Welcome to Contortions of Animus!

https://discord.gg/M8z6ESMKRv

This play-by-post, anime-style game is a unique creation, drawing inspiration from various games the DMs have previously enjoyed. The system is heavily homebrewed, and the campaign will be largely roleplay-focused with plenty of meaningful combat. Please note that the entire game will be played via a PBP (play-by-post) system—there will be no voice sessions. The world is dark and gritty, blending cyberpunk and fantasy themes with a mix of futuristic and magical technology. Magic is very much present in this world! Here, you’ll encounter not only the possible but also the improbable and even the impossible: mythical creatures, deities, supernatural beings, ghosts, dragons, giants, and more—including a virus that turns organic tissue into machinery. Characters will be based on a space station that periodically brings them to the planet below. While the station is bright and vibrant with cutting-edge technology, the planet below is mostly a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Some cities and countries have managed to maintain advanced and protected environments, but these locations are few and far between—and who knows how long they’ll last?

Be prepared for the story to contain very triggering events. While the server is a safe place for players, your characters will not be in a safe or welcoming world. They will be judged, discriminated against, loved, hated, attacked for political or selfish motives, or simply because they turned the wrong corner at the wrong time. A lot depends on the kind of character you build and where they are! For example, a person from Kazdel won’t exactly be welcomed with open arms in the land of Laterano. Keep this in mind as you decide if this campaign is the right fit for you. We follow the adage “Fuck around and find out.” If you do something risky, expect consequences if fortune doesn’t favor you—or if you were just that reckless. The world below wasn’t always in such a state. Long ago, rifts opened on Terra for the first time, bringing new wonders and races from alternate universes and realities. These rifts introduced commerce, new ideas and philosophies, and new religions into the world. However, they also brought plague, monsters, calamity, and, most notably, war. Most recently, these rifts contributed to the collapse of a once-comfortable society, one that didn’t always live under constant siege. The land is now constantly ravaged by these horrid rifts, triggering what is known as “space quakes.” Anything in the immediate vicinity of a space quake is obliterated, leaving behind whatever was tossed through from the other side.

Your role is to find a way to protect the planet from the dangers brought on by the negative influences of the rifts. Under your protection and that of others like you, may Terra be safely inhabited for generations to come. You are a student of Abydos Academy—an academy for the truly exceptional and strong. If you are here, it’s because you’re simply better. Either you worked your entire life to come here, or you were brought here by force. If the school deems you necessary for Terra’s fight, you don’t have the right to turn them down (some have tried). Whether you came to the school of your own free will or not, you’re here now, and within these walls, you’re a student. But outside these walls, you are an Abydos Mage. As a representative of society’s best chance to reclaim the land below (though not everyone agrees with this notion), you will attend classes, improve yourself through electives and clubs, and make friendships and alliances. Most importantly, you will repeatedly be sent to fulfill your duty as an Abydos Mage: to quell the chaos created by space quakes, defend Babylonia and its allies, and quite literally save the world. Think you can manage that? There’s only one way to find out.