My name is Floryn, and I am a female toy poodle who is around 9 years old and I weigh just 6 lbs. I spent my life as a breeding momma and I have been finally retired, I was abandoned by my old owners because of my condition. I am looking forward for some help, financially. Since my new furdad Sherwun, cannot cope up with my meds anymore since he also spent around 300$ on my last check up. I currently have limited vision due to a dry eye condition that was left untreated. I need eye drops for life and my vision can be improved over time but it will never be fully restored. I also have no teeth but I can eat and drink just fine. I am timid and a shy dog but I believe that there's nothing love cannot overcome. Please if you do have a spare, an extra amount or even prayers for me to be able to have a second chance, that'll be much appreciated. I still want to live longer esp with my new owner who adopted me without having any second thoughts because of my condition, and I do hope that your furbabies are doin just fine.
Any amount will do even if its a dollar or two. Thank you,
Floryn. xx
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Recently, I was standing outside my sonâs classroom waiting to talk to his teacher. I stood on one side of the hallway, not even close to the center. At some point, a man came walking along. I was standing right in his path, but the hallway was empty, so I logically expected him to swerve around me. Instead he kept walking right toward me, got to me, and stopped, as if waiting for me to get out of his way. I didnât; I just smiled politely at him. He finally walked around me, clearly annoyed that I hadnât leapt out of his manly path.
Now Iâm wishing Iâd leapt aside, taken off my jacket and laid it on the floor before him, then bowed deeply and said, âMy Liege!â
I also work at a college campus. I smack shoulders sometimes, but I find that if I stare straight ahead and follow the advice below, people get the heck out of the way.
Honestly this post changed how I carry myself when walking alone in public, or in a situation where Iâm the one leading. People definitely move for the murder gaze.
Confirmed. I once had to rush back inside a convention hall as the con was closing in order to a retrieve a sick friendâs medication, and I didnât understand why people in the crowd were jumping out of my way (literallyâone guy vaulted a table) until I realized I was dressed as the Winter Soldier and doing the Murder Walk because thatâs just how I walk in those boots. I got the meds, got out, and made a mental note.
I repeated the experiment later, wearing the boots but otherwise my usual clothing and mimicking the expression I thought Iâd had at that moment. People parted like I was Charlton Heston.
I now wear that style of boots whenever possible. I recently had a man do a double-take as I walked by and ask me, politely, where I had served because I âlooked like a soldier.â Iâm not current or former military. I was wearing a flowy purple peasant top and looked as un-soldierlike as possible.
Moral of the story: wear comfortable shoes, square your shoulders, and walk like youâve been sent to murder Captain America.
ITâS BACK!!!!!! I was searching for this to show my daughter the other day and couldnât find it. Iâm so glad ITâS BACK!! I will always reblog the Murder Strut!!
In case you were wondering, yes you can do this in a wheelchair. Same look in your eyes and let âem know you will run them down. Just picture yourself in a sports car accelerating towards someone with the intention of flattening them.
If thereâs anything more satisfying than watching Abled men leap out of my way when they realize Iâm not moving for them, I canât think of it atm.
OH MY GOD I HAD BARELY SCROLLED DOWN THIS POST AND WAS GONNA SAY âJUST TAKE SOME ADVICE FROM ME THAT I LEARNT FROM AN OLD TUMBLR POST ABOUT WALKING LIKE THE WINTER SOLDIER FROM YEARS AGOâ BUT THEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE THIS POST
I first discovered this a few years ago when I was an insecure 14-year-old, and since then I indeed do the âmurder strutâ and staunch everywhere I go, literally works wonders
Back in HS, other kids would kinda stream behind me like the tail of a comet because I was several inches taller than most of the student population and the Murder Strut was justâŚhow I walked. Amazingly effective.
Because of the previous drama over copyright Iâll be clearing up some stuff. If you check on TWSTâs official website you will see this:
About derivative works.
Regarding the creation of derivative works. In principle, we do not give permission to individuals for secondary use (copying or reprinting) of materials such as various official illustrations and videos of this work. Please observe the etiquette of general non-profit derivative works and enjoy it within the scope of copyright and your morals.
(the screenshot above is about fan merch)
Please refrain from using or diverting the data in the work or the design of the characters / items that appear in the work to obtain compensation or profit, as it may violate the copyright law.
To sum it up, TWST allows non-profit fan creations. They also allow the selling of fan merchandise that doesnât use assets from the game (like sprites, CGs, audio, etc). If the work is 100% yours then you can do whatever you want with it (selling illustrations, comics, etc).
9/11 is coming up - and with it, a sharp spike of anxiety that always accompanies the anniversary. each year our community deals with attacks, threats, even deaths. each anniversary i donât leave my house. i donât go to the masjid.
i remember the time someone shot up the side of our mosque when we were inside
i remember the time someone chased two young hijabis with a taser
i remember the time someone intentionally swerved towards me when i was crossing the street and i stood frozen in fear
i remember the time someone slipped a knife threat into my mailbox
or the times my friends and i have been verbally assaulted in crowded public spaces and nobody said a word
call out racism and islamophobia when you see it. check in on your muslim neighbors and friends. refuse to tolerate the bigotry and hate that takes lives and spreads fear - both in public and online. stand united with us against hate.
this graphic by artist @maeril (instagram, twitter), translated by The Middle Eastern Feminist, is a really helpful guide, especially for those whom confrontation is a trigger. it's helped me a lot.
[image description, from The Middle Eastern Feminist's post:
An illustrated guide to help a person being targeted by Islamophobic harassment in the public space (in the subway, in the street, etc). The illustrations describe the steps to help the person to safety. There are three characters: the person being attacked is represented as a veiled woman with olive skin, wearing a violet hijab and a lavender dress, the bystander/helper is a white woman with short burgundy hair, a striped tee and boyfriend jeans, and the attacker is a white, bearded man with hazel hair, a teal polo shirt and regular denim jeans.
The four steps are as follows:
1) Engage conversation. Go to them, sit beside them and say hello. Try to appear calm, collected and welcoming. Ignore the attacker (this is, again, very important). (the bystander goes to the veiled lady and says: "hi, how are you?")
2) Pick a random subject and start discussing it. It can be anything: a movie you liked, the weather, saying you like something they wear and asking where they got it... ( in the illustration attached to this step, the attacker has a big "IGNORED" marked on his body - the bystander talks about the weather, and a movie her sister told her about)
3) Keep building the safe space. Keep eye contact with them and don't acknowledge the attacker's presence: the absence of response from you two will push them to leave the area shortly. (in the illustration attached to this step, the attacker has a big "IRRELEVANT" marked on his body and leaves the area angrily - while the two protagonists chat.)
4) Continue the conversation until the attacker leaves, & escort them to a safe place if necessary. Bring them to a neutral area where they can recollect themselves; respect their wishes if they tell you they're ok and just want to go. (here the bystander lighty holds the veiled woman by the shoulders as a way to show support)
i know i told people not to comment on this if they werenât muslim but i will absolutely accept this addition because itâs generally really useful info to know. this happened to me once and someone used a tactic like this and it worked wonderfully!
in my situation, it was a woman who pretended like she knew me when a man was verbally assaulting my friend and i - she approached us like we were old friends or relatives and asked âwhat took you so long? iâve been waiting!â
and just like that, i had an out! the guy didnât follow when she guided us away, and she stayed by my side the entire time until i had gotten to where i needed to go. the situation was de-escalated quickly and peacefully
i know a gut instinct to seeing bigotry or injustice is often confrontation, but itâs not always the safest response and tactics like this are extremely useful!!!
(however - just to note: if the situation looks potentially dangerous or on the verge of escalating to that level, call the police. there is a difference between uncomfortable comments on public transit vs the threat of verbal or physical assault - tactics like these work well in the first situation, but the second should be treated differently and with extreme caution. never hesitate to notify the proper authorities in situations where it looks like things are getting out of hand.)
1. You are responsible for your own media experience.Â
2. There is such a thing as a healthy level of avoidance towards topics that make you feel unwell or even (in a real-life clinical definition of the term) trigger you - but you are the one to actively take care of what you view.
3. Avoiding does not mean policing others.
4. You have no right to tell artists to censor themselves - you may criticize what others do, you may dislike it, thatâs fine - but actively asking for censorship when you could easily unfollow or block a person just makes you look incompetent in your use of the internet.
5. Do not give people on tumblr or /any/ website the responsibility for your emotional well-being. Because these people do not even know you so no, you have no right to ask them to take care of you.
6. Content creators are not your parents and owe you nothing, not even a breakdown on why their content isnât problematic. You donât get to demand a dissertation denouncing any and everything unhealthy in a piece you donât like. Move on.
7. Tagging is a nicety but not an obligation. You can message people, politely, and ask them to tag things, and many people will, but understand that itâs their blog and they arenât obliged to say yes. Unfollow and block when you need to. Circling back to number 1, you are responsible for curating your own experience.
8. Donât be a jerk. Remember at the end of the day, there are actual living, breathing people behind each screen name. Donât say anything you wouldnât say to someoneâs face in real life.Â
9. Respect others who set boundaries for themselves. Donât create fake accounts to go around a block. Donât harass someone who unfollows you. People do not owe you any explanation of why their boundaries are there but you DO owe them the decency of respecting them.
So today I found out there are some people who didnât realise you could block someone on anon. NOBODY should have to put up with it, itâs bullying. So for those who donât know, hereâs howâŚâŚ..
First of all, go to the ask inbox from your account settings page (not the notifications page. You can do it from there, but itâs more longwinded) Open the ask inboxâŚâŚ.
Tap on the three dots and those options will appear. You can either report, block or delete.
Please reblog this so anyone who keeps getting anon hate knows what to do â
Sayuriâs roommate and best friend. She is her closest confidant and someone who can relate to her on a personal level. Although sheâs not above teasing her and flustering her in front of Nathan.
While sheâs generally very friendly, she has a horrible temper, something her teammates and Sayuri know very well. An incident involving fire was once reported from the Polarion dorm kitchen and everyone instantly knew it was her.
She wields a pair of daggers named Fulgur and Tonitru. They were made with special material only found in her homeland. They can deflect magical energy, absorb energy, and they are very light.Â
Her main ability is called âMisty Lightâ, this allows her to project hard-light illusions to distract opponents. She often uses it to get away from a tight spot and/or to pull a sneak attack.
Her second ability is called âSilent Nightâ, when using it she can reduce the noises she and her allies makes down to 0. The effects only last for a few minutes and the more people she uses it on the shorter the time gets.
Her main roles on the battle field are as a scout and supporter. Both of her abilities are centered around sneak attacks and allowing her allies to dish out as much damage as they can before they get caught by the enemy.
HI! I have revived this from the dead! Since I have a lot of ideas, Iâm going to upload them along side the Nightingale Academy stuff.Â
By the way, for those hoping to interact with and find more DCA creators there is now a discord all about it. I have also joined under the name Lightnot. But word of warning, I might not interact as much since Iâm pretty shy in new environments, and this is my first time using discord as a social platform. (Iâve only ever used it for online classes) Â
As always, Diamond Crown Academy belongs to @phoenix-manga / @phnxart
And up next! There will be a cameo for a future character in here too
[Courtyard]
Yuu: I wonder where Sayuri and Makoto went off to. I hope their not gonna get into another fight.
Yuu: But still.. Knowing those two they are probably arguing already...(sigh)
Yuu:Â âI wonder though why did brother suddenly invited me to eat lunch with him? Ever since I enrolled here, heâs been acting so differently. I wonder if somethingâs upâ
Sayuri: ...uu! Yuu! EARTH TO YUU!
Yuu: Wha! Sayuri! Makoto! When did you guys get here?!
Makoto: A few seconds ago. You were late and Sayuri wouldnât stop badgering me to go look for you and then we found you staring into space.Â
Sayuri: Hey! I wasnât badgering! You said you were worried about Yuu too, so I only suggested that we go look for him.
Makoto: Shut it! I would call jumping onto my back and trying to drag me around campus just to look for him when we couldâve just waited for him badgering and not just suggesting!
Sayuri: Thatâs not true!
Yuu: Okay okay. Calm down you two. Youâre gonna cause a scene if you guys keep this up. But thanks for looking for me, I was just a bit lost in thought. Come on, letâs go before weâre late!
Makoto: Whose fault do you think it would be if we were late....
Sayuri: Hey! Leave Yuu alone!
Yuu: Come on you guys donât start again...âThese two might drive me up a wall sometimes, but I canât think of a better team to be a part ofâ
Sorry for the really long wait! (when will school stop overwhelming me!)
But in all seriousness, these were ready a reallllllly loooooooong time ago, but real life got a little ....messy, so I had to push this back for a while, hopefully now that everything is more or less back to normal Iâll be able to post regularly again.
But enough about me! Enjoy!
Biographical Information
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Birthday: May 16th
Starsign: Taurus
Height: 165 cm
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Hair Color: Silver
Homeland: Afterglow Savannah
Professional Status
Dorm: Seleneris
School Year: Senior Division 3rd Year
Class: 3-D | Student no. 16
Team: Team Windy
Occupation: Student | Dorm Leader
Club: Light Music Club
Best Subject: General Offensive Magic | Incantation
how to create a high fantasy politics reference doc (with a template and guide!)
political fantasy is an extremely fun genre to write in, that is, until you have to actually write the politics. in this semi-requested guide, i'm going to explain to you how i virgo-planned my way to a horribly detailedâthough also horribly helpfulâpolitical reference doc for my one and only wip, a treatise of tyrants and thieves.
if you too would like to use a similar format to what i did (though consequently you will have to change it to fit your own worldbuilding), i have a template on dropbox paper right here.
as a sidenote, i do recommend already having built up a decent amount of your world before jumping into this; this document is meant to help flesh out pre-existing content in such a way that is really hard to do with a wip that's just starting out.
setting up.
Generally speaking, when I first began writing this doc, I was mostly doing so in relation to the government of the country wherein my WIP takes place and its relationship with other countries (or nations!), with its own people, and within itself. This then lead to my three, aptly-named subcategories; External, Internal, and Personal Relations (I'm very creative as you can see.)
These three subcategories became my main headers, and all of my organization took place within a Dropbox Paper docâas I am partial to the cleaner interface and very easy creation of a table of contentsâbut using Word or Google Docs works just as well. With that, and a lot of pain and suffering in the form of preexisting worldbuilding, I started to flesh all the info out.
You should note that the country AToTaT takes place in is called Vsyhna (vuh-sen-uh) and its government is referred to as the Dual Courts. This is also a forewarning, for the fact that I will probably be talking about my own worldbuilding quite a bit, if not only for purposes of giving proper examples!
So without any more notes from me, let's properly jump into this thing.
external relations.
The external relations between the Dual Courts and all the other governments within Ashvayr (the continent that Vsyhna is a part of), of which there are eleven, can be described in one of the following ways:
â = Allies
â ď¸ = Allied by treaty, with tensions
â = Not allied, but no real tensions
â´ď¸ = Not allied, but with tensions
âď¸ = Enemies
All of these relations should be taken with a grain of salt, and also adapted to fit your worldbuilding, of course, but as a general consensus, most governments will have one of those relationships with another. The emojis are used so that it's easily identifiable (I'm also insane, let's not forget), but emojis don't replace discussion.
Within each section, I discussed the relationship between these governments but also gave a quick list of bullet points that explained important moments in recent history that have created those tensionsâor lack thereofâthe current political state in each country, certain cultural tidbits, and cultural differences between Vsyhnians and others.
Generally, this isn't the stuff you want to get lazy with, and while it is fine to say something like "Oh they live across the world my mc's won't know this." It's better to have the ability to even subtly suggest other people, cultures, or ideologies. It deepens your world, and more than this, can be super interesting to readers. You should also note that this information should affect your characters in some way, otherwise the politics are going to be very boring (as they don't relate to anyone.)
This alternated between something as complex as gender politics, to things as simple as cuisine or trade goods. Indeed, you don't have to cover every base with these descriptions, arguably, this is the part you should spend the least amount of time on (unless you're braver than a U.S. marine and do, in fact, wish to take on international relations), but you should cover every important base.
For a slightly more simple example, let's look at the Empire of Sansryn. I wrote: "The Empire of Sansryn â ď¸ is an archipelago that is composed of two main ethnic groups; the Sansrynians, who occupy the northern half of the islands, and the Tarimese, who occupy the southern half of the islands." Then continued to briefly describe the relationship between Sansryn and Tarim.
The next two paragraphs were designated to a) their relationship with Vsyhna (which as you can see with the â ď¸ emoji is not great) and b) their relationship with other countries around them, not forgetting why it's so poor in the first place, which, spoiler, has to do with a number of social issues.
Also in the case of Sansryn, one of my side characters is half Sansrynian, which is something I noted mostly for the purposes of clarifying this character's relationship with this part of their identity and culture.
Realism is, quite frankly, optional in fantasy (or rather, you define what "real" actually means) but I do tend to strive for realism within AToTaT's politics, if not only because it's fun. When delving into (rightfully!) complex issuesâlike ethnic conflict for exampleâit's necessary to do your homework (and hire sensitivity readers afterward) if it's not a topic you are familiar with or related to. However, that exact process is not something I will be discussing in this post and I encourage you to do your own research.
You also want to take into consideration how these countries are related to each other. For me personally, I almost exclusively did this for the two current conflicts (i.e. actively disputed treaties, current armed conflicts) within the world, but I did briefly touch on how those relationships came to be, as you can see above.
internal relations.
Internal relations is where things start to get more complex and also more specific to the world my WIP takes place in. For this section, you need to have already realized a great deal in regards to major political institutions (if you have them!) and most importantly, cultural attitudes.
I split my internal relations section into seven sub-sections, which included: Social Cleavages, Justice System, Garrison, Navy, Cults vs. Church, Crime, and Trade.
For a Wikipedia definition, a social cleavage is "a historically determined social or cultural line which divides citizens within a society into groups with differing political interests, resulting in political conflict among these groups." AKA sexy, sexy plot tension.
The social cleavages of Vsyhna mostly revolve around social class (in-world called "rank"), an urban/rural divide, and nationality, which I note as being "considerably not a social cleavage." It appears I should have listened to my Wikipedia-defined advice. That said, rank was described at length for its importance to the religion, general structure within government, linguistic flavor (dialects!), and laws. It's one of my largest social themes and connects to almost everything within the book, including the magic system.
Speaking of magic, as I didn't mention it within my seven sub-categories above, I should note that however magic works in your society should also be included. In my case, it's heavily intertwined with religion and social class (access to the information to give allow people to use magic, I mean) and so I didn't feel the need to clarify its role with an entirely new section, but how you do this is entirely up to you. It's also up to you to include a magic system, as in reality, you don't need one. I also have a completely separate Dropbox doc for most of these things anyway (re:knowing stuff before you jump into this.)
The justice system is something I find is often not immediately thought about when it comes to fantasy, but from a very general point of view, this also encompasses subjects such as law codes, the punishment for breaking those codes, and what trials look like, if you have them. This can tell us much about your culture, what they value, and more importantly, how much they value it.
For example, continuing with my themes of classism, sumptuary laws are a large part of Vsyhnian society, i.e. laws that forbid the usage of certain goods to lower classes. Given that it's illegal for someone of lowborn status to have, let's say silk, it creates a) a prime criminal market (trading "illegal" goods), b) a need to crack down on this market, and c) further severs the relationship between upper and lower classes, given that the fairness of the justice system is then put under scrutiny. Indeed, the fact that it's the Church that controls the justice system, you have a similar tension in the department of faith, and I haven't even begun to talk about how the treatment during trials differs.
I often find military to be the greatest emphasis within quite a lot of political fantasy, that being, the mobility of large land armies or prowess at sea. For me personally, I find this to be rather boring (both on accounts of reading and writing) so I did come at this with a lens of interest in the personal relationships of these people and actual organization within the military. Mostly, I used what I knew from external relationships and current conflicts to create something that could be used later on if I needed it, as it's not heavily featured (at least not in the first book!) Treaties, blockades, relationships between commanding officers, and relationships with piracy.
On notes of realism, I went with the very classic These Island People Have A Great Navy, as, historically, they tend to.
We should all know by now how important religion, or lack thereof, is in epic fantasy, and while I could go on about this for several hours, this is a political relations doc, so I focussed on the tension between sects of the main religion. How different leaders within the religion interacted with other members of government is a topic for personal relations, however, if not only because they're heavily featured, and there are several (about nine actual descriptions.)
This culminated by way of cults vs. the Church, differing ideologies within fundamental concepts of the religion, and generally how they're seen by Vsyhnian society (andâyou guessed itâsocial class.) As an example, I wrote, "All of these organizations consider the Holy Book Rovnokh to be canon and true within their faiths, though it is the Codex Drkha that is often disputed in validity. This is the result of their own written dogma, which may convey entirely different personalities and oblation tales, or emphasis on a very specific aspect of the mortal godchild then how they are presented in the Codex."
It is important to consider, before even delving into differences, what the fundamentals of each sect or division within your religion are speaking on. Think of the historical context that may have brought about such a concept, or even fuzzy lines within canon texts. Here's another example, "The seventh mortal godchild is not mentioned within the Codex and therefore not considered a valid mortal godchild, though Vrahâs appearance in the Holy Book and the Children of the Boneâs own textâwhich are older than the Codexâsay otherwise. 'Vrah' is more used as a term to describe magic and not at all a person, when it is mentioned in the Codex."
Crime and trade, as you can imagine in a society plagued by rules that dictate tradeâand in many cases make the trade of certain items a crimeâis quite important. As I hinted earlier in the justice system section, the "illegal" trade of certain goods, which goes against sumptuary laws. That said, crime happens for a number of different reasons, and I took the time here to think about partner organizations, illegal magic producers, and gangs.
Crime can actually be an excellent tool of worldbuilding, if not only for the fact that it is so specific to the country and history it resides in. Why does something need to be stolen? Fabricated? Spied on? And who is gaining the most out of it.
Trade was something I rather lazily did with the above Vsyhnian roadmapâI don't plan on discussing economics at all, nor following merchants as they move goods though the country.
I want to note once more that all of this is extremely relative information; what you need to write about to create political tension is entirely up to you and your story. As a general bit of advice, however, it is helpful to ensure that everything can come back around to your charactersâif not now, then at some point within the series or story as a whole. Politics can become boring very easily, especially when not personal.
personal relations.
For our final and most interesting section, I did two, somewhat important things before actually writing anything out; that being creating two charts. The first is a political alignment chart, the second is a chart that defines the different positions of government. While again, this is totally relative, this is what I came up with:
Take the time to think about and research other forms of government, what each "branch" might do, and how they do it. More importantly though, think about how the culture and religion would, can, or do influence the government, and how the government has responded to such action. Look to history especially!
The charts allowed me to very easily place my main characters, their families, and all the previous groups of people (gangs, cults, social classes) into categories that can then, more or less, directly define their relationships with one another. This made the process that I will now describe to you, a little less tedious.
I divided this category into three sections: Nobleborn Houses (that being houses of great import and high rank), the Prelacy (leaders of the Church), and Others of Note.
There are ten nobleborn houses, however, I only did mass amounts of details for five of the most important. I should also note that two of my four main characters are a part of two of these houses, and it's for that reason that I felt I needed to be as in-depth as possible. For Houses, the organization went something like this:
House Name:
A general description of the house, its history, and how it rose to power as well as what they generally control within the government, and how long they've had this position.
Public Opinion:
What the people think of this family, given all social standings and occupations. Naturally, when I say all, I don't mean think about what every carpenter thinks of the royal family, I just made sure it was a general consensus!
Opinion of the Other Five Houses:
This, I tended to keep as short as possible, but like the external relationships above, I wanted to know what and how the relationship was what it was. For several, I already had an idea, but for...so many more I did not.
Opinion of the Remaining Houses:
Shorter than even short as possible, but the same idea as before.
Main Members:
Probably one of the more important sections, I listed out all the members of the main part of the family, that is, the immediate family of the person involved in government (or main character.) This not only defines your side charactersâof which there are bound to be manyâbut also clarifies the conflicting motives of the people in charge. And they should conflict, hopefully with the motives of your main characters. Extended family was discussed when important, such as prominent aunts, uncles, or grandparents, but for sake of simplicity, lengthy descriptions were kept for parents and children.
I also included charts after this about minor houses sworn to these noble houses, but to be completely honest, I didn't fill out most. That said, I did repeat this process for all five houses, and the good news, is that after you talk about the relationship with one of the other five, you're done completely, so, yay one less bullet point each time. Also, don't feel pressured to have a name for everyone or everything! In fact, I mostly skip over names of people unless I really have to know them in text, far more characters are simply [BROTHER] or [PARENT], though this could be a laziness thing. Or a conlang one.
A worldbuilding note: I also included house colors, sigils, and heads in this instance, as well as their connection to certain magical oaths.
For the remaining five nobleborn houses, I only listed house heads, sigils, and colors, if not only because I described their relationship with everyone else, earlier. That said, I also included house heir and extra notes, if I needed them.
The Prelacy was organized slightly differently, as important members of the Church, they don't necessarily have family members interacting with them. Instead, I focussed on backstories, their relationships with the Arkan (the monarch, sort of), and once more, motive (and personalities, given that I don't give side characters a full oc profile.)
As shown in the chart above, there is one High Vokhsv and six Vokhvs that work under them; the former had a more in-depth section of text, however, the six got just about as much detail as the lesser five noble houses, which isn't much at all.
My last and final section was short and sweet (thank God) and covered two topics very briefly, that are so world-specific I won't even bother explaining them. That said! That's what this section is for; anything else that you might have missed.
I won't lie, this was probably the most time-consuming process of everything, but in the end, it did pay off. The entire thing took about from the 22nd of February to the 18th of April, and came out to just 966 words short of 30k. Do I suggest you also write this much? Not unless you feel like you need it. I don't really plan out plot, so for me, this was my plan, hence the length and detail.
Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed this far too long breakdown of my political reference doc of my WIP, A Treatise of Tyrants and Thieves and good luck with your own process, writing, and research <3
Designing a fantasy legal system (Worldbuilding Stack Exchange)
Unpacking Folk Tales/Motif Index (Uni. of Alberta)
Real Inequality in Europe since 1500 (Journal, PDF)
Diplomacy (Wikipedia)
Public Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe (Journal)
The Spy Chiefs or Renaissance Venice: Intelligence Leadership in the Early Modern World (Oxford Brookes Uni., PDF)
Branches of the U.S. military (SOU)
those who were interested.
@chovansjtsjina @zielenheil @lord-fallen @ninazeniks @viesceral @introverteddumbass @wisteria-eventide & anyone else, feel free to reply, send an ask, or dm me about questions!
