The World of Tyrrell | Low Fantasy Setting

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  • Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2024

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  • @TemplinInstitute
    @TemplinInstitute  Год назад +252

    Welcome to the World of Tyrrell! A reminder that this video represents the beginning of our world, not the end. It is a rough roadmap that will inevitably be changed and be expanded over the course of this series. We got a long way to go, but if you want to follow our progress, check out the secondary channel where our world (whichever one wins) will be created.
    🔸 Worldbuilding Project | Secondary Channel 🔸
    ruclips.net/channel/UCJ4J_ClDpEKREfMIgnvU1rg

    • @IsMagicMan
      @IsMagicMan Год назад +7

      How did we independently start working on WW1 erra fantasy project at the same time😂

    • @Tapirs10
      @Tapirs10 Год назад +6

      This sounds cool as hell. Can't wait for scenes like human fighter pilots in planes made from little more than twigs managing to kill once-immortal dragonrider champions, or stuff that's equally as metal.

    • @glaxysilver4389
      @glaxysilver4389 Год назад +4

      I clicked subscribe to the new channel but I didn't read the fine print. Did I just sell my soul to Weyland Yutani?

    • @marcosmaximum9719
      @marcosmaximum9719 Год назад

      Okay, not gonna lie after listening to this economy made me mad. I literally wrote a story quite similar to this about 3 years ago. Except to remove the magic and replace the World War 1 era with The mid 1970s. And there you go, you have Tales Stories and Noted Events now if only I could find the papers.

    • @lek1223
      @lek1223 Год назад +2

      I'm.... gonna suggest you find another partner, I heard sketchy things about Weyland-Yutani

  • @ananonymousnerd.2179
    @ananonymousnerd.2179 Год назад +1324

    "It was called the MG-12 Recoil-Operated Machine Gun."
    This just became a lot more realistic than I was expecting...

    • @drxtale9446
      @drxtale9446 Год назад +128

      I find things like these quotes coming out of nowhere quite funny.

    • @WellBattle6
      @WellBattle6 Год назад +71

      As part of world building at some point they would have to work out how the elves win despite the debut of the MG-12. They might have to knock it back a couple of generations to something like the Gatling or a Mitrailleuse if there’s no magic that proves to be superior than a MG.

    • @StacheMan26
      @StacheMan26 Год назад +127

      Right up until that line I was thinking "a bunch of elves with nothing but swords, bows, and centuries of experience using them are gonna march right into a Napoleonic infantry line and get wrecked, aren't they?" But no, I wasn't thinking big enough. I thought they might have actually had a chance, however small, not that they were about to meet the 20th century's twin gods of war.

    • @ThatsPrettyFunnyMan
      @ThatsPrettyFunnyMan Год назад +38

      I wheezed when I heard it

    • @Alexthealright
      @Alexthealright Год назад +55

      @@WellBattle6 Machine guns are very dangerous but I think Magic definitely has some counters though it depends on the magic system
      In some settings a good wizard is compared favorably with a piece of artillery which is basically what this setting’s magic needs to go toe to toe with this tech level.

  • @SpazzyMcGee1337
    @SpazzyMcGee1337 Год назад +840

    Elf - "I'm behind 7 counter-spells and divine blessings. Good luck."
    Human - "G U N"

    • @chimera9818
      @chimera9818 Год назад +94

      Human: I will shoot you seven times in where divine blessing don’t go pointy hear

    • @JohnnyElRed
      @JohnnyElRed Год назад +58

      Elf: "I have 3 different types of antiarrow protections on me. What makes you think that a bullet will...?"
      *all 3 magic shields overload and break after the second 100 bullets barrage*

    • @BilalAhmad-ff3xq
      @BilalAhmad-ff3xq Год назад +51

      Don't forget, humans have the God of war on their side. Artillery.

    • @captainspacebones3795
      @captainspacebones3795 Год назад +33

      Dwarf: I'll get in close then cut you down in an instant
      Human loading trench gun: you're welcome to try

    • @vanivanov9571
      @vanivanov9571 Год назад +5

      If the magic is any good, I'd prefer the former to the latter. One of those counter-spells could be to reflect projectiles.

  • @chasemcnab7610
    @chasemcnab7610 Год назад +120

    “Not a single human champion was named.”
    Maybe because the elder-kin would never bother writing them down. The start of this video feels like the history was written primarily by elder-kin saying humanity was nothing but savage brutes predisposed to making bargains with demons. But if they’re humans, like us, we know that’s not the whole truth.
    It’s a great demonstration of how perspective an bias changes over the course of history based on whose writing the history, humanity goes from overlooked and belittled to THE power in the world upending their arrogant overlords and pushing magic into a corner.

  • @generalmccornflaxbo2547
    @generalmccornflaxbo2547 Год назад +1152

    The WW1 meets fantasy vibe is really cool. I think this will be a way harder decision than I thought.

    • @chimera9818
      @chimera9818 Год назад +56

      There is anime called “saga of tanya the evil” that basically exist in similar situations of ww1 in world with magic

    • @nyxknight7555
      @nyxknight7555 Год назад +12

      @@chimera9818good anime setting

    • @samminden1058
      @samminden1058 Год назад +35

      The D&D setting Eberron is also based on this premise, though it is much more rooted in High Fantasy and based around the idea of "What if your typical High Fantasy world underwent an industrial revolution powered by magic and then collapsed into a version of WW1".

    • @ethrsag735
      @ethrsag735 Год назад +6

      Not necessarily, the Hell's Gate series does this quite well with steam punk industrial revolution civilization with psykers vs a high fantasy civilization.

    • @hylandhistories4140
      @hylandhistories4140 Год назад +11

      If any of you elves vote for another setting I'll make ya eat led

  • @74wf
    @74wf Год назад +265

    This is what happens when you forget to research in civ

    • @ebrimajallow9631
      @ebrimajallow9631 Год назад +11

      yep, i remember playing on settler., i have guns they have swords. XD

  • @L.J.Kommer
    @L.J.Kommer Год назад +111

    "Wow. The human soldiers are really odd. They barely wear armor, and their spears are really short and heavy looking... ohmygods their spears shoot little lead balls at twice the speed of sound and all our mages were killed from half a kilometer away."

  • @FonVegen
    @FonVegen Год назад +605

    I can't say I expected humans to rock up to the first major war they had any say in with full-on machine guns, but I like the theme this is going for. If only the opportunity cost of voting for this didn't sacrifice both the Taangali wastes and tomorrow's reveal.
    Good job at making picking the right choice for me harder.

    • @gstellar96
      @gstellar96 Год назад +39

      I feel more pressure choosing which of these to do more than choosing my future career

    • @chrisbeer5685
      @chrisbeer5685 Год назад +54

      It makes some sense to me at least. Presumably they developed Muskets centuries before that, but the elvish archers probably took little note as they shot them from hundreds of yards away with bows they trained in for Millennia, or blasted them with magic as they watched all but a miniscule fraction of the shots fired at them pass by harmlessly.
      Man I love this setting already.

    • @chimera9818
      @chimera9818 Год назад +6

      He should stated that the Republic consolidated land of smaller human kingdoms faster and bloodier than expected

    • @Alaerick1
      @Alaerick1 Год назад +13

      @@chrisbeer5685 many of the things that could make firearms effective enough to stand against elven magic might have required industrialization. Such as rifling and machining

    • @chimera9818
      @chimera9818 Год назад +4

      @@Alaerick1also probably they had more basic tech but machine gun been the first weapons to truly cause damage

  • @TheGonzanator96
    @TheGonzanator96 Год назад +336

    Wasn’t a fan at first, but the further fleshed out this got, the more interesting it became! Industrial fantasy. I like it!

    • @solarsailor1534
      @solarsailor1534 Год назад +45

      “Oh come on! Elves, Orks? This is just Lord of the Rings with weaker huma… wait is that a machine gun? OK, now you have my interest”.

    • @Man_Aslume
      @Man_Aslume Месяц назад +1

      Too bad this lost to the all too common realistic sci fi setting
      Then again you can use the idea to make your own setting

  • @MrSHADOWANGEL999
    @MrSHADOWANGEL999 Год назад +182

    Let's get tyreal

  • @holyelliw
    @holyelliw Год назад +224

    The artist Andrius Matijosius has a WW0 series on his artstation that I think matches absolutely beautifully with what this setting seem to be going for.

  • @-seik-368
    @-seik-368 Год назад +32

    "what sorcery Is this human?!"
    "A .50 Caliber one you pointy ear son of a b..."

    • @zed12-ui4jy
      @zed12-ui4jy 3 месяца назад

      Look at those primitive humans with their thick spears and tiny bla- Why did they fit them with fire cra-

  • @alexm-e4910
    @alexm-e4910 Год назад +170

    I LOVE THIS TYPE OF STORY! Especially the WW1 aesthetic
    I can just imagine that an elvish family is sitting at home, ready to eat their evening meal. Thunder rumbles in the distance. Thunder on a cloudless day. The youngest elf turns to their elder, a question on their lips, as the city’s warning bells begin to toll and a knock lands on the door, calling the warrior away to buy time for the civilians to run and hide because the slaves have broken free and have come to claim their new world

  • @himynameisfelipe4042
    @himynameisfelipe4042 Год назад +247

    I love stories where fantasy fights magic. I always find it incredibly interesting and fun.

    • @lordultimus559
      @lordultimus559 Год назад +49

      Think you mean "science vs magic".

    • @chriscortez2036
      @chriscortez2036 Год назад +34

      Tech vs magic, yeah. It’s almost like an inverse of Shadowrun, with dieselpunk instead of cyberpunk. Pretty unique. A dieselpunk low fantasy world.

  • @Terran123rd
    @Terran123rd Год назад +143

    Normally, I'm predisposed towards military sci-fi and space opera
    But unless the concept video tomorrow blows it out of the water, I'm going to have to give my vote to Tyrrell.
    Imdustrialized fantasy is something we see so rarely, and it's dark and gritty without, so far, devolving into grim-derp.
    The story of mankind persisting through thousands of years of oppression and genocide, slowly chipping away at the power imbalance until it not-so-slowly topples the old order in a global roaring rampage of revenge is especially compelling.
    I hope Tyrrell wins out.
    I NEED more.

  • @todd7383
    @todd7383 Год назад +102

    I can imagine humans in war with elves or dwarves yelling “REMEMBER VOSKARDIA” and proceeding to charge at elven archers with fixed bayonets and artillery cover, while zeppelins or biplanes bomb elderkin armies

  • @occultatumquaestio5226
    @occultatumquaestio5226 Год назад +133

    Dieselpunk - Low Fantasy. Now that is an uncommon, and underrated, combination.
    And indeed, having industry be viewed in a more morally grey light compared to most fantasy is a good refresh.
    From mice in a world of magic, men arise triumphant as the titans in a world of industry. Plus, it'd be cool to have dragons v biplanes.
    An intriguing candidate, I'm curious to see the final one tomorrow.

  • @joshuamueller3206
    @joshuamueller3206 Год назад +335

    I like this one better, it is an inversion of Tolkein's world.
    Starts off like a nihilistic version of Middle Earth, then sucker punches you with WWI erupting out of no where, then goes to modern society trying to burn down ancient tenants letting in Demons.

    • @chimera9818
      @chimera9818 Год назад

      Way I see this is high fantasy world need to deal with industrialization that force it to become low fantasy

    • @brianj.841
      @brianj.841 Год назад +53

      Agreed. I can see the 'civilized' races seeing what comes forth and saying, "Uh, guys? "We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately."." (Benjamin Franklin)

    • @masterblaster7484
      @masterblaster7484 Год назад +15

      It reminds of the Soviet bootleg version of Lord of the Rings where Sauron was a good guy.

    • @joshuamueller3206
      @joshuamueller3206 Год назад +5

      @@masterblaster7484 🤦

    • @brianj.841
      @brianj.841 Год назад

      Figures. @@masterblaster7484

  • @QuarkGamingLLC
    @QuarkGamingLLC Год назад +309

    This is probably the only “humanity first” story where I feel like it’s justified and not boring. Plus the only fantasy setting I like

    • @mharizsaifuddin7059
      @mharizsaifuddin7059 Год назад +25

      You like that a fantasy world undergoes a industrial revolution, like the game Arcanum & that Orlando Bloom series with the same setting ?
      Cuz that's also my favorite thing

    • @antoniodelaugger9236
      @antoniodelaugger9236 Год назад +31

      humanity first is always justified

    • @anarchosnowflakist786
      @anarchosnowflakist786 Год назад +16

      tbh the setting sounds awesome way beyond "indomitable human spirit" stuff and I hope it does not dwell too much on the "humanity first" part

    • @chrismath149
      @chrismath149 11 месяцев назад +3

      The humans in 40k do have kind of a point (they are still massive idiots and, unrelated, I kinda hate that faction or that they are the only human faction - I would love to watch them getting their ass kicked by another human faction that wasn't completely crazy). The Orks want to fight them, the Tyranids want to eat them, the Aeldari (soime of them anyway) want to torture them, the Necrons want them to get off their lawn (after the humans have been there for thousands of years but that still only amounts to seconds compared to the length the Necrons have been there).

    • @amitkenan3878
      @amitkenan3878 7 месяцев назад +2

      Mankind do not buckle or yield when faced with the cruelty of this world!

  • @MatthewEaton
    @MatthewEaton Год назад +29

    This actually opens up more creativity than you might expect merely because of the inner conflict of all the players involved. Elder races dabbling in technology and being shunned by their kin, humans looking to stop the wars and offer peace at the cost of their station, the ability for eldritch horror to take a foothold a grow within the world... It can go many places, even if the setting right now is Birthright with guns. I dig it!

  • @Heisen2420
    @Heisen2420 Год назад +22

    The World of Tyrrell sounds like the perfect setting for a Wargame that could rival Game's Workshop Warhammer Franchise.
    Mortally Grey Factions who hate each other but also are up against Evil Demons, A Coming Apocapise that could determine the fate of the world, and of course So Many Glorious Wars, WW1 Style.

    • @gstellar96
      @gstellar96 Год назад +2

      Honestly you could probably make this setting with one page rules to act as a beta. Use a lot of WW1-ww2 minis paired with fantasy ones to test the waters. With the different human countries acting as noble houses and cities I think it could be a lot of fun

  • @Hilianus
    @Hilianus Год назад +116

    Well I think I have my favorite now. I feel like this setting has a way stronger core idea. Less of a "all but the kitchen sink", and more of a clear vision one could pitch in under half a minute.
    Hell, it even sparked my own imagination for interesting scenarios in it already!
    - You mentioned "Colonial Involvement", which made me think of human civs trying to take control of a newly-discovered continent. One where the Elderkin weren't exhausted and ruined by decades if not centuries of fighting humanity, and where magic is still running strong. Machine Guns vs dragon riders and magical jungles that fight back! A lot of Lizardmen vs the Sigmarites vibes could be mined here.
    - It would be interesting to explore if the human tech itself uses magic or not. For instance, what if gunpowder actually requires small amounts of ground-up, common type of elemental crystal charged with fire magic? What if best steam engines require some rune engravings to withstand higher pressures? What if one city states employs snipers to take out generals of enemy human faction, but those snipers actually use rifles ENCHANTED by some elf artificer that's kept a secret else elves would assassinate the traitor of their ways?
    - It would be very, very interesting to actually start to see integration of elderkin into human society, and then see the elderkin dominate it from within. Schemes done with expertise of a millenium of experience, keeping all the top-paying jobs because no human candidates have even 1/4 of your 200 years of dwarven experience in clever bookkeeping, etc. Not to mention dragons running banks, of course! And as Shadowrun taught us, "Never trust a dragon" :)

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul Год назад +3

      This is definitely my favorite so far as well.

    • @AsmodeusInflect
      @AsmodeusInflect Год назад +7

      I mean you just *know* there's a whole bunch of mercenaries and bounty-hunters running around in this world who's whole thing is they've got a little bit of magic imbued into their weapons - or like to claim to. And the nation-states spend tons of time constantly worrying about someone building magically homing bullets or something. And then elite military units actually get issued with "special use" munitions in case they run into particular types of magic creatures. There are definitely people playing with things like Tesla coils and transformers, and a bunch of younger "renegade" elves start unpicking the basics of quantum physics/atomic theory believing it's magic.

    • @muhammadedwards8425
      @muhammadedwards8425 Год назад +3

      ​@@AsmodeusInflectOr those young elves improve human tech with their magic. What would a elven nuke do? Maybe it would explode with the effects of radiation happening over days and not over centuries, and spreading over a wider area. Dwarvens with runic machine guns, or Rune tanks

  • @yetanother9127
    @yetanother9127 Год назад +69

    At first I thought the Taangali Wastes would blow the other two settings out of the water, but this is some surprisingly stiff competition. The mil-SF setting is going to have to put on a damn good showing if it wants to compete.

  • @Joel-qo6gt
    @Joel-qo6gt Год назад +44

    *Elvish text: Lessons learnt from the opening of the New Age. (Translated into the human language)*
    As lesser as humanity was, they possessed one characteristic natural to only them, one that neither the high and subtle movements of Elves nor the frank and honorable clans of Dwarfs came easy to: they deceive and are deceived all too easily. Lies are disseminated as a fundamental portion of their culture, as a method to ease their way through the world that acted so harshly against them. When the smokestacks went up, nobody bothered to check in, which was the last opening needed for the human ingenuity to dart through. And then they called themselves sorcerers until they revealed their [transliterated as "sling of thunderous noise", referring to the MG-12 and later guns. _guns_ will be used henceforth.]. Once that lie was lost, their men marched forth with their _guns_ and [ _"gun_ of sun-fire", referring to _artillery_ .]. Where they marched and murdered, the land was left scarred by channels and holes where their spades had dug and their _artillery_ had struck. What can we learn? Trust is not something to be given to the word of a human, for their species has ["given death of lead", or _shot_ , particularly by guns] to many of the Elderkin. Remember the dwarven holds near these upstarts that become mine-shafts for their coal and iron. Despite this, the lies of the humans are strong, especially when used against their own troops. Remembering the murdering of [name removed before translation], all humans who _shot_ the King in broad daylight were killed, tortured to death for their heresy, and yet each confessed they were told they would be extracted from the scene. Such lies from their highest command to their lowest soldier are despicable, but these false pretenses drive these mere humans to fanaticism. Beware then, for the human lie is crafted to delude the foe and [no equivalent word exists, "strengthen by treachery" is the closest phrase] their friends.
    *Human text: My experience on the First Front. Written by [name redacted on request].*
    The fools were expecting some great sorcery, I expect. That meant that they brought hand shields, thinking not to fortify their position against arrows. I suppose they thought the great workings of their mages would be enough against any arrows that dare loose towards their _glorious_ swordsmen. They crossed without us firing, and the leader, his name hated and yet unpronounceable, thrice-damned killer of generations, walked up to our commander. I was in earshot. He said to us in a sweet voice, "What sorcery is this? You have brought nothing more than iron rods and expect to defeat us? No working of your own magicians can best our techniques." Our commander didn't even flinch, which must've unnerved the fool a bit. The response was short and sweet: "These aren't just metal rods. This is an MG-12 recoil-operated machine gun. You don't know that word, but you will." Clearly Whatever-His-Name-Is was taken aback by such bravado, though he didn't have any time to say anything posh before the commander brought his gun up with the rest of the army, and said, "Counterspell _this_ , you posh bastard." Then he riddled the poor idiot with lead. Naturally, we followed suit with the rest of their army. No honor, just killing. Cathartic in one way, but unsatisfying under that. We just killed an army of Elves in less than ten minutes. Where was the glory? Where was the confrontation of many years of being looked down upon as less than equal? _Why didn't it feel good to be the end of our downtrodden nature?_ I don't know. You might have figured it out. Maybe we're still lying to ourselves.

    • @Joel-qo6gt
      @Joel-qo6gt Год назад +14

      Context: This marks the second of three pieces I'm writing for each of the worlds. I've already written one for Taangali, which was reasonably fun. The only reason I'm writing these is to maybe give an example of a story that might be told. If this influences your thoughts on the matter, perhaps let me know?
      This one was a little harder for me. I'm not as good at writing the harder stories, the ones covering harsh topics, because I'm working more to cliche, which I don't like doing as much. Hopefully I'll have an easier time with No.3. I went for two different texts to demo two different ways of looking at this situation. I rather like the translation notes I put in for the Elvish text, perhaps making it more... true-to-life? Not sure about that though. The human text, I just went for the most generic action novel I could muster, mostly because I thought of "Counterspell _this_ " and immediately had to include it somewhere.

  • @gstellar96
    @gstellar96 Год назад +69

    I love this as it very much feels as though Warhammer Fantasy if Chaos and the undead were not as prevalent and allowed the races of elves and dwarves etc to be much more uncaring for humans ie not teaching them magic or craftsmanship so they in essence become the Skaven which I have always seen as the human desire to win war through industrialism, assassination, bioweapons, treachery, etc. I would absolutely love to see this one win but honestly with how high quality this and the previous one were im fine with any

  • @flandomaltrizian4603
    @flandomaltrizian4603 Год назад +54

    The first thing I pictured was an Elven griffin rider in gleaming silver armor with a glowing sword, getting shot out of the sky by a biplane.
    I really like this idea. Tolkien has allusions to the idea of technology allowing the forces of evil to overcome the good and the beautiful, but in practice everyone is still just using swords. This takes it to the logical conclusion. I do hope they can keep the magic in it though; it's a fantasy setting, I don't want it to just be "WWI, but some people have pointy ears"

    • @nathansmith5931
      @nathansmith5931 Год назад +10

      And I hope the magic is prevalent and powerful enough to still be relevant in modern combat and in some cases superior to modern weapons or else this is just going to be world war one with no fantasy

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul Год назад +8

      @@nathansmith5931 That's why I feel like rather than 20th century technology, something like 17th or 18th century warfare would be more suited in this case. Because small isolated human kingdoms doesn't lend itself well to modern industrial war, and honestly although it won't be as OP, drill and gunpowder will still make a lot of difference.

    • @TrinityCore60
      @TrinityCore60 Год назад +5

      That was actually touched on in a Tyrrell Discord I’m part of. Only it’s dragons instead of griffons.

  • @chaosfire321
    @chaosfire321 Год назад +97

    Super interested to see how this one turns out. Low and dark fantasy are some of my favorite genres. Might be interesting to explore a bit beyond the medieval Europe everyone else uses for inspiration.

  • @jeffyanke1550
    @jeffyanke1550 Год назад +8

    Elder Kin: will the little bog-squatter fancy us with a spell?
    Humanity: yes… I cast gun!

  • @Jaydee-wd7wr
    @Jaydee-wd7wr Год назад +20

    “Humans rarely live long enough to see the consequences of their mistakes. And, therefore, humans, when confronted with any situation, see it through the veil of their own mortality. Achieve, advance, perform... humans are constantly driven by the shadow of their own death. This fear, unfortunately, clouds their judgement, deadens their sense of right and wrong. Humans act first, think later, and feel last of all”

  • @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886
    @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 7 месяцев назад +11

    Templin Institute just dropped the best Humanity F Yeah setting.

  • @DefrostedChicken
    @DefrostedChicken Год назад +102

    Alright, unless the military sci-fi one is the best setting idea I've ever seen, I officially want this one to win

    • @Ian501st
      @Ian501st Год назад +1

      agreed

    • @Alaerick1
      @Alaerick1 Год назад +10

      The wastelands were too generic, it didn't have anything that make it pop to me, this one I truly want to hear more of

  • @hesthatguy
    @hesthatguy Год назад +9

    It feels like you're building a bridge between Warhammer fantasy and 40K. I'm digging it.

  • @Solidgamer456
    @Solidgamer456 Год назад +18

    You can’t have a line that goes as hard as 9:34 and not expect this to be my favorite. I’ve always loved 19th and 20th century technology vs magic and I think it’s a shame that there isn’t more of it.

  • @lucaballarati9694
    @lucaballarati9694 Год назад +10

    You know what I like most about this setting? It provides an excellent reason for why the rulers of this world would not listen to warnings about the coming threat:
    Most who know would be Elderkin, and after the way their species was treated in the second age, no human ruler would trust them. Or tolerate them to breathe, for that matter. And even if they did believe them, they'd trust their armies and war machines to beat back the coming invasion just as well.

  • @PHneverwhere
    @PHneverwhere Год назад +9

    Plot of these is like me playing Total War Hammer as German Imperial army and become a end-game crisis myself by ending other end-game crisis and races

  • @jeremyl862
    @jeremyl862 Год назад +7

    I watched this through twice and it still gives me goosebumps. This has epic written all over it.

    • @ebrimajallow9631
      @ebrimajallow9631 Год назад +4

      my fourth time, i just love it. But it not going to win sadly

  • @HiltonOldMate
    @HiltonOldMate Год назад +14

    I absolutely LOVED the reveal of the machine gun.
    Oh boy, so well done.
    I need to win the lottery so I can back you guys to develop every single one of these settings.
    This WW1 dipped Low Fantasy setting has me hooked! Love it!!

  • @Vanq22114
    @Vanq22114 Год назад +3

    I gotta be honest, I was only mildly interested, but when I heard "MG12 recoil operated machine gun" my eyes went WIDE. Great job as always!

  • @Spaceplayzsfs
    @Spaceplayzsfs 9 месяцев назад +3

    I've loved the concept of a fantasy world entering the modern age,you guys did a good way to represent it.

  • @Metal_Maoist
    @Metal_Maoist Год назад +23

    Something that is mostly overlooked about the orks in Lord of the Rings is that they are really industrialist. You mentioned WW1 being a big inspiration for how Mordor looks. What about an alliance between orks and humans? Both were looked down upon as "lesser races" by the elderkin, and both fit the whole vibe of industrialization going on.

    • @EFoxx25
      @EFoxx25 Год назад +6

      Can't go wrong with more dakka!

    • @metaltornado3457
      @metaltornado3457 11 месяцев назад

      Orks are probably too cannibalistic and violent. If they figured out how guns worked, they would just kill and eat everyone else.

    • @theomnissiah-9120
      @theomnissiah-9120 9 месяцев назад +1

      My brain immediately proved the image of Urak Hai Stormtroopers. Thank you

  • @JohnnyElRed
    @JohnnyElRed Год назад +62

    I find interesting you mention "Sky Captain" as an inspiration. Mainly because that movie paid homage to the original pulp science fiction magazines of the first half of the 20th century, and those generally used to have a much more optimistic outlook on technology and progress.
    And maybe that could also be made a point of interest if this setting gets finally chosen. Contrasting the archetypes of classic fantasy heroes, with those of now almost forgotten pulp classics like Doc Savage and the Phantom. The hero guided and helped by the ancient magics of good of the world, knighted by kings and chosen by prophecies, versus the modern adventurer. Whose ingenuity and hunger for knowledge leads him to uncover some of the most ancient and dark secrets of the past, often destroying them or hiding them again because of their danger, and often at odds with the powers of authority of their society.

    • @briantarigan7685
      @briantarigan7685 Год назад

      tit looks like they use Warhammer fantasy and Song of Ice and Fire as their main inspiration

    • @claasmachens3858
      @claasmachens3858 Год назад +1

      There is an interesting question wether the view is all that negative. Technology might also be what freed humanity from opression.

  • @AlexanderosD
    @AlexanderosD Год назад +31

    This one sort of goes right in the middle for me.
    I really like the WW1 inspiration though!
    And it's interesting to see humanity in the position of a lesser and looked down upon race, compared to the usual fantasy where humanity is always the top dog.

    • @nathansmith5931
      @nathansmith5931 Год назад +4

      This one is definitely top-tier, even though I still really liked the previous world building idea
      -
      The thing is that I’ve literally never heard of a fantasy and industrial revolution mash up, especially not with humans being at the absolute bottom and forced to crawl its way up
      -
      I’ve seen plenty of sci-fi and wasteland type genres (like fallout), but never an industrial fantasy type story

    • @lukasprazak7362
      @lukasprazak7362 Год назад

      @@nathansmith5931 Have a look at Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura.

  • @flyingfortress15
    @flyingfortress15 Год назад +6

    another day, another banger world by the Templin Institute

  • @LuckyLinc
    @LuckyLinc Год назад +23

    I remember having an idea for a setting a while back in a similar WWI vein. The idea is our world was suddenly linked/merged with a fantasy one around the 1870's. The Great War still happens, just with spells clearing entire trenchlines and arrogant elves learning the hard way what devastation a rolling artillery barrage can unleash.

    • @TrinityCore60
      @TrinityCore60 Год назад

      If they thought the “Great War” was bad, they’re going to _hate_ what came 20 years later.

  • @anderssn
    @anderssn Год назад +53

    Not what I was expecting but a pretty cool setting, the modern twist on fantasy is definitely interesting. Props to the presentation of this setting, much more clear and structured than the previous one.
    Also where can we find the art you mentioned?

  • @Nexxarian
    @Nexxarian Год назад +10

    I’ve actually been working on a worldbuilding project myself that is set in an early 1910’s equivalent time, where typical fantasy elements like magic for the most part, dragons, questing, adventures, etc. is all a thing of the past and now wars are being waged over the last remaining deposits of magic and the world transitions to new sources of energy like fossil fuels. I’ve always wanted to see a world where it’s like LotR meets modern day, or at least industrial society.

  • @nomorechess
    @nomorechess 7 месяцев назад +5

    I hope premises like this gets picked up after Dawn of Victory. It's just so full of potential and unique in a way that it subverts our expectations of a classic fantasy with GUNS and INDUSTRY. Wished I was there when it was happening, would've definitely voted for this.

  • @umad42
    @umad42 Год назад +9

    You may have swung my vote, this is NOT what I expected low fantasy option to be and I am HERE for it, I love it

  • @omegaaesir9447
    @omegaaesir9447 Год назад +10

    Definitely a cool take on fantasy. I was never a fan of adding elves, dwarves, and whatnot into it just because everyone does it. But this setting uses it to tell a power struggle story where you can't help but root for humanity in the earlier stages. I think I like option more at the moment, but I wouldn't mind if this one won either.

  • @sintanan469
    @sintanan469 Год назад +5

    Listening to the descriptions of this world, I envision playing a campaign in it. Some eccentric on the edge of a city carving out a plot of land in an area borderline unusable to ensure he is left alone in his endeavors. Here he builds: one part memorial, one part museum, and one part tomb. Collecting what remnants of the old world he can before they are lost forever because humanity needs an anchor to their past to not lose sight of their future.
    The party would be mercenaries hired by this man to chase down leads, acquire items, and deal with those that stand in the way while war rages around them and things best left unsaid claw from the darkness...

  • @corruptg5914
    @corruptg5914 Год назад +4

    Honestly great idea and concept 100% would vote for this in the polls. So many comics, shows, and literary works nowadays set within a fantasy and or medieval setting just feel so static since they don't display the technological, social, religious and cultural changes within that setting itself, especially since some of these settings don't take topics during those time periods like "slavery" seriously and or with the depths and nuances those topics truly deserve, so seeing Tyrell fully display these changes is honestly refreshing.

  • @emmawrites4533
    @emmawrites4533 Год назад +2

    I legitimately just fell to my knees and almost prayed before this video. I know what I'm voting for!

  • @alderinjan
    @alderinjan Год назад +15

    Initially gives me eberron vibes but then it explodes into mechanized lord of the rings affair that really tingled my fancy. Personally, I prefer the political stage before world war one. The complicated web of relationships between nations and factions and the evermounting tension builds up a powder keg that blows up into the great war is peak tragedy that I really love but the JRPG/anime vibes this one has is still top tier. Cheers

  • @blockyuniverseproductions6587
    @blockyuniverseproductions6587 Год назад +15

    Ok, this one is my favorite so far, and I can't wait to witness dieselpunk fantasy.

  • @alexm-e4910
    @alexm-e4910 Год назад +18

    I am insanely excited to see what the Institute creates when the choice is made! I think deciding between the three is going to be ridiculously difficult

  • @Stukov961
    @Stukov961 Год назад +5

    The warhammer fantasy inspiration shines bright for me here. It feels a lot like a what if scenario where the empire of man is allowed to advance while the rest of the setting remain stagnant. But also at the same time severing the existing alliances and juggling some species identies around.

    • @gstellar96
      @gstellar96 Год назад +4

      It feels like the enemies of the ordertide have been cut back so chaos undead and greenskins are either non-existent or dialed back so it really takes a look at what elves humans and dwarves would do if there's no great enemy to unify them and it's not all sunshine and rainbows after that.

  • @dillosauras7718
    @dillosauras7718 Год назад +19

    kinda reminds me of arcanum of steamwork and magick obscura, i really love this setting tho ive always loved to imagine how a fantasy world would evolve with technology and how thatd impact it

  • @ethannehring3355
    @ethannehring3355 7 месяцев назад +11

    I kind of wish this one was picked

  • @mrscreenwatcher
    @mrscreenwatcher Год назад +9

    Fingers crossed that if this one is picked, Some love is thrown to the Orcs and Goblins

    • @chimera9818
      @chimera9818 Год назад +4

      I feel like they will be given more depth (maybe they have more potential but didn’t get time to shine and don’t have some aspect of humanity that made them still tribal’s society only change in the time line of the story)

    • @chrisbeer5685
      @chrisbeer5685 Год назад +4

      If this is realistic... the humans will probably do to them what Europeans did to the less technologically advanced Africans.
      Though I understand if they don't want to go there.

  • @briansmith5579
    @briansmith5579 Год назад +5

    Given that I am a HFY kinda of guy, I'm so looking forward to this story. Human innovation overcoming elven magic and overall physical superiority, exactly what I like, especially as an engineer

  • @johngraczkowski9986
    @johngraczkowski9986 Год назад +8

    Seeing y'all do Dieselpunk and weird war arcanotech would be a lot of fun. I'm basically trying to do something like this for my latest OSR game, so this video by itself is already super useful as inspiration.

  • @N8ThaGr8r
    @N8ThaGr8r Год назад +10

    I like this setting, you could explore the tension between the rual folk who may still use magic and deal with spirits vs the more industrial scientific urban folk

  • @kappakiev9672
    @kappakiev9672 Год назад +6

    Having listened along since the rise of the Greater Terran Union, watching another possible scenario with humans ascending from underdogs to world powers will be fun

  • @triplebog
    @triplebog Год назад +3

    I actually really love the idea that you kind of touch on at the start of a universe where humans actually are so much less developed, intelligent, and advanced as the dwarves and elves Since they just live so much longer than man

  • @avsbes98
    @avsbes98 Год назад +6

    I didn't expect to be a fan of the Fantasy Setting, but you've really surprised me here. Pairing a traditional Fantasy Setting with the Reality of 19th century Industrialized Warfare is such an interesting combination that i'm surprised that there isn't a significant setting out there already that dose this. The closest i could think about are some things from the SCP Wiki and while the SCP Wiki is certainly significant, one of its many subcanons is certainly not relevant enough to be called mainstream. No matter if this is the setting that gets picked or not - i hope that someone out there picks this idea up.

  • @tyseng97
    @tyseng97 Год назад +7

    This is such a unique concept, there's not enough dieselpunk fantasy mashups. Can't wait to see the space opera introduction!

  • @justevil100
    @justevil100 Год назад +8

    I laughed when they whooped out the LMG. This gets my vote.

  • @The-Ink-Dragon97
    @The-Ink-Dragon97 Год назад +3

    "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"? I haven't heard that movie in years.

  • @jiasheng
    @jiasheng Год назад +2

    started off slow but grew to love this idea, the mixing of modern firearms as new sorcery from elves is a great touch, and the worldbuilding and buildup worked great in the end. cool world.

  • @disconnected7737
    @disconnected7737 Год назад +8

    Can't wait to see #3 because this one is currently winning. It's got a little bit of a Blades in the Dark feel to it, but like before the calamity and more technologically advanced.

  • @matthewneuendorf5763
    @matthewneuendorf5763 Год назад +8

    It's going to require some truly brilliant potential for the space opera option to compete with this incredible setting.

  • @Faryonderer
    @Faryonderer Год назад +6

    Delving into industrial/retro fantasy myself, (and observing works like AOT or even Arcane,) one of the biggest challenges I’ve found for these settings is that the world can change a little TOO fast due to technology, making solid world building difficult.

  • @rudinipl4012
    @rudinipl4012 Год назад +8

    I think that it would be a great idea to collaborate with monster garden on this world, he has great ideas and art, he may be a prised addition to the institute's staff. Even if the projects stayed seprate I think you could share many great ideas and make your worlds better!

  • @terrorcop101
    @terrorcop101 Год назад +3

    This one is right up my alley.
    For the record, this kind of world could easily be categorized as diesalpunk fantasy.

  • @michaeladu6120
    @michaeladu6120 Год назад +10

    Hold on, this isn't as low magic as I thought. I LOVE IT!!

  • @scootersachs9999
    @scootersachs9999 Год назад +10

    Really cool concepts! I kinda wish that there were some more unique fantasy races instead of Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs but I'd like to see where y'all go with this (if this is chosen)

  • @someaussieguy140
    @someaussieguy140 Год назад +6

    The low fantasy was the option I was least enthusiastic about, but damn this sounds good.
    It felt like Elder Scrolls meets 40k meets WW1. Very intriguing.
    I can't wait to hear the space opera, that's the pitch I'm most excited for.

  • @Kitsula
    @Kitsula Год назад +3

    Ohhh really like this one. I love the rare setting where a fantasy world goes through an industrial revolution or technological change.

  • @adammcclelland5746
    @adammcclelland5746 Год назад +13

    Wow! What a cool, original fantasy setting with themes that speak conflicts that are taking place in real life. You've got this mix of modern technology with ancient magic and... I'm still voting Taangali wastes. This got close to changing my vote; I'm not gonna lie.

    • @nathansmith5931
      @nathansmith5931 Год назад +4

      Come on, the sci-fi genre is absolutely over bloated, when was the last time you saw a fantasy world taking place during the industrial revolution?
      -
      This idea has my vote all the way because I’ve never seen any other story try to do this.

    • @Alaerick1
      @Alaerick1 Год назад +4

      The Taangali wastes is too generic for me, nothing to differentiate it from any other wasteland setting, this one is truly unique

    • @adammcclelland5746
      @adammcclelland5746 Год назад

      Then by all means, vote Tyrrell.@@nathansmith5931

    • @adammcclelland5746
      @adammcclelland5746 Год назад

      How about this. If Tyrrell can give us a race of tribal dog people than maybe I'll vote for them.@@Alaerick1

  • @GmodPlusWoW
    @GmodPlusWoW Год назад +5

    At first I thought that the "low fantasy" setting would be the least interesting to me, but then they brought out the machine-gun and the steam engine, and I realized that this was kind of a dieselpunk version of Arcanum. What else can I say but YES.
    I can only imagine the wild twists that are gonna be applied to the upcoming space opera proposal.

  • @bottasheimfe5750
    @bottasheimfe5750 Год назад +19

    oh man I love this idea. there are not enough fantasy settings where the downfall of Elder Races like Elves and Dwarves comes at the hands of Humans and their advancing technology.

    • @TrinityCore60
      @TrinityCore60 Год назад +6

      It makes sense, too.
      Magic and fantasy is always interesting, to be sure. But especially in more recent centuries, it feels… restricted in a sense. Unchanging. Static. In many settings, hundreds of years of society recognizable in a similar form are common. But as anyone who knows a lot about recent history will tell you that human civilizations (the ones who had the technology, at least) were anything but static. Over the course of less than 3 centuries, the landscape of production and warfare alike has become unrecognizable time and time again, constantly shifting and changing under the relentless, unceasing tide of Human industrialization. For a lot of history, I can see magic dominating any human resistance. But the closer you edge to the turn of the 20th century and beyond, it becomes less and less of a favorable match. By the height of WWII, humanity already collectively had powerful, accurate weapons that can pierce armor from hundreds or even thousands of yards away in the hands of every conscript, rapid-fire models of the prior weapon that can slaughter entire companies at once if given the opportunity, armored vehicles with powerful armaments that can pierce heavy armor and blast apart soldiers, agile aircraft that can move at an excess of 200MPH at the slowest and could be easily armed with all manner of weaponry, destructive, long ranged cannons that can cripple or kill soldiers or vehicles from miles away, and massive armored boats massive cannons that could stay at sea for months at a time, and that’s just the things used for direct fighting.
      When was the last time you’ve seen a setting truly touch on that? It’s an extremely interesting concept I kinda wish more things would explore.

    • @bottasheimfe5750
      @bottasheimfe5750 Год назад +3

      @@TrinityCore60 the only one I know of that comes close is Warhammer Fantasy with the Empire of Man’s burgeoning industrial sector and the Skaven’s slapdash magitech.

    • @Ankit-vl8hb
      @Ankit-vl8hb Год назад +3

      ​@@bottasheimfe5750Warhammer is probably the most metal fantasy for this. In a world full of daemons, immortal elves, massive ork wagghs and other horrors humanity holds the line not through magic or a chosen one but by the power of faith, steel and gunpowder

    • @bottasheimfe5750
      @bottasheimfe5750 Год назад +1

      @@Ankit-vl8hb oh I know. and I LOVE Warhammer fantasy. but Warhammer Fantasy died a while ago, and it's replacement, Age of Sigmar isn't quite the same. it's still good, but it's closer to High Fantasy I think than the original Warhammer Fantasy was

  • @badmoth242xl3
    @badmoth242xl3 Год назад +6

    Elderkin: There is no way the humans will ever match us!
    Some human named John Moses Browning:

  • @paradox7358
    @paradox7358 Год назад +3

    They are called 'human rights' for a reason.

  • @lukaz_evengard5562
    @lukaz_evengard5562 Год назад +1

    This is beautiful... this language does not have words to say what I'm feeling

  • @valthalin7613
    @valthalin7613 9 месяцев назад +1

    100% thought this was going to turn into a full on hive city vibe. Great video.

  • @zenkomenhi
    @zenkomenhi 10 месяцев назад +3

    "It was called the MG-12 Recoil-Operated Machine Gun."
    Oh it's so over for the elderkin

  • @bwminich
    @bwminich Год назад +3

    If you look closely at the Third Age of Middle-Earth, one of the themes is clearly “what industrialization is destroying”, which is probably why that theme comes up a lot. In fact, Tolkien was a WWI veteran, who lost most of the friends he’d made in that conflict. A lot of that experience works it’s way into Lord of the Rings (The descriptions of the Dead Marshes are known to be drawn from what the aftermath of a battle looked like, with the swampiness and the bloated corpses in pools of water), so it is totally appropriate to have fantastical worlds threatened BY World War I.

  • @talos2384
    @talos2384 11 месяцев назад +7

    If the gate from GATE opened on the french Belgium border in 1917.

  • @georgevelez6388
    @georgevelez6388 Год назад +1

    This is Warhammer Fantasy + Industrial Revolution, and I am all for it. So many stories to tell, and adventures to be had. A solid second choice for me, only beaten by the creative madness of the Wastes.

  • @badbagel4202
    @badbagel4202 Год назад +10

    When I first heard of these projects, I by far expected the fantasy setting to be the least interesting, mostly for the reasons described by the Templin Institute themselves. After this video, I can safely say without a shadow of a doubt this is one of the most unique ideas I have ever seen for a fantasy setting. I think we would all be remiss if we did not encourage them to nurture such a unique idea in to a full setting. Vote for this.

  • @ImperialKnight770
    @ImperialKnight770 Год назад +5

    So in this world, humans push back their oppressive elven and dwarven overlords using their wits and ingenuity. pretty awesome.

  • @Aiasmor
    @Aiasmor Год назад +2

    Man I really, really like this. LOTS of potential for a good urban fantasy story, which frankly is rare. And it could spiral into something far, far bigger, which is always awesome.

  • @nicholasstewart1482
    @nicholasstewart1482 Год назад +3

    This definitely will have my vote, I'm already making a similar world on my own and I'm already a year and a half into it

  • @mikeriley2475
    @mikeriley2475 Год назад +1

    Intriguing! My Suggestions from Candidate 1 still stand!

  • @aksmex2576
    @aksmex2576 5 месяцев назад +1

    Loved this one. Gave me goosebumps had my heart pumping.

  • @gabrielandradeferraz386
    @gabrielandradeferraz386 Год назад +3

    Allright its between the space opera and the Taangali wastes

  • @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886
    @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 4 месяца назад +3

    The Best HFY story.

  • @Kaiser_von_Europa
    @Kaiser_von_Europa Год назад +1

    I love this setting!!!! I love the idea if WW1 and fantasy world combine! This world has my vote

  • @joshpalacios6013
    @joshpalacios6013 Год назад +1

    Another really interesting world you have.
    I love the idea that man kind doesn’t have magic but advances technology instead. And that ends up being a bad thing.

  • @2dozen22s
    @2dozen22s Год назад

    "I cast gun" made into a setting.
    I love this.
    The Orion arm is my cup of tea, but I LOVE the setting being put up here and I think it has a lot of room to really shine.