Star Spun Souls

This post is part of a series to augment The Worldbuilder's Handbook available for free download. This and other world workshops are gathered in my Worldbuilding Directory for you to explore. Find more map-making content in my Cartography Directory . When building your world, it's important to keep in mind that civilizations first crop up near rivers . Obviously, ready access to fresh water plays a huge role in where early settlements are established, and the most successful of these settlements grow into cradles of civilization. But the mud available to a civilization also plays a key role. Mud bricks are a crucial building material for many early settlements, allowing societies to establish their first permanent structures, well before they develop the tools necessary to build with wood or stone. Of course, the presence of magic in your world may replace certain tools, resulting in a di...

This post is part of a series to augment The Worldbuilder's Handbook available for free download. The best and latest worldbuilding workshops are gathered here at www.DNFrost.com/worldbuilding . Find more content navigation in my Resource Directory . Also check out my worldbuilding for the TotKW Saga at www.DNFrost.com/codex . And for worldbuilding from other authors, see the style analysis series at www.DNFrost.com/workshops . Define Your Standard: NEW POST! A standard world language can be useful, but unifying languages start out as regional languages and gain prestige over time. They have history, and they bring cultural baggage with them wherever they spread. Read more of this post here... What is Worldbuilding? On this website, the worldbuilding tag refers to ideas about deve...

This post is part of a series to augment the Codex of the Known World available for free download. The best and latest worldbuilding resources are gathered here at www.DNFrost.com/codex . Find more content navigation in my Resource Directory . Check out these TotKW worldbuilding categories: For the prophetic portents from the saga, see www.DNFrost.com/prophesy . And for the books of the Known World, see www.DNFrost.com/books . A Note on Unpassed Prophesy: NEW POST! The elusive merfolk publish their prophetic verses into books of epic poetry, known as story books. While these portents are certainly riddles, they do by nature contain spoilers. You have been warned. Read more of this post here... ...

This post is Part 1 of a series to augment the Chronicles of Mother's Gate available for free download. This and other published stories are gathered in my Books Directory for you to explore. Find more exclusive content in my Exclusive Directory . Scribe Ascribed Prologue of Set 1 The story of Farwen the Apprentice in the prologue of the Chronicles of Mother's Gate Download the free prologue Scribe Ascribed : This short story is the prologue of the Chronicles of Mother's Gate series, the first set of books in the Tales of the Known World saga, and it can be read at any point in the series. It's a great little introduction to the saga, a bonus story set apart from the full-length narrative. Scribe Ascribed  follows the story of Farwe...