Bonds:
The Overlord -Tea the Unfettered:
- Minerva’s people serve me now.
- Minerva has felt the full, terrifying brunt of my power.
- I have fought Tesiver before, and left a wound upon them. It burns in my presence.
- Danuin was once my friend.
- I have no consideration for Danuin’s obsolete feelings for me.
- Vladorz secretly admires me and the things I do.
- Mistress Conifer is unabashedly in love with me because of my immense power.
- Montague the Blue Genius fears me and will follow my commands.
Mistress Holly Conifer - The General:
- I have made a fool out of Tesiver
- I now know better than to underestimate Danuin.
- I love the Overlord because of his immense power.
Minerva - The Exiled Queen:
- I deeply admire Danuin’s power.
- The Overlord saw my strength from before I became what I am now.
- Vladorz and I have shared in glorious victory
- Danuin and I both have history with Tea.
- Tesiver is quick to act and gets results
- I do not understand Danuin’s motivations but they are important to her.
- What Vladorz values about this plane is unknowable to me.
Tesiver - The Old:
- Danuin has a long way to go, but I will help her get there.
- In many ways Minerva is more capable than I.
- Vladorz is dangerous and I must contain him.
- Andy (the Lion) makes me feel less alone.
- Conifer made a fool of me, and I must prove myself.
Vladorz - The Many:
- I like to wait and see what Danuin does.
- I will never catch Minerva in my webs.
- Tesiver believes in me, even when I lie.
- I have shown Danuin my greatest secret.
- Danuin will learn to work for the greater good, or else.
- The Fingerlings dream of trains and tracks, and I cannot convince them to think otherwise.
Danuin - The Landborn:
- I have trusted Overlord with the truth about me.
- Minerva might be my greatest rival, but she’s also a worthy friend.
- I once went to war alongside Vladorz.
- Tesiver is one of few people I’m comfortable being alone with.
- I believe I can redeem the Overlord.
- Minerva trusts me even after everything I’ve done.
- Tesiver is always looking out for us.
- Holly knows to not underestimate me.
- I am not convinced Vladorz cares for anyone but Vladorz.
Background info
Which people did the Overlord hit first and hardest?
The dragons. They were closest to home, and travesties to his power.
Whose people has the overlord mostly ignored?
Spiders. Can’t fucking find them.
What impossible thing has the overlord already done?
Destroyed the World Tree.
Lore
Giants:
- Giant are immortal and have never been killed through trauma.
- Giants are diverse and made up of all races.
- If two giants fall in love, they will start to age.
- Long ago, the creatures who would become the giants banded together to destroy a great evil. As a result, they were blessed with immortality.
- Giants look exactly like other members of their race.
Spiders:
- Spiders speak in unison whenever they are close to each other.
- Spiders show up in random places and build things with no apparent purpose (except to Spiders)
- Vladorz, and Spiders in general, have been around a lot longer than most people realize.
- Spiders are mesmerized by close up magic. They aren’t very good at it themselves, in that, they go a little too far in their ‘tricks’. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCsMXYgLXqs like this)
Arakkoa:
- Arakkoa live in Skybalm, a floating island. (Jeff you’re not allowed to blow my floating island out of the sky unless you do it with a castle on tank treads.)
- Jenner just referenced the worst part of Date Night. Leader of Skybalm (Lagan) kidnaps women.
- Highly territorial. Destroy anything near Skybalm.
- Arakkoa believe (wrongly) that they are the only humanoid creatures that can fly. All other humanoids who seem to have the ability to fly are doing it wrong.
- Arakkoa are arrogant pricks who are known to harbor contempt for those they deem the “Flightless Ones” (Which is pretty much anyone not an Arakkoa.)
- The Arakkoa are comprised of Five Tribes that I’m too lazy to name or give traits for yet and every three years they have a race where the best flier gets to lead the Arakkoa.
Dragons:
- Dragons are intelligent; they learn things quickly. However, they are appropriative and elitist. They have a central kingdom, but they spread throughout other kingdoms as well.
- Dragons have extreme control over fire; they have little need for any sort of starter, and they are nearly invulnerable to the hottest flames. The exception is, of course, Half Dragons.
- Dragons are capitalists. They hoard all of their gold, no matter how much it damages society to keep it. Their own economy in shambles, they also attempt to extend their reach to other societies.
- Montague the Blue Genius is the current King of the Dragon Kingdom. Took the position after Minerva was ousted.
- Montague is definitely a toady to Tea now.
Halflings:
- Small, stout and have bestial features.
- Industrious.
Rumors:
-Arakkoa believe that you can see a spiders true form, reflected in ice.
-Spiders believe that Arakkoa are cannibals.
-Dragons believe that Giants are anarchists who will corrupt the youth.
-Giants believe that dragons are all descendants of those who served the Great Evil.
-There are tribes of naturally flightless Arakkoa (kiwis, penguins, emus, etc.) that are shunned and not spoken about by Skybalm
NPC Spotlight:
Danuin:
Selynth the Archivist
Tesiver:
Tyrram
Minerva:
Katla of the Seven Fires
Vladorz:
None yet