Setting and tone

The LOAA setting
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Type	Setting
Era	Medieval, grounded
Fantasy level	Low: rare accents
Inspirations	Dungeons & Dragons, Skyrim, WoW Classic, BG3
Status	Confirmed (level-notes)

The LOAA setting is medieval, with a few fantasy touches, inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, Skyrim and World of Warcraft Classic.

Grounded first

Technology, architecture, clothing and tools stay true to the real Middle Ages.
Fantasy elements (magic, creatures, the occasional arcane or unusual structure) are rare accents, not the norm.
Every island follows this setting, with its own regional culture on top.
Static and natural content stays true to physics, geology and geography. Magic appears only where a spec allows it.

In the first demo the supernatural is confined to one place: the Glavica headland and everything beneath it.

The source: one thing, in the deepest chamber of the mausoleum dungeon, holds the dead on the headland. What it is remains Unconfirmed — awaiting the director.
Its reach: the cemetery walls and everything under the headland. Outside it, nature and physics hold. The town is safe.
What it does: the dead rise; below the water table the sea is held back as standing walls of water (The held sea); one cold, dim light marks the source and the held water.
What it doesn't do: no floating stones, no reversed gravity, no glowing runes on every wall, no green fog. Light underground comes from what people brought: lamps, torches, lanterns, and daylight through the rock.

No real-world religious symbols (director, 2026-09-29): "game will be without religious symbols of our earth religions, anchor can stay because grave can be of a sailor". Temples and chapels keep their architecture without crosses or saint imagery; a single in-world faith symbol will be designed later (card FAITH-1).
No text or signs yet. Buildings show their purpose through architecture and trade props; empty brackets mark where signs will go in a later labeling pass.
No AI-slop fantasy: no glowing runes everywhere, no ornament without function, no gibberish text.