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The dirty cardboard with gnaw marks is 10/10. Masterwork.

Contributor Spotlight: Ripred?

Time for this week's contributor spotlight! This week--hey! How'd you get in there?

Happy April Fools' Day, questers!

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Doodle posting bc i havent had time for full drawing this time Hazard and Thalia bc they are so sweet :(((

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30 minutes of free time in my ad design class (idk how to use photoshop)

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Look who forgot to post this 🤦

Anyway enjoy a healthy dose of Luxa angst. That girl be going through it.

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Have you heard the tiktok sound that's like "keep holdin my hand!"

That's what it's like. We got you :) Just keep reading!

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

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Here you go, friend. The end of CoC is an emotional roller coaster. I've been waiting for you to get here. Sorry, it's gonna hurt for a bit.

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

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She looks at the ground, feigning resignation.

“Yes, I do see. I will remain here.”

Until you have turned your watchful gaze to Tartarus.

She catches the approving looks on both of their faces as they turn back to the war plans, and knows she’s won. It will be no difficulty to sneak away once they are preoccupied. She has gone her entire life being underestimated. It had been Henry who had taken the brunt of the punishments for their pranks. And even after running away on deadly missions twice now, they still thought they could reason with her.

The ghost of a smile plays on her lips. No, they were not paying attention to her– thinking her happy to command the armies out at her behest and reap the rewards from the safety of her throne.

But someone was paying attention.

“She’s lying.”

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gregor's family trying to explain to mrs cormaci why they go to a different laundromat

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The Underland Chronicles Worldbuilding: Regalia Y. 372 (War of Time)

Most of this is actually canon, with a few changes (and additions as far as naming unnamed characters). The timeline is canon (minus the references to the Regalian calendar) and the Overland years listed (those are not confirmed) and birthdays (we know general time of year but not exact dates).

You can probably safely use the timeline as a canon reference.

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The Underland Chronciles Worldbuilding: Regalia Y. 362 (Just before the Fall of Hesperides)

Definitely working on a fic that goes hand in hand with these reference materials. Needed to organize all my notes, opened canva, was extremely autistic for many many hours... bon appetit?

Just be aware when using any of this for your own reference, some events are canon and some are completely made up. Make sure you're fact checking before using it in your own work.

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The Underland Chronciles Worldbuilding: Modern Regalian Events

Some of these are canon with an estimated date, some of these are completely made up. Make sure you're fact checking before using as a reference.

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The Underland Chronicles Worldbuilding: Regalian Military

This one was fun to try and puzzle out. Regalia is so heavily militaristic, but they also need farmers. The math for how many divisions there would be, how many reserve soldiers would make sense and how they would be divided was so wild. My wife definitely helped with the logistics of this one.

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*disclaimer: Some of this is based on canon, but a lot is made up for fanficiton*

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The Underland Chronicles Worldbuilding: Regalian Education and Life Stages

This all started as a discord chat with @overandunderland and then many many conversations with my wife on how the Regalians grew up and what stages were important/transformative for them. With war, famine & sickness so common, it's probably a pretty big deal for people to get to 20+ years. So I would imagine a lot more emphasis is put on preparing them younger for the world. Luxa mentions that the toddlers are trained how to fly on bats.

I think their society would be more apprenticeship based rather than formal standardized training for everyone. The only thing I think that would be required if able is the military training from 11-14. There's so many times they have to be prepared for an emergency, that it would just make sense that this is a common practice for them to have at least a couple years of basic training.

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*disclaimer: Some of this is based on canon, but a lot is made up for fanficiton*

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The Underland Chronicles Worldbuilding: Regalian Sacred Places & Celebrations

Don't get me started on my feelings about the Everhearth. Going to bless your new baby or to light a candle to carry to the river for a lost loved one? It's too much. I can't. And when the rats invade Regalia in book 5 and the city goes dark? 😭. (Don't worry they defended the flame, but it was close).

It's all a tangled mess of emotions where fire=light=life=hope. And Luxa bringing home the lock of Hamnet's hair for his family to send the the Everhearth? STOP

They don't really have religion or dieties like we do, but they do have this.

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*disclaimer: Some of this is based on canon, but a lot is made up for fanficiton*

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The Underland Chronicles Worldbuilding: Regalian Calendar & Holidays

I've used old english and latin as the base for the language, an egyptian solar calendar for the cycles and added in nods to greek mythology/culture (that they would have picked up from the fliers). There are also influences from other cultures/holidays as well. I headcanon the Regalians developed them over time with influence from their neighbors, but the calendar itself was set in place by Sandwich.

I've added in a cultural significance to the number three. Their "seasons", holidays, traditions and rituals all revolve around the number or a multiple of it.

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*disclaimer: Some of this is based on canon, but a lot is made up for fanficiton*

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hold on to your butts, fam. I'm about to post a bunch 😬

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had a bit of a giggle