Fantasy The Last Army - OOC

[Worthlessplebian]

I was wondering could I add some lore on the church Ben studied at, some of the plants, animals and illnesses in his book?

 

[Chachalotte]

Yes, there's no problem! You can post anything that can reinforce the lore here

 

[Worthlessplebian]

Here is what I had in mind, I'll add in some animals later, also this is all in Ben's book as all current and former Blind Church members carry. I also once again apologize for the wall of text and if you have anything to say about this, please do.

• The Blind Church
• The Corpse Tree
• Black Eye Fever

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  The Blind Church also known as the Caecus Church or the popular name The Healing Church, is an organisation formed somewhere in the south of Waskon, it was founded by a, then renowned, sorcerer Cornelius Loken. He founded The Blind Church for his own purposes, to discover and perfect new and old magicks. When he started he had but a small number of following, measuring into the 20s however The Blind Church's numbers only exploded to the 90s when Joseph Sokoloff reformed it to be a place dedicated to healing via any means and by any means, Joseph literally meant any means, carrying out experiments in hiding for the greater good of ALL species and thus in order to execute those experiments, volunteers have to be present, even if they are unwilling, these experiments are nothing less than cruel and should the church be exposed for these crimes against the races of the world, they would be burned at the stake and so the church has a very strict need-to-know basis, very few people advance to the levels of knowing about the experiments and very FEW even participate in them, the knowledge of the experiments starts from the Tenebris Healers and only the Divinus Healers can participate.The Blind Church doesn't often directly interact with the populus and only sometimes gives out knowledge to unaffiliated healers in order to spread their knowledge. The Blind Church has a hierarchical system, the lowest being a priest and the highest being the Pope of Healing, which can be occupied by either man or woman, its current Pope of Healing is Henry the VIth. They also issue a book of medicine every 5 years and the book has a very large empty space in which the member writes in their discoveries.
  
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  The Corpse Tree, otherwise known as Artemisia Vulgaris Cancer by The Blind Church, is a long lived tree that grows 4 meters/13.4 feet, it can easily be spotted by any adventurer, traveler because of the golden round leaves that the tree grows, it has a silky smoothed tree bark that makes for a great fire starter and its roots grow very deep into the ground, longer than the tree even at 6 meters/19.6 feet below ground. However the tree got its name from its fruits, its apple like fruits, that produce an eye watering, gut wrenching aroma of a dead and rotting corpse, The Blind Church believes the tree evolved this way in order to attract birds and other animal scavengers to spread its seed through out the land, which might explain its frequency in Waskon, having been found in the west and north but not existing in the east. If an adventurer can stomach its disgusting aroma, the adventurer can extract the fruit's juices and once they add salt, they can leave the juices to ferment, the fermentation process takes about an hour but once it is completed, the juices will turn into a thick, gelatinous substances that hardens once it's squeezed, the substance has a pleasant aroma and a taste that can be described like bittersweet. In this form, it also possess amazing healing properties, it acts like a antibiotic helping fight off small infections and it is an antidote for some poisons that afflict the nervous system.
  
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  The Black Eye Fever or BE Fever for short is an illness that particularly plagues humans but it can also plague other species, the only beings immune to this are certain reptile species. Black Eye Fever is characterised by like its name sake, a blackening of the eyes and a high fever but it gets worse than that, those are only its starting symptoms. As the illness continues, the patient becomes tachycardiac (accelerated heart rate), going partially blind and the last stage of the sickness is dehydration which leads to death. To cure the patient, they must undergo a strict bed-ridden routine, small physical activity, ingesting lots of fluids and soft food, like soup, regular regime of antibiotics. The mortality rate of the disease isn't as frightening as it once was but it is still a danger not to be taken lightly. However, once the final stage as been reached, the patient is considered dead, recommended quick euthanization.
  

 

[Chachalotte]

I think the church can be a nice idea, but it's certainly must be hidden from the public view. Otherwise, peace wouldn't be possible or broken with human and races experimentation. I think the corpse trees should be present in a majority in the west and north, and not exist in the east or in a really low quantity because it's where the lands are ruined with really low vegetation rate.

I also think the disease is going too far. Removing the aggression toward others and reducing the symptom a little bit should make it good to go!

 

[Worthlessplebian]

Alright, thank you, I will add in the changes you suggested. And yes, I guess I should make the Church more hidden or can I just say the experimentation is hidden and only mid-level Church members are aware of it?

Edit: Btw, did you mean it should not be present in the East?

 

[Chachalotte]

Yes! Sorry for the typo lol, I saw it too late

 

[Worthlessplebian]

Alright, I did the changes.

I added the extra layers of secrecy for the church and how they spread their knowledge. (The church in Ben's background being an exception as Ben's village was in dire need of healing and a couple of unaffiliated healers weren't going to cut it and that church has been shut down since it achieved its mission with no one apart from Ben learning about the experiments and I also added in his background that he was promoted to a Tenebris Healer.)
I changed where the Corpse Tree grows and also down scaled its healing properties for poisons.
I removed most of the final stage symptoms for BE Fever but kept the tachycardia in, added going partially blind and the last stage is dehydration, which I think is a good-ish enough last symptom before death.

 

[Chachalotte]

Yes, these symptoms are better and I like the new church system. This way, it's still a great disease that needs to be avoided. Thank you for the changes

 

[Worthlessplebian]

Here is an animal.

The Waskonian Wolver or otherwise known as The Helper Wolverine, also known as the Wolf Hunter.
The Blind Church documents this animal as the Gulo Gulo var. Canisi, is animal that closely resembles the normal wolverine, its' main difference is in its' albino coloration and size, if a typical wolverine is 107 cm/ 42 inc, then the Waskonian Wolver is twice that sitting at a whooping 214 cm/ 84 inc, weighing at a 53 kg/ 116 pounds, muscular and a stocky build. The females of the species are just a fraction smaller than that of the male wolvers. Unlike the wolverine, the waskonian wolver doesn't actually have a disgusting aroma and so must entirely rely on its physical capability to fight off predators and other wolvers. The Blind Church have sighted Wolvers typically mating in the months of July and August and the gestation period for a cub is 80 days, it has also been seen that cubs can be born in twins or triplettes. Waskonian Wolver has been seen eating from various sources, making it an omnivore. Its area of living extends from the south to the north. The Blind Church has tracked down the reason for why they are known as the Helper Wolverine, they are called the helper wolverine because of their fondness for hunters, trailing hunters and approaching them wanting to take a piece of the meat the hunters have acquired, eventually hunters have begun taming wolvers, without too much resistance, they are found to be very loyal to those they attach themselves with, the cubs are also extremely impressionable, easily imprinting on any who find them and do not agitate them as their first interaction. As for the name Wolf Hunter, they exhibit a strange behavior in which twice a year, 2-5 wolvers gather in a small pack and begin hunting wolf packs.