The Riven Lands world illustration - Grimdark theme
Grimdark

The Riven Lands

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Ithikari

The Riven Lands are a fractured realm born from a magical event, The Sundering which violently pulled people from countless realities into a bleeding scar across existence. Magic here is a vile, twisting curse, its power warping flesh and mind. Its inhabitants, xenophobic and without loyalty, cling to life amidst decaying lands, endless wars, and horrifying Gods that everyone worships in some form. Hope is a lie; only brutal struggle remains in this world drowned in cynicism and sheer cruelty.


Author's Note: 100 NPCs, 300+ POI's, Custom classes, Monsters and items.
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Dirge-Stone
Dirge-Stone
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TypeGrim Necropolis
Description

Dirge-Stone is Mournsong's grim capital, a city built amidst ancient crypts and bone-strewn plains where Darakhul commune with the unquiet dead. Its purpose is to extract knowledge and power from the deceased, guiding souls to their grim rest, or twisting them to serve. Individuals are used for ritual sacrifice and brutal labor. Threats include uncontrolled undead manifestations breaching city barriers from surrounding crypts, prophecies of mass demise causing widespread panic among the populace, plagues from disturbed crypts sickening the living, and the constant drone of the dead leading to pervasive apathy.

Appearance

The cityscape is dominated by towering mausoleums and ossuary spires, with streets paved in cracked bone and shadowed by swirling mists. Flickering spectral lights and the faint drone of whispered voices permeate the air, casting an eerie pall over the grim architecture and restless crowds.

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