#scala

Example of a large, modern, open-concept living room with a white floor, beige walls, a bar, and a wall-mounted television.

Well I was thinking about Land of Departure. And how it acronyms to LoD. Which, in video game terms, tends to mean "level of detail", referring to how the amount of detail on a 3D model changes depending on how far away the player/camera is from it. The further away you are from something, the less amount of detail and polygons that are rendered, because large amounts of detail are no longer necessary at that distance to create a convincing impression of an object, and it would be a waste of resources otherwise.

In relation to the Land of Departure, the first thing that comes to mind is how LoD is positioned as this isolated world between light and dark, a tiny castle on a lonely expanse of high-up mountains seemingly cut off from most things with only four people living there. A simple, minimal existence.

The second, more compelling thing that comes to mind is how LoD might very well be the last remnant of Scala, a small piece of that once large and sprawling world that has now lost much of the scope and detail it once had. Scala's history is one of a diminishing entity. A world slowly eroding like a coastline. Information and eras lost to time. Memories fuzzy around the edges. You don't need an entire society, an entire city, filled with detail and complexity if there are no longer people there to witness or make use of any of it.

Non possiamo smettere di raccogliere i fichi dall’albero le foglie impazzano e nascondono la luce i frutti piegano il ramo debole ma non lo spezzano erano verdi e quasi acerbi ora son neri grossi e sugosi. Prendi la grande scala di legno e saliamo insieme gli antichi gradini reggeranno tutto il peso del nostro passo sicuro a piedi nudi e mentre sali davanti a me non ti voltare se sfiorerò ancora una volta con la malizia docile di sempre l’insenatura dolce delle tue gambe. Da: "La notte e il pettirosso", Marco Biagetti