Wrey 🏳️🌈✍️
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(He/Him) Secular humanist, polyglot interpreter, veteran, scribbler of stories, maker of maps, deeply aggrieved that I'll never know the true nature of Neanderthal language.
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Wrey 🏳️🌈✍️
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· Oct 22
Timmor Lord of Bronzegate, #4 in The Tales of Ser Podrick the Round and Timmor the Red. Loosely inspired by key events in Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed, the first branch of the Mabinogion.
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#DecemberWorldbuilders 16
Nobody lets Fox cook if they can help it. She burns everything.
When possible, they eat at inns.
Otherwise, Av'ry mostly does the cooking. He is competent, as cooking and chemistry have a lot in common, though he isn't especially creative about it, or bold with flavors.🧵
Nobody lets Fox cook if they can help it. She burns everything.
When possible, they eat at inns.
Otherwise, Av'ry mostly does the cooking. He is competent, as cooking and chemistry have a lot in common, though he isn't especially creative about it, or bold with flavors.🧵
#DecemberWorldbuilders, what food-related chores do your characters do? Are any of them farmers, fishers, cooks, gatherers? Do they do the bare minimum they need while on an adventure? Or do they have other people to cook for them?
December 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 16
Nobody lets Fox cook if they can help it. She burns everything.
When possible, they eat at inns.
Otherwise, Av'ry mostly does the cooking. He is competent, as cooking and chemistry have a lot in common, though he isn't especially creative about it, or bold with flavors.🧵
Nobody lets Fox cook if they can help it. She burns everything.
When possible, they eat at inns.
Otherwise, Av'ry mostly does the cooking. He is competent, as cooking and chemistry have a lot in common, though he isn't especially creative about it, or bold with flavors.🧵
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#DecemberWorldbuilders #ChroniclesOfTheRealms 16. My MCs are all spoiled brats—Nitara couldn't fry an egg to save her life, Askaly only knows how to make sweets, Mileena is a princess, Sareena doesn't need to eat (but does know how to hunt and cook), and Ashrah only eats souls.
However... (1/3)
However... (1/3)
#DecemberWorldbuilders, what food-related chores do your characters do? Are any of them farmers, fishers, cooks, gatherers? Do they do the bare minimum they need while on an adventure? Or do they have other people to cook for them?
December 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#DecemberWorldbuilders #ChroniclesOfTheRealms 16. My MCs are all spoiled brats—Nitara couldn't fry an egg to save her life, Askaly only knows how to make sweets, Mileena is a princess, Sareena doesn't need to eat (but does know how to hunt and cook), and Ashrah only eats souls.
However... (1/3)
However... (1/3)
#DecemberWorldbuilders - Feeding the Bronzegate restoration project is no mean feat. The deal that was struck was that the Crown would provide the labor and pay, and the Lady Paramount would provide lodging and food. (1/3)
#WriteSky #Fanfic #GameofThrones #ASOIAF
#WriteSky #Fanfic #GameofThrones #ASOIAF
#DecemberWorldbuilders, what food-related chores do your characters do? Are any of them farmers, fishers, cooks, gatherers? Do they do the bare minimum they need while on an adventure? Or do they have other people to cook for them?
December 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders - Feeding the Bronzegate restoration project is no mean feat. The deal that was struck was that the Crown would provide the labor and pay, and the Lady Paramount would provide lodging and food. (1/3)
#WriteSky #Fanfic #GameofThrones #ASOIAF
#WriteSky #Fanfic #GameofThrones #ASOIAF
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#DecemberWorldbuilders 15
Ships don't have weather, but they have an environment that must be maintained to keep everyone from dying haha. Thus chores are super important. Tending the aquaponic gardens, maintaining the water/air filtration systems, power relays and electronics etc etc etc. (1/2)
Ships don't have weather, but they have an environment that must be maintained to keep everyone from dying haha. Thus chores are super important. Tending the aquaponic gardens, maintaining the water/air filtration systems, power relays and electronics etc etc etc. (1/2)
Hey there, #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is devoted to more mundane worldbuilding: chores. This week, I'll ask how your worldbuilding affects the normal everyday lives of your characters. Today: how does the environment /climate affect their daily lives? What tasks to they perform?
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 15
Ships don't have weather, but they have an environment that must be maintained to keep everyone from dying haha. Thus chores are super important. Tending the aquaponic gardens, maintaining the water/air filtration systems, power relays and electronics etc etc etc. (1/2)
Ships don't have weather, but they have an environment that must be maintained to keep everyone from dying haha. Thus chores are super important. Tending the aquaponic gardens, maintaining the water/air filtration systems, power relays and electronics etc etc etc. (1/2)
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#DecemberWorldbuilders 15
It depends on the campus, I suppose. The South Library is located in a valley that regularly floods, so dike and canal maintenance before the rainy season is important
West Library has a strong smoked foods culture so salmon season is a big time for them too!
It depends on the campus, I suppose. The South Library is located in a valley that regularly floods, so dike and canal maintenance before the rainy season is important
West Library has a strong smoked foods culture so salmon season is a big time for them too!
Hey there, #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is devoted to more mundane worldbuilding: chores. This week, I'll ask how your worldbuilding affects the normal everyday lives of your characters. Today: how does the environment /climate affect their daily lives? What tasks to they perform?
December 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 15
It depends on the campus, I suppose. The South Library is located in a valley that regularly floods, so dike and canal maintenance before the rainy season is important
West Library has a strong smoked foods culture so salmon season is a big time for them too!
It depends on the campus, I suppose. The South Library is located in a valley that regularly floods, so dike and canal maintenance before the rainy season is important
West Library has a strong smoked foods culture so salmon season is a big time for them too!
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#DecemberWorldbuilders
On worlds like Zoridian VIc, where the atmosphere is artificially generated, some of the most important jobs involve the environment. Maintaining the atmosphere generators is of incredible importance. They need to be in sync and balanced, or everyone might die.
On worlds like Zoridian VIc, where the atmosphere is artificially generated, some of the most important jobs involve the environment. Maintaining the atmosphere generators is of incredible importance. They need to be in sync and balanced, or everyone might die.
Hey there, #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is devoted to more mundane worldbuilding: chores. This week, I'll ask how your worldbuilding affects the normal everyday lives of your characters. Today: how does the environment /climate affect their daily lives? What tasks to they perform?
December 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#DecemberWorldbuilders
On worlds like Zoridian VIc, where the atmosphere is artificially generated, some of the most important jobs involve the environment. Maintaining the atmosphere generators is of incredible importance. They need to be in sync and balanced, or everyone might die.
On worlds like Zoridian VIc, where the atmosphere is artificially generated, some of the most important jobs involve the environment. Maintaining the atmosphere generators is of incredible importance. They need to be in sync and balanced, or everyone might die.
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For my people, they are locked inside a pressurised metal can, so mostly it's maintenance. Making sure the plumbing keeps working, cleaning up mess and making sure that things needed in an emergency are available and working. Their are testing schedules for gear and such.
Hey there, #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is devoted to more mundane worldbuilding: chores. This week, I'll ask how your worldbuilding affects the normal everyday lives of your characters. Today: how does the environment /climate affect their daily lives? What tasks to they perform?
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
For my people, they are locked inside a pressurised metal can, so mostly it's maintenance. Making sure the plumbing keeps working, cleaning up mess and making sure that things needed in an emergency are available and working. Their are testing schedules for gear and such.
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#DecemberWorldbuilders #ChroniclesOfTheRealms 15. Shovelling snow is pretty important in Orasan, and while Nitara always had servants to do it for her, she and Askaly enjoy doing at least some of the work: it's a fun little mother-daughter moment!
After the Coliary family is together (1/3)
After the Coliary family is together (1/3)
Hey there, #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is devoted to more mundane worldbuilding: chores. This week, I'll ask how your worldbuilding affects the normal everyday lives of your characters. Today: how does the environment /climate affect their daily lives? What tasks to they perform?
December 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders #ChroniclesOfTheRealms 15. Shovelling snow is pretty important in Orasan, and while Nitara always had servants to do it for her, she and Askaly enjoy doing at least some of the work: it's a fun little mother-daughter moment!
After the Coliary family is together (1/3)
After the Coliary family is together (1/3)
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#DecemberWorldbuilders 15: Chores
Dorilian keeps track of and herds an empire, so his chores are difficult to describe. A lot of signing orders.
Hans listens to complaining Khelds (who expect him to fix their problems) every day.
All of them right now are dealing with snow!
Dorilian keeps track of and herds an empire, so his chores are difficult to describe. A lot of signing orders.
Hans listens to complaining Khelds (who expect him to fix their problems) every day.
All of them right now are dealing with snow!
Hey there, #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is devoted to more mundane worldbuilding: chores. This week, I'll ask how your worldbuilding affects the normal everyday lives of your characters. Today: how does the environment /climate affect their daily lives? What tasks to they perform?
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 15: Chores
Dorilian keeps track of and herds an empire, so his chores are difficult to describe. A lot of signing orders.
Hans listens to complaining Khelds (who expect him to fix their problems) every day.
All of them right now are dealing with snow!
Dorilian keeps track of and herds an empire, so his chores are difficult to describe. A lot of signing orders.
Hans listens to complaining Khelds (who expect him to fix their problems) every day.
All of them right now are dealing with snow!
#DecemberWorldbuilders - A bit of a stretch answer today because while things like the shoveling of snow certainly do happen in Westeros, there's a more interesting environmental challenge taking place in my narrative. The Stormlands are well-named. The damp must be addressed at Bronzegate.
Hey there, #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is devoted to more mundane worldbuilding: chores. This week, I'll ask how your worldbuilding affects the normal everyday lives of your characters. Today: how does the environment /climate affect their daily lives? What tasks to they perform?
December 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders - A bit of a stretch answer today because while things like the shoveling of snow certainly do happen in Westeros, there's a more interesting environmental challenge taking place in my narrative. The Stormlands are well-named. The damp must be addressed at Bronzegate.
I'm fascinated by all things basal & primitive, things that don't fit neatly into the general classification of things. If you live where horsetail is common, no biggie. But they don't occur where I live and I found some at the local shop. A window into the Devonian. ❤️
#Pteridophyte #horsetail
#Pteridophyte #horsetail
December 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm fascinated by all things basal & primitive, things that don't fit neatly into the general classification of things. If you live where horsetail is common, no biggie. But they don't occur where I live and I found some at the local shop. A window into the Devonian. ❤️
#Pteridophyte #horsetail
#Pteridophyte #horsetail
If you wait for the Hugo Boss uniforms to show up before calling it what it is - that's how it wins.
December 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you wait for the Hugo Boss uniforms to show up before calling it what it is - that's how it wins.
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#DecemberWorldbuilders 14. In Kraslya, the nensii eggs are watched over by male nurses and at least one female guard. Once the larvae come out, they spend some time in what's essentially a hospital built around the needs of larvae, where they receive their first doses of blood, which tends to (1/4)
#DecemberWorldbuilders, hello! Does your world do anything special in regards to elder or child care? For elders: do they have group homes? Anyone who can visit to help them out? or are they in generational homes? For children: do schools exist? Daycare?
December 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 14. In Kraslya, the nensii eggs are watched over by male nurses and at least one female guard. Once the larvae come out, they spend some time in what's essentially a hospital built around the needs of larvae, where they receive their first doses of blood, which tends to (1/4)
#DecemberWorldbuilders - Westeros is the kind of place where some folk think it's bad luck to name a baby before they're two and where reaching your factory-max age setting is statistically VERY unlikely, so it lacks any sort of formalized institutions and everything is handled by immediate family.
#DecemberWorldbuilders, hello! Does your world do anything special in regards to elder or child care? For elders: do they have group homes? Anyone who can visit to help them out? or are they in generational homes? For children: do schools exist? Daycare?
December 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders - Westeros is the kind of place where some folk think it's bad luck to name a baby before they're two and where reaching your factory-max age setting is statistically VERY unlikely, so it lacks any sort of formalized institutions and everything is handled by immediate family.
Anyone else have or remember these? 😊 Don't know how long these were available, but mine were had circa 1988, DLIFLC, Monterey, CA - Over the hill, Nicholson Hall. Took my last final and then the big '89 Prieta Loma quake hit directly after.
#DLIFLC #DefenseLanguageInstitute #PresidioofMonterey
#DLIFLC #DefenseLanguageInstitute #PresidioofMonterey
December 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Anyone else have or remember these? 😊 Don't know how long these were available, but mine were had circa 1988, DLIFLC, Monterey, CA - Over the hill, Nicholson Hall. Took my last final and then the big '89 Prieta Loma quake hit directly after.
#DLIFLC #DefenseLanguageInstitute #PresidioofMonterey
#DLIFLC #DefenseLanguageInstitute #PresidioofMonterey
Post your favorite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
December 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character, wrong answers only.
Someone (a real human whose work I know, not one of those insufferable scammers) offered to make fanart for my OCs. 😶
It's the first time that's ever genuinely happened. 😳
I'm basically vibrating with excitement.
#Fanfic
It's the first time that's ever genuinely happened. 😳
I'm basically vibrating with excitement.
#Fanfic
December 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Someone (a real human whose work I know, not one of those insufferable scammers) offered to make fanart for my OCs. 😶
It's the first time that's ever genuinely happened. 😳
I'm basically vibrating with excitement.
#Fanfic
It's the first time that's ever genuinely happened. 😳
I'm basically vibrating with excitement.
#Fanfic
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On Maris, surnames are derived from the paternal line, with endings to denote gender.
The practice helps trace a person's lineage back to the original settler from Sol.
#DecemberWorldbuilders #MindWalkers #YA
The practice helps trace a person's lineage back to the original settler from Sol.
#DecemberWorldbuilders #MindWalkers #YA
Heya, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Does your world have any relevant family symbology? For example, crests, heraldry, flags, etc.? Or are surnames important to them? Do they take their surname from their father or do they have a different method? Do they believe in leaving a lasting legacy?
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
On Maris, surnames are derived from the paternal line, with endings to denote gender.
The practice helps trace a person's lineage back to the original settler from Sol.
#DecemberWorldbuilders #MindWalkers #YA
The practice helps trace a person's lineage back to the original settler from Sol.
#DecemberWorldbuilders #MindWalkers #YA
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#DecemberWorldbuilders 13: Family Symbology
Dorilian Sordaneon is practically a walking symbol. His name represents a god. He wears the ring shown below, called the Rill Stone, which symbolizes that god.
Dorilian's family flag has a silver eagle in flight, symbolizing motion.
#WritingCommunity
Dorilian Sordaneon is practically a walking symbol. His name represents a god. He wears the ring shown below, called the Rill Stone, which symbolizes that god.
Dorilian's family flag has a silver eagle in flight, symbolizing motion.
#WritingCommunity
December 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 13: Family Symbology
Dorilian Sordaneon is practically a walking symbol. His name represents a god. He wears the ring shown below, called the Rill Stone, which symbolizes that god.
Dorilian's family flag has a silver eagle in flight, symbolizing motion.
#WritingCommunity
Dorilian Sordaneon is practically a walking symbol. His name represents a god. He wears the ring shown below, called the Rill Stone, which symbolizes that god.
Dorilian's family flag has a silver eagle in flight, symbolizing motion.
#WritingCommunity
When your chronic insomnia is so bad, one day you realize you don't even get "insomnia face" anymore. That's just your regular face. 🙁
#insomnia
#insomnia
December 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
When your chronic insomnia is so bad, one day you realize you don't even get "insomnia face" anymore. That's just your regular face. 🙁
#insomnia
#insomnia
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#DecemberWorldbuilders 13
Family names and legacies are important in Esrasean society.
The surname that is taken by a married couple, and given to their children, is usually negotiated before the marriage.
Wealth, power, and social capital are compared, and the "winner" retains their name. 🧵
Family names and legacies are important in Esrasean society.
The surname that is taken by a married couple, and given to their children, is usually negotiated before the marriage.
Wealth, power, and social capital are compared, and the "winner" retains their name. 🧵
Heya, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Does your world have any relevant family symbology? For example, crests, heraldry, flags, etc.? Or are surnames important to them? Do they take their surname from their father or do they have a different method? Do they believe in leaving a lasting legacy?
December 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 13
Family names and legacies are important in Esrasean society.
The surname that is taken by a married couple, and given to their children, is usually negotiated before the marriage.
Wealth, power, and social capital are compared, and the "winner" retains their name. 🧵
Family names and legacies are important in Esrasean society.
The surname that is taken by a married couple, and given to their children, is usually negotiated before the marriage.
Wealth, power, and social capital are compared, and the "winner" retains their name. 🧵
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#DecemberWorldbuilders
1/6 - In Midgrim, really only those of the Estates have surnames which tend to be tied to the Estate itself in some way (i.e. Luke from Luke Dwell Estates, Aiden from Aiden Estates) which are then passed down from the father. Surnames often change for women upon marriage.
1/6 - In Midgrim, really only those of the Estates have surnames which tend to be tied to the Estate itself in some way (i.e. Luke from Luke Dwell Estates, Aiden from Aiden Estates) which are then passed down from the father. Surnames often change for women upon marriage.
Heya, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Does your world have any relevant family symbology? For example, crests, heraldry, flags, etc.? Or are surnames important to them? Do they take their surname from their father or do they have a different method? Do they believe in leaving a lasting legacy?
December 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
#DecemberWorldbuilders
1/6 - In Midgrim, really only those of the Estates have surnames which tend to be tied to the Estate itself in some way (i.e. Luke from Luke Dwell Estates, Aiden from Aiden Estates) which are then passed down from the father. Surnames often change for women upon marriage.
1/6 - In Midgrim, really only those of the Estates have surnames which tend to be tied to the Estate itself in some way (i.e. Luke from Luke Dwell Estates, Aiden from Aiden Estates) which are then passed down from the father. Surnames often change for women upon marriage.
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#DecemberWorldbuilders 13. Each Great House of Kraslya has a crest and a motto. To avoid going on too long a thread (also because I haven't defined all of them 🤷🏽♀️), I'll give only House Coliary as an example:
Crest: A spear in the diagonal with red wings sprouting from its shaft and a dark (1/3)
Crest: A spear in the diagonal with red wings sprouting from its shaft and a dark (1/3)
Heya, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Does your world have any relevant family symbology? For example, crests, heraldry, flags, etc.? Or are surnames important to them? Do they take their surname from their father or do they have a different method? Do they believe in leaving a lasting legacy?
December 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 13. Each Great House of Kraslya has a crest and a motto. To avoid going on too long a thread (also because I haven't defined all of them 🤷🏽♀️), I'll give only House Coliary as an example:
Crest: A spear in the diagonal with red wings sprouting from its shaft and a dark (1/3)
Crest: A spear in the diagonal with red wings sprouting from its shaft and a dark (1/3)
#DecemberWorldbuilders - It's Westeros, yo! 😅 The whole thing is basically family names, crests, sigils, house words, and legacies stitched together with bloodshed and irresponsibly copious flagons of wine. In my story, one house in particular is in flux regarding the above. (1/5)
Heya, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Does your world have any relevant family symbology? For example, crests, heraldry, flags, etc.? Or are surnames important to them? Do they take their surname from their father or do they have a different method? Do they believe in leaving a lasting legacy?
December 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders - It's Westeros, yo! 😅 The whole thing is basically family names, crests, sigils, house words, and legacies stitched together with bloodshed and irresponsibly copious flagons of wine. In my story, one house in particular is in flux regarding the above. (1/5)
#UnhingedFicAdvice
Slap the smut scene right in Chapter One of your multi-chapter fic. Filter out all the people who just came for the bow-chica-wow-wow. The ones who stay came for the plot!
#Fanfic
(Feel free to add you own advice - unhinged only - it's meant to be funny) 😅
Slap the smut scene right in Chapter One of your multi-chapter fic. Filter out all the people who just came for the bow-chica-wow-wow. The ones who stay came for the plot!
#Fanfic
(Feel free to add you own advice - unhinged only - it's meant to be funny) 😅
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
#UnhingedFicAdvice
Slap the smut scene right in Chapter One of your multi-chapter fic. Filter out all the people who just came for the bow-chica-wow-wow. The ones who stay came for the plot!
#Fanfic
(Feel free to add you own advice - unhinged only - it's meant to be funny) 😅
Slap the smut scene right in Chapter One of your multi-chapter fic. Filter out all the people who just came for the bow-chica-wow-wow. The ones who stay came for the plot!
#Fanfic
(Feel free to add you own advice - unhinged only - it's meant to be funny) 😅