Hm, so I've been thinking, maybe we should actually make the CSS more like the Indian Subcontinent, since so much of civilization, religion and culture has persisted there for so long; whether it be the Indus Valley civilization, or the birth and spreading of Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism, or the fact that it to this day competes as the most populated place on Earth. Just seems important, but maybe that would directly contradict the whole spirit of the CSS... Like, I always has it imagined much more isolated, like Egypt, and had teased the idea of it being more like Ethiopia(which, by the way, the is a civil war going on over there currently, so don't forget to send support for the people there as well! Just because it's not in Europe doesn't mean that it isn't important, of course). 

Considering it for a while, I feel like it should be leaning more mysterious and hidden -- a legendary civilization too difficult to seek out against the shifting sand; like that what we originally had in mind with the underground tunnels and all. :/ 

Tell me what you all think would be better. (Also, we will expand our world eventually, so we don't have to cram every cool desert'y idea in this one civilization, which I feel like this is an issue I have when I get excited and start developing/focusing on one place)

Before and Afters of Khrani, Fashii and Shora respectively (the turning point being the murder of Shora). Dear glorious drama and angst we've stirred up here~ 

hey imma hafta leave this im sorry but i haven't contributed pretty much at all and i don't think i have time for in the future:(

I haven't posted in forever, sorry everyone :/ 

Okay, I've been thinking about the people of the Central Sands lands. I'm thinking that they would wear light, loose clothing to fit the hotter climate, with scarves like bandanas to keep dust out of their mouths. I imagine their clothes being brown and faded, but their scarves standing out, being red or some other bright colour. They have wide-brimmed hats to keep off the sun, and they like to wear gold- gold rings, gold belts, clothes embroidered with gold thread. 

There are those elite people, who know the sand magic and keep it to themselves, but what if besides them and the other people we thought of, there are tribes scattered across the land, who vie for control of the land and the water. These tribes are ancient and used to be powerful, but through the conflict between them they have lost most of their feel and respect for the ancient magic. Now they are little better than raiders who constantly squabble among themselves. Few of them actually care about magic, and the ancient knowledge, ect. anymore. 

Maybe hundreds of years ago, the Central Sands empire was very powerful. And it still looks powerful on the outside, but it's crumbling inwardly like a sandcastle built where it's too wet. The pride of the elite people and the warfare of the tribes has weakened the civilisation on the inside. 

Maybe in the actual story that we were thinking about in the beginning, a new power could come out of the surrounding lands - or from within the Central Sands Empire, that would threaten all these different groups of people. The people would have to abandon their differences and defend their land, or lose their land altogether. Maybe it would be in this conflicting situation that things start to change, and we could somehow connect the legends and dieties that you guys have been working on into the story too. 

Tell me what you think! Also, I really like the avatars Jaybells made. They convey the story so well!