Wed, Mar 5th 2025 03:58   Edited on Mon, Mar 17th 2025 03:34

Smithy's Article Cooling Rack

Hooooh, boy, here we go, a little late to the Discussion Board party. Days 1-4 are as follows—   Day 1: Gloamhavens, the darkened capital cities of Auredyne.
Gloamhavens
Settlement | Mar 2, 2025

To think a city would willingly cloak itself in unending shadow is madness! Alas, we are all mad in this day and age.

  Day 2: The most common units of trade, as used across borders.
Units of Trade
Item | Mar 3, 2025

Of all the things for man to lust after, it had to be the shiniest baubles, didn't it?

  Day 3: His Perennial Majesty will not be questioned, as his Vigil never dies—not truly.
Immortal Vigil
Organization | Mar 6, 2025

Commit not a sin against your King, lest the Ghosts come knocking in the dead of night.

  Day 4: Fetterlands have loomed for eons, and no one really knows who, or what, made them.
Fetterlands
Geographic Location | Mar 5, 2025

From a history long forgotten, those chains still cast their shadows upon us, as if to mock our meager advancements.

Thu, Mar 6th 2025 03:54

Day 5: The Eternal House, Khaldunheim, has been standing for millennia and has seen the rise and fall of the divine, and still stands defiant in the ashen remains.
Khaldunheim
Settlement | Mar 6, 2025

One man, one will, one stone at a time. And thus, that venerable Eternal House was born.

Fri, Mar 7th 2025 04:49

Day 6: The Boneway, grave of wisdom and skeleton of The Knower. Now used as a passage to scale a cliff in the south-eastern Arishi Desert.
Boneway
Geographic Location | Mar 7, 2025

Oh, that Great Knower, how the death of Her wisdom shook petty men and great kings' minds alike. Now, we walk upon Her, as if She were mere soil.

Sat, Mar 8th 2025 05:36

Day 7: The Divine Beasts—a host of dozens, and dozens of creatures from a realm not of this plane, claiming dominion over the world.
Divine Beasts
Organization | Mar 8, 2025

There were so, so many of them we thought they'd never disappear. That's exactly when the Grand Bloodletting occurred, and the land ran red.

Sun, Mar 9th 2025 04:43

Day 8: Voiceless Corridor—a badlands in which every living thing has been silenced, and yet music flourishes in place of words.
Voiceless Corridor
Geographic Location | Mar 11, 2025

Who knew that losing one's voice would lead to such sweet music?

Sun, Mar 9th 2025 06:30

Day 9: The River Struum—a river the cuts through the arid landscape of the Arishi Desert, bringing gold, trade, and life to the people of the sands.
River Struum
Geographic Location | Mar 11, 2025

Rivers bend not to man, only the land itself.

Thu, Mar 13th 2025 12:58   Edited on Thu, Mar 13th 2025 12:58

(Little late posting this one, forgot to do so)
Day 11: The Great Beneath, the deepest point of the Calèdare Sea and resting place of the Drowned Goddess
Great Beneath
Geographic Location | Mar 11, 2025

Down and drowned, but never dead, not Her—that is Her domain now.

  Day 12: Eternal Kingdom of Korshaldr—a nation forged in troubles that has seen the rise and fall of the gods.
Eternal Kingdom of Korshaldr
Organization | Mar 13, 2025
Fri, Mar 14th 2025 12:37

Day 13: Isharim Seraphate—a theocratic nation founded by a benevolent angel near the conclusion of the Great Bloodletting.
Isharim Seraphate
Organization | Mar 14, 2025

Heretics need not wait for the torch at the base of their pyre—the sun will catch the thatch soon enough.

Sat, Mar 15th 2025 08:03

I missed day 14, sadly; just wasn't home at all that day. For day 15, on the other hand, we have a short story that is longer in length than most everything else I've made this month: Diamonds & Rust!
Diamonds & Rust
Prose | May 3, 2025

Everyone has their debts. Some are better at paying than others, but the banks always get their money—one way, or another.

Mon, Mar 17th 2025 03:34

Day 16: The Reclamation—a cult dedicated to who they think is Marëanna, Goddess of Life and the Seas, but in reality it is the furthest thing from her divine grace.
Reclamation
Organization | Apr 4, 2025

I refuse to sit idle while people die of the ever-present rot that continues to fester. I will bring about a reckoning, a great cleansing; I will bring Her back!