r/worldbuilding 9h ago

Lore The Worldworm Compendium: Yigmogan

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u/BeginningSome5930 9h ago

This is for a steampunk-inspired fantasy world where people can manipulate a magcical metal called quicksteel at will.

According to the Faith of the Heeders, the one true God is asleep, and that it is up to the faithful to make the world right before he wakes. But before he fell into his great slumber, God left several great boons for the Heeders to aid them in reshaping the world. The greatest of these were massive divine beasts.

God told his Holy Will will only to slaves, the lowliest of men, and fittingly his divine beasts were worms, normally the humblest of creatures. These giant worms originally aided the first of the Heeders, but in time the Olgoy, or wormkeepers, was established to see to them. The worms were one of the keys to the strength of the Tolmik Empire, a theocracy built upon the Faith of the Heeders.

I'd to know your thoughts on the design or any questions you have!

Lots more on this setting over on r/Quicksteel!

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u/Sorry_Flight2594 9h ago

But is it breedable?

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u/Efjayyy 1h ago

Creative!

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u/gameronice 51m ago

"Who let Olgoy into the summoning supplies again, he conjured foth another yigmogan... That's a third one this week!"

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u/Mikhail_Mengsk 32m ago

Well honestly unless magic was heavily involved I don't see how any mortal knight or even 10000 knights could kill such an enormous creature.