Black Sun

Black Sun is a brutal, post-collapse fantasy setting defined by scarcity, tyranny, and a dying world. It takes place on Ashara, a sun-blasted planet beneath a burning red sky where deserts, salt flats, and choking dust seas have replaced once-fertile lands. Water, food, shade, and metal are priceless. Survival is never guaranteed.

Civilization clings to life inside fortified city-states ruled by immortal Sunlords—god-tyrants who control resources, armies, and supernatural power. Public brutality enforces order, and gladiatorial bloodsport entertains the masses. Rebellion exists, but often only changes who holds the whip.

Ashara was destroyed by a world-draining power that draws strength directly from living ecosystems. Those who wield it either become Ravagers, who scar the land for power, or Wardens, who practice dangerous restraint. Because this force ruined the world, its users are feared and hunted.

There are no benevolent gods. Spiritual power comes from indifferent primal elements or from the Sunlords themselves. In contrast, psychic abilities are widespread and accepted—mental powers like telepathy, domination, and psychic combat shape daily life.

Metal is nearly extinct; weapons and tools are bone, stone, or obsidian, and break easily. Every resource matters.

Survival under oppression, the cost of power, and whether hope is worth risking everything.