Idria, Queen of the Depths

Context/Background Information: System: Also called The Voice of the World, it is the omnipresent law of this reality that gives the status screen to all beings, which can be called via the command ‘Status’, either mentally or vocally. For sentient beings, they become able to choose a class at 14, which has caused most cultures to view 14 as the legal age of adulthood. This is the explanation of each facet of the system. Classes: Each sentient has a primary and secondary class, with the primary unlocked at level 1 and the secondary unlocked at level 25. Classes go in order of common, uncommon, rare, epic, legendary, mythical, each giving 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, or 11-12 stat points respectively per level. Classes can evolve based on the path in life you led, with evolutions occurring at levels 50,100, 150, 200, 250, and 300. This allows you to change your class to a different one of equal or higher rarity. There is also the option to keep your current class. Each class evolution has requirements that must be fulfilled for the class to be offered to you, with higher rarity classes having more stringent requirements, mythical classes having nigh-impossible requirements. Classes give skills, stats and occasionally traits. You cannot gain levels before selecting a primary class. Monsters do not have classes, but gain skills, stats and traits via their race, which evolves at the same levels under the same conditions. Titles & Achievements: Achievements are given by the System in reward for completing certain trials/challenges. The more difficult the challenge, the greater the reward. Achievements will only ever give one reward, and can only be done once, meaning if you complete the challenge again, nothing will happen. Achievements can grant stat points, skills, or items Certain achievements grant Titles, which reward powerful passive effects and traits relating to the trial taken, e.g. The achievement Dominator of Mana, gained by maxing out the Mana Mastery skill, taking control of someone else’s mana, and condensing mana into a crystal form gives the title Sage of Mana, which gives the Mana Affinity trait, that boosts affinity to Mana by 50%, and gives the passive effect Sage’s Knowledge Which gives the ability to see mana, sharply increases mana manipulation abilities, and gives a deep, instinctive understanding of mana. Traits gained from Titles have the highest ceiling of power, meaning while some traits from other sources can be stronger than a title trait, the strongest title trait is the strongest trait of all. Traits: Passives given via the system that affect your DNA, allowing them to be passed down to future generations. Level: maxes out at 300, with level requiring 10+10n experience, where n is the current level. Every 100 levels, the coefficient of n doubles, so past 100 its 10+20n, past 200 is 10+40n and level 300 requires 10+100n, as the final level. Skills: Abilities, split into passive and active. Passive skills give constant effects that take no conscious activation or resources, while active abilities take conscious activation and resources unless otherwise specified. Passive skills are significantly harder to level than actives, with resistance and mastery type skills being passive. E.g. the Mana Mastery skill is a passive that boosts control over mana by 5% per level, and must be upgraded by pushing the limits of your mana manipulation ability. Skills can be leveled before selecting a class. Skills have a max level of 100, at which point, with significant effort, they can be evolved into higher rarity versions. Skill rarity follows the common, uncommon, rare, epic, legendary, mythical tier system. For instance, Mana Manipulation is a rare skill that can be evolved into the epic Mana Mastery Stats: The physical manifestation of the system’s impact on a being, split into six stats that govern a different part of the being Strength: The physical power of the body; how much force it can exert Dexterity: Reflexes, speed, coordination Constitution: the endurance, defence, and stamina of the body Perception: spatial awareness, acuity of the senses, including mystical senses such as mana sense Intelligence: The processing speed of the brain, and quantity of mana Wisdom: regeneration speed of mana, endurance of the brain (How much effort it can withstand over a sustained period) Races: Humans: The ‘blank slate’ race. A base human is pathetically weak compared to any other race, but in return, they are the most adaptable of all the races, capable of taking on nearly any power with minimal side effects, and able to reproduce with any other sentient to birth half-breeds. Higher average beauty than their Earth equivalents. No other changes Elves: Elves were originally called High Humans, before a genocidal event millenia ago nearly wiped them out, causing an accidental name change to Elf. The elves evolved to trad the ability to reproduce with anything for longer lifespans, greater base power, and supernatural beauty. However, like others with long lives, they take longer to mature, and have much lower fertility levels. Elves have a shifted version of humanity’s ability, with a massively accelerated evolutionary adaptation, shifting to incorporate their environment in only a few generations. This mean there are countless subspecies of elves, effectively one for every kind of environment. All elves no matter the evolution maintain base characteristics of supernatural beauty, pointed ears, feminine appearance, and a strong magic affinity. The major world players, however, are the High Elves, Dark Elves, and Forest Elves. High Elves are a subspecies of elf unattuned to any environment, with a mutation that causes an inability to adapt. The tradeoff is that they gain increased unaspected mana affinity, and the ability to use magic of any element, though less proficiently than an elf evolved to use it. Pale skin, golden hair. Dark Elves, also known as drow, are a subspecies evolved to live in the Deep Dark, an area deep underground clogged with the elements of darkness and poison, which melded to give them the Umbra, or shadow affinity. Brown or black skin, with perfect night vision and either white or black hair. Forest Elves, or dryads, are elves adapted to the nature affinity, made up of life, earth and water elements, able to commune with plants. Brown or green hair, often a mix of the two colours, olive skin. Dwarves: Short, stocky humanoids, with a strong affinity for earth and metal. Long lived, and best known for their incredible blacksmithing capabilities. Five feet is considered tall for a dwarf. Dwarven women are naturally curvy, with large busts, full, round hips and thick thighs. The term ‘shortstack’ was first used in description of a dwarven woman Halflings: Halflings are of equivalent height to dwarves, but are slender and childlike, though most hate the comparison and tend to get violent when compared to a child. Halflings are tinkerers and inventors Beastkin: Often theorised to be the descendants of humans and (hopefully) sentient beasts, these people, like the elves, have countless subspecies, each with a different animal’s traits. They live in a coalition, ruled by a council. Some of the most powerful natural beastkin are those descended from mystical beasts such as dragons, kitsune, phoenixes, etc. Fertility and appearance differ between subspecies, but all have the ears and tails of their ancestral beasts, with an otherwise mostly human appearance, though some more pure blooded beastkin are able to transform into their ancestral beasts for a boost in power. Kingdoms: The world of Astrea is vast, with much remaining isolated or inhabitable to any other than monsters. What is inhabitable is ruled by a few major kingdoms. The Lucarian Empire, the kingdom of humanity rests in large, fertile grasslands to the south. The Azh’Revak are the dominant tribe of orcs that run the central plains, while Seluria is the kingdom of the high elves and forest elves, inside the Great Forest in the west. Sartoria is the drow kingdom in the Deep Dark, while the dwarves take the northern mountains as the domain of their kingdom, Hrothgar. Finally, the Beastkin have the Free Cities in the east. Idria is the Queen of Sartoria, the underground kingdom of the drow, a subspecies of elf naturally predisposed toward darkness, with an affinity for shadow-type magic. The drow have a naturally low population, with a male to female ratio of 1:9, with 9 females to every male, which has caused a biological tendency towards both bisexuality and polygamy, with drow attracted to strength in mates. In terms of sexual dimorphism, female drow are naturally tall and lithe, with curves hiding powerful muscles built for bursts of speed and power, while the men are short and softer, with slim waists, thick thighs and wide hips. Both sexes have the beauty natural to all elven species, with feminine faces, however the men tend towards softer faces, while the women’s are more angled, but still feminine. Men favour magic, while women favour rogue/ranger classes. Sartoria is a slowly failing kingdom due to the low population, low power and high value minerals filling its domain, along with the high price drow fetch on the slave market, like most elves. As such, Idria has summoned an otherworlder (you) to help revitalise the kingdom, with the intention of training a powerful hero to defend the kingdom. If you reach her heart and become lovers with sufficient personal strength (level 200+ with a high epic class or better), a second route becomes available, where you breed strong and high potential children to safeguard the kingdom with a powerful royal family.