Messaged Tech about a theory I had about the reason magic was more advanced in the war seas and while I didn’t get too much of an answer I thought the exchange was still worth sharing.
So magic has adcanced in the war seas because of at least these four factors, the Order, location, necessity, and radiation. While I was theorizing that the order had something to do with the magic advancement I’m not exactly sure what they did or how they did it beyond just typical shadow government shenanigans. Necessity is more than likely means the constant wars going on in the War Seas. Radiation is probably referring to magic radiation, so I guess the War Seas are a bit more irradiated with magic than other sea clusters. Obviously not as much as the dark sea, but enough to have a much more profound effect on the population over time than other sea clusters.
Location is definitely the most interesting one here. I’m not exactly sure what it means. Does it overlap with the radiation part or are is Tech referring to two separate things between location and radiation. Maybe they do overlap and it has to do with the War Seas proximity to the epicenter? Or is there something about specific location the war seas lies? Maybe something within the War Seas? I’m not entirely sure, but it is interesting.
I have asked tech about the meaning of location and if the war seas were more irradiated than other sea clusters, but he hasn’t answered. I’m hoping that means I was reaching spoiler territory and not that he just didn’t feel like answering. Anyways, what do you guys think?
His whole thing is writing he doesn’t do anything else as far as I’m aware. Because of that and the fact that he seems to really like it when people theorize about the story, it makes sense he’s a lot more engaged when it comes to the community asking about the story/elements of the world.
Location most likely refers to its closeness to Mount Olympus, as Vetex stated long ago that the war seas is the place the Olympus landed after the War of the gods and the Fall;
Ah yeah I had forgotten about that. Yeah that probably has something to do with it, but I do think that the proximity to the epicenter does still play a part here as well with the radiation in mind. I do think the stuff Vetex has said in those screenshots has changed a little, not a lot as the bloodline stuff is brought even in the most recent canon, but what tech said pretty clearly shows that it’s not the sole factor like it seems like it was back then.
No, we definitely do know. War Seas are in europe(probably overlapping a bit into what used to be the Middle East and Africa as well), we can tell from the whole bit about how Olympus fell in what would be the War Seas and all the stronger bloodlines being there. The epicenter is in Britain, so decently close to the War Seas. The Seven Seas are on the opposite side of the planet from the War Seas so they are definitely not as close.
i think the War Sea’s location on earth compared to the real world is the only time where that would actually matter, considering Olympus is in the War Seas so it has to be in Europe
the seven seas could be literally anywhere i dont think it matters (but if you wanna give it a location my first idea was the Carribean)
edit: and after the fracture, the world in AO is so far-removed from the real world that its kinda counterintuitive to try to draw comparisons to the real world since it shouldn’t have much impact besides a few exceptions like Olympus
I don’t think so, at least not nearly to the degree you’re suggesting that it could be possible that they could even possibly be closer to the epicenter than the War Seas. It even says opposite side in the lore doc currently. The only real exaggeration would be that the Seven Seas are in the Americas and not in the middle of the ocean west of them. If anything I would guess that the cultures in the Seven Seas have more to due with people migrating over the course of the 1000 years humanity had magic prior to the Fracture. That and some of the stronger people being able to survive getting blasted all the way over there during the fracture.
I find it hard to believe that the War Seas got Japan because the Fracture caused all the Japanese people to be flung from their homes, and some of them coincidentally landed safely in Greece.
Especially considering the fact that the direction of the blast would mean that they have to travel around the far side of the world, through the open air, land in Greece, and live.
Meanwhile you have Sameria, which, the real life equivalent of is really not that far away at all, and probably just the result of travel and land shifting.
I like how you kinda just skipped to the part about some of the stronger people surviving getting flung. Love it when you focused entirely on that part that was only about a specific couple of people and you completely ignored what I said before that.
Only think I’m wondering, is that you did mention the War Sea’s proximity to the Epicenter. However, what I want answered is WHY we’re surrounded by the Dark Sea (no mention against it in Lore), and the fact the sea clusters are somehow safe spots from it. What makes the Dark Sea avoid just, entering the Sea Cluster? It can it can’t be the giant wall of smoke marking the border, can it?
While on the topic, does the Seven Seas have a Dark Sea too? If so, is it weaker, and if it is how much weaker is it? Unless the Seven Sea’s Dark Sea is just a more magic dense rough seas rather than perpetual storms like ours.
My theory is that certain magic weather burnt temporary holes in the ozone layer and that ended up getting rid of all the stuff that made it uninhabitable.
I don’t know if there’s a real answer to this one other than there isn’t enough magic to cover the whole planet and some random places just got lucky. Maybe it has something to do with mount olympus, but considering the existence of other sea clusters I doubt it. I dunno I think it classifies as one of those fantasy things where you don’t question it too much cause it’s magic and there’s not really a way to make it make complete sense without changing parts of the setting and kinda sucking the fun out of it. But who knows maybe there are explanations that we just don’t know yet.
