Post by Calefrun on Dec 23, 2014 18:13:32 GMT -5
Since I'm not the best at world-building, we're going to leave the setting somewhat vague at first and fill it in as we go along. To start off with, the story takes place in the world of Terravene. For now I'll leave the level of technology up for debate, so let's just call the world “ambiguously fantasy.” Terravene is inhabited by countless monsters, however they generally stay confined within uncivilized territories. Thus, people are typically safe within cities, though traveling long distances can be risky, and venturing far from towns, cities, or roads is asking for trouble.
The majority, if not the entirety of the story will take place within the country of Velestro, which is roughly the size of Australia. Whether it is an island nation, landlocked, or somewhere in-between will be decided as part of the world-building stages. By default, humans are the only civilized race, however if you wish to add a country and/or race, talk to me about it.
Though Velestro is a relatively peaceful nation, it has a powerful military composed of two branches. The first is a standard military force, trained and equipped to deal with threats from other nations, as well as internal issues such as bandits and uprising. This force is broken down further into subunits: an army and a navy (though the technology level is currently ambiguous, there is likely an airship fleet as well). The other, much smaller branch is known as the slayers, and exists to protect the people of the nation from the hordes of monsters living within the unsettled lands. The primary functions of the Slayers include the investigation of reports of monster activity within cities and towns, the elimination of any uncovered threats, guarding settlements in areas that are prone to being attacked, scouting dangerous territory to study the patterns of migration and attack that the creatures follow, and when necessary, venturing into infested lands and culling the local monster population. Additionally, citizens can hire Slayers to defend them while traveling between settlements. Some Slayers are specially trained to combat monsters at sea (or in the air, assuming airships are a thing), however the majority are only prepared to fight on land.
The Slayers' main base of operations, like that of the standard military, is located within a massive fortress inside Velestro's enormous capital city, alongside the king's palace. Our story, however, takes place at the training ground of the Slayers, Uccisore Academy. The school can be found to the northeast of the capital, within a dense forest teeming with vicious monsters. Students are instructed in conventional subjects, such as history and mathematics, as well as in the physiology of the different types of monsters. They receive combat training at the school, and are often sent on field missions to deal with problems that are either deemed to trivial to warrant sending a fully fledged Slayer, or simple enough that normally only one or two full Slayers would be deployed.
The majority, if not the entirety of the story will take place within the country of Velestro, which is roughly the size of Australia. Whether it is an island nation, landlocked, or somewhere in-between will be decided as part of the world-building stages. By default, humans are the only civilized race, however if you wish to add a country and/or race, talk to me about it.
Though Velestro is a relatively peaceful nation, it has a powerful military composed of two branches. The first is a standard military force, trained and equipped to deal with threats from other nations, as well as internal issues such as bandits and uprising. This force is broken down further into subunits: an army and a navy (though the technology level is currently ambiguous, there is likely an airship fleet as well). The other, much smaller branch is known as the slayers, and exists to protect the people of the nation from the hordes of monsters living within the unsettled lands. The primary functions of the Slayers include the investigation of reports of monster activity within cities and towns, the elimination of any uncovered threats, guarding settlements in areas that are prone to being attacked, scouting dangerous territory to study the patterns of migration and attack that the creatures follow, and when necessary, venturing into infested lands and culling the local monster population. Additionally, citizens can hire Slayers to defend them while traveling between settlements. Some Slayers are specially trained to combat monsters at sea (or in the air, assuming airships are a thing), however the majority are only prepared to fight on land.
The Slayers' main base of operations, like that of the standard military, is located within a massive fortress inside Velestro's enormous capital city, alongside the king's palace. Our story, however, takes place at the training ground of the Slayers, Uccisore Academy. The school can be found to the northeast of the capital, within a dense forest teeming with vicious monsters. Students are instructed in conventional subjects, such as history and mathematics, as well as in the physiology of the different types of monsters. They receive combat training at the school, and are often sent on field missions to deal with problems that are either deemed to trivial to warrant sending a fully fledged Slayer, or simple enough that normally only one or two full Slayers would be deployed.