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A bunch of worldbuilding stuff for you
🕑 Added 2022-02-12 19:27:31 +0000 UTCI have a bunch of worldbuilding stuff for you. Why? So, umm, I realized that the polls should be about this month's short story topic, not the next month's. This was my brainfart and I will create a poll for the next month's short story topic early next month. In exchange, I bring you a pile of worldbuilding stuff I've used to create the political and cultural climate of my ancient world. I hope it's a suitable compensation for this month's lost poll.
Below, there is a map of Scotland. Venicones is the name of MC's tribe. They have clashed with the Romans before, a hundred or so years ago. Historically speaking, the Romans tried to invade Scotland in 70(ish) AD. They were quite succesful. The whole of Scotland wasn't invaded but a good chunk was. That time the Romans had to fight with a Pictish navy (in my lore the navy was of the Venicones).
The MC's tribe has the unfortune of being placed in quite a strategic location where the Romans like to try and get a foothold of Scotland. So, not the first time the MC's tribe has had to deal with the Romans. They've been forced to be quite a hostile tribe since they're the buffer against the Romans. They've been waiting for an attack for a hundred years but, unfortunately, Romans hit too hard this time. The damn Romans are trying to invade Scotland again.
When it comes to the Twins, I took a lot of liberty in designing their characters. I took some inspiration from a couple actual deities. The Twins were known for being relatively peaceful forest deities who ruled over animals and woodlands. Aoibheann is the name of the sister, Ardghal the name of the brother. They're also known as the Horned Gods. Stags and ravens are their sacred animals, and their sacred ground was the burnt grove.
This week has been partly a worldbuilding week for me. I've been changing some stuff in the light of this previously stated stuff. I knew of everything I just said but I didn't really have it on any document I could get back and check. Yes, I sound like a chaos incarnate as a writer and, umm, I'm not arguing you if you think that. So, some changes coming up for the next update (eg. I mentioned that the MC is from south of the Antonine Wall, when in reality it's north). I will also change the hunting scene according to that tidbit about the sacred animal being stag. It creates more tension, that's great.
There are also the map of Mogontiacum (the town where the MC is located at the moment) and Germania (it shows the town and the MC might be going on a trip to Augusta Treverorum).
I hope this was somewhat interesting to you!
