TsW - The Island of Dead Gods
Preface
On this page you'll find a little fantasy project, that I started back in late 2004, but was not able to finish until now. It was part of the TsW (The second World) project, started by Martin J. Birk. The projects aim was to create a complete fantasy world with wrtitings and graphics. Due to some changes in RL I never got farther than some terrain tests with Terragen. If you want to take a look at my work from 2004 you can do it here.
The Story
It is told, that far south from the southern coast of Amarillo Country
there is an old and dangerous island. The locals call it "the island of
dead gods". Very few dared to go there and fewer have
returned.
Those surviving, tell stories of an unholy place, desolate and
dangerous. Deep canyons filled with strange noise and random but strong
winds. Sometimes those winds carry moans and whinings from far away to
the traveller.
But there are more frigthening things on this island. In every story
are strange organic rock formations mentioned, looking like vast old
beings,.... petrified or frozen in time.
The following report was writen by a scholar from ... He put together
all reports he could get, and described some of the main features found
on this Island:
Weather/Climate
- mostly cold / cloud coverd
- lots of fog / haze, limitted visibility
- sometimes strange lights in the sky in the night
The organic Pillars
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Those
organic looking pillars of rock were mostly discovered near the
shores and rarely found all over the island. Some of them radiate some
unwealthy heat. Expeditons found lots remnants of camps and skeletons
of earlier
teams near by. The returning parties tell, that some of the men refused
to camp near them because of strange bad foreshadowings so they never
stayed there over night. Maybe the other parties weren't that
lucky to
have men with this sensitivity. |
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The Mazes
Some areas of the island are coverd by weird mazes, which seem to have grown from the ground. The organic looking walls drop deep shadows and sometimes one con see a weird green glow coming from inside. No one who dared to enter, was ever seen again. Sometimes they simply didn't return and sometimes awefull screams were heard as last sign of life...
The Gullet (Schlund)
The Spines
Two formations which are best described as spines are found on the Island. One in the North and one in the North East.
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The
Northern Spine This formation can already be spotted from the see on a clear day. It stretches for 2 km from northwest to southeast. After passing through a field of pillars one suddenly reach an open plain with this structure in it. At the northwestern end, it curves like a snake forming a kind of twirl. From the center of this twirl one can sometimes see little pale green lights rise into the sky like kind of spores. |
The Brains
