Well, it is that time again. Time to make changes in Koria and/or Humans are Space Orcs. Since I fiddled a lot with the Chronicles in Koria and the new timelines in Human Are Space Orcs, CHANGE is a huge topic. Not only during the Age of Stars or during the Spiral Incident, but the changes we make right now. How did the Dragonborn got accepted into the community? Or the Nemeians as cuddle buddies with the humans? I mean, big ass feline humanoids who can cuddle you to death by accident? With claws and a lot more strength? Yeah, well.
So, what am I going to do? I wanna bring in those changes in the most precise manner I can and those are going to be heartbreaking. For the good and the bad.
Summer Camp draws near and I am anxious and a bit excited. I still feel Summer Camp 2023 in my hands - no, literally, the bones still hurt sometimes - and this Summer Camp might be a bit of a slow-burner this year.
I managed to get to diamond in SC 2023, but for this year I pledge to Camp Chill and aim officially for Copper with a personal goal of Silver (pledge document already in the header). Why is that? Yeah, as said, still feeling SummerCamp 2023, NaNoWriMo 2023 (which I won) and World Ember 2023 in my bones. And the second reason is a new job starting in July without the much needed vacation, so I'm lucky if I can get to Copper. I burned out once and nobody wants that twice, amirite? During my remaining free time I need to set up my workshop (the jewelry is finally happening!) and starting to get my health back again with going to the gym and taking other meds, so there is that.
And this Summer Camp I have to look at the themes and the prompts in said themes. If it isn't fitting, it isn't happening, simple as that.
Pledge document is already in the header and I'm reviewing my organisation right now. I reschedule the organisation in Koria in a more geographic order, starting from the north and then counterclockwise. That also means: writing a lot of nations or at least the frameworks for them. Tags are already up and running and I have an Index for tags, where I store all of them and can look them up. It will get public at some point, but right now it is just a mess for my eyes only.
My META is still up to date from last year. It hasn't changed, not even my inspiration. We are going for a dark fantasy vibe in a custom high fantasy setting and that is still my goal to develop the stories and novels of Koria. One plot is already there, can you find it? :D
So, that is my pledge, lets hop into Summer Camp and the articles, yes? Going to design an overview of my things during Summer Camp just like last year. See you there. Grab your hammer and go worldbuild!
Refuge is a good theme in Koria. A welcome one. Why? Because of the Spiral incident which caused the entire war and the demon invasion. People needed refuge, right? Safe houses, bunker, the shields of the friends. So we will explore those options and maybe hear one or two stories.
But that is not all. Koria is not a place for the light-hearted and so one is in need of protection and refuge from time to time, be it in the cities or on the road. So we are going to explore one, two, three or more options too.
I hold my Chapter hostage. And I'm normally fairly active in the Discord, so... not much to do here. Besides that I might want to ping-pong ideas from one to another with the glorious ShadowPhoenix if her energy permits it, otherwise I'm the accountability buddy for Alirelina, so maybe she is my buddy as well? Imma ask her, wait a sec...
This isn't my first Summer Camp and over the past three years I learned a lot about styling, reading, article flow and peoples preferences. So after my Co-Worker set up the initial very clean layout I only made minor adjustments to it. Cathedris-like Disclaimer with box-shadow and stuff, new border-images for quotes and alouds, an image-wrapper in a custom container... you name it. Minor changes and if something comes to mind, it might also be a minor change.
Humans are Space Orcs might see a bit more CSS shenanigans since I only use one of the main themes of World Anvil and started to rip it apart. There could be some major changes, but we have to wait until Summer Camp starts. No idea where this leads us.
Like Assignment 3, there is no need for polishing my CSS, maybe minor tweaks, so even when my world is three years old, there is no need to take a sharp look at the theme and yeet it overboard. At least not for Koria.
Humans are Space Orcs might see a bit of polishing, but even there I have no idea right now what to do or what to anticipate. So we have to wait here as well.
Preps are done, the rest comes with the writing. There are many belief-system in place in Koria, known to the inhabitants and some which are unknown - or lost - like the Eternals, the Outer Gods and the Inner Gods.
Here I look to the Bhuddists, to the Taoists, to the Christs, to the islamic people, to the pagan folks and to those in-between. Some fit, some does not, but that is okay. Prior to Summer Camp I'm at my parents house to play with the dogs and eat something delicious. So I got inspiration where I walk and stay.
I also look to my favourite authors such as Bernhard Hennen or Markus Heitz, Patrick Rothfuss or Kevin Hearne. I look to Nora Bendzko, I look to Liza Grimm and they are still relevant.
Map is already in place, maybe not fully fledged out, but it is there. I have all my inspiring images and pictures and art in my head and surrounding me, so task done.
My inspirations are still relevant and the ones who don't are getting replaced the moment I find them.
Decay of physical and moral things is a good chunk of my world. The Dragon Sun Empire for example wanted to be a good nation, but moral decay brought ruin to them because splendour, war and a "We want everything" attitude brought ruin over this strong nation. It will be fun to explore more of both sides, even to prevent real decay.
My environment is my writing room. It is designed to be my place for writing and gaming. It has everything I need - except for a small fridge, but that is okay - and I have my sprint tables with timers and everything, also music from around the world, fitting to themes and moods. The only thing I can't alter are my working hours, since I don't work from home anymore, but that is a small price.
Quite the same as Assignment 4, it got an overhaul a few weeks ago.
My author page is as polished as it gets without over-excerting it. My primer and the most important pillar articles are fresh out of the forge right after Adventure April, so no polish here. If I find something, I will polish it until it sparkles :D
Fluchen im Titel, Eddie, tststs ^^. Viel Erfolg und dass SC genau so gelingt wie du es möchtest und - was deutlich wichtiger ist - dass es dir gelingt, wieder gesünder zu werden.
Ich versuchs. :D