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• Characters From Finished Stories

  Once a story is finished and entered into canon, its characters can be mentioned, nodded to as an homage, or reappear in a minimal supporting role, such as a minor helpe…

• Creation Is Not Drafted

  Whether Dreadthorn really lies defeated and imprisoned beneath the King's Mountain is never settled in stories.

• Dating Follows the Timeline

  All dating follows the timeline. It is canon and trumps every other dating system, wherever one appears.

• Dreadspawn Appear Late

  Dreadspawn appear late in a story. They are the boss of bosses.

• English Names Only

  People, places, and things get English names only. Personal names and place names omit spaces.

• Hearthkin, Human, and Giant Sizes

  Hearthkin average 1 meter tall, with a variance of 6 centimeters. Humans average 2 meters, the Irin look like humans with a regal appearance, and giants average 4 meters…

• Invented Places and Creatures Become Canon

  Towns, villages, rivers, flora, and fauna invented in a story become canon once created, and must stay consistent from story to story.

• Magic Must Be Rationally Explainable

  Everyone knows crystal and rune magic exists, but few can make it. There is no sorcery of the usual fantasy kind. Every effect is an elemental derivative (fire, water, a…

• No Gay Stuff

  No themes or plots involving LGBT+ topics.

• No Sex

  Nothing sexually explicit.

• No Traditional Fantasy Race Names

  Nobody in a story is called a gnome, dwarf, or elf. Use Hearthkin, the clan names (Landfolk, Mountainfolk, Oceanfolk, Skyfolk), and Irin.

• Nothing Cartoonish

  Nothing in the world is cartoonish.

• Profanity Is Rare

  Profanity is rare, on the Dean Koontz model. When it appears, it is used tactically to illustrate something specific.

• Tone Can Be Anything

  Tone can be anything. Each story shows a different facet of the world. Even serious stories include mirthful moments.

• Violence Follows the Koontz Model

  Violence follows the Dean Koontz model, which is less violent than Stephen King.

• Which Ages Are Open for Stories

  The Age of Judgement and the Age of Redemption are open for stories. The Age of Renewal and the Age of Harvest are closed and undeveloped. The Age of Creation is not in…

• Written for Traditional Values

  The world is written to be valued by conservative men with traditional values, so nothing outside that boundary.