Tag: Scifi

Sep
05

Walk the Crossroads | Episode 14: Jades, Elder Folk, and Demons

This week we discuss the final three primary religions of the Avalon Cluster (that we know of). First being the Jaded Path, a religion dedicated to finding one’s inner Tranquility and awakening from the Despair around them. Second, the Thousandfold, an ancient series of shamanic traditions united in the face of heavy persecution from the […]

Aug
26

What the Sierd of the Third Imperial Era?

Trystan’s sacrifice is on my soul, his blood is on arms, his voice is on my lips, and his desire in my heart. -Gwyn oc Artur, Warrior-Queen of Avalon The Third Imperial Era opens in a time of upheaval as the death of Trystan oc Artur catapults the once backwater family of Artur to power […]

Aug
19

Themes: Artificial Humans

Biological, but unnaturally created humans, ranging from “biological robot” to “clone” to “Plant Person“. –Tropes.com The Soulgiven are a synthetic artificial species created by the Faeru to prove the greatness of the Faerin peoples. The very notion that one could create an entire race seems kind of maddening. And yet the Faeru can and do […]

Aug
19

Walk the Crossroads | Episode 13: The Oberonish Faiths

The Oberonish Faiths are the three Great Religions that dwell and threaten the Triad. First among them is the Creed the faith of the Prebyster and his work, the Curmhinn. Next is the Trans-humanist faith, the Deuxian Church. Then the youngest is Itzkachana which desires to united all under its rule.  

Aug
12

What the Sierd is the Second Expansion Era?

We shall have the grand feeding grounds, which you call the Triad. -Tlaloc, Progenitor of the Voidkin Many of the great histories of Star-Crown would say that the Second Imperial Era was a true Golden Age, a time of colonization and advancement. What they fail to mention that it was a time of war, tyrants, […]

Aug
02

Themes: The Pulp Genre

Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars – Nemedia, Ophir, Brythunia, Hyperborea, Zamora with its […]

Jul
23

What the Sierd is the Second Imperial Era?

I am the Lord of all the Stars! It is my voice that carries the dominion over all worlds and colonies! It is -my- will that sculpts the destiny of over a billion souls. -Not- some spider weaving a web of lies! ~Emperor Atreus Ulgan, The Mad The second Dynastic Era would begin with the […]

Jul
21

Walk the Crossroads | Episode 11: LiTS Society

This week’s Episode of Walk the Crossroads discusses the Imperial Society of Avalon. This includes the traditions of the Empire; the tradition of the Estates General Caste system; the government and law of the entire Triad itself. Jump into the world of complication and convolution which is the Land in the Stars!

Jul
10

What the Sierd is the Shattered Era?

We war with ourselves, like a cancer it grows, till we shall all die with impunity. -Alcaen Philosopher, Robert du LeFaye The opening of the Shattered Era began with the fulfillment of the creation of Synethic Life, the eventual rebellion of the Homunculi against the Faeru. The wars that preceded the rebellion itself would lead […]

Jun
23

Walk the Crossroads | Episode 9: LiTS History Overview

The latest episode of Walk the Crossroads is a quick and dirty look at the history of the Land in the Stars. Ranging from the Founder’s Era and catching the basic highlights of all the Eras we discuss how the modern Three Systems was shaped by its history.