Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25555436-20141207154400/@comment-10380701-20141212023427

Eh. I don't think a show is possible for what I'm planning, as I find it's more plausible to make a game out of it.

In an alternate universe where I decided to make it a show instead of a game, I'll probably be making something akin to Avatar. Specifically the "Travel the world for misadventures" portion, instead of the whole "Main character is super special."

In what I'm doing, the main cast just has a knack for being at the right place at the right time.

Anyways, I should explain the lore a bit so that a little context will pop up. (Take note: Any similarities with Remnant is coincidental. I swear to the Elder Gods some of these ideas are like 8 years old, just more polished)

For starters, the 'verse this takes place in fully thrives on "magic from technology", so everything that's magical is just super-advanced tech.

So there's this one planet where a bunch of super-advanced precursor-esque guys live in. They're not human, to get that out of the way. At this point, humanity is pretty much just cavemen slaves to them.

Precursor dudes decided to attempt space travel. They managed to blow up their empire in the process, leaving behind a few tech for the world, but not enough to skip the medieval age.

Fast forward several centuries, and humanity pretty much took over. There's some elves and dwarves along the way, of course. Because fantasy.

Initially, humans have a natural affinity for using lightning sorcery (Important: Magic and Sorcery is distinct. Magic is godlike awesomesauce. Sorcery is just low-level magic that normal people with affinity for mana can use.) but due to some cultural antics, at some point, humanity became divided into two races, there's the regular humans (still mostly badass. But no longer has affinity for lightning) and then there's the Nobles, who're so good at lightning sorcery, their lightning is a fruity purple instead of a lemon lightning like what humanity used to have.

Since some humans were jelly of the swag of the Nobles, they made some contract with the more feral creatures of the world and there stemmed the Halfbreeds (read: Faunus)

That's all fine and dandy. Then there's the demon race. Well, they're just called demons because they look like demons. They generally don't hurt anyone and live in solitude.

Well, mostly. Their current demon lord got punk'd by his son and his son decided to throw the world into a bit of a world war and started by wiping out the dwarves (like literally made them extinct. Because race wars) and nearly wiping out the Nobles, which started an eternal feud between those two races.

Since the most of the world is getting their shit pushed in, they work together to kick the demons' asses... and nearly lost. But still won.

Fast forward a thousand years later and everything is mostly back to normal, with the territories of the five races being established at some point. (The demons lost their colossal territory and was relegaded into a backwater southern continent, which is close to the borders of the Halfbreed nation. This is important)

The humans are at their experimental shit again and accidentally discovered an awesome energy source coming from the precursors. Further experimentation with it eventually leads to the creation of the largest human capital in the planet several decades later. Rumors even say time travel became possible thanks to the energy source.

Timeskip some centuries later, and the Halfbreeds and the demons eventually became bros on account of being close together. The demons, thinking that they payed their due, requested to regain their former homeland, which is being squatted on by a bunch of Nobles and elves.

The Nobles are all like "Nah." and pretty much told the demons to shut the hell up and suck it up. The salt generated that day would make the Dead Sea proud.

Cue the 300 year war. Which resulted in a continent being rendered unhabitable on account of dragon antics.

By that point, the world is pretty much fucked over, leaving the population of the planet being down to just around 800 million by the present day.

The Nobles lost a huge chunk of their territory and became divided with each other, now being separated by small kingdoms. Humanity is scattered all over the world, with their main capital being shut off from the rest of the planet. The elves are the least affected by the war, as they were in the backseat for most of it, except at the end. The Demons regained their former homeland, but are pretty much mostly dead, being only composed of half-demons by the present day. Everyone also hates their guts. The halfbreeds took it hard, as they lost their territory and became nomads. They eventually form a small settlement near the elves, but tension is super high right now.

Across the planet, artificial monsters and machines roam around freely, stabbing people in the shin just like they were ordered during the time of war.

Present day, there's a huge cold war between all five races and mercenaries became a common thing, so that when a shitstorm breaks out, there will be potential glory.

And that's your context on what's happening.

Now, the main cast are a part of a small group of mercs branching from the main guild that takes all manner of jobs. They have an ancient precursor airship for travelling purposes, though scouting the ground is still a thing. Their captain/commander is kind of eccentric.

Misadventures ensue, including destroying a colossal war machine,  stopping an orbital weapon, preventing all-out war, saving princesses, rescuing the president of the world (who can handle himself fine, thank you very much) and unraveling the darker sides of history and the threads that are woven around it.

The main character himself is just a simple slightly badass swordsman who gains character development via influence from his friends, and you see him go from goody two-shoes into a slightly snarky cynical kinda-cool guy.

His best friend (for lack of a better word) is a half-elven half-human spearman who has an Australian accent. He's effectively a prick. And a skilled pilot/driver. And the head of their squad.

His other best friend is an excommunicated paladin who got trolled hard by his superior, who gouged his left eye out because it was funny and proclaimed that it was self-defense. He plays the straight man role to everyone.

Later, they get joined by a soldier-in-training, whose father worked on cool tech. Weapon of choice? The most advanced gun in the planet.

At some point, they recruited a hobo ronin whose main goal in life is to find something worth protecting. He found their crew and eventually decided to go ahead and protect 'em.

A bunch more pop up later, but that's a story for another day.

But that's just the first half of the main cast. The second half is the "antagonist", the latest in line among the demon lords. He's only the antagonist because the main cast opposes him. His goal? That the demons will regain the honor they used to have, as they have payed their dues many times over post-war. The problem? His enemy is all of humanity. He, alongside his crew of badasses mostly do the same thing the "good guys" do. Misadventures all day everyday.

The demon lord himself is no slouch, being one of the few badasses who can dual wield. Nothing to write home about.

Meanwhile, his sister is the Magician (Magician being the title of the most powerful mage in the entire planet) whose stronger demon blood allows her access to some of the more primal powers that demonkind used to possess.

They have a loyal servant, whose family served them for decades. He's a butler and he also wants to be Jack the Ripper. Everyone's kind of scared of him.

In contrast, a young halfbreed servant from a more recent family also works with them. He's highly respected as the only guy who can fight toe-to-toe with the main antagonist in a duel. The butler is wary of him because trust. Some time passes and his cousin will get married to the main antagonist, as a sign of trust between the demons and the halfbreeds.

Then they're joined by loli badass, being the last surviving member of the very small village of half-Nobles and half-Demons, who specializes in a form of magic that is akin to mini-nukes, at the cost of one's lifespan. She's predicted to die when she's 14.

There's also a zombie cyborg at some point. But that will be very complicated (and super fucking dark) to explain.

Despite the grim setting, it's not the darkest shit ever, as the key theme is the idea that even in the ashes of destruction, a tiny light can still glimmer. As long as you have something to brighten that ember.

Obviously there's a lot of information there that's been removed on account of avoiding spoilers, but that's the gist of what I'm doing.

This is literally the first time I ever show this publicly, so feedback would be the best.