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 Living Cathedral
The Living Cathedral
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Coordinates(-2442, 1126)
Description

The Living Cathedral is Malcoria's abhorrent core, a vast, pulsating structure serving as the master flesh-crafter's laboratory, ritual transformation site, and grotesque living archive. Its function is to breed and control corrupted life. Threats include horrific creations escaping holding cells and rampaging through the Cathedral's organic corridors, contained plague outbreaks specific to the Cathedral's chambers, spontaneous mutations appearing on staff and worshipers within its confines, and constant screams from experimentation causing psychological anguish to all occupants.

Appearance

The Cathedral's walls pulse with living tissue, veins and sinews intertwining to form grotesque corridors. Bioluminescent fungi and corrupted flesh glow dimly, while chambers ooze with organic matter and twisted growths. The air is thick with a sickly sweet stench and the sound of distant, agonized screams.

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