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[neonthewrite]

Kuro’s Temple

Kuro, the god of earth, is the only god among the Four Elemental Stewards who no longer has a temple in his name. It was located in the mountain range now known as Arella’s mountains, forming the northern border of Korvasin and Rutan. When the mountain range was abruptly expanded to divide the south from the north, the temple was destroyed by the shifting rocks. The Titan of earth, Liera, lives in the mountains, and Kuro has long since accepted the loss of his temple.

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Muunfel’s Inspiration

It’s the final day of World building June, and I made it to the end! Somehow I managed to condense a bunch of my nerding out over this project into smaller posts that I hope were easy to follow! For the final bit of world building, I want to go into the first ever inspiration for the world of Muunfel.

Way back in my high school days, I had a random dream about a train in a desert. That train was derailed and tipped over by bandits. That’s all I really remember from the dream itself, but it sparked much more.

From that inspiration I came up with the story of a certain thief on a prison train, and what would happen if some other criminals came to his rescue. Rutan and Korvasin became the first countries I thought of for Muunfel, and from there I developed the train network, the fiery desert, and the maps of these places (which I then continued to expand and expand, adding more paper as I needed). Before I knew it, I was coming up with lore halfway across the continent and completely unrelated to this prison train.

But I won’t forget my roots. The Desert Rises is the first planned story in the Muunfel project, and for July I am going to be participating in Camp NaNoWriMo, just like last year! It’s back to Ness and Aaron and Calista, my desert golden trio. This story will shape the history of Rutan and Korvasin, and hopefully you’ll tune in for any Letters from Camp posts I might make, with updates on progress and excerpts from what I’m working on.

[neonthewrite]

Muunfel

Muunfel (my setting in a high fantasy project and the focus of my world building June for 2017) is the Land of the Gods, the one continent where the gods are known to walk the earth and give their blessings (and their fury) in person. Empires of mortals have come and gone on its surface throughout the ages. In the Year of Vayla* 2219, there are 8 countries:

Korvasin, the Fallen Empire

Rutan, the Rebel Kingdom

Meraev, the Solian’s Domain

The War-Torn Crown

Genfierz, the Clockwork Kingdom

Heptaena, the Bleak Elflands

Synka, the Timewilds

Faeland, the Fair Kingom

*Vayla, goddess of time, is the keeper of memories and gives names to the ages

[neonthewrite]

Letters from Camp

Getting there! I’ve been having a lot of fun getting into this story. I may even be able to continue past my goal once I’ve reached the 20k!

Word Count: 13307 / 20000

Excerpt:

“My brother is an exception, not the rule,” Leah interjected, and then looked down hastily. “Forgive me, Your Majesty.”

“It’s … that’s quite alright,” Cole said, the sound of pleasant surprise coloring his voice. When Leah looked up, keeping her embarrassment on her face, he had a faint smile on his face. “I could not have put it better myself.”

There are many things in which you could not best me, O King, Leah thought to herself, though she merely nodded.

“Thank you, sir.”

[neonthewrite]

Letters from Camp

Whew, I’ve had a pretty lethargic couple of days. Monday I didn’t even do any writing at all, shame on me! But, despite this, I’m still well on track and I’m soon to get to yet another character introduction.

Word Count: 11045 / 20000

Excerpt:

Then, the ground just in front of Calista, dry as a bone seconds before, darkened with moisture. Droplets of water formed like condensation, to slowly pull away from the ground entirely. The small patch of earth that Calista had chosen rained backwards, a trickle at first, then growing to an up-pour of water that she gathered between her hands like a solid orb. Vague glowing marks shone through the wraps on her arms and the mask on her face as she continued her magic, Ness and the others watching in awe.