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 Crimson Barracks
The Crimson Barracks
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Coordinates(-9273, 5017)
Description

A vast, bio-luminescent temple-complex made of pulsating flesh and bone, in a small settlement. Its purpose is to govern the populace through twisted rituals and arcane experimentation. Work involves patrolling the settlement, performing grotesque transformations on unwilling captives, interpreting the will of unseen entities, and performing dark rituals to acquire new power. You'd find Tiefling priests engaging in perverse pleasures, and mutated creatures birthed from their blight turning hostile within their temple-complexes.

Appearance

The cathedral glows with eerie red and purple bioluminescence, its walls throbbing like living tissue, veins of bone weaving through the flesh. Inside, grotesque statues and organic altars pulse with dark energy, and the air is thick with a sickly sweet scent.

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