Some Locations And Structures To Include In Your Forest

Some locations and structures to include in your forest

Abandoned shrine

Alchemist’s lab

Ancient ruins

Army encampment

Battlefield memorial

Boathouse

Bridge, log

Bridge, stone arch

Bridge, suspension

Bridge, wooden beam

Causeway

Cablin

Cable car station

Cairns- grave markers

Cairns- trail marker

Cave system

Caved-in tunnel

Cemetery

Clearing

Campsite

Castle (robber baron or otherwise)

Collapsed building

Dam

Dirt track

Ditch, defensive

Ditch, henge monument

Dock

Dragon’s lair

Elven settlement

Fairy ring

Farm

Ferry landing

Ford

Fort, earthen

Fort, stone

Fort, wooden

Game trail

Ghost town

Guardhouse

Haunted ruins

Hermit’s hut

Hollow hill

Hunting lodge

Hunter’s hide

Inn

Logging camp

Manor house

Mine

Monastery

Outlaw’s hideout

Overgrown ruins

Potholes

Paved road

Portal

Quarry

Railroad

Rail station

Raised platform

Roadside grave

Sacred grove

Sawmill

Sky burial platform

Signpost

Stone circle

Summoning ring

Switchback

Temple

Tollbooth

Treehouse

Troll cave

Tunnel entrance

Turnpike

Village

Waterwheel

Watchtower, stone

Watchtower, wooden

Witches’ cottage

Wizard’s tower

Zip line

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Smooth Sumac: What's something that's common & generally helpful in your story?

Thank you so much for the ask, @clairelsonao3!!!! I'm sorry for the very late answer, I'm trying to catch up with my old tags and asks this week!

Smooth Sumac: What's something that's common & generally helpful in your story?

Well, this is a complicated question lmao! I would say that, in the setting of my main current WIP Of Starlight and Beasts, something really helpful is magic. One can use magic to heal illnesses/treat infected wounds (ahem, for example like that one chapter where an enchanted potion literally saves Kyran from dying from an infection after being rescued at one point in the story -), to find their way in some specific locations, to make food taste better, to build extravagant buildings, to make combat easier, to tell children stories (like a little movie, only the sorcerer is casting images)! Almost, (and that's a very BIG almost), anything!

Another example of where magic is really helpful is Tomasa's shapeshifting ability, which allows her to turn into a giant, extremely shiny, dragon. This not only allows her and the other MCs to get from one kingdom to another more quickly (which, since they're literally racing against time to stop an ancient evil from destroying everything, is really a question of life and death. especially in a medieval world with no extremely advanced means of transport readily available for everyone) but literally saves their lives more times than I can count (after all, having a dragon on your side in battle definitely shifts the tides a bit, wouldn't you say, lmao?)!

OC In Three (Of Starlight and Beasts Edition!)

Thank you so much for the tag, @cowboybrunch!

Here goes an aesthetic for my book's dark prince (and conflicted awkward boi) Bastien!

Plus, have three songs that have his aesthetic:

Icarus by Bastille

Just a Man - Epic the Musical

March by Jesse Abbey

Tagging (gently)! @lassiesandiego, @littleladymab, @oh-no-another-idea, @little-peril-stories, @rickie-the-storyteller, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @thepeculiarbird,@clairelsonao3, @steh-lar-uh-nuhs, @tabswrites, @memento-morri-writes, @moonluringfrost, @writernopal, @saintedseraph, @sam-glade and OPEN TAG

I love reading my own writing like wow this story has everything I want in it it’s almost like it was written for me or something damn that’s so crazy

Worldbuilding in 5

Taking the open tag option here, thanks to @mysticstarlightduck for posting this!

Tagging: anyone who wants to play, but maybe @foxglovefaun @noahhawthorneauthor @crossroadart-seabear (no pressure if it’s not your thing!)

Rules: post 3-5 images of a place in your world and tell us a bit about it!

The Brothers’ Temple

So I edited the pic(s) above to the best of my (albeit limited) ability. The temple in Harmony of Seasons sits on a lake in a forest. Four statues reside there, but only three at a time. One statue is always awake—no more, no fewer.

Auro awakens in spring.

Cosmo awakens in summer.

Cedras awakens in fall.

Kryos awakens in winter.

They are brothers, the gods of the four seasons, cursed for their endless quarreling and doomed to spend eternity apart.