World building sample from upcoming campaign book

Sibling Moons Auzi & Sata

History tells of the once brother moons Auzi and Sata. Auzi, the bigger of the two, stood proud and often outshone his smaller brother Sata, who often stayed in the shadow of his brother, only coming out once a year to view the world.

Then at the end of the second age, the great Rift changed the landscape of the world. This happened to coincide with Sata’s outing in the heavens. The Rift sent an unseen ripple across the world and out into the universe, Sata stood strong in the face of the oncoming force and protected Auzi. Taking the brunt of the damage from the impact of this force. It caused a crater to form, sending bits of rock and dust to fly into orbit. This damage though great uncovered the beauty within Sata. For he was made of purely of brilliant diamonds. His true beauty now shining brightly in the nights sky. A ring began to form around Sata made of these diamonds, making it appear as if the moon now wore a crown.

It is said that Sata’s sacrifice helped him to realize their true self within, to see the diamond or beauty within. From then forward, Sata came out of her shell and stood proud as a new person, and new sister to her brother Auzi. The whole year Sata proudly displayed her new self and her new crown of diamonds to the world. Knowing that she was finally who she was meant to be. As the year neared the end, Sata saw that her brother was proud of her, but that he too also missed his place as the proud and strong brother for all to see. So, she made a pact with her brother. Every year on the anniversary of her new life, they would trade the crown and take the mantle of the First moon for the year. This pleased Auzi and made thier bond even stronger and they have lived in harmony and happiness since.

Auzi

The bigger of the two moons, known as the big brother and protector is associated with strength, war, and justice. Auzi is made of a bright white rock, that illuminates the sky well. He is wider and bigger of the two moons and is often worshiped by first brothers, fishermen, soldiers, and even some paladins.

Sata 

The smaller of the two moons, was once known only as the younger and shy brother, is now the bright and beautiful sister. Originally having a darker black rock covering, is now covered in the remnants of the crater that was formed from the force impact of the Rift. The inside of the moon is actually made of diamonds, those blow from the impact, now stand littered across the surface. The rest of the debris that did not land as formed a ring of diamond that now circles the moon like a crown. Sata is now known for femininity, change, freedom, power, good, art, and more. Every year, she hands her crown to her big brother Auzi, so that he may also shine bright.

The Crown

A ring formation of diamonds that circle the First moon. Every year, during the Satuzi Moon Festival, the crown can be seen slowly transitioning from one moon to the next, when the second moon, takes its place as the first moon. During the third night, this transition is in perfect harmony and is known as the infinity moon, due to the appearance of the ring forming a perfect figure 8 between the two moons. This is considered by many the night of luck, rebirth, harmony.





© Johnny Crow 2019

Kala's Dream

Kala immediately suspected she was in a dream. Dreams are often a rare gift in her race and are only spoken of as distant memories, histories, epic tales and stories they use to teach children lessons. Though she had fallen asleep in an abandoned house that had been mostly taken by the sands, she was now standing in a strange house, holding a wooden box.

Somewhere that was quite obviously far away from her current home. She knew that her dream would force her to go where it wanted and often ended quick, so she tried to remember everything that she could. She could smell food, bread, maybe some kind of roast. Her stomach growled at her; it was an odd sensation in her dream. She had both senses at the same time, one being that she wasn't hungry here in the dream and the other where she knew that in her real life she was starving. She took note of the sensation and continued on.

She studied her surroundings, she was in a dark room with ornate wood floors and large wall tapestries depicting different battles. There was a large mural on the opposite wall that seemed quite familiar to her. It was a single person, small in size, with long black hair and colorful clothes, standing against the an entire army of soldiers in armor. She was drawn to the mural but knew that she had to continue to study her surroundings. Searching around she found a small desk with papers littering the otherwise neat top. She attempted to move toward the desk to find out any information about where she really was or even when she was, but suddenly her focus snapped back to the box in her hands.

The box was ornate and beautifully crafted, with strange writing that somehow seemed familiar to her but was foggy in this dream. She push two figures on the box causing the box to open with a snap. She removed the lid carefully trying to to disturb anything. Inside she found a book wrapped in leather. She would inspect that later.

Moving on she found a brass key with four points each with notches and grooves, something she had never seen before.

Next was a silver pen with what looked to be a glass reservoir for ink. No she thought clear glass hasn't been seen in over a thousand years. She did note that the pen had been crafted with intricate designs she were unfamiliar to her.

Then she noticed a square red wax candle. She flushed with surprise and nearly dropped the box and all its contents. Red wax was only used my the governing council to mark decrees and pass laws that affected the entire known world. She knew with almost certainty, that whomever the owner of this box was, it was someone very powerful. Very powerful indeed.

She almost hadn't seen the ring next to it, at first it seemed like nothing more than a common ring currently in fashion, but she soon realized that this was probably the ring that started that fashion. Subtle, yet classy, it was a fine ring with a symbol etched on the top. Something about the symbol resonated with her and she tried to get a closer look.

A flash of bright white light enveloped her. All of the hunger, the aches and the pains of her current predicament flooded over her and made her nearly double over in pain. Had she not been lying down and huddled in a corner she probably would have been seriously hurt. Even though the dream was over, she remembered every detailed, just as she had for the others.

It always saddened her when the dreams ended, not because of the pain but because of the possibilities it promised. These things always seemed further away now that she knew they were even possible.