Tome of the Lost Heroes

We are creating this world because we love world-building and creating complex stories that we want to sell at some point. The other reason for creating this world is that we found the ending or the overarching story of World of Warcraft to be unsatisfying and want to bring a sense of closure to the world but in different ways. In this sense, this world is fan fiction but being spun in a way that we can be published legally so a lot of characters will have new names, new personalities, and new motives with new characters.   Unlike some of the other stories that we have been working on the magic system will be soft with some general rules so that everything stays balanced. Some of the threats are from space and will add some horror elements which could be fun since horror is not a genre that we write that much in and cosmic horror gives license to create some strange creatures. Space will important to different parts of the story so portal magic will be used to get around to other parts of the world and other worlds.   For tech, it will just be filling in where magic fails to allow more problem solving and critical thinking of the characters instead of using magic for everything. However, the tech will be limited to steampunk in some areas while others can have more or less tech depending on the race and the tech that has achieved.   Lastly, the world's story is being told through adventures some of those being the characters' relationships with each other. The main vein being tragedy after all its called the Tome of the Lost Heroes there will be sadness and other heavy themes.     The scale is at max during some parts of the story two planets but most of the story will take place on one planet, spanning many different continents. Of course, there will be cities and other places that will be more important to the story and the characters than others.     The mood that I want for the world is NobleDark which will allow moments and places of wonder and places that are horrible. To unpack Noble means that a character's sacrifice will have lasting effects and that the world will have places of wonder. A Dark world is not the best of places to live so there will corruption, pollution and the like in the world. The main reason why we are going with dark is because of the cycle of war that is taking place in the world that alone should make it a pretty tough place to live.     The overall theme of the world is: In a world where the strong do what they can will the weak do what they must the warring factions must set aside their differences to protect their shared world from an evil that turns love into weakness and cuts down their enemies like grass. Different aspects of this theme will be more or less important depending on when and where the story is.   This story comes from our observation that the story of World of Warcraft takes place during a time of lost kings and fallen princes as anyone in the nobility is either missing, dead, or corrupted by an evil force. That even the great deeds of noble heroes will one day be forgotten.