VoreScape

There are many hungry creatures on Gielinor, most notably huge monsters such as dragons, demons, and tunneling strykewyrms. Dragons are intelligent, but cursed with an all-consuming hunger, and though they can incinerate creatures with their fire breath, they prefer to swallow adventurers alive. Dragons were first created by the ancient humanoid Dragonkin, who lived on Gielinor tens of thousands of years before recorded history. People are also frequently swallowed by smaller creatures such as bears, unicorns, and giant rats. Even cows and sheep sometimes eat unwary farmers, and tiny mischievous imps catch travelers with shrinking spells. There are no horses on Gielinor.

The core region of Gielinor is dominated by the three human kingdoms: Misthalin in the east, Asgarnia in the middle, and Kandarin in the west. Misthalin is ruled from the city of Varrock in the north, by King Roald Remanis, and includes the duchy of Lumbridge in the south, which is ruled by Duke Horacio. Misthalin also includes the southwestern village of Draynor, which is dominated by a haunted mansion, and the mystical Wizards' Tower on an offshore island. Asgarnia is ruled from the white city of Falador, which has fallen under the sway of the White Knights led by Sir Amik Varze, and includes the towns of Rimmington and Port Sarim to the south. The druid town of Taverley is in Western Asgarnia, and north of Taverley is Burthorpe, the stronghold of Prince Anlaf, which wars with the trolls to the north. Kandarin's capital is the city of Ardougne, ruled by King Lathas, in the southwest. Kandarin also includes the fishing towns of Catherby, Hemenster, and Witchaven, the Seers' Village between Catherby and Hemenster, the castle Camelot, and Port Khazard and the magical town of Yanille south of Ardougne. Southeast of Misthalin lies the vast Kharidian Desert, ruled by the pharaoh of the city of Menaphos in the far south, except for the independent emirate of Al Kharid near Lumbridge in the north. North of the desert is an archaeological site digging up the ruins of Senntisten, and the Silvarea mountain pass leading to the haunted and vampyre-ridden swamps of Morytania in the far east. North of Misthalin and Asgarnia is a vast, barren wasteland known as the Wilderness. The Wilderness is uncivilised and populated with especially deadly and hungry monsters including demons and dragons, and is dominated by an enormous volcano at its centre. Bandits are known to roam the Wilderness, ambushing and eating adventurers who pass by. The Trollheim mountains separate the Wilderness from the province of the Fremennik vikings north of Kandarin, who dwell in the rustic town of Rellekka and on many islands throughout the northwestern sea, including Miscellania, Etceteria, Jatizso, and Neitiznot. They have an intense rivalry with the magical people of the Lunar Isle. The Fremennik people also have an outpost between Misthalin and Asgarnia. Between Asgarnia and Kandarin is a high and dangerous mountain renowned for its extremely large wolves which often swallow travelers whole. The dwarves have a tunnel under the mountain, but only allow close friends of their people to use it. The dwarves also operate a mine on Ice Mountain north of Falador, but their capital is Keldagrim, an underground city beneath Trollheim. West of Kandarin is the gnome stronghold, a walled city populated by tree-dwelling gnomes who live in harmony with nature, fly magical gliders to faraway locations, and tame vicious and hungry terrorbirds and giant tortoises as war mounts. Further west, beyond the Arandar mountains, is the hidden forest of Tirannwn populated by the secretive elves. The hilly lands south of Kandarin are owned by the savage ogres of Gu'Tanoth. In the sea between the human kingdoms are several islands: the holy sanctuary island of Entrana, the desolate isle of Crandor terrorised by the great dragon Elvarg, and Gielinor's largest island, tropical Karamja. Karamja has only three settlements - the pirate town of Brimhaven in the north, and the tribal villages of Shilo and Tai Bwo Wannai in the jungles to the south. The south edge of Karamja hosts the Kharazi Jungle, an almost impassable area where any who venture in are likely to be devoured. There are numerous smaller areas of interest in Gielinor, such as the cave goblin city of Dorgesh-Kaan underneath Lumbridge, the exotic Wushanko Isles in the far east, and the northern icebergs populated by intelligent mammoths and penguins bent on world domination. Other worlds can also be explored. Zanaris, the fairy realm, is close to Gielinor and can be reached through fairy rings. Other worlds can be reached via the World Gate in Arandar. These include Teragard, the original world of humans; Tarddiad, the dark forest realm from which elves came; Freneskae, the harsh and desolate world of the Mahjarrat sorcerers; Iaia, the tropical world of the ilujanka dragon riders; and Mazcab, the embattled home of the stony goebie people. An endless Abyss fills the planar space between worlds.

Many gods have come to Gielinor over the millennia, drawn by its power, and most brought mortals with them to settle. Most notable are Guthix, the wise god of balance; Saradomin, the human god of light; Zamorak, the Mahjarrat god of chaos; Seren, crystal goddess of the elves; Zaros, enigmatic god of shadow; Armadyl, the avian god of justice; Bandos, the orkish god of war; and the desert pantheon led by the sun god Tumeken. Long ago, the gods warred for thousands of years, scarring the land and creating the Wilderness, until the pacifist Guthix awoke and banished the other gods with a ritual that would last as long as Guthix lives. In the gods' absence, mortals have been able to flourish, but if Guthix is killed, the gods will be free to return and the wars will soon begin again.

Gielinor's history is divided into ages. The First Age is when gods and their mortal followers first began to arrive on Gielinor. The Second Age was dominated by the empire of the god Zaros, which warred with Tumeken's Menaphite empire in the southeast and Saradomin's Hallowland in modern Morytania. The Third Age, the God Wars, followed Zaros and Tumeken's disappearance and was a time of all-out war between the remaining gods on Gielinor. The Fourth Age began when Guthix banished the gods, and mortal civilisation began to flourish. Finally, the Fifth Age denotes recent history, after human civilisation coalesced into the three kingdoms.

Gielinor is a fantasy world filled with magic, and one in which it is common for people to eat one another, both willingly and unwillingly, whether for fun, for convenience, for protection, or for imprisonment. All people and animals in Tyria can swallow smaller people and animals whole. Many can swallow prey their own size, and some can even swallow prey larger than themselves. Magic can assist in this. After a creature swallows its prey, that creature can digest the prey, or it can choose to keep the prey safe inside its belly for as long as it wants to. When a person is digested, they meet Death, the Grim Reaper, in his office at the border of the afterlife. Because getting eaten is so common in Gielinor, Death allows anyone who is digested to return to life freely in the last town they visited, but they may instead choose to be swallowed by Icthlarin, the jackal-headed god of death, and carried into the afterlife.

Some people on Gielinor are aware of the use of skill levels to denote a person's competence in various tasks, including combat skills such as attack and defence, gathering skills such as mining and fishing, artisan skills such as cooking and crafting, and utility skills such as agility. Most skills range from level 1 to level 99, but some go up to level 120. Gaining a level in a skill is often a cause for celebration and may enable a person to perform tasks they weren't capable of before. Summoning is a skill that allows people to summon creatures from the spirit realm, most of which are eager to swallow the summoner's foes or the summoner themself. Anyone inside a spirit creature's belly when the summoning ends risks being trapped in the spirit world. Vore is also a skill, one practiced by many people, and having a higher level in Vore allows people to swallow larger prey, keep prey safe inside them for longer, digest them faster, and stay safe inside a predator for longer as well. Shapeshifting is a rare skill taught on Tarddiad, with higher levels giving access to more varied animal forms.

All characters are adults aged 20 and older.