✪ modern ✪
SETTING NOTES:
☆ setting is similar to Earth, with fantastical elements
☆ gladiator-style combat never went out of style
✧ modern safety precautions are in place whenever possible
✧ there are a variety of different styles; some arenas focus more on magical combat than physical and vice versa
✧ in some locations the combat is glamorized; some particularly talented warriors are treated as celebrities
✧ it is outlawed to place living animals or monsters in most arenas, outside of familiars who are open to fighting, but in many places a combination of magic and technology is used to create feral, non-living enemies
☆ each person is born with a natural affinity to one of ten elements, which they feel a connection of variable strength to
☆ every living being is made both of biological elements and their unique, adaptable mana essence
✧ mana is ever-changing even on an individual basis; environmental and supernatural factors have given rise to creatures such as firebirds, literal lightningbugs, and much more
☆ there is a growing number of communities that shun magic and focus instead on the technological, and the number of pockets in the world with weaker mana than average has been increasing
✧ many view this as a sign that the old gods are truly abandoning the world, but the cause is unknown
☆ setting is similar to Earth, with fantastical elements
☆ gladiator-style combat never went out of style
✧ modern safety precautions are in place whenever possible
✧ there are a variety of different styles; some arenas focus more on magical combat than physical and vice versa
✧ in some locations the combat is glamorized; some particularly talented warriors are treated as celebrities
✧ it is outlawed to place living animals or monsters in most arenas, outside of familiars who are open to fighting, but in many places a combination of magic and technology is used to create feral, non-living enemies
☆ each person is born with a natural affinity to one of ten elements, which they feel a connection of variable strength to
☆ every living being is made both of biological elements and their unique, adaptable mana essence
✧ mana is ever-changing even on an individual basis; environmental and supernatural factors have given rise to creatures such as firebirds, literal lightningbugs, and much more
☆ there is a growing number of communities that shun magic and focus instead on the technological, and the number of pockets in the world with weaker mana than average has been increasing
✧ many view this as a sign that the old gods are truly abandoning the world, but the cause is unknown
ps i don't actually worldbuild like ever so this is all extremely WIP and subject to change lol; the world is very vague and undefined overall