While I work on today's art, let's use the new tag! Feel free to ask anything regarding the setting and/or characters! (as well as what you're interested in seeing/reading about for potential lore drops) #SpindleLore - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

aidenr0.bsky.social • 1 day ago

While I work on today's art, let's use the new tag! Feel free to ask anything regarding the setting and/or characters!

(as well as what you're interested in seeing/reading about for potential lore drops)

#SpindleLore

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syl192.bsky.social•1 day ago

How is time interpreted in your setting by the people? As in month and day names, amount of them, or even culturally (weekends and such), is it similar to earth or different? Also, are the planet rotation times different to earth?

thebogwitchsupreme.bsky.social•1 day ago

Out of the whole cast of characters, who is the most powerful? Whether it be by physical strength, magic, or skill.

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

Novakov peeps probably can fuck over most people from older periods. But in terms of Crysilia for example, I might do a lore drop on this but Asi, magic wise, can actually be a threat :> (but there are still much more powerful people than her in that period)

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

the reason for why Asimov (and people similar to her) is they're in a way linked to the war, not by age (Aurmar is ancient), but by lineage. Asi has Nimari blood in her.

Do note info is here is slightly outdated ( and missing a lot of stuff), but should give you a general understanding of it:

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

oh one more thing: I approach my worldbuilding from the perspective of the "unreliable narrator", everything you read is documented by in-universe historians and researchers, so the actual real details could very well be different and even wrong until more knowledge is learned

psiop.kawaii.social•1 day ago

Same, in my setting, the use of AI weapons have rendered all historical records unreliable, so all setting lore is just conspiracy theories/propaganda for various in universe factions. Also some settings are simulations/fiction within other settings.

biestibelzer.bsky.social•1 day ago

pikacha.bsky.social•1 day ago

The best kind imo

revenger210.bsky.social•1 day ago

oh i do sth similar! i have about 2-3 documents, one w the actual factual timeline and the other based on what the characters know and what the reader should know by the time they're reading what. it's a good strat to follow, tho more time consuming for certain

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

I go even further with it and use actual citations to in-universe books, literature, articles, poetry, etc.

I did post a link to one page (though the info there is slightly outdated and incomplete) in the comments on this thread! You can find example of the citations there

revenger210.bsky.social•1 day ago

oh shoot i had missed it! was the page on this thread here or in another one? also we stan your method, nicely done!

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

same thread as this one! here's a link to it

revenger210.bsky.social•1 day ago

thank ya kindly!!

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

some small bit of lore, nearly all my characters exist in the same universe, just different periods

i do want to note is that I'm most likely focusing on char lore and lore that pertains to them (such as the previous lore drop) rather than the world as a whole (for posting lore drops here I mean)

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aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

what you want to ask doesn't need to be about this btw, this is just to let you know that most characters exist in the same universe 's all

yarner.bsky.social•1 day ago

At this point I'm kinda afraid to ask, but I'm also too curious not to... What are these settings from an audience point of view? I got the feeling that as of yet there's no actual media apart from the illustrations...? What are your plans, though? Comics, novels, ttrpg? Love your work!

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

honestly, im only writing it for the sake of enjoying it, i'm working on a wiki that people can read, but outside of that, I just enjoy writing it- it also helps a bit in keeping things consistent in my art

I might do short stories though, but i need to improve my literature skills first

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

Comics unfortunately take a lot more time, and generally I find it physically difficult to read them due to brain eye shenanigans so written novel is most likely the route I'll go for

yarner.bsky.social•1 day ago

This, it's much clearer now 😊 Light novels are not really a thing in the west, but that might be a genre to suit you - your illustrations must be there for the stories.

seamossdnb.bsky.social•1 day ago

alright, absolutely silly space nerd question here: one of your art pieces with Asi and Otti had planetary rings. how did they form and are all of these time periods/settings on the same planet?

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

For all the important periods they are always there, no magic shenanigans, just regular ol' rings (but there are cultural aspects linked to them, much like how we have some for the moon)

And yeah, all of the periods are on the same planet

seamossdnb.bsky.social•1 day ago

that's awesome, now you've got me thinking about planetary ring based religions

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

there are religions in my world that see the universe as alive (which isn't far from wrong, but it isn't really "Alive" in the same sense they see it), and that their God married the Goddess of the planet, by quite literally putting a ring on it lmao (they see themselves as the "children" of both)

avalily17.bsky.social•1 day ago

That might be the sweetest creation myth I've ever heard.

seamossdnb.bsky.social•1 day ago

that's epic, i have two more questions if you're willing, is there space travel in the universe in general and does the planet have any moons?

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

no moons, which made space travel much more difficult as there isn't a close by "satellite" they can use as a jumping point. Space travel does exist still, but the difficulty and cost of reaching potential places is just too much, and sadly due to D.U.N.E. going rogue, it's impossible by then

snqwblind.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don’t remember if I asked this before but are some characters from B.F. and A.F. well known in Novakov times as historical individuals or as legends of some sort?

Also in Novakov how advanced is cybernetics? Cyberpunk 2077 style or a bit more clunky or even more advanced?

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

A massive amount of culture, technology, and even species are lost to time A.F. Due to a horrifying war that pretty much nearly wiped the slate clean. No one truly knows how it was back then but only the stories of the bits that survived remain

There are historical figures yes

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

less so legends, more so "founders" of something or another. (Such as the founders of healing magic, which was used by other founders as well as a basis to create the physical transitioning system nearly all trans characters use afterwhich)

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

None of the characters I draw are considered "notable" (with few exceptions, like Ameline from the gock gang) though. Maybe a bit weird but I honestly like the fact they don't need to be some notable grand character to be loved and drawn still.

snqwblind.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh agreed. Sometimes it’s very nice to take a look at the slice of life in fictional worlds :>

nerdanel.bsky.social•1 day ago

What do Asimov and Ottilie use to shave or pluck hairs? They do not appear to be dealing with any skin irritation after hair removal. Is that just thanks to healing magic?

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ottilie naturally has very little body hair, but in general shaving is done via blades or waxing, not that different than our world really. You can use certain mixes (derivates of healing gels) as aftercare to not cause irritation

mltts.bsky.social•1 day ago

do you have any maps even if rough?

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

they're really old, but i do! they're outdated in terms of some names and divisions, but the landmass and whatnot haven't changed much. I've yet to recreate them (see these maps as early alpha rather than how they should be rn)

Asimov and Ottilie are in the Jovian Theocracy btw

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innocentdoge.bsky.social•1 day ago

What’s Asi and Oli’s favorite food?

aidenr0.bsky.social•1 day ago

"already answered!"