The World of Sorrow

[Halubaris Maphotika]

I had a lot of caffeine in my veins tonight so I got this insane need to create my own fantasy world. I have been working on it all night. I have made a map along with some basic information pertaining to kingdoms and races.

 

[spoiler=Map]

 

 

This is the World of Sorrow

[spoiler=Races of Sorrow]

[spoiler=Mortae]

This world's version of humans. Average height range from 5'6 to 5'9 at age 40, at which point the Mortae stop growing with age. Only make up about 5% of the entire world's population. Legends say they were one of the most powerful races in the world of Sorrow as the extraordinarily powerful Dausolean Empire. The Empire reportedly stretched all across the land of Sorrow, and enslaved all non-Mortae races. As they gained more power, they began to forsake their creator, the Goddess Darla, which angered her immensely. In response, Darla caused rain to pour over the bulk of the continent for 15 years, and on the 15th year, unleashed a massive flood that sunk 3/4's of the Dausolean Empire under water. A combined force of Fare and Reshi eventually drove the Mortae back, as thousands of Mortae who survived the flooding, or weren't at the flood's epicenter, were found and killed in a genocide that lasted decades until the Mortae retreated to the farthest reaches of Sorrow. Secluding themselves from the world for their sins.

 

[spoiler=Fare]Mortae-like in appearance except for glaring differences. For one, their ear lobes stretch all the way down to their chin, and their eyes are pure white with no pupils. Most Fare regard their ear lobes with high esteem, and any piercing of them, or removal of them, is punishable by death. To desecrate the ears of a Fare, whether self-inflicted or not, is considered treason of the highest order under Pander-Dalian and Casteronian Law. Fare are the second most populous race in all of Sorrow.

 

[spoiler=Reshi]Humanoid in size and structure. They are notable for their blood-red skin color, and lack of noses or ears. There are merely holes on both sides where ears would be. And their noses are simply two slits where their noses would be. Despite this, Reshi have acute sense of hearing and smelling, and are talented hunters. Reshi are Omnivores by nature. Reshi have an extreme dislike for the Fare, as the two races have been mortal enemies for centuries. In fact, the only recorded time they were allies was during their resistance to the occupation of the Dausolean Empire, as both races united to defeat the rising Empire.

 

[spoiler=Derks]The Derks are almost identical to the Reshi, except for the fact that their skin color is an extremely dark Purple, and all of their teeth are sharpened as fangs. The origins of the Derks are disputed depending on who you talk to. The Reshi Kingdoms teach that the Derks were once Reshi; a collection of Tarnibore's worst criminals, who escaped their prisons and fled to the mountains. The Derks teach it differently. The Derks claim that they were made up of the poor and sick within the Tarnibore kingdom, and rebelled against a neglectful government, they quickly lost against the larger Tarnibore forces, and fled to the mountains of Techi. Regardless of the truth to either story, centuries of living in caves has turned their skin an extremely dark purple, and eating as scavengers has caused their teeth to change drastically, being made up of fangs rather than normal teeth. Despite their almost savage nature, and revealing clothing, the Derks are extremely intelligent and are good friends with the Fare races, who find a common enemy in the Reshi. The Derks have deep hatred for the Reshi that spans centuries. The Derks are primarily carnivores, as they hate fruits and vegetables. Nevertheless, their cooking is highly respected in Fare chef circles, with noted Fare Chef Calip-Dotch calling the Derk cuisine "Some of the finest in all of Sorrow."

 

 

[spoiler=Kingdoms]

[spoiler=Pander-Dali]

 

Empire closest to the Afterworld Islands. Smallest of the Four Main Kingdoms. Maintain good relations with the Kingdoms of Techi and Casterond.

 

Primary Race: Fare

 

Total Population of Kingdom: Approx-1.5 Million

 

Primary Religion of Empire: Fardanism: Worship of the God Fardan.

 

Government Structure: Religious Theocracy. Matters of the state are decided by the High Council, who answer to the Religious order known as the Council of the Charmed. Those among the Charmed are the Empire's highest ranked Religious Leaders. The Charmed mainly deal with matters of religious heresy, however.

 

Castle Dashi-Dulin: Capital of the Pander-Dalian Empire. This is where the High Council sit and meet to discuss legislation and matters of the State.

 

Fort Cas-Deetdeet: Primary border-fort guarding the main entrance bridges leading to the Capital.

 

Sah-Sah Village: Small Village within the Pander-Dalian Empire.

 

Cope-Dorino City: Island city that is home to the most wealthy of Pander-Dali's aristocrats.

 

 

[spoiler=Casterond]

 

Empire situated between Techi and Pander-Dali. Maintains good relations with both neighboring countries. Third largest of the Four Main Kingdoms.

 

Primary Race: Fare

 

Total Population: Approx-2.6 Million

 

Primary Religion of Empire: Fardanism.

 

Government Structure: Oligarchy/Pseudo-Theocracy. Respects the Charmed, but also operates under its own sovereignty through politicians elected by High Class citizenry.

 

Dupont: Capital of the Casteronian Empire. Houses elected officials who discuss matters of the State and future legislation.

 

Cassin City: Large city within Casterond. Cassin City has the largest Fare population in all of Sorrow.

 

Sofin Town: Small town within Casterond.

 

Fort Jonstain: Primary Military training center. Known as "No-Hope Castle", the fort is notorious for its rigorous training regimen and harsh climate, utilized to toughen up rookie soldiers.

 

 

[spoiler=Tarnibore]

 

Small Empire situated behind Techi. Is a noted enemy of Techi and does not maintain good relations with the country. Maintains good relations with the R.S. and Seddharan Empires. All three Empires form the Reshi Trinity. It is believed that the Derks were once Reshi who rebelled against the Tarnibore government. After losing the rebellion, the remaining survivors of the Tarniboran Civil War ran to the mountains, where they lived in caves and survived off of the deadly animals in the mountains. Over time they evolved into a different creature entirely, now known as the Derks. The Reshi do not look kindly upon the Derks, and the two races have been known to feud from time to time.

 

Primary Race: Reshi

 

Total Population: Approx-850,000

 

Primary Religion of Kingdom: Kharnism. Worship of the Goddess Kharn.

 

Government Structure: Oligarchy. Three elected officials known as "The Three Elders" rule the Kingdom.

 

Tarqinloros: Capital city of Tarnibore. Contains the bulk of the Tarniboran population and is home to the Three Elders, the leaders of the Tarniboran Kingdom.

 

Fort Dreddei: Military stronghold of Tarnibore.

 

 

[spoiler=Seddhara]

 

The second largest of the Four Main Kingdoms. Seddhara boasts the second largest Reshi population in all of Sorrow. Maintains good relations with both the R.S. and Tarnibore. Is noted enemies with both Fare kingdoms and Techi.

 

Primary Race: Reshi

 

Total Population: Approx-3.4 Million

 

Primary Religion: Kharnism.

 

Government Structure: Matriarchal Monarchy. Entirety of Empire is ruled by Queen, and past down through Female descendants.

 

Tukisha: Capital city of Seddhara and is the city with the largest, central Reshi population in all of Sorrow.

 

Ladan Village: Small village near the River of the Sword.

 

Deshare City: Large city located at the edge of Lotari Lagoon.

 

River Liverat: Small river with a community living north of the it. The community recognizes themselves as "Liverat Town", but the Queen disregards the area as just a small commune of civilians.

 

Gonchi Village: Village near Galhadir Port.

 

Galhadir Port: Large Port used for transport of trade and civilians between the R.S. and Seddhara.

 

 

[spoiler=Republic of Sange]

 

Originally part of the Seddharan Empire, growing tensions between the Kharnists and Zarvists cause the empire to erupt in an enormous civil war in the early 7100's. Both sides agreed to a truce towards the end of the 7300's in what was one of the longest Civil Wars in the history of Sorrow. Nowadays, both countries maintain good relations with one another, but will most likely never unite as one country again. Boasts the largest total Reshi population in all of Sorrow. Does not maintain good relations with both Far Empires and Techi. Maintains great relations with both Seddhara and Tarnibore, forming the Reshi Trinity.

 

Primary Race: Reshi

 

Total Population: 4.1 Million.

 

Primary Religion: Zarvism. Worship of the God King Zarvat.

 

Government Structure: City-State Democracy. Each City/Town/Village/Port City elects their own officials to run affairs within their own communities. All mini governments answer to the Main Courts, who decide National laws that concern the entire Kingdom.

 

Armagoria: Capital City of the Republic of Sange. Is the Religious, Educational, and Political heart of the R.S.

 

Ludentar: Small town across from Armagoria.

 

Port Dumaki: Port city that conducts trade with Seddhara's Galhadir Port. Primary trade center of the R.S.

 

Tipshin Town: Small town near the edge of the kingdom.

 

Sadhi: Home to the most wealthy of R.S. civilians.

 

Fort Couche: Military Barracks near Sadhi.

 

Militair: Once a fort; it's destruction during the Seddharan Civil War made it inoperable as a Military Base. It was then constructed to be a University, and is now the most prestigious University in all of the R.S. Fort Couche was made to replace the original fort.

 

The Gathering: The living quarters of many Kharnist Ministers, who make their pilgrimage up the mountains to the Temple of Kharna to ascend as Ministers.

 

Temple of Kharn: The main religious temple of Kharnism, many Kharnist Minister-Apprentices, in accordance with their religious doctrine, make a pilgrimage to this temple to ascend as full Ministers of Kharna.

 

Fort Ctark: Military barracks near Midarvi.

 

Midarvi: Small city in the Republic of Sange.

 

Serat Village: Small village near Fort Ctark. Despite this, it is home to the largest Kharnist population in the Republic of Sange, an empire that is predominantly Zarvist.

 

 

[spoiler=Techi]

 

Primary kingdom of the Derk Race. The entire kingdom is made up of dry mountains, and the living quarters of most Derks are homes carved into these mountains. As such, the Derks populate almost the entirety of the Techi Mountains. Maintain good relations with the Fare kingdoms. Does maintain good relations with any of the Reshi kingdoms.

 

Primary Race: Derks

 

Total Population: Approx-29,000

 

Primary Religion: Zarvism.

 

Government Structure: Anarcho-Populist. The majority rule in terms of rules, there is no central government in place.

 

The Mount: Capital city of the Techi Empire. It is an enormous palace carved into the largest of the Techi Mountains. It is also the Zarvist Worship Center for the Derks.

 

 

 

[spoiler=OTHER PLACES]

[spoiler=The Dense Islands]

 

Collection of islands, only known habitat for Mortae, who are now only 5% of the entire World's population.

 

Village of the Lost: Island village within the Dense Isles.

 

Primary Race: Mortae

 

Population: Approx-9,000.

 

Primary Religion: Hestatarianism. Believe in the teachings of the Mortae prophet Hestatara, that all Mortae must endure eternal damnation and beg forgiveness for the sins of their fathers. Within this they worship the Goddess Darla for forgiveness for nine days each year, known as the Nine Tributes.

 

Dejhet Island:

 

Island with unknown attributes. Believed to be universally cursed by the Mortae, who fear venturing near. No one who has reached the island has come back alive. Surrounded by extremely dense fog.

 

Ruins of Dausolea:

 

Ruined city containing the only on-land ruins of the fallen Dausolean Empire.

 

 

[spoiler=Afterworld Islands]

 

Collection of islands off the coast of Pander-Dali. Contains mostly Fare's, worshipers of the God Mitani. Worship of Mitani is forbidden by both Fare Kingdoms, for it's practices and for the God that is worshiped. Fare who ascribe to this religion flee to the Islands as a way to escape persecution. These Fare are easily noticeable as their ear lobes have been cut off, a sign of their rejection of Modern Fare customs.

 

Castle of the Dead: Ruined fort that once belonged to the Fare. Abandoned many centuries ago. It is now the primary gathering area for all Forsaken (Fare's who worship Mitani are called this). Though the worshipers call themselves Followers of Mitani, or "Mitanil".

 

Primary Race: Fare

 

Population: Approx-4,000

 

Primary Religion: Mitanism. Worship of the God of the Underworld Mitani.

 

Necrosia: Small village where future Priests of Mitani are groomed and taught the ways of the religion. Most Mitanil live in the Castle of the Dead, however.

 

Primary Race: Fare

 

Population: Approx-500

 

Primary Religion: Mitanism.

 

 

 

There are five main gods in the universal religion of Sorrow.

 

Kharn, Darla, Zarvat, Fardan, and Mitani

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

Not as good as my totally amazing maps but pretty good. The fog intrigues me.

Looks like you put a good amount of thought into this, that's nice. Only gotta remember that there should be some reason for the race separation, and the separate races in general. Have they always been separate, and did they just develop separately, or was there some kind of split? I see there's some cultural differences as well which is nice, more is better but I'm sure this isn't all there is there.

I like what I see so far.

And obligatory...

 

"Mitani"

(Mitama)

[Halubaris Maphotika]

Not as good as my totally amazing maps but pretty good. The fog intrigues me.

Looks like you put a good amount of thought into this, that's nice. Only gotta remember that there should be some reason for the race separation, and the separate races in general. Have they always been separate, and did they just develop separately, or was there some kind of split? I see there's some cultural differences as well which is nice, more is better but I'm sure this isn't all there is there.

I like what I see so far.

And obligatory...

 

"Mitani"

(Mitama)

While most Sorrow scholars are not 100% in agreement over what started these ideas, the generally accepted explanation was that there was originally a universal peace characterized by an alliance among all of the races (The Derks did not exist during this time).

 

The year this map was christened was 11,441 5th Age. Time is recorded in a different manner, and is dependent on "Ages" split into important time periods. Scholars are in universal agreement that Sorrow could possibly be billions of years old, but recorded history (as "recorded" as it could possibly be) only goes back as far as 71,441 years before the christening of this map.

 

The modern Sorrowan Calendar was moved to the year 0 on the year of the flood that sunk the Dausolean Empire. As such, the age is defined, not only by the number year, but by the Age.

 

These are the current recorded Ages in Sorrowan history.

 

Age of Zarvat: Origin-50,000 B.F. (Before Flood). This age is characterized as the age of creation, when Zarvat established the pantheon and helped build the world.

 

Age of Mitani: 50,000 B.F.-41,000 B.F. This is the age that is defined by the awakening of the races. This is also the age in which all of the races lived together in harmony.

 

Age of Fardan: 41,000 B.F.-18,000 B.F. This is the age characterized by the rise of the Fare population and the eventual feud that was birthed between the Fare and Reshi. It is unknown exactly what caused this feud.

 

Age of Darla: 18,000 B.F.-1 A.F. (After Flood). This is the age known for the extraordinary rise in population of the Mortae, and the eventual rise of the Dausolean Empire which would eventually take over 83% of all of Sorrow. The Age of Darla officially ended on the year 1 A.F. One year after the flood that sunk most of the Dausolean Empire.

 

The Age of Kharn is the current Age that is lived on the date this map was christened. It started in 2 A.F. and has not yet ended. It is called this because of the rise in the Reshi population, and the power of the Reshi Trinity.

[Simping For Hina]

What are the laws against/for sexual acts? I must have details.

[Halubaris Maphotika]

What are the laws against/for sexual acts? I must have details.

Depends.

 

The Fare and Reshi Empire's have extremely strict sodomy laws. Homosexuality is completely illegal in 5 Kingdoms. In Techi, sex is just another part of instinct, something that the Derks embrace. Generally the Fare don't care what the Derks do, only what their own kind do. The Reshi oppose such beliefs that the Derks hold, but are in no mood to go starting a war with the warrior bread Derks over such a trivial matter. The Mortae also enjoy a sexually liberated belief system, but have fatal penalties for the crime of rape (Which in the laws of the Mortae communities is worse than murder).

 

Forgot to mention that the Mitanil also believe in Homosexuality, hence their dislike towards Fare customs.