Hellifyno

Hellifyno, world of magic. This mystical land is home to some of the most powerful, terrible, wonderful, and bizarre creatures in existence. It is a place of mystical energy, powerful technology, demons, kings, wars, and empires. It is a land of danger, and wonders, that can raise you to the pinnacles of might and glory or cast you into the cruelest of tortures.,

The Northern Continent

The smallest, but most populous of the large land masses on Hellifyno, the Northern Continent is the home of the capital city of Consequence, as well as most of the major metropolitan centers on the planet. While the Northern Continent does feature large tracts of open land, fields, forests, and mountains, it also has centers of production, commerce, and cultivation.,

The Southern Continent

Traditionally a wild and savage land, the Southern Continent is home to the largest, and most dangerous of the natural inhabitants of Hellifyno. From dragons and giants to krakens and behemoths, the creatures who dwell here are extremely dangerous. For this reason, the continent has been left largely unsettled and uncultivated, save by a few primitive tribes of varying species, who eke out violent existences.,

The Great Eastern Continent

In Hellifyno’s ancient past, this was the center of authority and power for thousands of years. Many great cities rose, and fell, and rose again, as different regimes and political structures came and went. Today this is a continent of ruins and artifacts, ancient crumbling cities, and lost memories slowly fading to the ravages of time. A few of these ancient cities still live, populated by the ancestors of the planet’s former kings, while others have set out to create new lives, and new locations, on this storied land mass.,

Hellifyno Cities

Persistence: A newly founded city born from the ashes of the destruction of Providence, persistence has quickly grown to become a world power known for its rigorous trade and commerce, its propensity for profound innovations in magic in science, and as the current home of the famous Red Sun Inn, populated by the mysterious group known as the Rogues.,

Consequence: The largest city on the planet, Consequence is a bustling hub of research, trade, manufacture, and war. It is the home of some of the most powerful creatures in the universe, including the to the famous Hellifyno Heroes. It is also currently the location of the famous Blue Moon Tavern.

Providence: A colony established by Consequence, just south of its border. This settlement specializes in advanced magical agriculture and the harvesting of hideous sea monsters. It was destroyed in a civil war early in its history but has now been rebuilt and the aptly nicknamed Improvidence is currently ruled by a powerful cabal of dark sorcerers.,

Olde Watch: A bustling sea and star port that acts as the financial center of the planet. Olde Watch features ancient architecture, a diverse and mottled mix of species, and the planet’s largest open marketplace.,

Dawn: The city of the Soulless, Dawn is ruled by Carol, The Second Mother, and is the bastion of all who are tainted by void or beholden to Wyrd.,

Ar’Elis: The ancient capital of Hellifyno, this city has existed for millions of years. Filled with great towering ruins, and collapsing architecture from bygone eras, it is now a center of learning and supernatural research.,

Civalo’ki: Located in the ruins of an ancient city, Civalo’ki became the home of the Children of Light when they discovered a temple dedicated to the worship of Gaia which is nearly one hundred thousand years old. The Children have since revitalized the temple and the ruined city, breathing new life into the fallen metropolis. New Avrilis: The city of the dead, dying, and undead. This is a realm of creatures who prey on mortal bodies and blood. Vampires, ghouls, and zombies walk the streets of the city of flesh, while great pens of human cattle are kept in the countryside beyond, awaiting their eventual execution. Halgan Wood: The traditional home of the legendary Silverhide clan. A densely forested area, that is filled with a variety of magical creatures.,

Aark: This city rests at the intersection of two mighty rivers, which irrigate the fertile plains of Hellifyno. This is the breadbasket of the planet and is responsible for roughly 60% of all food production worldwide. The Shiva Expanse: A sinisterly blooming city centered around a massive Ziggurat, rising from the dead of desert at the extreme southern tip of the southern continent. This is a place of the Chaos god, and is ruled by Harmony, the priestess of the Wyrm.,

THE SOLAR SYTEM,

The Sun

This nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, flames, and magic, rests at the center of the solar system providing an enormous quantity of magic to the various planets and moons in residence. This is a place of flame demons, phoenixes and fiery beasts, as well as turbulent and explosive forces that are not largely understood. However, magical means can be used to travel through and even to the center of the sun. And if you do reach that location, a door can be found which leads directly to the Infinite Hells.,

Planet I

(Mercury)

This mostly metallic planet does not have an atmosphere, and therefore is host to very little organic life. However, there are mindless mechanical beasts that cover the land, creatures of iron and bronze, steel and copper, and other amalgamations of metallic origin that creep and crawl mindlessly across its surface.

This planet is only even vaguely habitable right at the edges of the line between day and night. Other regions are scorched or frozen beyond the limits of most endurance. However, this planet does offer tempting mining prospects to those who are willing and able to deal with the harsh conditions and savage creatures.,

Planet II

(Venus)

This is a world covered in thick swamps with gaseous clouds that burst in violent explosions, raining heavy plumes of magically tainted smoke and dust down upon the world only to have it billow back up in burping bubbles of swampy hurl. This process spreads the chemical compositions that the planet is known for.

In most organic creatures, these substances have an intoxicating effect, causing delirium, ecstasy, and hallucinations, often associated with amorous feelings. It is said that the very air of Planet II is a potent love potion, that can incite lust and desire in even the most reluctant of partners.,

Planet III

Hellifyno

The center of all supernatural powers in the many multiverses, Hellifyno is the only planet in the solar system that is known to have generated and attracted sentient life. A potent source of both magical and physical energies, it is a land that defies logic, and one which has been embroiled in battles and conflicts that have had long-lasting consequences for all of reality.

Hellifyno enjoys a sizeable moon that provides a sense of balance to the volatile energies of the planet. A defense base has been built on this moon, several times in recent years, although it currently lies abandoned since World War Hellifyno.

Hellifyno also has a number of satellites, both magical and mechanical, which orbit the planet, owned and operated by individuals, collectives, and city states, with no one entity owning the orbit of the planet.,

Planet IV

(Mars)

The red planet of the Hellyfinian solar system is a place that is covered in abandoned ruins. Great buildings, arenas, coliseums, and other places of conflict and contest can be seen across the entire world. However, nobody knows where they came from, or what culture might have produced these marvels. And now, centuries or even millennia unused, these great buildings of sport and wager are crumbling, falling, and decaying into the dusty soil of this planet.

The two moons of Planet IV are quite small. However, they occasionally have a proclivity to turn into anthropomorphized moon-sized space beasts that chase one another in violent conflict around the orbit of the world.,

The Asteroid Belt

This is a realm of space that has billions of asteroids of various sizes and compositions. This provides an excellent source of both mining and harvesting, but also colonization, as the largest of these materials are the size of small moons. However, colonists will have to choose their homes carefully, as some of these asteroids have a tendency to exert a violent will, crashing themselves both into other meteors, and into anything they deem to be living creatures. That makes this a realm of possibility, and peril.

In a relatively quiet part of the asteroid belt, there is a restaurant and refueling station that was set up eons ago. It is entirely automated, and operates seemingly devoid of any intelligence, merely serving customers as they come and then bidding them adieu with mechanical efficiency.,

Planet V

(Jupiter)

This is by far the largest planet in the Hellifynian solar system, although it doesn’t actually consist of any solid land. Instead, it is endless layers of gasses of many different substances and properties, all layered upon one another and swirling in striating structures that can move you from a realm of nightmares into a field of perfumed petunias in a matter of minutes.

Living in the great gasping gas of this planet are giant monstrous flying creatures, that roar in rage and battle the winds and one another, searching through the haunted storms for the energies that sustain them

This planet also has a multitude of moons, including 8 larger, major land masses many of which do have solid foundations of land and ground.,

Planet VI

(Saturn)

Planet VI is a land of many different biomes and climates. There are wasting deserts, lush savannahs, gasping gas clouds and places where color or form start to break down. Within these different environments, very disparate creatures have arisen. From tiny angel like animals to massive lizards that breath noxious fumes, and sound beasts that only exist as notes on the air, it is a place of vast diversity and ever-changing nature.

This planet is noted for the many rings of materials that swirl around its orbit in a disc-like shape. These are thought to be mystical in nature, a form of spell or working that fuels the diversity and change of the world, infusing it with a magical force that gives rise to the many climates and creatures that inhabit its surface.,

Planet VII

(Uranus)

Planet VII is a strange and dangerous tropical paradise. A massive planet, it is covered almost entirely in a water-like liquid that flows blue and beautiful but is incredibly poisonous to ingest. Breaking these long vistas of azure are periodic islands of rocky outcrop, some made of metal, others of gold or bones, others of pure energy, or coagulated colors.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere of this planet is extremely volatile, with thick gas clouds giving rise to enormous geyser-like bursts of energy and material that periodically explode outwards into the sky. This creates a perfect resonance factor that effectively cuts out the ability of scanners and scryers to view this world properly, making it the perfect haven for those on the wrong side of morality. As such, a strong culture of space pirates has built up around here, formed from the castaway and unwanted forgotten citizens of Hellifyno, who have taken to the stars to find a new and more nefarious means of making a living wage.,

Planet VIII

(Neptune)

Another massive gas giant, this world too boasts a solid foundation beneath the endless clouds. Here you can see the ruins of ancient, highly advanced civilizations. There are marvels of technology and magic to be discovered here, but also perils, as nobody living knows the use or nature of anything found on this world. What looks like a clover could be a hand grenade, and a cannon shaped machine could be used for milking dragons.

In the area around Planet VIII, massive space whales float in languid measure, moaning low, loud howls, that somehow stretch across the vast and silent depths of space. These are majestic creatures of magic and lore. That is why the space whale poaching industry which has started to develop is so troubling. Despite the grace and beauty of these creatures, many see them as no more than a source of ancient valuable souls and magical flesh, making them a species that is slowly becoming endangered.

There are also traces, hints, and rumors, that this may be a place used by the Slayers, one of Hellifyno’s greatest foes. Traces of AM have been detected by probes, and there are hints that advanced technology, tech that is known to be used by the Slayers, has been recently employed in this area.,

Planet IX

(Pluto)

A cold and icy world of vast plains of desolation, snow, and darkness, broken only by the hordes of billions and trillions of undead moaning beasts that haunt its land. These are creatures that crave flesh and blood, searching constantly in mindless swarms across a world devoid of any living soul. And yet, still they hunt, still, they roam, and occasionally a few manage to escape even the bounds of gravity, and fling themselves out into space, in search of something, anything, to satiate their hunger.

It is unknown where the undead came from or what sustains them. Some efforts have been made to try and contain this threat, or even eliminate it, but they constantly growing population seems immune to all attempts, and they have even spread in recent years, infecting the smaller moons that surround this planet.,