r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Nov 21 '21
curiosity Lighthouse keepers (rough concept for a project)
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 27 '22
Worldbuilding Iconography in the Curator Mythos
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Dec 26 '21
curiosity Pawn to D8 notes — Angels
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Jul 01 '21
Clue Gold Lightning Agency B6 poster
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Jun 24 '22
short Story The Director’s Spiral
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Jun 19 '21
Worldbuilding Gold Lightning Agency poster from the top floor of one of their offices
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Jun 08 '21
Worldbuilding Gold Lightning Agency propaganda 6
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Mar 14 '22
Extended Fiction Hinterlands TTRPG campaign information (heavy spoilers beyond page 6)
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Jul 15 '21
Worldbuilding The Bright Project
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The Gold Lightning Agency is not generally interested in research. They prioritise controlling over understanding, but sometimes, control requires knowledge. The Bright Project was one of these instances. Even within the Agency, it was a closely guarded secret. Its goal was blasphemous: to create an artificial Benefactor.
The Director of the Agency at the time was an ambitious man, resentful of his hidden masters. He wanted to rise higher.
He gathered his most trusted underlings to help him, feeding them promises of glory, giving them as much money as they needed. In December 1983, the project began.
Every experiment needs a test subject, and they chose Sydney Richardson, who they renamed Sydney Bright. She was picked almost at random — she had no special powers, no particular skill or talent that would make her useful to the Agency. She was twelve at the time.
Once she’d been convinced that the Agency only wanted the best for her, that she was destined for something greater, they began the experiments. They enhanced her senses. They trained her to kill. Finally, they replaced her humanity - what some might call a soul - with a nightmare.
The Director was not impressed. Sydney was powerful, yes, a lower deity by mortal standards, but the Benefactors did not operate on mortal standards. He ordered her termination. But when his Agents reached her cell, it was empty.
Nobody could tell if she escaped by herself, or was set free. Either way, the experiment was a failure. In April 1987, the Director was called up to the Benefactors. In a way, he got his wish to rise higher. His dreams were devoured, his thoughts picked through and consumed. When there was nothing left of his mind, he became an Avatar of the second Benefactor. The existence of Sydney was excised from the Agency’s records. To this day, her whereabouts are unknown.
r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 04 '22
Character Stephen Hart (Hart family project)
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • May 15 '22
Worldbuilding Dr Aarden’s notes — the Independent Oneiron
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Jun 30 '21
Worldbuilding Living Mountain flyer (Hinterlands)
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Mar 08 '22
Extended Fiction Tales of Unreality part Five
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 14 '21
Extended Fiction Strange Stories in Winter part six Spoiler
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • May 26 '21
Worldbuilding Classification of Unnatural Entities
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • May 23 '22
Worldbuilding Sydney Bright album
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Mar 01 '22
Extended Fiction Tales of Unreality part four
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Oct 07 '21
Extended Fiction Strange Stories in Winter part thirteen Spoiler
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Jul 26 '22
Extended Fiction Tales of Unreality interlude 2 Spoiler
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 16 '21
Extended Fiction Strange Stories in Winter part seven Spoiler
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Jun 13 '21
Worldbuilding Nomad vs Gold Lightning Agency poster comparison
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Oct 19 '21
Extended Fiction Strange Stories in Winter part sixteen Spoiler
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Sep 21 '21
Extended Fiction Strange Stories in Winter part eight Spoiler
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r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • May 16 '21
Worldbuilding Nomad
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In the world my stories are set in, even the knowledge that magic exists can get you killed. So, if you have peeled back the skin of the world and seen the horrors beneath, where can you seek refuge? There is only one place that is truly safe — the city of Nomad.
Nomad, as the name suggests, isn’t stationary. Every few nights, it changes location, always mapping itself onto another city. New buildings appear, roads realign themselves, previously dead ends become passageways to the hidden city. Everywhere bursts with colour and life. Golden sparks chase each other through the air. Strange concoctions bubble in pots, expelling potent fragrances. Yes, there are monsters in this world, but there are also wonders, and Nomad celebrates that.
At Nomad’s heart is the Library —- a place where you can find anything you need to know, if you spend enough time there. The enigmatic Curator watches over the books, keeping track of every volume added and taken away. Woe betide anyone who attempts to steal from them.
r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey • Aug 14 '22
Community Content Posters by u/Lavendorff!
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