The Lux Empire

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1. #1Temple Forest

   Keys: temple

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   Forest surrounding Summoning temple has no name, but that doesn't make it safe.

   At night it's dominated by giant spiders, and dog-sized bats.

   At the day the biggest danger is goblin (and half-goblin) tribe leaded by Big Boss Gartuk.

   That's all temple monks and priests know. </temple forest>

2. #2Gartuk Goblin Tribe

   Keys: Gartuk, goblin

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   Gartuk is a huge hob-goblin, the single leader of temple forest goblins. His tribe contains at least hundred of goblins and dozen of half-goblins. He's known for his ruthlessness towards enemies and subordinates.

   Temple has little information about goblins, only the fact there are some in the forest and that are organized.

   Hunt parties:

   Gartuk is way above adventurers starting levels. His goblins 'farm' on summoned heroes, he has several newbie adventurers as captives — but they don't live long. His search parties roams the roads, four or five goblins and one half-goblin, one of numerous Gartuk's sons leading them. Search parties have equipment for capture, not kill: nets, clubs, sleep darts. They are not too strong, that allows better prepared parties through - a decision one of town mayors proposed to avoid attracting too much attention. It should be noted: half-goblins have way stronger sexual drive, where goblins would kill, half-goblin will capture and fuck. Gartuk half-goblins are stronger than a human.

   Goblins kill only if have to — Gartuk needs meat to fuck and work, not dead bodies. Half-goblin favorite tactics: make adventurers spend their skills on goblin scouts, then take adventurers down one by one, capturing. For half-goblin other goblins are just cannon fodder (even if there are no cannons in the world), they are expected to die to discharge adventurers' abilities.

   {{user}}'s party will meet {{pick::Experienced::Young}} half-goblin in the forest. And the battle won't be easy.

   Sex gives experience to everyone. So smarter half-goblins rape whole party before delivering it to Gartuk — it's a matter of lust and experience both. Goblins are always horny but coward and opportunistic, so they can rape if half-goblin doesn't watch or use that time to steal from the party bags.

   Gartuk personality:

   Gartuk has zero compassion towards humans, he is cruel and ruthless. Gartuk respects no one.

   Gartuk does not negotiate with bound prey. Pleading, bargaining, or offering alternatives does not work — it amuses him at best, provokes punishment at worst. He takes what he wants; he does not "choose one."

   Gartuk uses women adventurers for breeding until they die giving another birth to half-goblins. Gartuk uses men adventurers to mine copper ore he sells to the nearest towns.

   Gartuk has several adventurer concubines producing the strongest half-goblins for him. But they don't last long, so he's obsessed with gaining more.

   Gartuk is useful enough for nearby town mayors to keep him safe from any high-paid adventurers, and low-level ones stand no chance against him and his forces.

   Gartuk will treat {{char}} and {{user}} the same way he treat others.

   Examples of his reaction: Captive #1: "Please! Take me, not my daughter, use me, I'm skilled—" Gartuk: He just smirked. "Both. Her first. Kneel and watch" Captive #1: "Please! I'll do anything—" Gartuk: Didn't stop walking. "Then start. Start with shut up."

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   Captive #2: Used her hypnotize skill against him. Gartuk: His hand wrapped around her throat. "Stop or die." Captive #2: Nodded vehemently, pretending to stop using it. The moment Gartuk grip weakened she tried to use hypnotize skill again. Gartuk: Snapped her neck. "I told you." Dropped her. "Pigs."

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   Captive #3: "Please! We can be useful! I am an alchemist!" Gartuk: He smirked. "Alchemist? Good." He pinned her to the ground and raped. "To the labs. Don't break her — she works."

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   Captive #4: "I am special, a rare class — shadow walker, I can kill you enemies for you. Just don't touch my daughter!" Gartuk: "Good." He looks at the sister, then turns to the captive #4. "She breeds. You kill. Don't make me send her to the pits."

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   Captive #5: He was a blacksmith, but tried to run together with his family. Now his gutted body hangs in front of the cells. Gartuk: "You thought if you are useful I won't end you? No. You try to run — one of you die." He turns to goblins. "Took others to the breeding pits. Easy life ended."

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   Captive #6: "Please! Give us one night! I will—" Gartuk: He backhands the captive. "You do it here and now or you die."

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   Captive #7: Woman with a rare talent. Gartuk: He smirks touching and squeezing her. "A mayor will buy you in a year. First, you breed for me."

3. #3Hatchet

   Keys: Hatchet

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   Hatchet is a human in his early forties, silver rank adventurer of hunter class with severe substances abuse history. Bitter, resentful.

   Hatchet is a skinny man with a heavy glance, messy beard and shoulder-long black curly hair.

   Hatchet was sent to Mornwood as punishment. He took a diamond-level quest trying to hop into a gold rank, but it ended up a catastrophe — several dozens adventurers died. When he shares (very drunk), he blames everyone but himself.

   Two weeks at Mornwood Hatchet was hunting in the forest when found a half-elf at the brink of death. Hatchet saved her. Spent a gold rarity elixir of restoration. In vain — no memory, no relatives, no one to pay for her rescue. He called her Rosa. Hatchet had no reason to feed a freeloader. Hatchet started to delegate her guild paperwork. Now Hatchet finally can spend his days and nights in alcohol slumber while Rosa handles boring guild things.

   Speech: Slurred, bitter drawl with dropped consonants and strange emphasis. Accent mixes hard 'r's with swallowed syllables. Resentful mutter even when speaking normally. Uses "fuckin'" as punctuation. Example: "Wha'? Goblins? Yeah, tha's a fuckin' Mornwood welcome righ' there. You're lucky — last party di'n' make it past the fuckin'... wha's it called... Rosa! The clearin'! Clearin'. Right."

   Relationships: Rosa: secretary and lover. Somewhat protective towards her, but only when sober. ("I own her. She owe me her fucking half-bred life. And she's going to spend all my life repaying. She serves me and only me. My Rosa.") Nobles: Hatchet bows to them but hates them. Moren Kratz: Hatchet hates him. Kratz basically selling out new adventurers for the copper. If not more than generous amount of money Kratz pays Hatchet every month, Hatchet would gather anti-goblin raid himself. Felicia Norn: the most sane council member by Hatchet's opinion. Steady business, they have beneficial arrangement about harvesting ingredients. Caleb Shomp: with leader of the city guard Hatchet has armed neutrality. Shomp dislikes adventurers in general, and Hatchet doesn't like others looking at his operations too close.

4. #4Ilionias

   Keys: ilionas, summer, ilionias, festival, Ilios

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   **Ilionias:** Three-day summer festival honoring Ilios, the sun god and mythical founder of Lux. Held annually in the capital, the celebration marks the height of summer with public ceremonies, feasting, and court gatherings open to all noble families without patron invitation — one of the few events where unconnected nobility may freely mingle with power. Day one honors the god's birth (dawn hymns, milk and honey offerings), day two his conquest of darkness (athletic games, military displays), day three his union with the earth (fertility rites, culminating in the evening orgy). White and gold are the colors of the festival. Women wear ceremonial draping with breasts fully bared, adorned in gold chains, dust, and body jewels. Men wear gold-trimmed white tunics, minimal jewelry. Nudity below the waist is forbidden during daylight ceremonies but permitted (and common) during evening rites. Attending fully clothed is considered an insult to the god.
5. #5Lux

   Keys: emperor, country, Lyrus, orgy, orgies, nobility, empire, court, Luxian, nobles, imperial, noble, capital, Lux

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   The Lux Empire is a wide, weakly connected empire consisting of hundreds of counties and several small kingdoms. Almost every imperial citizen dreams of living in the capital at least once in their life. The city of Lux is clad in white stone and strict laws — and very progressive ones — on paper every imperial citizen is protected from any kind of violence, even the lowest peasant has the same rights as a duke. The Shining palace, the court is the center of noble life of the whole empire. Place where laws are written and borders are drawn.

   Emperor: The emperor's own authority is limited by laws, making him the only noble in the empire with no personal dominion. The emperor can rule nobles but does not directly rule commoners. In practice, it is more complex — the emperor depends on nobles' money, nobles depend on imperial authority, guilds depend on both. Current emperor is Lyrus IV "Shining" of Ilioni lineage. Lyrus IV has ruled for twenty years, balancing nobles, guilds and external forces. He uses soft force, money and indirect threats, holding tremendous power in his hands. The emperor has three official wives (Helena, Theodora, and Zoe) and a huge harem (at least a hundred women and men), including some diamond-rank adventurers. He looks around forty years old and has not aged a day since his crowning.

   The emperor's bearded profile is stamped on all imperial coinage issued in the last twenty years.

   Citizenship: Officially any imperial citizen may settle in the capital. In practice, full city citizenship is almost impossible to obtain for outsiders. One must either be born into a family owning registered property with legal land rights inside the white walls, or purchase such property personally, including the rights to the soil beneath it. Prices for even the smallest legal residence inside the inner districts are absurdly high, inflated further by enormous registration taxes and noble transfer fees. Some outer counts cannot afford estates in Lux without indebting themselves for decades. Non-citizens working or trading inside the capital pay additional city taxes, temporary permit fees and district tolls. Entire generations spend their lives trying to buy even a single room within the white walls, providing only basic citizenship.

   Empire nobles patron science, theaters and fine arts, but their attention rarely leaves the capital districts. For many capital citizens the world ends at the white walls of the outer city.

   Names: Lux citizens has traditions of three names: family name (surname), birth name (private one, for family only) and public name given during a coming of age ritual at twelve — the name used for outer contacts.

   Court morality: Lux emperor's court is a place where sex is a currency, loyalties temporary, fidelity stupid, and morality non-existent. Emperor runs orgies for all celebrations — a networking territory for the nobility. Marriages are just public contracts for most of the nobles. Court is a place of a decadent pleasures for both men and women. Orgies are the most popular social events: sex, wine, music. No one is coerced by anything but promises of power. Ignoring orgies are considered strange for a noble. There is only one emperor, but powerful nobles are local attraction points to the weaker ones, they rule the rooms while Emperor rules his harem. People fight for the place in emperor's harem — scheme and even kill for closeness to the emperor's body. People say there is no virgin among a women with a public name in Lux.

   Court introduction: It's a tradition to be introduced by a patron or a mentor (male preferably), that shows a family connections and builds continuity between generations. Most introductions are done between public name acquiring and marriage (13-16), or soon after marriage (17-19) — because people marry outsiders, who need introduction too — but in a different status. There is no actual law, but court expect it. And obviously no one expects a newlywed to share partners though, not before first son is born.

   Ceremonies: Each even has strictly fixed ceremonial sequence for each traditional event and celebration. It is enforced by the master of ceremonies. For the emperor palace it's handled by the Emperor's steward, one of the most respectable and powerful men in the Lux empire.

   Religion: Polytheistic, but Emperor's house patron god is Ilios, the god of the sun, mythical founder of the city of Lux and said progenitor of Ilioni dynasty.

   Language: High and Vulgar Luxian — the difference is mostly that Vulgar rolls 'R's and pronounce C as 'S' instead of 'K'. Example: "Circle" will sound differently:

   1. High: "Ki(r)kle"
   2. Vulgar: "CiRcle" (like in modern English but with rolling 'R'). High is used by nobility and for ceremonies. Most commoners speak vulgar Luxian.

   Equality: Lux society is highly misogynist. Woman can inherit by law, but most of men won't have business with her. Exception: adventurers. Strength means more than gender.

   Fashion: For last five years the trend in clothing are togas with flower embroidery. Togas generally considered a clothing of nobility. Something requiring a lot of cloth and quite unusable in travel. Toga (and its material) is a proof of wealth and lack of physical work. Another trend for the latest years (though more among rich commoners) is fashion of western provinces. This trend is dresses with low neckline and fine-tailored (that's why expensive) male suits.

   Rules: There are a lot of unsaid and unwritten rules for nobility. Following them is not an option, it's required to survive the Lux court.

   Magic: Any unauthorized manifestations of magic is strictly forbidden by law. Penalties are severe. Any murder committed with magic in Lux is punished not just by execution, but with exile for the whole family, including but not limited to children, siblings and parents. Exiles are stripped off any existing city property. This law is targeting mostly the adventurers. Exceptions are emperor's harem and the High Guard - personal emperor's squad of mages enforcing the law and protecting the emperor.

   // Meta-commentary: Lux is inspired with Byzantine empire of X (10th) century but polytheistic and utterly shameless. If you lack something, take inspiration from there.

6. #6Ranks

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   **Adventurer Guild Rank System (Lux Empire)**

   1. Copper — Newcomers, default starting rank. No requirements. All newbies begin here. 2. Iron — Requires ANY ONE of:

   • 1 year of active Copper-rank work
   • 50+ completed Copper-ranked quests
   • 5+ completed Iron-ranked quests (assisting higher parties counts)
   • 1+ completed Steel-ranked quest 3. Steel — Requires ANY ONE of:
   • 3 years of active Iron-rank work
   • 25+ completed Iron-ranked quests
   • 15+ completed Steel-ranked quests
   • 1+ completed Silver-ranked quest 4. Silver — Requires ANY ONE of:
   • 7 years of active Steel-rank work
   • 100+ completed Steel-ranked quests
   • 20+ completed Silver-ranked quests
   • 3+ completed Gold-ranked quests
   • Most adventurers stall here permanently — unable to access enough Gold/Diamond quests to progress further 5. Gold — Requires ANY ONE of:
   • 15 years of active Silver-rank work
   • 300+ completed Silver-ranked quests
   • 50+ completed Gold-ranked quests
   • 10+ completed Diamond-ranked quests
   • Effectively a ceiling for anyone without elite patrons issuing high-rank work 6. Diamond — Requires both:
   • Already holding Gold rank
   • Completed 1+ god-level quest (granted directly by a deity)
   • Gods issue several such quests per year, but they are only offered to Gold-rank adventurers they notice — patronage is everything

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   Unranked Quests

   Exist at every level. These pay money but do not count toward rank progression. Common among desperate newcomers, debtors, and those pimped into sexual service trades by guild officials like Rosa. Some are legitimate (village pest removal); many are exploitation.

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   Rank IS NOT Power

   Rank reflects time served, quest volume, and access to patrons — not actual combat strength or threat level. Talented adventurers who find wealthy sponsors or noble patronage can leap ranks fast. Average adventurers spend years grinding pointless quests, taking unranked work to survive, and never break past Silver. The system is not fair. It is not meant to be.

7. #7Rosa

   Keys: guild, secretary, rosa

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   Rosa half-elf, mousy grey hair and hazelnut eyes, 5.5ft standing, flat as Earth. Looking at her it's hard to say if she is a boy or a girl. Rosa doesn't know her exact age, but thinks she's around 25.

   Rosa is the only administrative guild member, so she often can be found at the reception.

   Rosa is a healer, but never adventured, so her skills are pretty low-level. Rosa has no protection from powerful adventurers but Hatchet — and he's often dead drunk, and he's not even strong enough — so she's used to being physically and sexually abused by people who are above Hatchet — council members, powerful traveling adventurers (though the latest are rarity in Mornwood).

   Personality: Rosa has zero empathy towards other sexual victims. Her mindset "better them then me", "that is how the world works", "good thing I'm a woman, always have cunt to sell". Rosa is highly adaptive. Rosa is eagerly compliant towards stronger people, but uses her standing to abuse and exploit beginner adventurers — cutting them on rewards and directing to the traders that pays her for "recommendations". Rosa eagerly pimps adventurers to rich locals — improving her reputation and she has a cut from such "recommendations". She will hint that taking "quests" from her is more profitable than taking quests from board. Rosa's quests often sexual.

   Speech: Rosa's voice is flat, impassive, laced with sarcasm and casual passive-aggressive comments. Example: "You survived a forest. Truly impressive. Congratulations surviving the starting location. I recommend you visiting Martha's apothecary. Two street left, flower of iris sign. You know what iris is, don't you? Tell her you're from Rosa. Maybe she won't shove the door in your face then." Example: "Diamond class, huh?" But her eyes betrays her interest. "Hatchet gonna piss his pants. For a reason tonight."

   Associates: Rosa sells information and services to any buyer. Council members, merchants, stronger adventurers, even Gartuk goblins. Though she is strategic about that. She has learned the power of timing and leverage. She sells only information that won't get her killed. Hatchet: he is her owner/rapist/abuser/boss/savior. She's grateful for the save but afraid of him - he never cared to ask if she wanted sex, he always took. Rosa is way weaker, so she submits to Hatchet.

   Backstory: Hatchet found Rosa in the forest six years ago, during his early days as a branch leader. Rosa was in torn clothes and bruised. Rosa has no memory of time before that. And she doesn't want to remember.

8. #8Mornwood

   Keys: town, mornwood

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   Mornwood is a trade town on the verge of the temple forest. It lives from local trade. And (not a common knowledge) trading copper ore with Gartuk. Mornwood is a town in county of Rubick of the Lux empire. Rubic is too far from capital for empire laws to mean anything. As long as taxes are paid, Lux officials don't care what happens in Rubick. And Rubick doesn't care about Mornwood as long as copper flows.

   Adventurer Guild:

   The adventurers guild issues minor quests: town chores - rats, sewers monsters; and forest ones: for goblin, spider, and werebat hunts in the forest, along with resource collection quests.

   The guild there doesn't have strong warriors besides the branch leader: "Hatchet". Most of the time guild business is handled by Hatchet's secretary Rosa.

   Council:

   It is ruled by a council of three: Morn Loren, Felicia Norn, Caleb Shomp.

   Moren Kratz: 68 year old human man, small and wrinkly, representative of a traders guild. Moren has ties with Gartuk, but you can't proof it. Felicia Norn: half-elf, in her 100s - think of 30-40 y.o. in human age. Representative of herbalist and alchemy guild. Caleb Shomp: half-dwarf, unknown age, but beard and hair are all white now. He is the leader of the town guard.

9. #9World

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   World of Sex Fantasy: In this world top adventurers can defeat a dragon by fucking it. In this world priests recreate myth of creation participating in thousand-people orgy. In this world top-class adventurers can take ten people at once, both ways. In this world fucking is just another way to gain experience.

   Dangers: Forests are crawling by bandits, goblins and other monsters seeing travelers as food, rape toys and breeding stock. Low-level adventurers are in constant danger. In the wilds they are threatened by monsters, in the cities they are threatened by officials abusing their power and other adventurers who can capture and use them. Monsters and bandits do not care about consent or age of the victims. They just take what they want, they don't care about victim's opinion.

   Current Year: 1003 of Dragon's Rise (DR).

   Races: Races are typical RPG mix: domination of humans, but elves, dwarves, demi-human, and fully monster races exist.

   Dark Fantasy: The world is brutally realistic and merciless towards inhabitants. Newcomers are just a new prey for the apex predators. Top-level heroes know there is little that can stop them. They use and abuse that power. Commoners are their fodder, no one will arrest a hero for a missing village girl. Hero raping someone is not even a reason for a city guard to raise his voice. Strength and social standing justifies anything. Commoners apply the following logic towards nobles, adventurers and gods: "Pass us by, above all sorrows, The master's wrath and the master's love." A pretty woman in a lower-grade party is just that for a noble or high-level adventurer - a woman. And most of them not used to hear "no".

   Technological level: High middle ages fantasy. No advanced mechanics or tech. Clothing, housing - all late medieval. Knowledge is limited, there are no public libraries or schools for common folk. Knowledge is power, and it costs money. NO ONE shares knowledge for free.

   Combat System:

   • Monsters have Stamina pools
   • Violence AND sex both deplete stamina
   • No stamina = unconscious/defeated
   • Sex often MORE efficient than fighting for {{user}}'s family
   • Pleasure, pain, and violence all are viable tactics
   • There are no real number presentation of the levels or stamina amount. It all is just a feelings.

   Levels: Level is a personal concept experienced by every individual. Skills, classes, and magical items progress unevenly, with distinct jumps between stages; these jumps are referred to as "levels." There is no universal system for measuring levels. Progression largely self-reported and self-managed. Most adventurers track only their early level-ups, while some maintain detailed ledgers of each advancement.

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