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Previously on...

“Tell us about your world, what’s it about?”

The Suocéverse is basically my own interpretation of the Pokémon world as a fan, and the “universe” where the Pokémon fanfiction stories I write take place. What I like about the franchise’s elements: the concepts, the world, the characters, the lore; no matter which of its various canons they come from be it games, anime, trading cards; all may eventually find a way to fit in here. All to build a world that follows my vision of what means humans and Pokémon working together. There’s also not only Pokémon as a franchise - the Suocéverse is also reference-rich, featuring adapted elements from other franchises I like as well as fanon work I have done in contribution with others, most notably the Pokédex Extended Fanon Edition aka PEFE.

A lot of things have changed since 2016 when all this started as a humble Pokécommunity thread - this is now my third year working on this project. It is certainly a long-term project with long-term rewards. It is always useful to look into the past to see what has changed, to determine what will change next. So...

Time flows again.

This year will see the continuation of the work on the original prompts from 2016 which, as was done specifically for Pokémon and before I had a Tumblr account, runs its main course at PokéCommunity Forums. There’s the continuing work starting with the upcoming entry on Food (13th that year, 14th in this 2018 prompt list) later this week and at the same time the expansion on the things that have changed since the old prompts. After all, the project has been going on for a while and many an interesting thing has evolved (heh) from their original incarnations.

What once started as a humble thread on PokéCommunity has grown at a steady pace and opened new hooks for even more stuff. I got a Tumblr account though it’s quite a general-purpose thing. New stories were published and new characters introduced. The Suocéverse itself grew to feature its own wiki - from there on the official Suocéverse starting point. As the franchise itself grew with new releases such as Sun/Moon, Pokkén and -if proven authentic- the unreleased Gold Spaceworld Beta, the Suocéverse also has a chance to adapt to these new elements. And who knows, when it comes to fellow fans maybe we’ll cross roads with other interesting projects such as Tangent’s domino or Umbramatic’s Yangverse or SpitefulMurkrow’s Fledglingsverse.

Day Sixteen: Fashion

There are really two sets of ‘fashion’ in Arco Iris: Everyday and festival.  Kaberonian ‘high fashion’ has no real place among the working Arcosians, as most of it is not practical enough for their lives. Even traditional festival gear has an air of practicality under all the decoration, as it is, quite simply necessary when one lives clinging to the side of a cliff-face.

Day Fifteen: Magic

First off, Kabeiroi isn’t “magical” in the way that most people mean when they talk about magic. If anything, Kabeiroi is paranormal, not magical, though in a sense, they can be one and the same. This is over the entire planet, not just in one sector, either. As a whole, Kabeiroi is rife with paranormal activity, mostly benign or even helpful, in the case of the “elementals” and family ghosts...but there are those spirits that take on a more malignant quality, and sometimes these spirits are listening when a curse or hex is laid.

World Building June: Day 24 The Backpack

There are many different walks of life on Ichieryma, but there many roles in society which are consistent in every corner of the continent. Here are a few of them and what they carry on them.

1) Thieves Tools - a series of picks, rakes and tension wrenches used by thieves to open locks. These tools are usually kept in a leather bag to avoid damage to the tools. They are technically not illegal in any part of Ichieryma  however, anyone openly carrying thieves tools is treated with suspicion,  

2) Whetstone - carried by hunters, mercenaries, cooks or anyone who carries a bladed instrument. A whetstone is a soft stone people use to maintain the point on sharp edges.

3) Coin purse and dummy purse - used by lower class merchants who are unable to afford personal guards. A merchant would fill a large sack with copper coins, scrap metal or even stones and wear them on their belt. They would also have a coin purse tucked away in their clothes containing gold or precious gems. If they are robbed, the thieves usually take the larger sack leaving the precious material intact. Although the best thieves have gotten wise to this and will sometimes risk the better prize.

Ichieryma has suffered many disasters over the years; the most well-known catastrophe is called the Great Collapse. This is an event that predates The Founding where the western coast of Ichieryma was destroyed and all that was left is a series of islands. Folk law states that Azith (or Azoth), the great being that will destroy all planes, took a bite out of Ichieryma. It took the combined forces of the gods and the primordials to subdue Azith and prevent the complete destruction of the continent. Modern scholars believe the disappearance of the land around western Ichieryma is more likely attributed to a series of large storms as well as a few thousand years of land erosion.  

Baelden has recently suffered an influx of the deadly pox, carried into the country by trade boats from Oro, the new disease rampaged through the countryside killing thousands of halflings. Due to the fact that Baelden is so isolated meant the populous had little resistance to the new illness and quickly died. The pox continued to wreak havoc until the queen called for drastic measures, she deployed her own personal mages to incinerate entire villages to prevent the disease spreading further. This caused a lot of tension between the monarchy and the people. The mages manged to stem the spread of the pox and it eventually died out, the queen prevented a revolt by putting a high amount of state funds into rebuilding the villages destroyed. The deadly pox has been eradicated for over thirty years but it is still within living memory.

Weather on Ichieryma is different depending on where you are on the continent, from the frozen tundra of the far south to the scorching deserts of the north.

Weather on The Crescent Coast is the most temperamental due to the warm ocean current coming from north. This causes huge tropical storms in Oro and among the northern Ispersas Islands and almost constant rain in Baelden and Eard. These storms make seafaring difficult and many inexperienced crew have perished in a storm. The advantage of this constant weather is the land is always well watered and fertile for farming.

Sometimes, when there is a large storm in The Fey Wild it can be influence Gaia, especially around the Dimnes Forest. These fey storms are magical in nature and have varied and fantastical effects. These effects can be anything from strong winds to mutating animals. After these fey storms there is usually a sudden increase of growth and fertility: flowers bloom, trees grow so fast you can almost hear it, and there is a high birth rate. People both curse and praise fey storms, they cause nature to encroach on civilisation, weakening buildings and obscuring roads. On the other hand people who keep livestock enjoy an influx of successful births.

Weather

Communication

Texting is still a thing. Voice calls are common, along with video calls. It depends on each person’s preference which they prefer to communicate with. Speeds tend to be instantaneous if they are in the same location (same planetary body) and then there’s lag/wait time when messages leave the planet they are on. Emails are there, but they are only used by companies and businesses because no one wants to get hundreds of direct messages.

The Lineli do voice messages most of the time. If they feel the conversation is getting serious, they switch to video by using a flat surface that happens to be near them.