Category: Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding: Festivals & Holidays

Worldbuilding: Festivals & Holidays

With the holidays coming up, and Thanksgiving in only two days, I thought it would be fitting for this week to write a post about holidays and celebrations.

To be entirely honest, festivals are something that I don’t work hard enough at in my worldbuilding. I’m a fairly lazy person, something that I aim to overcome, and that can sometimes translate into my worldbuilding. Festivals and holidays can be difficult to develop, but they’re easier if you have a starting point. That starting point is what I’ll attempt to give you in this post. Continue reading “Worldbuilding: Festivals & Holidays”

Deep Worldbuild Project Part 7: Culture

Deep Worldbuild Project Part 7: Culture

Deep Worldbuild Project:

Part 1: Map Outlines

Part 2: Landscape and How it Affects Culture

Part 3: Wildlife

Part 4: Technology and Magic

Part 5: Religion

Part 6: History

 

Sorry this is so late in coming. It took me an embarrassingly long time to come up with a topic. When I finally thought of culture I facepalmed so hard… Anyway, you’ve waited long and patiently so I won’t keep you waiting any longer. Here’s the post. Continue reading “Deep Worldbuild Project Part 7: Culture”

Deep Worldbuild Project Part 6: History

Deep Worldbuild Project Part 6: History

Deep Worldbuild Project:

Part 1: Map Outlines

Part 2: Landscape and How it Affects Culture

Part 3: Wildlife

Part 4: Technology and Magic

Part 5: Religion

Part 7: Culture

 

Well, this post could be interesting. I don’t usually go real deep into the history of my countries. Aside from the one world in which most of the history is told in the series, so… Yeah.

And now we start our history lesson. *takes a deep breath* Here we go. Continue reading “Deep Worldbuild Project Part 6: History”

Deep Worldbuild Project Part 5: Religion

Deep Worldbuild Project Part 5: Religion

Deep Worldbuild Project:

Part 1: Map Outlines

Part 2: Landscape and How it Affects Culture

Part 3: Wildlife

Part 4: Technology and Magic

Part 6: History

Part 7: Culture

 

Welcome to the fifth installment of my worldbuilding series. If you missed the first four you can read them at the links above.

And now onto the subject at hand. For most of my stories I stick to the religion I created several years ago, the Abban faith, which mirrors Christianity. Usually I don’t bother with any others. For this series I’m still going to stick with Abban as the true faith, but Continue reading “Deep Worldbuild Project Part 5: Religion”

Deep Worldbuild Project Part 4: Technology and Magic

Deep Worldbuild Project Part 4: Technology and Magic

Deep Worldbuild Project:

Part 1: Map Outlines

Part 2: Landscape and How it Affects Culture

Part 3: Wildlife

Part 5: Religion

Part 6: History

Part 7: Culture

 

Welcome to the fourth installment of the Deep Worldbuild Project series. Yesterday’s post was about the wildlife, and before that we talked about map outlines and culture. Today’s post is about the technology and magic in Kaloris and its neighboring countries. Continue reading “Deep Worldbuild Project Part 4: Technology and Magic”