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+---
+title: world-building
+weight: 900
+bookCollapseSection: true
+---
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+---
+title: cosmogony
+weight: 20
+---
+## lore
+{{% hint warning %}}
+This is written from the viewpoint of someone inside the in-game universe
+{{% /hint %}}
+
+In the beginning there was the ['unbuilt'](/world-building/religion#God), and that gave birth to, and created, the 'built'; the world.
+
+Inside the 'built', the 'unbuilt' created the galaxies and stars, which started an [eternal dance](/world-building/religion#eternal-dance), creating great spirals in the skies, filling the empty sky with their light.
+
+This eternal dance gave birth to [new entities](/world-building/religon#lesser-entities) who also joined the dance, until we reach down to [Oros and Eros](/world-building/religion#Oros-and-Eros).
+
+They, through their dance of light and color, created the Earth and the Ocean.
+
+This is how the world was created.
+
+## editor's notes
+
+{{% hint warning %}}
+The following is written from outside the game lore
+{{% /hint %}}
+
+The Earth and the Ocean are metaphysical entities representing the physical, material world. Earth is the literal *material* planet, and the Ocean is the water. Combined they create life. They, as entities do exist in-game, as the metaphysical entites, however they are not deities. The only one true deity is the 'unbuilt', however the ancient tribes and peoples worshipped them as such.
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+---
+title: languages
+weight: 10
+---
+
+The world has two languages.
+
+One is obviously the "universal English", i.e. the everyday language can always be translated into English, so all NPCs and dialogues use this language.
+
+The other one is the "ancient" language, which is ***unknown*** to the player in-universe as well as outside of the game. [Tunic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunic_(video_game)) used their own custom alphabet for the entire UI, but it was simply a novel alphabet for english. This language (unnamed) is going to be a distinct language in general; this means unique alphabet, grammar, and vocabulary.
+
+## ancient language
+### writing system
+The writing system is going to be inspired by two distinct alphabets (maybe three). These are
+- The [Shavian alphabet (𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavian_alphabet)
+- The [Korean alphabet (한글)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul)
+
+{{% hint info %}}
+**Note about Korean**
+
+An interesting part about the korean alphabet is the writing structure; rather than write linearly (each letter after the other), they use syllable blocks composed of letters, and then those are written linearly.
+The example in [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul) for example shows that 'Seoul' is not written as
+
+ㅅㅓㅇㅜㄹ
+
+but as
+
+서울
+{{% /hint %}}
+
+The final alphabet is then composed and used to transliterate the ***Greek*** alphabet[^1]
+
+[^1]: Note: I have not made a font to display the characters, but at the same time, I don't think I would include them anyway, so I will just use "redacted" instead.
+
+|α|β|γ|δ|ε|ζ|
+|-|-|-|-|-|-|
+|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|
+
+|η|θ|ι|κ|λ|μ|
+|-|-|-|-|-|-|
+|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|
+
+|ν|ξ|ο|π|ρ|σ|
+|-|-|-|-|-|-|
+|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|
+
+|τ|υ|φ|χ|ψ|ω|
+|-|-|-|-|-|-|
+|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|
+
+The script is then written using the syllabic setup of Korean
+
+{{% hint warning %}}
+There will be no definitive way to figure out the language, until/unless a specific artifact is found, which will be the "Rosetta Stone", allowing the transcription.
+{{% /hint %}}
+
+
+
+
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+---
+title: meta
+weight: 1
+---
+
+The world is aesthetically and technologically around the beginning of the 10th century, with a late Roman/Byzantine aesthetic.
+
+The playable character (protagonist) has just finished studying archeomancy[^1], and are preparing to venture out into the world.
+
+[^1]: An archeomancer is an archeologist who has some base spells in order to make their work easier. Mostly defensive, but some offensive spells.
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