1. Game World Content

The Content of Luna Obscura includes the entirety of Orchestria, all its cities, roads, dungeons, locations and details.

The main safe areas are the Cathedral of Blades and Nocturne, which players are expected to not only use as their main point of operations, but keep safe and help evolve and improve.

- Fields: Easier locations, award more Base EXP than average, they have basic straightforward mechanics and have limited quest and boss availability.

- Grand Dungeons: Medium locations, balanced Base and Job EXP, have larger focused quests, events, thematic mechanics and systems.

- Dungeons: Harder locations, higher Job EXP, have challenging quests, unique monster mechanics and demand constant attention.

Field Regions

Open roads, forests, paths and open areas, these are paths linking usual cities and points of interests.

While they are not entirely free from danger, they have less risks and can be a good choice for those looking to improve their skills or need a safer path.

Fields have limited quest availability and not all of them have bosses to be found. While some may be hidden, all of them are accessible and solo-friendly.

**Fields**
Level	Name	Region	Location	Access Areas
3 - 6	Aria Road	Aria Forest	A small road between Nocturne and the Cathedral of Blades. An old sky observatory was built and abandoned there.	- Cathedral of Blades - Nocturne
7 - 10	The Crossroads	Aria Forest	Crossroads in front of the Forest Manor, the road to the east takes travelers to Crescendo and west takes to the Great Bridge through the ruins.	- Forest Manor
11 - 14	The Ruined Path	Aria Forest	Broken path filled with clutter, usually a place where bandits attack distracted travelers.	- The Great Bridge
15 - 18	Aria Village	Aria Fields	Small village that used to be a resting point for those traveling from Crescendo to other regions, now completely devastated by the madness.	- Whispering Forest - Red Village
19 - 23	Priest's Rest	Aria Fields	An open field near the Lighthouse, some people would setup camp there while on a pilgrimage to the Requiem Mausoleum or to watch the imposing ships traveling the straits.	- Requiem Mausoleum
28 - 31	The Crescendo Ascent	Crescendo Hills	A dangerous road that decayed due to high maintenance required, with broken bridges and a crumbling path, once the main road to the Northeast.	- Tower of Mirrors - Blackrock Sanatorium
31 - 35	The Great Bridge	Connection of Regions	A large bridge over a shallow body of water that connects the two major regions of Crescendo, now in total disuse.	- Crescendo Region - Sonata Region
36 - 39	Merchant Road	Sonata Fields	A long road where merchants used to setup shop to avoid taxes from Sonata, well known for its gipsies and vagabond artists.	-
40 - 43	New Beginnings Peninsula	Sonata Fields	A peninsula near the Orphanage, kids would play around the area while dreaming of new families who would come and take them to a new home.	- The Orphanage
44 - 47	Gate of Orchestria	Sonata Fields	The main road of access for travelers who arrive in Sonata, known for its unique architecture and open roads, along with multiple transportation systems.	- Great City of Sonata
49 - 52	City Outskirts	Sonata Fields	Open fields near Sonata, where people would camp or enjoy some leasure, these days are long behind as these are now used for throwing out undesirable items...and people.	- St. Noblac's Gaol
62 - 65	Abandoned Farms	Crescendo Hills	Once a well guarded road for its strategic value and food production value, was completely destroyed by the madness and no longer bears any food safe for consumption.	-
66 - 68	Northern Harbor	Crescendo Hills	Located beside the famous Fort Wilmore, the harbor was essential in properly providing direction towards the other regions and to the Fortress City of Intermezzo.	- Fort Wilmore
71 - 73	Road of Tears	Serenade Fields	A small road west of Serenade, the burning city. Known for its constant rain and large bodies of water, as well as the poor state of the few houses found around it.	- Quiet Serenade
74 - 76	Streams of Memories	Serenade Fields	Shoreline where the people would remember their lost loved ones and bring the younger generation to learn about mortality with its small temples to pay respects.	- Memory Graveyard
77 - 79	First Snow	Capriccio Fields	Fields covered in frost and white snow, known for its beautiful frost flowers and vibrant visuals.	- The Circle
80 - 82	Diamond Mountains	Capriccio Fields	Large mountains with endless roads of snow and cold, abandoned since old ages and a mysterious place where few would dare visit.	- Ice Palace
83 - 85	Queen's Gate	Rhapsody Fields	Gates to the Capital of Orchestria, an imposing sight with a large access path through a hill.Has a large checkpoint for travelers and merchants coming and going.	- Rhapsody Royal Capital
-	Obscura Island	-	Island where the Luna Obscura is located, it has a single small chapel on it.	-

Grand Dungeons

These are larger dungeons that contain their own special quest line and multiple minor dungeons, objectives... and Anomalies.

Grand Dungeons are locations split over 3-4 maps, usually cities, where you have access to Lore, Quests, events and other situations and a guaranteed safe zone: for you to save your location, fast travel, refill resources and so on.

Reaching the different Grand Dungeons is key in properly handling the madness that covers the land and facing the Maidens.

**Grand Dungeons**
Level	Name	Safe Zone	Details	Dungeons	Boss
-	Blooming City of Nocturne	Entire City	A smaller city that was properly managed during the madness and rigorous testing of refugees. Even with its current sealed-off locations with strange cases and risks, it stills considered safe and closely guarded by the Cathedral of Blades as the last safe city of Orchestria.	- The Mad Drinker - Abandoned Hotel - Broken Shores	None
30 - 45	Business City of Crescendo	Blue Queen's Pub	A large city that used to be the key to the 3 pillars of Orchestria: Its religion, its science and its economy, all working together to push the country forward. Nowadays its just a large city filled with guards without a duty and people without purpose... all thanks to the madness.	- Red Crypt - The House of Suffering - Royal House of Coin	Ironshade Gotthard
55 - 65	Great City of Sonata	Paradise	A large city once the main gateway to other countries through its train tracks and stations, fell in ruins as the large amount of visitors were afflicted by the madness and slowly eroded away at the city structures and its citizens until it Orchestria lost its connections.	- The Opera House - Grand Central Station - Dr. Clockwise's Shop	Heart Devourer
65 - 75	Requiem Mausoleum	Converted Chapel	A large building where all the "relevant" people of Orchestria were buried. It's part of the culture that anyone who has a name worth remembering is to be buried and honored there... which makes it a prime location for graverobbers or necromancers looking for inspirations... this is only made worse by the madness.	- Thieves Path - Sepulcher of Bones - Lost Tomb of the King	The Messenger
75 - 85	Fortress City of Intermezzo	Broken Ship	A fortified city built over the sea, with imposing towers and structures and a massive naval fleet to provide supplies, troops and order to Orchestria. Once the safest location in the country is now only a shadow of its former glory filled with memories of a better time of order and culture.	- Grand Ministry of Orchestria - The Archives - National Storehouse	Eye of the King
85 - 95	Rhapsody Royal Capital	Duke's Alley	Capital of Orchestria, a large city full of people of all sorts, perfect for a sudden madness to take them down while the king and its advisors keep repeating that there is no reason to panic, down to the last day before they saw their end at the hands of a raging mob.	- Carnival of Smiles - Mute Chapel - Royal Laboratory - Rhapsody Castle	Abandoned Hunter

Dungeons

Dungeons are harder than Grand Dungeons, due to being smaller, focused locations with a theme.

They are split over 1 or 2 maps, have minor lore variations and more quests focused on completion, unlocking alternate paths and leveling. They also always have a main boss and specific quests.

Dungeons provide higher job EXP than base, and some partying is recommended, while solo hunting is possible with some preparation.

**Dungeons**
Level	Name	Location	Details	Boss
1 - 5	Garden of Blades	South of the Cathedral of Blades	A gorgeous garden located near a beach, while some creatures live there, most of them are friendly to the Hunters and kept safe by them. Trainers usually test apprentices in training in the essentials.	Old Oswald
9 - 14	Mad Drinker	City of Nocturne	A large pub known for its huge brawls with the workers always getting pissed at the way people get out of their way to make a mess. Something strange may be messing a bit with the visitors, making them a bit more angry than usual.	Ms. Strangelove
15 - 20	Abandoned Hotel	City of Nocturne	An old hotel that once belonged to a powerful family. Left in disrepair due to the constant problems with hauntings and ghosts in general. A reward is known to be provided for those who solve the situation.	Lady in White
18 - 23	Red Village	Northwest of Aria Region	A small fishing village known for its unique cliffside, a known spot for resting and resupplying for those traveling around the Orchestria Straits.	Goddess of Seas
21 - 26	Broken Shores	City of Nocturne	Located south of Nocturne, a hellish maze of broken ships where the madness took complete control. Blocks access to the open seas of the south of Orchestria and isolates the region even further.	Baron Von Blood
24- 28	Whispering Forest	North of Aria Forest	A strange forest known for the muffled whispers people hear when moving around and its forest spirits who don't like those exploring around it much.	The Whisperer
31- 36	Forest Manor	North of Nocturne	An old mansion which used to be owned by a vampire and populated by its allies and servants. Not a welcome place to visit after the madness brought old stories back to life...	Unknown
35 - 40	Red Crypt	City of Crescendo	The laboratory where blood is stored, studied and used to help treat people from a variety of diseases and issues. While rumours of strange experiments were reported, nothing was ever proven.	Unknown
42 - 46	The Orphanage	South of Sonata	A large mansion where abandoned children would live under care of and old man. Strange sightings of entities were reported as the children had suddenly vanished after the madness.	Unknown
43 - 47	Royal House of Coin	City of Crescendo	The bank where most of the riches of Orchestria were safely kept, as well as any heirlooms that the families would deem important... or dangerous to keep around.	Unknown
48 - 52	Coral Coast	Southwest of Sonata	A gorgeous beach with a long coastline with colorful coral, and a well known cave that goes deep underwater with strange creatures not found on land... stories tell of how some of them would sneak up and kidnap tourists and travelers and take them deep inside.	Unknown
51- 55	St. Noblac's Gaol	South of Sonata	A large prison where the worst scum of Orchestria would be kept. No matter what was done, most would give in to despair and go crazy within its endless walls and corridors, awaiting for forgiveness that would never come.	Unknown
59- 63	The Opera House	Grand City of Sonata	A central part of the culture of Sonata, not only for its concerts but its food and parties. A place where people would come from outside the land to visit and have a good time...or so it used to be like this.	Unknown
62 - 66	House of Suffering	City of Crescendo	The largest church in the region, people would come to this place to take part in multiple rituals to cleanse their soul of sins and anything they might have done wrong. Sometimes the rituals could go too far...	Unknown
66 - 71	Grand Central Station	Grand City of Sonata	A large train station that would receive trains from multiple other locations, and people would use it as the main entry point into Orchestria... even if some trains would arrive from unknown places that couldn't exist.	Unknown
69 - 73	Sepulcher of Bones	Requiem Mausoleum	A large tomb where the bodies of knights and warriors from wars would be buried. Most leaders would be acknowledged and have a proper burial, but for those low ranking soldiers with no coin to their name, being dumped in this hole would be more than enough.	Unknown
70 - 74	Fort Wilmore	Northeast of Aria Region	A large fort used as the main military base of Orchestria, closely supported by Intermezzo, the Fortress City. When the madness struck, a strange light was seen over the fort and ever since, the line between life, death and afterlife was cut, bringing all stages of existence together.	Unknown
73 - 79	Observatorium Astrologika	North of Sonata	A very small building with a gorgeous interior and unique magic used to observe the cosmos. Developed as a way to bring a small piece of the universe directly to Orchestria, its unknown how much of it is real, or how deep its crystal walkways go.	Unknown
75 - 76	Thieves' Path	Requiem Mausoleum	A small locked-off section dug by thieves long ago to flee from the Royal City of Rhapsody to the southern region. While not many know of this path, those who do know it are not ready to share anything they found and hoarded over years, on their small, madness-filled community.	Unknown
77 - 80	Memory Graveyard	Far-North of Serenade	A large graveyard known for its unique properties of bringing the presence of those long gone that are missed. While remembering moments of life from those who already died is easier, the same is true from those who were cursed with living forever, even as they rot and decay over the years.	Unknown
78 - 82	Dr. Clockwise's Shop	Grand City of Sonata	A well-known genius and responsible for many inventions in Orchestria, including the prototypes for the Constructs used by the Raiju from the Cathedral, this shop has a wide assortment of toys... and weird abominations of mechanisms that were never fully understood, just like the doctor himself.	Unknown
79 - 83	National Storehouse	Fortress City of Intermezzo	While Orchestria has limited access to farmlands, the extensive access to water and a large variety of biomes allow food to be grown in multiple smaller locations. This food still needs to be properly stored and managed to reach whoever needs it... or so it used to be.	Unknown
82 - 85	Ice Palace	Far-North of Capriccio	A long-since abandoned palace in the mountains, from back when the region of Cappricio was not part of Orchestria. There are rumours that a strange creature took this place as its home, while controlling the ice unlike any other before it.	Unknown
84 - 88	The Archives	Fortress City of Intermezzo	Conquering does not matter if there is nobody to admire your actions. The Archives are the perfect location for people to learn about what was done in the past, even if at the risk of the past coming back to fight back due to the Madness.	Unknown
86 - 91	Tower of Mirrors	Central Aria Region	An old legend talks about how staring for too long towards a mirror can make a person lose itself inside it, or see strange reflections. A strange tower full of those, that nobody is really what happens inside it is more reason for concerns.	Unknown
87 - 90	Carnival of Smiles	Royal City of Rhapsody	A happy region of the city, where people would spend their nights enjoying good food and entertainment while wearing their customized masks, showing their emotions and dreams.	Unknown
89 - 92	Quiet Serenade	Serenade Region	A city consumed by the irony of eternal rain and endless fires afflicted by the Madness, completely lost and off limits to most people as no plans to restore it are even being considered. The few people who dare remain there can no longer be considered part of society.	Unknown
91 - 93	Mute Chapel	Royal City of Rhapsody	A strange church in the city for those who were never heard by their gods. Built as a monument of irony, bringing all sorts of religions together in a major attempt for those lacking in faith to listen to the voice of their beliefs.	Unknown
92 - 94	Blackrock Sanatorium	Central Aria Region	Described as "A hospital for people who can't be healed.", the sanatorium is known for its strange stories and sounds, and most people do well to avoid coming close to it... while the unlucky souls inside wait endlessly for a loved one to visit... so they can feel a semblance of love, or enact their vengeance for being abandoned there for so long.	Unknown
94 - 97	Lost Tomb of the King	Requiem Mausoleum	An old tomb from a late king from Orchestria. While its identity was lost to history hundreds of years ago, his knights patron the halls to this day and keep any intruder away... or locked inside with them, usually dead.	Unknown
96 - 99	Grand Ministry of Orchestria	Fortress City of Intermezzo	While Orchestria was managed by 6 ministries along with the King, the reach of power can go deep and corrupt the heart of anyone eventually, for those lusting for greed, power or both can't be stopped and know no bounds. Once the place where the most powerful men would gather, now a symbol that no matter how high you are, you can always fall.	Unknown
99 - 100	The Circle	Capriccio Region	The main location where one of the major cults of the Luna Obscura gathers for their meetings and discussions. A small village around a large reunion site so people can spend extended time focusing on what matters to them.	Unknown
99 - 100	Royal Laboratory	Royal City of Rhapsody	Nobody knows what sort of experiments the ministry authorized here, but what is known is that they visited the Luna Obscura plenty of times...	Unknown

Obscura Dungeons

Specific dungeons with unique systems and mechanics. They can be restricted to instanced content, have special challenges or other varied limited systems.

They are part of the challenging content of Luna Obscura, more details can be found in the Obscura Dungeons page

2. Recent History of Orchestria

The game takes place in the Region of Orchestria. A Decentralized Monarchy where the King rules over the land with the support of the Ministry, a group of 6 chosen by the nobles and wealthy.

While the king has authority, but his actions are taken with approval of the majority of the Ministry, ensuring proper balance of power.

The key aspect of Orchestria is its rich focus on culture and arts, which made it a central figure and would receive thousands of visitors over the years.

Orchestria is sub divided in 3 regions:

Rhapsody District - North, the castle, the fortifications and the open sea are located around it. Fortress city of Intermezzo is located close to it, with its imposing walls and towers.

Sonata District - West, Largest city in the region, with large railways connected to other countries and to the central location of culture and riches.

Crescendo District - East, the city responsible for the growth and evolution of Orchestria, carrying its core values to always evolve while respecting history.

The Luna Obscura

The Luna Obscura is a strange, small moon-like entity that floats over the north of Orchestria above a small island, it has been there for the past 250 years and old books lack details on how it got there, with some claiming it appeared out of thin air, some saying it came out of the ocean or others that it came from space.

While the group 'Message of Stars' would worship and gather more people over time around it, treating it like a deity, it had no known negative effects and even improved Orchestria's tourism, as everyone was fascinated by its strange properties.

There were some reports once in a while of people hearing voices coming from it, but those were the exception and most times dismissed as being made-up to get attention.

It's made by what can be described as "Organic Marble-like", with a strange finish, Its around 200 meters in diameter and with small dots of light. It also slightly distorts the view around it, showing things that are not exactly there.

Anything that tries to come in contact with it, either thrown or in some other way causes no visible damage and is only repelled back. before coming in contact with it.

Other reports also mention the organic vein-like textures on its outer layer, and in some rare cases, mention of it pulsing as if pumping some substance through it.

Oswald and the Cathedral of Blades

Oswald Greyveil was a head researcher in The Red Crypt, a facility that would handle the study and healing of people through blood transfusion and manipulation. He had a strong obsession with the Luna Obscura, researching all aspects in regards to it. Including deeply studying the reports of everyone without ever judging them.

Noticing the amount of reports increasing over time and studies showing an large increase blood pressure on the person who claimed to hear the voices, as well as increasingly aggressive reports on their behavior, Oswald and the researchers started worrying and focusing all their time in researching the phenomenom.

While analyzing and testing the people who would report the voices they hear, the blood tests were improved and refined and there were 2 types of blood found. Those with a specific Protein around the cells, and one without, those proteins were named "Mother Protein" as they could be passed down from mother to child during pregnancy, while those without it would be named as having the Deaf Blood.

While the amount of people with the Deaf Blood was not high, it was enough to provide considerable data for the team, specially since Oswald himself had it.

The Deaf Blood

Every report of listening the voice would come from people with regular blood. The increase in blood pressure was analyzed and proven to come from how hearing the voices would vibrate the proteins in specific patterns, creating a build-up of energy and intensity.

Oswald tried to bring his research to the Ministry for analysis and a way to properly track what was happening... but ironically, it was seen as stupid witchcraft from a crazy old man.

Roughly 11% of the people would carry the Deaf Blood, with other subtypes that were not properly understood, they could never hear the voices and Oswald knew this was important.

Oswald was part of the influential Greyveil family, with strong ties with the Nocturne people. Using his influence he acquired the Cathedral of Blades, and old building to the east where knights and warriors would seek blessings of the Sun and Moon before going to war, ready to die for their king, a practice lost to ancient times. There he revitalized that same culture, and worked hard for years to restore the Cathedral and further research the situation. It was but a small group of people, but the amount of reports was growing every day and the Ministry and the King proved useless.

Then... 10 years after the discovery of the blood effects... with reports of voices increasing non-stop... the Luna Obscura howled.

The Madness

The strange voices heard were usually described as faint singing, with some rare reports of strange voices that felt more like feelings of sadness or anger. But one night that changed.

Every single person without Deaf Blood heard a terrible screech, a terrible sound that drove them insane with pain of their blood boiling and huge pressure. This was called The Madness.

The Madness drove the people completely insane. They no longer had restrictions of their feelings, intents, ideas or any social notion, they were driven by their primal instincts.

Men looking for wealth would kill anyone and steal their belongings... Women who felt jealousy out of the beauty or influence of others would scratch their skins off... Old people who felt lonely would wish everyone to feel the same... Kids who had sweet dreams were filled with nightmares... Guards who had hidden wishes of power abuse would make them not so hidden anymore...

And society crumbled almost instantly. With 89% of the population going insane, either forming terror groups or transforming themselves. This affected the whole region of Orchestria.

This effect also affected most of the animal life in unexpected ways, creating strange mutated versions or simply causing incredible rage on them due to the voice persistence.

The rest of the world isolated Orchestria completely, all attempts at early support were met with people losing their mind and becoming part of the Madness.

Except for the city of Nocturne, where most people had Deaf Blood, which had minor casualties, and the Cathedral of Blades, which had been preparing for it.

The Astral and Umbral alliance

Oswald and its group revived the Astral and Umbral alliance. Two branches based on the old knights who would visit the Cathedral of Blades, now using it as their headquarters.

Astral Knights were once part of the main force of the King, they would fight wars head on and wage war on the fields during the day.

Umbral Knights were once part of the secret force, they would strike during the night, taking the enemy by surprise and prioritizing risky, but impactful operations.

Now restored as the Astral Hunters and Umbral Hunters, they would bring the old ideas to a modern age, where they would adapt to fight the new situation in Orchestria, while trying to understand the mystery of Luna Obscura.

But the clock is ticking as those with Deaf Blood sometimes can hear a faint voice singing...

... and the Maidens are always guiding the madness to new places...

... and a new generation of Hunters need to take matters into hands.

Current Events

-The government has completely crumbled. The few sane people outside Nocturne is either barely surviving or just scared.

-The Madness happened 10 years ago.

-Oswald is missing for 4 years now, having left one night for research and not coming back. His son, Adrian, having been left in his place, killed by a traitor.

-With the sudden lack of a leader, Kaine took lead as the head of the Cathedral of Blades, while appointing Miriam and Silas Greyveil as leaders of the Astral and Umbral Hunters.

-While the Cathedral's main focus is keeping Nocturne and the people safe, They also are key in exploring what is left of Orchestria, both to find a cure and to reach the Luna Obscura and try to put an end to the voices.

-The Maidens wander the land... whenever they come close, the voice can be heard inside people's minds.

-The Player is just a Deaf Blood citizen of Nocturne who decides to take matters into hands after a close encounter with a Maiden. (Tutorial of the game)

Cross-Data with Real Life

The "Mother Protein" and other details are based on the Rh Factor, discovered in 1940 by Karl Landsteiner.

It's a protein that surrounds red blood cells, and provides specific situations of immunity, reactions and other known blood characteristics, including the split between + and - blood on A, B, AB and O types.

It shall be presumed that the Luna Obscura affected everyone with a + blood, and the people not affected are of - blood types.

While artistic freedom was taken, and Orchestria is a world of magic, it's important to find a strong basis to work on.

Details can be discovered ingame.