Ordem Vermelha: Filhos da Degradação

Untherak is the last inhabited place in the world. Humans, dwarves, giants, sinfos, kaorshs and gnolls live there under the goddess Una and the heavy hand of General Proghon, and even the color red is banned. A rebel group led by a mysterious figure gathers allies who don't fit together: the kaorsh Raazi, the falconer Aelian, the sinfo musician Ziggy and Harun, who sees his grandfather's ghost. Raazi wins the Festival of Death, and the group reaches the seat of power. In the end, Raazi and Yanisha expose the goddess Una as a fraud. The uprising that follows is crushed by the army, and Proghon takes the throne. The survivors are driven through the North Gate into the Degradação desert, and Aelian escapes alone.

1. Behind the scenesA book born at CCXP

   It was CCXP's first original book, made with the publisher Intrínseca. It launched on the first day of CCXP 2017, December 7.

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2. Behind the scenesSketches first, world second

   Felipe Castilho joined the project when character sketches by Rodrigo Bastos Didier and Victor Hugo Sousa already existed. He built the world to connect those figures.

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3. Behind the scenesWhy red is banned

   In Untherak, the color red is banned. The author said he tied it to the Brazilian middle class's fear of communism, and that the book works as an allegory of Brazilian politics.

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4. ReferenceFantasy away from Europe

   The names and races steer clear of the usual European fantasy. Castilho said he drew more on the Ottoman, Byzantine and Persian empires.

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5. SetupThe grandfather's ghost

   Harun talks to his grandfather's ghost. The author leaves it open on purpose: does Harun really see the ghost, or is it his mind? Watch when the grandfather shows up.

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