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Latest revision as of 08:08, 10 March 2026

Scratch Pad

navy will perform air cavalry and troop transport role with gunships. I need to flesh out the marine recon role.

Increase the length of the prologue, to have more fleeing, near death experiences, etc.,

Add the character artwork as commissions prior to a design change for the uniforms. They'll serve as bonus artwork on the special edition hardcovers.
Here is a list of characters

Here is a list of warships

Here are the Species and Professions.

http://robertplewis.com/index.php/Category:Naval_Weapons

http://robertplewis.com/index.php/System_Titles

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 == Scratch Pad ==
 navy will perform air cavalry and troop transport role with gunships. I need to flesh out the marine recon role.
 Increase the length of the prologue, to have more fleeing, near death experiences, etc.,
+Add the character artwork as commissions prior to a design change for the uniforms. They'll serve as bonus artwork on the special edition hardcovers.
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 Here is a list of [[:Category:Characters|characters]]
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 Here is a list of [[:Category:Terran Warship|warships]]
-Here are the [[Races and Professions|Races and Professions]].
+Here are the [[Species and Professions|Species and Professions]].
 http://robertplewis.com/index.php/Category:Naval_Weapons
-*need a page to promote artists.
 http://robertplewis.com/index.php/System_Titles
-== Synopsis ==
-In a universe besieged by incomprehensible '''outsiders'''—cosmic entities that erode reality itself—the ancient '''deities''' stand as the last unbreakable bulwark. They hold the primary invasion fronts sealed, preventing total annihilation, but the strain births countless cracks in the cosmic fabric. Through these fissures slip lesser but still devastating outsiders: probing horrors, corrupting essences, and ravenous swarms. To contain the threat and turn defense into opportunity, the deities forge '''dungeons'''—engineered chokepoints that channel incursions into predictable, defensible arenas where mortals can fight, harvest power, and grow strong enough to push back.
-Yet the native species are too young, too fractured, or too insular to mount a unified resistance. Soulless by a failure of design, they fall easily to possession, their bodies twisted into puppets for the invaders.
-Centuries ago, the elven Euraidd were drawn in—soul-bearing, organized, and capable of behaving as the deities intended: forming societies, ascending gods, and holding defensive lines. But their numbers and power prove insufficient against the relentless, scaling threat.
-The war evolves across multiple theaters: mortal battlegrounds where dungeon overflows unleash waves of possessed horrors; divine planes where nascent gods clash over faith and domain; and abstract fronts where ascended beings combat outsiders directly. The original deities can only hold the line—they cannot win it alone.
-The first breakthrough comes from an unexpected quarter: a '''Panthryne''' ascends as the realm's youngest god, a fierce but inexperienced deity of hunt, pack, and survival. His emergence offers hope, but also a glaring target—outsiders seek to corrupt or shatter fledgling divinities before they mature.
-Then Earth dies.
-In the cataclysm that consumes humanity's homeworld, tens of thousands of souls are yanked across the void and bootstrapped into the universe's desperate '''litRPG system'''. These newcomers arrive with pre-existing souls forged in old gods' fires—resilient, adaptable, and hungry for survival.
-In this grim sci-fantasy crucible of isekai survival and divine warfare, humanity isn't summoned as saviors—they're the desperate reinforcement thrown into a failing defense.