Established facts about the world

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Factions
Religions info

! WIP !

King: Leonidas the Wise -
he had to left his kingdom and attend some serious issues on very far(at least month of travel) northern borders, there erupted a battle between the royal forces and the opposition. For now: no-one at the castle thinks that the King could be defeated there - he was with few thousands of his finest warriors, technicians and few mages there. But the fact is... that there was no message from the king for around a month or so now.
Opportunity to create our common world: if your PC will be some kind of general or similar that could know something more why and where the king has traveled, he/she will be able to provide proposition here.

Queen Mirella - TBD

- the nephew - apparently, but very secretly assisted by some secret forces that has infiltrated the kingdom - either by his own or by the encouragement by those forces - decided that it is a perfect opportunity to size the throne, sharing propaganda that king was defeated by some magical, powerful monster and will never go back, and was more concerned about his ambitions then his kingdom... so the king is returning. You know the drill.
Opportunity to create our common world: as some what to by spies or work in secret service, there will be opportunity for you to define those secret forces that probably you know about and had to secretly fight,

- there stays obvious question: why Nephew didn't kill you all? :) Answer - for now - is quite simple. As all evil people he is a coward, and he really is not sure if King is really dead or even not coming back. Plus: he is afraid of common folk unrest if he would do such thing. And still have some respect for One True God religion(mainly good guys) and the priests present in castle's town.
Opportunity to create our common world: what other cults are in this world? Druids and their communion with Nature - for sure. But what else. I must admit it's hard subject for me as in IRL beliefs and certain values are very important to me. So probably it would be better to keep those things quite abstract in our game, but... maybe someone will want to play Cultist class. So no demon worshiping characters please.

I think the kingdom has like 1M people, but is/was very strong because king was bestowed an ancient(?) knowledge by the priests of One True God, that provided him with mysterious technologies and knowledge. But as the PC were leaving the kingdom there was only one Very Old Priest that have access to Archives and didn't want to provide access it to the Evil Nephew and King's children were to young to get there earlier.

Main religion is One True God, its about knowledge and development of "people kind", compassion, helping your neighbors for the benefit of all society, despise hypocrisy, encourage purity of mind and body and worshiping One True God that is embodiment of Wisdom and Love, that lead to next step of development of your soul - mostly afterlife. But thats in "mainland" - you don't know how it is on the islands you are just dropped.

"Magic" has few flavors: divine, technological(strange, ancient, rare, artifacts and knowledge how to use them), power of mind that allows you to direct energies(mostly "traditional" fantasy magic, you have to have talents for this) and getting power from the Nature. In Kingdom the most common was divine, then technological, than a little of power of mind(threated more like shamanism by citizens).

I think there are (I made them up on the spot): contest in dressing up (little) dinosaurs and training them to behave like humans(a little like in circus):


or firefighter competition on diplodocids:

translation of ancient poems on time:

Opportunity to create our common world: Please add something from you.

But thats all in happy and worries free capital of the kingdom... that you were forced to leave recently.

Factions

Dwarves: There are mountains north of the kingdom where wild dwarf clans live and used to seldom plunder Kingdom's north settlements, but signed peace treaty with the Kingdom decades ago. Not all clans are happy with the treaty. The most brutal/powerful clan leader announced himself North King and conquer any clans who disagree with his plan to break treaty.

Factions: Factions at the kingdom so far: Kingdom(as country, its soldiers and official, governed by king), Northern Dwarves(bunch of fighting clans with one getting in power), Secret Organization(working with or manipulating Evil Nephew, forces and structure unknown), The Church of One True God(most power in capital, missionaries in other areas)

The Grey Wolves were not born of ordinary means but were the result of an ancient and powerful ritual performed within the heart of a long-forgotten temple. This ritual, known only to a few, combined the essence of feral wolves with the spirits of fallen warriors, binding them together in a complex weave of magic and soulcraft. The process required the convergence of ley lines, a rare lunar alignment, and the use of a mystical substance known as "Etherium," a material believed to bridge the gap between the physical and spiritual realms.

As the ritual was performed, the souls of the warriors infused the bodies of the wolves, granting them not only human intelligence and combat prowess but also a connection to the mystical energies of the world. Their appearance was a reflection of this fusion—a blend of the feral and the humanoid, with fur streaked with ethereal patterns, eyes that glowed with inner light, and an aura that shimmered with the power of the arcane. The Grey Wolves emerged from this ritual as creatures of formidable strength, unmatched cunning, and a deep connection to the mystic forces that created them, making them far more than mere combatants in the arena.