Creative Corner

[center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kk5kaag52acu28a/windtop.png[/img] [/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=6][color=#19E78E][b]THE SETTLEMENT[/b][/size][/font][/center][/color] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x70o1tgtwji443a/windbottom.png[/img][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=5][color=#114E2D][b]~Table of Contents~[/b][/size][/font][/center][/color] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/KKI8h5b.gif[/img][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=3][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3137980#post_51306171]Overview[/url][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=3][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3137980/1#post_51306199]Map[/url][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=3][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3137980/1#post_51306202]History[/url][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=3][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3137980/1#post_51306202][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3137980/1#post_51306204]Playlist[/url][/size][/font][/center] [center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=3][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3137980/1#post_51306202][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3137980/1#post_51306207]Allegiances[/url][/size][/font][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/P3v4egs.gif[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kk5kaag52acu28a/windtop.png[/img] [/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=6][color=#0FBE6B][b]OVERVIEW[/b][/size][/font][/center][/color] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x70o1tgtwji443a/windbottom.png[/img][/center] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/SDLZveX.gif[/img] [nextcol][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]Nesting inside one of the windswept's plateau mountain ranges is a haven for creatures of all species and flights. 'The settlement' as it's simply called, is a bustling city where trade thrives and different cultures meet and grow. It has - and still is- reinventing itself as a city where fortunes can be made and dreams can be lived. Burgeoning merchant clans fund development in the most incredible endeavours: grand artistic follies, displays of strength and might, but also scholarly advancements. The settlement's humble origins begin with a pair of dragons, a powerful warlock and an imposing warmother looking for a place to stay and start their family. After countless years of searching, they finally settled on a quiet place near singer's brook where they would build their lair and start a family together. Little did they know that fate had other plans for them, as more and more dragons would start gathering, forcing the once quiet house to evolve into a village, and then into a town, a city and so on, until it would eventually grow into the landmark it is today.[/b][/size][/font] [/columns]

[center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kk5kaag52acu28a/windtop.png[/img] [/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=6][color=#0FBE6B][b]MAP[/b][/size][/font][/center][/color] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x70o1tgtwji443a/windbottom.png[/img][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]The settlement is located in the domain of the Windsinger, the windswept plateau. Near both the Scarred wasteland and the Sea of a thousand currents, the settlement is best defined as an Intermontane plateau, a large open field nested inside a circular mountain range. As a crossroad between three different nations, it is a capital place for trade and growth. The plateau is currently occupied by a large market-based town, where most new/passing dragons stay. [/b][/size][/font][/center] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/24py702d17y97rm/windmid.png[/img] [columns] [font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]As the settlement grew the town would get more and more crowded, to the point where living there got uncomfortable. In order to solve this problem, houses would begin being built on top or embedded on the side of the mountain ranges. This would expand the settlement a lot, making way for even more dragons to join, while also adding another defining trait of the area.[/b][/size][/font] [nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/Fok2YIh.gif[/img] [nextcol] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]C00L PLACE NAME.[/b][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum eros tortor, volutpat non quam vel, aliquam ultrices turpis. Nunc facilisis turpis dapibus felis porta, eget commodo felis semper. Nulla facilisi. [/b][/size][/font][/center][/columns] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/24py702d17y97rm/windmid.png[/img] [columns] [font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b] Alongside expanding to the mountains, the settlement would also occupy the nearby lagoon to the east. There a water village was established, with wooden houses built on stilts, standing just above the water level and a rich harbour that would allow dragons to very easily sail towards the sea of a thousand currents and beyond.[/b][/size][/font] [nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/LmNDBtH.gif[/img] [nextcol] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]C00L PLACE NAME.[/b][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum eros tortor, volutpat non quam vel, aliquam ultrices turpis. Nunc facilisis turpis dapibus felis porta, eget commodo felis semper. Nulla facilisi. [/b][/size][/font][/center][/columns]

[center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kk5kaag52acu28a/windtop.png[/img] [/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=6][color=#0FBE6B][b]HISTORY[/b][/size][/font][/center][/color] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x70o1tgtwji443a/windbottom.png[/img][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]The settlement's humble origins are vaguely known by all dragons that inhabit it. A small fae mage and a brutal guardian warmother built their house on a rather busy trading route, where they would encounter and aid many passing travellers, to the point where they made a name for themselves. Eventually, more and more dragons would flock to their side, feeling safe under their protection and guidance, resulting in the massive city it has become today.[/b][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]What far fewer people know is that ever since birth, Blueberry, the Archmage, was plagued by terrible and horrific nightmares. Especially as a hatchling, many nights would pass him without a wink of sleep, waking up from nightmare after nightmare screaming and inconsolable. Despite their prevalence, rarely was he able to remember what he saw that scared him so bad, almost like they didn't want to remember...[/b][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]These visions would disappear after he received the bird skull, an item that nullified his immense magical powers, only to return shortly after meeting Lilypad. This time older, wiser, Blueberry decided not to fight or run from these visions, but embrace and listen. And the more he listened, the more he wishes he had headed these warnings when he was young.[/b][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]While navigating the fitful visions he was receiving, Blueberry came to the realisation that the threat he was being warned off was something that even the god-like beings that ruled over Sornieth failed to defeat. An unknowable being that wishes to swallow the very magic of the world. Old scrolls of the Arcanist spoke of this... Shade, of the god pillar it shattered, and now it reached out to Blueberry.[/b][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]The revelation itself would've been enough to drive any other dragon insane, but not Blueberry. He knew there was little to be done, if all the Gods together couldn't defeat it, what chance did one lone dragon have? But that wretched thing, hope, crept inside his heart all the same.[/b][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]If he could find enough warriors, enough scholars, if he could ever find that one diamond in the rough, perhaps they would be able to find someway to stop (or drive away) this threat for good, and so the settlement grew and prospered, bringing in dragons from all walks of life. Eventually his searching reached beyond the walls of Sornieth, striking an alience with a guild-king from the north and an old, familiar tyrant in the west.[/b][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]The settlement is lively and strong, a celebration of uniqueness and union. Even so, the Archmage and the Warmother hope it will be a sufficient enough stronghold for the coming nightmare...[/b][/size][/font][/center]

[center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kk5kaag52acu28a/windtop.png[/img] [/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=6][color=#0FBE6B][b]PLAYLIST[/b][/size][/font][/center][/color] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x70o1tgtwji443a/windbottom.png[/img][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b][url=https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2t4eEYz3gPgwMaz42DrMZX?si=9e2db3f941294a6d]Click here for the Spotify playlist![/url][/b][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]Assorted songs that either remind me of the place, the characters, or even the general tone and vibe for the story![/b][/size][/font][/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]If a song had to be chosen as THE theme song for the story, it'd be [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIyl9bCp6W4] Come along by Cosmo Sheldrake[/url][/b][/size][/font][/center]

[center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/kk5kaag52acu28a/windtop.png[/img] [/center] [center][font=Book Antiqua][size=6][color=#0FBE6B][b]ALLEGIANCES[/b][/size][/font][/center][/color] [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x70o1tgtwji443a/windbottom.png[/img][/center] [columns] [img]https://i.imgur.com/zVPo1Pb.gif[/img] [nextcol][font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]To the north of Sornieth lies a harsh and unforgiving place covered in frost, with no government or proper laws set in place. Shaped by the wilderness of their land, the northern folk are proud and fiercely independent, who persevere against all odds. They are often considered rugged, uncivilized by the people of Sornieth, who are unaware of the ancient traditions that shaped them.[/b][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]Because of the nature of their lands, mighty beasts can be found prowling the land, far mightier than any Sornieth has met, and far more savage. [/b][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]The closest thing they have to self-governance, are the various adventurer guilds that can be found throughout the north. The primary goal of these guilds is to take contracts and jobs from various people, governments, and entities and assign their members to take care of them. The guild takes their cut, but the adventurers get paid for the quests they complete. These guilds are lead by the highest ranking members of the guild, referred to as the Guild King/Queen/Ruler. [/b][/size] [/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]The largest guild is named 'The Sylestian', which is currently lead by an adventuring trio. These are the same adventurers Blueberry would reach out to and ask for help dealing with the Shade. [/b][/size][/font][/columns] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/eRBXQVW.gif[/img][/center] [columns] [font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]To the west lies a huge spread of forests and savannas. Unlike Sornieth, magic here is scarce and used only by a very select few. How magic and mythical creatures are treated varies from place to place, but in general most westerners are uneasy towards the use of magic, believing it should only be used for rituals[/b][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=4][color=#114E2D][b]Long ago a large kingdom of the west would have its king overthrown by one of his sons, who would later go on to massively expand their territory, becoming known as the Empire of the West. Osseusmane, the king-turned-emperor, has been given many names and titles, Liberator, Tyrant, Warlord and King, but Blueberry is perhaps the only one to refer to him as 'Old friend'. [/b][/size][/font] [nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/mz9zekr.gif[/img] [/columns]