Dalai Village

  • Andreas Stavrakis

Concept creation of a village, its architecture, its people, their ways, and surroundings.

Dalai is a small sea-village and it's residents love and respect the sea.
The Map of Leroy Bay in which within lies Dalai Village.
The cockatrice is the main predator around these parts and the villagers always need to think twice before venturing into the wilderness and getting this map to good use.

Dalai villagers however always find a way to fight back.

Small laterns are often used to attract the prey during moonless nights. Big latterns are used as a help in navigation.
Weapons and technology are always supplied by the capital, Tamir as a support for these hopefull settlers.
While in Mongolian lore Chotgors are evil spirits on which blamed diseases, mental illnesses, or confusion in Leroy Bay they are fishers and hunters eager to survive on these cursed lands full of preditors.
The differences make Chotgor stronger.
Black Chotgors, both male and female are smarter but smaller. In comparison, however, Red Chotgors tend to be bigger but dumber.
Being a sea village, Dalai's buildings were all, sometime in the past, boats which all of them still hold the potential to be navigated into the wild steam of Leroy Bay.
Staplers were used as the core concept on which the water theme was applied.
Small details of Mongolian Temples to create the feeling of culture and tradition.