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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The Enduring March
The Enduring March
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TypeBlighted Plains and Grim Forests
Description

The Enduring March is a stark, melancholic Country, a vast stretch of blighted plains and grim forests where Humans and Gloom-Striders forge a desperate, enduring alliance. Grave Whispers also find a morbid purpose here, providing knowledge of the dead. Its purpose is grim survival through unwavering vigilance and the preservation of fleeting remnants of order amidst the rot. Governed by a somber council of weary Human commanders and ancient Gloom-Strider elders, they share the burden of observation and defense. Slavery is harsh but pragmatic, with captives of any race forced into arduous labor clearing blight, acting as expendable scouts against forest abominations, or serving as silent guardians in watchtowers against encroaching despair, all for the sake of their fragile pact.

Appearance

Vast stretches of withered plains and dark, twisted forests under a perpetually overcast sky, dotted with watchtowers and labor camps where captives toil. The land is scarred by blight, with eerie whispers carried on the wind, and a somber, oppressive atmosphere pervades the region.

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