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Hey! How exactly did you get here? Oh well, that's not what's important. Unfortunately for you, you have stumbled upon my lore dump archive, mwhahaha! Good luck reading through all of my ramblings >:D
Who are the gods? Who and what are "drudes"?
- This fictional world has three main deities. The Mother Goddess, the Moon Goddess, and the Sun God. Basically there was a power struggle with immortal beings for the power of creation, and the mother goddess wins because she's like good and the other deities big evil. She creates the sun and moon to be her servants and then creates the world. When the mother godess created Earth, she basically rounded up all the evil beings that went against her and trapped them into the center of Earth so their energy could help give energy to life on Earth.
- When the mother goddess created humans, she had the sun and moon basically be in charge of guiding humanity. The Sun God, Sol, brings in good harvests and happiness. The Moon Goddess, Mond, brings in good hunting seasons and peace. Once the mother goddess became satisifed with her creation, she fell into a deep slumber and entrusts the fate of the world to the moon and sun. Coincidentally, the evil spirits trapped underneath the Earth's crust basically decided to use this as an opportunity to escape. The world is now in chaos as evil monsters are suddenly appearing and are um doing evil monster things like killing people lol
- The sun and moon are like "oh crap, what do we do?? We can kill them, but we're outnumbered". So while earth is getting terrorized by monsters, Mond decides to do something she wasn't supposed to do. She decides to teach humans magic. In order for a human to retain magic, they have to consume mana. The only way a human could consume mana is by taking it directly from the Earth, which would also be from the evil spirits. The evil spirits energy is being used to sustain life on Earth, so too much magic consumption could cause the world to rot. Basically, in short, humans aren't really meant to consume magic as it would be stealing from the Earth. Mond mainly did this as a last resort and because she felt bad about how the humans were suffering so much.
- Introducing magic to humans brought both good and bad things. Humans were now able to deend themselves from the evil forces, but the word was slowly rotting due to the sudden influx of people become magic users.
- The mother goddess eventually wakes up as she senses something wrong with the world. She becomes furious whenever she realizes that humans learned magic and are leaving the world to rot. She then casts a curse onto all magic bearing humans to become insane. This divine curse of insanity basically reduced magic bearers to feral creatures that turned on not only humans but each other. They started attacking humans and even developed cannibalistic tendencies. The side effect of this curse also caused these insane magic bearers to gain twisted apperances. This curse has scared humans from magic, but the allure of power was still there for some.
- These magic bearers basically get nicknamed "drudes". Drudes in this fictional world are basically people that bear magic. While being a drude may seem appealing, the mana basically corrupts drudes to become feral. Cannibalism in the drude world became taboo, but the consumption of another drude's blood will cause a drude to become more powerful. This is because a drude's blood has mana in it, which would make a drude stronger. The more mana a drude has, the more prone they are to insanity. Most cases of insanity in the drude world lead to self destruction as their minds can't handle the dark allure of magic at that point. Most modern day drudes are recongized by their horns, black eyes, and sometimes by their purple veins (which is from the magic in their blood). There are some drudes that are known as sirens that don't have horns but instead have gills. Most sirens are regarded as weak as they barely have any mana in their blood.
The Seven Deadly Sins and Heavenly Virtues
- During humanity's magic golden age, Mond basically gathers 7 powerful, vitrous mages and gifted them 7 talisman. The 7 talisman were basically gems that were imbedded into some kind of accessory. The talisman emplified the mages magical abilities and made them stronger. This is because the gems in the talisman were blessed by the moon goddess herself. She called these 7 sages the heavenly virtues. Their job was to protect humans and guide them in matters the twin gods couldn't meddle in.
- Whenever the mother goddess casted the curse upon magic bearers, the virtues were effected the most. It's because the virtues were the most powerful mages. The mother goddess saw the virtues as disrespectful due to how their "guidance" has caused the Earth to rot. The corruption of the virtues basically turned them into something new. It turned them into the Seven Deadly Sins
- The talisman also became corrupted. They now didn't only exemplify power, they now exemplified insanity. Drudes that held a talisman would became insane a lot more quickly. The talisman would also "call" to people. It would have people go into a trance where they would basically hear whispers, telling them to get the talisman. This would cause a competition to become a sin as not only did the natural allure of power attract people, but the talisman themselves were also literally attracting people.
- In the drude world, the seven sins are basically expected to command and protect drudes from the humans. Their influence is usually expanded by opening up businesses or providing some kind of service. The table below will explain each current sin and their "occupation".
| Name | Sin | Status | Mini Bio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow | Pride | Alive | Owner of a casino. A siren that has lived for many, many years but is still able to retain a youthful appearance. Most knowledgable sin. |
| Eisheth | Previous Lust | Dead | A controversial figure as she was weak and relied on backer/lover. Mainly used her title for personal pleasure and didn't do anything. Eventually got killed by her backer. |
| Ambrose | Lust | Alive | Became lust after killing Eisheth for her infidelity. Well known for his fighitng ring and shapeshifting abilities (do not look at his true form, you will go insane). |
| Solomon | Wrath | Alive? | Served as the executioner for the sins. Killed and hunted down anyone that threatened the sins and the underground drude world. Behavior became strange ever since he disappeared and came back. |
| Valeria | Gluttony | Alive | Co-owns a nightclub with Roxie. Very close friends with Roxie and is well known for her sadomasochist nature and love for the occult. |
| Roxie | Envy | Alive | Co-owns a nightclub with Valeria. Appears to be very mean, but in reality isn't THAT rude. Struggles with DID and doesn't know she even has it. |
| Andreas | Greed | Alive | Rumored to have come from a fallen, wealthy family. Now manages a loan shark company. Very snarky and believes he's above everyone. |
| Blair | Sloth | Dead | A young girl that accidentally got the role of a sin. She created a safe haven for weak drudes as she sympathsized with those that couldn't defend themselves. Ended up getting killed by humans. |
A further dive into the magic of this world
- Magic in this world is deeply forbidden for humans. This is because of how magic has become corrupted (Thanks mother goddess). This is because of how magic stems from old, evil deities and spirits that are locked into the center of the earth. Their energy was used to sustain the earth, but the high amount of magic being pulled from the earth caused rot in earth's nature. Back then, magic didn't cause any side effects for humans and was used as a tool for everyday life. With the curse, magic now causes humans to become corrupted and go insane. This insanity basically causes people to become very violent and even eat others. Although with time, this insanity mainly comes from high amounts of mana.
- Drude blood is actually purple because of the mana. Just wanted to put that out there lol
- Witchcraft is still a practice in this world, but it has nothing to do with drudes. This is because witchcraft is exactly like witchcraft in real life where it's just mixing up herbs and crystals into a bottle to make spells. Although, there aren't exactly many witches due to the whole taboo on magic in general (thanks drudes and mother goddess)
- Most drudes have their own magical ability. Some examples include Ambrose being shapeshifter, Solomon can turn things he touches into dust and ash, Valeria can transfer pain onto other people, and Roxie enter reflective objects. At the same time, many drudes have their own "signature" ability, but most aren't able to fully harness it. The Seven Sins are able to harness their "signature" abilities, which is why they're the most respected.
The Mana Purification Program (MPP lol) and the Moon Sect
- The Mana Purification Program was founded by a human woman named Esper. This program is funded by the government, and its goal is to figure out a way to purify mana to cure the drude problem. A woman of science like Esper didn't believe in the whole curse, but instead she believed that mana was some kind of unstable or pure element that could get pulled apart and "fixed".
- While they have a lot of support from the general public, MPP has dabbled into very immoral practices. They'll kidnap drudes to conduct their experiments on, but they'll sometimes even kidnap humans to experiment on as well. They would turn humans into drudes to get an insight on how mana works and see if it's possible to turn them back into human. Being sent to an MPP facility is like a death sentance due to how these experiments are like torture. All of this is hidden from the public due to how it'll bring down support for the program. They commonly release propaganda videos where they show tours of select facilities and make it appear as if the lab rats were volunteers.
- The Moon Sect is a "hippie" group that is led by a woman named Wisteria. This group heavily believes in the mother godess's curse, unlike MPP. Wisteria is devout to the moon goddess and truly believes that she has given a clue to break this great curse. This group is privately funded and is NOT funded or supported by the government.
- This group is slightly frowned upon by the public due to propaganda branding them as a cult and even terrorist group. This is because their leader, Wistera, resorts to illegal activities (mainly selling poison) to fund the group. Despite this, the Moon Sect actually a safe space for both drudes and humans. Wisteria does hold her own experiments, but they're mainly rituals. While these rituals don't really work, they're still relaxing for the mind. The Moon Sect also spends a good amount of time sabatoging MPP.
- After some time, MPP comes to a conclusion that mana purification isn't possible and that the only way to save humanity is to kill all of the drudes. This gets very mixed reception, but this does bring down some of MPP's reputation. On the other hand, this also boosted support for the Moon Sect. Esper doesn't exactly care due to how she's government funded and mainly sees public support as a plus to this whole gig, but Wisteria sees this EVERYTHING. After the announcement, ex employees come out with testamonies on MPP's cruel practices. This becomes a great help to Wisteria, who is planning on eventually taking MPP down.
- Side note, Wisteria and Esper actually knew each other and even dated in high school. Esper came from a strict family that had high expectations while Wisteria was from a rich, trust fund hippie family with a carefree parenting style. Wisteria, who went by Forrest at the time, was a breath of fresh air to Esper. She put all of her trust into Forrest, but they just straight up disappeared after high school. To Esper, this was the ultimate betrayal. She realized that she can't trust anyone, so she basically becomes cold and distant. She then founded MPP as her breakthrough into the world of science.
- So... what's up with Forrest? Wisteria is actually AMAB but transitioned into a woman. Whenever she dated Esper, she was somewhat in the closet at the time (but already came out to her parents, they were very supportive). Wisteria at the time just presented as a very feminine guy, but Esper was also a closeted lesbian at the time sooooooo... The main reason why Wisteria actually ghosted and abandoned Esper was because she was officially going to transition and felt like Esper wouldn't be supportive (She thought that Esper wanted to date a guy, not a woman). They eventually meet each other again, but as rivals. Wisteria has already moved on from the relationship due to how she feels like Esper most likely hated her, but Esper actually still has lingering feelings for Wistiera lol.
Random World bites
- Over time, humans started to migrate to cities to avoid being killed by drudes. Only the poor and rich stayed in rural areas. The lowerclass stayed in the rural areas due to how they couldn't afford to move in to the city while the rich was there to flex on how they could afford safety in dangerous areas.
- Drudes would stay in the rural areas and inhabit the buildings left behind by humans. They basically created their own little society that was dominated by violence. The strong dominate over the weak. Some drudes made a business out of providing power in these underground cities by threatening power companies. That's also how they get all of their other utilities lol.
- The drude population starts to spike, and as a result the upperclass starts to move into the cities. The lowerclass either got slaughtered or they gathered everything they had to move. I like to call this "The Urban Migration". With the majority of the human population living in cities, drudes now dominate the rural areas.
- Some rich companies actually make deals with drudes to make use of their magic abilities. This also has become a lucrative, illegal business. Companies that get caught are forced to dissolve and all of their shares are taken by the government for projects.
