Spira Mirabilis is a low-fantasy RPG, set in the world of Calurin. Humans are the most common race. While there are demi-humans, they are few and far between. They are not the kind of demi-humans that most people would expect to see, either: there are no beautiful and graceful, arrogant elves. There are no heavy-drinking, jovial, warlike dwarves. Gone are the beautiful and playful faeries. Calurin's demi-humans are mistrusted and mistreated by most humans and in turn, they do not exactly trust humans as a rule. As far as their races go, expect to see sentient monsters, rather than the commonly-accepted demi-human species.
Magic is extremely rare. Do not expect to see a sorceror in every town, or even every six towns. In fact, the few benevolent sorcerors and sorceresses are worried that they are going to be captured and studied because of their gifts. After all, magic began to decline five hundred years ago- and as such, the people who can use magic still are anomalies to either fear or respect.
The protagonist and her companions are not heroes. The main protagonist is a mercenary who finds herself in the middle of situations that she has no control over and is forced to take part in, or she and her companions would end up dying if they didn't do something about it. And they have no problem with letting it be known that they are none too happy about what is going on. Throughout the course of the game, they will not end up acting like the typical good and proper heroes. They also have no qualms about expressing their points of view at various times.
Do not expect to see a high fantasy epic here. Heroes and villains, good and evil, are all subjective concepts.
"Don't make me laugh! There's no such thing as pure "good" or "evil" and you want to get started on heroes? Well, let me tell you, just as there is no good or evil, there is no right or wrong. Can you not see it: that assassin who just killed a noblewoman, collected his pay and is now sitting in the bar, drinking? Well, he might not like his job very much and could only be doing it because there's nothing else he's good at. Might even be trying to take care of a sick wife and a little child, too. But anyone who doesn't know those things would say he's "evil" for killing people. But what about the kind and benevolent Queen? She certainly is beautiful and everyone looks up to her. She's been seen giving gold to beggars. She's given land and titles to young merchants who wouldn't have been able to do anything without her assistance. Hell, she's even rescued abandoned children. But what about the town she sent her legion to burn, because they refused to obey her ordenances? And the maid she had executed because the poor girl defied an order that made no sense? If you stop and think about it, neither the assassin or the Queen are right. But you can't say they're wrong, either. Everyone has their own idea about what good and evil, right and wrong, are. They are nothing more than a matter of perspective."
Magic is extremely rare. Do not expect to see a sorceror in every town, or even every six towns. In fact, the few benevolent sorcerors and sorceresses are worried that they are going to be captured and studied because of their gifts. After all, magic began to decline five hundred years ago- and as such, the people who can use magic still are anomalies to either fear or respect.
The protagonist and her companions are not heroes. The main protagonist is a mercenary who finds herself in the middle of situations that she has no control over and is forced to take part in, or she and her companions would end up dying if they didn't do something about it. And they have no problem with letting it be known that they are none too happy about what is going on. Throughout the course of the game, they will not end up acting like the typical good and proper heroes. They also have no qualms about expressing their points of view at various times.
Do not expect to see a high fantasy epic here. Heroes and villains, good and evil, are all subjective concepts.
"Don't make me laugh! There's no such thing as pure "good" or "evil" and you want to get started on heroes? Well, let me tell you, just as there is no good or evil, there is no right or wrong. Can you not see it: that assassin who just killed a noblewoman, collected his pay and is now sitting in the bar, drinking? Well, he might not like his job very much and could only be doing it because there's nothing else he's good at. Might even be trying to take care of a sick wife and a little child, too. But anyone who doesn't know those things would say he's "evil" for killing people. But what about the kind and benevolent Queen? She certainly is beautiful and everyone looks up to her. She's been seen giving gold to beggars. She's given land and titles to young merchants who wouldn't have been able to do anything without her assistance. Hell, she's even rescued abandoned children. But what about the town she sent her legion to burn, because they refused to obey her ordenances? And the maid she had executed because the poor girl defied an order that made no sense? If you stop and think about it, neither the assassin or the Queen are right. But you can't say they're wrong, either. Everyone has their own idea about what good and evil, right and wrong, are. They are nothing more than a matter of perspective."
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