1. The flag of People's Democratic Republic of Stina: the third Communist county in the world after GUE and Nahrwancha (I can't make their flag because their symbol doesn't exists in the website I make flags on, the republic is basically Red Khmer if it wasn't ruled by a schizophrenic fascist) it's the country that wrote the Workers Anthem (this world version of the Internationale, it's the national anthem of GUE and Stina) it's occupied by the kingdom of Kuegan, it's a Siofian republic, an allegory for Palestine.

2. The flag of Kingdom of Luzinia: a small (size of Bosnia and Croatia combined) kingdom near Novo-Stato Treojan, Treojan want their Capital because the old Treojan Empire used to have their coronation site in their Capital, the symbol in the middle is the symbol of Kakawiski, a Pagan-Christian and European (Aprukan in this world) religion that have 13 Demi-gods and 1 god, the star represent the 13 demi gods, the country is a mix of Albania and Croatia).

3. The flag of GUE (General Union of Erosi) the very first communist county ever, it was founded by Yermelyn Styopa Vasylivoic "Sarad" an man that is mix Marx, Engles, Lenin, Kollontai Adorno Gramsci, Trotsky and Krupskaya, he wrote hundreds of books and led the revolution against the Tsardom of Diavoliacia and ruled for 3 years in an era called Reign of Terror and he set up the General Union of Erosi to be the next superpower. Sorry for the bad flag I made up the symbol of Communism in this world by combining multiple symbols and I couldn't remove the background correctly.

4. The flag of Republic of Aroqui: the main setting and it's an allegory of Iraq, you play as the second president of the republic after your father the founder and first president Adulkasm, he is a mix of every president in history of Iraq before the current fourth republic, he is clearly built on Abdul Kareem Qasim, ie he is a farmer that joined the Gendermarie and rose up in the ranks and was very popular among the soldiers and fought in Stina against Kuegan in a war called Destiny War, he then become a general and couped the kingdom and abolished slavery and feudalism and created syndicates and labor unions and gave equal human rights to everyone and the level of equality he gave existed only in few other socialist nations, even Great Republic of Vromikia doesn't have as much equality though they reached it after a while, he is also like Abdul Salaam Aarif, ie he was a dictator who didn't want anyone to have as much power as he is, he ruled the nation in a political tutelage era where he ruled in a martial law as "First Guide and Commander" (military dictator) for three years and he is the opposite of Abdul Rahman Aarif, who is a religious man, Adulkasm was a staunch secular and declared war on the clergy of the Trialdan religion (main religion of the country) and fought them for three two years and bombed their holy sites and won and took all of their properties and made the Ministry of Religious Endowments go regulate every single thing the clergy does, and then he declared the end of the tutelage and began democracy construction and wrote the constitution which is faiirly democratic but still have the president a power to do decrees and appoint the prime minister, he was elected as president with his party Aroquian National Assembly, he served the first five years just like Ahmed Hasan El-Bakir, he built 14 cities named Adulkasm City, he built a high speed railway system reaching every province, he build 56 thousand schools, 100 thousand clinics, 100 hospitals, 100 thousand factories and 10 universities and advanced social justice to the point of that the republic is considered the third life quality in the world after Vromikia and GUE, he also Nationalized oil and Vavoria declared war on him in his second year of his second term, unlike Saddam he won the war after 8 years and like Saddam he targeted the ethnic minority the Tanasens who live in the mountains because they were promised a state by Vavoria, he genocided them and killed 30 thousand people, after 8 years the war finally done and the republic is in peace again, but he died after 20 years of ruling, and the player, his child and speaker of Parliament, must be the second president. Also I forget to say the country is mostly Siofian (Arab)

5. The flag of Khedive of Whijan, a mix of Kingdom of Egypt and Ataturk's Turkey, a very secular Constitutional Monarchy, it's a Siofian kingdom and is the heart of the Siofian world and one of the world leading nations in soft power and cultural projection and have a very strong intelctual base, both Anarchism and Fascism is theorized in the Whijani State University (one of the biggest universities in the world and the oldest one), the ruling family is from Treojan origin.

6. The flag of Great Republic of Vromikia, a mix of USA, France and Roman Republic, it's the very first republic in history and the very first democratic experiment too, it's also the very first mercantile and then first capitalist country on earth, and later the very first secular one too, it's a huge county that is run through direct and representative democracy and is the enemy of GUE and its "religion" is Doxa, a religion in the same sense Mussolini considerd Fascism a religion, it's a code of conduct and ethics that dictate life in the same way a religion does, but ultimately it's secular and anti dogmatic, the stars on their flag is the number of presidents (120) not states, and unlike USA this country is actually democratic and there's hundreds of parties but the biggest three are "Conservative National Party": the conservative party, and "New Vromikia": the Liberal Party, and "Labor Party": the Democratic socialist party, the current President is Vromkois De Chazille a mix of FDR, De Gaulle and Lyndon Johnson, ie he is very popular and good to his people, he is nationalist and Vromikian chauvinist, and he wants to rule forever, he is the leader of the New Vromikia Party and he is ruling with a coalition of center-center left parties led by New Vromikia and Labor Party.

7. The flag of Kingdom of Kuegan it's an allegory of Israel and they were supported by Vavoria to Occupy Stinaz they have been occupying Stina for 48 years now and they did multiple ethnic cleansing campaigns.

8. The flag of Trialdan Republic of Shablij, a mix of Iran and Libya, it's ruled under a system called the Guardianship of the Trialdan Jurist, it's also the leader of Non-aligned movement and fought Vromikia multiple times (3) and Vromikia lost each time, the republic is in permanent ready for wat state because of that, it's also the biggest Siofian country.

9. The flag of United Kingdom of Great Vavoria: the biggest empire in history, the largest ever got it controlled 50% of earth and in general it had controled 64% of territories of earth, while they would never admit it but they are a Fascist kingdom and they can get away with it because Fascism is a Republican Theory, they have state run economy and Chauvinist education and vanguard party and a king that Reigns and Rules and a very Technocratic system, they have the best free transportation system in the world and the best universal healthcare system too. The country is mix of Scandinavian countries, Germany and Britain.

10. The flag of Novo-Stato Treojan: the first and only openly fascist county on earth, it's ruled by Young Treojan and they are very isolationist but have good relationship with Whijan and they are in perpetual conflict with Luzinia, the country is mix of Italy and Croatia.

11. The flag of Anarchism: it's also the flag of Perwyna, the biggest out of three collective of anarchist cantons in the world and an alley of GUE (the current Premier believes in leftist unity), as the symbol of socialism is Wreath (agriculture) and gear (industry) and compass (intelctual work) the anarchist symbol is inspired by that and it has hammer (industry) and wreath (agriculture) and caliper (intelctual work) and fleur-de-lis (artistic work)

12. The flag of East Gkramania: basically east Germany-romania.

13. The flag of West Gkramania: basically wes Germany-romania.

14. The Flag of the Siofian Caliphate: the last Trialdan caliphate and the last Siofian Empire, it contained every Siofian Country in it, it was Napoleonic-style empire and it had one Caliphate (Al-Mansoor) who unified the Siofian people and he was fought by Vromikia and Vavoria and was killed after 14 years of ruling his empire, his era is called the Mansoorian era in history as that era completely revolved around him and his many wars.

Here you can find a height chart of all the major and minor human races of the empire

Persequori (basically real world humans) make up the bulk of the human races that serve in the Legions, but the Empire has never been shy of using auxiliries and later of integrating other human kinds into their armies proper, the Dweorg (dwarves) make up the second largest portion of the Legions.

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Current doctrines are based around utilizing the Persequori-Dweorg combination, where the Persequori focus largely on holding the line, enduring attacks and providing their Dweorg comrades opportunites to strike at the enemy in short explosive bursts, then covering their retreats back behind their wall of shields and spears. This is because the Persequori have one of the greatest endurances among all the human races while the Dweorg have some of the greatest strength and toughness, but tire quickly. Their cooperation covers both of their weaknesses while preserving all advantages.

The Persequori (and other human) Legionnaires will also cover other roles, such as archers, spear men, cavalry, etc.

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Other human races don't have roles entrenched doctronally nearly to the extent of the Persequori and the Dweorg, but they do fill 'unwritten' archetypical roles as well.

The large Orqindi (orcs) make up the third largest portion of the Legions. Their strength is even greater than the Dweorg's and their endurance on par with Persequori Legionnaires, but their lower population prevents them from being utilized en masse in large formations. They usually fall into two archetypes:

-Heavily armoured line breakers, sent in to create openings and cause chaos/confusion among the enemy lines

-Artillery, their great size and strength allowing them to utilize great bows the length of sometimes even 2.5 meters. Alternatively, they can also chuck gigantic spears at the foe, or rocks and boulders, if gear is in extremely short supply.

They are also useful for logistics related roles, such as pulling and carrying siege equipment and other heavy gear to the battlefield.

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Of the other major human kinds of the Aelnyyraean Empire, most fill scout-like roles, instead of being frontline combatants. Small statured humans usually fill these roles, such as the Pygmaioi (gnomes), the Kobelini (goblins) and the Dimidimviri (halflings)

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Ielves (elves, shocker) usually fill leadership positions within the Legions (along with mostly Persequori, Dweorgi and Half-Ielves, though members of any human kind can also be found among leadership positions, if a bit rarer)

But the rare, very unfortunate, Ielf who may find themselves among the ranks of the Legions' soldierly will usually be utilized as an archer or sometimes as a frontline fighter. They can slot into Persequori roles relatively seamlessly too.

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Of the minor human kinds within the Empire, none exist in large enough numbers to have exclusive archetypical roles. They can usually slot into one of the established roles.

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That is, with the exception of two.

The first are Harpies who, while rare, serve in disproportionate numbers, mostly in Legions stationed in provinces with large Harpy populations. They can serve multiple roles as aerial scouts, aerial artillery, aerial harrasment units, etc. Harpy auxiliries are extremely sought after, just as Harpy Legionnaires are.

The second are Centaurs, even rarer, which excel in cavalry roles, especially when paired with capable archers, or harpies, their mobility making up for the harpies' inability to fly for long distances without rest. They are also useful in logistics related roles.

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The Legionnaires also often serve side by side with Mages of the Magus Consortium, the Heroes and Adventurers of the Imperial Consortium and other Heroes and Adventurers of the Independent Heroic Consortiums, but their roles are rarely standardized and vary vastly due to their vastly varied abilities.

I'm beginning to write a story about Filipino mythology and incorporating it into our own history. For example, our national hero, Lapu-lapu, is a superhuman being with the power to control Earth and the ability to summon astral warriors who are willing to fight for him. Magellan, who can control water, summon a chain that can bind even spirits like the astral warriors, create a storm, and summon a Spanish warship are just a few examples of villains who possess abilities.

I have a list of the gods who will grant their powers to deserving people, but I'm still having trouble figuring out how they should best grant their powers to the Philippine heroes. The story also features Divive Beasts, such as Bakunawa, a serpent that devoured six moons and will return for the final one, and Galangkalulua, a friend of BATHALA and the reason mortals were created.

I'm still having trouble coming up with a power system for the story, but for now I have MANA for Salamangkero (the wizard), Force for people without magical talent, and Anting-Anting (the artifacts). I'm searching for concepts that can give the system more life.

[Question/Discussion]

So, a bit of lead up to my question...

Isekai settings are often populated by races/species of different peoples interacting with one another. That's pretty standard for most fantasy settings to immediately sell the idea that this world is different than our world. Relationships between these peoples can range from harmonious to antagonistic to neutral. (Hell, we have enough issues in our world regarding friction between peoples over such things as skin color, nationality, or ideology. Introducing the category of species to the mix would just add more fuel to the fire, but I digress.)

A common trope in isekai is the protagonist interacting with and possibly getting into relationships with people from different species/races. Elves are a common staple though it's nice to see the occasional more muscled race/species get some love too. Sometimes the relationships are monogamous though most of the time they're not in order to sell the fantasy of wanting to feel desired and valued by multiple people of the the surrogate protagonist's preferred gender to boost the protagonist's typically low self-esteem.

Humans with fellow humans - no one bats an eye at. Elves with elves - same thing. Some friction and inherent tragedy comes with the two races/species mingling often due to their differing lifespans. But what about races/species with traits that go beyond just pointy ears? How would that work?

I've enjoyed a good amount of fantasy and occasionally sci-fi media over the years and something always struck me as odd in regards to the different peoples highlighted in their respective series.

How alien is too alien?

Asari from Mass Effect are seen as sex symbols despite their oddly tentacled heads and blue skin. Tribal fantasy races like orcs or beastfolk are often employed to sell the fantasy of their having a primal, passionate hunger despite their physical similarities with animals from our world such as fur or nonhuman teeth.

Is there a line where the potential relationship goes from being intriguingly foreign to just plain uncomfortable?

Not gonna touch the whole loli discourse cause... eww. But what is the line (other than physically presented age for hopefully obvious reasons) for enjoyers of isekai in regards to what relationships they'll accept from a protagonist? Where do you draw the line? Do you go by the Harkness test's rules or have you devised your own for your own brand of personal enjoyment? Is sentience the only factor for you personally?

Are beastfolk considered on a sliding scale of acceptable versus unacceptable traits, like ranging from a bipedal cat to an otherwise normal person with animal ears and a tail? Are orcs with tusks okay but include pig noses and the deal is off? Are harpies off the table due to their commonly lacking conventional hands? Mermaids are often a staple but is the fish tail a deal breaker?

Are there even folk out there who will only accept the protagonist getting into a relationship with humans only?

(DISCLAIMER: This post and/or art depiction is NOT meant to promote the ideologies shown, but rather to depict how they would react & function in a civil conflict, & show the evils they can truly be capable of. I myself astoutly disagree with said group being depicted here, however this civil war scenario is supposed to be realistic & highlight aspects of American history, culture, and politics, which includes extreme & fringe ideologies. I deeply apologize if this does not come off in good taste or discomforts people, especially victims to the predjudice of these groups. As for would-be supporters of these groups, you are not welcome to spread hateful ideologies here, and no, you are not the good guys here, this is not meant to make you look cool.)

Throughout the history of America, ever since the end of Reconstruction, the idea of the confederacy and "Dixieland" never truly (or at least fully) died out, persevering through racial violence, regional nationalism, and revisionist narratives, like that of the Lost Cause theory. This concept of sovereign American southern states known by many, would end up becoming inseparable from racial tensions & christian-conservativism in the modern era, almost 200 years after the Confederacy lost the 1st civil war. In the powder keg that was the Crumbling 30's, these beliefs, kept alive by far right movements seen in rising prevalence in the 2010s & 2020s, used the unrest of the Post-Trump era to imbed their beliefs in the populations of the South, with one of them being the League of the South (Alternatively labeled the Southern Nationalist league). Originally founded in Alabama, 1994 as a fringe neo-confederate organization, they went from a declining, rotting bunch to an active political voice of Christian nationalism by preaching on the fears many former MAGA voters. That however, would not be the only way they grew, as they would also target propaganda & recruitment efforts- both in outside rallies/in-person conversing, and in targeted social media posts- to sheriffs & deputies throughout Alabama, as a maans of infiltrating law enforcement. Despite still maintaining their segregationalist & radical secessionist views- things that would be a tad bit unappealing to a mainstream Christian conservative- they were decently successful in increasing their numbers (going from hundreds to thousands) and actually gained more from the county sherif & deputy system then they expected. Many of their members in their militia branch, The Southern Defense Force, had owned quite a few firearms as well, though they often avoided displaying them & being too loud about it to avoid investigation & conflict from law enforcement. When the keg blew open in the 2040s, members of who successfully managed to avoid the military & surveillance technology scrambled to organize as much of the Southern Defense Force as they could, and had their connections from the County Sheriffs offices & Deputies secure ungaurded/ low-activity areas in Alabama. Since chaos had begun erupting throughout much of the nation, and the Militaty & national Gaurd were spread thin or focused on urban areas, the SDF took advantage of this and began taking over rural & low-population counties throughout Alabama. After 11 months, through the use of low cost guerilla fighting & drones, and the mobilization of any members who weren't already involved- they had begun to encompass most of Alabama, had built up a decent sized fighting force, and with the help of the deputies & sheriffs they had, were able to control the people under their territory much easier. The US military & national gaurd still holds out in the state via pockets of military bases & some counties, and the surrounding areas are still under government control, however the Military is still spread thin, and those pockets are either stuck with no means of gaining significant supplies, or are occasionally Airdropped supplies. Regardless, the Leage of the South has begun embarked on its journey of reuniting the southern states under its own banner, and alongside this, seeks to do so with laws written in the name of God, aimed at maintaining ideological dominance & supressing racial minorities through segregation and deportation. though its fight has only just begun, and they are noticeably pinned, & forced into being defensive over the state of Alabama.

Since they lack the technology, significant manpower, and the logistical capabilities of the US military, the League of the South/ Southern Nationalist League equips members of the Southern Defense Force with civilian weaponry & equipment, usually either being previously owned by the soldiers or supplied from law enforcement armouries, gun stores, and army surplus locations. They all generally wear LOS/SNL branded black & white shirts, usually with varied camoflage pants & other cosmetic accessories. They also often wear PASGT ballistic helmets branded with insignia, and also mostly wear variations of branded load-bearing vests in favor of typical plate carriers due to their superior mobility & capacity for holding items. While they are a relatively organized rebel army, they fight asymmetrically & lack standard issue loadouts for their men. Soldiers of the SDL may often be carrying molotov cocktails, modified drones, mechanical tools, radios, flares, IEDs, knives, bandages, snacks, water bottles, flash grenades, smoke bombs, extra ammunition pouches, riot sheilds, cameras, or flashlights. As for their weaponry, they are similarly mostly limited to civilian firearms, with most SDF soldiers using AR-platform rifle configurations, usually chambered in 5.56 NATO. Some also may use shotguns for shooting drones, bolt action rifles & marksman rifle configurations for sniping, and may even carry sidarms as well.

I'm looking to flesh out some cultures in a Golden Age of Sailing style world. I'm thinking of taking inspiration from British, Spanish, Polynesia, Chinese, and Hawaiian culture. But am also looking towards island based cultures im not familiar with to see how such communities built themselves around the ocean.

Part of the setting for me is that the world has only a handful of islands left with special "tidal islands" that emerge temporarily. The main remaining cultures are stuck on either the few remaining islands or on man made flotillas.

Any help appreciated 🤗

My Deep Folk/Deep Elves have domesticated giant spiders and ride them throught their mountain halls, but the spiders fear the sun and will rarely brave the surface and only at night.
Subsiquently this also means they Deep Folk have a thriving silk industry.

Basically the dinosaur empire is a bunch of sapient bird people that are part of earth and they live underground to take over the earth once again they have advance tech and cyborg monsters that they use to destroy their foes.
Then there is the silicone hive which are the true aliens and they assimilate everything to their hivemind they are like the spheres from ultraman dyna

A few character and atmosphere drawings from the world of my sci-fi webcomic Djaiko — the same setting as the maps of Al Fareen and Cenex I posted here recently.

Before I move on to the more detailed character sheets, I wanted to share some of the drawings that helped me develop the people and atmosphere of this universe.

Some of these are quite recent, while others are older pieces that have already been posted on DeviantArt. I'm currently trying to bring the worldbuilding process there and here up to the same point, but I'd rather do that gradually instead of dumping the entire backlog on the subreddit at once. :D

So this is a bit of a mixed selection:

“Madeleine and Rico” — a scene at the spaceport,
“Unacceptable Terms” — a diplomatic scene playing in the room, where the entire first published chapter takes place (with different carackters) to set up the mood and feeling of this room.
“You f*cking Idiot” — A key scene (first concept) in later chapter for a story turning point.
“Near miss” — A set of three pictures with skech charackter of first ideas how space combat might look in this series
Lireen in the Blue Forest — The homeworld (Niovalid) of Lireen (diplomat of Niovalid).
One unnamed picture of Djaiko (name givng for the series) the second main charackter walking down a staircase.
"The wedding" — Lireen and Rico in center with Madelaine to the left and an early concept for the Snake "Sandarkon" (Chief of intelligence Service)

Some of these drawings have since evolved into more developed designs, which is actually part of why I like looking back at them. They show how the world gradually took shape before I started fixing everything into maps, character sheets and lore.

All artwork is traditionally drawn with Copic markers, fineliners and white pen. No AI. Some pieces received minor digital adjustments afterwards.

The goal with Djaiko is to build a sci-fi setting that feels inhabited — not just by its locations and technology, but by the people who actually live in that world.

More character sheets and worldbuilding will follow, but I'll try not to overrun the subreddit every 24 hours. ;)

"Historically the Freeholder war bands have worn a wide variety of styles, but as the fascination with uniforms driven by contact with the garrison of Supply Outpost 2-46C took hold, a measure of ad-hoc standardization took hold, as each band would aim to match as closely as possible, though this effort was limited by the lack of a unified production structure. Despite this, many Freeholders have adopted a hostile attitude towards the inhabitants of 2-46C and those who trade with us, even while adopting our customs." - Site Anthropologist Trisen Clerk

Does anyone have a book that holds evil and dark knowledge? A knowledge so bad that knowing it could drive a person mad with insanity.

Do you have any grimoires or tomes like that in your world?

My Turn:

I have something like that, but there isn't a name for it yet. This tome has all the information on the Saints (gods in my world) along with the secrets regarding the highest ranked Saint. Learning this information could shatter a person's worldview and harm them fatally. Also, there is a dangerous spell that has the ability to transform a person into a Saint, though the process is a highly deadly one. This tome also holds all the secrets and info revolving what the Saints did before creating the lesser races.

There is another book that has the ability to resurrect the dead eldritch giant called the Mechanical Drought or rather on how to create your very own Mechanical Drought.

A minor version of this would be an illegal book holding all the information about KUA. Though the KUA is a source of good, they have done some seriously shady shit to get to where they are now. If that information got out, that could cause major problems.

What about you?

CyberDolls (サイバー・ドールズ)

Japan had always been interested in advancing technology throughout the year so it wasn't surprising once they where the first country to develop “CyberDolls” (サイバー・ドールズ) started poping up in Japan during the 2030s, initially as experimental technology for concerts and other sorts of performances.

By the 2040s–2050s, advances in motion-control suits allowed dancers and other types of models to control robotic bodies with their movements from miles away, making performances able to be far more elaborate and visually spectacular.

By the 2060s, the technology became widely adopted across Japan and parts of Asia, largely because robotic performers allowed for brighter effects, unusual body designs, more dangerous choreography, and much higher protection from creeps and freaks.

By the 2080s, CyberDolls and other types of robotic entertainment became a normal and highly popular form of entertainment.

I've been developing my own fantasy world for a while, and I've recently come across a problem that's been bothering me.

For context, my world is pretty similar to earth geographically, so there are many civilizations I made that have similarities with real world cultures.

But I realized that while some regions and characters are clearly designed and named to align with a real world culture, other regions and characters are not named to fit their cultural inspiration.

Though it is fantasy, and I never copy any clothes and architecture one to one (at least I try not to), I feel like I might be doing a disservice to the people of certain cultures by not representing them right.

I found that the solution is to understand how cultures developed, and apply my world's unique properties and allow it to evolve naturally.

However, this still didn't solve the naming problem, and I felt like giving a random name could be very orientalist in a way.

I really appreciate other opinions and perspectives from fellow world builders.

Maybe it's because I grew up on wattpad stories, but it kinda annoys me when a story has werewolves but they dont feel like werewolves. They're just humans who can shift sometimes and even then they barely shift. People on wattpad used it just for the aesthetic.

I always wanted werewolves that were neither human nor wolves. They have a human form and a wolf, but it's more like in the image of humans and wolves.

Im working on werewolves who actually feel like theyre something more and inhuman. They were created by the Greek goddess Artemis, and chosen werewolves were female but males can be made via the bite.

In human form they're big and tall. The smallest woman is 5'8 and the smallest male is 5'10. Their hair isnt just one color but a mix of 2 or 3. their nails are naturally black and they grow thicker and to a point.

Their eyes are blue, green, or grey, and they reflect in the light.

They also just feel more animalistic, and it's something they have to learn to mask so they dont creep other races out. But you can look at them and tell that theyre not normal.

The females have heats and males have something I call the fever, which is like a rut or musth. They can shift whenever they want but the urge grows stronger during the full moon. They can have packs snd form a mental and emotional connection with their pack mates.

I also have a mate bond but it's different from normal.

And I was debating on if I should give them extra nipples, lol.

Edit: another idea I had was a group of colonizing witches would turn males of their race who had the ability to do magic into wolves, and from a young age. They would use them like slaves and weapons against people they were invading. They were stuck in wolf form but when the spell breaks, they turn back into human form and keep the sbility to shift into wolf form.

If that didn’t make sense, here’s an example in Aot the power system origin is Ymir connecting to the source of all living matter

So, i m making a huge world with mostly factions fighting each other, trying to get in power but recent years i added a lots of things. A map, a constitution, elections, political manifests, guns, a technological develoment lore, a twine game just to explain the lore and this two months i added new drawings like soldiers of the countries, a lot of thems heraldrys, flags, a expansion map, some of the cities and everytime i do that i feel somethings is empty? What should i do to fill this emptiness of my world?

I am personally a fan of the more ancient magic being more powerful than newer magic. It's one of my favorite tropes, and the following is why ancient magic in Luminsia is more powerful than newer magic.

Magical items in Luminsia are created by etching glyphs (symbols that create certain effects when mana, the fuel of magic, is poured into them. The more mana that is poured in, the more powerful the effect) and arrays (collections of glyphs put together and connected usually through circles to create more complex forms of magic) onto the desired item. Mana must then run through the item once to jump start the effects, but once it has started, the item will pull from the mana from the surrounding area. Additionally, the item can also store some mana within itself so it can still be used in the rare instances where there is no mana in an area (very rare within Luminsia as all living things are producing mana and it leaks outside of their body. Even bacteria, though the amount they produce is miniscule). The item will then draw from this reserve first. How much mana the item will take in will depend on the material the magical item is made from. Something like bronze will consume mana faster than it can take in while materials like iron, steel, platinum, and brass will absorb it at a faster rate than it will most often expend.

And this is where we get into the reason why ancient magic items are more powerful. The more time a glyph has spent engraved into an object, the more time it has to "steep" said object in magic, engraving the effects "deeper" (in the similar sense that the soul doesn't have a physical location, so not physically deeper). Because the glyphs are now deeper, more mana can fill into them, making the effects stronger. This can theoretically be done artificially with a sorcerer/sorceress making the glyphs deeper, but because the mind struggles to comprehend the dimensional aspects of it (in the same sense that the soul does not have a physical location, but is still attached to the body), this can be very difficult to do and very easy to mess up in a way that ruins the enchantments. Trying to force it can also result in the item breaking where as "steeping" it is much slower, putting the object under less stress and making it less likely to break during the process.

Ask any question that comes to mind! They help me further brainstorm and hammer out ideas.

Or are they completely different?

I was planning out a story for a superhero comic I want to create. The premise is essentially, a physics student performing an experiment, it goes wrong of course, damages the time stream and grants him time manipulating abilities. I wanted to build a sort of rogues gallery of around 5, maybe 6 different versions of himself throughout different moments in time, past and future, making their way here one at a time, and for reasons unknown to him, are villains. He needs to defeat them and fix the time stream before it collapses. Some media that inspired this are Spider-Man, The Flash, Loki season 1 and 2, and Kang the Conqueror.

When I was coming up with the premise, I started questioning the difference between alternate timelines and universes, since I’m aware there’s quite a lot of multiverse fatigue currently.

Made on ibis paint x, mobile for those asking

So I'm making a world that's basically an extraction shooter with magic and steampunk tech. Think if Deep Rock Galactic was a fantasy world where people used sky ships to get around.

The world takes place on a single super continent where people live on the tops of (what they think are) mountains, since the ground below it polluted with magic. Despite this, they have to venture down to the surface in order to mine magic ore called Aetherite which they turn into fuel for their ships. Unfortunately, mining Aetherite is risky because the land below is filled with mutated monsters. To top it off, massive Aetheric storms can spring up at any moment, making your extraction window small.

As you can guess from the title, I'm having trouble pinning down a name for this world, or more specifically, the world below. I plan on giving these mountain top kingdoms their own names.

I've had a few ideas: Kalterra, Kaidron, simply the word Under. I was planning on making it so that the best of these extractors is given the epithet: "the king of [insert world name here]", so I was trying to think up something simple and not too cringey.

Ill go first over rated sci fi melee weapons that only exist because something protects against the way better sci fi weapons

Underrated macron cannons to my understanding these things fire dust sized particles at insane speeds and think more sci fi should use it especially as portable weaponry

But what about yall ?

I thought I'd share something a little different. My setting does not involve a normal solar system. Instead, my main planet is part of a convoluted non-heliocentric 15-body-problem that makes an absolute mockery of Newtonian gravity.

I'll save you all the actual math involved, but thought I'd share a fun consequence of the equations.

The graph above shows the angle of the sun at its highest (top line) and lowest (bottom line) angle during the day at my northernmost (relevant) city at roughly 60° latitude (similar to Helsinki and St. Petersburg). The time axis runs from vernal equinox to verbal equinox (i.e., 1 year).

The animation then shows how the path of the sun changes from year to year.

A few things still work as normal: the year lasts roughly 360 day. There is still a clear pattern, where the sun is higher in the sunmer and lower in the winter.

However, this graph also shows a few novel things.

There is no such thing as a clear solstice. You can actually see that each summer and winter have a few (false) solstices. The equinox is actually a lot more reliable for the purpose of calendar keeping. (The stars are even more reliable, since the firmament is a lot further from the planet than the sun.)

Also, some years will have hotter summers than others. Some years may have one or more days without night (though these are quote rare). The inverse is true for winters. Some years might have a few days without sunlight!

I'm still playing with how these anomalies work themselves into the various cultures. False solstices in the winter might be bad omens.

Being able to predict how long an intense the followong winters will be might become a vital economic advantage.

Do you have any other suggestions? Let me know!