Fantasy Not Made For Earth {Lore & More}

[TheAdventureBegins]

This is a High Fantasy plot, with magic, magical creatures and plants. Most of the world and magic will be revealed through the character interactions throughout the rp, this thread will be updated accordingly. So, the more they look for information the more that will be revealed. The more they practice their gifts, the more they will understand it. I will be creating arks for each character at many different points to signal when they get their powers, and when their powers grow. Not everyone will have arks at the exact same time!
Just like the other things, you are not meant to know what is wrong in the world right away, it will be revealed and influenced by character interaction.

Things to know coming into the rp!
Everyone gets to choose their character’s power within reason. There will be no mind readers/controllers/anything that impedes the control of another player. Anyone thinking of doing illusion type magic would need the approval of everyone and then handled with care.
Magic with runes-like seen in the image- would be a specific class of magic and is also the most used in the new world, but has many different, complex uses.
Alchemy and magic are different things in this rp. Alchemy is science, technology, healing, and most things not accomplished with magic. A lot of it is done through the reactions of the plant and animal life in this world.
The Setting is more in a historical image, with clothing, certain technologies, housing and other things look old/strange to us, they are quite advanced. As in they have self drawn carriages, mechanical creatures, and more. The world is very much open and I would love to see your creativity make it grow as well!
Please keep up a minimum of one paragraph per post.
While I don't have a requirement on how often you post or posting order, lets try and keep things fair. Ex. Not skipping people's responses, or leaving a character frozen in interaction when you knew you would be gone. ​

 

[TheAdventureBegins]

First Group Arc

Kingdom: ???
Ruler: ???
Enemies nearby: Twelve guards all around seven feet or larger. They wear black bodysuits that have glowing wires coming in and out of them, their faces obscured by a jellyfish-like mask the same blue hue as the wires in the suit. Known magic user with invisibility, there could be more with other powers. They carry swords, knives, and spears as their main weapons, all made from something that looks akin to steel, but is almost more shiny and reflective.
What is happening: After a strange sweet, green, air paralyzed the friends the group of enemies descended on their location, tied up the friends in loose ropes, and collared them. Roughly thrown into the back of a self driving cart they move through a path just on the edge of the forest, the field to their left still visible, large, dark, endless trees to their right.