Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 5

Now for the final Build-A- Bear World installment!

Today, all we have to do is put all the previous Build-A-World installments into one. If you missed the previous parts, here they are:

Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 1
Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 2
Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 3 
Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 4

Part 1
Time of Year: Early Summer
Seasons: Fall, Windel (windy), Winter, Rainur (rainy), Spring, Summer
Environments:
Woods
Farms
Cities
Caves
Mountains
Deserts
Valleys

Part 2
Gov: Depends on area
Forest is not governed by a government.
Some areas: Monarchy (partially constitutional)
Has minor problems:

• Common people do not always have a say in government
• Supplies not always distributed equally
• Multiple levels of society (gap between rich and poor)
• And more (too many to list)

Part 3
Races of intelligent beings:

• Dragons
  
• Elves
• Dwarves
• Fey folk (Fairies)
• Humans
• Werewolves
• Vampires
• Centaurs
• Brownies
• Gargoyles 
• Nymphs
• Mermaids
• Fauns/Satyrs
• Pixies
• Sphinxes/Manticores
• Sprites
• Shapeshifters
• Naiads
• Dryads 
• Talking, poison-spitting, fire-breathing, cats with bat wings
• Probably more, not counting spirits, and of course, non-intelligent creatures (In this case, I'm not considering Unicorns etc. as intelligent)  :)

I don't think I'm going to include spirits like ghosts and things, although Dragomir would be excited about that. . .

Major Characters:
1) Elf
-Male
-Round
-Unsure about static or dynamic
2) Fey
-Female
-Round
-Unsure about static or dynamic
-Type of fey: feyish

(I'm not doing minor characters.)

Part 4
Main character: Revenelil
Gender: female
Race: Feyish
Description: long, dark brown eagle-like wings attached to back reach heels, brown hair the same color as wings, tall, pale-skinned, forest green eyes with gold flecks in them, wears soft, gold and green dresses the color of eyes, loose fitting, does not wear shoes, has strong magic, does not have many friends from intelligent races (elves, humans, etc.), is an adult
Background: lives in enchanted forest, has no restraints/class like kingdoms do, has no parents (knows nothing about them), lived in forest entire life, grows garden,
Personality: slightly mischievous, kind, loving, caring, has a temper,dignified, imaginative,
I could go on, (type of magic, stories about her, etc.) but, alas, it's only a snow globe.

I'm only including my main character. I hope you had fun with this exercise! Post about it below!

Spruce Nogard

Attributions:

https://pixabay.com/en/tree-forest-summer-nature-970508

https://pixabay.com/en/gargoyle-carved-stone-grotesque-372674/ 

https://pixabay.com/en/forest-woods-waterfall-water-fall-1209910

 

Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 4 (Character Constructing)

Good Day, Friends!

Today, to continue with our Build-A- Bear World series, we are going to create specific characters. To start, think about last week's Creative Complex. Use these two Creative Complexes to help you: Character Constructing: Evil Villain and Character Constructing: Minor Character.

If you missed the first three installments of this series, here they are:
Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 1
Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 2
Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 3

Next, pick one main character. Keep in consideration:

• Gender
• Race (elf, etc.)
• Upbringing
• Class

After this, choose a background for your main character. Remember, we are constructing a snow globe world, so you only need to create a basic background.

Even a Pegasus can be a character.

Things to think about:

• Age
• Where they live
• Past experiences that influence their beliefs and actions (ex. in the new Cinderella movie, right before Cinderella's mother died, she told Cinderella: "Have courage, and be kind." This influenced Cinderella's decisions for the rest of her life.)
• Personality (you can look up lists of personality traits online.)

Then, do this for a few of your other characters.

You are almost done with your snow globe world!

Spruce Nogard

Attributions:

https://pixabay.com/en/pegasus-composite-horse-animal-1253359/

Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 3

Hello, Builders! Are you ready to continue making our snow globe?

If you missed the first two installments of this series, here they are:
Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 1
Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 2

Today, we are focusing on characters. Start with deciding if there are more than one race of intelligent beings.

Examples:

• Elves
• Dwarves
• Humans 
• Make up your own!

Also, decide if there are intelligent creatures that are not human based. For example, are dragons one of your races?

Next, pick one to five major characters, and one to five minor characters. A major character is a character that is very important in a story, but is not the main character (ex. a friend of the main character), and a minor character does not play an important role in the story (ex. the milk man, who delivers milk every morning, says hi, and that's about it). If you are confused, ask questions in the comments.

Then, one character at a time, decide if they are:

• Static
• Their character (beliefs) stays the same no matter what experiences they undergo

• Dynamic
• Their character (beliefs) change depending on the experiences they undergo

 and

•  Flat
• Usually minor characters, you know very little about them; and they have a very basic personality

• Round
• Usually major characters, you know a fair bit about them and they have a complex personality

Leave comments below!

Spruce Nogard

Attributions:

https://pixabay.com/en/fantasy-fairytale-elve-man-owl-1481591/ 

https://pixabay.com/en/beast-dragon-flying-monster-1296506/

Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 2

Hello, Friends!

Today, we are continuing with our Build-A- Bear World series! If you missed the first installment, read it here.

Who likes government and politics?

Continuing with our high fantasy theme, you will need a government system for your mini world, to hold up to scrutiny. Think of it like this: we're making a snow globe world. It needs the basics, but no more than the basics. Government is essential to any world you are creating.

There are a few basic types of government:

1) Democracy

Basically rule by the people, for the people. The people vote directly on pretty much everything.

2) Republic

Kind of like a democracy, but instead the people elect representatives to vote on laws for them. This is like the US's government.

3) Monarchy

Basically rule by a monarch (king, queen, emperor, etc.)

4) Aristocracy

Rule by the wealthy people (aristocrats). The middle and lower classes have no power.

5) Dictatorship

Rule by one person. Dictators are usually bad leaders, such as Hitler.

6) Communist

A communist government is where everything in the country is owned by the government and the government distributes everything according to people's needs (supposedly). People do not get paid for their jobs; they  get the supplies they need to live (ex. food) instead. Communist governments usually do not work this way. Instead, they become corrupt.

Pick a government. Then, decide if it:

• Functions correctly 
• Is corrupt
• Is not corrupt, but has minor problems 

If you picked one of the last two options, decide what the corruption looks like or what problems the government has.

We are one step closer to making our very own snow globe! If you would like, tell us what government your world has in the comments below.

Spruce Nogard

Source: http://depts.alverno.edu/dgp/GEC/Types%20of%20Government.html

Attributions:
https://pixabay.com/en/crowd-people-democracy-community-296520/
https://pixabay.com/en/crown-king-emperor-royal-royalty-42251/

Creative Complex: Build-A-World Part 1

Greetings, Neighbors and Friends!

How lovely to be back! (I was just on a trip, so all the posts had been prescheduled by a ways.)

Today, we are having the first part of the Build-A- Bear World series!

We are going to start very, very, basic, so as to not overwhelm you.

First, pick a general setting. Today's setting theme is High Fantasy.

Things to consider:

• What time of year is it?
• What are the seasons? Are there seasons?
• What types of environments are there? (Ex: city, farm, etc.)

 
There are many other things to consider in the setting, down to the quality of the air, but this is meant to be a fun little activity, not a complex world building guide. (After all, there are whole classes on world building.)

If you like this Creative Complex, answer the questions above in the comments below.

Relax and enjoy yourselves!

Spruce Nogard

Attributions:

https://pixabay.com/en/treehouse-forest-composing-fantasy-1308108/