Avaleenian Summer Camp 2025
Let's jump right into this year's Summer Camp set in the world of Avaleen (because I have a lot of questions and issues, and goddammit let me solve at least one, please).
TL:DR: Avaleen is an everything-kind-of-fantasy setting for the world’s most popular tabletop roleplaying game, and home to several stories both big and small. When an alien deity decides to bring her plane into contact with the material one, it’s because she wanted to gift her worshippers with a greater understanding and manipulation of the world. But for the mortals, it brought conflict, hubris, and the Sundering. In this new age, our heroes need to rebuild, rethink, and navigate a world where magic has changed, yet politicians try to live by the old rules and old borders. With a new threat looming on the horizon, is the world going to plummet once again into darkness? Welcome one and all to Avaleen!
In addition to the Summer Camp, I've revamped the look of the homepage and style as well as made a new maps, which is updated with everything new I've discovered over the past year.
My competition page: writbyjones's Worldbuilding Summer Camp 2025
Ps. I would have loved to make these article blocks to show them off, but I cannot seem to do that inside a table and the CSS for columns do not work for me in this editor. I'm good at many things, but not programming lol.
| Prompt | Article | |
|---|---|---|
| A myth about a food or drink | Tears of the Starmaiden Myth in Avaleen | World Anvil | A common, beautiful myth rooted in the Silvareni Elven culture |
| A food with a unique smell | Ashfen Spice Material in Avaleen | World Anvil | A popular spice first found in the northern regions of Avaleen |
| A condition you can get from a specific food | Yijo Guo Addiction Condition in Avaleen | World Anvil | A fatal addiction. This is what James O'Hagan is dying of at the beginning of The Rogue Angel Plot in Avaleen | World Anvil |
| A profession based on spirituality or philosophy | The Dusk Wardens Profession in Avaleen | World Anvil | The secret division of The Dusk Order and basis for the class Monk - Way of the Mora, Way of the Dusk Order |
| A controversial organization | Cerrion Assembly Organization in Avaleen | World Anvil | Who does not love a problematic group of archmages? |
| A formation known for its adaptability | The Shifting Tide Military Formation in Avaleen | World Anvil | A military division from a tiny island that made big waves in the Shadow War |
| A species that undergoes metamorphosis | Khatari - Dragonkin Species in Avaleen | World Anvil | First new species I've written about with origins in Ala |
| A species with a symbiotic relationship | Nyrrah Species in Avaleen | World Anvil | Ethereal abberations that feed on metaphysical excess? I adore them! |
| A place of origin for a people in your world | Ghor Minthra Geographic Location in Avaleen | World Anvil | Where did the Akati and the Illevan come from in the first place? |
| A place you're not supposed to go | Mount Aelthir Geographic Location in Avaleen | World Anvil | Oliria is filled with many strange things, and this one is very old. Var Thalloth may no longer exist, but the Mount still looms. |
| An ever-shifting place that forces locals to adapt | Al-larn-Ghud Geographic Location in Avaleen | World Anvil | Pala's domain in Ala on the material plane is a strange place indeed. |
| A person known for their numerous progeny | Calador Nythris Character in Avaleen | World Anvil | So many people have mentioned him in my stories, it was time to flesh him out a little more. A womanizing hero and legend. Wonder where he went? |
| A myth about the birth of an important person in your world | The Night of Seven Skies Myth in Avaleen | World Anvil | Calador was always meant for greatness, or so the story goes. |
| A ritual that has changed meaning over time | Lover's Leap Tradition / Ritual in Avaleen | World Anvil | It's a little scary when important, druidic rituals designed to keep the natural peace become trivial teenage curiosities, isn't it? |
| A charity dedicated to helping those in need | The Lantern House Society Organization in Avaleen | World Anvil | A charming, quiet charity with more than 50 locations. |
| A tool used by a nomadic people | Khet-Spike Item in Avaleen | World Anvil | An enchanted survival tool first created by the Noma , but is becoming more widespread. |
| A material with an alternate or secret application | Moonglass Resin Material in Avaleen | World Anvil | A universal spell component that is exceedingly rare, and maybe a little too universal. |
| A building that hasn't been finished | Unfinished Spire of Caldrith Tor Landmark in Avaleen | World Anvil | The Unfinished Spire of Caldrith Tor is the first I write about Thar-Velyn in Oliria which is exciting! |
| A settlement that's been rebuilt several times | Duskrun Settlement in Avaleen | World Anvil | Introducing Duskrun, though I don't quite know where in the world it's located yet. |
| A diaspora spread around the world | Thirawen Ethnicity in Avaleen | World Anvil | The Thirawen Sanctums are spread around the world, guarding rifts that cannot be sealed. |
| An ancient tongue from which many common idioms spring | Alaic-Proto-language Language in Avaleen | World Anvil | The extinct proto-language in Avaleen from which all other languages stem. |
| A recently invented title or honor | Twilight Marshals Rank in Avaleen | World Anvil | The commanding officer of the Shadowhands, the border patrols keeping Moraveil in check. |
| A condition unknown in olden times | The Fade Condition in Avaleen | World Anvil | A new condition, perhaps linked to the breaking of the world and the Sundering caused by the Akati and the Illevan. |
| A visionary who changed the course of history | Aleron Thorne Person in Avaleen | World Anvil | Aleron Thorne was not just a King of Illeva, but the creator of the Portal network. |
Thank you so much for the love and support you've shown me this summer, and I look forward to giving it back!
#SummerCamp2025 #SharetheLove #SharetheStories
Ps. if you are interested to read more narrative fiction set in Avaleen, I've got a couple of ongoing manuscripts on my page: Writbyjones Author's page | World Anvil The Rouge Angel is a long WIP, but most of the first act is published (yes, it's long, it'll become something epic and possibly multiple things in the future)
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