Lore pt. 2

This is the second installation of by book world building and lore and plot building

LORE: people from another world start to take power from the light entity, Evlest, the dark entity Despri which is the counterpart or balance to Evelest seeks revenge on the people for tampering with things much larger than them and throwing everything out of harmony, killing the plants and other life forms and destroying the planet. the light entity lived upon the power of things that last and don't end after death. The dark entity gets power from the slow ends of things and death. They worshiped the light entity of their past planet, but they took it too far when they wanted to further ascend and began to take her power and in doing so they weakened her and now all that remains of her is the power in them. They believed it should be theirs after worshiping the entity for so long. So, the people fled to a new world, but the dark entity fallowed, and that arrival created cataclysmic events on Vulkon such as earthquakes, flooding, storms and other natural phenomena's this is called The Volkuning. Angered by the people trying to escape, the dark entity began to curse who she deemed the worst of them causing some of them to become Darklings. They were shunned out from the Lightlings who deemed them unholy, cursed and doomed. They also believed that if the other people's saw them with them, they would blame the Lightlings as the cause of the events. Vulkries, the mother entity of Vulkon tried to keep the world together but the dark entity continued its revenge to the expense of the world and many lives. However, this took much strength for the dark entity so it is now more dormant and the effects it was causing on the world have dimmed. The Lightlings thought that they had gotten away with taking the power but over time the Darkling has gained strength back, so it is making the Lightlings become more effected by containing Evlest's energy. Now the Lightlings try to hide their twisted past from the other peoples as to not face the consequences.

World: Vulkon

World Entity: Vulkrys

Main focus entities: Despri (powered by desperation, ending of life) and Evlest (powered by the everlasting, recreation/reuse of physical matter for other things)

Sub entity ideas: Thralldom and Autonomy


Pinterest concept board: https://pin.it/4q8aFngR2


TREELINGS: Tree people who live in a giant tree that is the size of a small continent, they have a strong military enhanced by their powers of nature manipulation, women are in dominant positions and are majority of population by a 3 to 1 ratio, they have a strong bond with one another and believe life is sacred however will not shy away from conflict when provoked and are revered for their fighting capabilities.

History: the Treelings lived in a old forest of giant trees and lived a very wholistic life and were connected to nature so they are able to connect with their spirit and project it physically. The more spiritually trained to impersonation and connection one is the more forms they can take and the better they can spiritually communicate. Through this they are able to make the tree the way they want.

Monarch Ruler:

Appearance: skin with colored tints, four arms, slim figured and generally fit, hair is usually worn long for both genders and the longer the more beautiful in their culture, longer canines, very dark nearly black eyes of varying colors

Powers: plant matter, sensing lifeforms, spiritual impressions, shifting (royal line only)

Resources: many plants which are made into medicines, fish, wood, animals, water

Main Character: Ruler of Treelings



UNDERLINGS: a people who live in underground caverns and view light as sacred and is found in the form of glowing crystals in their homeland caverns as well as but less commonly used and more highly revered fire, skilled craftsman especially in forging enhanced creations, view men and women as equal and are a tranquil non conflictive species, they are often viewed as weak however they have an inner strength developed during their long lives and through that have survived many hard times.

Democratic system with a council

Appearance: thick and tough grey bluish slightly iridescent pale skin, larger people than nearly every other race and usually muscley, crystals grow in the place of hair in varied colors, don't really have canines, pale eyes in light blue/grey to whiteish

Resources: Ores, stone, crystals, water, mushrooms, algae, minimal fish, snails, worms, amphibians, mice, jellyfish things

Main Character: son of council member (father)



LIGHTLINGS: the Lightlings pose as a peaceful righteous race to cover up their history and to make their sudden appearance make sense. They have created a false identity as fallen righteous entities that were shaken from their home by the cataclysmic events of the Vulkoning. Their history tells that they fell into a vast body of water and began to build their new home from the wreckage of their civilization off the coast in a deep ravine. Now they live in their large city mostly undisturbed and with a poor relationship to their former kin. Though it created much life and beauty now the power slowly has begun to destroy their bodies. It makes their once immortal lives very mortal as they will eventually explode when their bodies can't hold the power anymore. It is a power that with one wrong move can erupt if control is not maintained.

Has a council with a lead member

Appearance: Light shines through their pale to fair skin, cracks of light run across their skin and as they get older the cracks get bigger as their skin gets more ashen and patches of flesh fall off and are replaced by a glowing part beneath, their eyes let of a golden glow, their hair comes in varying shades of black to brown to blond to white and are otherwise humanistic

Abilities:

Resources: water, fish, shellfish, stone and some ores,

Main Character: council member whose daughter gets killed to keep their secrete safe



DARKLINGS: the Darklings are shrouded in mystery and presumptuous conclusions, a people hardened by their past and the betrayal of those who were once their own. They are feared, people are weary of them, if they saw them at a busy marked they would buy their wares else where. That is if they were ever really seen, after they initially fled from those now known as Lightlings to cover up their past, they are rarely seen since they settled in to their new home on the dark coast waters of a dark misty sea. Due to their allusivity they never really had to make up an origin story, people just assumed that they came from somewhere that was destroyed during the Vulkoning. Truthfully after their difficult past they yearned for stability and comfort. So they chose as ruler, in the hard times harsh lives were lived but as change was yearned for the way of ruling became more that of a leader, a powerful position meant to protect the people from others but also themselves. They prioritize their peace and living their lives as best they can with their seemingly damning abilities. Though darkness seems to run through their veins creating many strange and diverse powers they live pretty simple lives. Their city is quite lively with bustling markets, pubs, whore houses, gambling, but also dancing, and festivals, a busy harbor, and warm firelight all over the city to warm the darker atmosphere of there coastal weather and ward off the chill of the darkness inside them they can never truly forget nor will it be ignored. There is much freedom regarding personal expression, fashion, taste in activities, artistry, and career.


Appearance: Dark cracks that look kind of like roots or lightning creep across their skin all over their body, these are more fluid looking than the Lightlings cracks, however as they age they seem to get dryer and more dull, when the age this process continues till they completely dry into an ash like substance that crumbles very easily to a powder. They have very pale skin or very dark nearly charcoal skin, they have white, grey or black hair.

Abilities: can enhance negative feelings (fear, anger, jealousy, ect), form objects out of shadow, a shadow form where they are extremely powerful and it is not fully know all that can be done as its is quite rare and is more powerful when experiencing stronger emotions.

City descriptive sentences and descriptors:
-The harbor smelt of ocean as it soaked the cobbles with its salty brine.
-The towers loomed like a shadow absorbing you into a feeling of respect yet seemed to hold an air of loyal protection, stability, and easy comfort

Ruler: Adris (king) Younger brother? --> Kallias

Main Character: Kallias


FLYERS:

Ruler: Kalomere


LANDLINGS:

Main character: Shivani, a seemingly normal girl who loves to adventure into the lands around her lively village but maybe could actually be Evlest reincarnated into a mortal (not sure how this will tie into the plot yet) I think she will kind of seem like a less important main character through out most of the book or series but with small hints to her being something more. Then toward the end to finish the story she will bring everything together as she is revealed to be Evlest and will therefor probably have some amount of its powers which will peak through to lead up to this.

Sub-plot character dynamic ideas:
- Darkling fmc and Treeling fmc in love (forbidden romance, promised to another-ish/break up with toxic guy)
- gay Flyer and Underling in love (slow burn meets enemies to lovers but not really enemies just very different)
- Landling girl and Darkling boy

Thank you to all of those who read my last updates, next I will be working on the Flyer's and Landling's cultures and background as well as adding to lthe Underling's information and lore. I might need to do some organizing of the information better. I noticed that the Treelings have their history separate from their general cultural information so I might do that for the others as well. TBD but that and then also more information about the main characters from each race and their personalities and such. But for now its 1:24 am where I am so I am going to sleep, I hope you all enjoy this or the updates if you read the last update :)

P.S. Let me know if the pinterest link at the top works, it has my giant pinterest board with tons of sections for all the peoples as well as scene inspo and a sneak peak art Shivani's character vibe (she has her own board and I will make boards for the others). Theres also some other stuff about styles i want to include in the way the cultures dress and some creatures/other humanoids I'm thinking of including.


Names-

Girl: Morana (death, plague, nightmare), Verena (to fear, to respect), Visha(poison), Shivani (life and death), Melantha (dark flower) Valen(strong), Andromeda (ruler of men), Lyssa (anger, fury, rage), Odesa (one who receives pain) -->Asedo, Viatrix (voyager),

Boy: Zyran (storm), Oarion (heavens light), Kallias (beauty), Raden (nobleman) Osiris (god of the dead), Akira (bright and clear), Donomie (lord), Alastor (vengeance), Emris (immortal), Micah, Icarus (follower, ingenious), Castiel (my cover is god)