Hundreds of years ago the planet of Jaka was at the center of Wars. War fought between galactic empires, bringing death and destruction unimaginable by man. At some point long forgotten the empires left, no one on Jaka knows why or what happened. Perhaps Peace was made, or they collapsed, maybe the wars moved on somewhere else.

What's left are the remnants of it all. Megastructures dots the landscape some are not sure of their original purpose. Beneath the ground sprawling complexes and tunnels reaching kilometers below ground.

Most of the population are agrarian farmers. Some are miners, others scavengers exploring ancient tunnels and cities. Ancient defensive system are often a danger but nothing a scavenger can't take care off, bandits tho rare do sometimes inhabits darker corners of tge world

At present the world of Jaka is at peace. The people had moved on and the world healed overtime, growing around old relic of war a new life was born.

Mithril is aluminum

It is usually wielded by elves in media because they are the only ones who can forge it - hear me out.

In the real world aluminum was notoriously hard to smelt due to bauxite's (common aluminum ore) notoriously high melting point. It was valued over gold as Emperor Napoleon III served honored guests cutlery made from it. The pinnacle of the Washington Monument is aluminum for this very reason. It was not until someone attempted electrolysis (a chemical separation technique utilizing an electrical current) on bauxite - boom. Workable aluminum.

Now, in fantasy worlds, elves detest the idea of forges, fires, smelting. It involves the consumption of wood - life - to fuel. Nature magic, on the other hand, is fair game. Druids and other geomancer-types typically have some access to electricity-based spells. If they zap rocks, boom - "mithril"

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As I’ve been drawing more lately, I started wondering: why do regular humans always take center stage, or at least manage to build dominant civilizations in fantasy worlds? Their reproductive rate is lower than goblins, they don’t have high-end tech like dwarves, they don't live forever or have amazing talents like elves, and they're physically weaker than orcs. And it's not like they're a species that hides away in the shadows either. What are your thoughts on this? (Honestly, I just wanted to flex my drawings a bit.)

For example, in one of the worlds I've been working on, locals may have their own various names for people from different nations and cities, but spelljammers will also identify people more broadly at times by planet of origin; Elbazians from Elbaz, Twerans from Twera, Therans from Thera, Raians from Rai, Windsorites from Windsor, Torpalites from Torpal, Zazians from Za'az, Azzians from Az'za, Belters from the Belt, Arrows from the Arrow.

I am working on a sci-fi story set onboard a treeship that is bonded to a human. This tree (and others like it) serve as the central power source and main data core for the ship, as well as make up a good portion of the ship's superstructure and equipment. Similar to the idea of the Juraian Treeships from Tenchi Muyo or the Yggdrasil treeship from Hyperion.

I need advice on the name of the species of trees used for these ships.

My main thought is Weretréow Tree (were=man and treow=old English word for tree). So technically man-tree tree, and indicating the ties between man and tree using the name, and hinting at the fact that human DNA may or may not have been used to help create these trees in the first place.

The other idea was to call it an Akasha Tree, to hint at both the power source the trees draw from and their use as the central data processing for the ships.

I want to make sure they don't sound too clunky and sounds like something people would actually use.

Do these work or do you have any other names you could think of?

(Picture is of The Yggdrasill from Hyperion - source)

How have you implemented undead into your setting? Have you implemented them at all? Are they classic undead, more diverse or unique? What’s your opinion on undead in a setting? I’m curious to hear! I’ve only recently come around to them in my own setting.

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1. VincentYau
2. Slaskia
3. Call of Duty

I’ve been working on a fantasy world for a story I’m writing, and I thought it’d be fun to share a bit about it and see what people are curious about. My world has different races, cultures, histories, and ideas about magic, nature, and balance. I’m still developing it, but I’ve already spent quite a bit of time figuring out how its different parts fit together. If you could ask a worldbuilder anything about their world, what would you want to know? Or, if there’s something about my world you’re curious about. I’d love to talk about it and share some of the lore I’ve been working on.

I've done a map just to get ideas out of my head and make things make sense in a way. It has a lot of mistakes but it’s okay.

I try to base my setting with a lot of real world science and biology. So I am trying to find a reason why silver would hurt these creatures beyond it's "purity" silver works against ghosts because ghosts are made of electric fields and the silver (being the most conductive metal on earth) short circuits these fields. Hurting the ghost.
But I can't find a reason for physical creatures.
Vampires and werewolves come from diseases causing extreme mutation in the host. So how would silver affect these hosts mutated bodies?
Any assistance is most appreciated! Thanks!

I was doing an art piece about some plesiosaur cryptids falling in love with the male, looking like a level 40 Jurassic World: The Game creature. Basically, it's highly pigmented, with stripes and spikes all over, with the female being a more basic brown. That got me thinking: with how much male and female animals can diverge in looks, what does that look like in your worlds? For example, like my artwork, the males could be highly ornamented with high-contrast colors and stuff while the females could be confused for a rock if they stand still. Maybe the females tower over the average person while the males are the size of budgies. Hell, males and females could be so physiologically different that, at first glance, they could be confused for different species.

Taken from the Soliersky Codex, this page depicts the final tourney and death of St. Eberhard. The miniature was made by my good friend Alpha. Full transcription in the comments.

I'm a serial procrastinator when it comes to literature. I've got a myriad of excuses at my disposal and even if true, don't serve as good ones. For brevity, I won't get into detail on how I'm procrastinating, and it's also because I can't really put into words in a way I feel that people can understand.

I've made many characters, a religion, multiple species, corporations, megacities, economies, almost an entire lorebook website, yet I have barely any written, documented story to show for it.

Please help. It's been like this for as long as I've started roleplaying online, back in march 2020.

Thanks in advance,

—Rebecca

For context, this is part of my personal sci-fi project. The text below is meant to be part of an in-universe guidebook for any Humans that may find themselves working with members of this alien species. This probably doesn't need to be said, but just in case: no AI was used whatsoever to write the text. I just have a tendency to use big words and give long descriptions.

Home planet:

The home planet of the Frills is named Gvaadj, a 0.8 Earth mass planet that orbits a binary pair of stars with the spectral types K0 and K7. Despite the lower temperature of its host stars, the global climate of Gvaadj is quite warm, owing to a close orbit and natural greenhouse atmosphere. The surface of Gvaadj is largely dominated by arid desert wastelands, which while not entirely uninhabitable, are largely devoid of large lifeforms. However, the surface of Gvaadj bears numerous disconnected inland seas, each of which are ringed with lush coastal forests that are supplied by the ample moisture and precipitation. Most homebound Frills live in densely populated metropolises that similarly cling to the inland seas for access to moisture. Outside of these cities, the rest of Gvaadj is largely uninhabited, though there are some highly adapted nomadic communities that roam the less harsh areas. These expansive wastes have been taking advantage of by both Frills and other sophonts, and are host to several massive industrial centers. Above the surface, Gvaadj also bears a thin but prominent ring system, which was created by a destabilized moon that shattered within the planet's Roche limit roughly 30 million Earth years ago. This event also caused a cataclysmic rain of large meteorites, which in turn triggered a severe mass extinction. The effects of this bombardment can still be seen on Gvaadj in the form of numerous craters throughout the planet's equatorial regions, as well as its relative lack of biodiversity even when accounting for the planet's surface conditions.

Anatomical features:

• Frills sport prominent neck frills which are their English namesake. is colored orange/gold in contrast to the green body. The neck frill consists four jointed limb-like appendages linked vertically with two skin membranes, creating a mechanical system akin to that of an umbrella or compact satellite dish. Developed from a sophisticated predatory weapon used by their evolutionary ancestors to ambush prey, it evolved to function as both thermoregulation and display. Males have larger, nearly circular neck frills, while females (such as the one pictured) have smaller bow-tie shaped neck frills. When not displaying, the neck frills are folded and lay atop the shoulders, showing only the green outer surface
• Frills have scaly skin, which is thicker and differently colored on the front of the torso, palms and fingertips, toes, and elbow/knee pads. This skin is shed on a regular basis of roughly 200 Earth days in adults, though developing hatchlings may shed their skin in as little as every 10 Earth days to account for their rapid growth. The shed skin is usually eaten, a behavior born from instinct to recoup energy loss and hide their presence from predators, though some cultures prefer to burn their shed skins
• Frills are considered mesothermic, meaning that they have some ability to generate their own body heat, but cannot do so in a sufficient manner for maintaining homeostasis, and Frills must still rely on external heat sources. Because of this, Frills usually wear little to no clothing in their native environment so as to not overheat, but must rely on heavy protective clothing and heating lamps even in mild temperatures, and they can suffer from hypothermia even at standard Human room temperature (20°C)
• Strangely, Frills lack even vestigial eyelids, despite the brightness and abundance of windswept sand on their home planet. It's thought that this is because their aquatic evolutionary ancestors did not require them in murky waters, and the evolution of the Frills was too rapid to permit proper adaptation to land. To compensate, Frills use their hands to wipe away any debris, and will moisten their eyes with any available water source, often their own saliva. Frills also possess incredibly thick corneas and greatly reduced light sensitivity. In fact, they can not see blue light, and their color vision is like that of Humans with tritanopia color blindness, meaning that Frills have difficulty telling the difference between what Humans perceive green and blue. Still, their eyes are still more vulnerable to physical and radiation damage than other sophonts, and are often seen wearing protective goggles
• Female Frills that choose to have children will lay eggs in clutches of up to three. These eggs are ellipsoidal in shape and about 0.15 meters in breadth, and are uniformly beige in color. The hatchlings are quite small yet surprisingly well developed, and are capable of living independently almost from birth

Behavior and culture:

• Being the most recent species to achieve warp capability, the Frills are still slightly in technology and interstellar infrastructure. Despite this, the Frills have already established a firm and widespread presence in the galaxy with their willingness to work with members of other species, particularly in conjunction with Humans
• Frills vary wildly in cultures and phenotypes, due to the historical isolation between different ethnicities among the inland seas. However, one thing that is constant among all Frill cultures is the reverence and worship of rain. The Frills noticed early on that the presence of regular precipitation permitted the habitability of certain areas, and so rain is consistently linked with life and fertility in all Frill religions. Several cultures hold extravagant ceremonies to celebrate seasonal downpours, and most Frills consider those born or conceived during a rainstorm to be blessed
• Frills are highly emotive and prefer to keep their bodies moving to help build up body heat. Because of this, Frills are often seen as overly emotional and hyperactive to members of other species, which has the potential to lead to conflict between Frills and other species. It is advised that those working with Frills give them plenty of space, both physical and emotional
• The common language of the Frills is highly standardized, consisting entirely of single-syllable words that follow a rigid phonemic structure. The common language was created not long after the Frills established first contact with the rest of the galaxy, as the natural Frill languages are far too complex and separated to be easily learned and spoken by Frills and outsiders. Therefore, a language was constructed that was easy for all Frills to learn, using simple analytic grammar and a simplistic alphabetic script to match. The extensive usage of a constructed common language is unique to the Frills, as for all other species the common language is one that arose naturally and gradually spread until it was spoken by all members of the species, as is the case with Humans and their common language English. By coincidence, the vocal tracts of Humans and Frills are similar enough to where they can easily speak each other's languages, albeit with some limitations due to various anatomical differences (for instance, Frills can not readily pronounce /o/ and /u/ vowels)

My project:

I’m reconstructing the world of the Ramayana, an ancient Indian epic attributed to the sage Valmiki, using only what the original text itself says. The story follows Prince Rama, who crosses the sea with an army to rescue his wife Sita from Ravana, the king of the island of Lanka. Valmiki never gives a map, but he describes Lanka in scattered detail across hundreds of verses. My goal is to turn those descriptions into one consistent, mappable world, and then use it to understand the war that takes place there.

What you’re looking at:

This is the island of Lanka and its capital city. The city sits inside a wall and a moat, with four gates facing the four directions. Ravana’s palace is at the center, surrounded by the mansions of his son Indrajit and his brothers Kumbhakarna and Vibheeshana. Around the city are the mountains of Trikuta and Suvela, the Nikumbhila Grove where Indrajit performs his rituals, and in the north-east, the bridge (Nala Setu) Rama’s army builds to cross the sea, with their camp beside it.

How it fits together:

Some features came straight from the text, like the four gates and the moat. Others were judgment calls I had to make for the world to be consistent. Mount Suvela has to be close enough for Rama’s army to see into the city. Nikumbhila Grove has to be far enough outside the walls for Indrajit to leave unseen. Once everything was placed, the war started to make sense geographically. For example, why Rama assigns a different commander to each gate.

I’d love feedback on the choices I made, from worldbuilders and from anyone who knows or is interested in ancient Indian epics.

Hey, [r/worldbuilding](r/worldbuilding)!
This is my first time posting here, but my specific concoction of neurodivergencies makes me super prone to world-building for literally anything. So, I’ve got a (few) question(s) for anyone who is willing to answer them!

How do you personally go about preventing burnout when working on world-building projects?
How normal/common is it to have multiple intricate projects going on at once?
In the case you do end up experiencing burnout when working on a project, what do you do to help yourself recover from it?

Like I said, I will world-build with basically anything… so, my recovery tactic (when suffering from burnout) may or may not be to just move onto or start a different project, which will inevitably also just involve me world-building again in some capacity….

For example, the most recent iteration of this cycle: I’ve lost all the motivation I had to keep working on state flag designs for an alternate history/timeline United States of America? Oh, well. I guess it’s time to go work on the conlang I started roughly 5 years ago, which I haven’t touched for nearly 3-4 years, because I burnt myself out so badly working on it that I literally just dropped it entirely!!

It’s rough out here when your brain doesn’t let you enjoy anything on a purely surface-level.
Advice would be appreciated. <3 ^^

Project context
Europans were the first Jovians to reinvent space travel and explore Sol after humanity's collapse. Europans are the main people I use to explain the worlds of Sol; they are semi-reliable narrators with deep religious ties to the sentient machines called frames. Europans are very different from humans; they are derived from wraiths, supersoldiers from Antarctica's expansion into the outer system. After the collapse, they outcompeted humans on Europa's ice shelves and evolved into the modern Europan over the following millennia.

Europa's landmasses float, tethered deep beneath the sea, too far below for any current vessel to reach. Atlas is the largest continent and is home to the United Europa Republic (UER), the major Europan power behind the Mars and Saturn expeditions. Eden is a militaristic, democratic societies that invest heavily in their research on Io and Ganymede. Rothera is in the process of being assimilated into the UER; insurrectionists, terrorists, and proxy militias funded by Eden's government have slowed this process for decades. Acadia and Reah are semi-autonomous regions of the UER, mostly acting as industrial hubs and military bases. The ice shelves of Rohea and Oseaca are named after Europan god-kings of legend; both are desolate polar wastelands. 

The Europan people stand roughly 9 ft. tall and weigh roughly 200-250 lbs on Europa. They are highly carnivorous for primates, feeding mostly on Native Europan biota(NEBs) and introduced Earth animals. Europans also engage in funerary cannibalism; this cultural relic from their early history has persisted in all current cultures. Consuming another after they pass is a sign of respect and a way to honor the dead; Europans display the skulls of the dead in either homes or institutions where the individual was important; leaving a body to rot is the greatest form of disrespect. Europans have pit organs and extra cone cells, allowing them to see infrared light; this is for tracking prey and machines in polar conditions. On Europa's cold, rainy continents, infrared sight is also useful for avoiding predators and enemies. The Europan ear is bifid, with between 4 and 5 lobes; the lobes can be flushed with blood, creating different heat profiles. This allows for silent short-range communication between Europans. Europan hair is structurally blue; this interacts with melanin to create colors ranging from black and purple to cerulean and baby blue. They also have pigmentless patches on their arms and bodies that create stripes and patterns. Both of these features are significantly more exaggerated in modern europans due to sexual selection.

Europan technology is reliant on electricity mostly gathered through solar and tidal energy; Europa has no fossil fuels on the continental shelves, only deep near the core. NEB biology also creates only low-grade fuels. Gunpowder was also never discovered; magnetism is the main way anything gets transported, both cargo and munitions. Maglift trams and space elevators are the main ways resources are transported; domestic animals carry things short range. Rail guns are the only weaponry europans use; the ammo is cheap, and the technology is reliable and has been developed for centuries.

Europa's wildlife is roughly half Earth-derived species and half native. The NEBS are sightless, fishlike animals that fill out most of the aquatic ecosystem; chimeras developed to resemble Ediacaran biota and three-eyed amphibians fill out the rest of the biosphere. Kelp and macroalgae cover vast portions of Europa's cold, nutrient-dense oceans. Coniferous rainforests, wet prairie, swamp, and pine mangrove are the major land ecosystems. Europa is wet; the humidity never dips below 80% anywhere except the poles. The vast ice shelves are relatively dead. The underside of the ice shelves hosts the greatest diversity of NEBs anywhere on the Moon.

Image guide

1. Eden's coastline

2. Europa in front of Jupiter

3. Map of major features

4. Europan woman

5. Itval and Stesan of the Mars expedition

6. Edenic Kastagron

7. Alieda Gulf poster

8. Chasta

9. Edenic Vhualah

10. Shor shosta and Rot kastcha NEBs

11. moshta

12. kastharan

13. ishals roosting

14. The Auxiliary Team Saturn Expedition

15. Europan on Tethys

16. Atlan military suit.

17. europan spacesuit

Ask questions about my Fantasy World I would really appreciate Criticism, Questions, and feedback
Phina 
Phina is the most populated continent, and it has a variety of terrain being forests, marshes,the Phinan Sea, plains, a few prairies and savannas, and hills. 
Phinan Heartland 
The main region of the Phinan continent. This region is by far the most populated region.
It has a variety of biomes with a few forests, plains, and hills. Is a pretty bland region, with it being mostly normal since it has a bit of all the other regions in it. It is not very fancy or special things. The main notable things are the great phinan river, which flows through the region.
It has the Great city of Imperia, the biggest city in he world.
The Great Sea 
The Great Sea is nicknamed the Heart of phina.
It is a vast open water made by the mother goddess, to help mortals survive. It is the heart of trade and commerce with most trade routes going through it. 
The Great Plateau
A massive Plateau with a forest and temple on it was the birthplace of the great heros and now is a sacred location.
The Phinan Mountain Range
A mountain range that runs across the north of Phina up to the coast forming large cliffs.
Flaphina
This region has very few trees and is mainly plains, prairies, steppes, and hills. It is home to a very unique dragon type found mainly here, along with a few other locations(jungles, the Draco Isles, and a few scattered locations).
It has multiple main regions
Stepphina 
A massive steppe towards the north near the Phinan Mountain Range 
It has a lake much smaller then the lakes of Deerphina  but much deeper called Lake Lakiab it freezes over in the winter and has lots of fish and is fresh water it is fed by the Flaphinan River coming down from the Phinan Mountains it is a fresh water river that eventually ends in the great sea. 
It is home to the centaur folk 
Grasphina 
The south and center of flaphina it is a temperate grassland and is the largest part of flaphina it has tall grasses in some areas but short in others it has large herds of grazing animals it has rolling hills in some areas in those areas the halflings live but in most areas it is totally flat
It is very fertile soil. 

The Deerphinan Forest
The world's largest forest has many subregions  it is in the Southeast of Phina 
The great forest is massive being the biggest region in the world 
It is home to Multiple dire creatures like
Dire otter
Dire wolf
Dire bear
Dire elk
And many more 
It has a rocky coast line 
Haunt woods
An area of the woods filled with undead and ghosts and has the palace of the Vampire Baroness in a Kingdom 
She turned the kingdom into her undead kingdom she has the ability to control the undead hypnotize people control wolves and werewolves 
She is kind to those who respect her 
this is a dungeon the closest.(not including dragon dens) 
It is home to the dire bat and dire wolf
Spirit woods
The spirit woods is a part of the woods where the line between the moral plane and the spirit world blurs so lots of spirit creatures can be found here. Rarely Major spirits can be found here but they never leave this part of the spirit woods so they can go home. 
Silk woods
A part of the forest filled with birch trees and spiders it is home to the spider folk and has a small mountain range going through it
Common woods
The average forest around the sub region it has normal forest creatures and trees it is very habitable 
It also has berry thickets around
They are temperate woodlands with seasons and they are known for their beautiful autumns 
Great Lakes of Deerphina 
The great lakes are all connected by a river being a core to civilization in deerphina mostly the squirrelfolk  
The great lakes are 
Lake Ekard
Lake Nrevyw
Lake Eretihpma   
Lake Nathaivel 
Lake Nedauq 
Lake Ocard  
Lake Gnul
Lake Ardyh
Lake Aremihc 
Lake Nesni
Flooded woods
An area of the forest where instead of normal ground it is a couple feet thick of water it is a bog and is full of mosquitoes and dragonflies. It is near the great lakes of Deerphina 
 
Fertaphina 
The closest area with magical climate where it has different areas to grow every fruit, vegetable, or herb
It is in the south west and its sandy beaches are rich in sea grass meadows 
Herbaphina
A forest that is full of herbs of all types is extremely fertile; it also can grow lots of woods and vegetables.
Cowphina
A vast prairie perfect for cows, chickens,pigs, sheep and more.
It has vast farms and is also perfect for wheat and corn.
Home to the dire cow 
Fruphina
It is perfect for wine and fruits with it having vast vineyards and orchards and it is where winefest  was originally celebrated. Its forests are orchards.
Vegtaphina
Is the perfect place for all vegetable types to grow 
Graiphina
An area perfect for crops like wheat and corn
Glyphinan foot hills 
Cratorphina 
A area made of limestone and full of sink holes and underground rivers and the sink holes vary in size a LOT and it is home to the karst dwarves
Pinephina
A pine forest going up the slopes
Foxphina  
Forstphina  
The main part of Foxphina is a massive birch forest with lots of foxes. The birch trees are tall and it has lots of lakes around the lakes are small towns of fox folk. 
It is home to the dire fox
Mana valley 
A massive valley that has a lot of the foxfolk capital in it is a massive lush forest with insanely fertile soil because it used to be a volcano but when the great rains happened the rock became minerals and the soil became full of minerals.  It has berries that are Nootropic called Fox Berries.
They also have bamboo being closely connected to birphina separated by the Birphinan Mountain Range
Fox’s Teeth 
The massive mountain range that goes across the entire continent is the longest mountain range in the world other than glyphina and it is rich in mana crystals. It has extremely mineral rich springs. 
Sakuraphina
A area of foxphina that has lots of cherry trees it is home to the love elves and is known for its picturesque scenery and beautiful lakes
It also has lots of roses and rose bushes
It also has lots of bamboo
Arctiphina  
The very north of the continent it has an arctic with trees it is very similar to tunphina. It is home to lots of arctic foxes . it is the farthest north you can get. It is home to white tigers and grizzly bears. 
It has a bay much smaller then the frost bay called
The Fox Bay
It has warm waters and never freezes over and has a reef with unique fish 
Redphina
A massive red wood forest it has lots of red wood trees and it has dire foxes it also has lots of spruce forests and trees. It has lots of dens and the trees live for very long times. 
It is also home to the dire fox  
The redwood trees are ancient and massive and 
Fernphina
A part of redphina with smaller trees it has lots of ferns and is a fern forest

Hearphina 
A massive area that is a flower forest it has lots of dyes and rivers. It has a lake in the center that is shaped like a heart. 
It has a lot of flowers. 
It is often visited by couples. It is said if you go to the heart lake you find true love.  Heartphina is the center of foxphina.
Ribphina 
A massive mountain range running around the edge of the continent is full of caves. The caves are rich in mana gems and are often mined; the mines also have many other creatures. The mountains are not big. 

Frosphina
Frosphina
A massive snowfield with few trees, freezing temperature, and life has adapted in wild ways to survive. It is a flat barren wasteland with little life. Sometimes you find some caribou wandering around but thats about it. 
Ice Spire 
An area that has massive ice towers and it has a deadly type of creature, it has Snow eater livithans that are massive worm like creatures that are miles long and they burrow through ice with a super heated horn they have on their head. 
Ice Desert 
Far north there is a desert that is dry and cold and surrounded by ice it is completely barren 

Auroraphina 
A area surrounded by mountains it has nevermelt ice(Ice that can not melt and is basically stone but made of ice) and Aurora ice(ice that can be green, light blue, light pink, purple,blue, or light red) underneath the ice their are lots of tunnels
Auroraphics also has lots of glaciers  
Tunphina 
A massive taiga where the wolffolk kingdom is built in it often exports timber but it is not the only palace to get timber, It has a lot of unique foods like snow radish, Frost berries, and Tiaga Shrooms.
It also has lots of animals making it one of the most hospitable places in frosphina. 
If has lots of trees
The Frost bay
A massive bay almost splitting frosphina into 2 it is full of fish and the wolffolk capital is built around it. It is full of fish and whales.
Mouphina 
A massive mountain range that is frosted over has trees on the slopes. It is home to diamond caves and there are lots of mines in it. The Great Diamond spirit is said to live in the diamond mines. It has a portal deep in it that brings you to Foxphina 
Springphina
An area of the mountains full of hot springs and they are a major tourist attraction with the hot springs being rich in minerals. You can drink them and they have healing properties.

Glyphinan Foothills
Runephina
The area on the other side of the Glyphinan Mountains is an area full of raw mana and it is a tundra and has rune stones. It is very flat with large plains and steppes but it has a lot of Rune rocks, home to the dire wolf 
Peaphina
It is a very peaceful place and has a base in it that people can visit it has cherry trees and springs
Glyphinan Mountain Range
The mountain range between phina and Frosphina it is massive and has access to a few undercave zones
Undercaves
They are basically massive caves that have their own biomes and resources. 
It is so big it is counted as a continent 
Glyphina
The common mountain area snow tipped  Stone mountains 
Abandoned mines
A dungeon it is a massive mine shaft with lots of resources like mana crystals and gold it is a old dwarven abandoned mine it was abandoned for unknown reasons 
Sky Breaker 
The tallest mountain many people try to climb it and most fail. It has a monastery on it. 
Cavphina
All the caves in the continents have lava caves, mushroom caves, crystal caves, normal caves, green caves, and many many more caves. It is  also  home to a lot of cave creatures.
Ashphina 
A region of glyphina covered in ash, it is a massive volcano and has lots of gems. The volcano has a ruined city around it which is a dungeon.
The volcano is rich in mana gems and the dungeon's beast is A Vulcan Titan, a dragon type that is extremely rare and strong. 
Alpphina
It is a massive alpine meadow and has few pine trees 
It is home to short grass and flowers 
It becomes incredibly colorful in the summer due to all the flowers
Nyphina 
Floodphina
The most fertile place in the world small enough to be a sub region but it is unique it is the banks of the Nyphinan river the Cheetahfolk capital is on it the Cheetahfolk are master of canals(more later) The river is very fertile with lots of crops being grown including Sugar, Cotton, and wheat.
Nyphinan Heartland 
The main desert it has a few oasis but thats about it there are lots of wandering merchants and lots of villages are built around oasis to find the nearest oasis the native races mainly the Dune elves made Towers called Water beacons they are wood towers with a massive mirror on the top  reflecting light upwards so when you look around you can see beams of light going into the sky.
The native Dune elves move around with sand boats which are boats on sand.  
It also has the massive desert which is home to the wasted, Skelton like beings that died to dehydration in the desert and can only be killed with water
It has a spring that shoots ice up instead of water
It has the wasted
Skelton like beings that have guts hanging out it is those who died in sandstorms they only come out during sandstorms and they can only be damaged by water 
They are undead
The Great Nyphinan Oasis 
The great Nyphinan oasis is a massive oasis in the middle of the desert
Fed by a cut of off the Waring river it is home to thousands of animals and is not seasonal 
It has 2 native names
Osagra
In Dunen(Dune elf)
Or 
Lacealiva
In khatan(Cheetahfolk)
Out of world
It is 2x the size of Lake Chad
The Waring River
A much smaller river than the Nyphinan river. It is dirtier than the Nyphinan river having 10x the sediments. It is on the opposite side of Nyphina. Its name comes from how it faces many wars.
It floods much more due to it being semi arid 
Salphina
Salt salt salts whats dangerous about salt A LOT 
This area has oases with salt water. There are salt storms that drain hydration and blind you sometimes permanently. It is the biggest supply of salt because it is found a lot in mines here so often people come. It is said that in the center of the massive saltstorm it is said there is a portal to the plain of paradise. 

Out of world 
The myth is true, and the plane of paradise is just the godly resort 

Redlands
The part of the desert near mesphina(Leophina) it has red sand and often has rocks it is rich in copper 
A part of it is wooded and it is the home to a unique dragon type 
The Sandeater 
It is technically a Draco type in the dragon guide but it is half drake
It can fly but it has small wing and it takes a big effort 
They look like they eat sand but they eat the small insects in the sand 
What they do with the sand is amazing 
They use the sand as a dust explosion projectile instead of breathing fire so they breath explosive rocks  instead of fire or ice or other elements 
They are considered one of the most unique due to them not firing into a category fully they have a round “chubby” body with small wings and legs

Leophina 
Closely connected to nyphina often called its sister continent due to them only being separated by the Mesphinan Canyon 
Leophinan Savanna
it is a massive Savanna full of creatures; it is divided from Nyphina by mesphic.
This is the general Savannahs with all the creatures it is dominated by the lionfolk a subgroup of Cheetahfolk 
They form prides which are much more core part of society then Cheetahfolk clans
The Cheetahfolk constantly try to take Leophina back
Every once and a while it will have rocky outputs 
Mount Lea
In the center it has a massive mountain called mount Lea which shimmers at night and is sacred
It has a snow covered tip 
It is rich in silver roughly 40% of it is silver
At the very top of it is a bowl with a lake sacred to the Catfolk races
The Lionfolk have been desecrating the mountain due to them having strayed from the Catfolk religion and were converted to the Church of Diamonds
The Leophinan river 
The river all the animals go to in dry seasons it starts at the top of mount lea and then goes around  the base and through the Savannah to acaiphina
Mesphina
A massive mess area that is between Nyphina and Leophina it once had the Mesphinan gold rush when gold was discovered when it dried out it created hundreds of ghost towns
It has lots of rocky overhangs and is home to the sun elves some caves it also has 
The Wasted
Mesphinan Canyon 
A massive canyon splitting the Nyphinan side and the Leophinan Side it is super long and deep being the largest canyon in the world. 
Acaiphina
It is an area of the Savannah with a lot of trees so the people here use wood in building it is home to multiple tribal races and some non tribal race This is where the largest part of the Leophinan river
The Leophinan river also shoots off many times into smaller shoot offs forming
Seasphina 
An area that during dry season fully dries up in wet season it is a floodplains 
Raiphina 
The second largest rainforest of the world, it has much taller trees than the rest of the rainforests. It is known to be home to some dinosaur types. It is home to the Pantherfolk it has lots of rivers.
The Rainforest is rich in resources.
Copper
Gold
Cobalt
Rubber
Mangos
Bananas
Pineapples
Diamonds
Iron
Silver
And much more it also gets lots of rain being the rainiest place in the world hence its name Raiphina. 

Trophina 
Trophina
The main jungle of the continent is massive, being a majority of the continent. It is home to lots of plants and animals.
It has small bamboo thickets not nearly as big as bamboophina
It has random tall limestone pillars going out of the canopy much thicker then the birdphinan ones 
Trophinan Mountain range
A mountain range that runs along trophina separating part of the coast from the jungle, it is home to the Pumafolk.
It is rich in non magical resources such as gold. It is rich in gold but survived from being mined to nothing during the Puma Dwarf War when the dwarves tried to take it from the Native Puma folk one of the few times a native civilization beat an outside one. This caused great embarrassment for the dwarves. 
Mushroom Forest
The Mushroom forest is a part of the rainforest filled with different mushrooms that can do multiple different things including
Sleep
Paryalzis 
Blindness 
Deafness
Gas
Itchiness 
Poison
Death 
Through their spores
To learn more about mushrooms see Plant Guide. 
The Great River
A massive wide river that it home to lots of fish it goes throughout the jungle and ends in swamphinan delta
It has tens of shoot offs 
The Trophinan Lake
It is a former volcanic crater and is now full of water and is a massive fresh water lake and home to the jaguar folk. It is a food basket with fertile soil around it and fish and shrimp in it. 
The Poison Jungle
A region of the jungle that is very deadly being the only area with Dire plants 
Dire Venus fly traps 
Dire sundews
Dire pitcher plant
Dire blatterworts
Dire cobra lilys
It also has dangerous dire creatures and poisonous plants and venomous snakes
Few people live in the poison jungle and it has never been explored due to no one ever coming out we only know little about inside of it
Labrinthya 
A massive labyrinth in the jungle, it is a massive maze with lots of treasures and is a massive dungeon.
It has 
Dire serpents
And a dragon type that can only be found here 
The Labrinthian Dragon 
It looks like a statue and move so little it looks like a statue but it breaths poison 

Out of world 
The maze has a temple for each beast that you must complete to go down to the next level of the maze the levels are
Cat: trial of Stealth 
Sneak through  which golems hunting you 
Fox: trial of trickery 
Riddles from a fox statue
Wolf: tribal of strength 
Fight a massive army of undead
Phoenix: trial of morals  
Pick between rewards and animals with the rewards slowly getting more tempting 
Dragon: trial of combat fight one of every main dragon type
Draco 
Wyrm
Drake
Wyvern 
Insen 

Serpent: fight the serpent of the labyrinth 
It is secretly the Serpent librarian women named Serpa 
If you win you get to go to the serpents library 
Lushphina
An area of the jungle full of fruits and flowers and dye 
It is very fertile 
Beaphina 
 has massive flowers the size of trees
The flowers are so big their stems are a type of wood 
The area is also home to dire bugs and has a portal to altphina
It is home to the waspfolk  and butterfly folk
It is rich quartz
Swamphina
A massive swamp it has bogs and swamps it has multiple areas
Crystal Swamp
A swamp area with a lot of River glass is a beautiful resource that can come in many colors. It looks like glass but is stronger and comes in lots of colors. They are small balls but can be melted down into other shapes.
Mushroom bog 
An area of the swamp with mushroom sized trees and people live in them it has lots of mushrooms 
A part of it is in Trophina which is the Mushroom Forest
Swamphina
Swamphina is just normal swamps and bogs 
The Boiling Swamp
An area of the swamps that has very hot mud ranging from hot spring level to boiling 
The people there use a special collector to get minerals out of the boiling mud. All mud in the entire swamphina can be sifted but the mud in their area brings resources up from underground leading to more common rare minerals. 
It also has lots of geysers including Geoa the worlds biggest geyser 

Mangrovphina
A area of the coast close to lushphina that is a massive mangrove forest it is home to the gator folk and is the biggest mangrove swamp in the world the mangrove forest is an entire peninsula  it is home to the gatorfolk 
It is very muddy and a very diverse ecosystem  
It also has massive estuaries 
The Great mudflat
A Massive mudflat near the end of the peninsula it is the world's biggest mudflat and has lots of unique creatures 
Trophinan Saltphina
Unlike nyphinan saltphina it shares a name due to coincidence but it is very different it is a massive salt marsh 

Birphina 
Spirephina
An area of Birdphina that has lots of rock pillars going hundreds of feet into the sky
They are rich in quartz, geodes, and salt; it has little other resources on the ground 
The tops of the pillars are lush 
The bottom of this region is a lake that is a couple of meters deep
Skylands
The sky above birphina which is the most dense in sky islands it has
Most sky island types and is home to the bird folk 
The density of sky islands is because of the entire area having low gravity due to a lot of gravity gems  
The Skymoutains 
A massive mountain range along the continent it has lots of anti gravity gems and metals it has a cave that is electric and magnetic with floating rocks and has lots of magnetic rocks and magnet mines. 
It separates birphina and foxphina 
It is good at the top but has lots of hot springs due to it being a dead volcanic area
Flurphina 
it is a normal rainforest but it has bamboo. Unlike trophina’s small groves it has massive swaths of bamboo the people of the area use. It is the smallest Rainforest in the world and is home to many  creatures  
Lifphina
It has a Very fertile river valley and is home to elephantfolk it has lots of clay and is one of the most fertile places in the world it also has lots of spices and is a major part of the Long Lane Trade route 
Bamboophina
A massive bamboo forest filled with combat masters there are Multiple rival dojos that teach different styles.
It is home to the panda folk and has the dire red panda 
Is is very close to sakuraphina  separated by the shortest part of the cloud mountains 

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The Bunker elves are tall, beautiful, reserved, and solitary, like archetypal Torkinian elves from any classic fantasy story or world.
The real difference for the Bunker elves lies in their situation; too proud to abandon their cities, these were swallowed by the cursed forest, and within a few years they were isolated and surrounded by monsters, becoming isolated, self-sustaining towns and villages protected by the barrier generated by a Fairy Tree.

These elves wear a large number of ritual earrings. Depending on the location and type, these can have various meanings, from their profession and lineage to triumphs and feats. It is quite common for their ears to begin to droop and lengthen over time due to the weight of years.

Some examples: A gold sphere in the tragus of the ear (the small fold above the ear canal) is equivalent to a wedding ring, or the elongated plates on the helix (upper cartilage of the ear) represent feats; their meaning varies according to size and position, as if they were medallions.

Peddlers of the FairyHills
During the first years trapped in the cursed forest, the elven cities (Fairy Hills) managed to establish a trade network in which the Peddlers had the important task of trading scarce or lost supplies, such as seeds, minerals, and medicines.

These Peddlers are usually accompanied by fairies and form small teams of one to three elves to remain undetected or confront the monsters on their journey through Fairy Hills. A Peddler is usually recognizable by their scars, since the elves, never leaving their safe cities, have pristine bodies, or at least lack the scars inflicted by the fearsome claws of the forest beasts.

Over time, the vast majority of Fairy Hills fell, though rarely due to monsters. Mostly, it was due to disease, famine, or because the Fairy Tree withered, rendering its barrier incapable of protecting them from the forest. Each time one of the elven cities fell, it left a gaping hole in the Peddlers' network, especially if there were no safe alternative routes. This forced them to take long and perilous journeys to keep the network connected, with no safe havens along the way.

Currently, some of the remaining Fairy Hills are cut off from the trade network after losing all nearby cities several days' journey away. Other routes are nearly impassable, with preparations underway for the day when the few Peddlers skilled enough and perhaps a little too crazy to maintain them will perish, never again receiving the safety and support of other cities.

I know I've largely ignored the involvement and relationship of fairies with elves, I plan to delve deeper into them in "Bunker Lore 3"

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Bunker Lore1

The thanzian navy - painting

Thanzia was one of the few nations alongside Vetonnia and Zarfar who managed to crontrol the entirety of the two Ivnas Seas, north and south.

Their ships supplied the homeland, controlled many naval routes and transported their army to conquer these rich coastlines. The famous Zahitian-Thanzian war couldn't be possible for the Thanzians without their control of the sea.

Etire project

Paint did in: ibis paint X, mobile

I'm building a Star Trek-inspired universe, with one of the major differences being species diversity. Most Star Trek species are humanoid, which means human-centric living spaces, corridors, community areas, etc. work just fine.

But how would the Federation handle a species three inches tall? What about one nine feet wide? What about a species that flies, and not in a floaty way, but a zoom-through-the-air way?

The Grand Sapient Coalition idolizes accessibility. Every species should be, at the very least, safe, if not comfortable.

When you enter a GSC space, you'll probably notice the scale first. Giant hallways, tall ceilings, large doorways. They're oversized even for the largest species, just in case a larger one comes along, and the added height of the ceiling allows flying species to glide without issue. If you look closer, you'll find the miniature hallways built into the walls of most normal paths. They're designed for species roughly shorter than a foot, and sit at one-third and two-thirds up usual hallway walls. Species used to high places can take the upper path, while ground-dwellers can use the lower one, though either could choose to use the other path if they desired.

Public spaces look relatively empty at first, but the touch of a button can bring tables and chairs up from the floor. These are all individually controlled and can be adjusted using personal devices. Species that require unique seating, like bowls, saddles, or bars for hanging, can find attachments available in nearby storage areas. Species with limited motion or difficulty manipulating objects can request help from robotic assistants, which usually take the form of robotic arms or small drones. It's not perfect; Less common species may not be able to find the right attachment if others are using them, but it's a decent solution, and issues don't happen too commonly. Requests can be made to add more seating attachments if needed.

Also present in public areas are landing and take-off zones. Flying species need a safe place to land without crashing into people or objects, and these areas provide just that. Another common sight are rest zones. Some species have low mobility or energy and need to recharge sooner than their more efficient compatriots. Rest zones are sort of like break rooms - drink dispensers, lots of seating, and charging outlets. These areas can often be found along hallways or other areas with high traffic.

Another issue is sensory accessibility. Some species may have a higher sensitivity to noise, light, or smell, which requires some environmental considerations.

Screens, for example, are usually highly directional. You can see storefront signs when walking down a street, but when you look ahead or behind you, those screens will look nearly black. Only those directly in your line of sight will be visible.

Sound is also policed, though less so. The nature of sound makes it difficult to control, so there are less strict rules. Advertisements are generally not allowed, and spaces with loud noises, like restaurants or businesses, require soundproofing.

Smell is another difficult issue. It can be overwhelming to some, but it can also serve as an important part of identification and communication for some species. Restaurants also use scents as a form of advertisement. As such, smell is segmented as opposed to completely restricted. Culinary Districts are almost entirely filled with restaurants and other food vendors/stalls. These areas have few restrictions on scent, while surrounding areas likely will.

Finally, Personal Interface Devices (PIDs).

When you have hundreds of species working together, how do you make sure they can all interact with the same equipment? You use a middleman. PIDs are portable, species-specific devices that can interface with most GSC machinery, either wirelessly or through a cable. Humanoid species may have a tablet-looking PID, with buttons, a touch screen, a trackpad, and maybe a portable keyboard. These are fairly large, probably a bit larger than a full-sized tablet or laptop, but they're usually pretty light. A blind species may not require a screen and may instead possess a more robust sound system. Species with no prehensile limbs may use a voice recognition feature and wear the PID on their back/head/wrist/ankle.

These are just a few of the things I've been thinking about regarding accessibility. Ultimately, I haven't done any formal research or anything, so I'm sure there's plenty of actual accessibility issues I'm missing. I'm hoping to get some feedback, as well as new ideas, so I can push accessibility to its limit. So, how do you tackle interspecies spaces and accessibility in your world?