Thread:Argali1/@comment-26210095-20160921214211/@comment-26210095-20160922231148

It is set on a large Europe-esque continent, known (I really need a good name...) as Mardol for the time being. There are many warring powers, striving for control of the land and to keep out the Iron Horde (terrifying magical entities who completely ravage any land they go through) contained to the east. Magic is prevalent in the world, it is inherited through bloodlines. The ruling class families are kinda one humongous semi-inbred family, and are, as a rule, magical. The non-magical people are usualy held subjugate, similar to serfs or peasants in the middle ages. I'd say perhaps 2 percent of the population has magical ability. The most powerful mages are sent to the Inquisitorium, and become Court Mages, incredibly powerful magic-users who can cause firestorms with the flick of a wrist. This is how the world has been for ten thousand years.

But things are changing. A secretive guild of Assasins - the Black Sun -  has emerged, wielding a sinister weapon never before seen on the face of this earth: Gunpowder. Except Gunpowder in this world has magical properties. It is, in essence, magicaly invivible. It penetrates all shields, magical defenses, and is deadly. This has the upper-class lords and mages terrified. They try to violently stamp out this group, burning whole cities for the ground. This is for them the harbinger of the apocalypse: the end of magical bloodlines in Mardol.

Essentialy, the universe will be about the court stuggles and the "game of thrones" between several warring kingdoms, as well as trying to stop the Black Sun. For tech, culture, and society in this universe, think Rennaisance- except that there isn't any gunpowder. There are, however, air guns as well as steam engines and mechanical machines, although the majority of fighting is late medieval (air guns are only for specialized units and only really used by one kingdom), except with powerful mages.

You like? This is a MAJOR WIP, and I haven't even scratched the surface of the world.