The Stone Valley Pangea
What follows are excerpts from our slowly developing fantasy / sci-fi roleplaying setting, the Stone Valley Pangea.
The immense landmass is surrounded by an ocean. In the center of the supercontinent, between all the factions of men and beast hovers the obelisk. No one knows who built the obelisk, as that has been lost to time, but no one denies the importance of the object. This seemingly stone object has simply become known as 'The Stone'.
The obelisk is not that imposing of a structure as it points to the sky, shiny as polished stone. Strange carvings can be seen circling the structure at the top and base of the obelisk, and what appears to be a large red gem is integrated near the center of the object. As anyone who touches the stone dies, no one has been able to inspect the gem more closely. Most strangely, though, a soft but penetrating hum emanates in such a way that it can be felt long before the stone can be seen.
Those near the obelisk begin to see visions of fantastic things, impossible things, inspiring things. They become healed, or become stronger. The results seem random, one can never tell exactly what will happen. All anyone knows is, it seems the power of the obelisk reacts differently depending on whomever is near.
All of the sentient beings in the supercontinent naturally want to be near the obelisk, but instead of sharing the power of the spire they battle for control.
Over thousands of years, the area around the obelisk has become a barren, war torn no-man’s land known as Stone Valley with each faction at the edge of the valley waiting to attack anyone else attempting to close with the spire.
Six Stone Valley Pangea Regions
On this fantasy Pangea, a significant human colony was inserted in a central location along with a mysterious Obelisk of Power. The people were supposed to grow together around the Obelisk and become an advanced species working together to further everyone's advancement. However, with little surprise to anyone who knows humans, instead they splintered into different tribal groups and migrated to the six geographically different regions to ultimately wage war to control the Obelisk.
Over the course of hundreds of thousands of years, many of the beings who were once human have mutated to become more adept to survive and ultimately thrive in their environs with their own languages, creeds and beliefs.
To get an idea, if the Pangea is like a clock face, the regions from the top going clockwise are Mountainous, Plains, Desert, Swamp, Ocean, and Forests.
We introduce you to each of these regions below.