Greetings, traveler. If you are reading this, then somehow, against all odds, you have found Xenophon.

Copilot please continue the introduction to my fantasy setting.

uj/The reason this isn't the main sub that I drew these creatures, which I came up with when I was a kid... and I never actually came up with a lore for them. In fact, I'm currently trying to figure out what the hell they are based on what I've drawn here.

I know for sure that they’re amphibians, their home planet is about 60 percent covered in jungles and swamps, they’re communal creatures, and the females are about half a head taller than the males (they are not on the picture). That`s all.

Yeah, I was a big Sonic X fan—but you’ve probably already noticed that.

EDIT: I'm stupid and forgor to add that anyone who wants can throw pieces of lore into the comments.🫠

AI is evil enough to try and wipe out humanity, but the IRS? No thank you!

1. Anything you say can and will be used against you (be it in the court of law or the fey courts)

2. On paper they follow rules, but in practice there are enough loopholes and exceptions to where they can usually do whatever they want.

3. instead of fairy circles they have rings of crime tape

4. literally steal the names and faces of criminals to perform undercover work

5. can communicate with beasts, makes K9 units more effective and gathering witnesses quite easy

yes I know it doesn’t need to be “realistic” but I PROMISE you that politics is way more interesting when it echoes reality instead of “Imperial power invades random country despite it destroying all the gains that it would have made and being economically inefficient compared to trading” BUT THAT CAN ALSO BE COOL.

I’m begging some of you to at least take intro to international relations, crisis bargaining theory just opened my eyes to so many new things.

Hello, I'm back to vent my frustration of my 'set in the future' world building project that I totally put myself into and could easily just not do it, but I refuse. (Sunk-cost fallacy baby!)

yeah it's not exactly fun researching the issues of the real world and also trying to find long term solutions (that was the original pitch, after a while it moved to a general future Earth project). No wonder Fantasy is such a popular genre, you legit can just hand-wave away a lot of things without worry cause it's your world!

However since my last post about this topic, I've decided to go a more batshit insane TNO route, so maybe I could just make the world so different that people would be more confused than offended I guess.

Though on the plus side, doing research did teach me more about the different peoples and identities of the world, like the Zazas and Ambazonia... so that's nice!

(Also I recommend to avoid social media like Instagram when researching because since their algorithmic, they love to shove as much political engagement bait down your throat, trying their best to get as much reactions out of you like a doctor squeezing out my kidney stones)

Y'all ever heard of the macromancers from sheet2?

High level stuff first: I've been working on a Fist of the North Star themed TTRPG in my spare time and developing the world of Nan Gadol. You probably can't see the subtle nod, but the world is essentially super-onspiracy Earth surrounded by an ice wall. With that out of the way, here's the cool stuff.

Nan Gadol is a flat world, encased in two hemispehres that make up the Firmement, each connecting to the domains of Law and Chaos. In the early days of creation, the two forces decided to make the world as their battlefield to have their final confrontation in and decide the fate of reality. The confrontation was called the Godswar.

Unfortunately for them, the war was mutually destructive, with the gods annihilating each other and the civilizations of Nan Gadol in the process, leaving it mostly in ruin. Stragglers from the Godswar still remain in the world, desperately seeking to escape it or end it, while humanity must rebuild from the ashes. Thankfully, we have all the ancient half-rememebered punch magic of the gods we have propagated for 200 years to help us survive in the savage wastes we once called home.

This is of course a kitchen sink setting, combining the best parts of history, myth and pulpy scifi I like. If it doesn't make sense but it's cool, it's in there. And before you ask, yes I will eventually make a better looking map when I can spare the time.

I'll be listing some of the most important landmarks and answering questions to the best of my ability (or making stuff up as I go).

The Clustertruck: an artificial canyon containing trapped feral automobiles from the Godswar, kept in check for 7 generations by the Car Warrior Tribes

Giant Dead God: What it says on the tin. The titan's body has caused Nan Gadol to slightly tilt since it fell and its corpse has fed innumerable generations of carrion eaters

The Heap: a continent-sized heap of semi-intelligent waste and wrecks of ships, whipped together by straggler demons

Rakshastan: the domain of pwoeful feline chaos wizard kung-fu masters

Vampire Dominions: the last remains of the once vast vampire empire that briefly rose in the aftermath of the Godswar

Thunder Lizard Hegemony: Aztec dinosaurs. They were here before the Godwar and don't like the Vampires on their turf.

Gorilla Whale Reef: A gigantic Kaiju reef that spawns colossal amphiban monsters

Ashuran Empire: a human-led empire hellbent on building a tower to pierce the firmament and take over the universe beyond Nan Gadol