wavmostudio

His world is where the fantastic and the mundane co- exists.


The story opens with datu Talim at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, an area where the borders of china and russia meets. it would be around 12th century AD.
Or at least that's the time frame i want to use as a template. i don't want to be too constrained by sticking with the timeline verbatim, but straying far won't do either. peter jackson got it right with LOTR, where he used existing historical artifacts and tweaked them to suit the story. The right balance of design sense and authenticity really came together to form a coherent overall concept. That's what i aim to do.


The setting itself really did existed. there was a trade route called the silk road in china for thousands of years. from the warm pacific ocean , looking east, to the cold, desolate thundra of the Steepes, westward , the road ran through the heartland of china.

culture and goods exchange hands along these roads. and many a merchant became wealthy and powerful during it's heyday. but in every great endeavor, there are great risks. the harsh climate of the Gobi desert took it's toll among many hapless caravans as well as bandits who
roamed the vast landscape.

the sheer magnitude of the route itself prevented the emperor to provide all subjects the necessary force to protect the frontier. So it was at this juncture that many security agency sprung up and flourished. bodyguard/mercenary hired by merchants to escort their goods safetly from one out post to another, until reaching the market place of the west.

This is where we meet datu Talim.