Magma Defender- (he's protecting that little guy, not hitting him!)
Magma bad guy
(I cant find the cave beast, darn it!)
Some people:
Military student
Gun used for defense against cave beasts
This kind of sucks, ill try to post some more!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
11- Environment Pictures!!
The Main Gates of Aglarost:
Some terrain surrounding the mountain caves:
Some terrain surrounding the mountain caves:
Inside the caves:
Volcano (oh noes!)
Temple of Kagu Tsuchi
Taken from Devianart, Conceptart, and google images.
Thats all!
Dictionary
Aglarost- Glorious city
Istalri- Fire
Momentum- Ordinary time/ daily life.
Collection- Farming.
Noldocora- Wise leaders.
The Inheritor- Military general.
Choosing- The time of trials. Tests given to children of age to place them in a vocation.
The Inheritor- Military general.
Choosing- The time of trials. Tests given to children of age to place them in a vocation.
Aglarost History
There was once a soldier who was cast out from his home nation and decided to create his own society. He found a monolithic volcano, he hiked his way to the top and peered down into the volcano. He saw a massive amount of lava inside of it, he thought he would forge a mystical sword and carve his city into the volcano itself. He went down into the volcano and saw that the lava was under a layer of rock with a small spring above. He forged the sword form this small pool and started to create his city, he began to cleave his legacy into the rock. He made his city into three tiers, the lowest being the Darklands. The Darklands housed some of the most hostile and fearsome creatures he had ever seen. He created his city above this layer with a huge door with which to keep them out. The city was built on the second level of the volcano, above the lava but close enough to forge in it. Above that is Valdar, the highest part of the volcano. It is as dangerous as the Darklands but the creatures there are docile unless provoked. He went to open the door one day to explore and fpund an interesting creature. The creature was feeding on a strange plant which seemed to give the creature unimaginable strength. He proceeded to capture the creature and soon enough it warmed up to him. He let the creature out of its cage and it led him to its brethren. He happened upon a dead body of a spo'oph. He heard one of the creatures scream and saw a worm-like creature he named the Noms. He saved the creatures from the Noms and they lived in symbiosis from that point on. He named the creatures Spo'ophs. His was named Chow, the greatest of all Spo'ophs. He proceeded to have other citizens enter his city. The city began to flourish, he named it Aglarost meaning glorious city. He explored the Darklands from the rest of his days and found the Guardian to his sword. It was a giant black dragon which he tamed enough to guard his sword. He named the dragon Amatsu. He then went to the deepest part of the Darklands and there he never returned. The city now strives to be the best and most advanced civilization ever created.
Monday, November 15, 2010
8. Journal Entries
Monday, first day of Collection. Menel. Second age.
Long, grueling day. The crops are in an overgrow right now. Outside the plants are abundant and all of us must collect. And the more plants that are grown, the higher the quota that must be met. And the gyres are the hardest to collect. So myself and my sons were outside for most of the morning collecting. Today is Battleschool for my sons, and Forge for myself. Temple and Academy are in the days following and they need to be ready. Choosing, where my sons will find their true calling, is after the final day of Collection. The tests are rigorous and I worry for them. I don't want them in Battleschool and an Acolyte is out of the question... I want them in Forge so I can watch over them. But it's not my choice.
Saturday, The Choosing. Temple of Istalri. Second Age.
The Hierarch is anxious about Choosing. The children have all been through the rights, and they've been tested by the Inheritor, Sadron and the Blades, The Headmaster of the Academy, and the Benefactor. All that's left is the Zealot to see who's worthy of Temple. I remember my Initiation... It was the scariest moment of my life. The few of us that hadn't been picked by the rest of the Noldocora all in a line waiting outside of Istalri. The Hierarch walks in front of the line waiting for the ones worthy of the Branding. I remember the screams from the ones too scared for the Trials. But I was determined to finish. Now magma courses through my veins and fire burns in my eyes. And I get to watch and Brand the ones who's spot I was once in.
Friday, fifth day of Momentum. Third level of Darklands. Second Age.
I hear voices in the dark. I'm too far down to hear the life from Menel and I can hear the darklings in the distance. I have to get out. Sadron is ruthless. And with an iron fist the Blades led me down here. There's nothing. Just dark. I'm farther down than the spo'ophs and I feel like Amatsu is breathing down my neck. All I was left with was a torch and a seraph blade. And no way out that I can see... I have to get out. Slowly. Painfully. I can feel myself disappearing from reality. Aglarost seems so far away from me. Nothing is worth this. Nothing is worth the dar. I want to get back. I'll take a fire baptism and 10 rounds in the colosseum against the Inheritor himself than this. The creatures are coming. And I don't see a way out...
Long, grueling day. The crops are in an overgrow right now. Outside the plants are abundant and all of us must collect. And the more plants that are grown, the higher the quota that must be met. And the gyres are the hardest to collect. So myself and my sons were outside for most of the morning collecting. Today is Battleschool for my sons, and Forge for myself. Temple and Academy are in the days following and they need to be ready. Choosing, where my sons will find their true calling, is after the final day of Collection. The tests are rigorous and I worry for them. I don't want them in Battleschool and an Acolyte is out of the question... I want them in Forge so I can watch over them. But it's not my choice.
Saturday, The Choosing. Temple of Istalri. Second Age.
The Hierarch is anxious about Choosing. The children have all been through the rights, and they've been tested by the Inheritor, Sadron and the Blades, The Headmaster of the Academy, and the Benefactor. All that's left is the Zealot to see who's worthy of Temple. I remember my Initiation... It was the scariest moment of my life. The few of us that hadn't been picked by the rest of the Noldocora all in a line waiting outside of Istalri. The Hierarch walks in front of the line waiting for the ones worthy of the Branding. I remember the screams from the ones too scared for the Trials. But I was determined to finish. Now magma courses through my veins and fire burns in my eyes. And I get to watch and Brand the ones who's spot I was once in.
Friday, fifth day of Momentum. Third level of Darklands. Second Age.
I hear voices in the dark. I'm too far down to hear the life from Menel and I can hear the darklings in the distance. I have to get out. Sadron is ruthless. And with an iron fist the Blades led me down here. There's nothing. Just dark. I'm farther down than the spo'ophs and I feel like Amatsu is breathing down my neck. All I was left with was a torch and a seraph blade. And no way out that I can see... I have to get out. Slowly. Painfully. I can feel myself disappearing from reality. Aglarost seems so far away from me. Nothing is worth this. Nothing is worth the dar. I want to get back. I'll take a fire baptism and 10 rounds in the colosseum against the Inheritor himself than this. The creatures are coming. And I don't see a way out...
4. Utopian Animal
The native animal to Aglarost is known as a spo'oph. It is the work horse of our society . We use it for many different tasks including farming, hunting, cleaning, transportation, and gaming, and they're also just household pets. Our founder discovered these while searching the depths of the volcano. He captured one and tamed it. The spo'ophs are quite intelligent. In fact the spo'oph that Jakiro captured was able to lead him back to the depths of the volcano and show him his people. Even though he could not communicate with the spo'ophs, he was able to see what happened to them. They were the food source for most of the creatures in the darklands. That's why they lived near the mouth of the darklands. But their main predator was a creature called the Nom. He was a great beast that hunted the spo'ophs to near extinction. So Jakiro decided to kill the Nom that was harassing the spo'oph herd. He was able to kill the Nom using Zulfiquar. Once he did this he took his spo'oph which he called Chow, back to the Menel. Seeing how happy Chow was with Jakiro, the other spo'ophs decided to go to with Jakiro to live in peace and prosperity with him.
The spo'ophs are held in high esteem in the society. Even though they are the work horse they are treated very well. If you harm or abuse your spo'oph, you will get your spo'oph taken away for one year, and that one year wait will start once you go through Ascension. And the Ascension will be surviving the journey from second lowest level of the dark lands to Valdar. And the Acolytes will judge if you are worthy of rejoining the society, and if you will ever get your spo'oph back.
Overall the Spo'ophs are around 4'6, but what they lack in height they make up for in strength. We mainly use them for farming but as mentioned before they are used for hunting. They mainly retrieve the animals, and very rarely actually hunt. They also clean, and are used as a main source of transportation. Also every Friday you can enter your Spo'oph in the races and if your spo'oph wins you get a special prize.
The spo'ophs are held in high esteem in the society. Even though they are the work horse they are treated very well. If you harm or abuse your spo'oph, you will get your spo'oph taken away for one year, and that one year wait will start once you go through Ascension. And the Ascension will be surviving the journey from second lowest level of the dark lands to Valdar. And the Acolytes will judge if you are worthy of rejoining the society, and if you will ever get your spo'oph back.
Overall the Spo'ophs are around 4'6, but what they lack in height they make up for in strength. We mainly use them for farming but as mentioned before they are used for hunting. They mainly retrieve the animals, and very rarely actually hunt. They also clean, and are used as a main source of transportation. Also every Friday you can enter your Spo'oph in the races and if your spo'oph wins you get a special prize.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)