Orichalcus Discussion Thread

So, should Talia stumble upon that group at some point, or...?

Oh. That's fine.

Locations may not be fully up to date. The ones written down are what is already established. You can make up whatever locations you want to fit in the world.

I'm not really sure what you want me to tell you when you ask for occupations.

The only organization that's been put together so far is The Seal of Orichalcus. They're a group that's trying to seal away magic once and for all using ancient technology locked away in old ruins.

Alright, so in terms of established political relationships, all we know so far is that all of the small villages in The Valley have agreed not to fight with each other and have open trade and communications with each other. They're cut off from the world outside of The Valley, so they've pretty much entered their own peaceful state. Aside from Fusan. The farming village of Fusan is currently undergoing a civil war between the farmers and the rich plantation owners. But Fusan is the farthest village in The Valley, being set just on the edge, away from the other villages and surrounded by plains.

I'd say organizations for just about anything would probably exist. Feel free to post your ideas here and I'll help you out by telling you if that's possible or not. Your example definitely sounds like a thing that would happen. Especially in Alibab when there's such a huge difference between the rich and the poor.

Not much work has gone into races. There's humans, which can possibly contain any type of magic. There's also water nymphs, which are from the old Austur. They can't use magic. X has characters that are called Laguz. They're basically masters of Shape Magic that are skilled at turning into animals, but have been extinct for years. There's also vampires, which naturally have powerful Dark Magic. And I think the only other race we've established is the Okir. They are humans with wolf ears and tails. They are unable to use magic, but they have a very powerful ability to sense it. They're found in The Valley and tend to have very ninja-like weapons and skills. I based them partly off of the Sheikah from Legend of Zelda. They're mostly found in Okirak Village, which I can give you plenty of info on if you're interested.

In terms of giving your characters a goal, I suggest starting with something basic and writing it out from there. I'm working on making the main threat, but I wanted to keep it open enough that you didn't have to get caught up in the main quest if you don't want to. For the most part, you can do whatever you like. I suggest giving your character a conflict and goal on your own and just going with it. Once he runs into other characters, things will get more complex and interesting with intertwining stuff. It also helps a lot to talk to others and see if you can make characters that connect together somehow.

Explorer guilds and mercenaries and all that definitely exist. There's also probably some monster hunting guilds, which could be fun and make for a simple way to get a character's personal plot going.

I'm not really sure what you want when you ask for time period, but I guess I can give you some basics on technology and stuff. So basically, a long time ago, the world reached an age of antiquity where technology and magic was at its peak before collapsing. These powerful technological items can still be found in ancient ruins today, but those ruins are dangerous and hard to get into. The most advanced technology currently is magitech. Although magitech is new and is usually only found in the hands of the rich and powerful. Things like airships and stuff probably exist. The setting is kind of Final Fantasy in that way. Common tech and things like that tend to change depending on where you go. For example, in The Valley, they don't have magitech and airships and stuff, but outside of it, they do. And in Libra's town (don't remember the name) it's surprisingly modern and more advanced than you would usually find. Does that help at all?

He can try, but it might not yield the results you want.

No problem. Just keep in mind if you ever want to add anything, feel free to ask about it. I wanted to give you guys a lot of freedom to shape the world how you wanted.

Probably. You'd have to be good at hiding it though.

Probably. She'd have to be pretty good at petting though.

As one that is pet often, I can say some are definitely better than others.