Summer Camp '25 Homework

Week 1: Nourishment

Assignment 1: The Effects of Nourishment

Nourishment can mean a lot of things when it comes to me. In Ezre, Nourishment can come from coffees and teas from far away lands, in the production of equipment and machinery from its industrial factories, and in the methods that people find meaning in a ever-changing and transforming time. Nourishment also comes in the form of steam power, energy, and production.   In Sanctum, hydroelectric power and food production is limited due to the size and growth of the City. Nourishment comes in the form of guild acceptance, power, food, water, survival in a world that threatens to kill and consume the very last of humanity. It can also come from the protection brought on by the lovely Pyradiant Roses that ward evils away from Sanctum. So I have a number of ideas of how Nourishment can be fulfilled in my world.   Also, thanks to my friends Makenzie Turney (moonflower-writing) and darkenedfay, we also have a number of articles planned for the event and are excited to move forward. Lets go, Summer camp! Woooooooooot!  

Assignment 2: Pledge Document

 

Assignment 3: Fixing Outdated Articles

Moon has helped me update the meta for War Mage in Ezre, and I also am starting to work on the meta for Sanctum. As for outdated articles... -looks nervous around- I don't really have any articles but me and moon are planning on preparing ideas to ensure that we can produce new stuff quickly. We are off to an amazing start and we will get diamond or die-amond trying! Go Moonflower! Go WA! Go Fay! Hooray!

Week 2: Roots

Assignment 1: Cultures, Areas, and their Pasts

In the world of Azora, many of the nations such as Adraus, Serenaux, and Drausk have long histories based on ancient, extinct empires. The Desh Empire and Kadian Empires all feature heavily in their influence, despite their deduced or non-existent power. Azora is an age old region defined by its history and connections and is something I would like to build on.   As for Sanctum, its history is a bit harder to explain. Much of its history has been mutated and destroyed by the Bleed and has left the world completely alien from its previous existence. But that means that our focus will be largely on the history of the city and how it has changed over the century of its existence.

Assignment 2: Review the Homepage

Will review later.  

Assignment 3: Early Days, Early Ideas

The Black-Haired Dog is probably one of my oldest idea for a story - that or the Direwolf article. The world of Ezre has changed and changed again since these were written but I have always admired and loved the concept of mythic creatures in a modern setting. However, as the idea has evolved, the creatures have changed from beasts to gods to pets to now mythical god-like beings that help humanity achieve magic. The more I look at these articles, the more I see how my world has changed and evolved into something I am proud of and that, to me, is uniquely mine in comparison to other works.   I think the biggest mistake I did for the Black-Haired Dog was mostly its history, While I love the elements - like the "Story of Laocwyn and Hetmet", I wrote this as a temporary idea due to the fact that I had no real history planned that early but I knew I wanted the pub to be old. Now that I have a greater frame of reference and an idea of events, I can do better with future articles. Other mistakes are minor, I largely did this impromptu and I feel if I had planned it more and developed more instead of wasting time, I could have made this article much better. Now though, I plan and am preparing to develop the world and build on the new foundations.

Week 3: Metamorphosis

Assignment 1: What Is Changing

The World of Ezre and the Subcontinent of Azora is in the midst of the greatest changes that mankind has ever known. Industrialization, transportation, and communication are becoming commonplace everywhere. Trains, radios, new factories and weapons are transforming the understanding of human accomplishment. However, amidst this change, traditionalists and conservative nations argue and push back against these reforms, often times halting them in their tracks. Drausk and Desh utilizing feudalism and serfdom to oppress their citizens while new leaders in Azora struggle against age old nobles and organizations that press against these new movements.   In Sanctum, the world has undergone an apocalyptic change that ruined civilization. As a result, many of the people had to find ways to survive. Sanctum is a city constantly changing and adapting to survive against a planar bleed that threatens to wipeout life as they know it. They fight against the coming of the dark in hope of a brighter tomorrow., However, cultists, monsters, and those warped by the bleed threaten daily life and make survival even in the safest parts of the city a struggle.

Assignment 2: Find Inspiration

For Sanctum, I have inspiration in Cathedris by Stormbril, as well as Hanhula and Davina's works. They have been a huge inspiration just by scrolling through their worlds.

For Azora though, no worldanvil world really inspired me. I often go off of feeling and work towards what i feel is the best which isn't often the best choice. This is why I appreciate my friends who act as a "Bad Idea Filter" for me and help me get a better idea. But over all, Azora isn't really inspired by any known Worldanvil world yet.

Assignment 3: Read Community Articles

I enjoy reading Cathedris' god-husks articles as well as checking out Gamingbrew's race and places articlers as they are TTRPG relatged which is what Sanctum is supposed to be. They have been the biggest inspirations, as well as reading D&D books such as Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft and Baldur's Gate Descend Into Avernus. Though I think Cathedris has been the biggest inspiration and I can't wait to see more from this creator.

Week 4: Tomorrow

Assignment 1: Thinking about the Present

So all this week, I had been on vacation and working on worldbuilding and relaxing to try and get creative juices flowing. To try and get things working and planning. Because both of my worlds are in such big moments of change, it was easy to think about how that tomorrow for them could be different. I also had been working on a schedule. I do not plan to try and write everyday, for me, it will be very impossible but I can certain use my time wisely and work whenever possible.

I also have been working on getting more inspiration on my pinterest for the worlds and creating stubs with my friends to see what I can do and get started that is at least "Theme-related". So, prep is going well!

Assignment 2: Community Connection

Working on doing blog posts, I have also been looking at potentially making blog posts, discord posts, and more to promote myself in the future and what the future of my worlds could be. It's been fun to imagine them, but I want to hold off on that before we have a solid frame. I definitely want to eventually try and make Ezre into a monetized world, but that is far and away from now.

Assignment 3: The Who and Whats of My Mind

As stated in the first week, Makenzie Turney and darkenedfay are my writing partners but I also want to use my blog posts and discord connections to see about getting feedback and how I can improve my writing and my worldbuilding. I feel ready and prepared and I feel clear of mind and sound of heart. I think I can do this.