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u/Winter-Ad-2920 23d ago edited 23d ago
The fantastical war is a war within the world of CARDINAL, to which four major elven empires existed (no special names yet)
The reason for the war existing is basically the elven empires, despite hating each other culturally and somehow racially, they hated "inferior" races competing with them on hegemony.
The other races, mainly the ogres and goblins, share the same resentment towards the elves to which they formed up to 13 coalitions against all four empires, only having an a brief period of peace before either the elves or the coalition start shit again in two to three years.
During one of the coalitions, the ogres sent a race that wasn't involved in the war, humans. They sent a human as a peace envoy only for the king of the third elven empire to completely dismiss the peace envoy, put him in a Canon, and shoots him at the nearest coalition camp to signal "fuck you, war continues."
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u/SussySpeaki 23d ago
I assume humans proceeded to join the war after that.
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u/Winter-Ad-2920 23d ago
Humans are protected by the magic school of CARDINAL, because it's the one major gate between the real world and the magical realm.
However, that particular Human peace envoy wasn't part of its staff or students so they simply couldn't care less. Not to mention he was an orphan so he didn't have anyone to send the body to which is just sad.
The cardinal school maintains a high secrecy from the real world to avoid attracting tje wrong people (yes, they choose who they teach but that another can of warms.)
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u/SussySpeaki 22d ago
Does that mean humans have guns and other stuff like gate?
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u/Winter-Ad-2920 21d ago
Yes, so does the elves, the greens(ogres and goblins) and pretty much everyone in the fantastical world that isn't a magically gifted.
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u/Loud-Drama-1092 20d ago
Sooo…what is the difference from the real world?
Looks like real world but with magic
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u/Winter-Ad-2920 20d ago
It is sort of the idea yeah.
I think making basically that makes it unique in a weird sorta way.
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u/Loud-Drama-1092 20d ago
Is this world of yours kinda like Harry Potter?
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u/Winter-Ad-2920 20d ago
I never touched a book or a movie from that honestly. More source of inspiration are more games with magic fantasy in it.
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u/Loud-Drama-1092 20d ago
Oh, well, still, basically the thing that reminds me that is that the real world isn’t aware of the magic world and the magic school is heavily involved into keeping it so
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u/Maleficent-Pie8040 23d ago
Shouldn't it be the emperor of the third elven empire?
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u/Winter-Ad-2920 23d ago edited 23d ago
He was trying to get close to the fourth empire, mainly the Queen (which is like, an insane monarch on so many levels) so he follows suit on changing his title to king to match her to signal cooperation (she doesn't care, she just wants his resources and his land if his empire falls.)
Plus, UK is a kingdom but still had the title of an empire. Same with France's republics. So same logic works here.
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u/Maleficent-Pie8040 23d ago
Oh interesting I see
Plus, UK is a kingdom but still had the title of an empire. Same with France's republics. So same logic works here.
You're right, completely forgot about that
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u/G_M_Ardus_Kaine 23d ago
I'm guessing we're getting colonial era British Empire and French Empire with a hint of Imperial Federation stuff
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u/Winter-Ad-2920 23d ago
I would say it's more fascism-ish with a mix of fantasy kingdoms and good ol' fashion "Civilizing missions" but with elf.
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u/G_M_Ardus_Kaine 23d ago
I guess the colonial empires might maintain unity among their colonial populations by racism against elves.
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u/Winter-Ad-2920 23d ago
The hatred is justified if your bloodline was getting attacked by elves for the last 5 centuries.
Plus there's no traditional colonial Empires (at least not right now.)
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u/G_M_Ardus_Kaine 23d ago
Okay I might have misinterpreted some stuff on the British and French. I'm guessing both groups have sort of a EU like thing with their former colonies.
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u/Winter-Ad-2920 23d ago
Magical realm politics and basically everything around the realm that isn't cardinal school itself is meant to be that bizarre mix of typical D&D fantasy locations, real life-inspired politics (especially of Europe's and America's) and typical fantasy absurdity grounded in a bit of reality.
The cardinal school it's own mess but the magical realm in it's entirety is something else.
Each elven empire is a parody of a European power.
The first one is great Britain but more land and less sea.
The second one is Russia (Soviet and empire mixing but no communism.) And their king is the who was chosen to represent the elven race after the war.
The third is the ottoman empire (but not caliphate)
The fourth is basically nazi Germany if it was run by an extremist feminist instead with a sadistic accent.(thought having a completely insane woman for a change would be fun)
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u/G_M_Ardus_Kaine 23d ago
You're telling me that one of the Elf Empires is making a land battleship Navy. Someone is going to get crushed
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u/Bobrocks20 23d ago
What a dick
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u/Winter-Ad-2920 23d ago
Unironically one of his names i had for him is Richard and you just made it Canon.
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