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i'll be real, sometimes when i'm writing my own stories and i'm trying to be poetic with my fifteenth metaphor i have to sit back and be like. actually you're doing too much when what you mean to say is "i love you." like sure, maybe the fruit rots on the vine without hands to cradle it or a mouth to press itself against, or maybe the heart is a house, half-lit, with your ghost in all the windows, but all i mean by that is i love you, i love you. what's more poetic than that
Hi, I’m Katie! I’m a chronically ill, indie author, the primary source of income for my family, a former horse trainer, forever a werewolf enthusiast, and the COO for Wandering Words Media!
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Hey, I made a survey for the recent writing project I am working on. If you want, feel free to fill it out. The questions may feel a bit random at times, but I promise they are relevant. And may have something to do with kissable object head people.
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AHHHH SHE'S SO CUTE! When she's off duty, can I huggle her?
I'm late, but happy worldbuilding wednesday! Any favorite animals who've created or modified for your story?
Happy World Building Friday it's a thing now it's fine!
YES
Thistle from Summoning Trouble! She's a moth dragon!
Shes so cute and I adore her! She's a medical alert/service dragon for David (he has a magical deficiency so she lets him know when he's low on magic). She's tiny but has a big personality (steals every scene she's in)
Thanks for the ask!
perfectionism is a liar and a hater. write your messy little heart out.
This world sounds super interesting so far!
Lumoria is a society based heavily on intellectualism which thrives on reason and research, many of which are interested in the studying magic or magical studies. Lumoria believes in the power of research and study, ignoring their military and artillery. Lumoria retains strong relations with other nations and makes its large sum of the wealth from trade and selling inventions. Lumoria has the highest amount of magical technological advancement and often share their advancements for a hefty price tag.
Lumoria is run by a council made up of the 4 core research principles, titled the "4 Pillars" these are :
Imagitrix - Humanities & Literature
Lumina - Magic & Alchemy
Illumidemic - Mechanics & Arithmetic
Glivant - Politics & Economics
The council is made up of the respected higher ranks of the 4 Pillars and members voted in by the public.
This system has been in place for around 200 years making it fairly recent. Before the 4 Pillars Lumoria was once ruled over by a monarchy. Due to growing tensions between the citizens of Lumoria and the royal family, the royal family were over thrown in favour for the 4 Pillars and the council.
Due to this fact, any building referring to royalty or the old royal family, now refer to the status and ability of the researcher or scholar. Lumoria now use royalty to refer to those who achieve a high distinction of intelligence. For example, the Royal institute of Magic and Alchemic studies is a highly regarded institution which is extremely hard to get into for work and study, People who go there may be seen as "intellectual royalty" and are viewed with great respect.
Many scholars argue, that putting these people on a pedestal and treating them like "royalty" is no better then what was done with the actual royal family over 2 centuries ago.
Calei - Relatively Neutral, though in constant positive trade relations.
Leineen - Estranged but Peaceful
Fetta - Ally
Lunora - Ally
Brovano - Ally
Froshhelm - Neutral, constant positive trade interactions.
Mewl - Neutral
Sten Vallter - Neutral
Lattice Archipelago - Neutral, distant relations
Every magic type is used all over Lumoria, Luligh magic is used the most.
Lumoria mainly exports the following:-
Buckwheat
Wheat
Seafood products (Fish, muscles, clams, etc.)
Magical machinery
Magical devices
Many citizens of Lumoria do not follow any sort of God or deity, a large population, however, do follow 'Mi' and the late* God of order 'Null'.
*The death of Null is a highly debated topic within historical institutions as no historical evidence from the time period specifically states Null's demise mere stating that Null just stopped appearing, historians believe that Null just not appearing anymore is a primitive way of indicating Null's death. While many historians believe that Null, dissatisfied with his people, had abandoned them and is now waiting for the time when is people will become "ideal" and then he shall appear himself to them.
Lion Fernspore
Ariana Pliffnur
Rita Lalm
Visiting Characters
Rye Fleign
Omg I hope you guys enjoy these short breakdowns with tiny pieces of history and lore sprinkled in. I'm kinda busy so I might release one for each nation once every other week then in that same week I'll add in some fun character interactions. How about that? - K
Hi peeps! As I work on Every Hero Needs a Villain, do y'all want me to make the community for it so you can see some funny behind the scenes stuff and potentially certain bios as I make them? You can also make suggestions for stuff there if you want. Trying to encourage myself to complete them.
Tag list: @aweirdshipp, @floofyboi57, @aralithmenathere
Ah, got it. Unicorns, pegasus, alicorns, and honestly, that show had lots of cool creatures! It's a great source of inspiration.
And that would be the Striants. They're the creatures of Desiderius, the demon of lust. They're basically these adorable black puffballs with red shimmering accents. They can capure pure soul energy from other entities and store or transfer it. Also they produce like rabbits, so there is a bunch of them in Des' realm lol. They are the creatures of the demon of lust, after all.
Dark but oddly adorable fact, Striants bleed but they can not actually be killed. They bleed to scare off annoying predators via playing dead. When they're safe, they literally play in puddles of their own blood, not understanding how dark that is because they do no understand death. Des often tells the rest of the cast that to stop them from finding Striants adorable. It's impossible though. They are, at the end of the day, cuddly puffballs (that just so happen to also play in their own blood).
I'm late, but happy worldbuilding wednesday! Any favorite animals who've created or modified for your story?
Thanks for the ask! Also late, haha.
I've created creatures inspired from various animals. Now... favorites? Hmm... Do dragons count? I only have: a anime typical half-jaguar oc; a raccoon skull in the design of a giant; dragons, dragon people, dragonborn, dragon inspired designs, original fantasy dragons, etc.
*None of the real life examples above appear in a WIP I'm currently working on.
My favorite animals are black jaguars, dogs, corvids, raccoons, cats and blue whales.
My top favorite fantastical creatures are: dragons (the broad, ineffable definition) and ponies.
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