This is going to be my first WorldEmber, and my second major challenge after the SummerCamp. To overcome the lack of prompts and succesfully complete the challenge, I will try my best and to homework this month, preparing at best!
This article is my pledge to complete WorldEmber and shows what I intend to do.
Since I saw I tend to write pretty long articles, I will need only a few topics to focus on. I think the two most important areas in need of expansion and details are the Undead Cities and the Doujatar Kingdom. To these two I should also add the Empire, which generalities are already in place, but details are amiss for. However, I think I will prioritise the former ones, since both lack some basics.
To Do Table
Without further ado, here comes the table. Entries are in no particular order. If, in the end, I will still need more words to complete the challenge, I will describe the other two crusades. I am starting from the second because it is related to the Undead, while the other two are not.| Article | Template | Brief Excerpt | Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damparo | Person | Ancient hero, now guardian of the Moon Valley, where the Goddess resides. | 3800 |
| Garden of Memories | Location | Damparo's places, filled with statues of heroes. | 800 |
| Moon Church | Organization | The cult of the Moon Goddess, based in Krylas, Doujate. | 1300 |
| Head Priestess | Rank | The highest position in the Church. | 1200 |
| Doujatar Kingdom | Organization | Closely tied to the Church, the Kingdom rules the land of Doujate. | 2300 |
| Vidris, Moon Goddess | Person | The Goddess herself, protector of Nys. | 1100 |
| Second Crusade | Conflict | A war waged against the Undead to extinguish them from the world. | |
| Oubri-Douji Riders | Formation | Military unit specialised in airborne bombadment. | 1000 |
| Undead Cities | Organization | League of mostly independent cities in the Frozen Lands north to Doujate. | |
| Archlich | Person | Undead leader, immortal according to some definition of immortality. | |
| Frozen Cathedral | Location | Residence of the Archlich. | |
| Secret Article | Myth | A secret article that I will write last. DEAD last. |
| Article | Template | Brief Excerpt | Done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnakian Glass | Material | A material for luxury ornaments. | 800 |
| Montrerilonkeu | Species | Aggressive herbivorous douji. | 600 |
| Eleise and Elaique | Myth | The first head priestess and the one who blessed Damparo. | |
| First Crusade | Myth | The first champion of the Moon facing the Abyss. | |
| Third Crusade | Conflict | Called against the Abyss during the eighteenth century crisis. | |
| Abyssal Crisis | Conflict | Most important demonic event in Nys. | |
| Silver Half Moon | Item | Holy symbol representing the Head Priestess and Doujate. | |
| Council of the Church | Organization | Conference of the most important archpriestesses. | |
| Second Era | Myth | Past era when the Abyss controlled Nys and a dark mist covered the continent. | |
| Elves | Species | Most common intelligent species on Nys. | |
| Nesto War Treaties | Document | Peace treaties ending the Nesto war. | |
| Sieuch valley | Location | The valley where the Moon Goddess resides. |
30 November - The Beginning
And so it begins! I am starting from the Head Priestess title and, as expected, a LOT more articles to write are popping out. Since the are achievements for more than 10k worlds, WE WILL SPARE NO ENERGIES! I am adding above a second table to fill out with the most important articles to write after. I will give priority to the first table ones before going on. Uh, except the secret one, I mean.
I will also use this article to update and comment upon my progress, since it does not count towards the 10k goal.
Expect the first article in a couple of days at most!
1 December - The First Article
Here we are with the first article, Head Priestess. Today I solved an important linguistic problem. Crusades were called like this because soldiers fought under the symbol of a cross (crux in latin) but in Nys we have no crosses. Instead, since our soldiers fight for the Moon, we will call the wars "Lunades" (and them "Lunaders"). I think it's nice. I will not change it in the tables above, however.
9 December - Almost 50%
This article slipped from my mind for a while. I updated the table but forgot to write entries here. By now, I have the Moon Goddess, the Garden of Memories and the Moon Church.
I am not sure whether I should take a break from Doujate and change topic going for the Undead. The good news is that the remaining articles are no more focused on the Church, so I will get a slight change in any case. Today's prompt about a material rich people use is interesting, I think I can give it a try maybe.
Anyway, current goal is to be over 100% by the end of next week!
15 December - Doujate almost done!
I finally finished a massive article about the Doujatar kingdom. It absolutely hated it: way too lengthy, took way too long. I am very happy it is done now. With this out, I am both almost done and without energies. At the moment I want to write Damparo's article next, since, you know, I'm using his name.
30 December - I am not dead
Probably. Unfortunately I had other projects that needed attention, not to mention work. I had to cut my WorldEmber goal to just write the standard 10k words. I am working on the final article about Damparo, the champion of the Moon. It is taking a while since it is, how can I say, endless? This is the longest article I have ever written and will remain unbeaten for a long time I think. It will be online tomorrow, so stay tuned!
31 December - Happy new year!
With a large delay, I completed this challenge. At first I thought I could achieve the 25k words goal, and it was indeed within reach, after the first half of the month. I am still happy with the result. In the end, I wrote about 13k words, mostly about Doujate, and people enjoyed some of my articles, in particular the Oubri-Douji Riders. The last article, Damparo, features amazing art from a friend, so be sure to check it out!
It is a pity I did not have enough time to write about the undead too, but I will sure get to it in the following months, so stay tuned!
We will see again in the new year! Cheers!
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