Gestalt
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Telling the story of Gestalt, a dark mid-magic fantasy setting, one small post at a time.
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A rare metal whispered to awaken curses or dreams. It fuels their alchemy, sharpens their blades, and glows faintly under rain. Regulated. Respected. Feared. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A rare metal whispered to awaken curses or dreams. It fuels their alchemy, sharpens their blades, and glows faintly under rain. Regulated. Respected. Feared. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Villages sway in the canopy, linked by bridges of living rope and whisper-thread. Pulley baskets drift downward with goods. Home is wind, wood, and woven mat. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Villages sway in the canopy, linked by bridges of living rope and whisper-thread. Pulley baskets drift downward with goods. Home is wind, wood, and woven mat. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Papyrus glimmers with magic. Silk hums with shifting dyes. Merchants speak in glances, gestures, and arranged stones. Trade winds carry their goods across the canopy and down into distant lands. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Papyrus glimmers with magic. Silk hums with shifting dyes. Merchants speak in glances, gestures, and arranged stones. Trade winds carry their goods across the canopy and down into distant lands. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
The Athven. The Vahra. Ancient lines of scholars, generals, and keepers of scroll and soil. Nobility in Spiraellis culture holds land and lore in equal reverence. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Athven. The Vahra. Ancient lines of scholars, generals, and keepers of scroll and soil. Nobility in Spiraellis culture holds land and lore in equal reverence. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Their sovereign slumbers - thirty feet tall, rooted inside a spiral tree. He dreams law and murmurs fate. Twelve sages, the Dreaming Council, interpret his will through fasts, symbols, and windswept branches. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Their sovereign slumbers - thirty feet tall, rooted inside a spiral tree. He dreams law and murmurs fate. Twelve sages, the Dreaming Council, interpret his will through fasts, symbols, and windswept branches. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Nobles bear up to four names: personal, clan, lineage, and courtesy. Commoners hold only one, often whispered like a breeze. Short syllables speak volumes. Knoi. Wie. Miq. Zao. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Nobles bear up to four names: personal, clan, lineage, and courtesy. Commoners hold only one, often whispered like a breeze. Short syllables speak volumes. Knoi. Wie. Miq. Zao. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Long tunics in seasonal hues, bound with silken belts. Blues and greens for spring, umber and rust for fall. A comb, a pin, a single chain. Ornament speaks softly here. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Long tunics in seasonal hues, bound with silken belts. Blues and greens for spring, umber and rust for fall. A comb, a pin, a single chain. Ornament speaks softly here. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
With alabaster skin veined in mist-blue marble, these elves wear their bloodlines like maps. Their eyes glow faintly in soft hues of violet, blue, and green. Their hair, thick and dark, weaves history in knots. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
With alabaster skin veined in mist-blue marble, these elves wear their bloodlines like maps. Their eyes glow faintly in soft hues of violet, blue, and green. Their hair, thick and dark, weaves history in knots. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Ice, war, plague, rebirth. Their story winds like a spiral: from fire-drawn bronze to iron and ink, through the Silent Contagion and the age of nescil. Every loop brings knowledge. Every return deeper meaning. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ice, war, plague, rebirth. Their story winds like a spiral: from fire-drawn bronze to iron and ink, through the Silent Contagion and the age of nescil. Every loop brings knowledge. Every return deeper meaning. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
First appearing in the Third Era, the Spiraellis trace their roots through the Shar, and further, to the Il Ilsalar: sky-worshipping woodland nomads. From totem and tent, they climbed upward into village and verse. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
First appearing in the Third Era, the Spiraellis trace their roots through the Shar, and further, to the Il Ilsalar: sky-worshipping woodland nomads. From totem and tent, they climbed upward into village and verse. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Taller than their cousins, pale as moonlit ash, the Spiraellis dwell high among the ancient trees of southern Daroth and northern Krythas. Their skin bears marbled shadows, seen best beneath silver light. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Taller than their cousins, pale as moonlit ash, the Spiraellis dwell high among the ancient trees of southern Daroth and northern Krythas. Their skin bears marbled shadows, seen best beneath silver light. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Adventures may hinge on doctrine: A heretic under party protection. A relic that changes memory. A kingdom trembling under Iysair's growing light. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
July 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Adventures may hinge on doctrine: A heretic under party protection. A relic that changes memory. A kingdom trembling under Iysair's growing light. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Temples are sites of trial, not sanctuary. Iysian cults offer terrifying alliances. Absolute Truth is a powerful weapon - especially when mistaken. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Temples are sites of trial, not sanctuary. Iysian cults offer terrifying alliances. Absolute Truth is a powerful weapon - especially when mistaken. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
A cleric of Iysair is not a comfort. They are a razor in a velvet pouch. A paladin? A torch that cannot be dimmed, even when wrong. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A cleric of Iysair is not a comfort. They are a razor in a velvet pouch. A paladin? A torch that cannot be dimmed, even when wrong. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
His mortal form unnerves the faithful. How can perfection wear such flawed skin? But perhaps that, too, is doctrine. The Absolute need not explain. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
His mortal form unnerves the faithful. How can perfection wear such flawed skin? But perhaps that, too, is doctrine. The Absolute need not explain. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Where Iysair reigns, laws calcify. Society quiets. Even whispers sound loud. Order and fear dance hand in hand. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Where Iysair reigns, laws calcify. Society quiets. Even whispers sound loud. Order and fear dance hand in hand. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Schisms are called Echoes - dangerous deviations. They are hunted and silenced. Contagion, they call it. Doubt spreads like rot. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Schisms are called Echoes - dangerous deviations. They are hunted and silenced. Contagion, they call it. Doubt spreads like rot. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Tales are short and severe: a judge who hesitates and falls. A priest who shows mercy and burns. Truth is not long-winded. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Tales are short and severe: a judge who hesitates and falls. A priest who shows mercy and burns. Truth is not long-winded. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
No holy books. Only parables, mantras, rituals. No scripture, just repetition until the mind forgets doubt. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
No holy books. Only parables, mantras, rituals. No scripture, just repetition until the mind forgets doubt. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
The worthy are reborn in clarity. The rest dissolve into chaos, cursed to remember nothing but confusion. Forgiveness is not divine. It must be earned. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The worthy are reborn in clarity. The rest dissolve into chaos, cursed to remember nothing but confusion. Forgiveness is not divine. It must be earned. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Iysair claims no divine parent. He emerged from certainty alone. He teaches that souls are transient shells, empty until filled with His fire. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Iysair claims no divine parent. He emerged from certainty alone. He teaches that souls are transient shells, empty until filled with His fire. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Mortals are instruments or obstacles. Allies are rare. Doubters are corrected. There is no room for question marks in the script of the Absolute. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Mortals are instruments or obstacles. Allies are rare. Doubters are corrected. There is no room for question marks in the script of the Absolute. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Baruch, god of Neutrality, is His antithesis. Where Baruch mediates, Iysair decides. Where Baruch balances, Iysair eradicates. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Baruch, god of Neutrality, is His antithesis. Where Baruch mediates, Iysair decides. Where Baruch balances, Iysair eradicates. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
Iysair does not want love. He demands alignment. A world of one voice, one truth. Not salvation. Not hope. Only convergence. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Iysair does not want love. He demands alignment. A world of one voice, one truth. Not salvation. Not hope. Only convergence. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
This day recalls His first appearance - unquenchable, unchallenged - in the Temple at Velethka. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt
June 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This day recalls His first appearance - unquenchable, unchallenged - in the Temple at Velethka. #dnd #rpg #worldbuilding #gestalt