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Gold & Bone: The Ornata Enigma
Today we explore and better understand the mysterious Ornata of Gold & Bone (and name drop some new friends).
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0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Biology & Native Gold
5:53 - Religion & Debate
8:41 - Culture & Society
14:32 - Outro
Music: Night Snow - Asher Fulero
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Nalidixic476
    @Nalidixic476 5 годин тому

    Can I rip this off? Plz

  • @johnernest5843
    @johnernest5843 17 годин тому

    The fact that other regions would come to their aid due to the highly technical and invaluable craft that they do is a fun sociopolitical fact that's pretty grounded in real life. I love it!

  • @The_13th_Hussar
    @The_13th_Hussar День тому

    Wait, so if they don't like gold then what are they getting paid upfront with? Do they only like Silver?

  • @dutch_asocialite
    @dutch_asocialite День тому

    "What if you lived in a world where gold was worth so much more than its weight? What if people couldn't cast magic but instead enchant gold and use it to imbue objects with magic?" That's called the United Kingdom.

  • @fishbox385
    @fishbox385 2 дні тому

    I love the idea and the process of you painting, a lot of things to learn there.

  • @blu-rae864
    @blu-rae864 2 дні тому

    You could say that the ornata are born with the grace of gold (Making the rest of us Tarnished)

  • @Ashenthewarlock
    @Ashenthewarlock 2 дні тому

    is there anyway we could use the gold and bone magic system in a ttrpg like dnd or similar rpg's?

  • @rem2173
    @rem2173 4 дні тому

    i wanna read this book if it ever becomes a book

  • @GoopMaster69
    @GoopMaster69 4 дні тому

    Heya! I absolutely love your content and Gold and Bone is no exception and i was wondering if i could make a ttrpg system based off of Gold and Bone (once its got more lore of course) for me and my homies to play, i know since im not publishing it or anything i dont have to ask but i just wanna make sure its okay with you

    • @TheSmolBrit
      @TheSmolBrit 4 дні тому

      Hi there, I've actually answered this in my Q&A video! That's actually a common misconception. In theory, you still have to ask, even if you're not selling it for profit - profit isn't what defines copyright infringement. That being said, I'm happy for you to make a little something for fun with your friends, so long as you don't take credit for the idea (or sell it, of course)!

    • @GoopMaster69
      @GoopMaster69 4 дні тому

      @TheSmolBrit oh, alrighty! Thank you btw! Can't wait to see what you do next with gold and bone!

  • @dietrichwolf8189
    @dietrichwolf8189 5 днів тому

    Golden Boner?

  • @augustovasconcellos7173
    @augustovasconcellos7173 5 днів тому

    An interesting idea for this setting would be homunculi and artificial ornata. What if some alchemist who's figured out the (potentially forbidden) art of growing humans in a jar starts to ponder "what if I add gold to this mix?" sees that the gold actually gets absorbed into the skeleton, and then doubles down and thinks "just how much gold can I stuff in this thing? Can I coat _their entire skeleton_ in gold?"

  • @NotaDutchGuy
    @NotaDutchGuy 5 днів тому

    Botanical Overseer is such a nice term!

  • @Anthony-bj8mx
    @Anthony-bj8mx 6 днів тому

    What if you added a darker form of the gold magic called black gold

  • @joaovitorpereira6384
    @joaovitorpereira6384 6 днів тому

    that was really fucking cool. wasn't expecting to go in this direction. please, give us more about the ornata

  • @Ilostmycat
    @Ilostmycat 6 днів тому

    "what if you lived in a world where gold was worth so much more than its weight" hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  • @championcharlie2660
    @championcharlie2660 7 днів тому

    I really love this world building concept. The art as well. It's really interesting and I wish I could read a book about it.

  • @sjei.
    @sjei. 7 днів тому

    I would love to see some elaboration on geography and geopolitical relationships! these videos are so interesting and inspiring to listen to and watch!

  • @highjusticedelja7387
    @highjusticedelja7387 8 днів тому

    Is there anything surrounding platinum? Just out of curiosity.

  • @Thedarkofy
    @Thedarkofy 8 днів тому

    I'm Brazilian and I love your art, my English is poor. Could you explain to me the story behind your ocs?

  • @kaisera3574
    @kaisera3574 9 днів тому

    A sort of mapmaking video would be nice, then we could call it a worldbuilding project

  • @betolangsch5589
    @betolangsch5589 9 днів тому

    Please tell me this is going to become a Novel

  • @nikolajolanderrasmussen9128
    @nikolajolanderrasmussen9128 9 днів тому

    Love this. I would love to live in a Beshat comunity!

  • @superk-boy5299
    @superk-boy5299 9 днів тому

    You get magic… but at the cost of T1D. 😂

  • @gabrielamaralpassos9537
    @gabrielamaralpassos9537 9 днів тому

    damn lovely

  • @Zer0mac316
    @Zer0mac316 9 днів тому

    Do i remember correctly that this is a DnD thing? If so are there other species like Elves, Dwarves and Orcs? If so, do they also need to use gold or are they able to surpass the need, and how?

  • @lichen5568
    @lichen5568 9 днів тому

    absolutely loving the witch hat atelier style of magic rules, my favourite kind of stuff ❤❤

  • @drewhalcro6082
    @drewhalcro6082 10 днів тому

    Could you imagine that in reverse? A guy boasting about having 60% of his body pigmented only for it all to stem from a con sied spot on his knee. Oh the humiliation!

  • @Kalius2154
    @Kalius2154 10 днів тому

    What happens when someone has native gold implanted at a younger age? Would the native gold grow with their body as it acts akin to bone, or would there be other effects?

  • @lasajnae9626
    @lasajnae9626 10 днів тому

    Gold as a magic system? The only true elemental system lol

  • @Random_Gamer-sh6pf
    @Random_Gamer-sh6pf 10 днів тому

    Hm, enchantments require vitae, will, and gold. Perhaps the enchantments within Ornata are so powerful due to the abundance of these? Vitae requires living things to be made, and here the enchantment is _inside_ of a living thing. Will is imbued by the enchanters, but perhaps the will of the Ornata can add to this? And gold is generally used sparingly, so perhaps having an entire patch of skeleton worth of gold make it stronger also Or I'm just wrong, which - let's be real - is more likely, but it's still interesting to think about 🤔

  • @cherrybramble
    @cherrybramble 10 днів тому

    Okay but hear me out: an Omata with a particularly long golden bone, such as their shin bone, would be particularly valuable; Since native gold is as strong as bone, and bone has been used for tools and weapons historically, it stands to reason that a golden shin could be used as a weapon, perhaps forged into a sword. Just some food for thought when designing those who hunt the Omata.

  • @csinga
    @csinga 10 днів тому

    I love this series so much! The magic system is so interesting and makes me just want to find out more about it! A question tho, how many percent of people would you say have gold in their skeletons? Love the video's!

  • @poundgueux
    @poundgueux 10 днів тому

    I'M SORRY but I thought like... if someone has his coxys (or however u call it in english -> last bone of the back) woukd that mean they have to fart to use magice?

  • @AmbrosesSpace
    @AmbrosesSpace 11 днів тому

    WOHOOO!!

  • @KillThePonys
    @KillThePonys 11 днів тому

    I wanted to thank you for sharing this amazing concept with us. I used to use to draw a lot to visualize my imagination, but lately it's just been lacking to a point where I haven't been able to enjoy drawing something meaningful for almost 12 years. Guess life just does that to you sometimes. Anyway, the world you are creating here kind of gave me some fuel to pick up drawing again and I just wanted to thank you for that. Keep up the great work, I love this series.

  • @mcgrudo
    @mcgrudo 11 днів тому

    rad

  • @ReblazeGaming
    @ReblazeGaming 11 днів тому

    Man I love this world so much. You've got such amazing ideas and your storytelling is great and so immersive. Hearing you talk about it fills my head with so many questions and ideas for your world. And I love your art and designs too! If you don't mind answering I'm curious about how you learned all this and your approach to worldbuilding and coming up with ideas. Since I'd love to make my own project too. Do you have any formal art or creative writing education? If not how did you learn art and learn to tell stories so well? Also how did you come up with your idea for Gold and Bone? And finally what's your approach to research? Your world feels very grounded in reality so I imagine you did a lot of research on historical cultures, professions, clothing etc. Do you buy books or just search the internet or? As well as how and where do you find such great references for your designs? Like clothing and more. And how do you choose which to use. Do you have a time period you pull from? Sorry for all this questions haha.

  • @scarsofthenorth1205
    @scarsofthenorth1205 12 днів тому

    As soon as you described Wardens I was reminded of Guardians from Broken Earth built to keep that world's magic users (Orogenes) in check. And already my mind is racing from the Ornatas and Wardens dynamics. Here's hoping it's more mutually beneficial than it was in Broken Earth. Can't wait to see what you do next!

    • @TheSmolBrit
      @TheSmolBrit 12 днів тому

      While I'm not familiar with Broken Earth, I'll fully admit this dynamic is common in fantasy haha (Templars and Mages in Dragon Age also comes to mind)! That being said, I hope to put my own spin on it!

    • @scarsofthenorth1205
      @scarsofthenorth1205 12 днів тому

      @@TheSmolBrit yea, that's fair, Broken Earth came to mind because I read it most recently. As far as a personal spin goes, with all the creativity I've seen on display thus far, I have no doubt you'll be successful 😁

  • @Tonz_of_Fun
    @Tonz_of_Fun 12 днів тому

    Are the golden remains of prolific ornata kept as holy relics? Like the skull of Mary Magdalene.

    • @TheSmolBrit
      @TheSmolBrit 12 днів тому

      Depends on the culture, but almost certainly!

  • @Random_Gamer-sh6pf
    @Random_Gamer-sh6pf 12 днів тому

    Oooh, another Gold and Bone video :D Your videos are genuinly so nice to watch and Gold and Bone is one of my main inspirations for my own magic system. Thanks so much for making these videos 💙

  • @human4147
    @human4147 12 днів тому

    No but an anthology of this would go so hard, like, the possibilities of unique characters and stories spanning over decades in this world are endless. I just adore everything about this. Almost makes me want to write fan fiction lol

  • @ghostofplumbus
    @ghostofplumbus 12 днів тому

    GOLD AND BONE, GOLD AND BONE, GOLD AND BONE!

  • @KayLee-lw5iv
    @KayLee-lw5iv 12 днів тому

    Despite the clear and easy to imagine potential for something like combat, i can't help but to imagine huge villages centered around the study of magic. a sort of monastic pseudo college, in place for the sake of quick and dirty solutions to some of the problems of nobility or, more likely, the military. very beautiful very powerful

  • @AceStraight
    @AceStraight 12 днів тому

    one thing that could be interesting is if an increase, decrease, plateau, or stagnation in Ornata births is (or at least speculated to be) a symbol of the end of times or an oncoming plague etc. this could impact religions in a few cool ways

  • @francescadellabona4988
    @francescadellabona4988 12 днів тому

    I need to read this book

  • @High-LordHarza
    @High-LordHarza 12 днів тому

    I love this so much! The religious talks and orders interest me a lot

  • @aaronhartmann5661
    @aaronhartmann5661 12 днів тому

    Question? Are elemental magics possible in aome ornata? Such as someone with gold at their fingertips being able to summon flames, gold at their throats being able to steal the breath from others, or ornata with bare golden feet being able to cause quakes or ride the very stone as if it were a steed? My mind is positivly buzzing with ideas. A person with a golden jaw bone might be able to not be affected by poisons, or be able to speak enchanting persuasive words. A golden spine could grant immense strength and speed. A golden skull piece could impart great memory and iq, or possibly mind reading. This is an immensely impressive, creative world you have made.

    • @TheSmolBrit
      @TheSmolBrit 12 днів тому

      Potentially all of the above, yes!

    • @aaronhartmann5661
      @aaronhartmann5661 12 днів тому

      @@TheSmolBrit that's so cool! I will be following closely. :)

  • @SchnauzerWizard
    @SchnauzerWizard 12 днів тому

    I love the sheer amount of lore every episode, and the drawings are amazing.

  • @sternis95
    @sternis95 12 днів тому

    loove it woo

  • @kalamataolives
    @kalamataolives 12 днів тому

    Always excited to hear more about this world