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 Charnel Reefs
The Charnel Reefs
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Size0
TypeHazardous Coral Labyrinth
Description

A labyrinthine expanse of razor-sharp, bleached coral and barnacle-encrusted shipwrecks, The Charnel Reefs are a breeding ground for the Archipelago's most grotesque, mutated creatures. The water here is a sickly green, thick with biological effluvium and strange, luminous growths that cling to the submerged wreckage. Abominations with too many limbs, pulsating sacs of poison, or chitinous plates like rusted armor slither and slither through the coral, preying on anything that enters their territory. These creatures are often the result of uncontrolled magic bleeding into the ecosystem, or the horrific byproduct of Malcoria's escaped experiments. The Reefs serve as a chilling natural hatchery for these blighted horrors, making passage through them a guaranteed struggle for survival.

Appearance

Jagged white coral formations rise like skeletal fingers from the water, interspersed with decaying shipwrecks encrusted in barnacles and strange luminous fungi. The water glows faintly green, swirling with thick biological sludge, while twisted, many-limbed abominations slither silently beneath the surface, their chitinous armor glinting in the eerie light.

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