About
Books of Hubris is an episodic dark fantasy RPG and worldbuilding project. We use multiple mediums for storytelling, including play-by-post prose, tabletop-style role playing, invented historical documents, digital art, and more.
Our stories take place in the Republic of Enemies, best described as a dark fantasy world with aesthetics inspired by the 16th and 17th century of our own world, but without concern for historical accuracy. This is a world that is full of terrifying and tragic things, but nestled among the darkness are glimmers of hope and beauty.
We are looking for members who want to explore themes such as: cycles of violence, familial bonds, the price of power, the overwhelming nature of instincts and emotions, and what (if anything) separates humans from monsters.
Logistics
At any given time, the group focuses on developing one or two Chapters. While a chapter is ongoing, it receives the bulk of role playing and worldbuilding. It is completely okay to role play and worldbuild outside the current chapter, too.
The group can vote to end a chapter once they feel it has reached a natural conclusion.
Who We're Looking For
Our Culture
To Do
- Install extensions
- Write Bible pages
- Start essential lore pages
- Create character & chapter templates
- Brainstorm chapter ideas
- Create categories & tags
Extensions
- mw:Extension:LinkTarget
- mw:Extension:PageForms
- mw:Extension:SocialProfile
- mw:Extension:AdminLinks
- mw:Extension:PageSchema
- mw:Extension:WhosOnline
- mw:Extension:TemplateEdit
- mw:Extension:CentralNotice / mw:Extension:PageNotice / mw:Extension:Popups
- mw:Extension:TableEdit
- mw:Extension:StructuredDiscussions
- mw:Extension:BlogPage
- mw:Extension:CreateAPage
- mw:Extension:EditUser
- mw:Extension:Random In Category
- mw:Extension:MediaWikiChat
- mw:Extension:CommentsStreams
- mw:Extension:ContentDroplets
- mw:Extension:Purge
- mw:Extension:TabberNeue
- mw:Extension:SimpleTooltip
- Semantic MediaWiki
Functionality to Research/Implement
- Interwiki links
- Short URLs
- Creating forms
- Transclusion
- Adding properties
- Semantic templates
- Inline queries
Organization
Bible
- Bible:About Us (Welcome / Our Culture)
- Bible:Using the Wiki
- Bible:Guildmember Agreement
- Bible:Lore Introduction
- Bible:Game Mechanics
- Bible:Current Storyline
- Bible:Resources
Mainspace (Lore / World / Characters / Story)
- Republic of Enemies
- City of Lyre
- Lyrios
- Lyre
- Nahamaraad
- Miramatra
- Florenzia
- Tyanxia
- Shokushima
- Nenesht
- More Lore:
- The Choir
- Khaos
- Phenomena Uncanny
- Magistracy of Phenomena
- Automata
- Esotericism
- Silver Edicts
- Gender in the Republic
- Sight Dragons seeing-eye dragons
- Lightcage
- Elixirs Antibiotics
- Types of Ships
- Blood Covenants Blood Vows
- The Labyrinth
- Bed Alliance
- Quest of Penitence
- Trial by Khaos
- Dragon
- Drakonaut
- Tekne, Kallotekne, Teknekallos, Pasxotekne, Pasxokallos, love of craft / beauty of craft
- Ephemerios: the transitory nature of existence
- Doxa: glory, personal responsibility
- Collectivism
- Discipline