The settings final boss
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ITT: Veeky Forums makes a setting
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>crickets
>there exist a magical species of crickets whose song is a lullaby
>it's like a slower-acting, light version of the sleep spell
>if you have too many crickets in your vicinity you could fall asleep too quick
>just one cricket, though, just makes you feel drowsy
>insomniacs usually have trained crickets as pets to help them sleep
A giant parrot like creature who can mimic songs it has heard to cast magic it shouldn't be able to
>Elementary school kids that recorder practice very seriously
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Like I said, birds would be fucking Op.
Also, whales sing so, I suppose they would be the equivalent of Old Gods since their songs are abstract and cannot be understood by the mortal ears.
>The most valuable commodity in the world are vinyl records left behind by a long gone civilization
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>As a result, they have become seen as holy scripture.
>deep in the far lands to the north, where there is no warmth and little light, the men of the cold wastes have cultivated silence in secret.
>not just "a lack of sound" mind you, but true silence, a negative sound. A silence that kills magic dead wherever the two come into contact.
>In their silent monastries the men of the wastes plot and refine their silence, never speaking, never making a sound, and slowly drawing whatever inscrutable plans they have against the warmer lands south of them.