Good morning Adventurers, and what a lovely day it is. With everything that has happened these last few weeks, I’ve finally been able to settle back into the norm of things. However, that also means that I now have students back in the classroom once more. So, yay, fun times all around. Anyways, let’s get back to talking about writing.
Alright, so this is technically going to be a pretty short update. Partially because I left my writing notebook somewhere and I cannot find it at the moment. I think I left it in my classroom, yesterday. So I’ll work with what I can remember at this moment(detail wise).
So the overall setting for Project: Dancing Night takes place on the continent of Gikal. Specifically, in the place known as the Unconquerable Lands(might change that later). This region is specifically called that due to the clans and tribes of nomadic people in a constant state of warfare. From clashes of large forces out on the open plains to the small forms of ritual combat, this land is littered with fields of battle. War is essentially a way of life for these people, with the one exception being a city specifically dedicated to slave trade/gladiatorial pits. It is the only “safe” place where the leaders of the major clans/tribes can gather to negotiate and make exchanges. The people also gather here in hopes that they may make a fortune for themselves by fighting in the fighting pits, hopefully earning themselves a chance to fight in the coliseum and earning fame and glory.
Now, you’d think this would lead to eventual mutual destruction, but the tribes have developed pretty decent ethical customs to keep their warriors alive for as long as possible. However, this also means that a slave warrior class has been created in doing so. I don’t have a name for this cast of people yet but these slaves are usually drafted from the wounded forces that were left behind in a rout. Basically, if your clan defeated another clan, it was in your clans best interest to keep as many of the wounded warriors alive so that you may use them as essentially a “first attack” fodder. The majority of smaller skirmishes, raids, and battles between clans are made of these slave warriors.
Typically they are kept in line by their masters through the typical treatment of slaves throughout history, but some of the more powerful clans have a means of creating an enchantment that keeps them bound to the clan until death(or destruction of the enchantment). A clans strength isn’t necessarily determined by the amount of slave warriors that you have, but a majority of the clans view this number as a form of pride and strength. So the more a clan tends to have, the greater in strength they are seen to have. It doesn’t always correlate, but it has become so ingrained into their culture that a clan seen without slaves is considered weak and easy to defeat. Though, of course, the older veterans would never be that naive, there have been a few younger generals/leaders who made that mistake in battle and lost their lives because of it.
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