PumpkinWood & Caelum Lore
Notice: This page was made for humorous purposes, and as such, the following info shouldn't be taken seriously.
This is a fictional adaptation of the formations of PumpkinWood and Caelum, who have collaborated in creating this story, owing to their physical proximity and having somewhat similar ideas and correlations.
As the lore listed here is purely fictional, this is not to be considered seriously.
THE BEGINNING (year 0)
Eons ago, prior to the beginning of time itself, there existed a seed, traveling through infinite-matter-and-timeless loopholes beyond comprehension. In the circle of many rotten and corrupted realms, the seed reached the one safe place in all of reality: The Lands of The Overworld, and in there, as it descended onto the land's untouched ground, it saw potential for something far, far greater, never before seen by the land in its current state: time and life.
The holy seed decisively planted itself into the nutrient-rich dirt, basking in all of the land's great nutrients. Not long after, changes started to occur in and around the Overworld: the celestial bodies known as the sun and moon were formed; oceans started filling the land, mountains rose from the ground, and living beings evolved.
This world was perfect for the seed to evolve into its godlike state.
THE AGE OF INTELLIGENCE (year 100,000)
At the very brink of the last moon that set in the year 99,999, a new form of life has appeared - they were seemingly intelligent, unlike any other beings the tree saw in the during its time in this holy Overworld. The new beings seemed knowledgeable about the usage of the raw materials that existed in the world around them, and soon, they learned how to start a fire, craft various tools, hunt for food and farm for goods. As they were, they seemed happy.
On a certain day, one of the beings, whose occupation was that of farming, found the ancient seed in the form of a young plant. He wanted to remove the plant, as it was in the way of his farm, but in doing so, the plant had spoken, making the farmer back up in fear and awe, for he had not experienced such a miracle prior.
The plant kindly asks wether he could spare her the place where she had grown, and the farmer, being kind hearted, agreed to do so; he planted his crops around the miracle plant and even made a stone barrier in-between, allowing the plant to grow in peace, until it gave its first fruit, or rather, a small indication of a fruit-to-be. The farmer watered the plant as per the latter's request, and not long after, the fruit grew into a round, orange-like glowing sphere.
"Take this fellow farmer, as a gift for your kindness and care over a silly plant.", said the plant as the farmer accepted its gift.
Every 2 days, the miracle plant would grow another fruit, omitting the strange glow. The farmer asked the fruit's appellation in vain, for the plant remained silent. Following this and in that very silence, he thought of a name: "A pumpkin." and decided to spread the knowledge of the plant and fruit, hereby referred to as pumpkin; word spread like wildfire and soon, everyone knew about it.
An organization, "Pumins Pro", was created and sought to protect the edible-and-tasty-fruit-giving-plant at any cost, and even built a wizard tower around it. After one year had passed, another glowing pumpkin grew.
The town around this plant was named PumpkinWood.
THE AGE OF GODS (year 110,000)
After approximately 10,000 years from the discovery and documentation of pumpkins, the beings (who now call themselves humans) have expanded and grown as a nation and species over the course of thousands of years. Infrastructure such as towns, schools, libraries, forges, farms, towers and much more were built. The miracle plant, now proclaimed as the "Holy Pumpkin Tree" by the locals, had seen what symbolism it has to them; it had indeed made the Overworld a better place.
Unbeknownst to it, a concealed underground laboratory existed under the very tower where the plant resided; erudite scholars knowledgeable in the various sciences of the world gathered there to study the effects of pumpkins (specifically, pumpkin pies), wondering how a simple tasty treat like that could offer wondrous effects to its consumer. 10 volunteers were chosen by the scholars to test the pie's effects and it resulted in the volunteers gaining immortality, super-strength that overpowers even the most weighted objects and the ability to generate previously-non-existent materials.
However, one key fact about the pie is that it was made from the glowing pumpkin, the fruit bore by the plant; that pumpkin contained the essence that provided these powers, and these so-called "gods" could now be born every century, mirroring the time taken for the Holy Pumpkin Tree to grow one glowing pumpkin.
The gods, of which 6 were men and 4 women, decided to create their own godlike town with unique structural capabilities and properties made possible by their newfound powers. They synthesized and used a crystalline-water-like material named snow, which was not found anywhere in the Overworld, and to accompany this material, they would summon a new type of weather by freezing the water particles that fell during rainfall. Snow would cover large areas on top of mountains, which would be collected by them for their vast constructions.
There, however, existed a side effect: The very snow they created was controlled by the natural forces of the Overworld. Water-bearing rain clouds would become frozen and produce snow particles, and thus, a new biome formed, and unlike the current semi-arid tropical biomes, this one was full of snow and the temperatures were low. New types of flora and fauna sprung up: spruce trees, whose wood was much more sturdy than its tropical variants; and wolves, who liked to inhabit these cold areas. This taiga, as it was called, was rather rare, as the clouds needed to be high enough for snow to be produced.
The gods, being indifferent about the new biomes, continued to create their own town, which they named Caelum, by constructing large snow structures, water foundations, ice sculptures, and floating islands to grow. A period of peace existed for a short while, for the gods grew greedy for power; they started confiscating all the locally-grown pumpkins away from the locals and depositing them in their stronghold. Resistance would be met with brutal force, as is the case for a few who lost their lives in their attempt to stop the confiscations.
As the gods succumbed to their insatiable avarice, the locals grew more poor and devastated, until a miracle occurs: the original Holy Pumpkin Tree had grown another seed, another tree to be born and raised from the dirt, but said miracle was short-lived as the gods snatched it from the people and planted it on the highest floating island. This lasted for around a century, until one day, one of the godesses, who was named Helena, realized that what they are doing is morally wrong, and rebelled against the other gods - she tried to convince them to stop, but to no avail and thus, she was forced to take matters into her own hands: realizing that it takes a god to kill another, she slaughtered all those gods who ushered in the dark ages, except a certain Ramadusk. Both fought each other for around a month until their swords clashed into each other, resulting in an enormous explosion that obliterated the majority of Caelum.
Each suffering fatal wounds caused by the explosion, they said their last words: Ramadusk cursed the godess for rebelling against them and as his last act, he destroyed the two Holy Pumpkin Trees, because if he couldn't have the power, no one else would. Helena put all of what was left of her strength to preserve what was left of the Overworld. PumpkinWood remained untouched throughout all of this, and the town grew, documenting everything they knew about the gods in the library for posterity.
Sadly, after all of that, the town fell in ruins due to an earthquake destroyed it and all inhabitants were killed.
The Overworld was now at peace.
THE NEW AGES (year 1M)
A portal appeared in the Overworld's wilderness, and through it comes, a hand, then the rest of a body.
Humans from another universe had arrived and two of them stepped out of the portal before it closed. They looked around and saw a world filled with historical ruins, mountains, lakes, oceans, and wildlife. Deciding to stay, the first of the two humans decided to settle in the ancient ruins of a medieval-like town, in which, the only thing that seemed intact was the underground library of some sort of tower. There existed lots of knowledge to be learned about this world by its former inhabitants, and seemingly, those inhabitants used the same language as them. Reconstruction had begun.
Since almost every other building was severly destroyed beyond any kind of recognition, he had rebuilt them out of pure creativity and the library's knowledge, wondering as to what they all could have been. The second human went a bit further away into the world, and stumbled into some sort of floating snow town. It seemed to be out of the ordinary, stuck in a sort of liminal state of as being half-melted and a weird, dead tree standing on the floating island with one lonely, orange looking plant.
Since the first human had communicated to him that he had found this world's ancient knowledge, he decided to put aside naming things for now. And so the two humans, known as
MKguinea and
gojjgojj have put to use their full building skills and imagination to rebuild the past of this ancient world, building and constructiong more and more as time flows. After about a year of restless work, they connected the two towns with a railway system. Caelum could be seen from the now-reconstructed tower.
After a while, they decided to call in the other humans from their realm as they deemed that the "Overworld", as the ancients called it, is a safe place for a new home. The people that moved in have started to build their own houses, all with different styles and ideas and both towns are slowly-but-surely growing and expanding to this day.
Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoyed this story of the creation of two wonderful towns. More will be coming soon so stay tuned! If you find any spelling and grammar errors please do forgive and/or fix em!
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MKguinea
Credits
| Creators | |
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 MKguinea |
 gojjgojj |
| Special thanks to: |
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 Noggisoggi |
| "for grammar and spelling corrections and formatting" |