My Worldember Pledge 2022

I, Ellysium, pledge to write 10,000 words of worldbuilding in December of 2022

— Ellysium, builder of worlds, setter of too many goals

It's the most wonderful time of the year! When all the beautiful, crazy worldbuilders come together in a frenzy of writing and creativity. Last year went well, so I'm hoping this year will be just as successful!

Worldember 2022 Goals

This year, I'd like to focus on filling in details of the worlds I use most for my role-playing games and to help with the second draft of my Nanowrimo novel. So I have the new primary world of Linndorcha and several important people and places in Shira'tol and the Lost Stars.

Planned Articles

Talvinen, the Lands of Winter

The Veiled Court

Gwyn

Mirrors of Truth

Gan Realt, the Starless Kingdom

Agrona, Queen of Talvinen

The Huntsmen

Factotum, Clockwork Dolls

Mirror Guardians

Damon, the Crownless Prince

Glamours

Quicksilver

That should be more than enough to reach my goal, but I wouldn't be me if I didn't set a whole bunch of...

Stretch Goals

With several tabletop role-playing games going at the same time, there are several areas of Shira'tol and the Lost Stars that need some details worked out.

Shira'tol

The Tollers

The Dark Seed

Rohar, Mistress of Death

Blodvegg

End Watch

Ballast Bell

The Lost Stars

Fox Fire

The End of the Line

Solar Gates

The Golden Empire

The Dreamers

Anomalous

Mini-Meta

Linndorcha is one of the main worlds on a new branch of Hallowed Legacy's world tree. But I will be focusing on the areas involved in my novel which are the human kingdoms, their culture and magic, and the Dwarven Realms.
Mirror Mirror is a dark fantasy, and the themes of Linndorcha follow many of the literary themes found in dark and grimdark stories such as;

Dark Worlds

Hopelessness and Dread

Supernatural Creatures

Beauty in Darkness, Corruption in Light

Fear and the Unknown

One of the biggest influences for this story and setting are the Souls games. Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring are all good examples of the mood I want to create.

Inspirations

The world of Linndorcha is very influenced by grimdark settings such as Dark Souls and other Souls-like games. I draw a lot of visual inspiration from these and that is the mood I hope to really capture with this world.