SmokeScribe98
Minstrel
Hello, I've been carrying on doing some initial work for my continent of Ehvas and while I have been able to do summaries for the nations and races of the continent its hard to continue without having an idea about the religious beliefs which I want to play a major role during the novel. You can look at the work I've done on Ehvas so far on my other thread but for now I'm struggling to think of a clever way to tie in all the initial ideas I have.
The message I want to get across is just how petty, insignificant and pointless human conflict is by introducing a colossal threat. Rather than have it like lord of the rings I wanted to tell a grimmer story, a threat that is more corruption than creation, a lovecraftian creature shackled to the rock and brimstone of the supervolcano that turns the fate of history in the continent possessing and influencing the world around it to somehow break open the barriers between the realms of reality and the realm of desolation. The most grand and powerful of the nations in the continent is the Archanthium Dominion, an extremely nationalistic, militaristic, jingoist and xenophobic society located in the central Isle above the shattered city states of the Gauntlet.
What I was wondering is, since I am completely unaware of how to go about creating religions in a fictional world is whether I should create my main Catholicism inspired religion in the Dominion or the extremely cultural shattered states below akin to how it was in reality during the Renaissance in the Papal States. I want to have the protagonist of the story (to which there is none yet) to be atheist in his beliefs so that his encounter with this colossal beast worshiped as the devil by some cults is all the grander but I also wanted him to be part of a noble family in the Shattered States.
Forgive me if this all sounds rather confusing if you have not read my previous thread but I thought this topic warranted its own thread separate from the other one. Any advice is appreciated here since this is a rather unfamiliar and daunting process to me so thank you. If you are confused at all, just check out the other thread. Please tell me what you think, Grazzie.
The message I want to get across is just how petty, insignificant and pointless human conflict is by introducing a colossal threat. Rather than have it like lord of the rings I wanted to tell a grimmer story, a threat that is more corruption than creation, a lovecraftian creature shackled to the rock and brimstone of the supervolcano that turns the fate of history in the continent possessing and influencing the world around it to somehow break open the barriers between the realms of reality and the realm of desolation. The most grand and powerful of the nations in the continent is the Archanthium Dominion, an extremely nationalistic, militaristic, jingoist and xenophobic society located in the central Isle above the shattered city states of the Gauntlet.
What I was wondering is, since I am completely unaware of how to go about creating religions in a fictional world is whether I should create my main Catholicism inspired religion in the Dominion or the extremely cultural shattered states below akin to how it was in reality during the Renaissance in the Papal States. I want to have the protagonist of the story (to which there is none yet) to be atheist in his beliefs so that his encounter with this colossal beast worshiped as the devil by some cults is all the grander but I also wanted him to be part of a noble family in the Shattered States.
Forgive me if this all sounds rather confusing if you have not read my previous thread but I thought this topic warranted its own thread separate from the other one. Any advice is appreciated here since this is a rather unfamiliar and daunting process to me so thank you. If you are confused at all, just check out the other thread. Please tell me what you think, Grazzie.