The Sparkle Orc Saga

Location

The Sparkle Orc Sage (TSOS) occurs in the universe of The Spiral. A swirling mass of energy and matter that exists just out of reach of our material plane. The Spiral is the 5th dimensional space that makes up everything beyond what we can see, hear and feel in this world. 

The Spiral

The Spiral contains four energy sources that provide the energy for the powers that the characters wield. 

  • The Cosmic Source: This is the substrate of systems that the Spiral operates on.  It is an endless invisible grid spreading across all that is known.
    • Element: Electricity
    • Concept: Spirit
  • The Primal Source: The material process and systems that turn matter into life. It wraps itself like vines around the spiral reaching ever further and farther from its source.
    • Element: Stone
    • Concept: Meat
  • The Fae Source (Aether) : The heat that energizes matter in the spiral and powers everything in it. It is a swirling vortex storm at the top of the Spiral that consumes all it touches. For those that exist within the protection of its eye however it is a safe space to thrive.
    • Element: Fire
    • Concept: Mind
  • The Fel Source (Abyssal): The decay and decline of all that exists. It is a whirlpool at the base of the spiral slowly consuming everything into an infinitely dark, dense point from which there is no return.
    • Element: Water
    • Concept: Heart
Realms

Within the spiral are pockets of matter and energy floating like bubbles between the primordial elements of the universe. These bubbles of matter and energy are often controlled and managed by great beings, organizations or peoples. It is in these safe pockets that life has thrived.

The Churn

Every few thousand years the spiral undergoes a violent and terrible period of turbulence that causes realms to rise/fall or be created/destroyed. There is great debate as to the true causes of each churn but it is often the result of an extreme imbalance in the sources caused by the actions of one or more people. 

The Realm Of Oko

On it's surface Oko is a queer utopia. It rose during the last churn about 1000 years ago from an impoverished hellscape ruled by an evil despot of the Fel into the realm of the Fae on the edge of the firestorm.  Below the idlic fields and quaint villages are a land and people that still bear many scars from the prior era but it is healing in the calm protection of the Fae realm.

Oko is home to the Great Choir. A group of thousands who sing the Endless Song; which reverberates throughout all of the planes, calling those who can hear it to a new home, a safer home. 

Oko is ruled democratically by a council with Hrar as it's voice in the Fae Court. Hrar lives in the city of White Tusk (first city of the fae).

Our story starts here in the verdant fields of Oko with the arrival of a Starseed named Grunk.

The Sparkle System

All of our lore is powered by a TTRPG system. It had been originally based on DnD 5e but we have moved to a system of our own design that better reflects our values, interests and worldview.  We will be sharing more about this system as it gets developed and finalized.  

  • D20 system
  • 20 Magnitudes (Levels)
  • 12 Abilities/Sparkles with 1 subclass for each power source
  • Built in multiclassing

Sign up for more information on the system and release here.

Finding Your Sparkle

Gifted peoples have a sparkle. A connection to a primary energy source that allows them to do amazing things. As you progress the magnitude of your sparkle will increase giving you new quirks and skills.

You have somehow exited the material plane into fifth dimensional space. Your body is gone, the life you knew is gone and you have been traveling the spiral looking for a new body to continue your adventures. There are two ways to acquire a body:

  • Starseed: You fall from the sky like a comet into a dead body that is vacant of its spirit. You revitalize the body and retain much of who you were in the material plane with new powers as a result of your journey across the astral plane. 
  • Awoken:  You inhabit a conceived new body and live your new life until one day you awake to flashes of memories of your old life new powers as a result of your journey across the astral plane.