Crystal Waters-1

A world dotted with islands, ran by the three great gods of Behemoth, Leviathan and Ziz. People here are varied, ranging from human to start to avianfolk, seafolk and landfolk and the unhallowed "Untouched". Primarly a sea-based world.

Type: Blossom

Active Characters

Nadia Seawatcher

Overview

The world is in turmoil. At the start of creation, the three great gods, Behemoth, Leviathan, and Ziz, worked in harmony to build it. But over time, they grew bitter and jealous of one another, and began to squabble and fight, and the world bent with them.

Humankind's very nature became a battleground for the gods. The gods transform their servants into the Touched, human-plus beings who exemplify their element's great strengths, and levy curses on the servants of the others that cloud their minds and impede their bodies.

It is the Age of Leviathan, and water is winning. The world is coated in ocean. Waves that glisten like crystal sit, reflecting the odd islands that peek forth, or the raging storms that sweep across their mirrored surface and thus this has also been associated with the age of sailing ships and water power, harnessing it to work for mills.

Technology

The world of Crystal Waters tech level is roughly in the around the early 1700's. Steam power is rarely in use for mills and mining, but it's way too cumbersome to be used on ships. Houses are made with stone and wood and professions are vast. There are 'alchemists' on the lands, mostly for poultices and gunpowder creation for ship-borne cannons.

Trade Routes

With the world able to interact with the Tree, there's trade routes with some of the islands around the world mostly for small goods such as herbs, spices and cloth.

Xenophobia

Being a world with already many different races on it, xenophobia isn't really a huge thing in the world. There are those outliers who distrust the offworlders and even those not of their own kind and the majority of people distrust those who have went to the Untouched side, considering them disrupting the natural way of life. Humans from the other places are scrutinized but not outright turned away if they're traders, as they don't know if they've decided to stay 'human' or just waiting on their time to be Touched.

Magic

Despite the premise of people being changed into other things and the presence of gods that can do extraordinary things, there is no magic as you would typically find in a fantasy setting. No elemental spells or curative magic of the like exist in this world.