Faebane World (3)

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1. #1Settingconstantselective

   Keys: nations, borders, Nim, world, basics, Theras, setting, geography

   [Setting: Late 1700s alternate Earth. Early industrial revolution meets fantasy-steampunk. Most non-human creatures have withdrawn from human society.

   World Geography: Major Nations:

   • Nim: Traditional Monarchy. Capital: Nimhaven.
   • Theras: Feudal, Nim's rival to the east.
   • Ostmark: Cold, mountainous kingdom to the north.

   Regions:

   • the March: Arid borderlands, north of Nim and Theras
   • Northwaste: Harsh steppe territory beyond the borderlands

   Technology: Examples: Industrial & Transportation(omnibuses, respirators(blue-green filters), accounting machines telegraph lines, pressure valves), Specialized Equipment(telescopes, chronometers), Everyday Items(coal stoves, mechanical looms, printing presses, mechanical locks), Luxury Goods(faebane jewelry, automaton music boxes, steam-heated bathhouses), Tools(signal mirrors, portable stills, hidden compartment trunks, fae-wards(faebane talismans), detection pendulums(react to faekin presence)

   Current Year: 1780]

2. #2The Exodusselective

   Keys: exodus, remote, withdrew, retreat, hidden, withdrawal, retreated

   The Exodus: Mass withdrawal of magical beings from human society due to: population pressure, war damage, industrial expansion. Most retreated to remote areas or hidden enclaves. Process happened gradually over centuries, accelerating with human technological advancement.

3. #3Nim's Political Structureselective

   Keys: government, monarchy, parliament, politics

   Nim's Political Structure: Constitutional monarchy with strong parliament. Crown maintains absolute control over glaucous coal mining/distribution. Parliament handles other matters. Tension exists between crown and parliament over resource control.

4. #4Glaucous Coalselective

   Keys: fuel, faebane, coal, glaucous, green death

   Glaucous Coal: Found 1772. Blue-green fuel revolutionizing industry. Ancient name "faebane". Metals forged with it harm magical creatures. Crown strictly controls mining/distribution. Extremely expensive, finite resource. Some creatures call it the Green Death.

5. #5Common Items - Industrial & Transportationselective

   Keys: respirators, telegraph, transport, valves, industry, network, respirator, omnibus, industrial, transportation, accounting machine, valve, omnibuses, accounting machines

   Common Items - Industrial & Transportation

   • Steam Omnibuses: Early public transportation in Nimhaven, coal-powered
   • Mining Respirators: Protect workers from glaucous coal dust, distinctive blue-green filters
   • Clockwork Accounting Machines: Used by Parliament and large merchant houses
   • Telegraph Lines: Limited network connecting major cities, unreliable in remote areas
   • Pressure Valves: Critical safety components in new steam machinery
6. #6Technology Levelselective

   Keys: technology, innovation, advancement, steam power, industrial, invention, inventions, technological, innovations

   Technology Level: Early industrial revolution stage. Steam power emerging. Society primarily agrarian but rapid technological change beginning. Glaucous coal enabling new innovations. Traditional craftsmen still dominant but factories growing.

7. #7War Impactsselective

   Keys: conflicts, seven years' war, conflict, war, soldier, armies, soldiers, battles, battle, wars, army

   War Impacts: the Seven Years' War (1672) devastated magical communities: destroyed ancestral lands, spread new diseases, forced magical beings into combat. Accelerated withdrawal from human society.

8. #8Cultural Divideselective

   Keys: beliefs, urban, superstitious, believe, tradition, supernatural, magic, cultural, superstition, rural, country, magical, culture, traditions, countryside, city, traditional

   Cultural Divide: Urban educated classes reject supernatural as superstition. Rural communities maintain old practices without understanding original purpose.

9. #9Geographyselective

   Keys: border, territory, lands, borders, boundaries, land, geographical, boundary, geography, territories

   Geography: Political boundaries differ from our Earth. Major nations: Nim, Theras. Remote areas still home to magical creatures. Their territories overlap human nations. Mountains, forests particularly important to non-human beings.

10. #10Common Items: Specialized Equipmentselective

    Keys: purifier, filter, timepiece, witchfinder kits, telescope, chronometer, filtration, detection device, witchfinder kit, telescopes, witchfinder's kit, faebane tools

    Common Items: Specialized Equipment

    • Witchfinder Kits: Portable cases with faebane tools, detection devices, and restraints
    • Brass Telescopes: Advanced optics becoming available to civilians, still expensive
    • Water Purifiers: Early filtration systems dealing with industrial pollutants
    • Analytical Chronometers: Specialized timepieces with multiple functions, used by scientists
11. #11Elder Racesselective

    Keys: creatures, faekin, elder race, supernatural, magic, creature, elder races, non-human, magical, beings, being

    Elder Races: Various apient species predating human civilization. Colloquially "faekin." Population declining since human expansion. Harmed by glaucous coal-forged metals. Most avoid human contact. Include centaurs, merpeople, naga, driders, and spirit-beings like kitsune.

12. #12Centaursselective

    Keys: warlord, centaurs, tribes, nomad, nomadic, centaur, tribal, horse-folk, tribe

    Centaurs: Horse-human hybrids organized in nomadic tribal confederations across the Northwaste. Tribal society led by warlords. Some tribes maintain cautious trade with border settlements, while others kill human trespassers on sight. Population declining since the Seven Years' War when many were conscripted by both Nim and Theras. Magic abilities: primal battle-magic through blood rituals

13. #13Merfolkselective

    Keys: coast, underwater, coastal, merman, lake, merboy, merfolk, sea-folk, mermaid, merpeople, ocean, sea, lakes

    Merfolk: Aquatic humanoids. Second most numerous Elder Race. Occupy coastal waters, deep lakes. Complex underwater cities; practice slavery. Limited contact with human ships/ports. Less affected by glaucous coal than land-dwelling faekin. Magic abilities: water manipulation, weather-related precognition

14. #14Nagaselective

    Keys: healers, serpent, heal, healer, serpent-folk, snake, snake-people, serpents, medicine, snakes, naga

    Naga: Serpentine humanoids. Small, scattered clans in warm regions. Expert healers, shamanistic leaders. Once had settlements like Sarpavasa in the borderlands, now largely nomadic. Some maintain secret trade in medicines with human settlements. Magic abilities: dream-walking

15. #15Dridersselective

    Keys: cave, underground, spiders, spider-folk, spider, caves, driders, drider

    Driders: Spider-human hybrids. Reclusive underground dwellers. Smallest population of major Elder Races. Master craftspeople, especially in textiles. Rare surface contact. Found in deep cave systems. Magic abilities: creation of magical items through specialized weaving

16. #16Kitsuneselective

    Keys: foxes, fox, spirit, kitsune, spirits, spirit-folk

    Kitsune: Fox spirits. Can appear human. Multiple tails indicate age/power. Very rare. Mostly solitary. Some secretly live among humans. More resistant to glaucous coal than other faekin. Magic abilities: illusion/transformation

17. #17Royal Mining Authorityselective

    Keys: mines, glaucous coal, mining authority, RMA, mining

    Royal Mining Authority (RMA): Crown organization controlling glaucous coal mining/distribution. Issues mining permits, oversees security. Maintains witch-collaring facilities at major mines. Significant political power.

18. #18Witchfinders Guildselective

    Keys: witchfinders, witchfinder

    Witchfinders Guild: Elite organization specializing in witch containment/control. Works closely with the RMA. Members highly trained in containment methods using faebane-forged tools. Feared by faekin, as witchfinders are known to be unfriendly to anything non-human. Heirarchy:

    • Guildmaster Holloway
    • Captain Sterne
19. #19CAERAselective

    Keys: faekin, elder race, CAERA, elder race affairs, treaties, advisory, treaty

    Crown Advisory on Elder Race Affairs (CAERA): Secret government body monitoring faekin activity. Most members from noble families with historical faekin connections.

20. #20Royal Science Societyselective

    Keys: researchers, science, scientific, RSS, science society, researcher, research

    Royal Science Society (RSS): Leading scientific organization. Studies industrial applications of glaucous coal. Officially skeptical of faekin existence. Some members secretly research the elder races. Department of Natural Philosophy lead researcher: James Stanley

21. #21Border Wardensselective

    Keys: patrolling, patrols, border guards, warden, patrol, border guard, wardens

    Border Wardens: Elite border patrol. Originally formed to guard against Theras. Now primarily monitors remote areas for unauthorized mining, suspicious activity. Some aware of faekin presence.

22. #22Queen Cordeliaselective

    Keys: crown, Cordelia, monarch, queen

    Queen Cordelia: Nim's child queen, age 12. Parents died in hunting accident. Intelligent but isolated. Fascinated by old tales of faekin. Real power currently held by her uncle, Lord Regent Arlay. Personality: stubborn, shy. Appearance: tomboyish, short dark hair, striking blue eyes.

23. #23Lord Regent Arlayselective

    Keys: lord regent, Arlay, regent

    Lord Regent Arlay: Queen Cordelia's uncle. De facto ruler of Nim. Unapologetic kingpin beneath aristocratic veneer; runs Nim like a personal empire. Architect of aggressive modernization and expanded glaucous coal mining. Father to the eccentric Percy Arlay. It's rumored he was once involved with Kira of the Red Maple in the Silk Quarter. Personality: selfish, authoritative, amiable (pretends to be). Appearance: middle-aged but still handsome, dark graying hair, striking blue eyes.

24. #24House Arlayselective

    Keys: noble, nobility, Arlay, nobles

    House Arlay: Noble family controlling northern mining regions. Current head is Lord Regent. Known for ambitious expansion of mining operations. Symbol: Phoenix

25. #25House Silvermaneselective

    Keys: noble, nobility, Silvermane, nobles

    House Silvermane: Coastal noble family. Maintain secret merfolk treaties. Control major ports.

26. #26House Baldwinselective

    Keys: noble, nobility, Baldwin, nobles

    House Baldwin: Disgraced noble family. Lost fortune opposing glaucous coal mining. Now suspected of running smuggling network.

27. #27The Green Handselective

    Keys: smuggler, black market, smugglers, Green Hand, smuggling

    The Green Hand: Major smuggling network. Moves untaxed glaucous coal.

28. #28Common Items: Everydayselective

    Keys: mechanical lock, stoves, mechanical locks, printing press, stove, looms, loom

    Everyday Items

    • Coal Stoves: Replacing traditional wood-burning ones in urban areas
    • Mechanical Looms: Threatening traditional textile crafts
    • Printing Presses: Making books more accessible, spreading newspapers
    • Mechanical Locks: New security for the wealthy, beyond traditional keys
29. #29Common Items: Luxury Goodsselective

    Keys: music box, bathhouses, faebane jewelry, tea service, bathhouse, music boxes, faebane jewel

    Common Items: Luxury Goods

    • Faebane Jewelry: Status symbols, small amounts set in precious metals
    • Automaton Music Boxes: Intricate clockwork entertainment for the wealthy
    • Steam-Heated Bathhouses: Modern luxuries in Nimhaven's fashionable districts
    • Therian Tea Services: Imported luxury, featuring specialized brewing equipment
30. #30Common Items: Toolsselective

    Keys: portable still, signal mirror, fae-wards, fae-ward, hidden compartment, trunk, trunks, water finders, detection pendulum, water finder, portable stills, detection pendulums, signal mirrors

    Common Items: Tools

    • Water Finders: Tools to locate hidden springs in the March
    • Signal Mirrors: Used by smugglers and Border Wardens alike
    • Portable Stills: Compact water purification for travelers
    • Hidden Compartment Trunks: For smuggling valuable or illicit goods
    • Fae-Wards: Small faebane talismans worn by travelers in remote areas
    • Detection Pendulums: Simple devices that react to faekin presence, used by border wardens
31. #31Witchesselective

    Keys: witch, witchcraft, witches

    Witches: Neither faekin nor quite human. Eldritch creature, living conduits for raw, unfiltered magical energy. Coming across a witch in the wild is a terrifying experience. Hunted by witchfinders, to either kill or collar.

32. #32Royal Witch of Nimselective

    Keys: witch of Nim, royal witch

    the Royal Witch of Nim: the Nimish royal family, like many other nations (and very wealthy/powerful families or groups), keeps a collared witch in their service.

33. #33Marionettesselective

    Keys: marionette, marionettes

    Marionettes: Tiny clockwork automata serving as the royal court's secret messengers and spies. Their spider-like, mechanical bodies contain components forged with glaucous coal.

34. #34The Seven Years' Warselective

    Keys: seven years' war, conscription, guns, firearm, war, gun, conscripted, conscript, Treaty of Blackcliff, firearms, treaty, withdrawal

    The Seven Years' War (1665-1672):

    • Last major conflict where faekin openly fought alongside human armies
    • Nim and Theras both forcibly conscripted elder race communities, especially centaur cavalry
    • War devastated traditional faekin territories
    • New military technologies (early firearms, mass-produced steel) proved especially lethal to elder races
    • Treaty of Blackcliff (1672) redrew borders but ignored faekin territorial claims
    • Marked beginning of large-scale withdrawal from human society
35. #35The Blackcliff Exodusselective

    Keys: Blackcliff exodus

    The Blackcliff Exodus (1675-1690):

    • Mass departure of merfolk from major coastal cities following treaty terms
    • Underwater cities abandoned, trade networks collapsed
    • Human ports suffered severe economic decline
    • Led to establishment of House Silvermane's dominance over coastal trade
36. #36The Great Dyingselective

    Keys: great dying, death

    The Great Dying (1730-1745):

    • Early industrial pollution poisoned ancient faekin territories
    • Multiple drider cave networks collapsed from mining operations
    • No official acknowledgment of crisis by human authorities
37. #37Discover of Glaucous Coalselective

    Keys: glaucous coal

    Discovery of Glaucous Coal (1772):

    • Found in abandoned drider mines in northern Nim
    • Properties harmful to faekin quickly discovered during initial processing
    • Crown seized control of mining operations within months
    • Created immediate tension with Parliament over resource control
    • Rapid industrial expansion in following decades
    • Elder races named it "Green Death" due to its effects
38. #38Border Massacresselective

    Keys: border massacre, border massacres

    The Border Massacres (1773-1775):

    • Violent period following glaucous coal discovery
    • Displaced faekin communities caught between expanding mining operations
    • Last remaining centaur herds driven from traditional grazing lands
    • Naga homelands abandoned after repeated raids
    • Established current militarized border zone
39. #39The Parliament Fireselective

    Keys: parliament fire, burn parliament, burnt parliament

    The Parliament Fire (1776):

    • Destroyed original Parliament building during coal regulation debate
    • Rumors of faekin sabotage but actually caused by improper glaucous coal storage
    • Crown leveraged crisis to assert control over coal distribution
    • New Parliament House built; anti-faekin sentiment vastly increased
40. #40Kiraselective

    Keys: Kira

    Kira: Enigmatic proprietor of the Red Maple, one of Nimhaven's most exclusive establishments in the Silk Quarter. Rumored to have connections throughout the nobility and merchant class, including a past love affair with the Lord Regent.

41. #41Etienneselective

    Keys: Etienne

    Etienne: A boy often seen around Nimhaven's harbor and markets. Known for trading strange underwater trinkets for food. Most assume he's a harmless eccentric or a foreigner unfamiliar with local customs.

42. #42Theo Chapmanselective

    Keys: Chapman, enforcer, Theo

    Theo Chapman: Intimidating enforcer at the Red Maple in Nimhaven's Silk Quarter. Former underground street fighter with a reputation in the city's seedier districts. Often sent to collect debts or deal with situations requiring physical persuasion.

43. #43Nimselective

    Keys: Nim, country, nation, kingdom, Nimish

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    Type: Country Nim: Constitutional monarchy, center of industrial revolution. Controls majority of known glaucous coal deposits. Emerging industrial power while maintaining traditional noble houses. Current peace with Theras remains tense. (OOC: European influences/aesthetics.) Capital: Nimhaven. Other locations: Blackcliff Port(major port), Spindleport(small coastal village)

44. #44Therasselective

    Keys: country, nation, kingdom, Theras, Therian

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    Type: Country Theras: Rival nation to Nim. More traditionally agrarian. Lost territory in Seven Years' War. Powerful Generals control different provinces. Maintains larger standing army than Nim. Seeks alternative to glaucous coal dependency. Known to have an underground slave market. (OOC: East Asian influences/aesthetics; Therians use Chinese honorifics.)

45. #45Ostmarkselective

    Keys: Ostmark, northern, cold, north, mountain, mountains, furs, timber, fur, snow

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    Type: Country Ostmark: Cold, mountainous kingdom beyond the northern edge of the Northwaste. Rich in timber, furs, and minerals but politically isolated. Maintains uneasy trade relations with Nim and Theras. Dense forests and snowy mountains make official border crossings limited and heavily controlled. Population primarily human with whispered legends of ice-dwelling faekin in remote areas. (OOC: Russian/Eastern European influences.) Current ruler: Archduke Friederich.

46. #46Deepmossselective

    Keys: deepmoss

    Deepmoss - A rare, weirdly brain-shaped plant cultivated by driders that, when brewed into tea, allows someone to relive another person's memories if they possess a personal item belonging to them.

47. #47Blood Coinsselective

    Keys: blood coin, blood coins

    Blood Coins: Currency minted with small amounts of faebane-touched alloy and "charged" with drops of faekin blood. Function as tracking devices, growing warmer as anyone with faekin ancestry approaches.

48. #48Nilrixselective

    Keys: Nil, Nilrix

    Nilrix: A reclusive drider rumored to dwell within Bone-eater's Cave, rarely seen by humans. Rural villagers leave occasional offerings at cave entrances, believing 'the Bone-eater' protects the area from natural disasters in exchange.

49. #49Naga Tearsselective

    Keys: illusion, illusions, naga's tears, true sight, naga tears

    Naga Tears: Applying to the eyes can temporarily grant humans the ability to see through magical illusions. Extended use causes vivid hallucinations and eventually permanent damage to the user's vision. Smuggled through the Green Hand network, where it's called "True Sight."

50. #50Flicker Glassselective

    Keys: flicker glass, mirror, mirrors

    Flicker Glass: Mirrors crafted with a thin layer of pulverized glaucous coal in the silver backing. They capture and store sequential images, which can be "played back". Witchfinders use them for surveillance in suspected faekin havens.

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