#wip (wyrm in progress)

[pencildragons]

snippet of married sabé/padmé/anakin, or as i like to call it, 'ani(dala)^2 couples counselling saves the galaxy that i'd said i'd share. this fic was originally meant to be codywan (or possibly cody/obi-wan/quinlan), and this is from its opening, hence . the codywan in it lolol. i think if i Do end up writing this, this fic would be the second or third part of a series, with the first work focusing more on. what is outlined in above linked post :]

Dear Cody, Obi-Wan writes. His hand is shaking, and the ink blots untidily about the flimsi, pooling at the stems of his lettering. I think you would like the mountain belt Padmé has whisked us away to. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision six months after we moved to Naboo; after years of having to do everything and say everything in careful moderation, as is befitting for a politician, I think she delights in wild spontaneity. Or perhaps it is just the time she has spent in critical proximity to Anakin. It is likely that he delights in her wild spontaneity too, more’s the pity. Now, instead of my Padawan merely being a bad influence on his wife, they are just bad influences on each other. It is a vicious, vicious cycle. Then again, when I think back to Christophsis—the first time, the week before I met you—perhaps this is not such a new development. I’m rambling. Back to the mountain belt. The tallest of its peaks is nineteen thousand metres, but the one that we now reside on is but a modest three thousand metres in height, known in the local language as Jaraam. Much of the belt and the surrounding region was colonised by a northern provence until Monarch Réillata, Padmé’s predecessor as Ruler of Naboo, brought about total planetary unification approximately fifteen years ago, at which point reparations were begun to be made. Since the reparations and the land being both placed under legislative protection from corporate or urban development and returned to its custodians, the traditional practices of transhumance between the high mountain pastures where we now reside, and the lower, warmer valleys has been allowed to flourish. Padmé’s mother, Jobal, hails from the semi-nomadic community whose territory includes Jaraam, and was wholeheartedly supportive of the decision to come here. I am to understand that she took great pains to ensure that both her children were taught of their heritage, of their language and culture, and it is a relief to her that her eldest is reconnecting with it. Anakin has told Padmé in no uncertain terms that he will not hear a word spoken in this house of Basic or of Nubian, the language so thoroughly globalised that the planet was named after it during its entry into the Republic, until after the children begin to learn those themselves when they enter the schooling system. He is adamant that along with Amatakka and Dai Bendu (at my request; believe you me that I will be shocked until the end of my days that he agreed, and without a fight), the children will also learn to speak first in Durrathaam, the language of this place. ‘Tongues of the heart’, he called it; I think fatherhood has changed him, Cody, for there is a maturity in him now that I do not recognise.

We are living in an old stone hut built for such semi-nomadic herders currently—Padmé tells me it is where her great-great-grandfather was born. Truth be told, I do not mind the hut. It is chill at night and the only power source comes from a singular solar generator that Anakin jury-rigged, relegated to powering the kitchen, the ‘fresher, and the comm-signal relay, and it is most certainly not a space space meant to be shared by four adults, three droids, and two infants, but we make do. Padmé and Sabé are, however, concocting plans to enlist the hordes of teenlings and young adults of House Thule, Padmé’s maternal family group, who apparently have nothing better to do than to help design and build a chateau. …And still I ramble. Oh, this place is beautiful, Cody. I remember the wonder in your eyes when we landed on Hoth and you saw that huge mountain range in the distance once the snowstorm had settled and the air was clear, and the view is somewhat similar. You can see for klicks and klicks, further than you could ever on Coruscant, even to the granite cliffs on the horizon before they plunge into the sea. If one looks up, one can see the sky, quite devoid of clouds and a soft, pinkish red, generally with a moon or two visible even in the daytime, although disrupted by the snow-capped horns of the mountains surrounding us. If one looks down, one can see the valleys spread out across the land, deep hollows of green and forests of close-growing alpine trees and the little settlements nestled among them. I feel like I can breathe, here. Now, for the most important thing; the star of this system is small and hot, and the sunrises—I think you would like the sunrises, Cody. I would even go so far as to say that they would make your list of the top twenty greatest sunrises you’ve ever personally witnessed. They’re better here than they are in Theed, I daresay, although I shall of course leave this final judgement to you. Yours always, Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan puts down his pen and stares out the window at the cool light of the not-yet-dawn sparkling across the frost, then sighs and reaches beneath the dark recesses of his bed for the small plastoid box. It is not particularly big, although its protective casing is heavy, and he settles it on his lap, brushing his thumb over the small lock in the centre of the lid. Its key, slim and fine, is strung around his neck on the same cord as a chip of his lineage river-stone and the broken tip of a helmet antenna and the worn charms that Bant and Quinlan had made in their Padawan years long-past after his return from Melidaan; a collection of keepsakes from some of the most important people in his life that are now gone for whatever reason, be it distance or death. He dips his hand into his sleep tunic and draws the whole lot out, fits the key into its hole, and turns it. The box contains the few other material possessions that he owns: Anakin’s braid; his own lightsaber; a dozen prized ‘graphs that he hasn’t yet pinned upon the wall; the comm; and, beneath it all, a small sheaf of flimsies, folded neatly into thirds. He takes the letter from his lap and waves it in the air to dry. When the ink has set, he creases it into three with care and slips it to the very bottom of the pile, then shuts the lid, locks it, and replaces the box in its hiding place once more. He wonders, just for a moment, what his ex-Padawan and his wife and her wife would think if they knew that, once a week for the past eight months, he’s been writing letters to a man almost certainly dead. (It really doesn’t bear thinking about.)

if you enjoyed this, please consider reblogging it!!! it rlly means a lot to me :3

[the-emerald-wyrm]

WIP Alert ❗️

So far I’ve painted all my wooden tabs and I’m planning on turning them into dragon bookmarks, so stay tuned 🌈

[draconesmundi]

Happy Dracones Monday! Gveleshapi sketch

Hello! Happy Monday! I am still attempting to get some finished artworks but in the spirit of the 'post something every monday' challenge I will share a WIP of the Georgian dragon gveleshapi - might need to work on it a bit more to make it look more like a whale-serpent...

Previously in Dracones Mundi I had merged the Georgian gveleshapi and the Armenian vishap into one species but I have since changed my mind.

I think gveleshapi will still be in the 'azi' group alongside the Persian azhdar, the Armenian vishap and the central Asian nahang, although in my quest to make it more 'whale-ish' I may redraw it as a type of sea serpent (like my stoorwyrm). This current drawing is "species of azi dragon which looks more aquatic than the others", if a future version looks like a fat wyrm then you know I have redesigned it XD

This is a design loosely based on Georgian mythology for my field guide to Dragons of the World, Dracones Mundi. I am doing a challenge to try and post some progress every Monday (dracones mondays!) so feel free to follow along @draconesmundi !

[did-i-do-this-write]

For the Writer's Round Table! With my newest WIP, a wyrm ruby au (think prince lindworm kind of wyrm), i've decided to be ambitious and have outlined each chapter to be pretty long, with a short, usually single-scene interlude between each chapter. do you have any projects you've worked on that have had specifically long chapters like this, or are you the kind of person who doesn't plan chapters out too much? (writing blog is @hallowed-nebulae )

Our first discussion thread! Thank you so much for submitting a topic and sharing your writing experience!

That's awesome that you're trying a new approach for your WIP! The one scene interlude is a really interesting format I've never really experimented with, that's a really cool idea! I'd love to hear how your progress goes!

For me personally I don't worry too much about the length of chapters when I outline them. I focus on what character interactions take place, scene break downs, and ending in the best place narratively speaking. I do have a concrete idea of what every chapter will look like before I even start drafting, but often times those ideas change drastically in the first draft.

For you and any other member of the community that would like to weigh in, I am curious how much detail you add to your outlines, if you use one at all? How do you start to get your ideas on the page for a large, long term, really involved project?

Taglist (ask to be +/-): @himbos-hotline, @mixing-bowl-of-stories

[dropout-ninja]

:3cc Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love❤

(Picture me headbonking you like a cat)

Why would you do this to me with my 108 fics and more wips in docs not yet posted (some of which would make this list)

I am terrible at picking rankings help

Uhhhh

When I Wake From This Dream With Chains All Around Me (Hollow Knight) where my HK writing got kicked off. Longfic.

It’s Burned In My Mind and all of its associated works (Hollow Knight) absolute fever dream, wrote in a splurge of dissociation, wild time and probably my favorite fic I’ve written. Multichap.

The If We Could Just Be What We Wanted verse (Transformers Prime with a dose of a bunch of other continuities) particularly the first one (which needs edits but in terms of tone and characters and me managing plots genuinely holds up really well to the last few years), Damned If I Do (oneshot), and poor Chaotic Unity (longfic), who I had so many seeds of foreshadowing put into the first fic for and then it got read by like five percent of the original’s readers XD

control’s graveyard (Monsterverse Godzilla. Yep.) entirely self indulgent fun times, power dynamics central, character studies on everyone, I poured into worldbuilding and backstories and I think I managed to do show don’t tell with them better here than I manage elsewhere. Someone said that I managed to keep the main character “alien and genuinely despicable” while somehow keeping them sympathetic, and that praise is put on my mental fridge forever. I reread this fic more than I do any of my other ones. Genuinely my favoritism for it is showing hard. Multichap.

Immolation (MTMTE/Lost Light) Haven’t read this one in a year so grammar wise I’m sure it’s a wreck, but my 3am brain went off on this one and its stream of consciousness style. Oneshot.

Wyrm Off A String (Hollow Knight) based on crack and others’ art, ridiculous premise, somehow the best worldbuilding and foreshadowing of a twist ending I’ve done. Oneshot.

Linger (Hollow Knight) mad niche, another one that began because of crack and shitposts I saw. Loss of self, body horror, psychological horror, non linear dream madness, what’s not for me to love. Multichap in progress

Wallow (Hollow Knight) another incredibly niche one nobody asked for, that is actually going to be turned into a multichap and has a lot of juicy to a self indulgent author tension and shenanigans already written, but I’m waiting until I’ve written most all of it before I start posting the new chapters. Dubbed by my friends as the Mean White Lady Fic. Traitor Lord my beloved. (Oneshot on ao3, multichap to be)

sometimes family is a mad scientist spider, his amoral ex, their build-a-child kit gone right, and the human sidekick (IDW2005 Transformers) oneshots collection. Quite proud of the Verity and Prowl povs. Tarantulas my blorbo.

ex cinere (House of Ashes) for capturing the voice and worldbuilding after I relistened to Randolph’s things a million times. I feel like I managed to keep aliens alien for it (short multichap)

And CarnEVILs? In MY Dirtmouth? (It’s More Likely Than You Think!) (Hollow Knight) halloween oneshot with an Elderbug pov that feels very Elderbug and Dirtmouth vibes as good here as in Chains. Elderbug did not enjoy his obligatory grimm teatime™️.

Hey look this is not five. 108 fics too difficult to narrow down for me

[rigginsstreet]

first line analysis

tagged by @blood-mocha-latte

rules: post the first lines of up to 10 of your last fics/chapters posted on ao3 or your wips and try to draw some conclusions.

now you wanna try your life with sin

The bells over the entrance of Pop’s alert FP to the fact that there’s a new customer, but he doesn’t look up from his warm mug of black coffee - on the house, because Pop never lets him pay for anything, not when he comes in this late, especially not when he’s sporting a freshly blooming black eye or split lip or sometimes both. It’s neither tonight. Tonight he’s just… lonely. Not by any means, a new feeling for him, but sometimes it hits harder than others, especially now that he’s out on his own. Still beats living with his old man. He’s not complaining, it’s just, sometimes he needs to be around people. Even if it’s just Pop Tate. And whoever else is looking for company this side of the tracks so late at night.

2. on the back of a hurricane

61 days. That’s how long it’s been since Fred’s parents dropped him off in this place. What was only supposed to be a few weeks has turned into a few months, because the doctors don’t think he’s getting any better, haven’t seen any progress.

3. i carried you to the car and drove you home but you weren't making any sense.

It’s another party of the week, another reason to get shitfaced. Except this time Billy didn’t get the chance, because by the time he worked his way to his third beer, Steve had apparently decided to drown himself in the punch bowl, and, well, intervening needed to occur.

4. i know i must behave to contain all my emotion

Never again would Heather Teresa Holloway move across the country for a boy.

5. dreamed of all the different ways i had to make him glow

“My mom used to build blanket forts all the time,” Billy admits one night, out of the blue while he’s snuggled up against Steve’s side, cheek resting against his naked chest.

6. i want to tell you this story without having to confess anything.

It’s the third night this month Billy has shown up on his doorstep looking worse for wear. He’s lost track of how many times it’s been since they started being cordial to each other, before that made its way into something more serious, more all-consuming.

7. play time

Billy had this rule for himself: for every guy he hooked up with, he had to make a public spectacle of hooking up with a random girl. It helped ease any nerves he had about being found out. Make sure people see him acting like a heterosexual and no one will catch on that he’d rather be sucking dick. Balance out the universe a little bit.

8. parentdale tumblr drabbles

alice smith is about the last person gladys expects to see waltzing into the wyrm in the middle of the afternoon. not since she decided to abandon her club for the likes of her preppy ken doll boyfriend and all the other plastic neanderthals of the north side.

9. no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike

He wakes up on the forest floor, surrounded by trees and the chirping of early morning birds, naked as the day he was born. As he was last night, the last memory he has before everything just… went black.

10. come on baby let me see what you hiding underneath

The sun beats down hot over Hawkins. Another one of those brutal summer days that leaves you panting by the time it takes to walk down your driveway.

what ive learned from this (what i already knew tbh lmao) is that i like to just drop right into a story. no preamble lets just get right to the point lmao

tagging @harrygroves @thatgirlwithasquid @imsodishy

[the-lonely-magpie]

Project Malzoria: Shirée-Fanged Wyrm

No. 5 of (?) Posts

(WARNING: Slow Progress, Current WIP)

Posting Schedule: Bi-Weekly

Thank you for your patience!

The Shirée-Fanged Wyrm

Plural: Shiré-Wyri

Singular: Shir-Wyrm

Description:

Elongated, serpent-like creatures with four pairs of legs and directional fins- the Shiré-wyri are dwellers of shallow waters, often terrorizing coastal villages and disrupting trading routes.

Much like their cousin species, the Shirée-Fanged Wyrm have a gaping maw with the only difference being the length of their fangs. Furthermore, this species of leviathan-sized Wyri are incapable of being domesticated- often being mischievous creatures by nature and have the capability to wield weapons.

However, unlike the solitary Länge-Fanged Wyrm, these creatures tend to hunt together, as they consume entire villages off of the sea coasts.

Important Info Summarized:

Polyphagous Carnivorous, can and will consume anything that is made of flesh.

Social creatures that often come together under the pretense of causing harmful mischief.

Capable of wielding weapons; such weapons often being a byproduct of nature or manmade origins- trees, boulders, etc.

[malewifefirestar]

Still a wip but my wyrm!Leopard Seal in progress

[mintalovell]

PATREON ANNOUNCEMENT!!

My partner and I are starting up are Patreon at just $1 a month!

Starting today we will only be posting full complete works on Patreon, everywhere else will be only have WIPs, screenshots, progress videos, etc. If you want to see our complete works please join us on Patreon, we’ll have lots of great things coming soon!

[somniumoflight]

So remember that fanfic recommendation from at least a few days ago, Thus the Remnants Set Forth (here’s a link to it here: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/thus-the-remnants-went-forth-gate-hollow-knight.696295/reader)?  Well, new chapter got uploaded today, and apparently in said fic Hornet has enough god in her thanks to her parentage to be able to explode into a vaguely eldritchy worm god form thing which the author described as an “abstract fluffy dragon.”  This is my interpretation of said god form of Hornet’s, and I’m tentatively planning on both doing lineart and at least flat colors for it.

[sevsartstuff]

Spent a little over an hour (which is all the time I have on week days) putting scales on that guy. And as go head to tail there’s a lot of turning the paper happening to keep strokes going the same direction. My index finger hurt from gripping the pen too tight.

Still got the scale details, shading and some background texture to do ....

[theboarsbride]

WIP ask game!

Thank you so much for the tag @thiswaycomessomethingwicked!💛

"This is a WIP game where you post the titles of your current works in progress – if someone sends you an ask about one of the titles, you can either post a snippet or share the concept of that WIP!"

The following WIPs are ones that I've actually written and/or have more fully developed and can share about!

The Monster and the Butterfly ("Crimson Peak meets Beauty and the Beast" gothic horror romance WIP)

Serpentine Whispers (LOTR/Grima romantic drama fic WIP)

Temperance and Mr. Wyrm (body horror romance WIP)

The Vampire of Shadowed Castle (gothic vampire horror WIP)

The Faeries and the Lark (sapphic Scandinavian gothic fantasy WIP)

The Boar's Bride (psychological horror/dark drama Hannibal fic WIP)

Mrs. Maturin (Hallmark-style historical fiction novella WIP)

Thanks so much for the tag!! I'd like to tag @jasperygrace @ponponsugar @eyechurch @cedar-west @faintlymcabre, and whoever wishes to do it!💛

[not-xpr-art]

Another collection of Work In Progress sketches for artworks I’ve completed (including a couple traditional wips)!

(2020)

with drawing i usually start with a really rough sketch so i can get a grasp of the composition... & depending on whether it’s a drawing or painting, i’ll either get straight into making it more detailed/neat or blotting in the colour... 

[stonerbughead]

Happy Fanfic Writers Appreciation Day!

As a fanfic reader, I am so endlessly grateful for the absolutely talented humans we have in our Bughead fandom, who inspire me and make me laugh and gush and smile and feel all the feels! As a fellow fanfic writer, I’m grateful for our @bugheadfamily community, for all the times we’ve bounced ideas off each other, cheered each other on, and sprinted together! 

One of the things I’m most grateful about in our community is how we encourage each other even when life gets in the way and we can’t update as fast as we’d like! I know that’s been a big thing for me this year, at least, and a lot of you have made me feel so wonderful with your patience and words of encouragement. So without further ado, in honor of this day, I present:

a rec list of WIPs I’m currently reading (and am happy to patiently wait as long as the writers need me to for an update!)

Come With Me by @night-hawk94 (3/?)

If you want a whole lot of sexual tension with a whole lot of payoff in the form of deliciously hot smut - plus FEELS and a hilariously intrusive Veronica - this masterpiece is for you! I’m loving it so far.

thinking of a place by @flwrpotts (3/?)

A perfectly drawn Almost Famous AU! Betty’s an aspiring music journalist, Jughead’s a soulful drummer who writes his band’s music, Veronica and Cheryl are the groupie girls with heart you never know you needed them to be. I’m loving this slow burn!

What We Lost (What We Will Be) by @darknessaroundus (3/11)

This story somehow manages to have the sweetest domestic Bughead with an adorable baby and a compelling murder for Betty and Jughead to solve at the same time. Essentially, JB was killed and it’s lookin’ really suspicious and Bughead are now her baby Junebug’s legal guardians, despite the fact that they don’t meet until after JB’s death. A really intriguing slow burn for ya.

a revelation in the light of day by @iconic-ponytail (4/11)

One of the best things about this story is how incredibly well-drawn the entire universe is - Sheriff Jughead Jones and FBI agent Betty Cooper never met in high school, but now Betty’s back in town to reclaim the family home ten years after leaving Riverdale and Archie digs up Jason Blossom’s body in the backyard the day she returns, leaving Betty and Jughead to investigate while dealing with how quickly they are attracted to one another! Plus, Archie and Veronica’s side plotline is so well-done. One of my favorite investigative duo Bughead dynamics I’ve ever read!

put your kingdom up for sale by @heartunsettledsoul (3/?)

Want some Serpent King Jughead but completely flipped in a way you’ve never seen it before? Jughead, SP, and Toni were exiled and in that time, Betty came to town to live with cousin Cheryl and escape her own Black Hood trauma, befriended all of Jughead’s friends (including Jellybean and the best Kangs I’ve ever read) and bought the Whyte Wyrm, turning it into a bookstore. Enemies to friends to lovers ensues and I am HERE. FOR. IT. 

This Day, A Life by @darknessaroundus (3/5)

This is a coda to darknessaroundus’s equally amazing MFA AU “A Grand Mistake” in which Betty and Jughead - both now career writers - have fostered and then adopted a child. My favorite thing about this story is that, along with Toni, Veronica, and Archie, all the characters are experiencing different forms of found family dynamics.

Ain’t No Sunshine by @sadie-quinn (6/8)

This is my favorite super angsty Southside fic rn. Betty and Jellybean have been best friends forever but it takes until she’s back between college summers living on the Southside with Jellybean and Jughead for Bughead to begin their romance - which they are then forced to keep secret and temporary due to Jughead’s Serpent affiliation. If you’re looking for a very gritty and real take on the Serpents as a gang, this is for you.

I’ll be the one by @literatiruinedme (7/19)

In case you were wondering, @literatiruinedme and I are the Official Stoner Chicks™ of this fandom, and “I’ll be the one” is an amazing little fic where Betty moves to Vermont to get away from her mom and starts hanging out with the crew working at the retail store she transfers to. There’s so much sweetness and fluff and friends smoking weed and ragging on each other and being general delights. Stoner!Bughead 4ever.

this is the way he loves her by @thetaoofbetty / Smudge (6/?)

This is the sequel to “I Can’t Fall in Love Without You,” one of my favorite Bughead fics of all time, and the married Bughead dynamics are precious and the mystery/plot super intriguing. 

among the wildflowers by @heavy-lies-the-crown (10/18)

A super beautiful and well-drawn prairie town AU in which Jughead is a writer in town to write his next novel. This is a masterful slow burn with reveals about the characters as the story progresses that makes the story deeper with each update! And the use of flower imagery in this story is unparalleled in its beauty! 

This is in no way exhaustive, especially since there’s so much sitting on my “to read” list, so in conclusion I just want to say THANK YOU to ALL the fanfic writers for your hard work and sharing your talent with us!!! 

[whynotwriting]

Worldbuilding for beginners: Science and Magic

OK, so this will aim to outline what you should consider when adding these factors to your world. There will be questions, and some examples from my main WIPs.

 Let's begin!

 Questions

 How advanced is the technology? Is there Internet? WiFi? Power? Have engines been developed?

 Are there special substances that react differently to real world ones?

 Does everyone have magic? Is it abused?

 What are the tolls of using magic? Energy drainage? Decreased lifespan?

 What problems did magic and technology cause? Do people like them?

 Do animals have magic?

 If you have different races, do they have specific magics?

 Do some regions have more advanced technology than others? Is there bitterness about this? Sabotage?

 What is the driving force behind technological advancement? Exploration? War?

 Have they managed to explore beyond their continent? Out of the planet?

 Is the tech for convenience, or essential for survival?

 How powerful is the magic? Is there a magical language? Symbols?

 What are the rules that dictate how the magic can be used?

 Can you instinctively use magic, or do you have to be taught?

What is the source of the magic? 

Examples in my world

 In my world, electricity is on the way, but nothing like the Internet yet. Engines are another work in progress.

 There is a substance called the Alchemist's Ruby which enhances magic, but will fuse to any creature capable of magic (but not antimagic). It will then spread into it consumes their whole body, their magic steadily growing stronger into their eventual death.

In my world everyone has magic. It is divided into six categories, plus anomalies. The categories are Traveller, Walker, Elemental, Engineer, Scribe and Morpher. I'll try to keep it brief for each. There are two or three types for each major category. I'll stick with two for the moment.

 Traveller: 1) Can slow or speed up time in small areas. 2) Has inhumanly fast reaction times and can move fast enough to outrun an arrow 

Walker: 1) Can walk into a separate dimension through places where three or more shadows overlap and exit at a similar location 2) Can walk through mirrors in much the same way as the shadow walkers 

Elementals: 1) Can control fire, water, air and earth. 2) Can control cold, plants, void and lightning 

Engineers: 1) Can create a bubble dimension to change the macroscopic structure of anything placed inside it 2) Can edit the chemical structure of stuff put inside their bubble dimension 

Scribe: 1) Can cancel out magic in the direction they aim 2) Probably the most complicated. Can carry any spell using runes. The spell is as powerful /lasts as long as it took to write, or can be linked to a creature's life force to make it last /more powerful

Morpher: 1) Can harden their skin and toughen their bones 2) can morph into one animal besides their normal form

And yes, magic is very much abused.

All magic drains energy and will drain life force if energy is used up. 

Wars have been fought over magic, with magic, and some magic types are discriminated against.

Animals don't have magic, but some have antimagic. These animals are known a glyphoids.

Different races have different magic. The above magics apply to humans. Elves have plant magic and some other minor elemental strengths, Dragons can manipulate fire and mirror /shadow walk, Dwarves are engineers and geomancers, Void Wyrms can project a false image of themselves and manipulate void, Mer can shake shift between four forms and use water, Sand Serpents can slow time and manipulate air. Primals have unique magic, normally based on their old races magic. 

The Nau Empire probably had the most advanced tech. That is followed by Gemretha. Montgart tries to sabotage Gemretha on a regular basis.

War is the main driving force behind tech development. 

A large majority of the tech is for convenience, to ease the lives of the upper classes.

Magic varies in how powerful it is. Only Primal magic can really have a worldwide impact. 

There is little to no exploration beyond the continent. Those from the Nau Empire who left the continent to escape have not returned. Take that how you like.

There is a magical language, as used by scribes in conjunction with the symbols. There are quite strict rules, but I won't get into them now.

Magic can be instinctive, but rarely. Most need to be taught to use their power.

Types of magic are linked to the number of pairs of Primals in the world, except for anomalies. Their magic is caused by being exposed to a highly magical environment while their magic is developing.

And that will do for this post! Hope it's helpful!

[the-lonely-magpie]

Project Malzoria: Länge-Fanged Wyrm

No. 2 of (?) Posts

(WARNING: Slow Progress, Current WIP)

Posting Schedule: Wednesday & Friday, Bi-Weekly

Thank you for your patience!

The Länge-Fanged Wyrm

Plural: Läng-Wyri

Singular: Läng-Wyrm

Description:

Elongated, serpent-like creatures that dwell in the ocean deep - with wide, gaping maws and spear-like teeth. The Läng-wyri are domesticated by the underwater folk of the Gāllera Front as both a means of transportation and as living weapons of war.

These creatures are unable to produce their own body heat, often lurking near hydrothermal vents for warmth despite their natural deep sea environment.

Carnivorous beings such as these leviathans often consume lesser bälfins and rivaling wyrm eggs, thus this species regulates its own population.

The cousin species of this one is the Shirée-Fanged Wyrm.

Important Info Summarized:

Reproduces asexually, laying ~1000 eggs before consumption - leading to around ~500 eggs left to hatch.

Polyphagous Carnivorous, will consume anything made of flesh.

Solitary creatures, never forms hunting packs.