Star Spun Souls

This post is Part 4 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in Part 1 of this series , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 6 - Rare Magics. Within the codex, the term magus is located at (6.3) and is defined as: magus (N) A legendary person with one of five rare forms of special magic. In my Tales of the Known World saga, the word magus refers to a person with rare magic whose cardinal powers are from the special magic branch (as in, That man is a magus , or, Some mag...

This post is Part 3 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in Part 1 of this series , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 6 - Rare Magics. Within the codex, the term sensate is located at (6.2) and is defined as: sensate (N) A legendary person with one of ten rare forms of sensory magic. In my Tales of the Known World saga, the word sensate refers to a person with rare magic whose cardinal powers are from the sensory branch (as in, That man is a sensate , or, Some s...

This post is Part 2 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in Part 1 of this series , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 6 - Rare Magics. Within the codex, the term elemental is located at (6.1) and is defined as: elemental (N) A legendary person with one of twelve rare forms of elemental magic. In my Tales of the Known World saga, the word elemental refers to a person with rare magic whose cardinal powers are from the elemental branch (as in, That man is an elemen...

This post is Part 1 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in this note on the widespread use of magic , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 6 - Rare Magics. Rare magic is a heightened form of natural magic , a class comprised of magics that arise instinctively in children and are mastered by repetition. Every race has a standard pair of two purviews for each branch of natural magic, resulting in three total pairings and six total purviews for individuals of that race. Check out the Magic of the Kn...

This post is Part 3 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in Part 1 of this series , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 0 - Magic Basics. With few exceptions, everyone has some sort of magic at their disposal. As such, there is no basic word for a person with magic powers. Since every individual has some natural ability to wield magic, being a person is synonymous with being a magic user. Individuals without any magic are so rare that there is no word for them, either. In my ...

This post is Part 2 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in Part 1 of this series , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 0 - Magic Basics. Within the codex, the term magery is located at (0.1.1) and is defined as: magery (N) The fields of studying magic, ranging from the history and taxonomy of magic to the practice of wielding magic. Also: realm, annalist, taxonomy, taxonomist, empiricist, arcanist In my Tales of the Known World saga, the word magery refers to the...

This post is Part 2 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As outlined in Part 1 of this series , the Magic Codex is a comprehensive explanation of the magic system of the Known World. Within, the myriad magics are organized and explored in logical groupings, each with its own numerical tag. These tags index each chapter and sub-section, so that external documents can cross-reference the information expressed in the codex. Check out the Magic of the Known World for more resources! Within the novels of my Tales of the Known World saga, magic is often relevant to the story. A glossary appears at the back of each book to provide a quick alphabetical referenc...

This post is Part 1 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . Magic is prevalent in my Tales of the Known World saga. With few exceptions, everyone has some sort of magic at their disposal. The humans of this world have their own kinds of magic, as do the elves, faeries, merfolk, and nymphs. In fact, magic is so common in the Known World that individuals without magic are rather rare and considered something of an oddity. Each person is born with access to six different magic abilities, and an individual with no discernible magic typically suffers from a weakness in numerous well-known magics coupled with an ignorance of lesser-known magics in which they have a hidden aptitude. Beyond these natural t...

This post is Part 3 of a series to augment the Codex of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other worldbuilding resources are gathered in my  Codex Directory  for you to explore. Find more prophetic poetry in my Portents Directory . In Part 1 of this series , I discuss the cultural reasons why I always use an /s/ to spell the word prophesy . The elusive merfolk publish their prophetic verses into books of epic poetry, known as story books . The story book Portents of Mother's Gate should be considered a contemporary publication of the merfolk, released after the events of Book 2 in the saga, but prior to the events of Book 3. Therefore, the portents sequenced early in the story book have already reached fruition, and their events have already occurred. Conversely, the portents listed later in the story book have not yet come to pass, and foretold ev...

This post is Part 1 of a series to augment the Codex of the Known World available for free download. This and other linguistic resources are gathered in my Language Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . In the Known World of my Tales of the Known World saga, most people speak Allanic. But every region has its own dialect, influenced by the heritage language of that area. Some cultures retain their native tongues, using them for a variety of purposes from traditional rituals to personal identity. Other cultures have lost their heritage language completely, and only the unique quirks of their Allanic dialect remain. Check out the Codex of the Known World for more resources! Regardless of what language they speak, each culture sculpts their language over generations, reflecting their unique ideologies in their usage of wor...

This post is Part 2 of a series to augment the Codex of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other linguistic resources are gathered in my Language Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . In Part 1 of this series , I outlined the many dialects and languages of the Known World. Due to the many books and stories in my Tales of the Known World saga, I opted against creating a unique glossary for every publication. However, these various publications often contain the names of people and places, and I still needed a way to provide my readers with a guide to the pronunciations of those names. So instead of a multitude of separate glossaries, I've created a single master glossary in the Language Appendix available below. Download the Language Appendix : ...

This post is part of a series to augment the Codex of the Known World available for free download. This and other linguistic resources are gathered in my Language Directory for you to explore. Find more maps and atlas content in my Map Directory . Within the Atlas of the Known World , each map entry describes the language of that region. This directory reorganizes the maps from Awakening into alphabetical order by language. Click the thumbnails below to read about each dialect, the way it is written, and the people who speak it. A'lari Lilting tongue of the elusive nymphs. This isolated language is fluid and nuanced, with few consonants and a slew of assorted vowels. It varies between villages and family groups. It is spoken primarily in the Glades of Despair and has influenced the language of Old Ryerin . ...