Speculative

The Castraversi

[quote] "Where there is life, there is greed..." - The Chrestomath[/quote] Welcome to Leviathan The Castraversi is a Ceonic-class Framework of the Yirem dominated by the greed of invasive Ars, barely held together by t...

Political Science Fantasy Speculative

The Magic Multiverse

Your vision shifts as the magic takes hold of your dream. It draws you through the air; you feel your consciousness spread across the cosmos and you get short sensations and glimpses of many places: You feel it in the air, a slight tingle as a sin...

Exploration Fantasy Science Fantasy Speculative Young Adult (YA)

Didome

A planet where the day lasts almost half an Earth year, and human civilizations have adapted to the unique climate.

Hard Science Medieval Science Fiction Speculative

El-Sod Elohim

[section:ninsutext]I know what you’re thinking—but this isn’t your world. It’s theirs. I catch only fleeting glimpses and brief visits, like reflections on still water, or record the tales, like whispers, of my companions Tak, erik...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Fantasy, Urban Religious Speculative

Caledonia

The ancient lands of Caledonia, perched at the edge of the known world. Once ruled by mighty druid kings, now splintered tribal groups fight amongst themselves for local supremacy. The druid order, a mere shadow of it's former glory, struggles to hol...

Alternative History Ancient Historical Speculative

Orizo

After a great collision with the Deep Ethereal; The material plane, now known as Orizo, stands a shattered mess of floating islands, continents, and worlds. All Official Settings are found somewhere in Orizo as well as many regions of my own devision

Fairy tale Military Science Fantasy Speculative Sword & Sorcery

The True Dark Ages

The world is now in the 9th Century, and the Early Middle Ages is in full swing. Adventurers are constantly in demand. Some act as mercenaries, others follow the path of magic and bolster their respective nations. Groups scattered here and there long...

Adult 18+ Alternative History Exploration Fantasy, Dark Horror

Liria

Welcome to the world of Liria! [p]An ancient and new world, long-lost technology lies dormant and undiscovered. Great magic once only the domain of the Elves now permeates the world. Science and Magic have come together...

Ancient Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Science Fantasy Speculative

Kesia

The D&D multiverse has seen thousands of stories after its decades of publishing: The weathered world of Greyhawk, the wartorn lands of Dragonlance, the advanced world of Eberron, and even the recent events of Toril's chaos the Forgotten Realm landsc...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Flintlock Medieval Speculative

Manifold Sky

In the finite confines of the Manifold, a five-dimensional world laid out across the inner surfaces of a penteract, factions vie for access to the limited arable land and mineral resources required to keep feeding civilization. Mercenary airships, a...

Dieselpunk Exploration Military Speculative Surreal

Arcverse

The Arcverse is a fictional version of our own universe heavily based in scientific fact and plausible speculation. The canonical history of the Arcverse stretches from the Big Bang that began the universe to the final extra-universal migration of al...

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

Astra Planeta

Astra Planeta is a hopeful exploration of humanity’s future path to the stars, and the connections we may forge with the other peoples and worlds of the local stellar group.

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Kosiri

Alternative History Exploration Historical Political Speculative

Eldûra

Amongst the ruins of a Sorcerer Queen's tyrannical rule, the continent of Aegéfaer has recovered much from the damage she inflicted. A wise and fair king rules upon the throne of Talnor, a kingdom that dwarfs its neighbours and is looke...

Exploration Fantasy Soft Magic Speculative Surreal

Arc Sagas

Beyond these Portals are realms of infinite wonders- where Ancient Alchemy intertwines with Modern Marvels in a World brimming with Magic and Technology. Explore forgotten ruins from bygone Epochs, brave perilous Dungeons filled with mystery, or...

Fantasy, High Magic Fantasy, Urban Literature RPG Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Shedim

“They sacrificed to daemons, no-gods, Gods they had never known, New ones, who came but lately, Who stirred not your fathers’ fears.” The world stands at the dawn of the 21st century, entering an uncertai...

Alternative History Modern Speculative Supernatural Weird

Cathedris

Three-thousand-year-old dead gods roam the planet as husks of their former selves, wandering broken loops of their past lives; they bring danger and ruin, magic and myth. Humanity ha...

Dieselpunk Fantasy, Dark Gothic Speculative Weird

Celestial Grove

One of these days I will write a proper world introduction.

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Nijin-Konai

Year 253 RWE Nijin-Konai is The fifth planet orbiting the distant star of Nijin-Laj [location unknown]. The planet itself has been home to two other Sophont species before Mankind, one of which native to it. Due to the star'...

Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Speculative

NycosRPG Masterbook.

Welcome to Nycos! This is a centralized resource for playing all NycosRPG games,in any genre. Each SystemBook, from Dark Shards to Down Shift. depends on the information contained here. This centralized document is free to read, use, and duplicate...

Exploration Fantasy Medieval Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Arboria

East-Asian Exploration Political Post Apocalyptic Speculative

Taxonomia Arcadia

Set in my Devastation Events universe, Taxonomia Arcadia is the story of a distant garden world on the far outer rim of human space, that plays host to a dazzling array of wildlife not unlike our own planet, Earth. Whilst the Ma...

Exploration Science Fiction Speculative

Olrion

Olrion, a U-shaped continent upon a world whose name has long been forgotten, is a place of two halves. After the release of Mylaileen and their blessed kiss that ended the darkness wrought by their violent sibling Yrdul, the evil that reign...

Fantasy Fantasy, Dark Political Soft Magic Speculative

Milky Way

The Milky Way galaxy, 2357 CE UNE Standard Calendar. Heavily inspired by the video game Stellaris by Paradox Interactive.

Political Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

Order of the Silver Dawn

[p]Welcome! You’ve woken up on Nyxis, a gritty world where steam-powered machines and aether-fueled magic merge and clash amid arcane mysteries. The city of Argenthold teeters on the edge of revolution, with factions battling for control over ancient...

Exploration Fantasy, Dark Speculative Steampunk Victorian

Shelder

The "perfect" Earth clone... only 23 million light years away! Planet Shelder. Four billion and a half years of evolution to get here, now: explosive bio-diversity ranging from the micro to the macro. Danger lurking behind every c...

Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Alore

[quote] Alore is a Sci-fi/Fantasy hybrid in which anything could exist, everyone has a story, and anyone can become a legend, be it through the tactical use of superior weapons, mastery over @[arcane...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Science Fantasy Science Fiction Speculative

The Five Realms

Known. Wild. Lost. Paranormal. Eternal.Humanity has re-emerged from the darkness into a world quite different from today. The younger mortals nations of the Orqui, the Hobbledehoys, and Human Ffolk, too busy with surviving to notice their le...

Alternative History Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Science Fiction Speculative

Arrhynsia

Welcome to the land of the broken shield. Come journey into a land of magic and fantasy, where the gods themselves walk amongst the strange peoples of our wild imagination. Here in Arrhynsia, mortals live out their everyday lives,...

Comedy Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Stellar Journey

[aloud]The relatively small volume of human inhabitation is no lesser for its size. Inside this bubble there are man-made structures, wrapped around entire worlds, others, so plentiful they shine like diamonds in the sky. Planets, both with endless d...

Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Neo-Venus

Neo-Venus (working title) is a hard-ish science fiction setting, seasoned heavily with the flavors of fantasy. It takes place thousands of years in the future high in the skies of a partially terraformed Venus after the collapse of the technological...

Fantasy Science Fantasy Science Fiction Speculative

Down Shift

[quote] The Nerth World is based on the DownShift Passage Systenbook[/quote] "There may be those that remember Old Earth, but honestly, it really doesn't matter anymore. Some basic rules define the boundaries of existence, and there are no exceptio...

Adult 18+ Dystopia Exploration Post Apocalyptic Speculative

Chordas System

The Chordas System across the Milky Way galaxy galactic center from the Sol System is about a third of the way up its galactic arm. Humans arrived in the Chordas System by accident, having reverse-engineered alien technology to produce an inter...

Science Fiction Speculative

Humanity 2.0

"This was the first step. The first real step that is. The first step humanity had to work together for, the first step outside of the little bubble we call earth. That little dusty print on the moon, casted, preserved, and studied for decades...

Post-modern Science Fiction Speculative

The Web

Cover Image from adobe stock, Assets used in manipulation are credited [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/i/604984]Here! [container: panelA] Bear with me, dear reader. I want you to take a look aroun...

Exploration Fantasy, Urban Horror Speculative Supernatural

Shattered Horizons

Welcome to the Shattered Horizons Wiki The Last Refuge In the beginning, millions of Realms once existed in a single universe. Inhabitants were able to roam freely to whatever Realm they chose. The ten...

Alternative History Fantasy, Urban Speculative Weird

The Corporate States of America

The election of 2020 revealed to the world that Facebook could still win presidencies. Mark Zuckerberg's secret democratic candidate, funded by a "well meaning" Silcon Valley elite, won with 70% of the voting public. It felt like a revolution. It...

Cyberpunk Dystopia Science Fiction Speculative

Restless Waters

Ashar is a realm where the unseen is as real as the tangible. Spirits whisper from the stones beneath your feet, and the stars above pulse with ancient power. In this world, magic flows like a hidden current, shaping lives, forging empires, and toppl...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Speculative Sword & Sorcery

The Spike

A Sci-fi world set in our future were humanity has colonized the stars but discover not all is what it seems.

Military Science Fiction Speculative

Pearl Directive

[follow:f21bcf04-4876-4cee-b0dc-1554bbe5b1a8] A one-of-a-kind game that merges the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Players can embark on an immense journey of space exploration and discovery, as they navigate through an ever-...

Cyberpunk Hard Science Mystery Science Fantasy Space Opera

The Rosepetal

[container:badge recol-yellow]Adult 18+[/container] [container:badge recol-violet]Science Fiction[/container] [container:badge recol-violet]Cosmic Horror Lite[/container] [container:badge recol-purple]Soft Science[/container] [container:b...

Adult 18+ Horror Science Fiction Speculative

Cold Earth

Modern Science Fiction, Modern Speculative Urban

Orbydos

Orbis Nostrum Secundo What comes after death rarely satisfies those that finaly face it. For the souls plucked from the Old World, a Second Chance was the answer. For good of ill, a myriad of beings from a myriad places and times...

Fantasy, High Magic Isekai Military Political Speculative

Maw of the Deep

[p]80% water. Breakdown: 75% ocean, 5% freshwater. Further breakdown-- that 5% is mostly glaciers and ice. The temperature sits solidly between 50-70 degrees Fahrenheit in the temperate regions. In the arctic, sometimes it doesn't get above 40 in the...

Fantasy, Low Magic Flintlock Speculative Victorian

Six Elements Balance

Fantasy Hard Magic Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Avestra

Avestra is a land where immortals live amongst mortals. The Eternals, ancient beings have returned to the realms after disappearing for millions of years. Strange night dwellers in the south east rule over kingdoms, never seen except by their most lo...

Fantasy Medieval Speculative

The Witches of Cape Otway

Perched atop scenic cliffs and nestled between the sea and the forest, the small town of Cape Otway in Victoria, Australia is the home of mortals, witches, supernatural creatures, nature spirits, and a mystical portal to the mysterious Otherworld. [...

Fantasy Fantasy, Urban Speculative Supernatural Urban

Avatar

"Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished. A h...

Exploration Fanfiction Fantasy Oriental Speculative

The Shard of Elan

Good day to you! You've come across my notes on the Shard of Elan incident—incidents. Events. Intrigue. The... episodes surrounding the Shard, the Circle and the war with the Ryuven, the Black Mage and the bast...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Hard Magic Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Magudonya

Welcome to Magudonya (literally the world of mages). It is a world where anybody with the knowledge of the appropriate rituals can bring about magickal effects. It is also a world where some are gifted with the innate ability to see and manipulate th...

Fantasy, Low Magic Political Religious Speculative Sword & Sorcery

Blue Way

Blue Way, our first laser highway, is complete and more, to other stars, are in construction. We made it far into to the darkness, but we are still only dipping our toes in the deep cosmic ocean and who knows, what lurks in the deep.

Atompunk Exploration Hard Science Science Fiction Speculative

Kelunbar Forest

[p]Kelunbar is the corpse of a Being.[/p] [p]Kelunbar's children have cultivated the forest since it, the First Tree, died. These six children were meant to bring balance into the world, but over time these Beings have grown distant, haun...

Fairy tale Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Soft Magic Speculative

Dinosaur Country

Welcome to Dinosaur Country! A dinosaur western set around the fictional town of Fossil Creek. A world where dinosaurs never went extinct, and humans have learned to tame them. Welcome to the frontier where Red Dead Redemption meets Jurassic Park.

Alternative History Exploration Speculative Steampunk Western

Return to Ravenloft

All Things Move Towards Their End... [quote] "They say that long ago, when the Strangers left Castle Ravenloft, the great evil was vanquished. Our ancestors felt the sun on their skin for the first time in their live...

Fantasy, Dark Speculative

Alvhejm

"I wasn’t sure what to expect, to be honest. I’d been raised on stories of tall, wispy elves with bows who spoke all old-fashioned and loved the trees. Loved ‘em a bit too much, in my opinion – nobody should be that into trees unless it’s one of t...

MagiPunk Political Speculative

Vulgur

Science Fiction Speculative

Malcera

A mountain that touches the sky and holds rebellion in its heart. A city that was once glorious and now is a charred ruin. A castle that gleams with all the wealth of the ages but stands silent and empty. This is Malcera. Three factions divide...

Fantasy Fantasy, Low Magic Medieval Speculative Sword & Sorcery

The Matrioshka Multiverse

The Matrioshka Multiverse is a digital space within a Matrioshka brain - a hyper-advanced, many-layered shell of near-computronium the size of a large planet, powered by a captive black hole and the emissions of several nearby red dwarf companions....

Hard Science Religious Science Fiction Speculative Transhumanism

Boulder City, Nevada

In the years after WWII, the major powers invested huge amounts of time and money in experimental research programs. Most of these yielded no results, but a few of them paid off handsomely. One of the most important, but still largely mysterious expe...

Science Fiction, Modern Speculative

Talitha Harbor

Talitha Harbor, home to descendants from the uninhabitable planet, Earth. A planet of small continents dubbed great islands. Many with their own unique ecosystem. Talitha Harbor’s seas are teaming...

Adult 18+ Science Fiction Solarpunk Speculative

Anomaly Rising Project

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Dystopia Speculative Supernatural

Earth - Demon Hunter

Earth is placed overrun by invading monsters. These are known as demons, they originate from hell and have the sole purpose of trying to kill most anything in their path. They are elusive shape-shifting creatures that do not show their real form....

Fantasy, Urban Political Speculative Supernatural Sword & Sorcery

Commonwealth of Inhabited Worlds

In the fifteen-hundred or so years since humankind first set foot into the void of outer space, much as has been learned, lost, and rediscovered. Spread across an area of the galaxy roughly 150l.y. across, with the Solar System more or less at it...

Political Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

PARROTverse

The PARROTverse is what may become of this world. Not what will become, but what may become. The PARROTverse is set in a possible future, where space travel and smuggling are rampant and often combined. Many political conflicts over hundreds of ye...

Hard Science Modern Political Science Fantasy Space Opera

Corsairs

What is Corsairs Corsairs is set is a miniature planetary system made up of “spheres”: planetoids that range from the size of a golf ball to that of Earth’s moon, and “lanes”: ancient interplanetary gravity wells with artificial atmos...

Speculative

Aurora

The world of the Variants, from my middle grade magical girl sci-fi novel Soul Devs.

Child Safe Science Fiction Speculative

S.A.V.E.

Cyberpunk Hard Science Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Speculative

Clifflands

On a planet with a single ovoid supercontinent, climates, ecosystems and resources are not separated as islands with oceans, but rather as plateaus with gargantuan sheer cliffs. As life develops on the land mass, between the grassy Plainlands, the...

Exploration Speculative

Sagadorm

Fairy tale Fantasy, Urban Speculative Young Adult (YA)

Project PYRE

Welcome to Pyrrhia: Reimagined, or Project PY:RE This is the repository for the PYRE project's main canon collection. PYRE is a reimagining of Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire setting including fleshed out draconic biology, indepth societal s...

Alternative History Fanfiction Fantasy Hard Magic Speculative

Millennium Station

Millennium Station is the unofficial central hub of the galaxy. It is located on the border of the 4 main factions and considered neutral territory by all. Most great missions have started and ended here. At 12 kilometers across it is the largest and...

Cyberpunk Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern Space Opera Speculative

Ciphrus

12556 Ciphrus is a world of many faces. This planet encompasses the minds of a great many, while a great few were only ever recognized. It is built on the idea of the individual, set forth in grand motion to accomplished feats of...

Adult 18+ Cyberpunk Dystopia Exploration Fantasy, Dark

TEST WORLD

to test features and try to break Dimitris's work (Sorry pal, it's for your own good :D ) ----- Please create a note with the description of the bug and how it happened if you can. Something like: I had an article crash with error 500....

Adult 18+ Alternative History Ancient Atompunk Biopunk

The City of Monsters

The Story of Monsters [p] Urban fantasy shared world anthology, featuring an alternate world run by monsters! [/p]

Fantasy, Urban Gothic Horror Speculative Supernatural

10,000

10,000 years in the future, after a massive catastrophe, humanity has left behind the age of technology for a new one of blood magic and extradimensional visitors.

Biopunk Fantasy, Dark Science Fantasy Science Fiction Speculative

Alterra (Fantasy)

Alterra: nigh infinite realms born from the merging of two forces. In Alterra lies the realms of Faterra and Aslandail where an ancient and long-standing war rages between 3 Elder species. On one side, the High Dragons, former residents of the now de...

Fantasy Fantasy, High Magic Medieval Speculative

Earth under the Boon

The Year is 2020. Australia burns, the Coronavirus spreads, the world is on the brink of World War III, riots rock every nations. What more could the universe possibly throw Earth's way? Well... how about an alien invasion? In a matter of...

Comedy Informational Science Fiction, Modern Speculative Urban

Ghost Town

Along the Northwest cutting through the mountains sits a port town, ever full of life and bursting at the seams during the spring and summer months. Tourists flock for it's tucked away charm and beautiful sights to which the locals give every whi...

Modern Speculative Supernatural Weird

Hafiz

Welcome[p][/p]Salutations to all the saints and sages. Allegory: The expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence. Hafiz a...

Fantasy, Low Magic Religious Speculative Surreal Urban

Ather

A futuristic Sci-Fi world set roughly 400 years into the future. After the discovery of fuel more potent and powerful than oil, a second space race was kicked off with Russia, China, and the United States competing to see who could get their hand...

Science Fiction Science Fiction, Modern Space Opera Speculative

Farthest Frontiers

Cyberpunk Exploration Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

Novanati

Earth is a land that has no meaning to these beings anymore. Many of them disappeared off of the face of it thousands, hundreds of thousands, sometimes even millions of years ago. Humans as we know them do not exist here, however, species of human wh...

Alternative History Science Fantasy Speculative Subversion Young Adult (YA)

Edge of Evolution

<//..Fileset.summary-class5report.pdf-play> The year is 2285. Extensive advancements in technology and the arrival of species like the Voraki and the Kallitk have allowed us to explore the galaxy. Terraforming operations have transformed planets l...

Exploration Military Political Science Fiction Speculative

Ashnuw

Welcome to Ashnuw... ...a land created by Christian Live Action Roleplay (C-LARP). We're a group of passionate roleplayers, nerds, writers--you name it--who love to use our God-given and Christ-redeemed gift of imagination. Together, we h...

Fantasy Medieval Speculative Young Adult (YA)

Aetherverse

The Aetherverse....is it the past? The present? The future? Who knows, no one knows... It is a distant galaxy, or maybe just an alternate universe? It isn't our Milky Way that's for sure. The Aetherverse is a galaxy full of wonders, the tech...

Hard Science Military Science Fantasy Science Fiction Speculative

Idris IV

Idris IV is a magnificent planet filled with an array of interesting otherworldly species. The Planet sits at roughly 5 times the size of earth. The two dominating species are the Sucan and Blu; two large "avian" races with unique characteristics. S...

Biopunk Crime Informational Solarpunk Speculative

Uplink

[quote] Pertaining to computer networks, an uplink is a connection from data communications equipment toward the network core.[/quote] In the 2020s unmanned terraforming started on Mars. By 2035 the fourth planet could no longer be called the Red...

Post-modern Science Fiction Speculative Urban Young Adult (YA)

Project Daedalus

A near(ish)-future hard sci-fi To die is human. It is part of the experience of all humans, no matter what race, religion, or nationality, to confront our own mortality. So what does that make those who transcend our biological and Hayflick limits...

Alternative History Cyberpunk Hard Science Science Fiction Space Opera

Fey Realms

Welcome to The Fey Realms, a universe created by a technically advanced, godlike race. Two mirrored dimensions The Fey Realm and its counter part The Earth Realm are joined together and are under constant assault by an ancient and completely insane b...

Alternative History Science Fantasy Speculative Superheroic Weird

Aldreinathar

You have heard tales of treasure in the Sovereign Lands, a place of Whimsy, Wonder and Wanton adventure. An entire land closed off to the outside world by strong magical force and those who find themselves here tend to take hold of their own destinie...

Adult 18+ Biopunk Clockpunk Exploration Fantasy

Legends of the Void Walkers

In the vast expanse of the cosmos, where stars are born and civilizations rise and fall, humanity has emerged as an unlikely player in an ancient and interconnected galaxy. From humble beginnings, Earth's inhabitants have transcended their boundar...

Hard Science Science Fantasy Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

Iheya

Iheya is one of 150 islands that comprise the Ryukyuri Kingdom and it has a story to tell. Through this story, you will be introduced to the sites, sounds an smells of the many cultures and different beings that reside her...

Alternative History East-Asian Literature RPG Science Fantasy Speculative

Rengar

Counterbalance tells the brutal story of a land in turmoil, as two desperate superpowers battle for survival in a war of terror and clashes of morality. A complex series, it involves bloody battles and sieges, vengeful necromancers, rampant mercenary...

Adult 18+ Ancient Exploration Fairy tale Fantasy

Ephemera

When game show hostess Vanna White ascended to her true form, Vanna Ultima, she decided to create a world exactly as she wanted it. This world was to be inhabited by anthropomorphic versions of all her favorite animals, ethereal faeries, mystical ele...

Fairy tale Fantasy, Urban Post-modern Speculative Supernatural

Mu

Set on an alternate version of Earth. This alternative Earth has one additional continent by the name of Mu. It is situated in the centre of the Pacific Ocean. Mu is home to a unique nature and many unique cultures. The concept of Mu is based on...

Alternative History Exploration Medieval Modern Speculative

Jovia System

A system of gas giants and many moons, some home to alien life. This is the evolving setting for an open collaborative speculative evolution project on Discord, taking place on the moon [url=https://www.worlda...

Alternative History Speculative

Endworld

Endworld is a world in a constant recycle, ending in many different ways and restarting, with either little differences or major differences. Made by one god known as "The Creator", and the immortal energy source known as "Chaos", fueling the fabric...

Science Fiction Speculative Supernatural

Crashing Skies

It is the year 2638, and humanity has spread across the stars. We are, of course, not alone, but this is not what defines us. We are, of course, still divided into countless nations and criminal organizations, but this is not what defines us. Humanit...

Military Political Science Fiction Space Opera Speculative

Forsaken Adversity

Very work in progress.

Science Fantasy Speculative Speculative Evolution

New World

There seems to be something afoot in Nova Roma, a place of magic and military might. Set in the American west centuries after nuclear warfare has annihilated most everybody in the world and toppled essentially every major government the world over....

Fantasy, Dark Post Apocalyptic Speculative Sword & Sorcery