#JanuaryWorldbuilders #CosmicEgg

For the most part, yes. But the nonhuman folk race cultures of #Tirial don't always assign gender roles you might expect. /1

#JanuaryWorlbuilders

#CosmicEgg #Tirial

Umaryn is a commoner and a tavern girl. She's on the upper end of her social strata due to her family owning an inn. She got 4 years of private tutoring abroad. However, in her home village she's a social outcast.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders

I'll go with #Tirial in the #CosmicEgg for now.

In Tirial, most societies are feudal. Social class is divided mostly between "high-borns" and "low-borns" with some gray areas and gradations in that structure. /1

#JanuaryWorldbuilders #CosmicEgg #Tirial

Something Umaryn finds helpful would be the enchanted swords she becomes soul-bound to, Flamedealer and Cinderwind. However, she initially would rather be rid of them since she knows they will radically change her life.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders

A big problem for my characters on #Tirial? That would be the gods themselves. Deities in the #CosmicEgg can and do make mistakes. And when a god fucks up, the consequences are world-shaking for mortals.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders #CosmicEgg #Tirial

The Rot Freak is something terrifying. It's a hillock of rotting flesh surmounted by immense cadaverous-looking heads. But it's alive and anything organic it touches quickly rots away.

It's a mistake of the gods, basically.

#JanuaryWorldbuilders

In the #CosmicEgg multiverse, there is a world called #Tirial. The Uslarif, a race of immortals dwells there. Their history is grand. They have existed for so long as a race they've lost large parts of their history. /1

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Day 31
#Tirial

I'd like to see some cosplay of all the main cast but especially Umaryn since she's my flagship character.

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Days 27 & 28
#Tirial

As you read the book I'm working on, I want you to have all the feels. Wonder, joy, tension, sadness, anger, curiosity... the whole bit. /1

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Day 26
#Tirial

We commonly see Umaryn wearing a dress, sandals, and a vest while carrying copy of her favorite book, Ey Leenmulanth.

For example, in the world of #Tirial Umaryn undergoes a symbolic (not literal) death and rebirth when she breaches an underground tomb. It's inspired by the myth of Ishtar going into the underworld. /2

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Days 23 & 24
#Tirial

I'll just provide a map of a town called Ba Mors. In the novel, we don't actually visit the place but Umaryn mentions it. /1

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Days 21 & 22
#Tirial

Housing is at a Medieval level except where modified by things like the science of chymistry such as light sconces and chymic ovens. /1

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Days 14-20
#Tirial

The strategy for Hill Tumbling generally involves the smaller players supporting the biggest player. "Smaller" is relative in this case, as the Eotan folk race are all roughly 6'2". /1

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Day 13
#Tirial

The Eotan known as Dofdt Shnassgeng is believed to have been one of the greatest players of "Hill Tumbling" to have ever lived.

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Day 12
#Tirial

Some forms of sport sword fighting use wooden swords with rounded "blades." You can't get sliced by these weapons but injuries still happen from time to time. Helmets are required for a match.

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Days 7-11
#Tirial

The one universal constant in clothing is no black robes during the day. They are hot and uncomfortable.

Most such clothing is loose fitting. /1

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Day 6
#Tirial

The way desert dwellers survive is mostly by sticking to areas with water: oases, rivers, and underground aquifers. They also have individuals with the ability to cast invocations.

Got questions about the deserts of #Tirial or one of my other worlds? Feel free to ask them. /13

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Days 2-5
#Tirial

Desert society varies by which folk race one is referring to. In the Ilevar and Khetem Deserts there are 3 main ones. /1

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Day 1
#Tirial

The Khetem Desert stretches over a large swath of the continent of Dadithaer.

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Days 2-7 (Seasons)

Seasons are divided differently on #Tirial.

Raintide-Rainiest time of the year. Often still a bit chilly. Very similar to Early Spring. Considered the start of the New Year by
most Tirialan cultures. /1

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Day 2
#Tirial

Saga of the Misbegotten takes place during the Blossomcrest Festival Week, although it gets ruined by the arrival of the Rot Freak.

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Day 1
#Tirial

Saga of the Misbegotten takes place during the season of Blossomcrest, which is analogous to Late Spring.

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Days 9-12
#Tirial

Gods tend to interact with the mundane in subtle ways... most of the time. One typical way is to send dream visions to the clergy as a way of communication. /1

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Day 8
#Tirial #CosmicEgg

First, gods are the Platonic embodiment of one or more concepts. For example, you can have a deity who is the god of war, kingship, and thunder. He'll have vast power in those areas.

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Day 7
#Tirial

Most education is done by private tutors. Some is done by the military or noble houses. The Tethlim, Slehu, and Uslarif folk races have actual public schools for their children. /1

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Days 1-6
#Tirial

Not everyone can attend schools or private tutoring, since #Tirial is at a Medieval level of technology (mostly). However, all members of the Uslarif folk race get a formal education. /1

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Days 2-6
#Tirial

Is Umaryn involved in a war?

Not...yet. /1

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Day 1
#Tirial

There are wars in the Far South on the continent of Kharoon and the Far North on the Continent of Dadithaer. /1