conversations.from: system
conversations.value: One hundred and sixteen years ago, the Humans came to colonize the planet Nuldorn. Imbued with a strange  primordial force, jokingly referred to as "magic" during the early years (then less jokingly later on), this strange planet contained a slew of undiscovered resources, ripe for excavation. The only difficulty was that Nuldorn was already inhabited by a variety of sentient species, approaching the cusp of interstellar travel themselves.
  
  And so the colonization......turned to invasion.
  
  For eight long, brutal years, the assembled races of Nuldorn fought against a technologically superior alien race intent on claiming their planet for the Human Empire. It was a fight that they would lose.
  
  You are a Nuldornian, a member of one of the indigenous people of your planet, and a product of several generations of submission to the Human master race. Whether Gedkin, Cruz, Lirrozix or otherwise, your people are slaves, manservants, and outcasts. But there are whispers on the wind. Echoes of rebellion, murmurs of insurrection. The Humans may have chained and drained your once-proud home, but so long as even one Nuldornian draws breath, the dream of the Resistance lives on.....
  
  ***NARRATOR NOTES***
  
  Hello there. This will be my attempt at creating an entirely new universe, and I would like you to help build it. The story takes place on an alien planet called Nuldorn, taken over by Humans. Make no mistake, in this game we are the enemy, the conquerors, the tyrants. You cannot play as a Human, only as a Nuldornian. 
  
  As this whole story and its environs will be created from scratch, I am looking for imaginative, creative people to fill it with detail. If you wanted the chance to define both your character and the world he/she lives in, this is it. I am looking for 3-5 players who enjoy detail and depth to their stories and are willing to demonstrate this with some strong character submissions. Feel free to create locations, religions, anything you need to flesh out your character!
  
  I am a big fan of connecting images to all Storium cards, so if you want to create your own Natures, Strengths etc, please ensure you do at least this. The images for the character's themselves do not have to look EXACTLY like the example races - I appreciate these might be hard to find. If you can get a close approximation, great.
  
  The world of Nuldorn is a grating collision of magic and technology. Magic is a nebulous essence, permeating the planet as a whole. Those who can actively wield it are uncommon, but by no means rare. Humans cannot use magic, but they make up for this with superior tech. Any of the Nuldornian races can use magic, but please do not make a godlike character - if you want to give your character big magic powers, I expect to see that same character have massive weaknesses (and I don't mean weaknesses like "must protect the innocent" or "doesn't respect authority").
  
  Finally, though the technological level of the setting is semi-distant-future, the core of the story should be focused on character development and world development, and not hung up on future-tech terminology and such.
  
  If you're still reading by this point, then maybe you're the player for this story - have a look at the options and see what you think!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ulmi: Daughter of Bayomm, a young Oshyo with the hope of freedom sown in her heart. Find her and protect her.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Glisma Pistol: A fully loaded weapon, charged with twelve glisma rounds.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Prisoner Vessel 'Arkimedes': A dust-caked, obsolete hover-transport, just 3 days from retirement.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Strive for Unity: "Reach out, brothers and sisters, and forge the link. Together, we are stronger!"
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Achieve Ascendancy: "I can be so much more. I will attain greatness the likes of which has not been seen even by our ancestors!"
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find what you Seek: "Amidst this broken world,  I search for something, and will not rest until it is found."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Make a Profit: "As long as I'm getting something out of it, count me in."
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Jenti Plains: A giant, arid expanse situated near the edge of the Shorne Fissure, one of the five Great Canyons of Nuldorn.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fornloy: One of your supposed rescuers, in dire need of immediate help.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Yavmanith: A hulking, burrowing nest of teeth, filled with hunger and fury.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rhire: A tough, grizzled Gedkin, whose pocked and scarred face tells many tales of conflict and danger.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Breach #28: A dark, dismal chronostone mine situated in the middle of Wont Rhixlan, or Theta Sector as it is known to the humans.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Grunt: One of the thousands of mine wardens patrolling the area. They call themselves soldiers, but the workers know them for their true name: slavemasters.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lirrozix: Leathery-winged and dark-scaled, the Lirrozix are the only sentient inhabitants of Nuldorn able to fly, albeit in very short bursts. The cultural result of this evolution is a race of keen strategists and planners. Though they do not shy away from conflict, their philosophy is based on a preference for indomitable defence, as opposed to an unstoppable offence.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Thraugh: Before the humans arrived to "colonise" Nuldorn, the Thraughs were fast becoming the most dominant species on the planet, much to the dismay of the other races. Inherently warlike and aggressive, the Thraughs had been waging a war on three fronts......and winning. They suffered by far the most casualties from the Invasion. Now, under thumb of human rule, these former candidates for world domination find themselves at the bottom of a very angry foodchain.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cruz: Scientists. Artificers. Technologists. Dying. The days of the Cruz are numbered. For them, the human Invasion did not merely signal an end to their way of life, it signalled an end to their very life. The microbes and bacteria brought by the humans to Nuldorn spread viciously throughout the Cruz population, rendering their females sterile and infecting their males with malignant diseases. To the Cruz, the human incursion is a literal and figurative cancer, bringing about virtual apocalypse. As such, no indigenous race on Nuldorn despises the humans more than the Cruz.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Pollareon: Encounters between humans and Pollareons are rare. This is no surprise, given that encounters between ANY race and Pollareons are rare. This mysterious and nomadic race are known to worship nature and magic with extreme zeal. It is ironic that the sentient race most detached from the human Invasion is the one that genetically looks most similar.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gedkin: The tough and stoic Gedkin hail from the frozen tundra of Ged, situated close to the southern pole of Nuldorn. Triumph through adversity is in their blood. They numbered the majority leading the charge against the Thraughs during the Old War. Now, that same majority constantly seeks to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the humans.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Oshyo: Cunning and full of guile, the Oshyo have succeeded more than any other race to endear themselves to their new human masters, earning them occasional privileges from the invaders and general contempt from their fellow Nuldornians. They are a typically social and charismatic species, and most have at least a basic understanding of magic.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Klat'loh: This gasping, chittering monstrosity scuttles towards you, mandible twitching in earnest as they detect their next quarry nearby.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Grim Resolve: Whether through a desire for vengeance, devotion to a cause or just bloody-mindedness, you are able to endure physical or mental adversity that would crush lesser beings.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Power of Fellowship: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. You understand better than most that your most powerful allies ARE your allies, and when you work together, you can move mountains.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Piercing Insight: Your senses and your wits are your weapons, enabling you to notice and anticipate things that others are blind to.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rising Tide: Perhaps it is magic. Perhaps it is blood rage. Perhaps it is something else entirely. All you know is, when the lightning flashes through your veins, your true power emerges....
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Loremaster: A life of either insatiable curiosity or mandated education has granted you a deep knowledge of your world and its denizens. Where there is ignorance, you bring enlightenment.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Deus Ex Machina: More than mere luck, more than simple serendipity. A near-tangible distortion of Fate seems to surround you, causing good fortune to lay its loving embrace upon you again and again.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Conflict Reveller: Peace is for the dead. You thrive upon conflict, in any form it may take, for where there is challenge, there is victory.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stealth and Swiftness: You are a lot faster than a lot of people in a lot of ways, but not a lot of people know that, because they'll only notice you if you desire it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hatred: You have spent your life nurturing your rancor. It may repay you by consuming your heart.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Naivety: One day, your rose-tinted vision may cause a foe to live, a friend to die, or both.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Affliction: Whether body, mind, spirit or soul, a part of you is slowly disintegrating. The malady seeks to usurp your goals. Resist.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rigidity: You always see the path laid before you. The others see lesser, inferior paths, and their distractions are unwelcome.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Impulsiveness: When you are driven to action, rationality is bypassed. The consequences can and will be endured later.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Paranoia: In the dark places. In the twilight between sleep and waking. Behind you. The Threat is everywhere. You cannot let your guard down for a second.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Simplicity: The fancy words the others use. All the things you have to remember. Your mind wants one thing at a time, and it is doomed to disappointment.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fragility: The spirit is willing, but sometimes the flesh wilts, and the bones shatter. Nuldorn did not build you to last.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Embrace the Chaos: "There's a storm coming, and I want to be where the waves are highest!"
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Crush the Invaders: "They took our homes, our lives and our grace. I will take it all back, with interest."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Know Your Enemy: "These humans hold all the cards. It's time to sneak a peek at their hand."
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Behold the World: "There is so much to explore, to see and do. I want to see it all, do it all!"
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Earn your Atonement: "The stains of the past must be cleansed with deeds of the future."
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gain Recognition and Respect: "One of these days, people will open their eyes, knowing me and all the great things I have done."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Pride: You are surrounded by fools and cowards. It is as if they do not realise what they are. They need to be shown the mirror.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Xbats: Human seeker drones, designed to hunt down and neutralize any threat to Human supremacy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Weifare City: A dusty, tumultuous city situated on the border between the Jenti Plains and the Soxsteppes.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ulmi: Daughter of Bayomm, a young Oshyo with the hope of freedom sown in her heart.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Weifare Gate Guards: Word has reached Weifare of the recent possible terror attack on the Arkimedes. The city is on heightened alert.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tayla: Captured by her newfound nemesis, Tayla finds herself a prize for the highest bidder.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Seila Marat: A former researcher. Having lost a brother to Tayla's past, he now seeks to ruin her future.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Asaak: The Asaak—an arid-adapted reptilian race—are incapable of wielding the planet's native magic; instead, they partially subsist off of it. Their bodies break down ambient magic and dampen woven magic in a small radius. Generally disliked by magic-wielding species for this reason, the humans were eager to invade their isolated desert territory to enslave the Asaak for use as anti-magic weapons in their conquest. Considered a commodity to the humans and unwilling traitors to the natives, the Asaak have few good remaining relations.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Forged Physique: A lifetime of toil and physical hardship has prepared you for great feats of the body, if you push yourself.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Simplicity: The fancy words the others use. All the little things you have to remember. The world is a very complicated place in many ways, and you seem doomed to forever stumble in delicate social and academic matters.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Helping Hand: A former acquaintance has come to your aid in a time of need. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Budding Tactician: War and battle is in a Thraugh's nature. It is their way of life, it's a part of what they are as a race. Expert tactics, however, still require much practice, and sometimes good luck.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cooperative : Many call you docile, but you prefer 'helpful.' Really, you don't mind following orders, if they aren't against anything you stand for, and you'll give it your all.