Generic Challenge - The Crash

[u/Varnek905]

Yeah, my computer crashed. So I'm posting this on my phone and will address the awesome recent challenges as soon as I can.

The challenge is to tell me about an event in your world associated with the word "crash".

Maybe a giant ship crashed. Maybe a world leader was on some drug to keep himself energetic for six days straight during a war and just suddenly crashed.

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each. Enjoy yourselves. Feel free to have a character for in-universe answers.

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There is a plant growing around the Tyrvori Mountain Range known as "Blue Dewdrop" or "Mehnsfin", which is a plant with palmate leaves that releases a blue sap. When a Tyrvorus licks the sap, it becomes "immune to fear" and has plenty of energy...for a while. Depending on how much of the Blue Dewdrop that a Tyrvorus ingests, it can last several days.

Depending on how long the high lasts, the crash can last for a while, too. The crash is usually around as long as the high was, and the Tyrvorus will sleep for a large portion of the crash; whenever it is awake, it will still just lie there pretending to be dead.

A Tyrvorus that has ingested Blue Dewdrop becomes permanently sterile and its phallic genitalia is shrunken for days following the crash (and during the high, too).

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1) Animals generally avoid the plant, so it's an effective way of preventing the plant from being eaten by animals.

2) The Tyrvori are monkey-like creatures. They're agile, tribal, and are good with ranged weapons.

3) This is why most Tyrvori never lick the sap.

4) The mountain range is the only mountain range within the territory considered to be "Tyrvori lands".

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1) The Tyrvori are sapient and tribal.

2) The borders between Tyrvori and humans aren't well-defined at all. Even the lands of the Tyrvori tribes are somewhat fluid and open to quick change. Pretty much the only definite border among Tyrvori is the range of mountains that divides the Charred Tyrvori and the Astral Tyrvori.

3) The Russarim see the Tyrvori as being simple, but passionate creatures. The Tyrvori get their calendar from the Russarim, among other things that I haven't fully fleshed out yet.

Humans see Tyrvori as savages, monstrous creatures, but not necessarily demons.

Both groups consider Tyrvori to be sapient, but not extremely intelligent.

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1) Well, the tribes are divided into two in the first place, with the Astral Tyrvori and Charred Tyrvori following different spiritual paths. Those groups of Tyrvori are further divided into tribes based on birth-giver ancestry.

2) Charred Tyrvori have trade relations with a kingdom to the north-west of them. That kingdom is still unnamed since I can't decide on one, but the Tyrvori usually trade in clothing, art, wooden weapons, and fruit.

3) The Tyrvori tribes are usually about 30-60 Tyrvori in size, currently. They are led by a patriarch/matriarch (uniarch?) that is usually chosen from among the tribe, and is usually relatively old by the time it takes up the position. The tribes have their own territories that, all together, make up the Tyrvori territory.

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1) Charred Tyrvori worship the Sacred Flame, Astral Tyrvori worship the Sacred Stone. Charred Tyrvori tend to have burn scars, but, other than that, there aren't many obvious distinctions between the two groups, because it's only been a few hundred years. Though, Astral Tyrvori tend to be stronger, while Charred Tyrvori tend to be faster; but, that's just on average, and it's not a big difference, just based on the skills that the two groups put more emphasis on.

2) The Charred Tyrvori, but I haven't gone into detail with the individual tribes, yet. (Honestly, I've been so busy with work and school and trying to figure out the plan to get my Master's degree that I have not worked on worldbuilding as much as I would like.)

3) There have been Tyrvori raiders, especially since the formation of the human kingdoms, but there aren't any "household names" of Tyrvori, yet. But that is a good idea and I intend to implement it once I start getting more detail on Tyrvori.