Description
Over the six thousand years that followed the arrival of the great beast, the Ekanox, the Earth had begun to change. The Ekanox roamed the outer crust of the planet, and as a result, what existed before had been buried beneath miles of flesh and organic material. Oceans replaced with blood. Rivers flowed with bile and filth. Humanity died. All that remained was a spherical corpse, the mindscape of the Ekanox now whispered upon the world. The Ekanox did not transform this planet with e energy, rather, it’s mere existence was what changed the planet. What came with the Ekanox’s influence was a new, fleshy substance known as the “ekaris”. Ekaris is an organic flesh-material that mimics human DNA that is tethered to the metaphysical influence of the Ekanox and it grows relentlessly like a fungus.
Flesh skyscrapers, better known as "marrows", are massive geometric structures of ekaris resembling man-made structures such as skyscrapers, buildings, and even old world vehicles. However, it should be noted that these structures have grown in complete independence upon previously existing structures. They form entirely on their own, a craft of the Ekanox’s subconscious. In better words, cities of marrow arise as a physical, real-world representation of the Ekanox’s mind.
Marrows grow spontaneously as the fleshy, unpurified landscape continues to expand day by day. Marrows have a solid internal structure that acts as a “skeleton”, with a mostly soft outer layer, resembling human skin and tendon. These sinew skyscrapers will collect residual parts, including local infected, which will then merge with the rest of the structure, making for the illusion of a city or town made from flesh. Marrows are usually completely solid, however, some may be hollow and will even possess levels, stairs, and windows as a normal building would. Marrows range from heights of twenty to two hundred feet in size, and taller. There is no definitive height when applied to marrows. Due to their organic nature, marrows may decay if no new matter is collected or growing across them.
Marrows are a natural beauty of the Dead Zone. Despite the different biomes and ecologies that dominate this now meat-covered world, marrows are present in almost every one. It should be noted that obelisks and marrows are not the same but are “related” biologically. "
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some recent worldbuilding art for "THE EKANOX" ! i've been wanting to revisit my old concept art since a lot of it is over three years old and my art has improved a lot since then. not only that, i've since had a more solid vision for how i want to portray the world of the ekanox both in terms of narrative and environmentally. so, as i work through redrawing old art, why not start with the most iconic part of akuria: the marrows and cities of flesh!
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“THEKANOX" is an original world and story created by cato emerson/monstatron
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