Guide to WE articles and WorldEmber 2020 Pledge

The crossroads, where History, Magic and Time-Travel meet...

December 20 update: Well, I am really not sure if I'm hitting 75 articles by the end of December since, well, many articles ended up to be longer than 2k words. Good news, though, I've compiled a comprehensive reading list of my recent articles, it might help understanding the setting a little better. I've shared it with my Russian subscribers, and now I am sharing it with you ;)

CONTEST ARTICLES

First 6 articles starting with "Rules of Causality" until "Zamandar" explain Time Travel, it's rules and those who, well, travel in time.
The next 5 articles starting with "Borrowed Resurrection" until "Germanic Wyrms" - are all historical, they show some commonly known events with Fringe Earth spin on them.
5 more articles starting with "Magical Decay" and until "The Enlightenment" - are the "entropy cycle", they tell us the tale of all magical and wondrous things slowly disappearing from the face of the Earth.
4 more articles that start at "The Brooch of River Neman" and end with "The Deserter" are connected to the D&D game show I'm planning to launch in January.
And the last 4 articles are quite random, but they explain some small things in Fringe Earth, help me set the tone a little bit.

Document | Документ

Profession | Ремесло

Myth | Миф

Condition | Состояние

Title | Титул

Settlement | Поселение

Ritual | Ритуал

Conflict | Конфликт

Organization | Организация

Spell | Заклинание

Vehicle | "Транспорт"

Natural Law | Явление

Species | Вид

Building | Здание

Religion | Религия

Technology | Технология

Item | Предмет

Character | Персонаж

Material | Материал

Plot | Сюжет

Geography | Локация

Ethnicity | Народность

Language | Язык

Military Unit | Группировка

What is Fringe Earth?

Imagine soldiers in full modern gear, with M16 assault rifles and fragmentation grenades fighting a three-headed dragon. What about a Hospitaller crusader with magical healing powers? Or an Ancient Egyptian sentient lizard roaming streets of 2020 Zurich. These aren't fantasy anachronisms, but a normal situation in Fringe Earth, an up and coming Campaign Setting developed for recorded and streamed D&D games. Fringe Earth is a symbiosis of History, Magic and Time-Travel. I plan to establish this setting here, on WorldAnvil, and I aim to make it easy to run for all those who are interested.

WorldEmber 2020

The contest appears to be a great launchpad for establishing basic information about Fringe Earth. The main articles about the game will be written during WE, and those will provide a framework for "VICISSITUDES OF TIME", the first recorded campaign of the setting, which is currently in post-production.

About the author

My name is Andrew, though many people prefer to call me by my nickname - Teyvill. I'm an ex-journalist, I was specialized in International Affairs. After about 10 years of work in the field, I've decided to quit and go into Game Development. Now I'm working as a narrative designer in a game studio, and I've got plenty of time for my own projects such as this one. My players and I, we dream of making the story of this Setting a fun one to watch and engaging enough to play through some of our modules ;) So, let the boulder roll as we're approaching WorldEmber!

WorldEmber 2020 Pledge

I, Teyvill, do solemnly pledge to complete WorldEmber 2020 challenge by using the following list of ideas to create a number of articles for Fringe Earth Campaign Setting.

I'll do so without sacrificing time that should be dedicated to my family, myself or my job, and I'll approach the challenge with utmost responsibility

Language barrier

Since the world is planned to be presented in two languages simultaneously, I've thought long and hard about how I'm planning to do it with WorldEmber 2020. Writing articles in both languages doesn't appear to be in the spirit of the competition and thus, for now, all the articles are going to be written just in English. I'll translate them right after WE2020. I'll have time, thanks to 10 days of holidays in Russia ;)
upd - I ended up translating it all cause Cyrillic doesn't count by the word counter))

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It was kinda painful to look for these, and I did find way more than I'm showcasing here, but I'll probably end up not using most of them, cause I want Fringe Earth to mostly use original/commissioned art. Not now, though!
Also... This setting doesn't really need a map, y'know ;)

The Sarmatians

Nomads from the Green Barrens - development art by TheTundraGhost

Zoroaster

by ninara

The modern "pyramids"


"The Reign of Terror"

by GENZOMAN

Ancient Summerian Golems

Ancient automaton [commission] by ThemeFinland

"The Serpentites of Egypt"

Ancient Danger Noodle of Chaos by TheFearMaster