“All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.” — Leonardo da Vinci Wizards are often bookish sorts, more comfortable among scrolls…
“Life is a magic, God is the magician” — Hansrajvir There has been a persistent effort over the years to create rules for priests and religious figures to cast their own magical spells. This undoubtedly comes from the traditional…
“Oh, the places you’ll go!” – Dr. Seuss Maybe it is from staying home for the past few months, but we have been thinking lately about visiting new worlds. Maybe not in airplanes, but in games. Going back to the…
“The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.” – Gregory Maguire With skin tones ranging from ashen grey to coal-black, and thin, cadaverous builds, it is small wonder that the shadowights are often mistaken…
“Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.” – J.K. Rowling We have spent the last couple of posts (here and here) sketching out an area within our Almeri setting as a location for a…
“Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.” – Miguel de Cervantes Living in the Weft, or even a prolonged visit, is not for the faint. There is no day or night, just the ever-present glow of the lava…
“We may move in different circles, but we all dance the same dance on the music of the spheres” ― Wald Wassermann Most of the world-building posts here have been about our world of Almeri and its various ecologies,…
“Nothing burns like the cold.” ― George R.R. Martin Beyond the storms and the endless gray swells of the Middlesea, those who venture north will eventually be greeted by the sheer cliffs and pine-topped ridges of the Einnen coast.…
“What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.” ― Werner Herzog Traveling north from Falcon’s Reach, the Tien river delta has one last outpost of civilization at Storr’s Haven.…
“Give me for my friends and neighbors wild men, not tame ones. The wildness of the savage is but a faint symbol of the awful ferity with which good men and lovers meet.” – Henry David Thoreau Beyond the Rollers…
