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 Bloodied Forge
The Bloodied Forge
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Coordinates(-6400, 8021)
Description

The Bloodied Forge is a massive, obsidian-walled amphitheater, built directly atop one of Crimsonhold's most ancient, blood-soaked battlefields. Its floor is perpetually slick with a thin sheen of perpetually fresh blood, collected from ritual sacrifices and past combatants. Giant, demonic effigies loom over the stands, their mouths spewing gouts of flame and smoke. Captives are forced into brutal, often one-sided fights to the death, or used in "brutal rituals and sacrifices" to sate demonic entities. The arena serves as a chilling spectacle of Crimsonhold's "unending expansion" and "merciless enforcement," a public ritual to demonstrate absolute dominion and appease the pervasive thirst for bloodshed.

Appearance

Obsidian walls towering around a vast amphitheater, floor perpetually slick with fresh blood, giant demonic statues emitting flames and smoke, stands filled with grim spectators witnessing brutal combats and rituals.

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