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 Styx Strand
The Styx Strand
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Coordinates(-3957, 3142)
Description

The Styx Strand is Ghoul's Gulch's single, grim dock, a cold, narrow pier stretching into a sluggish, black river that flows from the blighted plains to the sea. Its purpose is the grim processing of bodies and the collection of morbid resources for Mournsong's Darakhul theocracy. You'll find silent Darakhul priests overseeing Human laborers moving shrouded barges laden with cadavers, their forms often gaunt and resigned. The air is thick with the scent of death and preservatives. Work here involves hauling newly deceased bodies to processing facilities, assisting in rudimentary embalming, collecting specific morbid specimens for ritual use, or negotiating passage for specialized funerary services in the more remote bogs. You can find raw cadavers, bone-dust, and other grim resources.

Appearance

A cold, narrow wooden pier stained dark with age and use, lined with shrouded barges and crude embalming stations. The air is heavy with the smell of decay and chemicals, with silent priests in dark robes watching over the laborers.

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