Now this is the Gnosticism-influenced worldbuilding I was making sure to keep an eye out for!

I love this approach!

...current Karnassia stories at least).

...country that we don't necessarily like, kind of thing). As far as what /actually/ happened, and particularly how the various humans (Hrothians, Vizrani, Cyrans), ral (Atmorals, Valestrals, Avendrals, Lacrals), and the Beadaoga might all be related is an unanswered question (at the time of the...

...for those who are more explicit around them often (e.g., Hrothians, Valestrals) often focusing more on a certain xenophobic ethnocentrism (i.e., here is the story about how the gods made our people but it was actually the demons who were responsible for making the people of our neighboring...

...made up of people who settled in the distant (but vaguely remembered past), many of these myths focus less on the creation people and more on where they came from (e.g., Viz'Ruh travel from the old continent, Hroth's escape from the tragedy that sank Old Melgan), with creation myths often...

Yeah, sadly, psychopathic techbros aren’t the only negative out there, they just seem the most salient to me at least during the present moment…

The absence of psychopathic techbros sounds like such a wonderful thing that I actually, audibly sighed in relief

Okay, well that’s good, because I thought I was not reading closely enough or retaining enough, but I will keep an eye out for your responses when it comes to questions on religion/myth/religious systems moving forward, for sure!

...like any other and thus is less experimental and more following recipes (with the exception for those who are fairly talented, reckless, or both). Trying not to get too far ahead of myself here for day 3, though so I'm going to stop blabbing now.

...The Rise of Villainy series. Outside of this research, the protochemistry of alchemy is also practiced in the Vizrani Empire, but it is not about research and more about the trade of developing tinctures and tonics for sale, and thus is seen less a scientific endeavor and more a trade or craft...

...mainland of the continent. Such science at this point in the Karnassia stories is mostly a mixture of a more natural philosophy approach with some protochemistry, though the Atmoriel's are are in the early phases of beginning to harness steam power for mechanical uses by the time of book 2 in...

I see him around (especially on these posts) but clearly need to take a closer look!

Oh, that’ll be a perfect fit, then, and I love the “new year, new world idea,” too!

Oh, good, I know @jmaxwell-author.bsky.social and I love megafauna, but I thought I was alone in my love of Gnosticism and other esoteric, mystical, and enlightenment based religions!

…himself more land bound in later books in the series, though (literally and metaphorically)

For Val’Sai especially, he has to increasingly take boats after getting sprung from jail at the start of the first book in the Rise of Villainy series (when moving between Vizrala and Freeport), and so it causes him a pretty significant amount of difficulty at that stage! He does eventually find…

Oh, these prompts look like they’ll be a blast, and while I was vaguely noodling around with doing one of the two non-Karnassia settings I’ve worked with, a lot of these will really let me tap about Karnassia instead, so so much for that plan, hahaha

...Val'Sai come immediately to mind), though they may not all share my reason for hating travel by boats (though Morella does).