The Lore of Terraria: Historians Needed!

[Shadow Sovereign]

I just got back into Terraria recently, and I find myself obsessed with all the cultures of terraria. First of all, what happened to humans? What caused their decline? Is there an explanation to all the ancient relics found, and not to mention the infections and hollow.

And what of the Lizhards? A race of beings with technology enough to harness the power of fallen stars to power large structures. What caused their fall?

What is the real story behind the dryad?

If you have theories, let me know! I want to compile a history of Terraria's past.

[Quioke]

Nguyên văn bởi Ikagura:

Maybe the Lizhard are just the Golem's guardians, to prevent anyone for killing him.

But! Killing the Golem summons the cultists, maybe that the lizhards and the lunar cultists are natural ennemies

Yeah like the golem was the only thing protecting the world from the lunatic cultist but you don't know that so after that the lunatic cultist is able to come out of hiding.

[Baron von Dapper]

Nguyên văn bởi waynetheman3:

what if plantera is the moon lords keeper of his corupt gardens and the old ones army were part of the people that cutulu adored
and when he fell the moon lord cursed them to serve and protect him from the hero/us by force

Unfounded, that was a cross-over, and unfounded.

Nguyên văn bởi Brewsterion 1017:

Once upon a time, Cthulhu was good. He had been fascinated with the human race, by their tenacity and resolve. He swore to protect them, to help thme stake their claim in the universe. His disciples did not care. In their opinion, humanity was not fit to live. The strongest among them, the Moon Lord, saw that Cthulhu had 'died', and he was the new one. He sought to kill Cthulhu. He found a young and rash hero, and blessed him with ancient powers forbidden by Cthulhu. The hero found Cthulhu, and slayed him-almost. Rather than die, Cthulhu sent his spirit into a human, one whose bloodline would one day produce a hero to save the worlds form Moon Lord. Anyway, this hero took Cthulhu's empty body, and cut it up with the Moon Lord's help. He sent his eye to seek out the last vestiges of Cthulhu, his flesh to defend the spirits of light and dark, his brain thide and wait for fools. His blood became the Crimson, his bile became the Corruption. A parasite inside Cthulhu was found, and turned into the Eater of Worlds. The hero became the Lunatic Cultist, and built the Dungeon to hide away powerful spells and weapons. He took Cthulhu's skeleton, bound it to a curse, and cursed the clothier, creating Skeletron. Meanwhile, the Lizahrd evolved in the jungle, and the Cultist help create the Golem and the Jungle temple thourgh magic. Some excess power from the Golem seeped into a plant, whcih grew in power until it was sealed deep inside the jungle. Plantera. The Cultist wished to perfe ct some of his minions, so he created the Mechanical Bosses as portotypes and a gaurd for Plantera, as even he could not control it. He then went and locked the Moon Lord amongst trhe stars, causing them to slowly fall from the sky. Only if the 4 moons of Terraria are aligned can the Moon Lord escape, and eclipses and Blood Moons are his attempts to do so.

That's my theory for the complete timeline of Terraria. Feedback anyone?

I guess you tried, Cthulhu is an actual lovecraftian entity, not a creation of Terraria, there is at least a bit surrounding Cthulhu in the mythos that could be worked off of.

[Lordsofeverythin]

Nguyên văn bởi Kronos:

The lizhards never really fell, so uhh..theres that.

Technically, it could be that they were defeated in a battle, or fell in battle , and that as punishment, they were sealed in the temple, with the only way to get a key being a guardian resting outside the temple.

[Lordsofeverythin]

Nguyên văn bởi waynetheman3:

what if plantera is the moon lords keeper of his corupt gardens and the old ones army were part of the people that cutulu adored
and when he fell the moon lord cursed them to serve and protect him from the hero/us by force

The old ones army is a crossover from Dungeon Defenders. They have there own separate lore. The "olds ones" were defeated and sealed away in the Eternia Crystals, so when you are playing Dungeon Defenders, you have to protect the crystals from the old ones army. If the Crystals were to be destroyed, the spirits of the old ones would be freed, and the kingdom would be destroyed.

[Shadow Sovereign]

That actually explains a lot. I like your account, Brewsterion. I'm going into the world to find the details and paint a picture of the hidden truth of the world.

[MannyManster]

You guy got it all wrong this games "Lore" is just like Dark Souls lore.You see the lore how you want to see the lore. but then what do I know

[Dani]

Nguyên văn bởi DoodleBob Two-DimensionalPants:

Nguyên văn bởi Shadow Sovereign:

The Lizhards had heat-rays, power cells, and the golem. If they didn't spread and decline, why are they contained to a temple under the jungle then?

Rather, if they didn't decline, why are they confined to only the temple?

Perhaps they are like monks, and voluntarily remain within the temple.

This may be the case. The Witch Doctor is actually a Lihzahrd, which proves that not all Lihzahrds are confined to the temple.

[papa nurgle's pizza]

Nguyên văn bởi Kat-Kun:

Nguyên văn bởi DoodleBob Two-DimensionalPants:

Perhaps they are like monks, and voluntarily remain within the temple.

This may be the case. The Witch Doctor is actually a Lihzahrd, which proves that not all Lihzahrds are confined to the temple.

Wait, since when is he a Lihzahrd?

[Dani]

Nguyên văn bởi DoodleBob Two-DimensionalPants:

Nguyên văn bởi Kat-Kun:

This may be the case. The Witch Doctor is actually a Lihzahrd, which proves that not all Lihzahrds are confined to the temple.

Wait, since when is he a Lihzahrd?

He has green skin and a tail, and Leinfors confirmed that he is a Lihzahrd on the official Terraria forums.
https://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/pc-1-3-2-changelog.46816/page-14#post-1042710

[Ikagura]

Also the martians have made the first contact in Terraria's world.

But only after the golem was defeated as well...

So what attracted the martians' attention toward the "Earth"

Is Terraria the Earth to begin with?

[lyra_asterism]

Nguyên văn bởi Shadow Sovereign:

Nguyên văn bởi Kronos:

Xenophobia. They don't want anyone getting it. hence the magical lock, the the buttload of traps, the hidden location.

I'll look into it. I'm forming a theory around that regarding attack patterns and the xenophobia. I'm off for some field research.

Well. You could be right you two but i dont rearly know. Anyway lets just put this away and no longer comment on this as it is confusing people.

[Tephlin]

I forgot I was about to continue this...

[Dani]

Nguyên văn bởi Ikagura:

Also the martians have made the first contact in Terraria's world.

But only after the golem was defeated as well...

So what attracted the martians' attention toward the "Earth"

Is Terraria the Earth to begin with?

...Maybe Terraria is just one big terrarium, so whoever's watching can sit and look at you while you run around screaming as a slime pulverizes you.

It actually kinda makes sense, considering the name, and how the world is a rectangular box, similarly to the in-game terrariums.

Does this count as a necro? I couldn't find the post anywhere, but the last post was 7 hours ago, so I don't think it counts too much as one.

[Baron von Dapper]

Nguyên văn bởi Kat-Kun:

Nguyên văn bởi Ikagura:

Also the martians have made the first contact in Terraria's world.

But only after the golem was defeated as well...

So what attracted the martians' attention toward the "Earth"

Is Terraria the Earth to begin with?

...Maybe Terraria is just one big terrarium, so whoever's watching can sit and look at you while you run around screaming as a slime pulverizes you.

It actually kinda makes sense, considering the name, and how the world is a rectangular box, similarly to the in-game terrariums.

Does this count as a necro? I couldn't find the post anywhere, but the last post was 7 hours ago, so I don't think it counts too much as one.

I suppose the other lore explanations don't have much evidence at all but I think that your explanation is somewhat ridiculous, no offense meant. the latin word or root word "terra" has to do with land or earth, the word terrarium just happens to use that part of a word. I can conjecture easily that in this title it is refering to the game having to do with a sandbox world.


And no, I would not say this is a necro, maybe if you waited three weeks to post but otherwise most certainly not.

[Star★Dive]

I always figured the Lihzahrds got their "power cells" from the planet itself in the form of heat, or some form of natural fusion/life/animating energy (hence the temple location in the jungle, which is one of the most active, and deepest biomes, able to adjacent the underworld itself). The core of the planet is actually slightly "hotter" than the surface of the sun, and with the lihzards being cold blooded, probably utilized geothermal methods to regulate a controlled ecosystem in which they can sustain themselves (hence the temple being where they live, and occassional bits of lava that sometimes appear near it, depending on the map in question, this sometimes happens). I've never seen any outright indication that they drew their "energy" from the stars, more to the effect, they used the stars as a sort of mapping system, which potentially predicted the changing of the planet and its ecosystem from the prehistorical tropical climate, to a moderate seasonal based climate change (the concept probably derived from some aspect of real-life spin of incan or aztec culture, both of which also utilized temples, and star maps for divining purposes, before their own cultural extinction events).

If "I" had to guess, the lihzards were a dominant species during a prehistoric time, but when the stars foretold the planet's change to an ice-age, they likely all went underground to become closer to the core of the planet in order to survive. There they built their temple society, but became trapped as the earth changed, pushing their temple deeper and deeper underground while the ice age was going on (this as evident by the shape of the temple, being somewhat of a pyramid/tier based flooring in design, indicating it was meant to have a top, not being built explicitly underground to begin with, but additional underground layers probably added on as they descended underground). When the ice age passed, they no longer were capable of surviving on the surface due to the change in the ecosystem which once was their own, so remained underground and just picked up where they could, remaining in their temple with the remnants of their natural habitate (the jungle, indicative of an era when the entire world was probably jungle or everglade-like). Since they don't have any new means of reading the stars now that they no longer have access to the surface, all the star maps they had fell apart (hence why you only find fragments, instead of completed and new solar tablets).

The golem is only one aspect of their unique science and technology, being infused with the aformentioned animus/thermal power/fusion energy which is found in their usual equipment. The Lizhards probably weren't always bipedal either, likely, they had human slaves (early prehistoric humans), which they bred with over the passing of generations in order to prevent interbreeding among their own clutches (incest), which would weaken their blood, and damage their DNA. Selective eugenics probably allowed them to become bipedal over generations of breeding back and fourth with other clutches, and their slaves, hence creating two castes of people, those who are more reptilian in nature, closer to the "pure blood" of the species which would be deigned the rulers and philosphers of their society, and those who are bipedal, the "working class" or "warrior class" of the species.

BUT, this is just what "I" think.