Project Cursebeard - An Arcane Adventures Lore Rewrite

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Project Cursebeard is a Lore rewrite of the Arcane Lore that I’ve planned out since about 08/01/25. My Primary goal with it was to write a fan recreation of the lore that fixed my personal problems with the lore, alongside re-add assets from Arcane Adventure’s lore that was supplanted when the Retcons of 2024 began.

I’m now making a forum thread because I want to discuss abt + I’ve recently gotten several mind blocks at the War Age rewrite.

So uh yeah
(Yes, I did make a pseudo-related thread abt this earlier, but that was moreso a “Im back” thread that I didnt like the format of and I was dazed out of my mind :cat: )

MAIN CHANGES TLDR:

→ Aurem has now been repurposed, and is a major part of the power system
→ Willpower + Fate is a thing and is responsible for Warriors and Berserkers
→ The ‘Greek Mythos’ part of the Arcane Lore has been expanded and altered to fit the Arcane Lore (and not the other way around)
→ Hades is NOT the villain, and instead the villain is a custom entity formed out of several other beings
→ Timeline Changes; War Ages is expanded and Magius is too

As of now the Lore Doc is only the Creation of the Universe + a lukewarm pseudo version of the War Age part which I intend to change because Im not too big of a fan of it. (+ the several power system tabs)

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This is the map that I’ve flashed a bit, but its the result of the finalized project I’ve been working on

This will replace the current map thats in the War Age section

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absolute cinema

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Hold on, this might be peak

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hollup let him cook
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if anyone reads up to the war ages plz give suggestions i personally despise how i wrote that part, it feels rushed

I already have basically the rest of the timeline planned out, but for the war ages im entirely stumped

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I haven’t read all of it yet (will do in a moment) but I do feel like Creation would be more of a sentient force (though less widespread) than chaos because it represents order, making the right choice instead of the easy one, seeking to create something out of nothing

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pretty fair, it’s actually been a while since i’ve went through the power system section (im very lazy and prone to forgetting about projects) so i will heavily consider this, thanks :cat:

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you are awesome

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I wish the writing category didn’t have 3 pinned topics that prevent me from seeing any new posts without going into the category page so that I saw this earlier :sob:

But really cool stuff, I enjoyed reading through your interpretations of the power system. The new Fate/Willpower thing tickles my fancy, I love a good fate-defying power/trope

And kudos on going so in-depth in the creation myth and even the beginnings of the War Ages. I’m doing my own project thing and I’m leaving that shit mostly untouched lmao. So I’m super impressed with how in-depth you’re going with it, though I completely get that writers block with making up history/lore :skull:

But I gotta say though it’s weird how far removed the actual Greek mythology origin story feels from Arcane. This ain’t even on you since you actually change it to make it fit the Arcane universe more, but I guess since there’s barely any actual mention of Greek mythology outside of the Olympians within official sources (not counting all the scattered discord messages :roll_eyes:) it almost feels like a completely different universe

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I cannot wait if you get to the Magius part of your project cause in the Arcane universe I unironically believe that aliens have to exist in the Arcane universe:

Funny that your space race idea lines up perfectly with making a sci-fi-esque Arcane game

Anyway nice work on this stuff, looking forward to more! (just don’t get banned again)

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yes guys i am still re-writing the war ages, expect it to be done by the 27th, with the golden age of magic following suite

I’ve had to lock in for school recently so aaaa