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The lore I build into my world centers around a few core principles.
Nothing is wasted. No one is wasted. That is a dragon principle.
History doesn’t sit quietly in the background, it bleeds into the present. Magic, curses, and even relationships are consequences of what came before, not separate from it.
To love is to betray.
In my world, love is not safe, it is tied directly to power. The deeper the bond, the greater the consequence. That idea echoes through everything, from ancient rulers to present choices.
Even “throwaway” lines are not throwaway. They come back. They matter. They change outcomes.
And prophecy? It isn’t sacred. It can be misinterpreted, manipulated, or even start as nothing more than a rumor. But once people believe in it, they shape their actions around it, and that belief is what makes it real.
So the lore doesn’t exist just to explain the world. It exists to trap the characters in it.
Every rule, every piece of history, every belief forces the same question.
What are you willing to lose for power, and what are you willing to risk for love?
Chaos gremlin says, the prophecy didn’t ruin them. Believing it did.
