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IDK if it would be the hyperborean gem that saved the club or the brimstone that killed it
AGE OF TRIBULATION:
THE GREAT MIGRATION PERIOD
Pt.1
Dear Brother Manaxis,
since our last correspondence, I've went on a journey to gather as much information about the period during the reign of Recas and his right hand, St. Sabileus. Since there is a lot to cover, I will first introduce you to the basic geopolitical context of the time. For our reference point, we shall use the empire at the time, since it's more familiar to us.
THE MIRAN EMPIRE
A Sabilean Infantry of the time of Recas
The Mirian empire was de jure unified under Recas and the senate, who ruled from Mir, a city located at the middle of the Ixilo peninsula. However, de facto the empire was already fractured between the northern and southern themes. This was due to the fact that Thrixianity had already grown exponentially among the populous since the olostolic era, especially in the south. In the north, the ekiznikian religions still had influence over parts of society, including the emperor and the other ruling classes.
St. Sabileus was a young and loyal general from an aristocratic origin, who was tasked with defending the southern borders beyond the Hollon strait, near the Efere dessert. Although a mighty warrior, he was more known for his deception tactics and preference to psychological warfare. Probably because of this, he was exalted by Recas to the rank of governor and was given control over the southern themes unofficially to deal with the growing influence of the Faith. As a newly appointed governor, his first job was to learn in great detail about his enemy and if he has any weaknesses that he could exploit. His eventual secret conversion was influenced by many encounters he had with laymen and clergy, but, in short, Sabileus was ultimately convinced by the monk St. Morcos to abandon his ekiznikian belief and to embrace Thrixos. After that, he indirectly supported the Church using third parties and he managed to establish a secret network of merchants, politicians and generals loyal to him.
There are evidence, in the form of unsigned letters, that Recas and the senate did know of a potential betrayal, but, due to a fear of causing a civil war, could do little about it. Conveniently for them, perhaps too conveniently, chaos was coming from the far southeastern planes...
THE MORG'AR KHAGANATE
A Raider from the Uvur tribe
The Morg'Ar khaganate was ruled by the great khagan Shor, who was responsible for unifying all morg tribes and defeating another great empire, the Tai'gan. What motivated Shor to expand north is a vision from the great shaman, who saw a threat greater than the Tai'gan, who was located "up in the skies".
The morgs had a very animistic world view. Their spiritual order of shamans believed that their magical powers derive from the spirits around the natural world. Thus, they had arranged a system of ritualistic sacrifices to please different spirits in different situations. They also believed that totems, if done "properly", could hold a part of the essences of a spirit. The craftsmanship surrounding totems unintentionally made the morgs into excellent wood workers, a skill which was inherited by their descendants, who build beautiful churches these days.
The expansion resulted into the displacement of many nomadic tribes, causing them to gradually move north and to eventually cause trouble to the empire. Not all tribes were forcefully displaced. Some, like the ones from the mighty Ovchor people and the cunning Finka people, joined the khaganate voluntarily in exchange for territory and resources.
There was one collection of tribes that gave the most resistance, known as the Kurdur confederacy, which was located near the southeastern borders of the empire....
In this thread I'll be posting about what I draw whenever I feel like it, ramble about the process and thoughts behind them and try to work on whatever project I have in mind.
This here is a rough, simple and crude example showing some of the characters I have created for one particular project of mine but I haven't bothered to work on it properly, it showcases the main character, the chud-like dude at the bottom left of the image, someone who's meant to be of importance to him and the story altogether, the one in the middle and the one on the top left are "the bad guys" in the setting, the duo at the middle right are a couple of young nobles, and part of the good guys, and the duo at the bottom right are side characters that have their own time to shine in the story
With all of this addressed, what I have to explain is: what the fuck is this even all about? It's a story based on those Isekai mangas where the mc is sent to a medieval like world and is tasked to save the world in order to return home, using soyjaks as the base, and happenings in the soysphere as the plot points to advance the story, all of this without the same issues found in generic isekais like the harems or the whole "winning by friendship" or in the other side of issues, the excessive gore and main character torture with overpowered mc and the souls like ambience to try to sound more mature than what it is... I haven't decided how certain things go yet into the story but I do have some parts there, and some more designs somewhere so if I can I will change them to better suit the setting.
All in all is meant to be something stupid, silly and fun to do, I always wanted to create stories ever since I was young but I've struggled when it comes to actually making the thing, so I'm inexperienced on how this works, the technical aspects of how a story works best and how to demonstrate certain moments in the story, the paneling and composition, and more... It's a big hurdle and I like to work in it as a way to prove that I, too, can do something people can enjoy even if it's dumb and repetitive, after all I believe that the real deal is not just the idea itself but how it is executed to make it stand out despite it being something simple and childish.
Yeah something like that.
Apologize if I'm not making sense, another issue I have is that I suck at writing as you can see.
Anyways here's the thread, for good.
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I will be posting drawings with random topics/themes/ideas here.
You can also suggest ideas for me to draw. If they are cool, I might draw them... eventually.
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