***ART NOT BY ME***
***ART NOT BY ME***
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Muse, the Kingdom of Sound

Nyxis’s parents are both from the Kingdom of Sound, and later emigrated to Fontis where Nyxis and Thorn were both born and raised. The Kingdom of Sound is a theocratic republic. It is distinguished by gothic architecture, with focus on the acoustics and intricate designs of the buildings. Many crystals and forests are scattered throughout the landscape. It is powered by its namesake, with music and related arts considered the highest form of culture. Nuns and monks blind themselves in order to raise their sense of sound and become closer to music. It is currently the second most prosperous and wealthy kingdom in the world, after Fontis. The population is comprised mostly of elegant deep forest animals, such as deer and squirrels.


With Fontis's reputation as the Utopia of the world came its general ethnocentrism and xenophobia. Nyxis shunned her parents' home kingdom in her youth, believing that learning any of Muse's language or culture would cause her to be further alienated from her peers, many of whom already judged her as an outsider for her species. It was only with the advice of her close mentor in her teenage years that she hesitantly returned to Muse to hone her lightning magic, and only with the wisdom of adulthood that she realized perhaps she could be a unique ambassador, a bridge to unite the best of both kingdoms.

Concept by  Ammunition; thank you so much for your fantastic take on Nyxis's world.

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