Alana - a homebrew world with steampunk, dragons and top hats.

Alana

2865 PB

Scope

The motivation behind building Alana

I want to provide an interesting world for role-players and readers alike, a world they can explore to find surprising or funny little things in every corner.

Alana's Unique Selling point

Weird magic and strange artefacts in a medieval-victorian fantasy world that has steam engine underground bullet trains and magic-powered airships.

Theme

Genre

Magic exists in various forms, mixed up with steampunk elements in certain parts of the world.

Reader Experience

Readers and players shall be inspired to explore and be surprised by what they find and also have a laugh every now and then.

Reader Tone

The world has a bright tone to a new observer, but a deeper dive will reveal underlying shadows threatening everything. The majority of the world's inhabitants may be unaware of the looming darkness.

Recurring Themes

  • Funny characters doing silly things.
  • Factions battling about everything.
  • Wonders everywhere.
  • Dangerous place, foes and developments.

Character Agency

At the beginning the characters will have minimal impact on the world itself, but with earning trust, building connections and discovering unique styles of magic and other natural or supernatural powers, they will be able to change almost everything, but find strong opposing forces trying to prevent right that on every level.

Focus

Organizations: many interest groups struggle to survive, trying to achieve their goals and gain power.
Characters: every character has their own little quirks, habits and interests. Those interests are sometimes weird and/or opposing those of other characters or factions.
Mysteries of the different civilizations.

Drama

The Festival of the Rusty Pipe is happening, and no one is expecting the things that are going to happen.

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