The Fomori are still nostalgic for the prehistoric days when they ruled Ireland with an iron fist, back before those gods-drowned drylanders drove them back into the sea.
What is considered the lowest form of entertainment among your people?
By now, it should be clear to all except the most dense of us that sheep are secretly conspiring to kill us all and steal our pants.Mimes. -shudders-
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INSIDE OF YOU THERE ARE TWO WOLVES. BOTH OF THEM WANT YOU TO SHOOT ELVIS.Going out boozing and whoring, due to the strong religious traditions and purity laws of human and dwarf society. However, certain signatories have harem-based families, and the latter is almost expected of them. If you spot someone headed to the Redlight Sectore in a Conspicuous Trenchcoat (brown or grey so as not to tip off the Knights, Green Guards, or Chaplain-Fusilladiers as to which serfdom they belong to), you can bet they're human or dwarf.
Are the days of the week named differently?
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Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!for the dakhory days are only given numbres, first,second and kept in monts(the first day of the second monts) since they are elves, if pointless for them to remenber days
if their any progress in social changes? i dont know, a minory getting more voice or something like that
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"Do the dwarves have to stand up on one another to fit the coat?
Alesia's Third Era was always marked by a greater level of egalitarianism than the times before. Fantastic Racism is at an all-time low, gender equality is unparalleled, and the LGBT community is universally accepted. The only major issue is that of mixed race offspring, and that isn't even the fault of mortals. You see, back in the First Era the gods conspired to keep their domains a closed loop where technological and societal progress were next to impossible. Since the gods all died after a thousand year long age of hellfire and entropy, this didn't turn out well. One of the methods used was restricting the number of possible mixed race offspring to a pitiful amount. Even in the progressive modern era, there isn't much that can be done to help aspiring couples make a child that is truly of their blood. Thankfully, adoption is always a viable method.
Are there any sapient races that have an affinity towards certain jobs, such as dwarves being engineers, orcs being warriors, and elves being sissies.
INSIDE OF YOU THERE ARE TWO WOLVES. BOTH OF THEM WANT YOU TO SHOOT ELVIS.first at all, the elves will be the first to point out that dwarves lives in mountain,never have woman and have a thing for jewerly and shiny things....
anyway, the elves are usally hired for their magics(since the sufer less problem that human) and most of the times they are ether artists and storytellers
dwarf have a metodical way to work so they are used in a lot of jobs, and the dakhory(dark elves) use humans for a variaty of jobs
is there any day-to-day use for magic? or is to strange for that?
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"No, but that's a hilarious mental image.
Magic is used in everything from first-aid kits and home furnaces to WMD's.
Are there any TV programs that have transcended their demographic?
Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!Gamers Battle. It is a program that replays recent gameplays by gamers that garnered lots of attention alongside with commentary by guest journalists or celebrities. Since that the gamers and the commentators could be of any age and demographic, everyone watched it to see if someone is going to appear.
What is the governmental administrative complex of your fictional world?
Government Sectores, or Politiburo Sectores, depending on weather or not it's a Dwarven city.
What do people do for fun, and how important is entertainment in your setting?
Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!Hunting is by far the only popular sport all races have in common.
Among humans, central kingdomers play a game very similar to checkers. Vancian Islanders like to carouse, and fight. Bar brawls are a common and accepted part of society. Northerners cockfight.
How diverse is religious belief? In general, how tolerant are cultures of differing beliefs?
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I'd rather the world betray me, but I won't betray the world.While there is only one officially recognized religion, there are several sects of this religion. Orthodox Gunterism teaches that only gunpowder-based firearms can be Ordained, while Progressive Gunterism teaches that any ranged weapon with a stock that doesn't rely on a torsion spring is a gun, and thus Ray Guns and Bioarms can be Ordained. Rayward and Lifeward schisms believe that Rayguns and Bioarms are mutually exclusive (but still compatible with conventional firearms), and adopted one or the other.
what is the most popular film/book seiries in your setting?
Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!That would be Eirista, a very controversial biography about two people whose mothers were abusive to their fathers before they were even born.
What is your fictional universe's concept of afterlife?
It was previously thought that old concepts of the afterlife only applied (e.g. Heaven, Hell, reincarnation, nothingness, etc.), but once the False God Machine was destroyed and the True Gods and The Black Monarchs revealed their existence, those ideas slowly dissipated as everyone eventually found out that your afterlife home was dependent on your deity of choice. Of course, the Vigilantes of The God Machines still believe in the concept of Heaven and Hell, believing that their faith leads them to Heaven and everyone else will burn in Hell.
What is the resource of your world that garners the most money?
Note to self: Pick less edgy username next time.Orichalcum is the most valuable resource in the world; not for it's monetary value, but as components in Manatek. The closest second is Mythril.
What is the most destructive weapon in your setting?
Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!Well there are two:
a reality knife: as the knife implies it pretty much cut a part between reallity causing a portal to open and letting deamons or little elderich abomination to seek out, It never last to long but it can cause a good deal of damage
the other one is a void bomb, which have the oposite efect, it pretty much erase everything it touch to non-existent, of course there are only few of this and are well hide it
How is the militar unifornm in your empire? or the cloet thing or course
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"Gas Mask, Longcoat, jodpur trousers, jackboots, pikelhaube helmets. Minor variations such as lengthened/widened masks to fit over muzzles or oversized lower jaws, ear cowlings, and tail pouches for the Imperial soldiers who need them. Also Powered Armor with a face that looks like a cross between a Combine Soldier's mask and C-3P0's faceplate.
What is the usual civilian dress of your setting (ie, jeans and a T shirt)?
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Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!F Or the dakhory is a black and white shirt with a sigil or their familiy, since regular people are clone(it makes sense in context) they usually have a grei shirt, this code can be very strit but is lax enought that people can add things
if there any supernatural wonder? I mean like a mountain or lake..but magical
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"Nope. There are some green rocks, though, and also remnants of ancient technology, powered by said green rocks. For example, a nuclear cannon and nuclear reactors.
Are men and women treated differently in your setting?
Some Imperial nations (humans, orcks, the church) are patriarchal, others matriarchal (nekomata, kobolds, elves). Others (dwarves, ghouls, UBSR) are egalitarian. It's a roughly equal mix. Aliens have their own cultures, The Swarm is Eusocial with a "males are super valuable" Gender Rarity Value. Vulpitorex are not-so-Scary Dogmatic Aliens with a female dominated harem structure, with each family consisting of 1-3 females and 1-9 males (3 males to 1 female). It's not quite a restrictive Lady Land, but some traditionalists beleive that "men should be kept in the bedroom, naked and [Ready]". Everyone else thinks they're backwards asogynists, roughly equivalent to rednecks. The Klandi and dragons disallow any sociological study of themselves.
What is the most memetic Bad Future work of your setting?(like Soylent Green?)
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Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!In my fantasy setting, there's one answer to that question: Father Sun. Father Sun was an evil god who tried to destroy all mortals but those he deemed Flawless; his actions had horrifying repercussions on everyone, but he was eventually stopped and imprisoned.
Thus, the major memetic Bad Future in-universe is the idea that Father Sun won, or where the damage was even more widespread. Stories surrounding that apocalypse, and dealing with it, make up the majority of the world's Bad Future settings.
On that note...
What memes are truly universal in your setting, even between cultures?
Universal memes require universal communication. None of my worlds have that.
The Revolution Will Not Be TropeableNo question. I guess I'll have to ask one then.
Are people able to rise above their station in life?
Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!Very much so but it varies depending on where you are.
In Manastra, commoners are promoted to nobility every couples years. On the other hand, nobles are stripped of there nobility even more often. This is usually due to not possessing a title or land to protect. Without either of those, a Manastran nobles are considered just commoners from good families. As a result, titles to lands are in short supply and high demand.
It's quite difficult for Rigoli commoners to become more than a commoner. The best a commoner can hope for is to be hired as a personal servant of a noble. Nobles might be promoted for exemplary service but it's more common to marry into higher positions.
Kirkland will recognize anybody's nobility. For a price. Kirkland is a major center for trade and craft and thus is a place where anybody with the will and skill to become very rich. Or dead. Becoming dead is always a possibility in Kirkland.
If you're an Elf in Wytherwyn, you have a chance, however small, to become a chancellor, second only to the king/queen in authority. The trick is to first ace the civil service exams, play office politics until you're the Prime Archon, virtually right hand man/woman of an existing chancellor, then have said chancellor die so you can assume the position. If you're a human, you're out of luck. At best, you can become a knight for an elf noble but anything less than absolute loyalty to said elf will result in you and you're entire family being executed with fire.
How does your government keep control of the people?
Religeous indoctrination, a police-being on every street corner, and public floggings.
What is the local version of Christmas like?
Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
Squish, which boils down to wine punch mulled with gunpowder. Red wine forms the base, then whatever other wines you can find, the cheaper and more varied the base fruits the better. The gunpowder, however, must be of good quality, only thrice to four-times blessed will do. Can be served hot or over-ice. The story goes that the beverage was invented during a famine, when the juice from rotten fruit was pressed and mixed together in a gunpowder cask.
What era do people point to as a golden age?
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