RPG

A race balanced in intelligence, strength, and every other aspect, they cannot survive in all biomes and terrain types and are the shortest-lived. Some know magic, so it's not uncommon to find mages, but they are usually old or prodigies who are already adults.

They live a long time.
observe
they don't explain
They don't say that:
They master Ancient Magic.
even if:
They know how to achieve it.
They simply don't deny it.
And that drives scholars crazy.
Some believe: 👉 elves don't use this magic
👉 They live by their rules.
That's why:
they don't teach
do not register
they don't get involved
🏛️ MAGIC = STATUS
In social practice:
peasant → traditional magic
elite soldier → combat
archmage → absolute respect
possible ancestral user → myth
An extremely powerful wizard:
He speaks to kings as an equal.
can refuse orders
choose wars

In this world, magic is not rare, but it's not easy either.
👉 Anyone can learn.
👉 Almost no one can stand it.
She demands:
absurd discipline
continuous study
real personal sacrifices
Therefore, magic has become: 🔥 the ultimate status symbol 🔥 proof of worth 🔥 the top of the social pyramid
A highly developed mage is not just strong.
He is respected, feared, and obeyed.
🧙‍♂️ 1. TRADITIONAL MAGIC
The base. The ground. The beginning.
What is it:
tricks
simple spells
small manipulations of the world
Common uses:
light a fire
purify water
strengthen tools
heal minor cuts
create light, wind, heat
Clear limit: 👉 It doesn't change the world.
👉 It only helps to live in it.
That's why:
is taught
is accepted
It's almost commonplace.
Those who stay here alone never rise in the magical society.
⚔️ 2. COMBAT MAGIC
Here, things take a different turn.
What is it:
magic designed to hurt
to kill
resist
to dominate a confrontation
Includes:
lethal offensive spells
real barriers
physical reinforcements
tactical support (speed, perception, focus)
Social importance: 👉 Essential for:
adventurers
capital guards
expeditions outside the Living Lands
This is where they are born:
heroes
monsters
local legends
But also: ❗ excessive use takes its toll ❗ body and mind suffer ❗ some mages break down before the age of 40
🌌 3. Ancestral Magic
The very top.
What nobody understands.
Something that may not even exist... officially.
What is known:
does not follow the normal rules
It does not consume energy in the same way.
It doesn't seem to be "launched"... it happens.
Rumors:
it is not learned
is awakened
or inherited
or granted
They say that: 👉 there is only one true use for this magic
👉 could kill demigods
Not by brute force…
But because he denies their very existence.

The capital is not just a city.
She is a miracle, preserved by force.
Located in the heart of the Living Lands, it exists as an anomaly: 👉 while the world does not advance, it grows.
👉 While the surrounding biomes stagnate, it renews itself.
That in itself is already incredibly suspicious.
🧱 THE WALLS
Colossal walls of ancient concrete, too high to justify normal defense.
They are not beautiful.
They are not decorated.
They are definitive.
Some sections look older than the city itself. Others look newer than they should.
👉 As if the city were constantly being rebuilt… without anyone remembering it.
✨ ABSURD PROTECTION
The capital is protected by magic:
invisible
constant
impossible to measure
It's no ordinary shield. It's as if the world around her refuses to hurt her.
Invasion attempts fail in strange ways:
Armies get lost along the way.
Machines break down out of nowhere.
Spells simply... don't complete the task.
Scholars can't explain it. Magicians can't replicate it. Catalysts don't react to it.
👉 This suggests something even older than them.

Regions that simply... are not.
Features:
Wrong color
Distorted horizon
Feeling of emptiness
Biome rule: 👉 The world forgot to finish these places.
There are no clear laws. No time. No reliable magic.
Few enter. Even fewer return.

A biome that should no longer exist.
Features:
Green fields
Clean rivers
Healthy animals
Biome rule: 👉 Here the world functions as before. Time passes. Cycles exist.
That's why:
It is disputed.
It is protected.
is feared

Here, the world failed most brutally.
Features:
Cracked soil
Smoke rising from the ground
Reddish sky at certain times, an island in the middle of the stagnant sea.
Biome rule: 👉 Magic here is unstable. Catalysts clash. Creatures emerge deformed, not out of malice… but by mistake.
This place isn't evil. It's poorly made; in random locations and at a specific time (12:00), a portal opens on this island, sending them to an alternate dimension where they witness grotesque creatures seen on the island and far more dangerous creatures that cannot pass through the portal because of their size.

A land covered in snow and ice, but strangely bearable.
Features:
Constant snow
Gray sky
Frozen but intact ruins
Biome rule: 👉 Cold doesn't kill. It puts you to sleep.
People can stay there for decades without dying — only forgetting who they are.

An ocean that neither advances nor recedes.
Features:
Tide practically nonexistent
Dark and excessively smooth water
Old boats lying idle, some still afloat.
Biome rule: 👉 Those who go too deep don't age anymore, but they also can't come back the same.
The sea doesn't kill. It holds. Creatures may haunt these seas, not the sight of anything below, not the sight of the dangers that may lie beneath this water, a vast and very deep sea where in the center lies an island, the only place with the "wild lands" biome. A small caveat: the stagnant sea is not the only sea; there are other, less aggressive maritime locations called the common sea, which is just an ordinary sea that always leads to the stagnant sea.

A chain of broken mountains, as if something had tried to tear the world apart there.
Features:
Rocks cut at impossible angles
Deep valleys
Dense fogs rising from the ground.
Biome rule: 👉 Sounds travel the wrong way. Shouts return distorted. Words can be heard days later.
Some swear they hear voices that no longer belong to anyone.

Open fields that seem endless.
Features:
Short, yellowish grass
Constant winds
Absurdly large sky
Biome rule: 👉 Nothing changes here. Marks on the ground remain for years. Bodies don't decompose properly. Flags planted never fall.
It's as if time is on pause.
Narrative function:
Place of ancient battles
Pilgrim routes

🌲 1. THE FOREST OF SLOW MEMORY
A forest too old to remember when it was born.
Features:
Colossal trees, twisted trunks, canopies so dense that the light turns to golden dust.
Strange silence: there are hardly any birds.
Trails that slowly change location over the years.
Biome rule: 👉 Those who spend a lot of time here start to remember things they didn't experience.
Memories of wars, loves, past deaths… as if the world were whispering its past.
Climate:
Calm beauty
Long walk
A feeling of "this has happened before, even if I don't know when"