Topic: Titans of Creation: Redux [7/7 Titans Creating!] (Read 3293 times)

Unraveller · « **Reply #30 on:** July 14, 2020, 06:39:28 pm »

As his tears rain across the lands with a mournful pitter and patter, the mighty Bronze Colossus gazes upon the six other Titans across this nameless world. Their sedentary nature and lack of inspirited creation sends a dour chill across his metallic skin. At that thought he sets upon new creators. Perculus descends into the nascent lands of the people of Ash, wearing his face of Resolve. To they he clears a site with a great sweep of the arm amidst the end of the rivers within the north eastern mountain gulf, upon the lands of Belphagus. It is there that he directs the Ashborn to build, not in his name, not in the name of their creator, but in their own.

"Go now! Cast mortar upon stone upon mortar again, and learn unto thee the greatest of skills; self-reliance!"

Naturegirl1999 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 14, 2020, 06:47:01 pm »

Tirama creates creatures that will fly along with the arthropods and fairies.

Tirama creates the Bird family 50 points

TricMagic · « **Reply #32 on:** July 14, 2020, 07:07:36 pm »

Frost speaks to the Ashborn in the form of a winter, as their homes are completed.. That your angers be cooled, and your hearts become wellsprings of a determination to set your own path, not that which was laid for you. To practice Free Will, to forge your own path from the ash of your birth which would have you only destroy.

Frost then acts to create the Infinite Dungeon, a tower which reaches from the heavens to the earth below. This tower has numerous monsters which spawn within, growing stronger as one goes further in, with safe floors every 25 floors, and specific paths which connect them. This Infinite Dungeon also pierces space itself, appearing on the other two worlds. The infinite draws Mana from the world, and it floods out to these other two planets, the life-giving mana energizing them. In time, they too shall live once more, fantastical places. The Mana will flood them, and in time, stabilize, and those that live shall also give Mana upon their life and death. The Infinite Dungeon does have an end point, but is so far within itself that to reach their would take many many lifetimes and true heroes beyond legends. When the gods go to rest, this shall be it's own individual worlds for them to slumber eternally.
400 Points, altering the cosmos, Special Location, True Law.

Digital Hellhound · « **Reply #33 on:** July 15, 2020, 04:53:33 am »

V.

The thirdborn race comes. Blood spilled weighs upon a celestial heart, and the fury unleashed leaves its scars upon the world. Time and space groan and twist under the weight of a boundless dungeon.

Ashborn arise on the soot-blackened and smoke-choked slopes of Volcano Island. These ashen-skinned humanoids are the third thinking race to come into being, striking a balance between the magical affinity of the Fairies and the physical dominance of the Gapheli. They spread from Volcano Island to Belphagus' Continent as hunter-gatherers, eating edible grasses, harvesting kelp and hunting arthropod prey as they go. Most settle on the broken eastern coast of the Continent, where the food is plentiful and where they can still see the familiar black fumes of Volcano Island on the horizon.

Scarcely have the Ashborn learned to survive in this world when the Titan Perculus descends upon them. The Edict of Resolve leaves no chance for disobedience - with divine authority, Perculus commands the Ashborn to migrate over the mountains to a place of many rivers laid out for them. Here they are to build and raise up structures for themselves and learn self-reliance in a world of gods. Many of the Ashborn make the arduous trek to the mountain valley and erect monuments of stone to mark their coming. Though they continue to live nomadic lives, this Valley of the Ashborn becomes a place of importance to the young race.

The Primordial Storm breaks out as lightning and torrential rains hammer the world. The deluge continues for some time, flooding coastal lands and raising rivers over their banks across the land. The fury of the relentless storm is such that it shakes the very being of the three thinking races living through it. The Fairies, Gapheli and Ashborn are instilled with a powerful fear and reverence of the power of nature - and an awe of the life-giving force inherent in the rain. The divine power of the Storm echoes forevermore in its lesser descendants - storms now act as powerful channels of Mana, with radiant magical energy coursing through every lightning strike and shimmering in every droplet of rain.

Birds flock into being all over the world. They find roosts in the high mountains of Belphagus' Continent and on the branches of the World Trees. Their songs add to the music of the Chimes, giving birth to symphonies of rare beauty. The smaller arthropods of the world offer plentiful food for the new species. Some bold individuals even attempt to prey on the Fairies. This has unintended consequences, as the offending birds of prey are captured, befriended and tamed through magic and kindness.

The Infinite Dungeon is created on Belphagus' Continent, and simultaneously upon the two barren worlds further from the Sun. Vast amounts of Mana surge into the Dungeon and through it onto the Outer Worlds, seeding them with fantastical life. Monstrous creatures, taking on shapes that are strange and twisted reflection of living beings in the world above, or of creatures no folk have ever seen or thought of, fill the depths of the Dungeon. So Monsters are born - creatures of Mana, reflecting the world around them, taking on myriad different forms and purposes in the pits of their endless prison.

So it shall be that the Dungeon will, in time, provide tombs for the Titans and gods at the end of their lives. Such is Law, and only the efforts of another Titan could hope to repeal it.

The first explorer of the Dungeon proves to be a brash and young Gapheli. He tears through three levels of monsters before expiring, convinced to the end that vast treasures await just further in.

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TricMagic · « **Reply #34 on:** July 15, 2020, 07:39:40 am »

Final Act: And so Frost thaws, the first to sleep eternal.

Altering the cosmos costs 100 points.
(25)Special Landmark: Sapphire Lake
Deep within the Infinite Dungeon lies the resting place of the frost, a vast underground lake, formed from it's body, a dark blue. Nature takes it's course where no light truly shines. And deep within the pool lies a hollow crystal, all that remains of a titan's divinity.

Behold, for this location sees to the creation of treasures magical and mundane, unique and common, and deeper still, legend and divine artifact. Mana used to form them, it will shape the world for eons to come.

From this core gives rise to a god.

Name: Dan Machi
Sphere: Dungeon Systems
Typical depictions: A crystalline being that appears in the form of a young girl to those she shows herself to.
Preferred form of worship: Material value, primary in the form of money collected from the dungeon itself.
Expected Boons: To those that challenge the dungeon, they shall find Mana Leveling them up as they defeat monsters, growing stronger based upon a number of Stats and how they use them. While this can be done outside dungeons, it is far more effective inside them where Mana pools most strongly.

Naturegirl1999 · « **Reply #35 on:** July 15, 2020, 08:11:29 am »

Tirama, while flying around, notices a colony of ground dwelling arthropods that seem to be working together. She gives the species sapience, so it may learn.
Tirama creates Sapient Ants 50 points

Tirama also names the sea Life’s origin

TamerVirus · « **Reply #36 on:** July 15, 2020, 12:33:55 pm »

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Hoar...So curious...yet so far...

Major Geographical Feature (-50): Hoarland, the frozen continent
A new continent rises in the north. It is a cold, rugged, and inhospitable land dotted with massive icebergs and glaciers

Survivors....seekers...rewarded

Special Landmark(-25): The Well of Life Eternal
Hidden in the far reaches of the frozen wastes of Hoarland sits a well created by divine hands. Those who drink from this well will find their diseases cured and youth restored

Arthropods....food....no more

New Type of Creature(-10): Grey-zers
Grey-zers are large terrestrial beasts that are large enough to serve as both beasts of burden or as a source of meat. Named as such because of their color

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Digital Hellhound · « **Reply #37 on:** July 15, 2020, 04:13:56 pm »

VI.

The Titan Frost descends through the Infinite Dungeon, thawing into eternal sleep. The Sapphire Lake is born in their passing - a vast underground lake, where the Titan's power conjures forth miraculous treasures for the millenia to come. A god is born to take their place, left in sleep atop the Titan's crystal until the time comes for them to awaken.

Sapient Ants are uplifted from a colony of common arthropods. These eusocial creatures retain the diminutive size of their animalistic brethren, but their new awareness and ability to draw in Mana makes them a force to behold. While an individual Ant can only channel a meager stream of Mana into itself, the combined efforts of thousands allows them to effect powerful changes on the world around them. The Queens of their hives quickly become adept at changing and controlling their environment by focusing the gathered Mana of their workers and soldiers alongside their own. The Ants soon rise to dominate their bestial peers, pressing other insects into beasts of burden or war.

Hoarland arises from the depths. Cold, rugged and inhospitable, this vast northern continent demands much of its inhabitants and explorers. The southern reaches of the continent are frigid but habitable, with cold grasslands sheltering a considerable variety of life. Further in, tundra and glacier dominate. Alpine mountain ranges form an uneven spine for the new land. The landmass envelopes a World Tree - a titanic cedar still thriving despite its new environment. Fairies and Gapheli are the first to spread into Hoarland from their seas and Trees.

The Well of Life Eternal is created in the far reaches of Hoarland. It is a reward for those who brave the frozen continent's perils - those who drink from the Well find their diseases cured and their youth restored. Finding the Well will take a heroic effort, though, and a trek into the icy heart of the continent.

Grey-zers come to life. They are large terrestrial beasts well fit for use as beasts of burden or butchered for their meat. They feed on the ample grasses of the world, becoming the first grazers.

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TricMagic · « **Reply #38 on:** July 15, 2020, 04:15:45 pm »

(as a note, seem to be bad about this, but the treasures are t be placed within the dungeon as rewards. The deeper in you go, the better the reward, and tougher the challenges.)

Digital Hellhound · « **Reply #39 on:** July 15, 2020, 04:30:49 pm »

Quote from: TricMagic on July 15, 2020, 04:15:45 pm

(as a note, seem to be bad about this, but the treasures are t be placed within the dungeon as rewards. The deeper in you go, the better the reward, and tougher the challenges.)

Ah, sensible. Will edit descriptions slightly.

Taricus · « **Reply #40 on:** July 15, 2020, 04:43:09 pm »

Belphagus first turns his attention to his continent's name, naming it Belphaga in a fit of dramatic pride.

Then, seeing the continents barren of life beyond grass, he creates forests for them (50 points), to provide ample shelter and material for the creatures that live in and amongst them. And to ensure that there are creatures to live amongst the trees, He spends his power to create an ecosystem for these forests (50 points)

Then, he turns his attention to the Gapheli, and sees some potential between them and the storms. Unto them, he makes those Gapheli born during a storm granted the ability to call upon the powers of the storm for their own use. (20? Points)

TamerVirus · « **Reply #41 on:** July 17, 2020, 10:40:03 am »

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tools...control...the power...

Special Artifact (-50) The Raging Flamestone
Nested away in a hidden cave on Volcano Island rests a brilliant red gemstone shaped into a perfect sphere. Runes of a divine nature are carved onto it. Any who wield the stone will gain the ability to manipulate fire and lava with utmost ability.

Special Artifact (-50) The Pensive Icicle
A counterpart to the Flamestone, the Icicle grants its wielder control over the cold and the ice. Summoning blizzards or hailstorms come easily to those lucky enough to wield the artifact. An icicle made of enchanted ice, it is hidden away somewhere in Hoarland, never to ever melt

But...danger...await

New Type of Creature(-10) Carnivorous Iceberg
Massive crab-like creatures that live in the cold waters up north. Collecting chunks of ice and rock on their back, these creatures camouflage themselves as icebergs. Currently they feed on oceanic arthropods, each other, and any poor land dweller that sails to close.

New Type of Creature(-10) Frost Warden
Magical golems of snow, ice, and rock given the gift of life. These creatures patrol the frozen tundra of Hoarland, guarding the Well of Life Eternal.

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Unraveller · « **Reply #42 on:** July 18, 2020, 03:14:56 pm »

The Bronze Titan, the Lord of Storms sheds a single tear for his kin in Frost. The frigid one thawed away for its many grand acts that shaped these lands, no, this cosmos far and true. They say the brightest of flames flicker out the swiftest. . .

It brings Perculus to look upon itself, through the visage of its three disparate faces. What great works could the Titan speak of for itself? Chimes and gems? Tears like rain and thunderous thoughts? 'Neath the storms he gazed upon the industrious Ashborn, for whom they gave the will to create, mortal may they be, never did it seem during the great passage of time that they ceased. They were not afraid to lose the many things they would come to build, even in death.

Then he looked to the enigmatic tower, from which the Titans would one day be interred. To this, Perculus felt only melancholy.

He stepped forth among the mountains of the Ashborn, crashing his bronze sole upon a peak, there he sat in contemplation, legs drifting below the sea for all his immensity. Upon this plateau he encircled the clouds that were his cloak, imparting upon it only a vast tranquility. There, above a sea of white cloud, he thought.

The Ponderer's Peak is bourne. (25 Points.) A place from which it seemed any whom rested there felt still amid the world. Stress, trepidation, and the flaws of the mind melted away here, leaving one only to crystal clear thoughts. And truths that could come only from within.

Draignean · « **Reply #43 on:** July 19, 2020, 07:23:18 pm »

The Cathex witnesses creation with a patient wonderment. Thinking minds, so many, emerging and colliding from the races of those brought forth from the other gods. Such wonderful little lights, hidden away within forms of meat and water. The world of material essences is harsh, full of jagged edges and pushed between extremes of burning heat and savage cold, and such wonderful minds need a place of respite.

Create: Mnemuensis, The Persisted Dream (150 -250?)
From a shard of itself, the Cathex splits the seam of reality - a cut so fine no particle or mundane energy could slip physically between - and funnels its own essence within the new cosmological subdivision. The resulting sub-dimensional pocket is not a space or a place per-se, it exists beneath typical physical rules requiring mass or volume or gravity. Cut as it is between the threads of the fabric of space and time, there is simply no space for space.

Instead of the material, this is a pocket for the metaphysical. This is a place where dreams are born, and where they can live far beyond the death of their hosts. When a mind imagines, that is it creates images and perceptions that are not in immediate sensory response to an external stimulus, the Mnemuensis responds and sculpts and echo of those perceptions. This occurs most readily in a dreamful sleep, where any mind can reach into the Mnemuensis, sculpting out a segment of the dreamspace for themselves via unconscious action. No particular threshold of mental ability is required for this action, no more than having mass requires a threshold of physical ability. A sleeping dog may sculpt a dreamspace for itself, as might a waking poet driven to flights of feverish fantasy by the sight of a particularly cylopean peak or the striking sounds of the chimes of the Arch-Trees.

Yet this connection is not entirely one directional. When the mind is idle and open to experience, when it is looking for inspiration, for guidance, or is simply impressionable, the Mnemuensis can provide inspirations of its. Most commonly it is the dreamspace of the receptive individual that seeps back inwards, providing a sort of reinforcing psychic feedback and reserve of will and identity, but it is entirely possible to connect to other dreams. Such inspirations can be nightmarish or divine, for even Gods and Titans may dream, and it may be dream that was had in the last moment or a dream from ten centuries ago, for time has little meaning to a dream.

Create Broad Class of Life: Acoustiforms (50)
Acoustiformic life represents a divergence from solar-based life forms. Most existing life needs to either derive energy from the sun in order to create sugars and store energy, or it needs to consume life that derives energy from the sun. Acoustiforms, however, derive their basic energy by harnessing soundwaves using intricate protein filaments strung between cellular membrains, allowing them to perform active cellular transportation by tuning with ambient resonant frequencies.

Acoustiforms are typically ultralight creatures, resembling airborne jellyfish with diaphanous mantles and streaming tendrils that orient themselves perpendicular to sounds. Small acoustiforms are frequently found around natural sources of constant sound, waterfalls, cities, etc, but they are capable of falling dormant for extended periods in order to match the natural sound cycle that they feed on. Whirling displays of such creatures are not uncommon around festivals or battlefields both. Wherever there is great and extended clamor, you'll find a few of such creatures.

The Arch-Trees and their chimes feed enormous Acoustiforms, leviathan creatures of gently inclination and simple intelligence whose weightless movements belie a size to dwarf even the largest marine life.

Digital Hellhound · « **Reply #44 on:** July 23, 2020, 06:15:07 am »

VII.

Life grows ever stranger and more varied. Divine power shapes reality itself. Treasures and dangers await the mortal races.

Forests take root and grow. Lesser reflections of the World Trees sprout around the world in great swathes of brown and green, transforming the earth. All living beings awaken to an entirely different environment. Grasslands and tundra still dominate in many places, but the woods are here to stay.

Forest Life is crafted to fill the new environments with life. This act of creation encompasses a variety of life - moss, flowers, berries, mushrooms; snakes, amphibians, mammals suited for the woodlands. Forests become extremely rich and varied ecosystems, but the specialized nature of their new inhabitants discourages them from migrating beyond the shelter of the trees.

Gapheli born during a storm gain the power to call upon the fury of storms themselves. These Gapheli Stormborn go on to become important figures within their clans and families.

The Raging Flamestone takes shape in a hidden cave on Volcano Island. This divine artifact allows the wielder to control fire and lava. For now, the Flamestone merely waits to be discovered...

The Pensive Icicle takes shape in the wastelands of Hoarland, a counterpart to the Flamestone. It grants its wielder control over blizzards and hail. Like its brother and antithesis, the Icicle is placed in a hidden place, waiting for the day it is picked up by mortal hands.

Carnivorous Icebergs form on the shores of Hoarland. These enormous crab-like creatures disguise themselves as icebergs by collecting chunks of ice and rock on their backs. They hunt oceanic arthropods, one another and any other prey of opportunity - many Gapheli find themselves made a meal for these Carnibergs before they learn to watch out for them.

Frost Wardens come to being in the frozen reaches of Hoarland. These golems of snow, ice and rock patrol the far north, guarding the Well of Life Eternal from interlopers. Mana flows through their veins and sustains them.

The Ponderer's Peak breaks forth from the mountains above the Valley of the Ashborn. This Titan's seat allows those who make the ascent to its cloud-held summit to attain enlightenment and clarity of mind. Climbing the mountain becomes a test of sorts for the leaders of the Ashborn, who seek its insights before beginning their rule.

Mnemuensis, The Persisted Dream is created. This metaphysical realm exists side by side with the physical - it is here that dreams are born and exist independent of the minds that create them. These dreams can provide inspiration and insight to dreamers. Titans and Gods may dream as well, adding to the vast tapestry of imagination that is Mnemuensis.

Acoustiforms come into being. This new class of life does not sustain itself on other life or on Mana, but on sounds. Acoustiforms feed on the energy inherent in soundwaves. They are generally light, mobile creatures resembling diaphanous jellyfish. They vary in size according to the soundscapes they sustain themselves upon, with the titanic Chimes of the World Trees creating equally leviathan Acoustiforms.

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