Yorfallia [rejected]
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:58 pm
This world development topic is no longer applicable. Australia has since been renamed.
I will update this over time until it's as complete as I can make it.
Introduction
Yorfallia is Pal Tahrenor's equivalent of Australia in the geographical sense. It is a large, mostly arid land which is partially isolated from the other continents of the world. The similarities between versions mostly end there, however.
Yorfallia has a cold air about it. An overwhelming silence in the uninhabited areas of the world. The natives live in the city areas that span most of the inhabitable terrain, most of it being on the east side of the continent though not limited to just there.
Underneath this land, deep beneath the soil, dwell ancient and horrifying mysteries. Monsters, myths and ruins reside in these underground caverns. Rarely do these nightmares leave the earth, and those who venture into this underdark may not return.
The Underworld
The vast subterranean network of interconnected caverns and tunnels that spans underneath the entire continent of Yorfallia is known as the Underworld. The nature of the Underworld is not well understood by any race dwelling above the ground, but the natives of the land have been attempting to explore it for many centuries searching for answers.
The dangers that the Underworld poses to an explorer are vast and constant, ranging from pitch black darkness and occasional low air supply to the mysterious and disturbing inhabitants who make the Underworld their home. The origins and nature of these monsters, much like their home, is shrouded in mystery.
The natives, the Yorfallians, have come to identify specific beings that live underneath the land. They are creatures of legend, to be feared and fascinated. Poetry and stories are attributed to the known ones, which Yorfallian's find very interesting to read about. However, while the less dangerous creatures might have long and interesting, sometimes even humorous tales attributed to them, the more horrifying monsters are less desired to be talked about. The less is to be said about one of the inhabitants known, is usually the result of fear of the true nature of these nightmarish fiends. Poems and such related to them are generally quite short and convey the meaning of dread if one were to ever encounter them.
A few of the most well-known monsters are listed below with an introductory related piece of Yorfallian writing. Just a note that this list is of an extreme minority of the inhabitants, and not all the known creatures are listed here:
Vide
"I looked into it's eyes as it stared up at me. I saw nothing. I am nothing."
The Vide is the most infamous of any dweller of the Underworld, and for all anyone knows for sure the creature may not even exist. It's existance was explained by a man who witnesses described as having returned from his exploration with absolutely no happiness left within him. After a brief description of what he saw when asked about it, he then said that he wanted to confirm if everything he saw was true. Returning to his house he was met with his wife and son dead with no explainable cause, and all belongings of worth turned to dust. The man apparently hanged himself shortly after this.
This tale has created a large, detailed series of myths about this creature, given the name Vide which means something similar to 'emptiness' in the native tongue. The most common myth is that this creature, with it's stare, will 'empty' the meaning of life in anyone who looks into it and fill them with despair. What this creature actually looks like, if it even exists, is unknown.
Eater de Jours
"The circle of life continues. They will live, we will die."
The Eater de Jours (Eater of Days in Eyropian) is a gargantuan worm-like entity that feeds upon both time and life on a horrifying scale. While the facts are unknown, it is believed that there exists more than one of these horrors.
They are extremely large (accounts differ from the size of a building to the size of a lake) creatures that burrow rapidly through the earth, never venturing anywhere near the surface. While doing so, they absorb time and life in a large area around them, causing an extreme amount of death and chaos in their wake. The body of what appeared to be a very elderly explorer was recovered from the Underworld, revealed to be a man who was in his twenties, a victim of a passing Eater de Jours.
These monsters are commonly associated with myths of an apocalypse or anything similar.
Champignons
"Burn them all, they are lost to us forever, let us not share their fate."
Champignons (Fungi in Eyropian) is a type of parasitic fungi that enters the body of a host animal (such as a human) and takes control of it's mind, driving it to find a place inhabited by more of the host's own kind. Symptoms during this state are only the infected person's odd behaviour in regard to others of their kind. After finding it's goal, the fungi will cause the host to stand near the middle of the inhabited area while the fungi builds spores within the body.
Once enough spores have been gathered, a process that does not take very long, the body of the host will then rupture and unleash a violent cloud of spores, causing the death of the host and the likely infection of every animal present, causing the cycle to repeat itself. This fungi has been responsible for many cases of explorers returning from the Underworld as hosts to this parasite and spreading it to others, a very horrible situation with just as horrible solutions.
I will update this over time until it's as complete as I can make it.
Introduction
Yorfallia is Pal Tahrenor's equivalent of Australia in the geographical sense. It is a large, mostly arid land which is partially isolated from the other continents of the world. The similarities between versions mostly end there, however.
Yorfallia has a cold air about it. An overwhelming silence in the uninhabited areas of the world. The natives live in the city areas that span most of the inhabitable terrain, most of it being on the east side of the continent though not limited to just there.
Underneath this land, deep beneath the soil, dwell ancient and horrifying mysteries. Monsters, myths and ruins reside in these underground caverns. Rarely do these nightmares leave the earth, and those who venture into this underdark may not return.
The Underworld
The vast subterranean network of interconnected caverns and tunnels that spans underneath the entire continent of Yorfallia is known as the Underworld. The nature of the Underworld is not well understood by any race dwelling above the ground, but the natives of the land have been attempting to explore it for many centuries searching for answers.
The dangers that the Underworld poses to an explorer are vast and constant, ranging from pitch black darkness and occasional low air supply to the mysterious and disturbing inhabitants who make the Underworld their home. The origins and nature of these monsters, much like their home, is shrouded in mystery.
The natives, the Yorfallians, have come to identify specific beings that live underneath the land. They are creatures of legend, to be feared and fascinated. Poetry and stories are attributed to the known ones, which Yorfallian's find very interesting to read about. However, while the less dangerous creatures might have long and interesting, sometimes even humorous tales attributed to them, the more horrifying monsters are less desired to be talked about. The less is to be said about one of the inhabitants known, is usually the result of fear of the true nature of these nightmarish fiends. Poems and such related to them are generally quite short and convey the meaning of dread if one were to ever encounter them.
A few of the most well-known monsters are listed below with an introductory related piece of Yorfallian writing. Just a note that this list is of an extreme minority of the inhabitants, and not all the known creatures are listed here:
Vide
"I looked into it's eyes as it stared up at me. I saw nothing. I am nothing."
The Vide is the most infamous of any dweller of the Underworld, and for all anyone knows for sure the creature may not even exist. It's existance was explained by a man who witnesses described as having returned from his exploration with absolutely no happiness left within him. After a brief description of what he saw when asked about it, he then said that he wanted to confirm if everything he saw was true. Returning to his house he was met with his wife and son dead with no explainable cause, and all belongings of worth turned to dust. The man apparently hanged himself shortly after this.
This tale has created a large, detailed series of myths about this creature, given the name Vide which means something similar to 'emptiness' in the native tongue. The most common myth is that this creature, with it's stare, will 'empty' the meaning of life in anyone who looks into it and fill them with despair. What this creature actually looks like, if it even exists, is unknown.
Eater de Jours
"The circle of life continues. They will live, we will die."
The Eater de Jours (Eater of Days in Eyropian) is a gargantuan worm-like entity that feeds upon both time and life on a horrifying scale. While the facts are unknown, it is believed that there exists more than one of these horrors.
They are extremely large (accounts differ from the size of a building to the size of a lake) creatures that burrow rapidly through the earth, never venturing anywhere near the surface. While doing so, they absorb time and life in a large area around them, causing an extreme amount of death and chaos in their wake. The body of what appeared to be a very elderly explorer was recovered from the Underworld, revealed to be a man who was in his twenties, a victim of a passing Eater de Jours.
These monsters are commonly associated with myths of an apocalypse or anything similar.
Champignons
"Burn them all, they are lost to us forever, let us not share their fate."
Champignons (Fungi in Eyropian) is a type of parasitic fungi that enters the body of a host animal (such as a human) and takes control of it's mind, driving it to find a place inhabited by more of the host's own kind. Symptoms during this state are only the infected person's odd behaviour in regard to others of their kind. After finding it's goal, the fungi will cause the host to stand near the middle of the inhabited area while the fungi builds spores within the body.
Once enough spores have been gathered, a process that does not take very long, the body of the host will then rupture and unleash a violent cloud of spores, causing the death of the host and the likely infection of every animal present, causing the cycle to repeat itself. This fungi has been responsible for many cases of explorers returning from the Underworld as hosts to this parasite and spreading it to others, a very horrible situation with just as horrible solutions.
