03. Setting, Plot, and History
01-05-2018, 05:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-08-2018, 07:59 PM by Nyx.)
Setting
The world of Ardent is set on two continents, which are connected by a sandbridge, as well as a collection of islands - these continents are called Boreas and Auster. Boreas is a much larger continent, while Auster is smaller, only discovered in the Summer of Year 4 after a massive storm ravaged the lands and revealed a sandbridge connecting the two.
Although Boreas and Auster are unconnected except to one another, it is assumed that other lands are accessible by water for wolves to freely travel to and from. There is no set lore for the worlds beyond Boreas and Auster, and you are free to have your characters come from whatever kind of world you choose, so long as it reasonably fits into Ardent's general lore.
Time Period
Ardent is set in the far future, long after humans have gone extinct - and while some have heard of them in tales, they are largely things of the past. No living wolves have ever met humans. Only faint remnants of them are left behind, in trinkets that are found scattered and buried about the lands, and in the few remaining structures of theirs that nature has begun to take over.
Climate & Weather
The weather in Ardent is a bit more extreme than in the real world. The continents of Boreas and Auster have a much wider range of weather than usual.
In Boreas, the far north generally replicates arctic weather, while the lands in western Boreas are far more desert-like; likewise, the south and east of Boreas are generally more mild through all the seasons, the coastlines nearing tropical weather in the late spring and summer seasons.
In Auster, however, the weather is much different. Auster's climate is generally much milder, with snow being a rarity no matter the time of year. The seasons are nearly the opposite here - autumn is the equivalent of Boreas' spring season, bringing plentiful foliage and prey, while winter is the warmest time of all (though also can bring droughts some years!).
Plot
Ardent has no site-wide plot, though occasionally events might occur that affect many or all of the characters on the site. Players are free to create their own plots and drama as they wish. Many of the largest site plots have included things like pack takeovers, raids and sieges, and large fights!
Many of the original characters from the site's beginning came to Boreas when a volcano erupted and destroyed their previous home.