The Fancy Lion

Welcome to Alentis! The world that holds many of the settings me and my Discord are developing.

Alentis was the battleground for a group of deities from other worlds and universes. The people of Alentis had nothing to do with the war but were caught up in it when their world was ravaged by the fights of those of greater power than them. They did their best to survive, but eventually the Gods went too far, ending the war in an explosion that not so much rocked the world as destroyed it near completely.

One of the Gods, who'd long been trying to protect the Alentians from the war of the Gods raging around them, acted quickly, becoming the God of Gravity for Alentis as it used every bit of it's concentration and energy to stop the world from completely flying apart. Alentis is now a planet paused in the act of exploding, rotating around a core that houses a God, orbiting a warm orange sun.

After the God of Gravity made this sacrifice of itself, the other Gods quickly felt guilt at their actions, and began working together to keep the world working. Alentis is a world of delicate balances kept running by both the Gods and it's people.

The islands orbiting closest to the core, or the Core Islands, are the warmest on the planet and are mostly dry, hot desert. The closer to the core an island is, the hotter it is, and the stronger the pull of the God of Gravity. Very few people live in the closest islands, and the denizens of the Core Islands tend to be more adapted to heat and stronger than those on the rings.

The Inner Ring Islands are the "goldilocks zone" for Alentis, where most of the civilizations arose. They're mostly temperate in climate and while not densely populated by earth standards, they're where most of Alentis' population is.

Hello everyone, sorry for no posts for so long. I still want to keep working on Alentis, however the friend group I was working on it with kinda fell apart.

I still would like to keep doing it with input from people other than myself, but I'm massively introverted, so that was my one actual friend group.

I haven't decided if I even want to have another friend group like that, as I'm so introverted it left me socially exhausted a lot of the time.

So, since I still want to work on this with other people helping, I thought I would open it up to my Patreon. It's still kind of a tentative idea to do the Alentis project this way, but my Patreon is set up, so if you at least want to see my work process on other projects and pieces, go ahead and join:

Sorry for the months long delay between posts! I had no idea it'd take this long to make a map (well, technically multiple maps.) Now I know for the future.

The Inner Ring Islands of Alentis forbit in a thin, symmetrical ring around the Core and Core Islands far below. Unlike the Core Islands, their climate doesn't change dramatically between islands at different altitudes, though there are some small differences. The higher islands tend to be a little colder and have a little more snow, whereas the lower ones tend to be a little warmer. The range is similar to the climate range in the pacific northwest of North America.

The Core Islands of Alentis are the hottest lands on the planet, with the coolest climates in this zone being the steamy jungles and hot plains up the uppermost Core Islands, and the hottest islands being the uninhabitable lowest islands in the orbit. The lower islands are often swamped with molten bismuth, sulfur, and other elements. However, sometimes ancient ruins can be seen on the lower islands, melted beyond recognition by the molten rock flowing around them.

While populations here are sparser than the islands on the Inner Ring due to the temperatures, some of the most devoted followers of the gods live on the Core Islands, most of them followers of the God of Gravity.

The water on the Core Islands gives off steam from the hot temperatures, but is usually safe to drink once left to cool. Swimming in the boiling water of islands closer habitable islands to the core is generally not recommended, however.

The Moon Door

Moon Doors are how moon avatars access the Moon Path, which they use to travel long distance in a short amount of time.

While only moon avatars can access the Path and summon Doors, they can take other people through the Doors and guide them on the Path. This is useful when they need to move large amounts of items from one place to another or evacuate areas!

The Moon Doors are about the size of an average door, wreathed in purple, blue, and white flames that don't give off any heat. Mist and fog pours out of the Door, and is slightly cold.

Outside the Moon Path, the Path that leads to each Moon Door is a raised path made out of moonlight made solid. It has the same texture and weight as aerogel, and the same general look, except that it glitters slightly, as if full of tiny stars.

Design sheet for the Moon Path!

(Sorry it took so long to get this done, I had a family emergency *and* my comp broke Dx )

The Gods of Shiroi's world choose an avatar to represent them on the world while they do god-work. Each God has only one avatar, but a temple staffed by acolytes or deciples who spend their days in worship and taking care of the land and people the temple oversees.

Each god has its own limbo between worlds that only each individual avatar can use. IE, the sun avatar is the only one who can use the Sun Path. Likewise, the moon avatar is the only one who can use the Moon Path.

The Moon Path is an endless sea of white sands, through which a barely visible footpath leads to a Moon Door. Overhead hands an unrealistcally huge full, white moon. The moon matches the moon of Shiroi's world when the Moon Avatar uses it, but the stars and nebulae in the clear night sky change with each use and are always unfamiliar.