SummerCamp 2023 Pledge
As the Summer reaches its solstice and the heat makes a nest in the central valley, Barron and Ademal trim back the vinyard, tend to the veggies, and clean up the Codex categories. Long days and icy lemonade are the perfect backdrop against which to worldbuild, and the duo are eager to use the opportunity to advance their current objectives.
Join us over on Twtch while we take on Summercamp in writing sprints.
| Badge | Stream |
|---|---|
| Copper | July 2nd: 10am to 2pm PST |
| Silver | July 9th |
| Gold | |
| Diamond |
The Four Themes
Power within Ethnis is centralized within the Banners, and favors the Monolithic, the Psiolic, and the incredibly wealthy.
The Powers
- Bannerheads: The names known all across the firmament—The Somnolent, the Pact Council the Directoriate. Through a combination of nomination and force they've risen to the top of the Ethnis great power structures, and sit upon them as commanders and guides.
- Monoliths: The living gods. Though they may rise from any class, the phenomenon favors those whose life affords them time to meditate upon their skills. They are the springs from which magic flows, and the State always wants a say in how their power is used.
- Psiolic: The power of the Psiolic rarely spreads beyond the sphere of the domestic until they transcend into becoming a Monolith, but that aspiration encourages them to question the status quo only to improve circumstances for Monoliths, rather than for their communities.
The frontiers are the Outer Worlds — those worlds which have been lost and the worlds far beyond which have yet to be found.
The Frontiers
- Reclamation: The Lacuna closed the WayHall and shattered the vast domains of the Banners into a thousand points of light, slowly burning out. Now, the Reclamation has come. It is time to get out there and find them, perhaps even before their original owners do...
- Discovery: There are new machines yet to be invented and new sciences yet to be expressed. Everywhere you look, you can find something to be done and someone asking you to do it. To what will you devote yourself? How will your findings change you.
- Inwards: In all the strenge ways in which the material realm intersects the metaphysical, there's enough yet to learn to fill a million library ships Some say that there are other realms to discover—windows and doors into worlds hitherto unseen.
Although the Lacuna was not enough to send the Hub worlds back to the stone age, the amount of progress lost to it has been a wound to all worlds. This history is fervently sought.
Sought Relics
- Affinities are objects with supernatural capabilities and a will of their own. The longer they exist, the more powerful and willful they become. Some are are smart enough to be Sophont. Some are far smarter than that.
- Lost Knowledge Medicine, science, tech, magic. What once was known may still be written dowm and waiting to be discovered again, and yesterday's machines can be modernized by the distinguished engineer.
- Indices are the keys to the Wayhall. It is unclear at present what causes an Index to appear to somone, but it is a reliable inevitability on any world with unopened Waypoints.
Communication within Ethnis a complex hive of networks and technologies workin in tandem to facilitate private and public channels of communication.
Important Communications
- Aethernet: While Ethnis enjoys the benefit of ansibel technology for instantaneous communication, it has its weaknesses in a reliance on magic and infrastructural requirements—nobody is carrying it on a small WayShip just barely scraping within the bounds of its weight class.
- Radio: Satellites and towers are reliable, and from the backbone of communications along the Outer Worlds. They often center around Aethernet connections as a means to transmit important data from one network to another.
- CommLink: The platforms work both as client-server and peer-to-peer, allowing connection with networks and devices alike. They are a necessary tool for anyone, and take a variety of shapes and utilities.
Ademal
Hello campers! I have emerged from my cave to join you for summercamp! I'm going to do every single prompt and I'm going to do my best to make them related to one of the six articles below. We'll see ow well I do, considering how my brain can get when it's time to focus!
Like school taught me, I'm better at tests than I am at homework, so a lot of my worldbuilding is likely to happen during the streams!
Adventures
Lore
Barron
Summercamp's back, baby! It's a great time for me to remind myself that just getting out articles is fun in it's own right. Usually my practice is to get the articles done, and then go back and revisit my favorites. I'm stoked for streaming again!
Guide to Jhoutai
Explore an alien world through it's natural splendor, unique habitats, and its innumerable dangers. This Zine is the product of a bold and brave Ireheart by the name of Isaac "Fuzzy-lips" Lombard, who spent years traveling through Jhoutai with a camera, a powerfist, and a unwavering goal to show the world his findings.
He will take you into the depths of the Corralum, through the unending glaciers of the north, into the choking super jungle that is the Nege, and more!
My Zine in progress will be a huge part of my Summer Camp. Two birds, one stone!
Writing out some articles about expeditions into the wilds, survivalists tales, will be fun for summer camp if the prompts are good for it!
There's no shortage of species articles, so this one will be easy. I also think I can fit in some Myths, Materials, and all that good stuff with some creative prompt bending!
Many of the creatures in Ethnis will have a story to tell beyond their mere appearance or methods of murder. Many will have tie ins with the populace, be it hostile or symbiotic.
Summercamp will be a great time to flesh out Isaac Lombard, who is the 'protaginist' of the Jhoutai Zine. History, family, organizations he may be apart of. A lot of lore to explore in a new persons story so I'm excited to dive in!
Gruesome Endings, New Beginnings
Gruesome Endings, New Beginnings is my First Novella set within the Ethnis Universe! It's already drafted but I would love to be able to document more about the characters and their world. I already did quite a few of them during World Ember.
One things for sure there, there's always more to write! So if any prompts fit, it'll be written!
Prompts
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1 | Organization | A powerful organisation | Ademal |
2 | Settlement | A seat of power of any kind | Ademal |
3 | Material | A resource that provide fuel or power | Ademal |
4 | Species | An animal associated or symbolising power | Ademal |
5 | Ethnicity | A culture that has suffered under the rules of a stronger nation | Ademal |
6 | Conflict | A conflict between 2 unequal powers in your world | Ademal |
7 | Title | Title and responsibilities of an important person in your World | Ademal |
8 | Law | A destructive natural/supernatural event | Ademal |
9 | Species | A species known for its mischievious personality | Ademal |
10 | Tradition | A popular summer tradition that involves art and creativity | Ademal |
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Dani
Woooooo! Good to see Ethnis charging into the fray, and I'm looking forward to this summer's marathon streams! :D
You are doing a great job! Keep creating; I believe in you!
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