"Welcome, Vagabond, to the Sun’s Temple! We, the Moths who follow the Sun, are here to share the light throughout the woodland. Pray with us, and listen to the sacred sounds an enlightened forest can make. With your help, we shall ensure that, under the Sun’s guidance, the clearings become a better place."

Hello, I'm DRRC, and I’d like to present a fanfaction for Rootjam 2025, based on the theme of the year “Swarm”.

Creative Process

When I design a fan faction, I love drawing inspiration from ancient civilizations. For this one, I chose to explore the Inca civilization. After a bit of research, I was reminded of how central the gods were to Inca culture, especially the lore surrounding the Sun. In Incan mythology, people once lived in darkness until the arrival of the Sun. That immediately made me think of a nocturnal species that might radically change its way of life due to deep devotion to a solar deity.

With the theme in mind, and inspired by this mythology, I quickly focused on nocturnal insects—and especially my favorite one: the moth.

Faction Summary

The core idea behind the Sun’s Kaleidoscope is a faction deeply devoted to their god, with a theology where it is not a clergy that rules, but the god itself.
To please the Sun, the Kaleidoscope must act like the Sun wants from building temples to sacrifice ennemies.

To win, players must carefully balance expansion spreading the truth of their god with the protection of cornfields, which are essential to crafting and maintaining the Sun’s Favor.

Cornfield icon based on Corn icon by Delapouite found on game-icon.net (icon under CC)