LOKONUA
CHARACTERS
Theo
Giant book nerd and adventurous boy. Born in the capital Ziyaren of the Oasis and never had to face any danger in his life until now, despite relentlessly looking for it.
Clara
Mysterious girl who lived on her own in a strange cavern-house before she was found by Theo.
Really seems to know an awful lot about the ruins that litter the desert...
Iris
Native of a half-plant tribe living in the Hidden Forest at the edge of the Great desert and priest of a cristal-based worship. Tea lover and friend of basically anything that isn't human.
Milan
Theo's best friend from Ziyaren, has a passion for machines and creating jewelry. Member of the lower class of the city, has to work at the market to gain enough money to live.
> Lokonua is a coming of age/adventure based story set in a mostly desolate desertic world littered in the remnants of an old advanced civilisation. We follow Theo, son of the most influential council member of the central city, as he tries to find the legendary city of Lokonua and save his people from the threat of increasingly violent sandstorms tearing down buildings and resources.
> Along the way, he finds himself accompanied by Milan, his childhood best friend and young mechanic, Clara, a mysterious cyborg girl from the past and Iris, warrior from a tribe of plant-linked people.
Lore & Infos
The Ariugazè desert covers the vast majority of the land mass of the Lokonua world (placeholder name ehh). It is a hot and mostly sandy environment, with some rock formations and mountains.
Sandstorms are very frequent and though varying in strength, they are deadly to almost any living thing without proper protection or cover, making travelling or living outside a city next to impossible. Close to 90 percent of the population living in the desert resides in **Ziyaren City** or on its outskirts, leaving only a couple of outcasts or little communities scattered around.
Buried in the sand can be found ruins and remnants of technology from what is assumed to be a past civilisation. These materials and parts are highly valuable as they are the basis for the machines that allow the inhabitants to protect themselves as well as their crops and their water supply from the sandstorms. Knowledge on this technology is however very limited, as are the resources, and the mechanics of Ziyaren have yet to be able to do anything more than repair the already existing machines.
ZIYAREN / Theo's people
The city's symbol is a golden sand rose with a triangle and an azure water drop in its center.
All of the council members wear this symbol as a brooch, the drop shape on theirs is however empty, representing humility and their devotion to the city.
Theo has a brooch with the original symbol, which is usually worn by the city guards.
generally arabic-inspired culture, especially aesthetically (buildings, food, colorful and petterned clothing), blended with the technology and remains found from the old civilization (simpler, more "futuristic" feel, smooth and hard materials, limited colors, smooth but inorganic shapes)
The culture is very much centered around the trade and repairing of technology parts, the most prized ressource in the city, with the most common jobs being either remain hunters or traders. General artisans are also pretty common (textile etc) but are usually lower class