>come up with distinct visual feature for the setting
>need lore to explain it, but can't write satisfying one
>write lore to explain why it is needed
>write lore about places where feature is not present to juxtapose
>develop the connections
>fill out gaps
>due to writing around visual feature, it now seems blatantly out of place
>throw it out
>get decent setting that is visually bland
>still want to use visual feature
God dammit