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There was a story I wrote a long time ago. It was lying dead on the shore. I thought it was time to improve it. Please write your criticisms and suggestions.

EKDEO is a survival and protection organization that shows the importance of the power of the media. It closes forests by pressuring the state, by putting public interest at the forefront, spends thousands of dollars to capture an animal alive, mobilizes dozens of people to keep a dying plant alive. It does everything in its power to prevent nuclear threats, food shortages, diminishing quality of natural products and carbon footprints. Since its inception, it has been conducting research in DNA cemeteries, trying to be a memory of humanity and the world's vitality. They have initiated the Large Mammal Project, the Poultry Origins Project and many other important projects.

But why are they trying to produce a mother? Why are they working on a super mother who can accept all offspring?

Hi, I'm trying to figure out coup's, civil wars and foreign interventions. Specifically in my last two prequels there is a coup disguised as a series of coordinatied terrorist attacks that take out much of the military's chain of command and the civilian government, that partially fails. In that the coup manged to disablize the government and undermine the chain of command.

But failed in seizing power as my protagonists and their friends managed, at great cost. Rally the remnants of the government, expose the real plot, and kill the leader of the plot. Yet a civil war still happens as a good chunk of the plotters get away and my protagonists underestimated the level of support amongst the general population for the coup.

The only thing, that I haven't figured out is whether or not the coup plotters had foreign assistance or not. As I'm not sure if the plot would have gotten as far as it would have if it was purely home grown, and if foreign intervention is necessary. What would happen after the plot partially fails. Would they send in their army's and fleets, wage a proxy war, deny and sit out the conflict or something else.

For additional context, that is story specific. The government in question is the Democratic American Republic, a interstellar government that is the self proclaimed heir to the old Earth based United States of America. The coup plotters want to turn the Second Republic into a Christian Nationalist state. After the coup partially fails become the American Nationalists. With the remnants of the Government and various armed groups that don't want the Nationalists to win. Becoming the Republicans or the Republican Coalition. Who's constituents are diverse in ideology and motivations. Some just want everything to go back to normal others hate the Nationalists more than each other.

In the low-tech science fantasy / ancient future world I'm attempting to write a novel about, my MC, Batu Almerqis, is a slave on a tidally locked planet, and finds a settlement belonging to descendants of his old, old ancestors on the dark side of the planet.

In the world, Batu is a light bringer, sort of like Ra in Egyptian mythology, and is sort of an analogy for the deity. But for this to happen, the settlement must have no light. But I'm facing two issues with this:

1. why wouldn't a human civilisation find / develop a light source and
2. if they're such an old settlement, would having Batu bring light to them be obsolete: they either would have evolved to not see, or their ways of life are so practical that the rediscovery of light is a bit pointless.

This is quite a big plot point so it would be a shame for me to have to backtrack this but the more I think about it, the less feasible it seems. Does anyone have any ideas as to how to make this work? Thanks :)

Like I thought that getting resources from earth would take a lot of energy as to escape orbit, but then realize if moving lots of tonnage of steel from the asteroid belt, the amount of energy you have to use to accelerate and then deaccelerate that tonnage across such as massive distance between earth and asteroid belt, would that be the same as moving it from earth to orbit?

I see a lot of great world maps and regional maps posted here, but why so few globes (digital or physical)?

I recently painted a globe of my world, and it was eye-opening. Obviously, transitioning from a flat map to a 3D sphere requires some bending and distortion, but I was shocked at the effect.

Lands near the equator are huge, and the northern and southern lands get so small. It made me realize that some of my climate-bands are a bit off, and it also made me realize the size of places. It’s helped me change a lot of my worldbuilding.

So why do I see so few globes? Whether it’s digital painted on Blender or physically painted on a cheap globe. I recommend trying it out for those with a world map.

I bought a cheap globe & paints from Target, took a nice lazy Sunday and painted right on it (with some black primer & pencil first to outline the coasts)

I am working on a magic system in which magic is channeled through a person's central nervous system. What would be the possible weaknesses and drawbacks?

By scientism I mean an excessive belief in the power of scientific knowledge and techniques. The way I understand it, religion/spirituality is about lending a worldview to your subjective experiences, but since science by definition cannot study a subjective experience, a society based on scientism would have this huge blind spot when it comes to self-awareness. So what kind of religion would fill this blind spot? Aliens, maybe? That seems to be the case today with all these UFO religions, but I'm generally trying to avoid aliens in my world, even imaginary ones. The setting is all under the sea, so maybe there's a belief in interdimensional Lovecraftian-style gods dwelling in unreachable abysses? That seems like it would be more of a cult though.

An alternative could be that evolutionary psychology's propensity to tell "just-so stories" reaches religious proportions in how popular scientists become priest-like celebrities, but then this takes an anti-science turn. Whereas people could convince themselves there is evidence of abyssal gods, these evolutionary psychology hypotheses are not testable. The religion would have to be based on evidence, even if the evidence is faulty. Maybe an occult perspective on quantum mechanics? Quantum computers are standardized in my world, so maybe "spooky action at a distance" (as Einstein put it) takes on spiritual meanings, as it has now? Or on the other side of things, maybe there is a degree of self-awareness and gods simply exist in order to be refuted, as sort of imaginary "anti-gods" who represent flaws in human thought to be overcome in the pursuit of objective truth. They're not worshiped so much as feared. That sounds kind of original.

Thoughts? Ideas?

So little help I guess. My world is set in a really distant future, post apocalyptic Earth. There's this race that I made, they're fairly short, like a typical fantasy dwarves, and are this world's "forest dwellers", I guess. Archers, climbing, love nature, carnivores, etc. I also decided to make this race blind, because the concept of blind people doing crazy stuff is really cool to me after watching Daredevil.

So, making an entire race blind is obviously a huge choice, and now I gotta figure out how their general society will be like. I'm guessing they'll have a really cool and elaborate language, and everyone writes by carving stuff out on trees or something. What would cultural stuff be like? Since sight isn't a concept to them, would their decorations be made purely for touch/smell? And I can imagine their society would be really colourful to a sighted person because they don't know colour. They probably still differentiate materials, but still. And finally, what could their religion be like? And of course I'd imagine their mind would be blown away once they discovered other races could see. Or they'd not believe them and be hostile/isolationist or something.

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Idk what I just ranted about, but please give ideas/answers if you can!

Previously on Zoi Ivael...

The Dross civilization tries to use their powerful AIs to create life, but after millennia of waiting they are wiped out by a cosmic catastrophe. The last two hundred embryos of drossians remaining are hidden inside the Star of Life, the spaceship that the AIs would send to planet Zoi Ivael in order to achieve their makers' wish: create sentient lifeforms.

• The revenge of Dross, or the Wondrous Age

During the millennia in which life evolves, it gets to the point when the embryos of drossians are adult and about to hatch. They thaw and take control of the Star of Life. Drossia’s plans are abruptly interrupted and evolution starts walking on unforeseen paths. The drossian individuals walk the lands of Zoi Ivael as gods, exploiting the Star’s powers to enhance themselves and the reality that surrounds them.

The Star of Life did not just monitor the planet. If, through the Star, Drossia wanted to flatten a mountain and grow a forest in its stead, it could do it; if it wanted to freeze an entire ocean, it would only take a second. This meant that the drossians in possession of the Star now owned these incredible powers and could rule the world and everything contained in it. They became unstoppable, but greed took over. Each drossian desired to expand its domination, and the memories of planet Dross was too far deep into their DNA. They started calling themselves Dero, the Gods of Old Dross.

• The Ruin, or the Age of Destruction

The Dero waged war on one another. Zoi Ivael, their battlefield, suffered many damages, but nothing that could not be fixed thanks to the Star of Life. Many of them perished, and the powers of the defeated carried on to the winner. The war kept raging for a long time, and the protagonists became stronger and stronger with each vanquished opponent.

This kept going until, after a particularly harsh battle, the Dero damaged the Star of Life. The device was hit heavily and its divine functionalities were lost. Only seven of the Dero survived until then, and they decided to end the conflict and keep their powers. They established precise dominations for each of them, in order to avoid further infights. The Ruin of Zoi Ivael, as it was called, changed forever the destiny of the planet: the Seven could manipulate the course of evolution no longer - if not by force.

• The Dero prisoners, or Nashad

So was it that the Seven occupied the entirety of Zoi Ivael, with two special exceptions: the Isle of Night and the Star of Life itself, located in the depths of the Vortex. The reason sits in the role that the Isle and the Star covered: prisons.

The Seven were not the only Dero to survive the Ruin, but they were the only ones to agree that their conflict should end. Other Dero, wishing to keep on clashing despite the damages already caused to the planet and the Star, were sealed forever on an island next to the northern pole of the planet. Thanks to the combined efforts of the Seven, this isolated land was cast in an everlasting night and made both inaccessible and unidentifiable. The Isle of Night remains undisturbed since then.

The Star of Life worked as a prison too, but for one Dero only. The most powerful and sinister of them all, eager to destroy Zoi Ivael first, and then to pass on to a thousand more planets. She is Azem, Dominator of the Nightmare.

The imprisoned Dero kept their powers. In the endless darkness of the Isle of Night they used them to give breath to monstrous and distorted creatures. These gods cast away the name of Dero and they became Nashad, which meant "the ones in the night". Both together and by themselves they kept growing their armies and looking for a way to slip the seal of the Dero.

Alternate history

This is an alternate history world where Heisenberg builds a nuclear bomb before Oppenheimer.

World war 2

During WW2 the enigma code is not broken so U boats decimate American aid convoys in the north Atlantic strangling Brittan. Germany is able to secure air and naval superiority over the English channel, allowing them to invade and conquer the united kingdom and then Ireland. During the war several million people flee Brittan; the government flees to Canada and Ottawa is made the temporary capitol of the empire.

With Brittan conquered America has no foothold in the European theatre and its priority’s shift to the pacific. Without fighting in the West Germany is able to push east, defeating the soviet union and pushing them past the Ural mountains. In Africa they push east until they take the Suez canal and Jerusalem.

With all regional rivals conquered the only threat to Hitler’s empire is atomic weaponry. In this timeline Hitler makes the atomic bomb his primary wonder weapon program, giving it unlimited funding and resources. Heisenberg tests a successful bomb a month before the Americans.

With japan losing to America in the pacific, the Germans fly several atomic devices to japan. This is used as a deterrent to prevent America from nuking Japan or further attacking the home islands. The American’s deploy their nukes into British Empire territory’s and the second world war ends in a nuclear stalemate.

Cold war

The year after WW2 ends the British empire finishes its nuclear program becoming the third nuclear power, then six years later Japan becomes the fourth nuclear power. The arms race continues with the Americans developing the hydrogen bomb first but Germany developing intercontinental ballistic missiles first. The Nazis also win the space race by putting the first satellite and man into space. Their advantage in rockets due to Von Broun who remained in Germany.

The world is divided between two sides and four nuclear superpowers. During the cold war the Allies fund and arm many proxy forces and resistance groups that fight against German and Japanese occupation, most notably the remnants of the soviet union that still survived in central Asia. With allied support they enact a brutal, relentless, decades long guerrilla war against both the Japanese in north east Asia and the Germans in eastern Europe. There is also sustained heavy resistance by other resistance movements in north Africa, the middle east and south east Asia.

The Allies find no shortage of proxies willing to fight the occupying Germans or Japanese. During the war both Axis powers committed horrific war crimes, and their atrocities continued in their overseas territory’s after the war had ended. The conquered nations not run by puppet governments were ruled under martial law as apartheid colonies. With a small number of Japanese or German overlords extracting as much wealth as possible using the local population as slave labour. 

Because of Hitler’s ethnic cleansing the Nazis recruit almost no foreign proxy forces during the cold war and the third Reich is highly isolated internationally, even its alliance with the empire of japan is  arm’s length. The only notable proxy the Reich recruits is the ruling whites in apartheid south Africa that are highly receptive to Hitler’s ideology. South Africa leaves the British Empire after it is ordered to end segregation. The country is liberated by the empire and re integrated, but a powerful underground Nazi funded resistance continues for decades.

The commonwealth

In the decades after the war the British empire decolonises, transitioning into the commonwealth a military alliance and economic union.

The British empire and then the commonwealth kept their diverse array of nations united with their nuclear deterrent, using it to protect members from invasion by either the Nazis or Japanese. Most nations in North Africa and the Middle East joined the commonwealth, fearing a Nazi invasion. While more nations in southern Africa joined for the economic benefits over the decades.

Though there are huge cultural, political, geographic and economic divides between the member nations they grew closer as economic ties deepen and migration occurred. The commonwealth has become a melting pot of African, Middle eastern, western and Asian cultures.

Over time the centre of the empire shifted towards India, the nation with the largest population and economy and thus the most political power. After decades of moving the capitol a purpose built one is constructed on the Indian subcontinent and the commonwealth government permanently located there.

Though the commonwealth has brought stability, prosperity, democracy and cultural respect to many regions but the alliance has experienced many huge problems. There have been territorial disputes, trade wars, border closures and even armed conflict between member nations.

Being a multinational government the political system is sprawling and complex, often being glacially slow in responding to crisis. Not to mention the countless problems caused by dozens of nations with competing interests. Or the problems of balancing nations rights to self-governance against the commonwealths power. Even political blocks within the commonwealth parliament are still divided largely along religious and ethnic lines. Transitioning away from the Empires colonial legacy was a multi-generational process but the commonwealth has grown far beyond the size of the old empire by adding swaths of members voluntarily. Uplifting hundreds of millions out of poverty.

Third Reich

Hitler achieved his vision for a third Germanic Reich that expanded over all of Europe and beyond. His empire stretches from the arctic circle to the Sahara desert, the Atlantic ocean to Jerusalem.

After winning the war the Nazis ramped up their extermination efforts wiping out all the Jews in their lands declaring complete victory when they destroyed Jewish holy sites in Jerusalem. With Jews  other undesirables wiped out the Nazis enacted a multi-generational breeding program to expand the Aryan race.

The Reich used puppet governments to rule, France, Brittan, Ireland, Spain Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Finland and Sweden. However these were still heavily integrated into the Reich and completely under its control, with Berlin dictating, social, economic and educational policies. The German military and Nazi organisations like the SS also operated across puppet nations without restraint.

In eastern Europe millions of Slavs were exterminated before the Reich switched to forced labour camps. With eastern Europe becoming the nations vast breadbasket; colonised by Aryan settlers who ran farms, factories, mines and logging with slave labour.

The territory’s in northern Africa and the middle east were largely ignored by the Reich, seen as dirty and primitive compared to Europe. The Reich did station military bases and use the local populations as slave labour to extract raw resources, but they didn’t make large scale extermination or colonisation efforts like they had elsewhere.

Modern day

Decades of relentless resistance has taken its toll on the German and Japanese empires, with their economies lagging behind the united states and commonwealth. Their once formidable military's have also fallen behind technologically. Decades of fascist repression has rotted and stagnated their society's. It seems only a matter of time until their empires crumble.

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How could a flat world have seasons if it doesn't have an axial tilt?

This universe is very much like ours just a very different past and very different future (Probably).

The creator of this universe had massive amounts of power,he established one rule to himself that he will always follow before making life,to never interfere with beings from his creation,the world that this story takes place on is earth,not exactly our earth but similar,when he made the first humans on this earth,he realized that these beings were going to kill each other really quickly due to their low intelligence,so he created these “helpers”,Mini gods really.

These gods controlled different things like darkness,madness and death.These gods lived on two different planes, The Haven of Purity and the Below,(basically heaven and hell)These gods could interact with the life that the creator made and all his other creations,these gods tampered with humans and even made new races.

A few centuries later,many races and events have happened(This is like medieval times in this world,which lasted centuries),people have discovered magic,smithing and many other stuff,the lands were all separated by seas and oceans,still rich with resources.

That’s basically the introduction to this universe,I’ll go into detail about the story,weapons and characters later on.(Please criticize this story,I want to hear your thoughts)

This is my first serious attempt at worldbuilding, so it's probably really rough and I would like to hear how I could improve it. I am aiming for at least plausable climate zones for a planet extremely similar to the the modern-day earth. I've still only got a vaugue idea about the climate zones, but I have no idea about the latitudes or anything like that. If there is any way at all I could improve this, please let me know. I would like feedback about the climate zones mainly, but feedback on anything else (the rivers, the mountains, etc.) would also be greatly appreciated.

This is my world (name pending). I used köppen climate zones for everything, except the Arctic (E climate zones), the mountains (in white), and the sea and rivers.

(Lore included too)

A story following Carissa Warrens, a college graduate hiding a mysterious secret; she can pause time at will. When her friends, Felix Henderson and Cassie Trevor are taken in a strange sequence of events, she must rely on hidden signs and glowing symbols to find them. All is not what it seems, however, and Carrisa finds herself facing deadly nightmares come to life. In a twist of fate, rescuers come to her aid, defeating the creatures and taking her to safety, where a safe haven is revealed. Théo’s Academia. A large area, filled with tall, colourful buildings and narrow pillars. This is where the subject of magic is revealed to Carrisa. It is an academy, run by Théo himself, a master of the crafts. He, along with other teachers, aid students of all ages in their journey to mastering their abilities, since it can be very dangerous. There are five distinct classes students can be placed into, all described below, along with their origins. Carrisa, however, does not fit in the Classes, and must convince the school that she has different crafts than she does, hoping to find help along the way.

Map information:

All Buildings and rooms In Théo’s Academia: Théo’s Suite - Bedroom, Dining Quaters, Bathroom, Kitchen, Vivarium Room, Thalo’s Pond, Moonlight Bell.

The Main Hall - 13 teachers for 16 studies as follows; Magic History 110 - Mrs Kali Illusion 111 - Mr Biggans Transmutation 112 - Mr Biggans Manipulation 113 - Mr Storm Enchantment 114 - Mrs Corser Natural 115 - Mr Willows Supernatural 116 - Miss Thyne Magical Religion 117 - Mr Calloway Trading in the Magical World 118 - Mrs Bowen Alchemy 119 - Mr Cartpool Witchcraft 120 - Mrs Lindow Magical Law 121 - Mrs Lindow Biology 122 - Mrs Stein Battle Strategy and Effect 123 - Mrs Strange Healing 124 - Miss Song Alternative Communication 125 - Mr Strange Cooking 126 - Mrs Stein

House Halls: Harkstead - 16 students (8g 8b), 4 in each, in beach hut like buildings with double bunkbeds Behemoth - 33 students (15b 13g), 15 in underground bunkers and 13 in prism shaped huts residing inside of a stone fence Ravanos - 8 students (4g 4b), two in each room, placed inside of a large wooden house made of dark wood. Technos - 6 students (1g 5b), 5 in a rectangular bronze building and 1 residing inside a silver tower next to it. Each share a kitchen, however the tower has its own bathroom. Valos - 3 female students all comfortably placed in a large glittering building, each with their own rooms and bathrooms suites.

(See House and Hall expansion for more detailed information on the exterior and interior.)

What are the four water sources? Enchanted Lake - Location: North

• The lake which runs through and around most of the academy. Enchanted by Mrs Corser, this lake acts as a natural protection against the dangers that may occur there. The enchanted water also acts as a reflection that, when looked at from outside a certain angle, hides the entire academy in an invisible glimmer.

Diamond Chalice - Location: Centre

• A chalice engraved with many diamonds stuck in place on top of a steep mound. Mr Cartpool performed his craft onto the chalice which constantly spouts fresh water to the students of House Behemoth and anyone in the centre of the academy.

Temporal Whirlpool - Location: West

• A glowing whirlpool at the junction where the river meets the open lake. This is where the water spirits in the academy live when they’re not helping.

Brienavine’s Pond - Location: East

• created by Mrs Willows upon the academy’s opening. Students can make a wish into the pond with something sentimental and if the item deposited is good enough, Valos will grant the wish.

General Insight and Common Questions You May Possess -

What is the genre and age range of the story?

The story is heavily inspired by fears (hence nightmare in the title), and this aims to explore all horrific sides of fear, which could be upsetting for some people. That being said, make no mistake, this story is aimed for young or new adults who may be getting started in dark fantasy.

What are the Classes?

Class Technos - Students can control or manipulate some form of metal, technology, lightning or electricity. Class Harkstead - Students can control or manipulate some form of plant, light, water or can change shape biologically. Class Behemoth - Students can control or manipulate some form of rock, earth, or displays signs of enhanced strength or durability or can change their biological size. Class Ravanos - Students can control or manipulate some form of the darkness, fire, curses or can perform forbidden magic. Class Valos - Students can control or manipulate the air, or mind or spirit of another, and can cast illusions. Students may practise witchcraft.

Crafts -

A ‘craft’ is the name of a type of magic used; (for example Carrisa uses the craft of time manipulation.) The Unknown are the first six beings to master certain crafts. Their mastery leads to the specific classes being created; named after them. The crafts all correspond with their houses and students inside them.

Who are the six unknown?

Creator of Class Technosa - Astella Technosa Creator of Class Harkstead Creator of Class Behemoth - Galvanus Behemoth Creators of Class Valos and Class Ravanos - twins, Demitrius Valos and Corasal Ravanos. (see linked post for more information)

Who is the sixth unknown?

Parnoliks is the sixth unknown, being the outlier of the magical masters. Her powers extend beyond the natural elements, gifting her cosmic abilities that oversee existence such as time, space, life and death powers. As you may have guessed, Carissa is blessed by this unknown, ironically unbeknownst to herself.

How do Felix and Cassie relate?

These friends of the main character are taken by Asmodeus, when he knows something they do not and forced Carissa to save them. When she does, their secret is revealed in that they are magical masters too.

Who is the main villain? The two main villains throughout the story are based on demons and fears, both with ulterior motives to take down masters of magic in the mortal world. Fears are represented in the form of The Twisted.

The most prevalent demon in the story is the Asmodeus the demon king, inspired by Asmodeus himself. With a scaly greenish body that can shift from between 6ft to 50ft tall, from male to female and from human appearing to demonic appearing, it’s no wonder he makes it the most challenging for our heroes.

Khetrophets is Asmodeus’ right hand demon (and does not exist outside of this particular universe) and is the second antagonist of the story. Khetrophets is the demon heir and appears more female than the other demons, although her lineage still peak’s through. Her skin has adapted that of a murky red colour and her horns have shortened significantly over the years, however she has kept the height and abilities of a demon. She represents the physical evil of the world and her power reflects that.

Zolazura is the second of Asmodeus’ side demons (and does not exist outside of this particular universe). This demon appears more male than other demons and is the only male appearing demon to have hair. He wields a long whip made from an infernal substance and it is said one touch from a lash will keep the victim in hell. He represents the mental evil of the world and his power, too, reflects that.

Bonus Antagonist; (spoilers)

Satani, Balial, Levathenia and Lucifer- Demons in which are mentioned during the story, and, you guessed it, based on the four princes of hell, satan, belial, leviathan and Lucifer themselves. The rulers of hell are the most evil and powerful of the demons, however isn’t mentioned until later on with an opportunity to expand on the novel.

What are the Nightmare Creatures/The Twisted?

The Nightmare Creatures, or commonly known in the story as ‘The Twisted’ are creatures manipulated by the hands of the demons in order to take down the magical masters. These monsters have no form and float, allowing them to fit and reach anywhere effortlessly. They are able to change their shape, can read the thoughts of others and require fear, blood and flesh as a form of food, manifesting as their victims greatest nightmare in order to produce the most food they can, before promptly devouring them.

Which phobias may be present?

Due to the ‘twisted’ nature of The Twisted, their manifestations appear as one’s greatest fear, although this being said, some are more common than others. A small list of phobias that are present includes megalophobia (large things), arachnophobia (spiders), trypanophobia (needles), cynophobia (dogs), claustrophobia (small spaces), acrophobia (heights), coulrophobia (clowns), emetophobia (vomit), entomophobia (insects) and of course, autophobia (abandonment) and thanatophobia (death).

What is the Demons Battle? Two Demons Battles occurred pre-story. Both for the same reason; as magic is an infernal item belonging to the demons and they wish to take it back. They have not created The Twisted at this point in time, and both battles fail.

This is Demons Battle III.

Who are the Royals?

The Royal House of Salador is the oldest surviving house of the first demon wars.

(We only hear the names of a few of these, however this makes up the entirety of Royal House of Salador)

The Royal House includes; Emperor Urius and his wife; Empress Sorena. Siblings, Queen Athena, Queen Primrose and King Emmett; who each have a child, Princess Aegil the daughter of Primrose, Prince Ragar, the son of Emmett, and Prince Oberon, the son of Athena. There are also three more sisters, those being Countess Palodonna, Duchess Rae and Baroness Fraxine Salador And finally the bravest of the Royals; Sir Parish, Sir Nikaris and his son, Captain Dixon.

What is the Scrolls Story? The scrolls story is a scroll written by Théo that he keeps hidden. It tells the story of how the school came to be and what significance the teachers have with the school. Here, we find out that there are other academy’s throughout the world for their specific residents. A few of these companions, however, decided their needed to be more academies for lost mysticals around the world, so decided to retreat to their native homes to protect them.

What/where are the other Academia? Théo’s Academia - Located in Maine, America Castle Academia - Located in Belarus, Europe Archonic Academiau - Located in Samara, Russia Yubor Academia - Located in Cameroon, Africa Shei Academia - Located in Osaka, Japan

Do we meet the students/teachers from the others? Unfortunately not in this story, although we do learn a lot about them regardless.

Who are the 66 students of Théo’s Academia? We hear from Théo early on that there are currently 63 students at the time of Carissa’s arrival. With the addition of Carissa, Felix and Cassie later on, this makes the total 66 students. However, we do not hear the name of every student, as the focus will only be on a small portion of them. Those we do hear have arcs of their own incorporated into the story in itsef. These students and their houses are; House Harkstead Sybil, Ursula,Phoebe, Easton, Neo, Rhys House Behemoth Kat, Mia, Amber, Hector, Burk, Calox, Lance, Keiran House Valos Esma House Ravanos Nuvole, Aleksandria, Zacharoy House Technos Estella, Chronokana, Hugo

What powers do the students possess unanimously? Each student has their own unique mastery, just like their teachers, however whilst most are not as complex or developed yet, a blessing is provided to the students should they need the extra help. The students are given the ability to summon their own two spectre’s which they choose one when they start at the academy and another when they complete their third year. The students are also gifted a magical item which they are asked to choose between a ragged, unbound book, a flaming bronze torch or a silver dish, each with magical abilities. The students are also given items individual to their house; for example, house valos students may receive a spellbook or sceptre, whilst house harkstead students may receive an infinity jug or an invisibility item.

Previous Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/s/lTPbkNsogA

Just curious to know what type of magic systems people have created and if there is any logic, hard or soft science behind it.

I was wondering, how do you write down, what is going on in your world. I don't plan on writing a story for my world or publishing it, instead I enjoy casually thinking about stuff in my world (probably like the majority on this sub). But I woukd like to start writing things down and I'm unsure what style is best suited for something like this. Maybe a history book that includes biases and describes events through a different lense than history books from other nations. Others write novels following multiple characters on their epic jurney through the world or short stories and character sheets. I was thinking about writing some kind of wiki with differnt pages that have hyperlinks to eachother. Probably also a map and timeline or something like that. What are your suggestions and methods for beginners?

I have a pantheon already, but as I've been writing it all the gods are related as siblings. They're all children of the All-Mother, Devinah. I want to stray away from that so I can do some romantic things between a few of the gods, but I do want some to stay siblings (I have the God of the Moon and Goddess of the Sun as twins for example).

How do I go about changing it? How can I make some gods siblings but others not if they're all created by a single being? It would feel weird for Devinah to just be like 'and this one is my daughter, this one isn't, that one is my son, that one isn't.'

Long Story Long:

They call them phase irons, or just irons, in regular speak. They're a simple mechanism, this world's equivalent of flintlock weaponry not being much more than a tube sticking out of a box, but they are incredibly unusual in what they fire. They fire nothing (a paradox, to be precise), very very quickly. A little spot of mass moving rapidly, that doesn't really exist. Simulated momentum. An impact, with no source. You know, like when a truck passes you and a blast of wind comes after? That, but there's no truck, just a "zzrpt" sound, a flash of light, and then the wind hits.

Of course, wind isn't that much of a weapon, so (as you would expect and is totally normal) it's amplified by pulling momentum from other timelines. The paradoxical projectile is visible to the naked eye as a little line of light, that disappears and reappears at random times along its trajectory. When it disappears, it's appearing in the same spot in another world, and stealing a snippet of their world's physics, leaving a "blank," a spot where gravity doesn't work for a few days. This means it compounds momentum until it becomes dangerous. At 50 meters the firing experience is this: You hit fire (sometimes a button or lever instead of a trigger) and about half a second later hear the "zrrpt" sound and see the light trail, and half a second after that a thud and a flash at where your target is, and a millisecond after that a FWOOM from the target and your target is hit, if not destroyed. Click-zrrpt-^(dupFWOOM). Make sense?

Their fuel is gold, originally gold bars but in more modern times gold pellets, that is converted in the 'box' portion of the weapon into evaporated diamond dust, ejected in a glittering gaseous spray that would lacerate the lungs of even the toughest chain-smoker. In this world, all gold is cursed (long story). Alchemy is irrespective to magic, so changing the gold makes the curse cease to exist. This doesn't track with the fact that the curse still remains on other gold and people, confusing nature and creating a small paradox that is then propelled rapidly from the barrel by its own nonexistence.

Finally, the amount of timeline hops the paradox makes is adjustable by shaking the weapon to activate the alchemical stones within early and get the spirits in them riled up. This is this world's "set blasters to stun." but like, in reverse. For a lethal shot, most weapons require three shakes. Fire without shaking to whack 'em, once to knock off the feet, twice to concuss, three to kill. Four to crush, five to annihilate, six is basically a hand grenade to the spot you're aiming at. Any more and your weapon is liable to be pulled out of your hand by the momentum, and your hand with it.

Some weapons aren't compatible with gold cursed enough to go higher than so many shakes, some have premium ammo that can go up to eight, or even ten, that's this world's low-tier artillery. Some are inefficient in their transformation, wasting gold, and requiring ten shakes for what three might accomplish. The older the weapon, the more shakes it historically required. Equally, some experimental weapons can be shaken only once to result in a hole punched straight through the target the size of a watermelon.

Basically, it's all nonsense.

Long Story Short(er, no explanations for the how or why):

My guns are called phase irons. They don't fire a projectile, more like the idea of one, and the momentum of the projectile is the actual weapon. Firing one creates pockets of anti-gravity (and other strange physics anomalies) in alternate timelines, and vice-versa, meaning these pockets will appear in our world as well. It uses gold for fuel, that is spent and spat up as finely crushed and evaporated diamonds. You can shake it before firing to make it more powerful. Like those shake flashlights, but too many and you're suddenly holding a rocket launcher with an anti-tank mine jammed up the front.

Question

Aside from the obvious, like gold becoming way more important (and a non-renewable resource) (it's far more common though the dinosaurs all got turned into gold for their greed) (humanity still has a couple centuries before they have to invent normal guns to get by,) and proper weapon storage during transport being possibly life-saving, what else might it change? The delayed impact might make knowing if you hit your target when split-second decisions are necessary rough, I suppose. And alchemists are the core of any weapons manufacturer. What can you think of?

I just know if anyone can think of long-term lore impacts, exceptions, what-ifs and logic holes, it's reddit. So do your worst and lemme see if I can use it to my advantage, or otherwise, say "the time zone did it" and watch it vanish into thin air. Don't ask about the time zone, if you give it the attention it wants it'll only get worse.

My world includes a civilization of sapient ceratopsians. They're basically a 14-foot version of this. Would they wear clothes of any kind?

Edit: they live in the tropics and subtropics.

I have four characters that are linked with each other and I need help with giving them personality traits and making them interesting.

The four characters are Sanlion Jinzi, Caliban, Krotion Regulus and Samayena.

Here are their relation with Cabom: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGAB2WyDsA/G7TE_-DOvgQlcP9WolhfOA/edit?utm_content=DAGAB2WyDsA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

If you can’t access the link for some reason, here’s a brief description:

Sanlion is the son of Cabom and Aina when they married each other.

Caliban is a bioengineered son of Cabom when his Dna was stolen by the lunarians.

Krotion Regulus is the son of Cabom when the lunarians stole his Dna and used it to impregnate one of their own (their first plan was to create a lunarian prince but that plan was abandoned and they instead created Caliban)

Samayena is a creation/clone by Sanlion when he tried to use a powerful artifact. He has Sanlion’s powers and some of his memories.

Short description of them as characters:

Sanlion has a superiority complex and sees himself as “the most important person in the room” at all times. He’s physically weak and his ability is portal creation. At the beginning of the story, his goal is to make a name for himself and to secure a position of power. Basically, he wants respect. Later on, when he learns how weak he actually is and when he learns to grow from his immature mindset, he becomes a better person who wants to help his friends.

Caliban starts off as a curious creature that explores the world. His intellect is similar to a monkey in his first form. Another thing is that he likes to watch theater plays. In his second form, Cavitribot, he starts to form words and now engages with people and their daily lives. He not only watches how people act but also tries to copy it. Now, when he sees a theater play, he tries to mimic their moves and acting. In his third form, Catriom, he gains a massive boost in intellect and is now able to talk and have a strong personality. He’s very “active” when he talks. He moves his hands a lot and uses a lot of “big” words. Now, he actually tries to be in the plays that he watches. He wants to be the center of attention and the best whenever people watch him. This also leads to a bunch of mistakes when he tries to catch people’s attention. Finally, we have his final form, Catrimosa. As Catrimosa, he has a true god/hero complex and only sees other people as pawns or objects in his path. Whenever he watches theaters, he has a very “I could do better than all of them!” mentality. His goal now is just to become more powerful and to prove to other people that he’s the most powerful being in the world.

Krotion Regulus sees himself as a “rival” to Sanlion. He sees himself as the underdog in every situation while also having a desire to surpass Sanlion. He has always had this thought and envy of Sanlion ever since he learned about him. Deep down, this resentment comes from the fact that Krotion knows that he isn’t the “real” son of Cabom, he’s just an experiment that’s a part of the lunarians plan. He doesn’t want that. He desires true free will and in his mind, he can only achieve freedom when he becomes more powerful than the “true” son of Cabom.

Samayena knows that he isn’t Sanlion and that he’s just a “echo” of him. But he hates that, he resents Sanlion for creating him and he desires to become more than just an echo. He wants to be in a position where people will respect him. Basically, he wants to justify and give importance to his own existence. He always claims that he has nothing against Sanlion while also criticizing his every move. Ironically, by trying to be more than Sanlion, he becomes a lot like him (with the desire to secure a position of power)

I want help with anything that I might be missing or anything I should be thinking about when regards to these characters.

Also, Sanlion was born in 1827

Caiban was released/woke up in 1849

Krotion was born in 1829

Samayena was created in 1851 but is as old as Sanlion

in faliel, the primary belief is that the trickster god asked the solar beings if they wanted to create a mortal plane. most agreed, they remained as solar beings, but the few who disagreed became the lunar beings and they created sanguine. the solar beings created the mortal plane, but most were weakened and created portals back to the gods' plane, leaving pure balls of energy behind which became stars. the remaining 10 (the 8 who agreed as well as the trickster god and the lost god) formed faedis, the planet faliel is on. there was some non-linear time shenanigans, and then eventually the 9th solar being turned himself into the planet after defeating the trickster and turning him into the moons. so i'm curious about what absurd creation myths you've all created

After watching Revenge of the Sith I got an idea for a specialized rejuvenator specifically for burn patients, how it works is this:

(WIP) After scrubbing the patients burns are coated in a blue compound with the consistency close to table syrup. this compound when it dries/cures becomes a flexible layer which protects the body from infection and acts as an insulator.

in the case of wide spread burns the patient is then placed in a tank/tube full of fluid which acts as a catalyst for what happens next.

The blue compound contains nanotechnology/machines that carry stem cells and are controlled by a main computer to rebuild the damaged nerves and other tissues.

As they accomplish this the compound fizzes away revealing the fully recovered skin of the victim until the process is complete.

The fluid in the tank also stimulates rapid growth of new cells and in days to a week completely restores the victims damaged body to its original condition.

Part of the reason for why they are suspended in fluid it to relieve pressure on the body and to preventbed sores. patient is on a medically induced coma and so have no concept of time and are able to rest.

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🌍 Welcome to #Bosana: A magical world inspired by the Balkans and its hard history!

In the southwest of Bosana, there is a small village called Vrelo. The people you see above, live there in exactly that village.

Worldbuilding in Bosana: Bosana is a fantasy realm, inspired by the rich cultural heritage of the Balkans. Coming from the Balkans myself, I tailored the design and took inspiration from old folklore and untold stories and legends from my town and local villages. Some of these people of Bosana also are people from my surroundings (neighbors, passersby, and so on...)

Vrelo village: It is a place where everyone knows your name and the name of the girl of your dreams, whom you have never ever mentioned. They even know how and where you spend your days and at what time you are home. A secret will last more than a few minutes if everyone's asleep. Even though inhabitants themselves have numerous complaints about life in the village, they somehow remain. To live. Right there. It is also the home of our heroine Iskra and her brother Mitra.

About Bosana: Bosana is an ongoing comic project that explores themes of ideology, friendship, and tying-to-fit-in struggle. The story is inspired by my people, and one small country - in the heart...or better to say, in the ass of Europe!

Join the Adventure: If you're intrigued by the world of Bosana and want to dive deeper into its lore, feel free to explore the Webtoon series or join our Growing Bosana community to be the first one to know everything. I am also making a Youtube blog on making out the world, so if someone is a YT fan, please check it out!

I'd love to hear your thoughts and questions about Bosana, so don't hesitate to drop a comment below. Let's embark on this epic adventure together!

📷 Image Credit: Mile Mićić

I'm writing a post apocalypse story which is in a nutshell mad max+cthullhu. The premise is a soldier awaken from his cryo sleep after his injury battling eldritch monsters by a scavenger only to find out his world is a post apocalyptic hell filled with myriad of bizarre monsters roaming the lands. His goal is to unite all the remnants of humanity,recover all lost knowledge and technology and retake earth from the eldritch aliens. If you were to approach this premise how would you go about it?