Terra Primer
An Introduction to the world
It was the ancient era in human history. Every civilizations have the same technologies; Animals are the best way of transportation, and many wars relied on swords, bows, and spears. However, there was one civilization from the continent of Estisia, where guns and cars exists.
Ancient skyline by AdcherylThis is the Valonia Empire. They started out like everyone else - a humble city known as Valone. This was until they discovered the mythical, violet crystal called Catastropium, a powerful material that believe can turn everything it touch turned to dust.
At the time they suffered by a tyranny of the Empire of Kritus, they saw an oppotunity to search for it, study it, and take any benefit of it to eventually, claimed their own freedom. They should've just stopped there and go back to the same place as they were, but as soon as they realized how overpowered they became, they turned to something bigger...
The Sacked by AdcherylWhen the old empire fall, the new one arise. With progressive technologies they discovered from its extraction, they declared the ultimate goal to unify the entire continent of Estisia; In the other words, to take over the world. No one can match them in every aspects, and without a worthy opponent, they cannot be stopped...
What is Terraloga?
Terraloga is a science fantasy ancient setting where fantasy aspects are waiting to be discovered, and whoever can find and adapt will become the greatest of the world. The only keys required to succeed are the proper technology and its society.
The current story following the Valonia Empire - a Roman-inspired nation - on a quest to make the peace of the world, in the period they called The Era of Unity. With an unstoppable force, and movable objects.
Will it be stopped? Only time will tell...
Tone of Voice
The tone is Light-to-Grey or Knightcore: As close as the real life is, though a group of individuals could cause the major changes.
Characters
Although the nation is considered the main character in this story, what actually drives it is the people; From the loyal servant, the ambitious scholar, to the kind and powerful emperor.
They're inconsistently changed as time passes. Nobody lives forever.
The World of Terraloga, as They Know It
The world consist of a massive continent known as Estisia. Humanity has dominated here for time immemorial. However, the ongoing threat has happened in the south...
South Estisia
Divided by the Grand Range, the subcontinent lock people up from the other part of the Estisia. developing various type of civilizations.
The History of Terraloga
Before Valus (1000 - 0 BVE)
A long time ago, the mysterious meteorite containing an extraordinary, precious crystal, had striken the earth.
Seeing it as a gift from their god, the people tried to adapt it for their own beliefs. However, the crystal was too dangerous it's being hidden from the anybody's eyes, as the last time they did, all their loves vanished. And for a thousand years of the curse, it'd became the myth. The legendary artefact.
The strange stone from the sky
This was until a group of brave people, in a hope to bring back their fallen kingdom, found it and created the powerful weapons of destruction. By the command of Valus Rarmon, the uprising to bring his kingdom back was incredibly success, and therefore the new superpower has arisen.
The Era of Unity (1 VE - present)
The wish of Valus must be fulfilled. The peace of the Valonian must be secured. All the land must be theirs. In the generations of the conquest with stability.
As the new era begun, The mighty army began marching toward the east, spreading their word of wisdom and glory across the entire peninsular. The power benefited from the Catstropium turned the empire into an innovative and unstoppable force.
With no arsenal can compare, the defenders have no other choice, either to fear and give up—or to fight and surrender.
Nevertheless, all their wisdom and latest knowledge were in fact the foundation of what they were to achieve. Would the empire be stopped? Only time will tell...
The Valonia Empire is in great benefit. The iron Kingdom of Ohun has been defeated! Although there's unrest around the borderline, the fast-maneuverable crystal armies would take them down in a matter of time.
Caused by the iron trade when their long-time ally, Irgia Republic, giving them less irons. Since no irons, comes no army, this war has achieved a significant milestone to their future world domination.
Soon, the mean of production will increase, so do the plot to keep the republic shut...
From my understanding, your world is all about how one empire obtained access to firearms before anyone else and is now using them to exert dominance on their surrounding nation-states. You should really explore how your empire's relationship with these firearms has developed as a culture. Further, I'm sure other nations have managed to acquire these weapons at some point. When the advantage is this great, you're going to try and find a way to get it yourself. One thing I would recommend, as you're clearly a bit of an artist, is to do some custom art for the guns themselves and the organized military that uses them. These firearms feel like the 'main character' of your world as it stands and you really should spend some time fleshing them out.
Thank you so much for your suggestions! It means so much to me. <3 And yes, the main story is all about that, it might be as long as centuries. However, the only problem I got is to design the gun and its mechanism visually, I'm still stuck here figuring it out if it should be as real as possible or not. :(
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I don't think it needs to 'as real as possible' I only think it needs to be believable It sounds like a magical crystal element from a meteor is the reason this nation was able to figure out firearms so quickly, so why not just lean into a flint-lock or basic musket design using the crystal as a primary aesthetic. Your readers should understand.
Thanks again for the reply, I'll try my best! :D
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