^ Oh hey, I read that book in College~
Good times.
^ Oh hey, I read that book in College~
Good times.
"Here's a bangin lil' tune about takin' on The Man!"
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The essays are too long to post all of them, but I'll post the introduction of my favorite.
Needless to say, this guy has an entire book on war and the effects of disease.Originally Posted by William H. McNeill
The Lostbelt potential here is great, and reminds me quite a lot of Language Man's Ashurbanipal-driven Singularity.
Something like LB King Sennacherib (perhaps possessed by Marduk?) ruling over an Assyrian World Orderr.
Sounds interesting. I'll have to look into getting this book, though it's probably going to be a while before that happens.
Also, would anyone happen to have any ideas on what to do for an Egyptian Lostbelt? The Mexican Lostbelt I've been working on is mostly complete but I have gotten nowhere with the Egyptiab Lostbelt idea. After the Egyptian Lostbelt, I'll work on that Assyrian Lostbelt idea.
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Name: Realm of the Sleeping King
Subtitle: Apotheosis of the King of the Four Corners
Lost Depth: A
Origin: 681 B.C.
Location: Mesopotamia
King: Sennacherib
Crypter: ---
Fantasy Tree: Šar Kiššatim
I hurriedly mounted in the anger of my heart.
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The mighty bow which Ashur had given me, I seized in my hands.
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The javelin, piercing to the life, I grasped.
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Against all the hosts of wicked enemies, I raised my voice.
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Rumbling like a storm. Like Adad I roared.
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At the word of Assur, the great lord, my lord, on flank and front I pressed upon the enemy like the onset of a raging storm.
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He who is the Sprćcwalda, his words hymns and his thoughts archaic.
ᛖᛏᚩᚾ ᛒᚣᛏᛏ ᚨᚾᛞ ᚳᚩᛏᛏ, ჭამა კონდახით და საშოდან, Bwyta cig a chath
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you got correct Language Man
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My god, this thread could facilitate the creation of… good FGO fanfics…!
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I joined two years too late...
First of all, I believe it is important to review a few related concepts in order to gain proper perspective.
Anthropic Principle Settlement
Anthropic Principle Collapse Zone
Variant Singularity
Moving Singularity
Now for the main issue. I had once thought of writing a fanfic about a different take of Part 1. The idea was motivated by two issues that I had with the original story:
1) Each individual Singularity was pretty much a standalone story, with the events of one hardly ever having any impact on those of another.
2) Fujimaru Ritsuka was more often than not placed on a background/support role for Mash, thus showing no character development at all.
With that in mind, this entire fanfic was meant to be a linear narrative, with the events/themes of one Singularity connecting with those that came before and after. Furthemore, the overall story was supposed to show both Ritsuka's and Mash's growth as an individual. Now, I had this cooking up for quite some time already, but it is clear that I will never be able to actually get around and write it down. So I decided to post here what I already have done for those who are interested. Have fun.
1st Singularity
2nd Singularity
3rd Singularity
4th Singularity
5th Singularity
6th Singularity
7th Singularity
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Ooh, this is really cool. I particularly like the idea that the Singularities had impacts on human history even when resolved, which was brought up in canon but never really addressed in more detail.
Got The Collected What If? as a Christmas gift. A lot of these seem like they'd be good potential Lostbelts.
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Name: Starless Twilight of the Fifth Sun: Tamoanchan
Subtitle: The Obsidian Butterfly Empress
Lost Depth: A
Origin: 1520? AD
Location: Mexico
King: Ītzpāpālōtl
Crypter: ???
Phantasy Tree: Butterfly
History:
The divergence point for the Tamoanchan Lostbelt is the when the Spanish army, under Hernán Cortes, marched on Tenochtitlán. In this timeline, the slumbering Ītzpāpālōtl awoke and proceeded to do her best in order to smite the still asleep Huitzilopochtli (or rather the Sun, believing them both to be one and the same), calling out to her Tzimitzimeh subordinates to assist her.
When the Spanish arrived at Tenochtitlán, they and the Aztecs bore witness to the sight of the Sun turning black and the stars falling from the sky. The Tzimitzimeh proceeded to begin to possess many of the citizens of Tenochtitlán, exploiting their fear of change brought on by the arrival of the Spanish, and slaughtered most of the remaining humans, including Cortes and Moctezuma. Eventually, the Aztecs were able to temporarily appease Ītzpāpālōtl and the Tzimitzimeh using human sacrifices.
When Ītzpāpālōtl and the Tzimitzimeh began to grow discontent, the Aztecs directed them to the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean. The Tzimitzimeh took the Aztecs with them as servitors and went to slaughter the entire populace of the Caribbean. Again, the Tzimitzimeh began to grow discontent and prepared to slaughter the Aztecs, who in turn suggested that the Tzitzimimeh attack Europe. The problem with this was that they currently had no means of transport across the Atlantic, as the Aztecs had never developed the means to facilitate such and the few Spanish who managed to escape did so using ships. Thus, Ītzpāpālōtl and the Tzitzimimeh were temporarily stuck having to figure out how to solve this issue.
While they went about trying to resolve this issue, the Tzitzimimeh started to attack the Mayans and the Incas in order to gather food and sacrifices to bolster Ītzpāpālōtl’s power.
Eventually, a rather crude method of transport across the Atlantic was devised. Ītzpāpālōtl had the last remaining Spanish soldiers sacrificed to her, though they were not killed immediately. Then, she used her power to launch the barely alive soldiers into the air and they flew across the Atlantic. When they landed in Europe, the Tzitzimimeh would possess their bodies and go on a rampage. The Tzitzimimeh where ordered by Ītzpāpālōtl to seize a naval vessel and return to Mexico, where the Aztecs would be made to reverse engineer the captured naval vessel.
Although the war against humanity would largely be in the Tzimitzimeh’s favor, the Tzimitzimeh are limited by the fact that they had to possess human bodies in order to manifest in the mortal world. This limits their powers to some degree and if they go overboard in using them, they risk burning their vessel out (and several did while facilitating transport across the Atlantic). Additionally, Ītzpāpālōtl herself acts as a conduit for the summoning of Tzitzimiml, which drains a good portion of her power. Thus, the Tzimitzimeh are forced to rely on the Aztecs as muscle to avoid this.
This was the reason why Ītzpāpālōtl sent an Tzitzimiml strike force to seize a naval vessel. She knew that only using Tzitzimiml to attack Europe would ultimately fail, so it would be necessary to be able to transport an army of her Aztec servants across the Atlantic to avoid completely burning out her resources.
Regardless, during the time spent reverse engineering ships, Ītzpāpālōtl would occasionally send small Tzitzimiml strike forces to attack Europe while also sending her forces to conquer the rest of the Americas.
When Ītzpāpālōtl and the Tzitzimimeh launched a full-scale invasion of Europe, the Europeans were already terrified of the Tzitzimimeh and immediately scrambled a desperate defense against the invading Aztec-Tzitzimiml army. Although Europe managed to last for quite a while, their defense started to crumble when they had proven to be so great an obstacle that Ītzpāpālōtl herself had to directly intervene.
Slowly but surely, the Tzitzimimeh began to overrun humanity and pushed the surviving humans back to Asia. Now, Asia stands as the last bastion of humanity but both sides are aware that the humans are ultimately doomed no matter what.
Meanwhile, a small faction of Aztecs seeks to find a way to overthrow the Tzitzimimeh. Unfortunately, they have thus far had no success in discovering a method to accomplish this.
For the rest of the World’s peoples, an encounter with one of the Tzimitzimeh is certain death. The Tzimitzimeh are stand on a higher level of existence than humans and their high levels of Mystery greatly reduces the effectiveness of firearms against them. The one thing preventing the war from becoming a one-sided massacre is the fact that the Tzimitzimeh are limited by their mortal shells.
All the while, Ītzpāpālōtl routinely demands that human sacrifices be carried out in order to increase and maintain the power of herself and the Tzimitzimeh. As the war rages on, Ītzpāpālōtl waits in Tenochtitlán, commanding her Tzimitzimeh forces and preparing for an all-out attack on the Sun, seeking her eternal victory over Huitzilopochtli.
Relevant Servants in this Lostbelt
Rider – Quetzalcoatl: A Servant summoned by Chaldea. She was summoned due to the Lostbelt being located in Mexico. She survives longer than many of the other Servants summoned to eliminate the Lostbelt, but ultimately burns out her entire mana supply while fighting Ītzpāpālōtl’s true form during the attack on the Phantasy Tree, though she does land the killing blow on her.
Saber – Moctezuma I: A Servant summoned into the Lostbelt by the Counter Force. Moctezuma is working with secret Aztec resistance in hopes of discovering a means to defeat Ītzpāpālōtl. However, he has no intention of destroying the local Phantasy Tree, instead seeking to take Ītzpāpālōtl’s place as the reigning Lostbelt King. He perishes during the assault on Tenochtitlán.
Lancer – Jaguar Man: A Servant summoned into the Lostbelt by the Counter Force. She is encountered by Chaldea early in the Lostbelt but is killed during their first encounter with Ītzpāpālōtl halfway through.
Archer – Billy the Kid: A Servant summoned into the Lostbelt by the Counter Force. He is encountered by Chaldea a quarter of the way in and manages to survive the first encounter with Ītzpāpālōtl but is killed by Cortes during an ambush shortly afterwards.
Rider – Christopher Columbus: A Servant summoned into the Lostbelt by the Counter Force. The Chaldeans do not trust him, having remembered his betrayal during the events of the Agartha Sub-Singularity. Whether or not he can truly be trusted remains to be seen. He barely manages to survive Ītzpāpālōtl’s attack on Chaldea halfway through the Lostbelt but is finished off by Cortes during an ambush shortly afterwards. His true motives died with him.
Saber – Gawain: A Servant summoned into the Lostbelt by the Counter Force shortly after the deaths of Jaguar Man and Columbus. He is killed by Ītzpāpālōtl during the assault on Tenochtitlán before the attack on the Phantasy Tree.
Berserker – La Serrana de la Vera: A Servant summoned into the Lostbelt by the Counter Force shortly after the deaths of Jaguar Man and Columbus. During the assault on Tenochtitlán, she is fatally wounded by the Tzitzimiml-possessed Crypter and dies shortly after killing them.
Lancer – Gareth: A Servant summoned into the Lostbelt by the Counter Force shortly after the deaths of Jaguar Man and Columbus. She is the only remaining summoned Servant by the time that the Phantasy Tree is destroyed.
Rider – Hernan Cortes: The Servant summoned by the Lostbelt’s Crypter. He is completely on board with his Master’s secret plans to subvert Ītzpāpālōtl and establish themselves as the new ruler of the Tzitzimimeh. At the moment, it is unknown why this is but it is most likely related to the “gold, glory, and gospel” ideology of conquistadors. He is killed by Ītzpāpālōtl during his Master’s failed betrayal of her.
Assassin – Ītzpāpālōtl: The King of the Mexican Lostbelt. Ītzpāpālōtl doesn’t particularly care for this Lostbelt’s Crypter, only caring that they assist her in her war against Huitzilopochtli. She seems to have some suspicion that they are secretly plotting to overthrow her and take control of the Tzitzimimeh themselves, but she does not consider them to be much of a threat either.
Near the climax of the Lostbelt, the Crypter attempts to betray her but she easily manages to overpower them, killing their Servant, Cortes, and having a Tzitzimiml possess the barely alive Crypter. When Chaldea attacks the Phantasy Tree, Ītzpāpālōtl unleashes her true form to defend it.
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Name: Amarna: Light of the Endless Day
Subtitle: The Serpent that Swallowed the Sun
Lost Depth: A+
Origin: 1340 BC
Location: Sahara Desert
King: Akhenaten
Fantasy Tree: Sunflower
History: During the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten, a terrible calamity struck the Earth, permanently altering its rotation, and leaving it tidally locked to the Sun, in such a way that at Egypt’s latitude the sun would always be directly overhead. Ignorant of these matters, the populace took the perpetual noon as vindication of their pharaoh’s heretofore heretical beliefs. The people believed in the Pharaoh’s power. They believed in the might of the sun god. They believed that as the sun never ‘died’, the god and his representative, the pharaoh, had become immortal.
The people’s belief was absolute. Their god was their king, their king became a god. With the power of a god at their head, the armies of Egypt gradually conquered all the lands under the sun. And it was then that they made their second breakthrough, the one that made them all powerful. Mummification meant that the bodies of the dead could be preserved. Using necromantic magecraft, the Egyptians created an army of mummies with bodies encased bronze and stone. Though the process took time, the development of an immortal army with an immortal king secured their dominance over the world. All the people of the lands conquered were slaughtered and turned into further undead.
After their conquering, the mummies were turned into slaves, doing all the menial work, letting even the poorest peasant live a life of luxury and ease. With each passing generation, the legion of the dead grew under the control of the royal family, with even the smallest dissent crushed and assimilated into the legion. By the time of the modern era, every family has dozens, even hundreds of mummy-slaves, more than can be used. Humanity has become stagnant, idling their lives away in luxury at the service of the dead.
The sole blemish on their utopia is the half of the world that was plunged into endless night. The nations that lived there withered and died in the cold darkness, and the arctic waste became a place of nothing but terrible cold and monstrous beasts. Fearful of a place where their god’s power could not reach, the Egyptians have built a massive wall around the Earth, separating day and night, and maintain a force of mummies on the wall at all times to repel the hordes of hungry monsters that periodically attack, craving the light. To be cast out into the night is the punishment for the worst crimes.
The Crypter is a necromancer, whose magic involves raising the dead by way of inserting a spiritual familiar into corpses. They view dead bodies as their 'family', and have been known to kill and reanimate people they are fond of. They were assigned to the Egyptian Lostbelt due to the large number of undead.
Relevant Servants
Assassin Cleopatra: The most important Servant in the story. Due to her Noble Phantasm representing ‘the end of the pharaohs’, at the climax it is fused with the legends of Apophis and unleashed upon the royal palace, consuming both Akhenaten and the sun, opening the way to the Fantasy Tree. Aware of the threat she poses to the Lostbelt, she has been summoned and imprisoned by the Crypter, and rescuing her is the main goal of the first part of the Lostbelt.
Berserker Altera: An enemy Servant. Her tomb in the desert was uncovered by the Egyptians, and she was killed, mummified, and made into the general of the pharaoh’s army. She is essentially a zombie, with no will or personality of her own. Under Imhotep’s control.
Rider Antinous: The main ally Servant of the Lostbelt. Due to his Noble Phantasm giving him the authority of Osiris, he is capable of seizing command of the mummy army temporarily, making him essential in surviving their endless onslaught. He dies at the climax of the story, using Osiris’s authority to judge the dead to exorcise the mummy army, releasing the spirits of the dead.
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Avenger Apophis: A monstrous beast that dwells in the Twelve Kingdoms of Night - the dark side of the world. As he is needed to defeat the sun god, the second part of the story involves tracking down and subduing him. He is bound by Cleopatra using Isis’s authority.
Rider Ozymandias: A Servant summoned by the Counter Force, to act as Ra in opposition to Aten. Mesektet is used to traverse the dark side of the planet, as it is the barge of dusk that carried Ra through the underworld. The Ramesseum is used as a mobile base in the final assault on the fantasy tree.
Assassin Nitocris: Summoned alongside Ozymandias by the Counter Force and acts as his attendant. Is her Assassin form as she acts as a spy, and has disguised herself as Medjed to facilitate this. She uses Horus’s authority to wrestle Apophis into submission. She drowns alongside Antinous using her Noble Phantasm to summon the Nile to paralyze the mummy army, as they are too heavy to swim.
Archer Akhenaten: The King of the Lostbelt, the pharaoh made immortal by the endless day and his people’s fervent beliefs. Commands a millions strong army of mummies, and can call down the power of the sun to incinerate people. The Fantasy Tree is in the center of the palace, directly beneath the Sun, and cannot be approached without being burnt to a crisp. He is killed by Cleopatra’s Noble Phantasm.
Nefertiti & Tutankhaten: Miniboss squad. Akhenaten’s wife and son. Like him, immortal. Nefertiti is a witch who is the source of the magic animating the mummies. Tutankhaten controls the battery cannons that defend the capital, and has a Noble Phantasm that allows him to curse people with inevitable death.
Caster Imhotep: The Crypter’s Servant. A cunning mage, architect, and strategist. Has constructed an airfleet of flying pyramids. He is Altera’s ‘Master’. After Akhenaten’s death, he uses the last flickering embers of the Sun’s dying light to mount a final defence of the Fantasy Tree alongside his master.
Amarna: I loved the idea of SIN. I'm a sucker for these types of utopias; which is why this Lostbelt hit me right in that spot. I liked very much of the idea of a world that is perpetually divided between daytime and nightime, and all the MANY PROBLEMS that this would bring. This is one of those worlds where you can easily see where it all went to shit hahaha. But the idea of Egypt being the ultimate potency is very interesting, and I liked how the Pharaos thrived in this situation specifically. Very fitting.
In general, an interesting sheet with plent of good Servants that have their own special parts on it. I became interested on those original ones, not gonna lie.
Tamoanchan: I came here from Ītzpāpālōtl's sheet and LET ME SAY. I was not disappointed in the slightest. This was everything I was waiting for and more! I was always very interested in Cortes's whole story here in South America. And this point of divergence, of a mighty, epic battle of unspeakable proportions, is super cool. I liked that you did touched on the topic of the obvious limitations of the Tzitzimimeh people and liked as well how they went around those. (Europe being attacked by these people instead of the contraty was also an amazing karmic thing hahaha.) I loved how they eventually became synonym of terror and certain death-- very fitting. ALSO. THE SERVANTS OF THIS LOSTBELT. I kinda want this to be a real thing just for this gacha hahaha.
Thanks for the kind words!
While I was working on the Servant roster, I thought hard about what Servants would fit in with the Aztec setting, which is why Quetz, Jaguar Man, Columbus, Moctezuma, and Cortes are in the roster. Gawain was thrown in due to his connection to the Sun, which Itz hates with a passion, and Gareth was also thrown in to give her a little time to shine. Billy was just one of those that randomly popped into my head and I figured "why not?". Same thing led to Cortes being summoned as the Crypter's Servant. La Serrana was picked because of a Eureka Moment I had while thinking about who to throw in, considering that she was (at the time) the only Hispanic Servant I had published a sheet for.
Unlike with the TATARI Lostbelt (not my best work, admittedly), I decided that it would be interesting to throw in some bits about what happens to them during the Lostbelt. I'm not going to go into making full summaries for my fanon Lostbelts though, since that would take more effort than what I'm willing to put in. But, I will continue to do what I did with this Lostbelt and its Servant roster.
SIN is actually one of my favorite Lostbelts, which is ironic because of its similarities to Brave New World, which I have a love-hate relationship with. My favorite one (right now) is Yuga Kshetra, since I really like Hindu mythology and think that Godjuna's little accelerated Yuga cycle is an interesting system. Horrifying, but interesting. But admittedly, I'm pretty sure that Atlantis/Olypmus will end up being my favorite because of how...big it all is. They really pulled out all the stops on that one, didn't they? Plus, the revelation that the Olympians are alien mecha is a nice little twist on Greek mythology.
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…I just realize that I really like Hindu mythology but have made no Servants based on characters from it. The closest I got was that Gandhi sheet I made, but that one was done purely as a joke.
I feel very embarrassed now…
Edit: I’m stupid. I forgot my Beast Vritra sheet. I should still make more Hindu Servants, though.
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Why not go ahead and make some? Well, once you're all done with your current workload I mean. There are plenty of characters in the Mahābhārata and Ramayana alone that haven't been made yet for when you get there like Karna's wife Vrushali, one of the Kuru kings Parikshit, or any of the Varanas like Hanuman or Sugriva?
Good idea. Thanks!
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