Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)

Reprieve for Omarchy: Make Super+W Reversible Hi r/omarchy — we're u/GreyforgeLabs, and this is **Reprieve**, our window-recovery plugin for Omarchy. Reprieve gives `Super+W` a safety net. Instead of terminating the window under your cursor, `Super+W` parks the **still-running window** on a hidden workspace. One keystroke brings it back. Your tabs are still there. Terminal scrollback is still there. That half-written message is still there. The process was never asked to quit. # Install omarchy plugin add https://github.com/GreyforgeLabs/reprieve.git --enable **GitHub:** [GreyforgeLabs/reprieve](https://github.com/GreyforgeLabs/reprieve) # What changes * `Super+W` — parks the focused window instead of killing it * `Super+Z` — restores the most recently parked window * `Super+Y` — parks it again * `Super+Shift+Z` — opens the recovery timeline * `Super+Alt+W` — actually terminates the window when you mean it Inside the timeline: * **Enter** restores a window to its original workspace * **Space** pulls it onto your current workspace * **Del twice** terminates it for good # We were deliberately conservative about how it integrates with Omarchy Enabling the plugin itself **does not modify your keybindings**. On first run, Reprieve shows a setup card asking whether you want to protect `Super+W`. Only after you explicitly enable protection does it touch: `~/.config/hypr/bindings.lua` Before doing that, it creates a timestamped backup and adds its bindings inside a fenced block that Reprieve alone manages. It also checks for existing shortcut conflicts rather than silently stealing them. # It survives restarts Reprieve keeps a small local journal of parked windows and cross-checks that state against Hyprland whenever it starts. That means parked windows can survive: * `omarchy-shell` restarts * plugin upgrades * Reprieve crashes If something does go wrong: reprieve doctor `reprieve doctor` is **read-only**. It reports the state of the plugin, bindings, journal, hidden windows, conflicts, and related services without repairing or changing anything automatically. # Trust boundaries * No root * No network access * No telemetry * No command-line recording * Runs entirely as your user * MIT licensed Reprieve is built specifically for **Omarchy 4 / Hyprland** rather than trying to become a generic session manager. We've also submitted it to the official Omarchy plugin marketplace and Omahub; those are currently pending maintainer review. The direct install works today. # Links **Reprieve for Omarchy:** [https://github.com/GreyforgeLabs/reprieve](https://github.com/GreyforgeLabs/reprieve) **Greyforge Labs:** [https://greyforge.tech](https://greyforge.tech/) **GitHub:** [https://github.com/GreyforgeLabs](https://github.com/GreyforgeLabs) **X announcement:** [https://x.com/GreyforgeLabs/status/2098407032009191863](https://x.com/GreyforgeLabs/status/2098407032009191863) Genuine question for the thread: **What has your** `Super+W` **muscle memory cost you?**

I feel like the game currently lacks an incentive to attack I've been playing the game and I feel like one of the biggest potential problems right now is the **lack of incentive to attack**. I'm not saying this is necessarily a design flaw. Maybe it's just a matter of players still learning how the game works, and things will naturally improve over the next few weeks. But, at least in my experience, I've been noticing the same pattern in a lot of matches. Most players seem to prefer staying inside their FOBs, even when the Drill is inactive. And once a team gets a 20–30 point lead, it feels like they are extremely unlikely to lose that advantage, even if the other team manages to activate the Drill. From what I understand, the most effective way to actually come back from a losing position is to **attack enemy FOBs**, either by capturing them or destroying their spawn/Drill, while also having people move into the Hot Zone when it relocates around the map. The problem, in my opinion, is that getting players to actually do this seems really difficult. I think a big part of it is simply that many players still don't fully understand how the different phases and objectives of a match work. Maybe this is something that will naturally improve as people learn the game, but I also think the devs could do a better job of communicating these mechanics and making it clear **why attacking an enemy FOB is important**. Right now, a lot of matches I've played have turned into an endless **FOB vs. FOB stalemate**. One team stays in their FOB, fires mortars at the other FOB, the other team responds with mortars, and both sides basically wait to see who activates the Drill first. And honestly, I don't think that's particularly healthy for the gameplay. **I feel like the game should give players more reasons to take the initiative and attack**, rather than making sitting inside your FOB and waiting feel like the safest or most logical strategy. Again, maybe this is just the result of the community still being new to the game, and things will change as players figure out the meta. I'm definitely not saying I have the answer here. It's just something I've noticed repeatedly, and I think it's worth discussing.

I love my girlfriend, but I don’t know if we’re actually right for each other anymore I’m looking for some outside perspective because I feel like I’m too emotionally involved in this relationship to see it clearly. My girlfriend and I have been together for four years. I genuinely love her, and that’s what makes this so difficult. There are a lot of genuinely good things about our relationship. She says she supports my dreams and goals, we spend a lot of time together, we take an interest in each other’s hobbies, and there is no question that we love each other. But lately, we’ve been fighting a lot. Conversations that used to feel meaningful have become more shallow, our feelings seem much more fragile, and sometimes it feels like we’re both shells of the people we used to be. I’m struggling to figure out whether we’re going through an extremely difficult period that we can work through, or whether we’ve reached the point where love isn’t enough. **My part in what happened** One of the biggest complications is that I broke her trust in the past. About two years into our relationship, I was unfaithful and sought validation outside of the relationship. I take full responsibility for that. I don’t want to make excuses, and I don’t blame the relationship for what I did. At the time, I was drinking heavily and using substances, including marijuana and cocaine. I had a lot going on internally and had developed a habit of constantly chasing the next high, whether that came from substances or attention from other people. The important thing is that I didn’t cheat because I felt like something was missing from our relationship. It was selfish behavior on my part. After we broke up, I forced myself to address what was going on with me. I went to therapy, changed the people I surrounded myself with, and spent a lot of time trying to understand why I behaved the way I did. I know that rebuilding trust is ultimately my responsibility. She has every right to have concerns because of what I did, and I believe it’s my responsibility to communicate openly, be transparent, and give her whatever reasonable reassurance she needs. But I’ve also wondered whether trust can ever completely recover from something like that. I sometimes worry that even if she forgives me, the past will always exist somewhere in the background. I worry that she will always wonder whether I’ll do it again, that I’ll always carry some guilt about it, and that eventually it could affect things like marriage or having children. Eventually, we broke up and once that happened, She moved out and got her own place. During that period, I saw her at a bar with a guy who I learned was her new boyfriend. It was absolutely gut-wrenching. Seeing someone I loved with somebody else made me feel sick, and what made it even more difficult was that he was someone I had grown up with and considered part of my friend group. A huge fight almost broke out that night. I ended up de-escalating the situation and apologizing to both her and him. Later, I also found out that another guy I had grown up with had been messaging her and had taken her on a date. As far as I know, nothing happened between them. What bothered me was how I found out. I discovered it myself rather than her telling me, and when I initially confronted her about it, she denied it. That has always left me wondering what else may have happened that I don’t know about. I’m not bringing any of this up to suggest that what she did was equivalent to what I did. It wasn’t. I broke the relationship’s trust first, and I understand that. But those experiences still affected me. Seeing her with someone else and then discovering that she’d denied something I later found out to be true changed the way I viewed the relationship and damaged my ability to trust her as well. Eventually though, we got back together. After we got back together, things became extremely unstable. She would break up with me, block me, then unblock me and ask me to come over. We’d talk, get back together, and try again. Eventually we’d end up back in the same situation… Break up. Block each other. Reconnect. Get back together. Repeat. It became a cycle. The last time we were supposed to break up, my car ended up with a dead battery while I was at her place, so I literally couldn’t leave. As strange as it sounds, that forced us to actually sit down and talk instead of immediately walking away from each other. That conversation changed things temporarily. Not long afterward, I left for work for a few months. When I eventually came back, she moved back in with me. And that’s where we are now. On one hand, we’re back together and living together because there is obviously still a tremendous amount of love and attachment between us. If neither of us cared, I don’t think we would have gone through everything we’ve gone through just to keep finding our way back to each other. On the other hand, I can’t ignore how unhealthy the pattern has become and how much strain we’ve both put on the relationship. We’ve both hurt each other. I damaged her trust through my own actions. I’ve also experienced things that damaged my ability to trust her. We’ve broken up and reconciled multiple times. There has been blocking, unblocking, emotional conversations, promises to try again, and then another breakup. At some point, I started wondering whether we’re actually solving our problems or simply getting back together because neither of us can tolerate losing the other. And that’s where the compatibility issue comes in. I sometimes feel like we’re not moving in the same direction in terms of motivation, ambition, lifestyle, and what we want out of life. I don’t think she’s a bad person, and I don’t think I’m a better person because I want different things. I just sometimes feel like we’re at different points in our lives and trying to build different futures. She struggles with motivation. She’s called into work fairly often, spends a lot of time lying in bed or sleeping, and there are small things I’ve repeatedly asked for that don’t seem to change beyond a few days after we talk about them. I’ve tried to communicate this to her numerous times. We’ll have a serious conversation, things will improve for a few days, and then eventually we’re back where we started. Which is upsetting because after I cheated on her, I did a LOT of work on myself to be more suitable for her and matured a ton. So it’s hard on me that she’s not willing to do the same. Obviously me cheating and her just not being motivated isn’t on the same spectrum but nonetheless, it’s upsetting to me that she seems to dismiss my concerns. One thing that particularly hurt me was seeing a text on her phone where she referred to my feelings as “stupid” after one of these conversations. That hit me harder than I expected. Opening up emotionally is something I’ve always struggled with, and she’s supposed to be the person I feel safest doing that with. Seeing my feelings dismissed like that made me question whether we’re actually able to communicate with each other in the way I need. None of this means I expect her to be exactly like me. I don’t need someone who has all the same interests, personality, or ambitions. But I do wonder how important it is for two people to have similar levels of motivation and a similar vision for their future. It’s not really a question of whether we love each other. We do. The question is whether we’re actually **right for each other**. I’ve had a hard time envisioning marriage and a family with her considering how much strain there has been between us. One of my biggest fears is having children someday and having them grow up thinking that the kind of relationship we’ve had is what love is supposed to look like. At the same time, I wouldn’t want to hide the truth from my future children either. I don’t want to create some fake version of our relationship and pretend everything was perfect. I’ve gone back and forth between these thoughts for a long time. When we’re together and things are good, I can genuinely think: **“Why would I ever leave this person? I love her.”** When I step back and look at the relationship as a whole, I sometimes think: **“Maybe we’re forcing something that isn’t actually right for either of us.”** Both feelings are real. I also worry about whether trust can ever truly recover. I was the person who initially broke that trust, and I understand that. But after everything that happened during our breakup and reconciliation, I don’t know if either of us fully trusts the other anymore. I worry that even if we forgive each other, the history will always exist in the background. I’m also scared that I’m confusing **love with compatibility**. I love her. That’s not really the question. The question is whether two people can genuinely love each other and still not be healthy or compatible together. I don’t want to leave simply because relationships are hard. But I also don’t want to stay simply because breaking up feels unbearable. And honestly, both are true. If I leave, I’m scared I’ll lose someone I genuinely love and eventually realize that we could have worked through everything. If I stay, I’m scared that we’re going to repeat the same cycle years from now, except with more history, more resentment, and potentially more damage.I’ve also realized that some of my own issues are making this harder. I have a tendency to seek external validation, overthink things, and question myself. So I don’t completely trust every doubt I have about the relationship either. I’m trying to work on myself rather than blaming everything on the relationship. I’ve been seriously considering breaking up, but I’m trying to look at this more objectively and understand the pros and cons rather than making an emotional decision. I’m looking for people who have been in relationships that became this complicated and can give me an outside perspective. At what point does fighting for a relationship become refusing to let go? Can two people who have both hurt each other rebuild enough trust to have a genuinely healthy relationship, or does repeated breaking up and getting back together usually mean something deeper is wrong? How do you distinguish between a relationship that’s going through an incredibly difficult period and one that’s simply not healthy for either person? How important is compatibility in terms of ambition, motivation, and the future you’re trying to build? And perhaps most importantly: **If you removed the fear of losing each other, would we actually choose each other?** I’m willing to answer questions honestly and provide more context. I’m specifically looking for perspectives from people who have been through something similar — especially people who have either successfully rebuilt a relationship after significant trust issues, or eventually realized that they loved each other but love wasn’t enough.

Defense safety tips today I lowk kinda sold for my team for the school. as a safety on defense, any tips for me? and as a running back and slot on offense, any advice?

I played Undertale for the first time in 2026, knowing nothing about it. It was amazing. This year I played Undertale for the first time in my life, without ever hearing anything about it. I thought it’s a perspective a veteran community might enjoy reading. TLDR: this is one of the best games in my life, and playing it without any prior knowledge was the best way to enjoy it! I picked it up on a whim after seeing a meme that commented on some absurd statement that “it sounds like something an Undertale NPC would say”. I love absurd humor, so I thought, “heh, that sounds like a fun game”. I was lucky that I was absent-minded that evening and didn’t notice the “RPG where nobody has to die” description on Steam. **I went in completely blind.** In hindsight, having now completed True Pacifist, I understand how lucky I was that I went in completely blind. The game started with my character falling down a mountain (which nobody allegedly survives) and immediately being betrayed and attacked by a murderous flower. Another creature then saved me. She seemed nice, but how could I have known that I could trust her? I was quite wary of going to sleep in her house. After all, maybe she’s a freak who loves cooking pies with little children as ingredients? Quite a repeating theme in many folk tales, needless to say. During my times in the ruins I have seen some messages about mercy and took note that I don’t always need to fight and can spare enemies. It was also my first time playing bullet hell games, so the gameplay, characters, visual style, and dialogue were so unusual (in the best possible way), that at no point in time did I have an idea of what would happen next. And this was incredible. It’s one of my favorite feelings in the world, to be surprised by something. It makes me feel like a child again. Assuming that my character fell down the mountain just by accident, I obviously tried to immediately press Toriel on how to get out. When she attacked me, I fought back. Hell, my own dad had some questionable methods of trying to make me “toughen up”, but even he didn’t blast lethal fireworks in my direction! But when she actually died, I felt so painful. Even if I was wary of trusting her, I could feel that she was a genuinely caring and good person. In hindsight, I think this is such a sad and good example of how terrible people who break our trust (thanks, Flowey) then make us mistrust and hurt genuinely good people. When her heart broke, I felt that this was a painful emotional “graduation” for my character. He is indeed ready for the cold world of the Underground. When Sans appeared, I started trusting him early enough. After all, he could have just helped Papyrus capture me, but he didn’t. Actions speak louder than words! Snowdin Forest part mostly felt like comic relief, and I loved every second of it. I was just rolling with laughter. The “deadly puzzle,” which includes crosswords? Wonderful! A snowman who wants to travel and gives me a piece of his body? Lovely and absurd - just the way I like it! This felt like Monty Python wrote this game, and I love Monty Python. I killed some enemies to gain EXP and level up a bit, but also because they kept hitting me and I couldn’t find a diplomatic way with every enemy. Snowdin town was lovely and funny, and it was the first part of the game that I felt at ease. After all, a whole town that is pretty nice towards you feels safer then a bunch of creepy ruins with hostile creatures, where only one strange lady distributing pies seems to be nice towards you. When it came to the battle with Papyrus, I could see that he didn’t want to fight. I saw how his ego was pushing him towards a military career, but I also saw that his heart wasn’t in it. So, I was able to spare Papyrus and start trusting him. Bad mistake! Just an hour in, he betrayed my character to save his military career and told his murderous boss how to find me! I wasn’t able to trust Papyrus until the end of the game and rarely called him. After all, if your “friend” is OK with sending a death squad your way, his funny antics probably aren’t what you will remember about him. Blooky saved my ass from the Mad Dummy, so we hung out. Cool guy. Still one of my favorite characters in the game. Also Ghost Fight/Dummy! is my favorite track in the game, tied with Spider Dance. I killed Undyne, and it was the only enemy I killed with joy - she was way too eager to take my character’s life.  Alphys was annoying, but Mettaton shows were completely incredible. I just couldn’t believe my eyes and was taken aback at the raw display of human creativity which went into making those segments. At this point, I already got better at resolving fights diplomatically, so I’m really proud of making that gay royal guard couple happen! Also, I was always happy to see Sans. His actions were consistently the most friendly and supportive towards my character. I didn’t interpret the infamous “dead where you stand” part as a threat, to me it felt as a solemn confession by someone who came dangerously close to killing an innocent person. At no point in time have I foreseen the plot twist that Alphys is the mastermind behind Hotland puzzles, so that was quite a shock! Soon Mettaton attacked me. At first I tried to just wait it out (hoping that the ratings would drop low enough for him to cancel the fight), but it didn’t happen. So, Mettaton took a bullet to his bullet-shooting heart.  I met Sans in the Corridor of Judgment. He told me to look inside myself, and I did. I didn’t feel any guilt. I think my character did the best he could have done with the limited information he had. He spared those who didn’t want to fight, and killed those who did. In hindsight, isn’t this a true definition of neutral? Not going out of my way to harm people, and also not sacrificing my goals and health to help them. I tried to spare Asgore. I could see that he didn’t want to fight. But alas, he pushed himself to do it. I still tried to spare him after the fight, but Flowey finished the job. I killed Flowey. I suspected that that’s what he wanted, but still, he felt like too much of a danger to keep alive. I got a phone call from Sans telling me about Papyrus becoming king. I thought that it was an awfully bad choice for a king, but at least it seemed that Sans would be the power behind the throne. I have assumed that my character would stay in touch with Sans and help the monsters find a way to get out of the Underground. That was a fantastic playthrough. Playing Undertale for the first time with no idea of “rules of the game” really is the best experience one can have. You have no idea of what to expect, whom to trust, what is dangerous, and what is not. You are just exploring this new and dangerous world and trying to find a balance between surviving and minimizing damage. Playing Undertale for the second time was different. I already learnt from the Internet that I could spare literally everyone. So this was a playthrough in which I started falling in love with Undertale as we know it - getting to appreciate character quirks, their personal struggles, relationships, the impossible choice that Asgore is facing… I didn’t understand at first why the game forces you to play it twice to get a good ending, but now I get it. Because a *good* ending requires you to go an extra mile. Like, a really long extra mile. To transcend your initial “I’m just a guy who is trying to go home” role and to become someone bigger than that. And I think with the limited information that you have on the first playthrough, it’s almost impossible if you accept the circumstances the game puts you in and act pragmatically, as a normal human would. My second playthrough was when I started reading lore, getting to *truly* know everyone, googling answers to lore questions that I didn’t understand, and really falling in love with the characters. This is one of the most precious experiences I have ever had, and certainly one of the best games I have ever played. I have spent the last few weeks telling everyone around me about how great Undertale is, listening to music covers on YouTube, and re-reading lore (I can’t bring myself to take away the good life from Frisk and others, even for another True Pacifist route. I don’t plan on doing genocide).  This was an experience that was emotional, funny, beautiful, deep, lighthearted, and serious at the same time. Most importantly, it was perfectly original. It made me laugh, shed a tear, vibe to jazzy tunes, and think about how there always is a diplomatic solution to a conflict. I love this game so much, and having finished it only two weeks ago, I already know it has filled a special niche in my heart.

(Spoiler) I'm making a fantasy story but i have no way of writing it in a way that does not include spoiling it, because im bad at English and with bad Communication skills this is to test my vocabulary. Hi im a beginner writer , and i want to write stories as a hobby to exercise my creativity, although english is my second language I'll try my best to learn how to perfect my grammar through writing. Im tired of relying too much on ai to write my stories, i genuinely want to learn writing stories because it's fun. So anyways here's the story i was writing, I'd post the whole story bible instead because i don't know how to write scenes yet. \-- Story Bible Title: Wilt Genre: Fantasy \-- Premise of the Story: The story takes place on a Magical Mysterious World called Arcaneterra, we follow the story of Bardeon a young adult sorcerer who discovered something he shouldn't, he fled from his hometown for the reason that he stole a dangerous artifact made by the now corrupted government, this artifact could potentially end all what's considered morally right, he stole the artifact to delay the ominous plan set by the government, he became a wanted criminal and was hunted down by the government to retrieve the artifact, they sent top assassins and bounty hunters to try to to capture and kill him. He lived hidden and shapeshifted into multiple identities all the while he went on a great journey to every parts of Arcaneterra to send a warning to everyone in the world. He didn't do it alone he had allies, this allies once opposed him but are now on his side. Their mission doesn't come easy because those who they told the truth to, would be brainwashed by an entity inside the government and forget, they tried every possible solution but it ended up in failure, that was until they discovered the Soul Web. \-- Characters: Bardeon Scripitoris A young adult sorcerer who fled away from his hometown after he got framed as a criminal for the reason that he discovered something the world government is secretly hiding, he is also the mc of the story. The World Government name is just a placeholder since i don't have a proper name for them yet. Bardeon is hunted down by top assassins and bounty hunters hired by the government and so he is in continuous hiding using magic to shapeshift into multiple identities to avoid being caught and slain in his long journey to reveal the full truth. He didn't do it alone he had allies they were once his enemies now his loyal familiars, they're probably one of the assassins and bounty hunters who hunted him once. If you're wondering what he secrets he saw, everything will be explained after this, just know that he stole an artifact called the Ultimatum Seed to delay the ominous plan of the entity. Abilities and Weapons: Plant Manipulation/Nature Magic + Stealth Plant Manipulation/Nature Magic Bardeon has a special scythe that summons special plants or vines, once summoned these plants can then be controlled telekinetically, by hand movements, incantations or scythe combo, the vines summons naturally while moving, so he can do martial arts movements and it flows naturally, he can only control plants that his special scythe have summoned normal plants wouldn't be affected, this summoned plants when casted can disappear later on depending on the amount of energy or mana he used to cast them, im still thinking of more addition to the Nature Magic Category but for now let's keep it at that. Stealth Magic For his Stealth Category his ability is "shapeshift" this means he can shapeshift into anyone temporarily depending on his mana, while in this stage he is undetectable even to those with powerful Detection type Magic. All of these are just placeholder names im still thinking about what the magic system will be called or would look like. Name inspiration/symbolism: Bardeon came from the word Bard + pideon, pideon are known for being a messenger bird which suit best to the character's role in the story, Bard because despite being a sorcerer the character is kind of a writer or a poet in a way. Scripitoris came from the latin word Scriptor meaning writer. \-- The Wilted Ones Is the name the corrupted government use to call out Bardeon's group of rebels, it consists of Seven members representing the Seven Continents of Arcaneterra but symbolically they represent marginalized groups in real life society, as for their names and designs im still thinking about it but i might be able to make them in the future. The government uses propaganda to make them look like malignant syndicates who's planning to ruin the balance of the world. \-- The Devils of Dracoberg As of now im still thinking of what to name these entities, for now I'll just call them Devils as a placeholder, since i don't have a proper name for them yet but they're not literal Devils from the afterlife they just kind of behave like one. They're the cause of everything that's happening within the World Government in Arcaneterra, they're the one behind the Government's corrupted actions, and the main antagonists of the story, There was once a time when the government is actually pretty balanced and fair until this entities took over, they're planning to take over the world and use every being of Arcaneterra as mindless slaves, they came from the underworld and they first arrived on Early Dracoberg, they're the ones responsible for the Dracoberg Continent's demise, Dracoberg will be explained later after this section. \-- Ezelamous Benevolencia One of the tragic antagonists in the story and one of the Devil's devoted follower and servant, to the public he looks like a noble man serving the common good while in secret he served malevolence, He was part of what i like to call the angel species , the Angel species is a separate being and part of the Humanoid category they're what we would call a half-blood, they have different lineages but the same species, to describe the Angel species they're like this; humanoid, with white irises and pupils, pale skin, white hair including the eyebrow, a pair of white wings, white cloak and light magic, they're also known for their beautiful appearances and kindness. For now that's just a placeholder name since i don't have a proper name for them just yet they're not literal Angels from heaven they just look like one. The thing that made Ezelamous different in terms of physical appearance is his hair instead of the normal white look his looks golden. He was nicknamed "The Golden Light". He was the last of his kind due to the unknown incident that wiped out his species, initially he was genuinely kind-hearted and sympathetic that's what angels are always known for but after his species' Extinction something changed inside him. Ezelamous's power doesn't come from his magic alone but his ability to persuade people, he had a reputation of serving the common good so everyone confidently believe that he is always in the side of good,justice and virtue, what they didn't know is that malice has been slowly growing inside him ever since that one incident occur. Abilities and Weapons: Light Magic + Flight + Devil Grace Light Magic For his Light Magic Category he has the ability to make light extremely lethal, for example a beam of white light that burns everything it made contact with like a type of a solarbeam, more additions will be added in the future Flight For his Flight Category his wings allows him to levitate even without flapping it, it's like his wings can manipulate gravity but only around his body. Devil Grace For his Devil Grace Category his ability is "memory alter", this didn't came from him initially it was given to him, it was given to those who served the ominous entities known for now as the Devils, this means this type of Magic is the Devils Blessing to it's servants. But then again all of these are just placeholder names. Name inspiration/symbolism: The name Ezelamous came from the word Malicious but if you put it in reverse it becomes Ecilamous now add some improvisation to it. Ecilamous, change the "c" with "z" and "i" with "e" now it sounds kind of a completely natural sounding name "Ezelamous" while safely concealing the real meaning behind it. As for Benevolencia, it speaks for itself, he's of a benevolent origin and everyone believed that but that later became a facade, behind that benevolent figure hides malevolence. So his name means Malicious Benevolence. \-- Locations: Arcaneterra - Earth Dracoberg Continent Forbidden and Isolated Continent within the World of Arcaneterra, it's now called the Land of Dragons and Devils, Dracoberg is the 7th Continent, it's surrounded by harsh hurricanes and giant waves that even the most powerful mages like sorcerers, wizards and witches or even the most strongest of warriors and the most brilliant of alchemists can't safely pass through, the hurricane is said to eradicate the soul of whoever unfortunate enough to get too close to it, and to top of it off there's collosal underwater monstrosities guarding this forbidden continent, the only way to enter it is via summoning a portal to Dracoberg which can be summoned by using the power of the 6 Continental Gems, as to why the practice is not used anymore is because the World Government brainwashed everyone of the practice ever existing for malicious reasons. Inside this Continent are Collosal Beast never to be seen before and powerful Evil Entities. Dracoberg back then was actually once a frozen but peaceful continent, the cold is not harmful at all there's these Ice spirits that let ordinary beings travel the snowy plains without problem, they can grant freezing immunity magic temporarily, making travelers see the beauty of this ice dominated land. Despite the freezing weather it is generally safe, and all the animals and creatures are living in peaceful harmony, until the Entities that we call the Devils arrived they crawled out from the underworld they came from, and engulfed the entire continent into total chaos and darkness, corrupting collosal ice beasts once peaceful now driven mad, after years of corruption the continent became the Devils domain, these corrupted entities created giant hurricanes and waves surrounding the Continent, then summoned underwater monstrosities around it, after that the Land of Dracoberg is not the same ever again. \-- Narrative Prop: The Soul Web Is a special orb only found within the Dracoberg Continent , it's physical form is an orb, but in reality it's actually a giant web of information converted into a form of an orb in the naked eye, it's so complex that we can only see the tip of what it really looks like physically, when made contact with or touched by someone/something they can then talk to everyone of the species of their origin, this means if you touch it and you are human, you can talk to every human in the world telepathically, you would enter this cognitive plane where your voice can be heard by anyone of the same species, including humanoids, or half-bloods, this particular orb is what the protagonist is looking for, unfortunately tho there's a catch in touching this orb it eradicates and consumes the soul in exchange with sharing information to everyone telepathically. so why didn't the evil entities just brainwash a human being to brainwash all of us, well the thing about the soul web is that once you touch it, all magic that is casted upon you will disappear this includes curses, hypnosis, memory-alter etc. even demon level spells will vanish, but once you touch it you can never let go and you're forced to offer your soul in exchange you can communicate to your species telepathically no matter the distance, this act will erase the soul completely and that means there's no you in the after life, you're just gone forever. The orb is also located on a fixed position suspended in the air within a secret chamber, which means not even the Devils of Dracoberg can relocate it, and to top it off even they too can get their Soul eradicated by simply touching it, they have no idea what in the world it was, it was just there.. a magical anomaly, it was there even before they conquered the land, so the Devils are forced to guard it or make illusions around it to make it harder to find, because someone might find it and use it against them, just slightly touching it is enough to send hours worth of information in less than a second, so time outside is converted into seconds while inside can take upto hours or longer depending on the situation. This is also just a placeholder name. \-- The 6 Continental Gems The power source of each Continent in Arcaneterra, a tiny portion of it's power can let the user summon portals to any dimensions but only if it obeys the law of thier reality, it can help defeat powerful enemies, although there's a catch you must be able to handle it's power or you'll die, even the Devils of Dracoberg didn't dare do it because they can die from it aswell. The gems functions only to preserve the natural ecosystem and laws of reality. To enter Dracoberg, the protagonist is planning on getting a portion of it's power and bottle it using a special container that stores uncontrollable magic like this. The procedure of extracting energy from the continental gems should be extremely complex so it doesn't feel too simple and the plot doesn't easily get boring. \-- The Ultimatum Seed This is the artifact that the World Government is secretly making and hiding. It's main purpose is to summon the one who can control every being in Arcaneterra at will, the protagonist stole it to give everyone more time while he and his new found allies figure out a way to stop it, they tried every possible possible solutions but none of it work, that was until they discovered the Soul Web. The Ultumatum Seed is basically a seed that summons a Giant Eldritch Tree that spreads corruption throughout the World, as for what the tree is called im still thinking of a cool name, This tree is some kind of God of the Devils of Dracoberg, it can control the mind of everything around it making everyone a mindless slave. The procedure on how it is summoned it they start by sacrificing the countless souls of the innocent (as in babies) and pouring their blood on the soil in which it is planted. The term Ultimatum Seed is still a placeholder name im still thinking of a more fantastical and original sounding one, because it sounds more like an agricultural term. \-- Prop Concept: What if there's a medieval version of everything we had in the modern world. Nexum Orbs This is like the phone in this fantasy world An orb that let's you record, communicate, and share knowledge all across the world. Akin to smart phones but powered by magic. You can see moving images in it kinda like a Crystal ball that those fortune tellers use, just like phones it has different qualities some are easily broken when dropped, and some have more detailed image capture. There's also like an iphone version of this Orbs, and like in the real world people would probably value it more. Like all other gadgets we use to spread information in the real-world, in this world they all come in different designs and sizes. Nexum Canvas Arcaneterra's own version of a TV it's a big Canvas about the size of a real life Flat screen TV and it functions exactly like a TV but is powered by magical elixers. Why im adding these? so the story can feel familiar to us, because i don't want people to feel alien to it, i want culture references that they can relate to, Honestly i want your advice if this is really necessary or just scrap it. Why didn't Bardeon and his friends just used the medieval social media? That's because the Government has hold of every information that's in medieval social media, and they can erase or twist it if they want to. Magical Elixer as energy? People use magical elixer to power this magical devices. \-- What if idea in the plot I have a what if idea in the plot What if the main character failed on his mission and the enemy won, the world is at it's end and humans becoming mindless slaves, at that point i think the world did end. but then mysteriously the mc is sent back in time by an unknown force, he was sent back to the time when he was about to begin his journey, but here's the catch he is actually a ghost from the future and he have about a minute or so to explain everything to his old self before he vanishes from the timeline, he uses metaphorical words to explain everything to his old self because he's running out of time, this words can later be deciphered and help win against the enemy. Now this could either be in the beginning of the story or the climax of the story if we want to see the failed timeline. I got this plot route idea as an inspiration from a childhood game of mine called "Zenonia 4" and no im not trying to advertise or endorse at all, but i just want to share why this plot idea clicked to me, aside from the game being fun playing it back then, as a grown up i relate to it because the story explores the themes of regret, in the game we follow the story of the hero "Regret" which by his name alone tells you alot about what's going on with the character, this character travels back in time to fix his mistake. This really touched me because growing up i had tons of bad mistakes, regrets and wasted opportunities that i wish i could go back just to fix it. I want to hear y'all's thought about the story, i know it's a bit messy but i want to hear y'all's advice and suggestions to further deepen the plot, especially the worldbuilding, i was planning on writing this as a light novel so readers can see the fight scenes and the scenery im imagining when im bored and just escaping reality, but im not good at drawing, so maybe i could practice if i have the time especially now that im in college, it's really hard to balance the two, so anyways that's all! thank you for taking the time to read my story bible post.