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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Ironfast
Ironfast
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TypeKingdom
Description

Ironfast operates as a harsh Oligarchy, controlled by powerful Human mining guilds and forge masters. Its purpose is sheer, grinding productivity, transforming the Archipelago's grim resources into weapons and tools. Slavery is endemic, forcing thralls into backbreaking labor in sunless mines and oppressive foundries. Threats include frequent mine collapses and industrial accidents, abyssal horrors from the deep earth awakened by their ceaseless digging, organized worker rebellions against the ruling elite, and the ever-present danger of elemental beings of stone driven to wrath by their exploitation.

Appearance

Ironfast is a kingdom of imposing, black-rock industrial complexes. Vast, open-pit mines scar the earth, exhaling plumes of perpetual, acrid smog that chokes the sky. The air vibrates with the roar of colossal furnaces and the grinding of machinery. Its structures are utilitarian and grim, built for efficiency and tireless toil, their surfaces perpetually grimed with soot and the dust of ceaseless excavation.

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