Post by Saga Singer on Nov 3, 2019 23:09:26 GMT
General
Sun Saga is a freeform sandbox fantasy role-playing forum. Here's what we mean by that:
Sandbox: The world is there to be developed and created by the community. We establish the foundation and underlying rules of the world, but then it is free for each of you develop your own little corner.
Freeform: There is no dice rolling system, no character attributes, no skill lists, or game mechanics. Think of this as a collaborative story-telling space rather than a game.
Fantasy: Well, I was trying best to define this, but it turns out there's an entire academic field related to defining this. (And your chief admin/founder is getting his master's degree in it )
So, we are a community of writers and worldbuilders with a passion for fantasy storytelling who have gathered together to create an epic story of our own. We tell stories the way one would write a novel, treating each other with respect and courtesy to bring each other's work into a tighter whole and harmony. By creating threads, we make smaller stories, and posting develops the stories to their fullness.
Setting
Sun Saga takes place in a feudalistic world in which gunpowder and steam technology have not yet developed. Think 11th and 12 century Eurasia. Knights clad in full plate ride chargers at grand tournaments for the favor of their love, but also charge into battle with weapons that deal devastatingly gruesome damage. Castles are built to withstand sieges while trebuchets and catapults are built to bring down their walls. Medicine is undeveloped and there is always a fear that a plague might break loose.
Yet there are also Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, and other fantastical species that dwell in this world, adding their own culture and lore to the grand saga that we all tell. Sorcerers, necromancers, vampires, and draugr lurk in the forgotten corners of the world, striving to raise their undead armies to bring the world of the living under their sway.
Plot
A thousand years ago, the High King of the Elves summoned all the rulers of humankind, dwarfkind, orckind, and the other other races to form a pact that bound them all in an alliance against Xeranax, God of Undeath, and his avatar who had rallied all the forces of undead those who would serve them into a great coalition to conquer the world. This pact of the humanoid races was named the Sun Pact for their unifying emblem of the Sun-God Solanas. This Sun Pact launched a great crusade against the forces of Undeath that has lasted for a thousand years, with their entire societies shifting to adapt to the endless state of warfare they found themselves in.
Seeing the omens good to bring an end to the war, the High King called for one mighty assault on the northern lands that had fallen under the purview of the Lords of Undeath, the assembled host marched north to the great guarded plain between the mountain passes and marched north.
Only a few ever straggled back, for some new sorcery was deployed by one side or the other and annihilated all of the armies.
That was twenty years ago. A vigil was kept on the mountain passes, but nothing has stirred on either side for twenty years. Some say the crusade is finally over. Others say that now is the time to strike and push for another assault. Meanwhile, the various kingdoms and realms find themselves at relative peace, but militarized, and long-buried tensions and conflicts begin to erupt, threatening the unity of the Sun Pact.
Yet the Lords of Undeath are not so easily beaten. They too lurk in their distant north, watching the sunlit lands to the south, and plot their coming conquest, building their strength, and warring amongst each other for power and prestige.
What next?
This is where you come in! If you like the idea of this world and its story, register for an account with a character name, create their character bio, and hop in to threads! Start telling your own story with the other writers as we continue the plot.
Feel free to stop by our discord: discord.gg/KWe3DNZ