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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Ironshatter City
Ironshatter City
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TypeUrban Warzone
Description

Ironshatter City serves as The Bleeding Wastes' nominal capital, a perpetually contested urban hellscape. This brutal, frozen testament to shattered alliances and ceaseless civil war spans a vast complex of salvaged metal and fallen warriors' remains, constantly rebuilt by warring factions. Here, all ten races—Humans, Grave Whispers, Gloom-Striders, Deep-Crawlers, Blight-Touched, Cunning-Paws, Shifterkin, Crag-Born, Godscarred, and Still-Hunters—clash in brutal street-to-street combat, their hatred fueling the city's grim armory, forging blood-stained weapons from iron and bone. Threats are daily: constant street skirmishes between racial gangs, targeted assassinations plunging districts into chaos, urban abominations preying on the weak, resource blockades causing starvation, reanimated corpses used as combatants, and pervasive psychological warfare driving citizens to madness.

Appearance

A sprawling, jagged cityscape of twisted metal and bone structures, with frozen streets stained by blood and ash. The skyline is a chaotic jumble of makeshift fortifications, watchtowers, and war machines, illuminated by flickering fires and the eerie glow of arcane wards.

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