Mage Factions Enter the World

[p]HI![/p][p]Here’s a quick look at what I’ve been working on today.[/p][p]I’ve begun integrating the updated Mage content into the world — expanding the roster so each Mage type now belongs to its own faction, complete with unique allegiances.

This video contains some early play testing of a Green Mage tile map. [/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h2]Black Mages — Powers of Darkness[/h2][p][/p][p]The first of the Darkness faction to walk in daylight.[/p][p]They twist the world in preparation for night, planting dark spawning constructs that call forth enemies for the Dark Ones.[/p][p][/p][p]"The night is coming.”[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Aligned with the Green Mages.[/p][p][/p][p]They command water and ice, summoning Water Slimes and bending the battlefield to their will. Where they gather, the ground softens, the air chills, and movement slows beneath their control.[/p][p][/p][p]“The tide always comes.”[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Guardians of nature’s balance.[/p][p]Aligned with the living world, they nurture what should grow—and destroy what should not. Thorned and aggressive plant creatures are hunted relentlessly, cut down before they can spread.[/p][p][/p][p]“We decide what lives.”[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]A chaotic faction driven by destruction.[/p][p][/p][p]They spread fire without restraint, burning through forests and leaving scorched ground in their wake. Where trees fall to flame, darkness follows—drawing monsters to the ruins once night takes hold.[/p][p][/p][p]It only takes a few to turn an entire region into a smouldering wasteland.[/p][p][/p][p]“Everything burns.”[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Blood-bound practitioners of death.[/p][p][/p][p]They walk the world raising the fallen, swelling the ranks of the undead with every corpse they touch. What begins as a few restless bodies quickly becomes a spreading plague that consumes entire regions.[/p][p][/p][p]To them, death is not an end—only an opportunity.[/p][p]“The dead will rise.”[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Born from falling stars.[/p][p][/p][p]When something from above strikes the ancient Mage Towers, they arrive—drawn to the impact like lightning to a rod. Their presence crackles through the air, unleashing violent bursts of electricity that strike without warning.[/p][p][/p][p]They do not gather. They appear.[/p][p]“You won’t outrun the storm.”[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]🟣 Purple Mages — Arcane Prime[/h2][p]The original mages.[/p][p][/p][p]They wield all forms of magic, unconstrained by discipline or rule. Each moves with purpose known only to themselves, shaping the world in ways others cannot understand.[/p][p]They do not serve. They act.[/p][p][/p][p]“You are beneath understanding.”[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]That’s it for now—back to building.[/p][p]More soon.

James - @iENDERi[/p]