Pitch

1. [ ] - There are awesome horrors in the deepest places of the earth
2. [ ] - A high-magic society caused a cataclysm that wiped out civilization on a continent for centuries
3. [ ] - The remnants of the cataclysm are like nuclear radiation; it is a power source and a mutagen
4. [ ] - The last few decades have seen the first successful expeditions to the destroyed continent as the residual magics decay
5. [ ] - The driving force behind the expeditions have been Occult “scientific researchers”

Pitch Ideas/Brainstorm

• Old gods still live slumbering in the deep forgotten places
• There are horrors beyond comprehension in the old places. Lovecraftian vibes bb!!
• Power seeking individuals seek out this old gods & their relics
• Magic is very strange & corrupting (dark occult?)
• [[The Rend]] created nuclear radiation style mutation. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S. vibes
• [[The Rend]] was ~500 years ago, wiped out all civilization on a continent
• Now there is nuclear radiation style mutations of the local flora/fauna as the wilderness reclaims the corpse of humanities past
• Surrounding continents civilizations have recovered to the point that the [[Blistered Rend]] are being repopulated?
• ~500 years was the half-life of some lethal magical energy, and now the edges of the [[Blistered Rend]]
• The [[Lux Solis Occasum]] were the last of multiple cycles of Civilization>Cataclysm>Rebuilding
• There must be something powerful deep & dark that everyone unlocks and eventually implodes
• Is there a giant Sahara Desert “waste” that encircles the continent?
• Fuck it there is a Dark Sun circle around this place now
• Frontier towns build up to fuel expanding “scientific research expeditions”, but lead by the Occult [[Reclaimers]]
• [[The Rend]]? Magic was so widely used that it “precipitated out of solution” causing a nuclear particle flash
• This precipitate is one source of the buried magical power sources, a la Uranium deposits. [[Astel from Crust]]?
• *“A Bone-witch collects the opalescent milk of Magical precipitate” -idk dude go with it
• *Is the adventure involving a Mad Scientist/Occult Wizard? Probz

Inspiration

• Planet Earth “Caves” episode
• “Earth After People” on History
• History YouTube channels post-Roman British history documentaries
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fHTxPH1gc8 A History of Britain: Celts to Romans 800BC -1 AD
  • https://www.youtube.com/embed/dvtVLa4uOYc - The Entire History of Roman Britain 55BC to 410AD
  • https://www.youtube.com/embed/B7cUwWRgBcM - 536AD The Year The Sun Disappeared
  • https://www.youtube.com/embed/sXBgNNtEJ6M - After Rome: The War For Britain
• Pans Labyrinth
• Dark City
• Alien
• HR Giger
• Nuclear disasters