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What are the most significant historical events in your world?
November 15, 2025 in world-building-questions by Matthew Brown
Some of the types of historic events
- Monarchs and Emperors
- Battles and wars
- Murders
- Assassination attempts
- Treaties
- Leaders
- Extreme weather events
- Misunderstandings
- Feuds
- Trials
- Heresy
- Cultural shifts
- Discoveries
- Inventions
- Proclamations
- Coronations
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
- Religious rifts/splits
- Executions
- Uprisings
- Scandles
- Reformations
- Significant thinkers
- Prophets
- Hearings and meetings
The hunger from the sea
November 11, 2025 in prompts by Matthew Brown
In the cold dark of winter’s night, for one week each year, the shapeless black predator drags itself from the sea to feed.
What is a taboo in your setting?
November 11, 2025 in world-building-questions by Matthew Brown
What’s taboo in your setting? For example, in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive, it is considered scandalous for a lady to show her left hand in public.
What are your setting’s taboos?
What is the unique slang in your setting?
November 1, 2025 in world-building-questions by Jason Latnar
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