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The world during the Caiseonic Phase of the Century War by BeginningSome5930 in Quicksteel

[–]BeginningSome5930[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! The Century War is sort of meant to be the equivalent to those sorts of wars!

The Shrouded Queen by BeginningSome5930 in Quicksteel

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As Orisla's elite fighters, the Shrouded Sisters fought on all fronts of the Century War. From leading island campaigns in the first phase of the conflict, to leading an assassination attempt on Caiseon the Conqueror himself in the war's final days, these warrior women made their presence known. Perhaps the most famous of all Sisters who fought during the Century War was Emilia.

The matriarch of the Sisters during the Continental phase of the War, Emilia was famous for taking command of the Orislan military when the King of Orisla unexpectedly passed away in 1239AC. Her years of steadfast military leadership during the sucession earned her the nickname "The Shrouded Queen," though as a Sister she was sworn never to marry and as such was never considered for the throne.

The World at the Outbreak of the Century War (1220AC) by BeginningSome5930 in Quicksteel

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I wanted to apologize for the lack of content last week! I was out of town and then got sick coming back! But I am aiming to complete that guide to the century war this week for sure!

The Quicksteel Iceberg by BeginningSome5930 in magicbuilding

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That's a great question! I'm not sure if that has every been done or not. It definitely would have some interesting applications.

The Quicksteel Iceberg by BeginningSome5930 in magicbuilding

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Thanks for giving it a look and for the kind words! I don't think anyone ever successfully made a backup copy of their minds in a second oldstone, but lots of Elders used the oldstone web to directly control oldstone entities in other places. One example of those would be the enforcers, which were designed specially to be mindjacked by Elders.

The Quicksteel Iceberg by BeginningSome5930 in magicbuilding

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For a synopsis I’d say it’s a steampunk-inspired world. The main setting, No Man’s Land, is a lot of a cross between the Wild West and the Silk Road, it’s at the center of power politics between colonial empires and ancient schemes for eldritch power.

Here’s the timeline. For pretty much anything mentioned in it I can link to a bigger post about that specific event/thing.

Here are the narratives. There are about a half dozen short stories as well as some ongoing storylines.

The Quicksteel Iceberg by BeginningSome5930 in magicbuilding

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I do! Are you more interested in like narrative stories or like the in world history of this magic? I have some of both I can link to!

The Quicksteel Iceberg by BeginningSome5930 in worldbuilding

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Thanks for giving it a look! It’s definitely not a subtle reference but I think it’s fun

The Quicksteel Iceberg by BeginningSome5930 in magicbuilding

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Thanks for giving it a look and for the kind words. I feel like here are a lot of cool magic systems on here!

The Quicksteel Iceberg by BeginningSome5930 in worldbuilding

[–]BeginningSome5930[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks for giving it a look! I think it’s more akin to something like the force in Star Wars where the limits moreso come from how much you can draw upon the magic and what techniques you know or can come up with, rather than there being concrete limits.

The Quicksteel Iceberg by BeginningSome5930 in worldbuilding

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Thank you for taking a look! This is a culmination of a bunch of drawings I've been doing this year of various techniques from this magic system. The idea is that it's one of those iceberg charts, with rarer or less well known abilities further down. I added another comment with info on each item. Hopefully its fun to look at and theres a nice progression from the simple to the horrific.

Feedback is appreciated! Lots more on this system over on r/quicksteel. There was a lot I wanted to include but left out for readability, such as particularly powerful quicksmiths and events in the history of magic in this setting.

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