Worldember 2023

Worldember 2023 Prep

Week 1: Pledge Your Goal

1. Choose an area of focus

My area of forcus for this event will be the history of the world, in particular the republic of Estalia. I've had several recent ideas for historical events, and I've felt for a while that the current timeline needs to be both fleshed out and reorganized. See below for some initial notes for the history!

Geological History (In Progress) - Wyrring Geology
Estalian-Disorganized Conflicts - Needs to be organized
1st Estalian-Disorganized War - Needs additional details, including specific battles, people, and actions.
2nd Estalian-Disorganized War - Needs additional details, including specific battles, people, and actions.
Reformation - To be created, but after the 2nd War, I imagine a time with significant progress of the relationship between humans and non-humans in Estalia. Should also include important activists and artists of the era.
Timelines in existing chronicle need to be sorted into areas and importance.

As well, despite my intentions to have this world include elements of automation and machines, I don't think there is enough of that, as it currently appears like any other fantasy world. I should think on the following:

Inventions
The impact of these inventions on the world

2. Create your pledge!

3. Submit your homework

Submitted!

Week 2: Prepare your Area of Focus

1. Create a mini-meta

Scope:

The timelines will primarily focus on Estalia and Aedan, as they are the largest countries in the region, but there may be minor effects to the surrounding countries.

Inspiration:

Geology:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2MwEy8pQDw

Reformation:
David Hume: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume/
Renaissance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance
American Civil Rights Movement

Incorporating Magic and Technology:
Eberron
Piltover/Runeterra (LoL & Arcane)
Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Bolo universe by Keith Laumer

Goals:

I want to fill in the gaps currently in the world's timeline.

Theme:

The world is meant to be mystical and fun, with a sense of realism without getting too "gritty". This means the history should probably be "washed" - where it's full of grand actions and great heroes, without focusing on the necessary evils which come with war and development.

2. Set up a solid category structure

I recently redid my article structure, so I will instead focus on organizating the chronicle. See notes below! Row 1: Global
Row 2: National
Row 3: Local
Row 4: Personal
Timelines:

World - Global Events involving several of the below groups

Campaign - Events relating to player characters

Aedan - Aedan Only

Estalia - Estalia Only

Dwarves - Kraggenhammen and Gracklstugh

Ostrangard - Ostrangard Only

Elves - Sylvia, Clarenware, and Eryndlyn

3. Look at other worlds for inspiration

As stated above there are several non-WA worlds which will likely be strong inspirations for the world.

4. Submit your homework

Submitted!

Week 3: Welcome your Readers!

1. Review your Homepage

This is something that I've been meaning to work on for a while, and I'm glad to finally have the excuse!

a. Know your Audience

My audience is predominantly several friends, many of which have played in campaigns in this world.

b. Open with a Pitch: Why should they care?

I've updated the introduction. The pitch itself is mostly unchanged, as what was previously was basically it.

c. Introduce your World: What can your readers expect?

I've updated the introduction! I've added more details to give a bit more of a detailed introduction.

d. Add a call to action: Where should readers go next?

I've added links in the home page to useful pages for players.

e. Format and Layout: Make it easy to look at

I've updated the introduction!

f. Visual Style: Pretty and Thematic!

Updated! I'm not 100% happy - in particular, I think I need to find a better global banner - but it's okay for now.

2. Submit your homework

Submitted!

Week 4: last minute prep!

To date I've written 98,611 words, so my goal will be 108,611!

Worldember

Final Word Count: 103,797 Worldember: 5,186 Unfortunately, I ended up falling a bit short from my goal. I felt like I had run out of steam about halfway through the month, and didn't pick it back up during my winter break. I will of course continue to work on the world - including over the next couple of days - but I will be stopping my Worldember challenge now. As always, thank you very much for the motivation and the inspiration!