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Wanted: Topics for November
🕑 Added 2023-10-08 05:19:44 +0000 UTCPlease choose one topic from each of the lists below, and reply with the respective letter and number of your chosen topics in the comments below.
Voting will go until October 21st, 11:59 PM (Pacific Time).
Topics marked with the asterisk (*) have been chosen by backers at the $10-a-month tier. They will be available for voting this month only, unless they are suggested again for December.
Please reply with your choices in the comments below.
A Soldier's Guide to the Infinite Sea
A) Garing, Gutierrez, and Truscott - A History: A brief history of GG&T, from its humble beginnings during the Petty Kingdoms era, through its establishment as a major armsmaking firm during the Wars of Unification, to its current status as the Unified Kingdom's largest gunmaker.
B) The Saintly Martyrs: An overview of the worship of the Saints in the Northern Kingdoms, including biographies of selected Sainted Martyrs, iconography, and cosmology.
C) Old Calligia - What We Know: The Kian poet J'eanne Lieux once said that "The only thing we know about Old Calligia are the lies". While not entirely true, very little of the long-gone northern realm has survived. This essay from the University of San'heu attempts to put together the pieces.
D) Warfare Then and Now: A relatively broad overview of the history of war and warfare in the Infinite Sea, taken from a part of a Callindrian children's book.
E) Edmund Garing, In His Own Words: An autobiographical account of the junior partner of GG&T, edited by the Countess of Welles for her report on the War in Antar.
F) Clerks and Commoners: Selections from a children's book written for the scions of the Tierran nobility, meant as their first real education in the classes and dynamics of the Baneless classes.
G) A Report on Tutors and Tutelage: Commissioned by the Royal University of Aetoria, this report investigates the education baneblooded children receive before they are admitted to the University itself.
H) A Call to Arms to the Faithful of the Tree: A religious tract summarising the worship of the Tree of Life, and calling for a renewed age of religious devotion in an age of Takaran secularism.
I) The Compleat Knight: A somewhat tongue-in-cheek guide to the behaviours expected of a Knight of the Red.
J) The Senior Service: A rather self-serving pamphlet extolling the virtues of the Royal Tierran Navy in the context of the army's new prominence following the Dozen Years' War.
*K) A Register of Honours and Awards: A list of awards and medals given out by the Tierran Crown over the course of its history.
*L) Notes on a Crisis: A collection of private notes and memorandae, penned by Queen Isobel during the first year of her reign.
*M) On the Adoption of the New Rifle: A GG&T memorandum following the Battle of Aetoria, regarding the prospects of introducing a revolutionary new infantry firelock.
*N) On the Receiving of Cavalry: A manual intended to describe the correct means by which infantry might face a cavalry charge.
*O) On Military Banecasting: An overview of the military applications of Banecasting, and the organisation of Banecasters within the Tierran Army.
*P) On The Treatment of the Blood: A brief overview of the station of Banebloods in places where their blood does not automatically render them nobility.
*Q) The Funeral of a Great Man of State: A recounting of the Earl of Leoniscourt's funeral, a description of the guests present, and a summary of its rituals and events.
*R) The Upbringing of the Greats: A look into the raising and education of the aristocracy of Kian and Takara in comparison to the Northern Kingdoms.
An Adventurer's Guide to the Fledgling Realms
1) Festivals of the Fledgling Realms Pt 2: Festivals from outside the Concordat's borders, like the Iron Marches and the Island-Cities.
2) On Creeds and Cults Pt 3: Folk traditions, cults, and other "marginal" belief systems throughout the Concordat.
A Creator's Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding
A1) Using Genre Conventions: Every genre comes with its own traditions and conventions. Some of them can be helpful, others... less so. How do you tell the former from the latter?
A2) A Question of Scale: Bigger isn't always better. Just because you can make your world big doesn't mean you should. How much do you actually need?
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