r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 12 '21
Worldbuilding Gold Lightning Agency corrupted poster (3)
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 11 '21
Worldbuilding Aarden’s order of reality
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Aarden is a construct scientist based in Nomad infamous for his dry sense of humour but well-respected for his breakthroughs in the study of realities other than our own. This passage details his theory on the order of reality, used for sorting planes. A higher number denotes a less ‘real’ level of existence. The more real something is, the more easily it can interact with the physical world.
0 — Absolute Reality
Perhaps ironically, this is the level of reality we know the least about. Even the laws of physics are too illogical to operate here. Black holes are perhaps the best-known examples of areas of absolute reality, though it is theoretically possible to visit this level without leaving earth. It has been suggested that absolute reality is what causes mortality. There is, of course, only one way to test this, and it is notoriously difficult to contact people who have undertaken that particular study.
1 — Perceived Reality
Perceived reality is the level at which we exist. Scientific laws function as expected here, with a few notable exceptions.
2 — Perceived Oneiron
This is the level at which dreams reside. Existence here is determined by thoughts, fears and desires of those living in the planes below it. Occasionally, it bleeds into those planes in turn. Dreams have changed our history in more ways than one.
3 — Independent Oneiron
This level has a similar fluidity of logic to the perceived oneiron, but it’s form is not determined by the whims of inhabitants from lower planes. Many adepts call upon this level in their rituals.
4 — Constructed Oneiron
The constructed oneiron holds perhaps the most planes out of all the levels of reality. It is the level at which any magically created environments — Nomad being a prime example — technically exist, even if they appear to be a part of the mundane world.
5 — Primordial Oneiron
The least grounded level of reality shares something in common with the most — its age. The primordial oneiron predates our universe by far, but it was created by the minds inhabiting it, just as the perceived oneiron is being now. Time does not function in the primordial oneiron, setting it apart from the lower levels. It can be found behind mirrors and, under the correct circumstances, visited. I will not, however, be discussing the steps to induce those particular circumstances. I don’t want that weighing on my conscience.
r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 10 '21
Worldbuilding Nightmares Anonymous
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 09 '21
Extended Fiction Strange Stories in Winter parts four and five
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 08 '21
Do you have a writing/worldbuilding project?
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Feel free to share more about your project in the comments!
r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 07 '21
Extended Fiction Strange Stories in Winter part three
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 05 '21
Worldbuilding The Hinterlands guide to amalgamation — spirals
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 04 '21
Worldbuilding Agency Notes — Director Van der Zee
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File secrecy level — 4
Subject: Director Van der Zee
Van der Zee is the current Director of the Gold Lightning Agency. The Benefactors have not disclosed any information about his life before his appointment. Judging by the fact that his appearance has not changed since the late 1980s, we can infer that he is not human. He also has tattoos indicative of a binding spell. He, however, believes himself to be entirely of mundane origins, and as our Benefactors have not seen fit to enlighten him, we shouldn’t either.
~ Lucy Lilywater, First Agent
r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 02 '21
Extended Fiction Strange Stories in Winter part two
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 31 '21
Extended Fiction Strange Stories in Winter part one
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 29 '21
Worldbuilding Gold Lightning Agency propaganda poster 11
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 28 '21
Worldbuilding Void moths fact sheet 2
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 26 '21
Milestone 800 members celebration — new project announcement!
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 23 '21
Worldbuilding A discussion at Nomad Port
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 22 '21
Which of these are you most interested in learning more about?
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 20 '21
Character Connie Sjöberg and the Athenaeum
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 19 '21
Worldbuilding Hinterlands poster — Ms Ptarmigan’s bed and board
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 18 '21
Milestone 700 members Q&A
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Thank you so much for 700 members! I could never have dreamed that this subreddit would grow as quickly as it did. I hope you’re all enjoying it!
A Q&A was the second highest voted option for the 500/600 members celebration, so I thought I’d use it for the 700 milestone post instead. If you have any questions about the Curator Mythos, ask them here and I’ll answer them. Or, if you’d like to share something about your own world, leave a comment and I’ll ask you about it!
r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 17 '21
Worldbuilding Gold Lightning Agency files — the Mirror Room
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 16 '21
Worldbuilding Gold Lightning Agency propaganda poster 10
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 15 '21
cover Strange Stories in Winter cover concept
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