WorldEmber 2021 pledge

As much as I love the esthetic of it, the four to-do lists and stack of lose pages on your bedside table are not going to help us grow this world. Please, K. Put everything together in the same place and start writing, that poor guy has been on my bed for the past six months.

— an unamused muse

The Pledge

I, Kros, pledge to participate to next WorldEmber and give my characters a bigger world to interact with. I promise to do this without constantly checking the leaderboard and stop writing when I feel like I exhausted the ideas, not when I reach a specific goal, even if that will mean completing my WorldEmber in 12 years rather than 1 month. I might also try to keep things a little tidier, but will make no promises about it.

— Kros

The Why and The How

My main external goal with Hislariya is to keep learning to write better, edit better, do some basic CSS coding and continue improving as a mapmaker.
To achieve this I will need to continue producing new material and sharing it with others, opening it to comments and feedback.
Hislariya is much more my private garden than something to appeal a vaste audience.
While I will seek and accept criticism and feedback, I won't change the direction of my concept to make it enjoyable to a larger audience or let some challenge veer the worldbuilding in a direction that is not relevant to me and the stories I am creating.
Hislariya is also a gift to the people who believed in it from the very first spark of an idea.
I will give back to my handful of followers who pushed me forward with their enthusiasm something I am proud of and that they can enjoy.

The Focus Area

The aim is to grow Hislaryia snowflake way, as the main cast is currently stuck in a few hundreds square meters and has The Nothing surrounding them. I don't think they mind too much being stuck indoors with each other, but that's not the point.

Prep work

Fill up TJ's Worldbuilding planner

Map of Hottest Spices.

Map of Gend.DONE!

Finish the Map of Bada.DONE!

(optional) figure out how to set up a random table for the Senses Chest content.

Learn how to insert TJ's icon set. DONE!!!

Where are my ropes?

— Yarik

These ones?

— Kros

Make a template article and set up containers.ON SECOND THOUGHT I DON'T THINK I REALLY NEED THIS AT THE MOMENT

Set a few hours aside to collect a few more images and musicDONE!

Collate the ideas from WA prompts lists, Nnie Spooktober list, brainstorming, TJ's 400 prompts and the existing stub list in a single list.

Tidy up the galleryDONE!

Try to make a sign up box for the NSFW stuff and tidy up the access rights. DECIDED TO KEEP IT INVITATION ONLY FOR NOW

Prepare a roundup article. DONE!

To Do List

The lost treasure of Cap. Baron "Vulture" Drake (myth)

Quartermaster (rank)

Buccaneers of the Svajan Sea (etnicity)

Pirate cant (language)

The Ferret Crew (military unit)

Tarvan (character)

Red Hot Mountain (geography)

The Ferret (vehicle)

Svajan Sea (geography)

Kithanda (geography or organization)

Humans (species)

Makarids (species)

Dragons (species)

Yarik mansion (building)

The Spice caves (building)

Jellyfish (species)

Jellyfish poisoning (condition)

Makaridism (condition)

Nezil (material)

Resonators (profession)

Cap. Nadine "The Handsome" Anderton (character)

Goblins Horde (organization)

The Thirteen (organization)

Short stories I-VII (prose)

Aphrodisiac Mushroom (item)

Menu for the therapist graduation meal (document)

Capture of the Sanguine by the crew of The Ferret (conflict)

Bisik (species)

The Satellite (geography)

The Hunt (tradition)

A percussion instrument (item)

Candles (item)

Shadow play (tradition)

The Baddies (organization)

Magic Overview (natural law)

Magic objects (technology)

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Checklist for article completion

Write the main body
Add the quotes
Add images and make sure they are proprly credited
Set the tags, category, article blocks, author's notes and comments notes.
List possible stubs
Check linked articles
Push notifications/add to recap article
Share in Discord
Tick off to do lists