wiki link update·2d2 commitsParent pageOWCAB Collaborative Worldbuilding Project (NAME TBD)Everything is just roughly made based on what we discussed. Feel free to modify any information through proposal feature
Build three connected worlds together:
A fantasy world(Name TBD) that runs on magic.
A sci-fi world(Name TBD) that runs on physics.
A merged world(Name TBD) where the two have collided and now coexist.
Both worlds used to be one. They split apart, and now they are coming back together. The merge threatens to destroy both of them. Our job as a club is to build each world deeply enough that we can tell the main story: the merge, and the people caught in it.
The universe consists of two worlds with different fundamental laws.
Fantasy world | Sci-fi world | |
|---|---|---|
Governing principle | Magic | Physics |
Medium filling space | Aether | Vacuum(?) |
Fundamental particles | Magical carrier particles | Standard particles |
Native beings | Elves, dragons and other magical beings | Alien species |
Shared beings | Humans, ordinary animals | Humans, ordinary animals |
The two worlds share a common origin, so their fundamental particles and forces are broadly similar. Because the split was relatively recent on a cosmological scale, the particles of each world can still interact with those of the other.
Beyond these two worlds lie other realms, which are distant and unconnected. These two worlds are unusual because they sit close together, a consequence of having once been one.
The large-scale structure of each world, including whether the sci-fi world is a single galaxy and the shape of the fantasy world, is not yet established in canon.
(not confirmed It can be changed) Before the split there was a single world. It held both magic and physical law, and it was ruled by a family of gods. Humans and many ordinary animals already lived there at that time.
(not confirmed It can be changed) A conflict among the ruling gods split the world in two. According to the most widespread account, the science god left and took physical law with him, which created the sci-fi world. The world that remained, the fantasy world, had no physics of its own and came to sustain itself entirely through magic.
Anything that existed before the split, including humans, retained its nature in both worlds. Anything that arose afterward is native to only one. Elves, for example, are a product of magic and have no counterpart in the sci-fi world.
(not confirmed It can be changed) After the split, the two worlds developed independently. The sci-fi world became a galaxy of space-faring civilizations, empires and corporations. The fantasy world developed its own peoples, kingdoms and magical traditions.
The length of this period is not established. Around 100,000 years has been proposed.
In the present era, the two worlds are drifting back toward each other. The merge is a gradual process, not a single event. Its effects include:
Glimpses of the other world becoming visible
Portals opening where the worlds come into contact
Aether leakage from the fantasy world into the sci-fi world
The merge is expected to end with the two worlds fully combined into one sci-fi and fantasy world.
Humans
Ordinary animals
Magical beings
Alien species
The gods of the original world are, by most accounts, real, but they are not omnipotent. They are described as an extremely powerful race, not as transcendent beings, and they rarely intervene in mortal affairs. Within either world, there is no definitive proof of their existence. Different cultures worship different gods, and some of the gods that are worshipped may not exist at all. [this is still discussed though]
The fantasy world
The sci-fi world
sff world
