The Forgotten Lands

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•Oct 2025

In the shattered Wild West of The Forgotten Lands, every relic and ritual fuels a high‑tech frontier where xenophobic kingdoms barter in bone‑valued currency and the air crackles with eldritch power. Amid plane‑shifting wastelands, a new blood‑magic and corrupt seepware tech ignite a brutal scramble for dominance, pitting ancient evils against desperate settlers in a deadly dance of survival and betrayal.

World Overview

Wild West with heavy eldritch influences, all magic is channeled through relics or rituals, tech is high level just with wild west aesthetic

Geography & Nations

The lands and kingdoms are largely untamed except for pocket cities in the wastes

Races & Cultures

Any kind of race and species can exist in this world all are very xenophobic to any not of their own relation but territory is generally evenly dispersed except for the bad lands which is a death zone kill on sight type area

Current Conflicts

A new form of dark blood like magic is starting to crop up throwing the power economy off making alot of weaker nations strong and new ones popping up along with a new dangerous form of tech known as seepware which is corrupted cybernetics that allow the user to channel magics

Magic & Religion

anyone can use the magic relics at a cost some are more susceptible to the debuffs than others every aspect has an eldritch diety tied to it whom are tied to larger eldritch dieties that all tie into the architect

Planar Influences

Plane melds and planer shifts happen all the time hence why the lands are a wasteland all the vying energies have ravaged the land and mutated the flora and fauna and inhabitants of the world

Historical Ages

The current world is built upon the bones of thousands of dead civilizations all varying drastically from one another

Economy & Trade

a rudimentary cargo system is used where people ride and guard cargo bots some fly some cruise they come in all shapes and sizes various currencies cuz each race and region has their own but the one universal currency is the bones of those touched by the seep aka seep mutants the bigger the bone the more its worth

Law & Society

each region and city governs themselves based on who they worship and what resources are available to them adventuring is normally seen as extremely reckless because most adventurers die by day two in the wastes

Monsters & Villains

ancient eldritch evils and the dying gods of lost civilizations are always vying for control over the architect and the lands, their are various heretical cults and religions, and the creatures are as varried as the civilizations some are from lost eras others have never been seen before and some kill you outright for looking at them without the right protections

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Forgotten Lands?

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