WE 2024 Prep: Week 1

It is my solemn duty, as the headmaster of The Blackwell Institute and curator of its mighty library, to put quill to parchment with the intent to immortalize the extraordinary discoveries of today's most brilliant minds. I solemnly swear that I will spend every waking moment I can spare to pen at least ten thousand words on our history, the latest discoveries in the The Otherlands, and on the beauty of our most wonderful world of Loria

— Tobias Blackwell

Since beginning this world the intention was to create a shared universe with my son for us to set our roleplaying games in. As we continue to develop the world our ambition continues to grow. We now envision our shared universe to be the setting to our own roleplaying game as well as companion skirmish and wargames, and we also wish to write stories and set video games in this universe. The world we are creating is our excuse to practice our writing, exercise our creative minds, spend time together, and develop new skills; while we know we may never meet the goals we set out for ourselves we know we can meet smaller goals. For World Ember 2024 we are going to aim a total of 15,000 words between the two of us, 10,000 for me and 5,000 for him.

Azzorak's Areas of Focus

1. The Otherlands

   - As The Otherlands plays a massive role in the world we are creating, I feel some details need to be fleshed out. We are also starting to write the rules of our game and have begun planning playtesting campaigns that will rely on this critical setting information.

2. The Isle of Nox & The Shattered Sea

   - These locations are closely tied to The Otherlands and are also integral to the history of the world and the nature of the setting. Fleshing out these areas are also critical for any campaign or story set in The Shattered Empire to make sense.

3. The Kingdom of Armeria

   - The playtesting campaign I will be running is set in this kingdom and as such we must begin developing some of the regions, settlements, culture, and characters.

World Meta

The world Meta is currently 82% complete; however, there are several areas within that percentage that can use some fleshing out. In addition as the scope of the project has changed and our vision continues to evolve, I believe it is time to comb over the meta once again and update it with new ideas, inspirations, and more fleshed out thoughts. I hope to have the meta at 100% by the end of worldember 2024.