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The Land of Airavel

Nate · 2011-08-04T20:42:29Z

Note: This storybook is based on the now defunct 1000 Monkeys Project, which was an attempt at a massive collaborative work. ywsmap.jpg The map is originally by RayquazaKid . It shows the ocean to the west, the desert in the south, and the mountains and grasslands in the North-East. The green area is the land of Airavel. The yellow dot marks the city of Sanctum. Story The story begins in a world that is largely at peace; an Eden if you will. The gods (Oberon, Puck and Titania) though are in conflict. Oberon has learned that Titania has been going down to the world as a human female and is Caesar's, who is the ruler of Airavel, lover. When Oberon demands that Titania hand over Caesar (a human) for punishment, Titania refuses. Oberon subsequently orders Puck, the trickster god, to turn Caesar's allies against him. After Caesar is killed, there is a brief moment of peace. But this soon ends as Titania causes havoc across the land due to her foul mood (the environment changes according to what mood she is in). Crops wither and die, and the skies turn black with ash. Meanwhile, Oberon becomes determined that all humans must die since one of them seduced his wife. Thus, he has Puck force the leaders of the world into ever-shifting alliances. At the same time, Oberon lets loose a ravaging disease that kills one in every three people. During this time of chaos, several groups are vying for supremacy. Rules This is an open-ended storybook. As such, the focus is not on creating characters, but on creating stories. Act is if we're writing a novel together. Each post does not necessarily need to be connected to each other. One post could be about a small group of humans struggling in the grasslands, and then the next could be about the Merpeople organizing for an attack on coastal villages. The idea is to bring the land of Airavel to life. If you want to, you can concentrate on just one person or a small band of people, or you could shift your attention all over the place. You can also pick up a storyline where another person left off, although try to respect another person's intentions as much as possible. All content should be appropriate for anyone 12+. Races - Phoenixes These are large birds, burst into flame when they are killed. They have no large organization, they just congregate every year to make huge decisions. This means that they are internally fractured at times. They live in the desert, and have sandy plumage to blend in. - Shamans These people (if you can still call them that) live in the forest, in temples on top of huge spires. They are more than a little insane after being exiled from Sanctum. Inbreeding and the like. They're lead by a chief who is the craziest of them all. - Merpeople They live in the sea. That's about all anyone knows. - Spirit-People Of The Forest The other races can only see these people by their reflections in the water or off a mirror. However, they were once the rulers of Airavel, but were corrupted by greed. The gods punished them long ago, and they seek vengeance against the other races. - Oliphant People These people spend their entire lives in villages mounted to the backs of elephants, roaming through the forest. Ivory, a popular commodity, is lowering the population of their elephants. - Gods "Oberon" is their ruler. They're very free folk; they love a good time and often forget that their actions have consequences (and, since they're gods, those consequences tend to be on a large scale). - Humans They were once ruled by Ceaser from Sanctum, and were once the most prosperous of all the races. But Puck's trickery and Titania's mood has reduced them to poverty. Oberon's disease hit the humans the worst, and they have now splintered off into various factions.