#if you saw my extended arcana world map i basically smashed that into a new southeastern bit

[greyvvardenfell]

well if nothing else my dislike of the devs' decisions has encouraged me to compile all the extended universe/blatantly non-canon lore I've come up with and turn it into my own Thing, with bonus elements from other franchises I'm fed up with

in the immortal words of renown philosopher adam savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own

#they're not headcanons if you control the canon :) #look out for spicy little dragon age and elder scrolls nuggets as i fill this out #because really. isn't all modern fantasy based on the same elements? #is not game of thrones a response to lord of the rings? which in itself is a response to germanic folklore? which is a localized version #of norse mythology? #there's nothing new under the sun m'dudes. #so I'll add another regurgitated bastardization of the same concepts. why not. #worldbuilding is fun. #when you've never had an original thought it your life #👉😎👉 #i mean i do have the idea of basing it on a world in which the mongols didn't ruin the islamic golden age #but I'm sure that's been done before #also gonna give the australian aboriginal tribes their due as the first. like. explorers? the oldest distinct population outside africa? #there's an island in my world that went the wakanda route and said hey cool you guys can all kill each other we'll be here being amazing #and they're based on an as-yet-unchosen aboriginal culture #also part 2: crete but with not-greeks and not-turks. and pseudo-india. and the biggest rivalry is... wait for it...... #kinda based on a wwi thing! the frenemy conflict between a brash new empire and a dying old one! #but the new one is mostly rural and already sucks at money and the old one went the way of the byzantines #and is now a fraction of its former size. and the royal family is pissed about it. #if you saw my extended arcana world map i basically smashed that into a new southeastern bit #i have Ideas y'all. whether I'll continue to build on them is a crapshoot but stranger things have happened #rey says words #as-yet untitled worldbuilding project