Trying my hand at more ‘straight’
world building – ie., just mapping out stuff without some kind of narrative
device beyond ‘explain it’. I might be doing this wrong, heh.
The Seekers
of Dytja
The Seekers of Dytja are the
descendants of a group of warriors and scholars sent out to find Dytja, long
ago. This group was sent out from a land she had left several thousand years
ago, and they were tasked to find her – no matter how long it took. When Dytja
had been in that land, a great darkness had ruled it. Alone but for the help of
a few brave souls, Dytja had defeated it. She had promised that should it rise
again she would return – but she would need to be found and told of its return,
as she was no goddess. The Seekers discovered in their search that Dytja had
travelled far. Even when the darkness was defeated again one hundred years
later, the Seekers had yet to find her.
The original Seekers had long
since died and passed their mission on to their children and grand-children by
this point. When they were told forty years later – in small groups at a time,
as they had travelled in all directions – that the darkness was defeated, many
decided to continue their search. Over the years some had already elected to
stay behind, spreading their number throughout the land.
As the search continued, the Seekers
expanded. Almost all lands they came to had legends of Dytja, growing ever more
recent. This common thread made them welcome far from their original homes; and
sometimes members of their searches would settle, or take others with them on
their journeys. Eventually each search would split, to better cover the lands
further out as they travelled.
The knowledge the Seekers possessed
– maps and routes across great distances – combined with their wide spread to
make them natural messengers, covering a titanic span (greater than the size of
the Earth, by a lot). Some groups of Seekers also split off from the ‘normal’
aims of the organisation, becoming more akin to cults worshipping Dytja (much
to the chagrin of the rest).
In each land they travel to, the
Seekers spend some time uncovering local legends and stories that may relate to
– and often explicitly mention – Dytja. Working with Seeker groups in lands on
either side of themselves, they attempt to piece together Dytja’s movements and
actions.
They have long since determined
that Dytja is travelling in a counter-clockwise spiral out from a central point
(not the far away homeland of theirs she saved), and they are, in all
directions, drawing ever closer to regions she has recently (within the past
fifty years) visited. They also know many other things – such as where she has
failed, fled or avoided trouble, where she has doubled back, and how much time
she usually spends somewhere.
Many other mysteries have also
been resolved by the Seekers – they know more of the world’s history (even
often finding out the truth behind myths and legends of various lands) than any
others. Except, perhaps, Dytja – whom they know bravely delves into even the
most dangerous of ruins, and can read scripts no living soul can read.
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