arts, earning them more prowess among the locals

- Magical abilities (Those taught in Mortuus)

- Crystal Imbuement- the ability to imbue crystals and ores with shadow magic, the includes shadow core making

- Much knowledge and practice must be shown to work with this type of magic, and the crystals may only do what shadow magic can. Having crystals like this will lessen the drawbacks of shadow magic, but the crystals themselves are heavy to carry around.

- Shadow magic- the ability to manipulate shadows. This includes moving them, turning them into creatures, and ‘flowing’ in them

- Light will affect how much the shadows can be manipulated. This also takes much concentration, or the shadows will attack the user instead

- Dark transformation- The ability to take a Shadow core and eat it, giving you the ability to turn into the soul the Shadow Core held

-     Eating too many of these will cause the user to lose their sanity and memories

- What can be achieved with this magic

-     War crimes OwO

-     Building and doing different tasks

- How does magic interact with society

-     The amount of magic you know, dictates how useful you are to society

 

Executive:

- System of Government

- Monarchical Oligarchy (Ruled by the Shadow Queen and her family members, with a few royal advisors)

- Who has the power

- The Shadow queen (Main ruler) / Calaphus ShadowWalker (The General of the armies)

- How are laws created

- By dictation of the queen and her advisors

- Law enforcement system

- Shadow crawlers (Sorcerers who hide in the shadows and watch for laws to be broken.

Topography: 

 

- How does the territory look?

- Tundra mountains/ pine forests/ glaciers/ clear water

- Natural resources

 

- Ice. . . lots of it/ quartz,labradorite, amethysts, obsidian, smoky quartz (Often used for Shadow Cores)

- Furs from native animals

- Location vs Survival?

- Civilians would constantly need warm clothes, depending heavily on local fauna with large hides of fur

- Wood would also be needed for fires (Of which are blue or purple/ really powerful attack fire being black with a white glow)

 

  

 

Inhabitants:

- Intelligent races in this society/ part of the world?

- Many are human/humanoid species

- Some having the features of dark creatures such as demons, dragons, and others

- How do these races live?

- They live codependently to learn from one another and thrive. As long as they are a citizen of Mortuus, they are friends. However, power will most likely be a factor in how much of a friend they are.

- Special Traits?

- Normally dark eyes with bright pupils/ hybrids can often divulge from this

- Natives to Mortuus are more powerful with shadow magic

- Fauna and Flora in the area

- Striped Tailed Boars

- Coniferous trees

 

Culture:

 

- Most important features/ differences in culture from others

- Shadow magic

- Importance of teaching and learning

- Power in improving oneself

- Dedication to the royal family and not religion

- Main works of art/lit/construction

- Much of the art is medieval portraits or abstract work

- Literature is often on how to attain power or fictional tales of people gaining power by different means

- Old, dark brick work that seems to swallow the light

- Conflicts in society

- Trust

- The dividing of different groups via amount of power and wealth in knowledge (its often that a house needs at least one bookshelf full or you’ll be looked down upon)

- Fear of the Shadow queen and Shadow crawlers

- Effect on the world

- The fear of Shadow magic and Shadow cores

 

Society:

 

- Most important people in Kingdom

- The Shadow queen herself, the royal family, royal advisors, elders who hold the most power and wisdom (Children are shunned for being ignorant and taught to grow up fast)

- Least important

- Ill-taught children/ those unable to learn and improve quickly

- How do classes co-exist

- Working in service to the shadowqueen