Summer Camp 2023
Pledge
I'm fairly new to World Anvil and this will be my first Summer Camp and the first ever WA challenge I've taken part in! I'm very excited but also don't want to become overwhelmed by all the excitement so have decided to take a leaf out of Annie Stein's 'Camp Chill' guidelines (see sidebar). So, I plan to complete at least 16 prompts and snag myself the 'silver' badge, but will be taking each day as it comes and continuing to work on my novel as my main goal. All prompts will be created for one of the worlds/realms within my The Enchanted Realms Series.Themes
Each Saturday in June 2023, World Anvil are releasing the homework and the Themes for Summer Camp 2023. Below are how I feel each theme may present itself in my world(s).Theme 1 - Power
The Enchanted Realms resemble The Norse World Tree. As well as an Earthly realm there will be other realms that are home to different groups of supernatural beings - Faerys,Vampires, Shapeshifters, Witches and possibly others. Each group has different strengths and weaknesses that are determined by abilities, magical powers or resources. At the beginning of this story the Vampires are at the 'top of the tree'. However they are starting to lose their grip on this overriding power because of a 'weakness' that they will need help from the other factions to overcome.Theme 2 - Frontiers
The main Frontier in the The Enchanted Realms is the tower/tor seen on a hilltop from the village in the Earthly realm. It is a portal between the Earthly realm and the other realms. It was sealed shut 15 years previously and the people in the village don't know why. All they know is that people have gone missing or were cut off when visiting the other realms all those years ago. The people in the village need to find a way to reopen the portal or magic in the Earthly realm will die out forever. The quest to reopen the portal is set in motion when Cassie is sent to stay with her Gran in the village and finds out about her magical powers and the mystery of what happend in the village 15 years ago! Another Frontier might be the race to find magical cures/medicines for things that are happening in other realms.Theme 3 - Relics
As there are several races that inhabit The Enchanted Realms that have lived for a long time there is bound to be relics of the past such as ancient magical or symbolic artefacts and maybe even ancient beings that are enshrined and revered at sacred places. The first series will be centred around a group of teens/young adults in the Earthly realm, that will be fulfilling a different quest in each book. Each quest will likely centre around a mysterious 'relic' and mystery that needs to be solved.Theme 4 - Communication
After a bit of brainstorming I realised that there will likely be a lot of areas related to communication to explore across The Enchanted Realms. In the first book travel and communication has been cut off between the realms. However, there will be hints that other beings from the other realms are trying to contact the Earthly Realm i.e. the finding of a significant object, etched symbols, diary entries, divination. Other areas I might consider exploring are that communication through technology or magic may be more advanced in different realms. Progress
Copper Power
Silver Frontier
Gold Relics
Diamond Communication
All Articles
Prompts
Copper Power
Prompt 1
Organization
Prompt 2
Settlement
Prompt 7
Rank/Title
Prompt 8
Natural Law
Silver Frontier
Prompt 2
Settlement
Prompt 3
Profession
Prompt 5
Species
Wild Card
Prompt 9
Building
Wild Card
Prompt 10
Document
Gold Relics
Prompt 4
Character
Wild Card
Prompt 10
Natural Law
Diamond Communication
Prompt 3
Language
Prompt 4
Organization
Prompt 6
Character
Prompt 8
Building
Wild Card
Prompt 9
Character
Tracking Statblock by Graylion
This article is a work in progress!
Nnie's Camp Chill Guidelines
- Remember the prompts are suggestions, not requirements.
- Write what you're passionate about, leave what you aren't.
- Relax when you feel tired.
- Fight off any pesky brain-squitos trying to make you doubt your work.
- Don't abandon your non-summercamp goals! Write that article you're itching to write, even if it doesn't fit any prompts.
(Shared with permission from Annie Stein. Read her thoughts on 'Camp Chill' on her Camp Pledge.)
To use this block on your own camp pages: [block:1050823]
- Create Categories
- Brainstorm Themes
- Find and Curate Images
To Do List
Hoping to snag this badge during Summer Camp too!
Spooky Shenanigans Challenge Badge
Spooky Shenanigans
by
Haly, the Moonlight Bard
Summer camp days are full of riding, hiking, and fishing. Laughing with friends, swimming in the lake, walking in the woods. They're full of sunshine, fresh air, butterflies, and bird calls.
But summer camp nights are an experience all their own. The ever-present cascade of crickets and frogs on the thick night air. Fireflies sprinkled through the underbrush sparkle like bioluminescent glitter clinging to the cloying aroma of honeysuckle on the moist air.And late in the night, after all the scardy-cats have gone to bed, we gather. Drenched in the smell of wood-smoke and half-hidden in the long-legged, dancing shadows of the low campfire flames, we tell our tales of the spooky, the cryptic, the haunted and possessed.
Are YOU Afraid of the Dark?
If you're like me, then you look for any excuse you can to work a little bit of the spooky, the creepy, the mysterious and unexplained into your world. After all, everybody loves a good story about a monster under the bed, things that go bump in the night, or that weird thing that disappeared into the bushes.
The Challenge: Spooky Shenanigans
Claim this badge when you submit one (or more) Summer Camp eligible article that also features information about:
- a ghost/haunted house/cursed object, OR
- a cryptozoological mystery, OR
- a legendary true crime.
This is an honor-system badge, I won't be checking. But I think it's a fun little extra challenge, especially if you're building a spooky world or just like telling ghost stories.
Welcome to World Anvil! I wish you the best in reaching your goals this Summer Camp, and hope you'll enjoy the event. I'm looking forward to see what you come up with for the prompts!
Thank you so much for dropping by. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for the prompts too :)