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World & lore continued
🕑 Added 2025-07-28 01:14:31 +0000 UTCIn this post we'll continue exploring the game world and setting.
As explained previously, the world is laid out with the north pole at the center, and south radiating outwards to the edges. Right at the center is a pole in the magic field, which affects the surrounding area and has given rise to dragons that nest nearby. Similar to the magnetic field, the magic field shoots up from the pole into the stratosphere and then arcs back down near the edges of the world, creating three zones with different magic strengths. Magic is strong near the center and edges of the world, and weak in between. This weak magic presence creates a harmonious Goldilocks zone in the middle, free from the chaotic energies and unnatural creatures that otherwise wreak havoc on the world. This is where human civilizations flourish, surrounded by fertile lands and bountiful fields. Further south towards the edges of the world, the land turns less hospitable in the presence of ever stronger magical energies, eventually transitioning into a scorched wasteland inhabited only by demons and other magical creatures. They are bound to this land, for they will wither away in the absence of the magical field.
This world model is conceptually similar to that of Norse mythology, where the world is divided into concentric rings inhabited by different beings. At heart is Asgård where the gods live, then the next ring is Midgård (also known as Middle-Earth) where the humans live, and beyond that is Utgård where giants and other magical creatures live. It differs quite a lot in the details though, but it has the same principle of dividing the world based on the beings that reside there.
The magic field is in constant flux and can be thought of as a sea, where the surrounding shores represent the border between the strong and weak areas. On a good day, it is calm and stable with not so much as a ripple on the surface. These conditions produce eras of stability for the humans that are sheltered from its influence, where civilizations are built and prosper. Occasionally a strong wave hits the shore and chaos ensues as the realm is flooded with magic, but it always eventually pulls back into the sea and order is restored.
However, the ancient scribes whisper of another type of fluctuation, one of far greater severity. An ebb and flow of the magic field, tied to the motion of the celestial bodies. It is said that when the tide of magic rises, the end times are near. As the magic field grows stronger, the arcane borderlands at the edge of the world creep ever closer and the creatures from beyond march on the realms of men. In the north, the magic pole is turned into a maelstrom, sundering the land with primordial powers. Deep below, ancient dragons awaken from their long slumber, unshackled by the tide.
So that's a small overview of some recent ideas for the world lore and the background for the game. It would've been easier to explain with a cinematic but hopefully it was somewhat understandable. Next time I'll talk about how dragontwins fit into this!
Comments
Cauliflower
In some of the zones with more magic, do you think it's possible to have more 'magical' landscapes, e.g. floating mountains? I think that would be really fun to fly around and explore ^^
Gustaf
Gonna start dropping sneak peeks next week!
Wordd
I love all the progress I've been seeing in these post, the dragon creator, the world, lore, etc. But one thing I've been really wishing for is maybe more sneak peaks in the discord. I was thinking just simple stuff like picture of the dragon creator or the world is good, just simple stuff like that. It doesn't always have to be a video but if it is a video then that's even better. I'm looking forward to this game
AJR
An idea I had that I thought would be interesting is perhaps there are animals, plants, and human cultures that have adapted to/learned how to survive and even thrive in the southern areas? As an ENV-SCI major, it does disappoint me sometimes how people talk about deserts being barren and inhospitable, but that’s really not true- desert environments in real life are home to diverse ecosystems and some of the oldest human cultures on Earth, and I wish more fiction reflected this/used it for worldbuilding! The humans that have adapted to the desert regions could perhaps be skilled mages who’ve learned how to channel or at least live with the ambient wild magic, and what they can’t craft or grow themselves, they trade for with the more northern settlements, in exchange for rare materials that can’t be found anywhere else.
