Congrats!

Every weapon found in medieval warfare was dangerous - otherwise you'd not build it, carry it to different country, and deploy it against your enemies - but from a gameplay perspective there are SO many reasons to field either mid-range characters or long range characters over face-to-face fighters.

look at that lumpy dog D:

Monarchs would highly protect Ruby and diamond mines as spellcasters are more rare than the precious stones themselves, and their service much more useful.

Idk. I don't like "oh yeah, we've got 7,000 sorcerers at this magic school! And we keep rubies in buckets!" Meh.

So spellcasters who need these objects would be like rare book collectors - they'd know each other by name and reputation, they'd trade these things with one another using infrastructure they've built over years or decades to support their needs.

New / wayward spellcasters would suit for invitation

Of the number of people, maybe 0.5% are adventurers.

Of the number of adventurers, maybe 15% are spellcasters.

Of those spellcasters, maybe 5% will need level 4+ spell components.

Assuming 1 billion people » 500k » 75k » 37,500 shoppers.

Not a booming market in my estimation.

I'd do it just to rattle people lol

PS: the alt text on these took me almost an hour to write, so i'd deeply enjoy like... 5 combined likes if we can manage it.

All I'm pointing out is: many photographers/videographers do BUTCHER the aesthetic of our history, but Eggers of all people shouldn't raise your hackles - what those movies sacrifice in historical accuracy buys the film enough space to utilize color theory and tone-shifts to support the story.

Not dunking on anyone or arguing with OP.
American settlers spent 4 hours a day cleaning clothes, didn't live in mud huts.
Vikings loved color and gold, silk, and perfume.
1800s germany was GORGEOUS: clay shingles, brick homes, white wash - but INTENSE rain for over 40 years did keep it gloomy.

And Nosferatu more pointedly toys with contrast and shadow much more than the rest, reserving blue filters and filth for scenes that macabrely undermine character's will or sanity. Over the course of the film, non-gold saturation is sucked away, reserving warmth for flame and sunlight - radiance.

The Northman is picked on for muddy clothes, but... there's a lot of mud when filming in mud. The Northman sheds his berserkir skull pelt and blood-streaked skin for simple, clean clothes when posing as a worker, to shed them once again for intense violence. Absence of color highlights present color

The Lighthouse is black and white, but the behind the scenes shows relatively clean, average-looking clothing for the characters. It's the use of LIGHT in the Lighthouse (yeah) that matters - every speck of dirt becomes black on white canvas, marking the characters' descent to madness.

The Witch - Behind the scenes shows the same muted colors, but post-edit we see great variety in color, contrast, and light to match the isolation, desperation, melancholy, fear, and derangement felt by the characters.

*chanting* boi-led head. boi-led head.

\o/

Please tell me you've tried Sanctuary on Netflix?

Also, stumbling onto sumo clips brings endless joy whenever I end up mindlessly scrolling. I should try watching directly.

My arms hurt /SO MUCH/ when i woke up this morning, too. I can barely close my right hand.

At least you're not alone!