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I should probably post some content, right? Well I am working on something rn, but it'll take a few days? Maybe hours? So I'm gonna post some fantasy language that made while being high on my painkillers. If you see some sort of mistake in my english, feel free to correct me.

It's long, so I put it under the cut.

Also, this isn't even half of it, should I post more?

(And if you wast to use this, you have to ask me and properly credit me)

Reblogs are greatly appreciated but likes also encourage me to create more

Agûnna -- fire

Aar -- nature

Tokrë -- earth

Fael -- born

Und'ava -- water

Erres -- night

Lurrasiv -- sky

Und/unt -- fierce

Ava -- flow

Kir -- mighty

Stuff that usually gets added to the end of the noun

I -- (used to refer to a female, usually added to the end of the noun)

D -- (used to refer to a male)

Id -- (used to refer to a genderless person or a person with more than one gender)

Rd -- (used as an insult to a male person)

Ri -- (used as an insult to a female person)

Rid -- (used as an insult to a genderless person or a person with more than one gender)

Numbers

Des -- Zero

Fal -- One

Dor -- Two

Lit -- Three

Yon -- Four

Tin -- Five

Gra -- Six

Tri -- Seven

Dom -- Eight

Agye -- Nine

Wret -- Ten

Zert -- Eleven

-numbers over eleven are a combination of the digits (for example: 124 would be written as Fal-Dor-Yon)

-numbers like 22 can be written as Dor-Dor (the less used variant) or as Dor-t (the more common variant)

-numbers like 20,000 can be written as Dor-tû-Yondes (numbers with more than eleven zeroes are not used often, but number like 2,000,000,000,000 would be written as Dor-tû-Zertdes-an-Faldes (which can be translated into something along the lines of "Two and Eleven+One Zero"))

Ordinal numbers:

Falesh -- First

Dorhas -- Second

Lithes -- Third

Yonesh -- Fourth

Tinhes -- Fifth

Grahes -- Sixth

Trihas -- Seventh

Domesh -- Eighth

Agyehas -- Ninth

Wrethes -- Tenth

Zertesh -- Eleventh

Esh/has/hes -- used to establish an ordinal number

-for example forty-seventh is going to be written as Yon-Trihas

-zero is still only "Des"

Nobody asked for this, but like... Have some lore from one of my made up worlds.

There is a map to help with imagination a bit! It was made in an online thing called Inkarnate.

Also, the text below is long, but that's just some minor information about some parts of world that seem relevant to the main story. It's very small part of my entire worldbuilding.

You may, during the reading, discover word "fi" or "fie", which is basically another word for elf/elves of this world.

Now, out of the locations I have written lore of so far, I've decided to choose three, first one being

Last Retreat:

The ruined fortress, now only kown as the Last Retreat, gained it's name during the Fourth Age, when Falrid, leader of rebellion, after multiple defeats, managed to hide in here with a small group of survivors from their latest battle. They hid in the secret passage as the royal army went through the old crumbling corridors, attempting to end the lives of Falrid's men and bring Falrid to the so called ''justice''. They managed to find them in the end. The remnants of rebellion fought bravely, but they were against too many people who were in far better shape than them. Once Falrid discovered that the plan was to take them hostage, they decided to commit suicide by jumping into the raging sea from the top of the tower.

The Last Retreat was built in the early Second Age on the command of sister of Nomion the Religious, Nardi. It's initial purpose was to function as a lighthouse, but during multiple smaller conflicts, it served as a fortress and was repurposed to better suit its new job.

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The second being the area around Alzhad, The Marshlands:

Once a homeland for half-blooded fie that could not survive without water, now just a wasteland filled with their bitter blood and mostly fallen apart villages. The genocide that was organized by Nomion the Religious - the first ruler to openly promote his relationship with Gods - has taken place during the Second Age and the thirty days and nights it had taken to wipe the half-blooded population is now known as The Days of Weeping Souls.

During the Fourth Age, rebellion led by Falrid sought refuge in the ruins of the city Alzhad - the biggest city to be ever built in the Marshlands. The royal army that was dispatched to eliminate this significant portion of rebellion sadly damaged Alzhad even further and the city is now almost unrecognizable.

The Marshlands tend to be covered in mist that conceals the sun most of the times, allowing many animals that would not thrive in the sunlight to live in here. Most of these animals are ambush predators that will gladly eat meat of any fi that may be foolish enough to get caught.

As an addition to these predators lurking in the still, murky waters of questionable depth, another reason for no signs of re-population since The Days of Weeping Souls is the simple fact that no plant seems to be able to survive in the conditions, no matter how much magic is used to keep it alive and healthy. There had been discussions over ehether the land had been poisoned or cursed, but whatever ailment affects the ground, it has no effect on the water, which is, provided that you find one of the few sources that is not contamined with mud, completely safe to consume.

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And the third one is Tokrë's Shrine:

This place is a ruin of a village that surrounds a statue of Tokrë, one of the Heroes of the Old World. The village itself is overgrown and currently unihabitable due to the poisonous spores released by a rare kind of mushroom that had been only found in this place and any attempts to get rid of it became a failure.

The village is located near to Tokrë's lake, the deepest natural lake in all of Niraquen, and surrounded by mountains.

Despite the convenient location, little to no animals live in surroundings of Tokrë's Shrine. One of the explanations has been the fact that the poisonous spores were creating an enviorment that was unfriendly towards the animals, but this theory was proven to be wrong; the spores are only harmful in large concentrations, something that only happened in places where the air was not circulating properly. There is no actual explanation for the lack of animal species in this region, but no researchers seem to want to dive into this mystery just yet.

Nobody is really sure when exactly was this village left to rot, or who was responsible for building it. No records in any library show any mentions of any person attempting to live in this particular place. The researchers managed to date some of the equipment found in the houses, finding that the oldest pieces were from the beginning of the First Age (still in pristine shape) and the youngest being from the middle of Third Age. The mystery of the abandoned village is being studied by quite a few scholars at the time.

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Wow, if you actually read all of that, thanks, if not and you just scrolled, well, can't blame ya, this text is really long.

I'm happy for any sort of feedback (even the negative sort)

Ive been kind of out of it lately, and missed a bunch of Teratology tuesdays. Theres just too many weird deformities in the world and not enough time.  The most interesting thing about Cyclopia is that the single eye is a side effect of some really really massive brain errors hidden inside. Other places I post more aggressively at: INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK / ETSY / KICKSTARTER    

I wish I saw this sooner because it would have made my day! And without very much follow up to the design, I think you did wonderfully on picturing this creature! I especially love the detail of it being connected at the bottom and splitting there, that light blue cross stitch is my favorite part of this design. I didn't imagine that, but now I want make that apart of it's actual concept!

Thank you so much for giving my creation a beautifully inspired artwork! I really look forward to any other work you do and I wish you luck on your journey getting back into art! @krowfaced

Second raffle prize for @the-missann, featuring a Silph! I’m not so used to drawing after written descriptions, so it was definitely a challenge, but that’s just the secret ingredient to growth! I thought of two serpents conjoined by the lower mandible, where it also splits to the two halves. Thanks for your patience, and I hope you like it!

Alterra Update!

This week! HELL,

A few weeks ago, I posted a world map of Alterra. If you looked closely, you may have noticed some orange dots in various places. Those “dots” are actually giant pits that lead directly into Hell, specifically the wrath ring. You can Imagine the world of Alterra being similar to Terraria, where Hell is directly under the normal world.

My version of Hell is kind of a mix between the Hell from Hazbin Hotel / Helluva Boss, the Hell from Terraria, the Hell from Doom, and my own interpretations of the Greek Underworld.

The wrath ring is the unyielding armies of Hell that slowly conquer and consume worlds and realities, much like in Doom. Many other worlds have been taken over by these demonic hordes, but Alterra is in a somewhat equilibrium. Most demons under the surface still do not dare head to the surface due to an ancient race of powerful monsters called the Firath. Even though the Firath went extinct from an unknown cause over a thousand years ago, most demons still believe it to be far too great of a risk to invade the surface. This is mainly due to a great warrior dawning a massive suit of armor of Firath design that occasionally appears in Hell to slaughter untold amounts of their numbers. Whether or not this entity is a Firath is unconfirmed, though it’s use of their tech is. Any attempts of invading the surface while the warrior is in Hell results in immediate death by ancient Firath war machines.

Some of the demons have begun to worship this creature, calling it the Second Slayer. The lord of the ring of wrath is very much against this practice and comparison.

Whenever a mortal being dies, the god of death has no choice but to send it to the rings of Hell, as the afterlife was destroyed along with the gods. What the rings of hell decide to do with the souls is practically random, either becoming a mindless demon the demonic hordes, or turning into a natural-born person of Hell named an unholy. Unholy species have no memory of the life their soul used to belong to, and are entirely their own person.

This is where the Hazbin Hotel inspiration comes into play. There are several different types of unholy depending on which ring the manifest in.

Unholy born in the Lust ring are either a succubus(female) or an incubus(male), and are freely able to leave Hell. Since Lust it the highest Ring apart from Wrath, it’s where most of the souls end up, and is home to large cities to accommodate almost every denizen of Hell. Despite popular belief, they are not just purely embodiments of lust, and are almost entirely like mortal people. They tend to have light skin tones of pink, red, or very rarely a shade of purple, smooth black / red horns that arch backwards, and thin tails of the same color that end in a heart shape. Both succubi and incubi possess the natural magic ability to charm or seduce people, though this only works on certain people. If a person is resistant to psychic attacks in any capacity, seduction will not work. Meanwhile, if a succubus / incubus attempts to seduce someone who is not one to engage in such activities, such as aromatics or asexuals, it will achieve the opposite effect, and put the victim in a bezerker-type rage.

Lust unholy rarely use seductive magic without consent, but that doesn’t stop the heavy discrimination against them. Very few Lust unholy actually ever leave Hell, due to the fact that they are often captured as slaves. There is a massive underground slave market across the whole universe for succubi and incubi due to the fact that each of their “fluids” function as very potent anti-depressants. Their horns can also be ground up and mixed with mineral water to make “love potions”. Due to this, most of them hide their true species or choose to stay in the Lust ring, though hunting parties that delve into Lust still ensure that being a succubus or incubus a very dangerous thing.

The ring of gluttony is actually the agricultural sector of Hell. Home to a species called “The Kappa,” which are based on creatures called Kappas from Japanese folklore. In the original folklore, they are water demons with incredibly elastic arms that attract people to their pools to drown them. In my interpretation, they instead use their water magic and incredibly strong and stretchy arms to farm crops. Gluttony provides the food for every Ring of Hell except for Wrath. Despite the general suspicion of anything that comes from Hell, there are still plenty of commonly used commodities that originate from Gluttony, such as wheat, pigs, and of course pomegranates.

The Ring of Pride is the entertainment industry of Hell. It is law to visit the Pride for at least 6 hours per week to incentivize creativity and decrease the suicide rates. Writings from Pride occasionally find their way outside of Hell, and are often the basis for entire religions in the mortal world. The Unholy have been taught to write in a text that automatically translates into whatever the reader understands, but this only applies while in Hell. If a piece of Hellish writing leaves the underworld, the time it is read will cause it to magically translate one final time before losing it’s properties.

The Ring of Envy is kind of like the jungle of the underworld. If a soul gets sent to this Ring, it becomes either part of the vast plant-life, or a non-sentient creature of Hell. The creatures of Envy are almost entirely docile, only attacking if harmed or heavily provoked. This Ring was created by the Goddess of Unholy to produce “pets” for the inhabitants of Hell in response to the vast amount of denizens with severe depression.

The Ring of Greed is very interesting due to the fact that it isn’t actually a Ring at all. It’s actually a central station where Unholy can travel between the different Rings or leave Hell entirely. This is also the only direct way into any of the Rings of Hell apart from Wrath. Unholy cannot enter the Ring of Wrath, nor can Demons from Wrath enter the Ring of Greed. This was a direct decision from the God of Death and his wife, the Goddess of Unholy, both of whom live in a separate Ring called Limbo or the underworld.

Limbo is a very strange part of Hell, inaccessible to all but the gods. The strangest part is its similarity to the Greek’s interpretation of the underworld. It’s an endless garden surrounding a single castle with 5 rivers flowing away from it. These rivers are liquefied embodiments of sentience and consist of almost pure energy. The first river is Memory, it’s waters glow pure white and it is said that every soul must first pass through these waters to be cleansed of their former lives. The second is Perspective, a golden stream that provide souls with the ability to discern and judge your surroundings, and is often confused for anger. The third is Identity, a blood red river that grants the souls with their base personalities. The forth is Feeling, a river of flame which allows the soul to feel the world around them. And the last is Emotion, a clear blue river that completes the identity of the soul, making it ready to be recycled into a new creature.

If an Unholy dies, it’s soul immediately joins the demonic hordes of Wrath as an unthinking soldier. While having, on average, a higher lifespan than mortals, they still die of old age eventually, unless the Goddess of Unholy decides their life is essentially to the happiness of Hell. No known religion has an accurate depiction of the Goddess of Unholy, but the closest interpretation is Persephone, Greek Goddess of the underworld. She liked the name so much, she took it for herself, having no true name previously. Persephone is in charge of managing all of the Unholy in Hell, due to her husband being to busy harvesting souls.

This is my interpretation of Hell for my novel, I’d be happy to hear you thoughts on it!