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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Tribunal of Grind
Tribunal of Grind
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Coordinates(7787, 2422)
Description

The Tribunal of Grind is the merciless industrial court of the Stone-Wrought Dominion, its sessions held in a cavernous chamber that echoes with the sounds of distant rockfalls. Its purpose is to enforce maximum output and punish all forms of perceived inefficiency or insubordination within the mines. Crimes such as wastefulness, deliberate low output, or inciting labor unrest condemn one to forced servitude: perpetual ore-hauling in the deepest, most dangerous tunnels, where lives are measured in tons of rock moved. Deliberate sabotage causing massive production loss, or organizing widespread rebellion, leads to execution: "The Sealed Fate" – the condemned is ritually bound and then sealed alive within a collapsing mine tunnel, their screams becoming a grim part of the mountain's groaning silence, their body forever lost to the earth.

Appearance

A cavernous chamber carved from stone, with towering pillars of rock and iron chains hanging from the ceiling. The floor is strewn with ore fragments and mining tools, while distant tunnels lead into darkness. The air is thick with dust and the faint sound of groaning stone.

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