#asktitania

(Translated with Google Translator) What would have happened to umory ond if Titanias had not applied that of the Spanish, and had not conquered anything?

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Good question! Let's first look at the peoples who dwelled there before the Courts rose to power:

Umory-Ond was almost entirely populated by fae. Fauns were the only exception, but even then, these fauns practiced magic just as much as the fae around them did. Of course there were plenty of nymphs as well.

If Titania hadn't gone crazy and took over the continent, I think the sprights would not have gone extinct. Her conquest was particularly hard on them. If the sprights survived a couple thousand more years, they probably could have advanced their population and spells to survive better in general. There would be spright populations all over Gaia, most likely living alongside gnomes.

Spriggan's Sanctum would not exist. Green Witch would not be so hostile. Spriggans would not exist either, because Green Witch created them to retaliate against the Courts.

Most notably, faeries, Morgause, and the whole Unseelie Court would not exist!

Though Titania only managed to conquer Umory-Ond before calling it quits, her actions still had profound, far-reaching effects that touched every corner of Gaia.

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SERIOUSLY

Titania's chronic inaction is a big meme at this point. Not just among her people, but the whole world makes fun of her for sitting there like a rotting log while crazy shit goes down around her. They say things like "Titania works very hard at doing nothing" and "No one works harder than the seat of Titania's throne".

The reality is actually pretty tragic though...You see, Titania is one of the oldest divines on Looming Gaia. She used to revel in her immortality like most divines do, and even tried using her new god-like powers to conquer the world. But at some point during her conquest, she imagined herself sitting on the world throne, and she asked herself, "Then what?"

In that moment she realized the true meaning of eternity. This realization hit her like a freight train and paralyzed her with existential dread. She's been paralyzed ever since, believing that existence is utterly meaningless, that nothing she does matters anyway, and worst of all...she can never escape this eternal pointlessness.

Her kingdom's struggles are microscopic to her. The world's struggles are microscopic to her. She's so far beyond giving a shit about politics and worldly affairs, even cosmic and universal affairs. She's mentally transcended all of this and retreated back into her own mind, where she takes life one minute at a time and tries not to go insane with the knowledge that every morning is a new dawn of forever.

Many people would like to see her get off the throne and make room for someone who can make real change in the world. They tell her, "If you ain't shitting, then get off the pot!"

And she's like,

because she's too cowardly to sacrifice what little comfort she has in this eternal, inescapable existence of hers. She can't be bothered to spend effort improving anything for her people because they're like ants to her. Their lives are over in a blink of an eye. They don't matter to her, nothing does except her own comfort/sanity.

Morgause has been trying to pry Titania's ass off off the throne for thousands of years, but so far hasn't succeeded. She's the only one who's been crazy enough to try. Titania is so insanely powerful that no one else wants to mess with her, so they just let her sit there and give her a wide berth. It's not like she's antagonizing anyone. Or doing much of anything, really.

Titania is capable of taking over the world. Like, she could actually do it if she wanted to. She could annihilate the Alliance, end Evangeline, mop the floor with Matuzu, undo the Unseelie, destroy Damijana, eradicate Etios, zap Zareen, level Lamai, fuck up Folkvar, and Yerim-Mor...well, they would whip out the white flag as soon as she glanced in their direction.

So why doesn't she?

Well, simply because she once stopped and asked herself, "Why should I?" and then spiraled into a waking existential nightmare.

For the record, Titania is not the only divine to succumb to this kind of immortality-based depression. But she is believed to be the first, so the condition was named after her. It's known as "Titania Syndrome".

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Pretty much "so rich it doesn't matter", but it also kind of does sometimes. Their drug habits may not affect them financially, but it can affect their personal lives and their decision-making quite a bit.

Titania, for example, is a functional addict. She's been abusing crazy beans for so long that they barely affect her anymore. She can still do her job because the beans don't even get her high, they just bump her up from "crippling depression" to "slightly bummed".

Then you have Oberon Mogdir, who can't even get a boner anymore without snorting a fat line of pink sugar because his body has become so accustomed to it. Most people who take pink sugar end up so high that they can't do anything but lie on the floor and hallucinate. But Oberon has built such a tolerance to it that he remains lucid when he's under its effects. It just relaxes him and gets his blood flowing like normal.

Marghan Matuzu often goes on wack-fueled rampages around his palace, where he picks fights with his own bodyguards and breaks priceless royal heirlooms. He's not the least bit functional on drugs because he just does them willy-nilly. He'll snort or inject anything you put in front of him without a thought. He's not exactly an "addict", just an irresponsible opportunist.

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Who is Titania ?

Sorry i wasn't finished, i mean who was she before she became divine and what is her "title"

No one actually knows Titania’s true name, including herself. She’s so ancient and no one’s called her by her old name in so long that she forgot it. She can barely remember her life before she became queen of the Seelie.

A lot of the older divines end up having this problem eventually. This is why most of them record their mortal lives in a book (like Karenza’s scriptures), but sometimes things happen. Books get destroyed, things get lost in translation, etc.

I'm sure she's probably written some books on philosophy and war. Her foray into depressing poetry was the cringe she'd prefer if everyone forgot about...

I feel like she wrote the Looming Gaia equivalent to "The Art of War".

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(Translated with Google Translator)

What were one of the cultures of Umory-ond before the conquest of tyranny?

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Good question! These were the peoples that lived on Umory-Ond before Titania came into power:

Bulaka goblins, all gnomes, Cernios fauns, all sprights, Ela elves, and Lilagene sirenes.

In those links you can find information about each of those cultures. Unlike today, these cultures were heavily separated by species. Elves tended to stick with other elves, goblins with other goblins, etc.

After Titania took over, species became more integrated with eachother and together formed the Seelie Court. Then, the Seelie split into two, and the other half became Unseelie Court.

But there is a third major power on Umory-Ond today, and that is Spriggan's Sanctum. This is an independent kingdom ruled by Green Witch, Divine of Forests. Her subjects are mostly spriggans, fauns, and goblins.

Spriggan's Sanctum did not exist before Titania took over though. It was created after she stopped her conquest, and in fact was a response to her conquest. Green Witch wanted to take back the Bulaka's land from her and succeeded.

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