Howler Chronicles: my30dayworld: Day 1 to 7

The World: City in Shadows

The City in Shadows is an urban fantasy setting were you play the common man, the wizard, or even the usual suspect monster (vampire, werewolf, alchemycal creation, etc...) in a world that is in constant peril of being consumed by The Others, lovecraftian monstrosities that want to invade our world. Such monstrosities came from the outsides of our reality something that wizard and inhuman alike call The Void from where most of the wizards call upon their magick due to this the use of magick its tricky. You may become possessed by them or invite them in without knowing.

What is the name of your world? City in shadows
Why is called this? It's called City in Shadows, because the dark tone of mysticism and reality bending that surrounds the characters. The city by itself its a major protagonist in setting. The city where the players delve its as alive as them. Cities are made of moments and memories and stories and all those fractions give the cities a personality that determines how well or how bad it reacts to the presence of the void in it. Also it is called City in Shadows because all the shadow work the players must do in order for the mundane not to notice in order for The Void not to leak into the world without any major power organization noticing it.

Who is the most nefarious villain? The Others
They are the most nefarious villains in this world. They are the outsider gods of another dimension, from another realities. They are many or maybe just one with many faces. nobody within the world know it to a certain degree, and those who ventured to know end up dead or insane. Vampires may have their power plays, Werewolf may hunt those who harm their forest and their territories, Frankenstein-like creation may roam the land searching for their unholy creators in search of revenge and yet neither of them present such corruption for the land or the living as The Others.

Currently the most renowned heroes are the Council of the Six they are the mediators between all the distinct factions that exist in the world. Wizards, Faes, Angels, Demons, Vampires, and Skin changers, the first ones of each group that pushed out The Others when they first tried to invade our reality. From such groups a long legacy of notable character for good or bad have been spawned, and some still roam the lands.

The first incursion: The six major forces within the world always have been in the world one way or another. The balance have always been defined mostly by the number of each one at the time. being mere mortals the most prevalent number at any time; but during times of the first great wars something happened. While mundanes fight among each other in their common power struggle such amounts of negative energy open a rift that lead The Others to our reality. Two wars were fought at the same time. One of mundane against mundane, and the other involve the major players against the enemies. There were many casualties for everyone except the enemies. There is record of just one of the entities killed in all the records of The Council. This event change the way all the races view the world and the reality, they realize that even whit their petty struggles something far hideous existed out there and it was ready to hunt them and prey on them if they give them the chance. As a result of such event The Council of Six was created.

Magick in City of Shadows: The magick in the world is prevalent although not everyone use them. Many of the mundane forgot their ability to use the power of the universe through their bodies. The powers of magick can be used by many if not all people in great or less manner. Natural talents can employ magick freely and when appropriately trained they gained their title of Wizard. A mundane using the correct spell book and magic words can work minor works, such people are called sorcerers among the natural talents. As mundanes forgot how to employ and use magick a veil descended upon the world thus protecting them from the influence of magick and sheltering them in a small way from them. Mundanes and their skepticism keep them safe, but also vulnerable to the forces of the world of shadows that exist outside their comfort zone.

Heroes are as common as they should be and adventures are out there for those who are willing to go looking for them. The world of City in Shadows is a reflection of our world with a somber tone in which the doom of the world is out there waiting to crawl in at any moment. A group of friends going camping ending up trapped in the middle of some ancient ritual. A group of college girls that summons a demon empress without noticing at first glance. The frightened housewife whom inherited an old manor from her long forgotten relative and it happens to be haunted by ghost and demons. The adventures in the city of shadows are out there waiting for people brave enough or unlucky enough to jump into them.