Benevilan saw the world, and frowned at what he saw. The earth became filled with holes, due to the action of one. The actions of another covered the planet in fire as mighty volcanos, shooting ash into the atmosphere, with little water to compensate. The actions of a dark being created a mockery of water, one which killed instead of create, but tempted mortals for the few which may grant might.
The World seemed lost in his eyes. Benevilan decided that the best way to safeguard those who are yet to live is to separate from the desolate land, granting them a future where there is none.
He found a land yet untouched by volcanoes, one far away from the darkwater, and ordered it to rise. An entire continent, free from the confines of the earth, began to lift up into the clouds. The gap below, now empty, he filled with ordinary water of his own. He looked upon the land he had lifted up, and forced it to rise high, where the lowest clouds would not reach the surface of the continent, but high clouds would still provide it with water for life. A continent in the sky, which none could go without magic, free from the ash of the planet below, yet still fertile. He called it the Sky Continent of Benea, in a bit of personal hubris. Shaping it, he focused all he can into making it a work of art, with new lakes and impressive valleys, a mountain range filled with great resources, vast plains, and in a place where the sun would shine and the rain could sustain the continent.
Benevilan lifts a large landmass into the sky, known as the Sky Continent of Benea.The Sky Continent is varied in many ways in terrain. While it is technically in the middle of a ocean (one which had been made to help isolate it), its height limits its rainfall to more temperate levels, though it still gets plenty of rain, so it does not turn into a huge desert. Most of its water comes from small lakes and inbound streams heading to a miniature sea in the middle of it all. The land is pretty deep, going on for miles before reaching the bottom of the continent, but there are little in the means caverns and caves, though there are one or two big ones due to previous action on the land before it was raised into the sky.
If it was on the planet itself, it would be about 5% of the surface. It hovers above a large ocean, however, so while it could be seen from quite a distance away, reaching it would be quite the endeavor.
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Its probably quite big for a magical landmark, but it IS a landmark, so I'll see if its okay.
So with this, the total landmass has been altered to 40% Land 60% Ocean. If only because I made a big ocean to isolate the land I separated. Though, this leads to a question; if land is flying, does it count towards landmass if an ocean is under it?
To activate it and create something one must first sacrifice something they hold dear. The more attached they are to it the stronger the thing they create will be. What ever the person sacrifices will come back in exactly one year to the second, in a stronger, faster and more efficient form. most commonly the sacrificed thing will come back made of the material that creates the forge unless specified not to by who ever used it.
So the sacrifices aren't actually sacrifices, they're upgrades?
Well they don't know that. And don't tell them that though.
The secret's going to get out eventually unless you put in some secrecy enforcing thing.
You know, there is no guarantee that they will survive said thing mentioned. Lets just say you amputate your best sword arm, you still are going to have to survive the blood loss from said amputation. Not to mention that said arm is going to look VERY unnatural when it comes back, so people are probably going to try to disassociate from whoever does it. Not to mention if you throw, lets just say a sibling into the forge, I doubt they would be very happy. All they could remember is the 'hatred' you had when you pushed them in. Not to mention they might not come back in a way you intend.
Basically, are you willing to give up something which could REALLY bite you in the ass later on?
Of course, it could be a 'you can't want it' sort of deal. If you can casually say "Hey, I am going to chop off my arm so it comes back stronger!" or "I am going to throw my grandfather's sword in!", you probably were not that attached to it in the first place, so you would just lose your bloody arm/sword.
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