WorldEmber 2020 Progress

Hello everyone!
  Just something to keep track of my progress for public accountability, both over days and across my many worlds.  

Daily Progress

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1 7678 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/the-stars-are-wrong-law
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shedim-qurilion/a/the-prime-location
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shedim-qurilion/a/walkers-profession
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shedim-qurilion/a/keys-item
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shedim-qurilion/a/the-lost-profession
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shedim-qurilion/a/resurrectionist-profession
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shedim-qurilion/a/gates-landmark
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/araea-qurilion/a/khasanganay2C-land-of-many-pools-location
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/araea-qurilion/a/leech-pit-landmark
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/end-of-afterlives-law
2 5945 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/abyssal-harvester-species
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/the-gods-that-remain-species?preview=true
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/abyssal-larvae-species
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/megacorpolis-qurilion/a/best-friends-forge-organization
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/megacorpolis-qurilion/a/best-friends-forge-organization
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/araea-qurilion/a/thaumaturgy---artifice-technology
3 3716 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/world-cage-qurilion/a/the-cage-that-binds-the-world-location
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/araea-qurilion/a/the-gate-of-bones-document
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/megacorpolis-qurilion/a/thoughtfarm-26-friends-organization
4 693 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/communion-spell
5 4392 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/sea-of-spirits-location?preview=true
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/beer-ooze-species
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/alcohol-elemental-species
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/tequila-tick-species?preview=true
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/arcane-heart-item
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/megacorpolis-qurilion/a/weekendwarriors-corp-organization
6 3916 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/magic-in-ithekshem-law
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/arcanoplasm-species-1
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/places-of-power---leylines-location-1
7 Nothin'! Took the day off
8 3200 Ithekshem - https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/weapons-of-sharpness-item
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/tome-of-magic-after-the-end-document
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/whims-of-destiny-spell
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/remember-wound-spell
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/the-tartarian-gate-location
9 1362 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/ride-leyline-spell
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/mirror-plate-mail-item
10 2212 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/araea-qurilion/a/whistle-wailers-formation
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/the-screaming-warlord-item
11 1388 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/dazz-the-bounty-hunting-cactus-person
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/call-the-blood-spell
12 2963 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/scream-beak-species
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/araea-qurilion/a/tshoggan-settlement
13 1800 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/araea-qurilion/a/tshoggan-settlement
14 1400~ https://www.worldanvil.com/w/araea-qurilion/a/tshoggan-settlement
15 Rest
16 3175~ https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/places-of-power---demesnes-location
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/dracoracnids-species-1
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/alchemist-s-transmutation-spell
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/weightless-shields-item
17 2000~ https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shedim-qurilion/a/godslayer-item
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/araea-qurilion/a/the-cull-ritual
18 Rested
19 1615 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/places-of-power---scars-location
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/places-of-power---shards-location
20 2403 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/stomping-boots-item
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/demiurges-species
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/ties-that-bind-spell
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shedim-qurilion/a/spooks-profession
21 Christmas!
22 Christmas!
23 389 https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ithekshem-qurilion/a/lightning-strike-bow-item
24 Christmas!
25 1000~ https://www.worldanvil.com/w/megacorpolis-qurilion/a/remastered-armouries-inc-organization
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Articles

Here's what's been cooking so far!  
The Stars Are Wrong
Physical / Metaphysical Law | Dec 1, 2020
The Prime
Geographic Location | Jun 30, 2024

Our world, the mortal plane. A place of sense and logic, unless you count cats and human behavior, reason and reality

Walkers
Profession | Jul 1, 2021

Walker of Worlds, holder of keys, seeker of gates.

Keys
Item | Apr 10, 2021

Every Gate has a Key - the two parts of travel between worlds.

The Lost
Profession | Dec 1, 2020
Resurrectionist
Profession | Jul 21, 2021

Resurrectionist are Walkers who specialize in the retrieval of corpses or bodyparts for the purpose of ritual and magic.

Gates
Building / Landmark | Dec 6, 2020

Gates are pathways between worlds, hidden in plain sight.

Khasanganay, Land of Many Pools
Geographic Location | Aug 10, 2024

Miles of caverns, submerged with leech-infested waters and the buzzing of wings. Humanity thrives to the few strips of dry caverns they can while explorers trudge the knee-deep pools in search of glory.

Leech-Pit
Building / Landmark | Dec 1, 2020

Pits filled with leeches and blood, fed until harvest, then butchered and consumed across Khasanganay.

End of Afterlives
Physical / Metaphysical Law | Dec 1, 2020

With all the heavens and all the hells destroyed, what happens now when you die?

Abyssal Harvester
Species | Dec 2, 2020

With no Abyss left to gestate souls, the Harvesters need to pick up the slack.

The Gods That Remain
Species | Dec 2, 2020

Divinity isn't what it used to be.

Abyssal Larvae
Species | Dec 2, 2020
Best Friends Forge
Organization | Dec 14, 2020

When it comes to your best friend, leave nothing to chance. Order your good boy today!

Metronomia
Organization | Dec 2, 2020

The weather forecast for today is whatever you want it to be!

Thaumaturgy - Artifice
Technology / Science | Feb 10, 2021

Forging wonders both great and terrible.

The Cage That Binds the World
Geographic Location | Dec 3, 2020

Welcome to the Cage.

The Gate of Bones
Document | Aug 10, 2024

Secrets written in bone.

ThoughtFarm & Friends
Organization | Dec 3, 2020

Pennies for your thoughts, repackaged and resold.

Communion
Spell | Dec 8, 2020

A convergence of arcane power, capable of sundering mountains, slaying gods, burning armies, and presumably also less destructive actions.

Sea of Spirits
Geographic Location | Dec 5, 2020

No, not that kind of spirit. The other, more fun one.

Beer Ooze
Species | Jun 30, 2021

It'll steal your drink when you aren't looking, the little bastards.

Alcohol Elemental
Species | Dec 7, 2020

Spawned from the primal energies of drunkards everywhere, alcoholic elementals are here to party.

Tequila Tick
Species | Dec 5, 2020

Wolf-sized bloodsuckers found in the tequila streams of the Sea of Spirits, they neutralize their prey by getting them incredibly drunk.

Arcane Heart
Item | Dec 8, 2020

A Crystal heart, offering arcane dominion at the cost of flesh, blood, and freedom.

WeekendWarriors Corp
Organization | Dec 5, 2020
Magic in Ithekshem
Physical / Metaphysical Law | Dec 14, 2020

An overview of magic in the world - a natural force run amok, an energy disrupted, a world-shaking disaster without end.

Arcanoplasm
Species | Dec 6, 2020

Amorphous blobs of raw, arcane pollution, birthed from the friction between magical forces or careless magical experimentation.

Places of Power - Leylines
Geographic Location | Dec 13, 2020

Jagged rivers of raw power.

Weapons of Sharpness
Item | Dec 8, 2020

They're really sharp!

Tome of Magic After The End
Document | Dec 28, 2020

The work of a freshfaced ambitious new wizardess, hoping to document all the strange new kinds of magic now possible within Ithekshem.

Whims of Destiny
Spell | Dec 8, 2020

Sometimes, you need fate's helping hand.

Remember Wound
Spell | Dec 8, 2020

Make your enemies remember the worst wound they ever suffered.

The Tartarian Gate
Geographic Location | Dec 9, 2020

A broken gate to the prison of dead gods, cast onto the world of Ithekshem.

Ride Leyline
Spell | Dec 11, 2020

Not all roads are paved with stone or beaten by feet.

Mirror-Plate Mail
Item | Dec 9, 2020

Armor with an enchanted mirror plate that help deflect hostile magic, or combing your hair.

Whistle-Wailers
Military Formation | Aug 10, 2024

The Wailers turn noise into a bone-clattering weapon that only grows stronger in every echo.

The Screaming Warlord
Item | Dec 14, 2021

AHHHHHHHH!!!! It's a weapon that screams, and so will you.

Dazz the Bounty-Hunting Cactus
Character | Dec 11, 2020
Call the Blood
Spell | Dec 11, 2020

Power through blood is like any drug - the more you have, the more you crave.

Scream Beak
Species | Dec 13, 2020

Some birds imitate speech. These imitate the last scream of dying horrors, and it runs in the family.

Tshoggan
Settlement | Aug 10, 2024

The city of Nests - it rests on a foundation of ancient atrocity and bloodshed, bound by tradition and superstition.

Places of Power - Demesnes
Geographic Location | Dec 19, 2020

Places of raw, untamed magical energies that twist the land and taint living things with its power.

Dracoracnids
Species | Dec 16, 2020

Dragon-like monsters with the multitude of skitter legs like a spider, just like that nightmare you had.

Alchemist's Transmutation
Spell | Dec 16, 2020

The art of turning valuable magic into gaudy, probably pointless, gold.

Weightless Shields
Item | Dec 16, 2020

Light as a feather, strong as steel, and easy to lose to a gust of wind if you aren't careful.

Godslayer
Item | Dec 21, 2020

A gun that can kill anything. God, demon, mortal, that annoying squirrel that keeps stealing birdfood - anything.

The Cull
Tradition / Ritual | Aug 10, 2024

Ritualized purges of the dangerous beasts of Khasanganay.

Places of Power - Scars
Geographic Location | Dec 19, 2020

Places of magical friction and contrasting force, festering wounds on the world of Ithekshem inflicted by opposing energies.

Places of Power - Shards
Geographic Location | Dec 19, 2020

Shards are regions of co-existing magical influence that shape the world of Ithekshem.

Stomping Boots
Item | Dec 20, 2020

Big stompy boots for big stompy steps, sometimes on someone's face.

Demiurges
Species | Dec 20, 2020

Undead ideas of the old world, with no place in the new one.

Ties That Bind
Spell | Dec 20, 2020

A spell that binds victims with their own blood - bursting out of veins to wrap them in chains of exsanguinating red.

Spooks
Profession | Jul 22, 2021

Spooks are wizards, warlocks, and witches who use their magic for a corporate or government peycheck. They are the MiB, the web of conspiracies, the poor bastards who has to go out and get that rampaging monster.

Lightning-Strike Bow
Item | Dec 23, 2020

A bow that shoots bolts of lightning instead of arrows.

Remastered Armouries Inc
Organization | Dec 25, 2020

Hand-crafted, artisanal guns and bullets.

 

Community Highlights

Other people's work that I think you should read because they're pretty cool!  
The Koushan Mai
Ethnicity | Jul 12, 2024

The Koushan Mai are the natives of central Caia, north of the Teeth.

Regalti - Color Perception and meaning
Ethnicity | Aug 13, 2024

Regalti involuntarily change their skin color, so color in general has a lot of meaning to them...

Malun-Chaujun, the Tide of Hansun
Settlement | Apr 17, 2024

The Chau were traditionally a migratory people -- but eventually, they settled near the river Honnun, which goes through incredible flooding seasons. Thus the Chau are a people of two cities -- Malun, and Chaujun.

Oubri-Douji Riders
Military Formation | Dec 11, 2020

A military formation specialised in airborne bombardment.

Hey! Want to see what I'm pledging to do for WE?

 
WorldEmber 2020 Pledge
Generic article | Nov 30, 2020


Cover image: by Michal Sztuka Sowa

Comments

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Nov 15, 2020 11:44 by Dr Emily Vair-Turnbull

Ooo I like the word count tracker! :D

Emy x
Explore Etrea
Nov 15, 2020 15:12

Lets see if I remember to update it!


Creator of Araea, Megacorpolis, and many others.
Nov 15, 2020 15:44 by Geoff Washam

This is a really great idea!

Nov 15, 2020 21:03

Feel free to steal it - I do something like this every year. :)


Creator of Araea, Megacorpolis, and many others.
Nov 15, 2020 16:18 by J. Thorne

This page is so pretty!!   Killer idea, too: I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what you do. =3

Nov 15, 2020 21:04

Thanks! :D   Check out my Pledge page for a bit of an idea what I'm going to cook up this WorldEmber!   https://www.worldanvil.com/w/araea-qurilion/a/worldember-2020-pledge-article


Creator of Araea, Megacorpolis, and many others.
Nov 16, 2020 01:28 by Stormbril
Nov 17, 2020 09:16

*Cathedris-hype!* :D


Creator of Araea, Megacorpolis, and many others.
Nov 17, 2020 09:08 by TJ Trewin

Wordcount tracker is a great idea! Best of luck during WorldEmber!! :D


Journals of Yesteryear


I just finished some new art in my latest article: Pinecrest College of Aviation!
Nov 17, 2020 09:16

Thanks! Same to you!


Creator of Araea, Megacorpolis, and many others.