Jun 1, 2024
hang on, did I never post the edited chapter 1 of Spark a Light here?
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hang on, did I never post the edited chapter 1 of Spark a Light here?
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Iβm so sorry, are you doing okay?
I'm as okay as I can be - I'm getting through it. Just left today's funeral actually.
Things are still slow going on my end but I'm doing my best to keep it pushing
Hey everyone!
So.
I have been dealing with lots of death in my family as of late, which has been hindering my progress in writing. I'm still working, but progress has been slow given that I am also doing worldbuilding on the non-fic version, Ignavus which has changed from Strelles A Lot.
And thus! I have decided to post what I have finished for Embrace the Inferno while yall are waiting for me to get my butt into gear and edit up to it. It's not finished by a long shot but there's a lot I'm already pleased with so yeah
it'll be up within like, 2-15mins of me posting this.
have fun lol
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Yea the link has expired but I would definitely be interested in joining the discord! Terminology in the USA is indeed confusing TOT I was actually born in the USA, more specifically California, but I moved to NZ when I was three years old and I've been here ever since. Somehow I retained the accent though XD On another note, you can definitely find plenty of interesting gemstones in the Midwest! The Great Lakes are known for being the agate capital of the world in fact! Here's a list of gemstones you can find without having to go digging, specifically those you can find in rivers or other bodies of water; Amethyst, Quartz, Jasper, Agate, Chert, Flint, Fossils (Coral, Crinoid, Trilobite, etc), Yooperlite, Feldspar, etc. I would definitely do your own research though! This is just my prior knowledge being a gemstone fanatic hehe. I know that personally I've incorporated gemstones as a healing and metaphysical tool in my Xenomoggy, but I'd love to see other Xenomoggy/Warriors AU writers use it :)
Petition to make The Midwest refer to something slightly more intuitive/j XD Geography terminology for our silly country is so dated sometimes (interesting tho ngl).
Accents will follow you everywhere you go XD Doesn't matter where you go or what you try, childhood accents'll stalk you
Yeah that matches up with what I've seen so far - agates and quartz everywhere. Although I have to decide if the crystals are more intangible healing or if I should break the rest of the way from my pokemon powers system and make a series of Magic Gemstones. I like the idea tbh, I can give them to the skulks and have loners trading them around.
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You can definitely work with the Midwest, but that's entirely up to you! The only issue you might come across is the lack of forest biomes down the center of the USA, so if your looking for herbs/plants that would grow in forest you need to look more to the states close to the Great Lakes or the Rocky Mountains. Basically, I would avoid using states like North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, etc, as inspiration as those are pretty much all Great Plains. Here's a map of the forests in the USA;
I also found a resource with a list of indigenous plants to the Eastern portion of the central USA, so basically the area surrounding the Great Lakes (Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota); https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/midwest-region-indigenous-wild-plant-list.pdf There's not many plants on that list though so I kept looking for you and I found this site, which only lists a few plants but links to multiple resources for different states; https://www.finegardening.com/article/your-guide-to-native-plants-in-the-midwest Some of those might not even be consumable for us though, so I'd also definitely look into native trees. Elderberry is a good one for instance and Sugar Maples have a range that extends from Maine to Missouri! The seeds and inner bark of the tree are edible and this particular tree is most notable for producing the largest quantity of sap/syrup of any maple species. Any edible plant/tree/flower tends to have effects of the body, some may be more potent than others however. Just doing a quick Google search about Elderberry tells you they are great for fighting sickness such as a cold or flu! Not to mention the fact that your cats, depending on how creative you want to get, might not consider plants to be the only medicinal things in nature. Many real world cultures use gemstones for healing the mind and body for example. Sorry if I'm rambling lol, I hope I could at least provide a bit of help :)
Yeah - the "The Midwest" when talking about the states is actually that group of states right around the Great Lakes - everything else is "central" or strictly "the west" (which I wont deny is confusing af nowadays). Though I still might decide to push them a bit further east anyway just to actually have touch with costal creatures :p
still it was very nice of you go on this herb hunt! I've been genuinely wondering if I should cave and bring humans in and extinct them just so have like the basic handful of herbs XD so far haven't had to resort to that.
Gemstone healing could be very interesting - the catch is finding more of them that don't require heavy mining or machinery. I've got a handful that kinda Show Up in rivers and creeks but that's one that requires further exploration.
Anyway it was really cool of you to go on this hunt :) I should invite you to the discord so you could've seen that herb hunt for yourself - do many herbs are 'naturalized' from European colonizers T-T
HAHA!!! What part of North America is Strelles based on? I've done lots of research on the British Columbia area so I have a knowledge of native and invasive plants in the area. It's generally not to hard to find resources if you know what area your based on and what plants would be found in each environment :)
I've made the critical mistake of making them Midwest based because of the great lakes. The way I'm suffering though, I'm about to push strelles to the northeast.
The northern half of the west continent is like... Canada-adjacent
(Although Strelles is broken into two - the west continent is Midwest north America, the right content is like... central Africa I believe - just bc of how many herbs and flowers come from there. idk though, the east continent might end up just being my beloved east-cost)
Need to come up with more landmarks for the Shorerisen. Thus far I only have The Linn and The Crossing Stones :p