‘Magic’ is just the word humans give to things they either don’t yet understand, don’t want to understand, or can’t be bothered to. But there really is no such thing as the supernatural, as nature is everything that exists. When …
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Biotechnology is an exciting new frontier, but there are lots of other exciting technologies being developed in and around Irongate. Some of these end up being used for nefarious activities, but most don’t and just make people happy and are …
Do not eat the glowing mushrooms. Changelings might eat them sometimes, but they can digest almost anything safely. Honestly, at this time we have no idea what eating them would do to a human. It may be nothing, or it …
Short one today, as I’ve already spoken about ELF’s, like the vines used by Titania and Changelings sometimes as a rope or a whip which connects to the nervous system of the wielder becoming an extension of themselves. They make …
ELFs, or Engineered Life Forms, was a term used by Stag Corp for synthetic organisms created by its bio-engineers. One ELF, Titania, was humanoid, but they can come in all shapes and sizes. After the disaster with Titania, most of …
Kaya, in order to stop herself from swearing, will often use a mix of old fashioned and archaic exclamations and insults (some of which may have been considered swearing in the past but are tame today), in addition to having …
A day late as I was looking after my niece and nephew yesterday. So anyway, the town of Irongate does have a few of it’s own local legends and traditions. One story is of a man running from a lynch …
Contemporary setting, so all the religions and belief systems exist. Sayuri considers herself somewhat spiritual – she doesn’t necessarily believe in astrology or healing energies, but she see’s value in those things regardless, even if it’s only placebo. Doctor Sarkis …
I’m spoiling things a little, since Bensala isn’t actually seen in Asterion, but it’s the first time we hear about it and so I might as well share some of the background details. The rest of the world is contemporary, …
Money was what The Beatles wanted, agreeing with Barrett Strong, while also acknowledging that money could not buy love and therefore they didn’t care too much for it – they were a mess of contradictions. But whatever the real value …