Round 3
Chaos Card
This round’s Chaos Card is spicy. I drew The Assassin. It states “The leader(s) or most prominent member(s) of that group have an attempted assassination against them or are otherwise forcibly and mysteriously removed from power.”
Here’s what happens: Many of the Pontiffs of the United Ethereals are found dead. Not all at once, but over a few years. Death for the Ethereals looks like, well they become sort of solid and fragile and can easily crumble into dust. The only trace is a strange fire-like magical darkness. The assassin is very successful and not caught. At least not now. They are, of course, Mizia.
This has a disastrous effect on Ethereal society, but that’s something I can work through in this round. It is tempting to use my react now to describe what happens further, but I’m going to wait. Especially since I can set a scene for my next turn.
Turn 1
Let’s set a dang scene again. This time I want to know “where has Mizia been hiding?”
Far from the sparkle of Prosperity Range sparkles something else. In a cave by the Forest of Life a young boy wanders to escape a heavy rain storm. After some bored exploration he comes upon the shine of a dark fire. He moves his hand towards it and it is not hot. It’s not even warm. Then suddenly there is a flash and a figure is standing, or floating, in front of him. Terrified, the boy lets out a yelp before being engulfed in black fire and is gone. The Ethereal, Mizia of the Dark Flame, has found a new home.
Turn 2
Always could use more map, so that’s what this turn will be.
The tiles: B4, D3, D4. What’s something interesting about these three tiles? They’re not connected, but there’s an obvious barrier that they’re creating. This tells me that they would be a good “natural border” for a new society. One for humans. They are going to be known as “The Queendom of Glasswood”.
Why “Glasswood”? Well humans originally came from weird fruits and the random name generator gave me “Glass” as a surname so I thought I’d combine them. For a more in fiction answer, this came about from the glass they would make from the trees in the Forest of Life. “Glass isn’t made from trees” well, I think you’ll find that in this world I’m making it is.
Turn 3
Instead of setting a scene back with the Ethereals or playing another card, I want to draw some more.
This time it’ll be: C5, D5, E5. This mostly consisted of a mountain range that bisects the western continent. To the south of it is a desert. To the north is Glasswood. What this range is known for is terrible storms that rage on it’s peaks. So it is known as “Storm Peaks”. Very creative, I know, but blame the people of Glasswood. They’re probably the ones who came up with it.
You may also notice I dipped a little bit into C6. Since it was just filling in that little area, that’s fine. It doesn’t count towards the whole tile. This is only because some people get very anxious when a tiny bit of landmass like that is unfilled.
