General
This is where you can find out about the planet's characteristics and lore.
We find ourselves in an alternative universe to ours, around the medieval and the Renaissance.
It is The Church that governs the 3 main countries by 3 "popes". They are chosen by the people from several pre-selected bishops. Religion imposes its rules, its laws, the duties of each thanks to its military grip.
The world forms a single supercontinent surrounded by water and attached by the North Pole. The land is dotted with mountain ranges, there are very few plateaus, plains and islands. Everything is concentrated in the northern hemisphere of the planet, the south being covered with water.
Despite everything, the southern hemisphere of the planet is not empty, beyond a sea of clouds, many islands habit the skies, grouping together in a vast place divided into "3 floors", 3 differents altitudes...
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Magic:
Everything revolves around the Soul and the Anti-Soul. Invisible entities created thanks to the thoughts, emotions and actions of everyone: humans, animals, plants, rocks etc.
It is the magic of this world. The Church prohibits its free use, any magical being is considered bad and unnatural. Only those "blessed" by the Church are authorized to wield it (mages, knights, some blacksmiths and carpenters).
These entities were born at the same time as the entire universe, dormant until then, it was at the birth of the Earth that they began to awaken and animate the planet by creating magical flows.
But sometimes they can mingle with their creator or imitate their creator, resulting in magical creatures (living) or magical artifacts (not living):
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Artifacts are common and used daily. They are often used to bring running water for example. The more magic is embedded in an artifact, the rarer it becomes. Some are used to control magic or magical creatures.
This magic is divided into two categories, which oppose but complement each other:
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The Soul is like the warm and gentle breeze, it is embodied in fairies, in happiness, in lightness: we must preserve our innocence, preserve nature, our environment, preserve, do not break anything. The Soul guides us. You have to be kind, kind. It is synonymous with naturalness, goodness and luck.
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The Anti-Soul is like suffocating tar, it incarnates in poison, illusion, anger, cruelty: it is sin. It is necessary to drive out the dark ideas which would support this destructive magic. Synonym of bad omen and death.
The word “soul” exists only to define the type of magic, it does not exist in common vocabulary.
The Soul and the Anti-Soul cannot mix, like water and oil, but they can coexist together, live in the same place.
Magic allowed the appearance of powers.
Powers are learned, all those who are linked to magic can have powers, these allow to control, modify, trigger flows of magic. These are the most common uses, but others exist.
Some powers are easier to learn than others. A power, even learned by a person, may not work (following species, family etc).
Example of an easy power: use his special sight for Tears, which he has learned, like any baby opening his eyes, but with a delay.
Example of a more complex power: read minds for angels, you have to learn to leave only two eyes open, look at your target and focus on it.
Experienced people are a special case, their grafted pieces have already lived or learned so it will be easier for them to learn, by instinct.
Some powers are triggered or blocked by artifacts.
Artifacts are objects that have been infused with magic, only a few blacksmiths and craftsmen can build them (because they must be related to magic) to obtain a pure and durable artifact. But there are other unconventional ways, like infusing magic into normal objects after they've been designed. Artifacts can be limbs, human, angelic, demonic, animal or plant parts. The individual must be alive and a magician must make sure to keep the parts alive so that the magic in these parts does not dissipate.
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Nobility:
The nobility is divided into several families, most living in the capital. It under-reigns certain districts or cities.
The nobles are distinguished by black and white hair, by white eyes. They are of great strength and taller than men. These white aspects are symbolic of these people. If someone outside the families has one of these aspects, he will be considered noble by the population.
It is not a species in its own right , but descendants of sphynx (were-leopards-of-the-snows). Their superior aspect allowed them to rise hierarchically very quickly, they are now considered untouchable, at the limit of the divine and protected by the Church.
Apart from their appearance, they have kept a custom over the centuries of the species with which they share their blood: their name. Indeed, the first names are composed of 3 syllables: one syllable of each first name of their parents, plus a syllable of their own. Their two-syllable surname always begins with "al".