{"id":1513,"date":"2025-04-23T01:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T00:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/?page_id=1513"},"modified":"2025-09-23T23:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:16:31","slug":"world-building-artificial-deity-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/?page_id=1513","title":{"rendered":"World Building &#8211; Artificial Deity Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1513\" class=\"elementor elementor-1513\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-280d508 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"280d508\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc1d447 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc1d447\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b497d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b497d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">World Building - Artificial Deity Project<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ec87f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ec87f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A <strong>dying world<\/strong> full of <strong>ambiguity, fear and fish<\/strong>.<\/p><p>For this <a href=\"https:\/\/strugglefishgames.itch.io\/artificial-deity-project-the-mansion-by-the-sea\">project<\/a>, Franziska van Wulfen and I focused on developing a rich <strong>world<\/strong> that can contain <strong>multiple stories<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Thematic core <strong>pillars<\/strong> of the world and its mythology are <strong>ambiguity<\/strong>, <strong>decay<\/strong> and <strong>community<\/strong>.<\/p><p>A <strong>world bible<\/strong> is available <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1fcTohomKLA-P_GSf_ySjpx_SmboeO0ha5C-XBdN-GP4\/edit?usp=sharing\">here<\/a> and a <strong>demo build<\/strong> of Artificial Deity Project: The Mansion by the Sea is <strong>available upon request<\/strong>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9873a88 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9873a88\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69964b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"69964b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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<strong>gigantic tree<\/strong> that grew from the corpse of a <strong>slain god<\/strong><\/li><li>The tree is <strong>surrounded by<\/strong> a seemingly <strong>infinite ocean<\/strong><\/li><li>Its inhabitants<strong> used to be immortal<\/strong> until people suddenly started dying several decades ago<\/li><li>The <strong>tree&#8217;s ruler<\/strong>, an entity named <strong>Dav\u2019D<\/strong>, began creating <strong>Artificial Deities<\/strong> to defeat death<\/li><li>Ever since Immortality has been lost, a<strong> never-ending winter<\/strong> has set in and <strong>gigantic hands<\/strong> threaten to tear the tree down into the depths of the ocean<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af7fa4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5af7fa4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58cd4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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at the very<strong> bottom<\/strong> of the tree, far away from the glitz and glamour of the crown, lies the <strong>Sea Region<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p>What was once a <strong>popular tourist destination<\/strong> has been transformed into a<strong> desolate mishmash<\/strong> of small towns and abandoned settlements.<\/p><p>Due to its <strong>proximity to the ocean<\/strong> and the <strong>threat of the hands<\/strong> steadily emerging from it, it has been declared a<strong> key defensive position<\/strong> by the Tree&#8217;s<strong> military<\/strong> forces.<\/p><p>The<strong> military<\/strong>&#8216;s arrival has <strong>drained the population<\/strong> of vital resources such as food and shelter, which has caused most people in the region to develop an<strong> intense hatred<\/strong> of the <strong>military<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9416b4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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data-height=\"1024\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ed237f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ed237f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97cb713 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"97cb713\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba08a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ba08a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sea Region - In-Game<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6606a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6606a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The player character, a spoiled brat who joined the military, should <strong>feel out of place<\/strong> and unwelcome among a <strong>tightly-knit community<\/strong> of working class people, who feel rightfully betrayed by the very institution the player, a military sergeant, represents.<\/p><p><strong>NPCs<\/strong> in the region provide different <strong>perspectives<\/strong> on what it means to be undead. While some succumb to utter <strong>nihilism<\/strong> or put all of their hopes into a<strong> mystical saviour<\/strong> figure, others have learned to <strong>form communities<\/strong> around their fear of <strong>uncertainty and death<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The main quest in this area explores these themes in relation to our protagonist&#8217;s <strong>internal conflict<\/strong>. (Accepting uncertainty vs Trying to go back to the way things were)\u00a0<\/p><p>They also serve as a<strong> minor antagonistic force<\/strong>, as they do not react well to the player character&#8217;s military background. 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href=\"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Beach_20220831_HAND-IN_edite.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"6899b43\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Beach_20220831_HAND-IN_edite\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTUzMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2hhemVsamFua293c2tpYXJ0LmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL0JlYWNoXzIwMjIwODMxX0hBTkQtSU5fZWRpdGUucG5nIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNjg5OWI0MyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Beach_20220831_HAND-IN_edite-768x177.png\" data-width=\"768\" data-height=\"177\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9338bac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9338bac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b838672 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b838672\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ba84f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57ba84f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Artificial Deity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e00bc01 elementor-widget 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<strong>deteriorated<\/strong> drastically.<\/p><p>Since she is linked to the heart of the Tree, this has negatively impacted it and caused a brutal<strong> winter<\/strong> to settle in.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf71fe1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf71fe1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aaf0c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"2aaf0c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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e-child\" data-id=\"6cd163e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c273185 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c273185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Chronicle<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb7604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bb7604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Chronicle, also referred to as the<strong> Immaterial Sea, <\/strong>the<strong> Ocean <\/strong>or<strong> &#8220;Ursuppe&#8221; <\/strong>, is a <strong> body of water<\/strong> that surrounds the Tree and stretches as far as the eye can see.<\/p><p>It is an <strong>unstable dimension<\/strong> of the <strong>metaphysical<\/strong> that is influenced by the<strong> emotions and actions<\/strong> of the Tree&#8217;s inhabitants. Like the name suggests, it<strong> is a chronicle<\/strong> of all that ever has been and will be.<\/p><p>This dimension is home to the <strong>mysterious entities<\/strong> commonly referred to as<strong> &#8220;The Sisters&#8221;<\/strong> and their creations.<\/p><p>It is the <strong>source of all life<\/strong> on the tree and frequently births new species of animals.<\/p><p>Attempting to<strong> traverse the Chronicle<\/strong> via boat is highly <strong>discouraged<\/strong>, as no one who has attempted this has ever returned.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bddfd13 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bddfd13\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f8ba81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f8ba81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1081\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tree.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-1515\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tree.png 1081w, https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tree-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tree-1024x717.png 1024w, https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tree-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tree-500x350.png 500w, https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tree-800x560.png 800w, https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tree-600x420.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1081px) 100vw, 1081px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ccc0d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26ccc0d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01f19d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01f19d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff26b3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff26b3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Tree<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5815474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5815474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Tree is divided into three sections; <strong>The Roots<\/strong>, <strong>the Branches<\/strong> and the <strong>Crown<\/strong>.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, the Tree has a collective landmass of 40.000<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">km\u00b2, which is approximately the <strong>size of Switzerland<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most <strong>populated areas<\/strong> are located on the <strong>outer branches,<\/strong> as it is less humid and sunnier there.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly, a lot of these towns are sparsely populated nowadays, as people have been moving up the branches to<strong> escape the threat of the hands<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bark and structure of the tree create a hilly topology. <strong>Water<\/strong> is <strong>extracted<\/strong> from the ocean and pumped up through the trunk to the very top of the tree, where it gets <strong>filtered<\/strong>. It flows back down in man-made rivers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c2db85 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c2db85\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9b762f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9b762f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/smol2.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-1600\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/smol2.png 400w, https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/smol2-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adb6d09 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"adb6d09\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eab771 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1eab771\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3304730 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3304730\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Rot\/\/Undeath<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a76d331 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a76d331\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For most of the Tree&#8217;s existence, the people who have lived on it<strong> have been immortal<\/strong>. Their bodies would recover from any injury and death wasn&#8217;t something people knew or feared.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This changed when Dav&#8217;D created the first Artificial Deity and <strong>split people&#8217;s souls<\/strong> <strong>from their bodies<\/strong>. All of a sudden, <strong>hunger<\/strong>, <strong>injury<\/strong> and <strong>age<\/strong> became serious problems and large chunks of the population <strong>struggled to adapt<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, this change affected those who could not afford food disproportionally harder, causing way<strong> more deaths<\/strong> among the <strong>working class<\/strong> than among the wealthy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, being in a state of <strong>undeath<\/strong> is now associated with belonging to the<strong> lower class<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Undead who wish to avoid being ostracized for dying, tend to <strong>cover up the rot<\/strong> with clothing and <strong>masks<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>In-game,<\/strong> the player character is <strong>rotting and falling apart<\/strong> which should be a <strong>consideration when writing<\/strong> dialogues and choices. The player can not do any physical labour or solve conflicts with violence without falling apart and NPCs react to the player&#8217;s state of decay.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d582828 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d582828\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c7b4b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"9c7b4b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;16:9&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/38aa05c9-b2c3-4747-9480-736e0204e9e9.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9c7b4b7\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"38aa05c9-b2c3-4747-9480-736e0204e9e9\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTI3NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2hhemVsamFua293c2tpYXJ0LmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMTBcLzM4YWEwNWM5LWIyYzMtNDc0Ny05NDgwLTczNmUwMjA0ZTllOS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI5YzdiNGI3In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/38aa05c9-b2c3-4747-9480-736e0204e9e9-768x388.jpg\" data-width=\"768\" data-height=\"388\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/photo_2023-08-18_17-47-14-2.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9c7b4b7\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"photo_2023-08-18_17-47-14 (2)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjQxLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaGF6ZWxqYW5rb3dza2lhcnQuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8wM1wvcGhvdG9fMjAyMy0wOC0xOF8xNy00Ny0xNC0yLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjljN2I0YjcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/hazeljankowskiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/photo_2023-08-18_17-47-14-2-768x432.jpg\" data-width=\"768\" data-height=\"432\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd98e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8dd98e9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87a383f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"87a383f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9d5aef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9d5aef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Military<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d66704 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d66704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The<strong> military<\/strong> forces deployed in the<strong> sea region<\/strong> are mainly tasked with keeping the <strong>gigantic hands<\/strong> emerging from the ocean at bay.<\/p><p>Their orders are to monitor and shoot at the hands twice per day, using large cannon constructs that have been deployed around the edges of the sea region just for this,<\/p><p>This task has proved to be a <strong>neverending<\/strong>, sisyphean one, as <strong>new hands<\/strong> appear every day and no discernible progress has been made. The source of the hands is unknown but Dav&#8217;D, the reigning entity of the tree, is convinced they were <strong>sent by his sisters<\/strong> to torment him.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8670ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f8670ce\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-319f070 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"319f070\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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