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Types of intelligence for your OCs

What kind of intelligence does your character posses? Based on theory of multiple intelligences, these are some ideas what kind of smarts your characters might posses that aren’t the typical academic or street smarts. 

1. Visual-spatial (space smart)

These people are good at visualizing things, seeing in 3D, being able to imagine how things look even out of sight from the information they have about it. They are good with directions, maps, charts and pictures. Eye for drawing, patterns and puzzles. 

Especially useful for: architects, engineers, artists, pilots

2. Linguistic-verbal (word smart)

The ability to use words well, when writing and speaking. Typical strenghts are telling stories, memorizing information, love for reading, skill with words, debating and persuasive skills, adept at explaining complicated subjects. Also tend to be great at languages. 

Especially useful for: writers, journalists, lawyers, teachers, public speakers

3. Logical (reasoning smart)

Not necessarily but possibly mathematical, these people are great at reasoning, pattern recognition and logical analysis. Enjoyment for abstract thinking and ideas, excellent problem-solving skills and logical argumentation are other common traits. Pattersn, categories, relationships. 

Especially useful for: mathematicians, accountants, scientists, and detectives.

4. Bodily-kinesthetic (body smart)

Great hand-eye cordination, physical movement, often skilled at sports, dancing and creating things with their hands. Learn and remember rather by doing than listening or reading. Sense of timing and mind-body union excellent. 

Especially useful for: dancers, sculptors, actors, athletes, surgeons, crafts people, soldiers, police officers

5. Musical (sound smart)

Sensitive listeners. Thinking in patterns, recognizing rhythms, notes and melodies, good at remembering tunes, these people often enjoy singing or playing instruments. Often show great understanding of musical structure and know quickly when they hear someone going off-key. 

Especially useful for: musical teachers, composers, musicians, 

6. Interpersonal (people smart)

These people are very good at understanding and interacting with others. From verbal to non-verbal communication, they are proficient at assessing motivations, moods and desires of others and seeing things from multiple perspectives. Great communicators, create positive relationships with others easily and solve group dynamics and group conflicts well. Also enjoy discussions, debates and teamwork. 

Especially useful for: psychologists, counselors, salespeople, politicians, philosophers, teachers, managers, team leaders

7. Intrapersonal (self smart)

The opposite of interpersonal smarts is the intrapersonal intelligence, where people are very in tune with themselves and their feelings. They are honest with themselves, enjoy self-reflection, analysing theories and ideals, love daydreaming, and show great self-awareness and assessment of their own strenghts and weaknesses. 

Especially useful for: writers, philosophers, theorits, scientists

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8. Creative (ideas smart) 

People that show exceptional curiousity, get inspired by little things around them and connect ideas and concepts in an unsual way. It’s a more feeling-based, spontaneous type of intelligence that gets less recognition, but brings immense benefits in all fields. 

Especially useful for: artists, marketers, scientists, concept artists, 

10. Abstract (concept smart)

Drawn to abstract ideas, these people enjoy deep discussions, don’t like to settle on one truth and ask questions that have no easy or no answer at all. Connecting, conceptualizing, analysing, listening and putting things together, they are great at seeing things from a distance, seeing the whole and not just the pieces. 

Especially useful for: scientists, philosophers, researchers, theorists, designers, analysts

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Universal Lore- Part 1, The High Realms(Altersae- Anarexen)

Avaas had always been the first of the Four that embodied existence in the boundless cycle, as he represented the very idea of "alternatives" and was The Watcher of all that would ever exist. He was the only one of the Four that could still remember all that had occurred since the very first Cycle- the indescribable joys of observing the first civilizations that advanced to traverse space, the sorrows each time the Cycle was at the time to close and planets could no longer exist, the emptiness in the time between Cycles, and the pain of betrayal in the times where there was a Fifth. The Fifth of his kin would've been the same innumerable age as him, would it not have been the fifth being sealed away some many distant Cycles ago after going mad in the face of inevitability.*¹ Avaas' duty was and has always been first and foremost preservation until it was fated for his duty to end, and in this Cycle it was no different, save for one minor difference. He felt that Nix had become irrational, in a sense, over each Cycle, never learning to become independent from the rest of them, and thus never developing that sense of a "beyond" that stretched past the expanses of nothingness that Nix was. So he assumed that in this Cycle, Nix would be fine on his own and find his way back to them without them to guide him towards the radiance of creation, and would learn that there was more to existence than what he[Avaas] could ever teach him.

Tilisnet of Time and Seclir of Space did not disagree with Avaas' choice, as they too felt that Nix needed the valuable experience of "growing up" after many Cycles where he did not need to. After all, each Cycle started and ended about the same, so it surely wouldn't have been too difficult for Nix to find his way through creation's light as he did in the previous Cycles. But of course, none of them truly understood the essence of Nothingness past "lack of an existence", but Nothingness could wallow and knew misery and fear. Tilisnet, Seclir, and Avaas were furthest from the beings that came from creation, and thus they did not realize that Nothingness could perceive the fear creation held towards Nothingness. They did not know that Nix feared disappearing as creation spread across the many universes, and they did not realize that Nix would judge their choice to find his way alone would be interpreted as abandonment. Avaas, The Watcher of all that could exist, had turned away from the darkness, and was blind to what lurked in the Abyss. In this action did he fail at his foremost duty to preserve, as this mistake would cost this existence dearly. But do not mistake Avaas for an ignorant being, as he had duties to perform that were separate from preservation. As Tilisnet let his sands flow through existence and bring the concept of time and Seclir weaved his spatial threads to create the tapestry of space, Avaas was to oversee the first light of this Cycle as the first universes were born. As one does with a tree did he cultivate and graft branches onto the first universes, creating alternate ones as these seeds of existence sprouted and grew, and quickly in the eyes of the timeless did planets and stars emerge. As The Watcher, Avaas was to witness each of the planets that could potentially develop life, and as The Preserver, guard them until it was their time to fade with the end of their universe. It was a strenuous duty to watch every planet with life across the whole existence of a Cycle, some inconceivable number beyond mortal understanding which was under his jurisdiction. In the past Cycles, he would assume this duty himself without complaint, but early in this Cycle did he feel an unusual air of dread that echoed throughout the existence. For the first time since the Fifth was sealed away, he knew fear.

In order to split his duties to better watch over all the new planets across the universes he observed, he created beings out of the very concept of "alternatives" he represented. The first of these beings was granted parts of his knowledge to pass on to the others, and he asked the first to name themselves. The being would choose the name Anaare, and so Avaas would name the realm created for the beings to roam Anarexen in their honour, and name the beings themselves Altersaeans.

These beings would aid him in watching over and protecting planets with life across the many galaxies and universes in existence, and they were the alternative to him if he were to fail in his duties or some force were to stretch across existence to smother the light of creation and life.

As these beings were the many eyes of The Watcher that gave him more reach into the corners of existence*², they were also the first to notice the creeping darkness that reached toward stars and snuffed out their light, and they would realize that they could try as they might to preserve, but they could not escape inevitability against a force even Avaas did not know.

They would try to hold out against this creeping darkness, sending some tens of them to hold it off of developing civilizations, but even their mighty power perceived as godly by mortals were many times not enough.

Sometimes they were successful in holding off the darkness and the beings that sprung from the rifts the darkness bled through, sometimes they could only buy time as the worlds were doomed and the only choice left was for civilizations to flee to another planet, but in the cases were the Altersaeans could do neither, they could only watch the worlds be consumed and the people be damned to whatever lay in wait in the devouring abyss.

Avaas would take notice as he watched some of the branches of universes begin to lose their light, and he watched as stars would flicker and disappear from existence. The Altersaeans began to report of the darkness that consumed the stars and many mortal lives, and they said that the darkness had felt like a false life- nothingness that tried to imitate the idea of existence but was limited by its own being. They said it had felt familiar, like a distant brother that had lost their way and stumbled in the dark calling for them-

But they said that they also felt afraid of this darkness. This darkness was subsequently natural and unnatural, lonely but vengeful- and Avaas would quickly realize that this was the dread that he had felt long ago, the dread that warranted the creation of the Altersaeans.

He knew all they had felt, as they were a part of him as much as he was a part of them, but he did not want to believe his mind's first thought. It was likely the truth, but as he felt fear, he did not want to accept the truth.

His fear turned him irrational, and so he did not tell the truth to his people.

He did not want to believe that the darkness that plagued the light of creation sprung from his own kin Nix, and so for the first time in his existence did he choose to tell a lie.

This lie was for himself as much as it was for his people.

They all bore witness to the fall of Boriasonde and Tilisnet's sudden disappearance, and Avaas would learn of the increasing amounts of turbulence and breaks in the fabric of space from Seclir, but he continued to hide the truth from his people as he did not want to be seen as a flawed and irrational being, and he himself acknowledging the truth would be acknowledging that he had failed the duty of preservation that he was meant to embody. His own blindness and lack of foresight to Nix's perspective of existence was what would spell the unnatural end of this Cycle.

In this did he realize that he was never omnipotent, and that even the embodiments of the 4 concepts of existence were as flawed as the mortals they presided over.

He could not find Tilisnet even in the in-betweens of universes, and with Tilisnet's creations being scattered around existence, he could not ask them if they had foreseen this.

Something so simple as assuming a seemingly small change would not lead to disaster had led to this, and Avaas still could not accept this.

To this day, the Altersaeans are not aware of the truth, continuing to perform their duties in the belief that the abyss was natural with the passage of time and that it stemmed from the inaccessible in-betweens of universes. They try in genuine faith to their duty and Avaas to protect as many civilizations from this abyss as possible, and their work has thus far held off the darkness well enough for mortals to not be aware of its existence, but this will not always be enough, and they knew as well as Avaas did that this was an undeniable truth. The darkness does not halt for the whims of what it believes to want it destroyed, and it will continue to spread its roots throughout existence- to the worlds with boundless "potential"*³, and so the Cycle may once again return to nothingness.

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¹- Post coming at some point when I feel the time is right, it's in the perspective of Avaas to recount the Fifth.

²-This will be mentioned in the posts for other realms, but despite other realms being part of the existence that makes up a Cycle, no High Realms being can access any realm other than the Lower Planes(where planets are). The Elemental Planes are far too low for their power to reach into as their concepts are entirely separate from that of the elementals, and the realms between the High Realms and Lower Planes are either related to death or are small pocket dimensions limited to regions of worlds that reject High Realms influence.

³- Refer to this post since even though it's a note to self it does somewhat explain what the "potential" is -------------------- Taglist for writing-

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Apparently a lot of people get dialogue punctuation wrong despite having an otherwise solid grasp of grammar, possibly because they’re used to writing essays rather than prose. I don’t wanna be the asshole who complains about writing errors and then doesn’t offer to help, so here are the basics summarized as simply as I could manage on my phone (“dialogue tag” just refers to phrases like “he said,” “she whispered,” “they asked”):

“For most dialogue, use a comma after the sentence and don’t capitalize the next word after the quotation mark,” she said.

“But what if you’re using a question mark rather than a period?” they asked.

“When using a dialogue tag, you never capitalize the word after the quotation mark unless it’s a proper noun!” she snapped.

“When breaking up a single sentence with a dialogue tag,” she said, “use commas.”

“This is a single sentence,” she said. “Now, this is a second stand-alone sentence, so there’s no comma after ‘she said.’”

“There’s no dialogue tag after this sentence, so end it with a period rather than a comma.” She frowned, suddenly concerned that the entire post was as unasked for as it was sanctimonious.

Organizations on Elvaria

With the end of the Warring Era, there have been many opportunities for organization to arise than span many kingdoms from safer conditions and better kingdom relations. Many organizations are scattered around the lands of Elvaria, with some allied with certain kingdoms, and some that are strictly neutral. They vary in purpose and skills, as well as in ideals, traditions, and people. This list only includes the most notable of the elven(or mixed) organizations and is very general. Specifications will be provided on a different post, and organizations outside of Elvaria will be excluded. Additional groups may be added in the future and will be added accordingly along with a notifying post.

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Neutral Organizations These are unaligned to any kingdom.

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The Seekers

A group of battle-priests that was formed during the Ember War by the half-Flaernan-half-Dalirnan Kalathiv and Lustarisean Iniko after deserting their respective kingdoms out of dissatisfaction of the warring conditions(War of Shattered Ruby and the Ember War) and politics. They still exist in the modern day but don't get involved in politics unless they are directly threatened. Currently they have an ongoing dispute with the Hidden.

The Hidden

A group you could either call mercenaries, hitmen, thieves, or all of the above, it is comprised of exiles, deserters, and outlaws that make it almost their entire purpose to cause problems for the kingdoms and exact revenge on particular people(if they're still alive). This group formed near the start of the Ember War where some people were being incriminated for even mere suspicions of being involved in the assassinations of rulers and criminals for petty crime were being conscripted for the armies. The founder, Xie Sha'nie, was recently killed during a battle between the Seekers and the Hidden over their current dispute, and the organization has since been handed to the Avianaen deserter Phalikiron and Yukiosan exile Ostoril.

The Accord of Oracles

A small group of, well, oracles that has existed since the Age of the Empires and have been granted diplomatic immunity by all kingdoms(except Jivankova out of circumstances and they have their own oracles). The gift(or curse depending on how you view it) of foresight came from the Tilemgians during the brief time the Eternaveilan races had a hidden presence on Elvaria's surface and was given to 7 bloodlines, one from each kingom(including the minor kingdoms). The Lunarisian Velscira would found the Accord and her bloodline has survived to the modern times, with the current leader being the Zodianan Bas'nurilos.

The Academy of Blades

An academy located on an island between Haliskor, Elorinar, and Yinorael, the school staff are very secretive and highly selective with potential students. Graduates must swear a binding oath of secrecy or join the school as a teacher, and the school itself is neutral unless directly threatened. The staff teach a very peculiar type of magical combat which is reliant on blades(usually swords or daggers) that seems more reliant on willpower and spirit rather than Asurei. The founder is unknown to everyone other than the "headmaster" Walekrian Wei'Mo Tan-Shi, but is alive as far as anyone knows.

The Circle of Speakers

A small group of druids and beast callers, the group was founded after the founding of Floernia. Most of the members are Floernians and a few are Dysheraln, with other kingdoms' people being few and far between. All of the members have an unusual attunement with nature, whether it be being able to commune with fauna or with flora(this also includes understanding the hums of the Dysheraln which is how the group picks out fakers). They do not have a proper leader as it used to be Cirania and they felt no one could act as a replacement(suggesting so is practically heresy), so they have ambassadors instead to deal with politics.

The Vermillion Hand

A small group of blood mages(not quite into necromancer territory) that were the result of the experiments of Ilskorith Mavkoril, a deranged Yūregian scientist who was expelled from the Society of Harvesters for using live subjects in his experiments(further elaboration in the future) during the Ember War. Think Frankenstein but the people are still alive. The group is generally avoided by all the kingdoms and they tend to keep to themselves as well, only appearing if they are directly threatened. The founders and leaders of the group are Zorthex Kax'sarthi, Dal'zythal Akzonil(pseudonym), and Zikir'thal(pseudonym).

Calamity

A city of elves from around the Yiagilian and Elemortian kingdoms that live on an island. All of them have been expelled from their respective kingdoms due to being born with the Harbinger condition that causes their natural attunement with Asurei and the elements to be distorted and lead to incredibly destructive and unpredictable spellcasting, leading to the alternative names for the condition being Nature's Wrath and Wrathblood(note that sometimes it's a case to case basis on whether or not a Harbinger should or shouldn't remain in their kingdom). Regular cities were not built to handle such abilities, so Calamity was specially built to not collapse from all kinds of disasters and special training is given to young and new members so they do not create something unfixable. The founders and leaders all go under pseudonyms and their given names have been stricken from records across the kingdoms they came from. The group of leaders consists of the Zodianan Hollower(creates black holes), the Föllen Alatsan Earthshaker(creates earthquakes), and the Yukiosan Frostbite(freezes blood).

The Cult of the Doomsayers

An apocalypse-prophesying group with an obsession for death well beyond what even a Yūregian considers reasonable. Their main practices include inducing insanity as they believe it "opens eyes to the truth", sacrifices, and "trials of dedication" performed in accordance to a scripture that is nonsensical to anyone outside of the group. It is uncertain if members of the group can read it themselves. The leader is Yl'thirak Shattersoul who has never actually been seen and doesn't have a name that matches any currently existing elven race in the world, so it's generally believed that this is a pseudonym.

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Kingdom-Based Organizations This list excludes royal or noble councils. Organizations that came from a kingdom but expanded to span the continent or the world count under kingdom-based.

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The Lady's Bulwark

Half of the military and guard force of Åskorhal, the Bulwark consists of two sections: the Mountainguard and Heartkeepers. The Mountainguard manage the city and village guard along with being the majority of the footsoldiers should a war ever break out with another kingdom. The Heartkeepers regulate and guard the Mountainheart crystal ore veins and central crystal to prevent outsiders from gaining access to it and prevent overharvesting, as all Åskorhaia Elthir consider them to be the blood and heart of the Lady of the Mountains.

The Watcher's Spear

The other half of the military and guard force of Åskorhal, the Spear consists of two sections as well: the Dragonbreakers and Stormtamers. The Dragonbreakers tame and train the storm dragons native to the Gyvorkal mountains to use in aerial combat and scouting. The Stormtamers are split between those who ride dragons and those that don't, but they are the more proactive group when it comes to preventing outsiders from scaling the mountain. A more accurate description of them would be storm throwers as they harness the might of storms to hurl electrified spears at people that come too close to the mountains.

The Speakers of the Echo

A temple of priests from Avianaen that ritualistically blind themselves so they only need to focus on hearing, as they are the only people that can still hear the "echoes" that come from the sky. Sometimes these echoes are understandable, sometimes they aren't. The general populace assumes that the echo is the remaining voice of the Sky Lords, but a few believe the echo is something more, and some others believe it to be a trick of the mind trying to hear the wind. The Triumvirate of the Skyborne are part of the first group and leave the temple as an official establishment in the hopes that the Sky Lords(excluding Thiroaven) may come back one day.

The Elscorin

The descendants of the Avianaens that followed Thiroaven during the War of the Skylords and refused to renounce their loyalty even after his defeat. They were cursed by the blood of the Dragon Lord Enthivar and his people(dragons) when it touched their skin. Half of the loyalists became Gorasbora, those who cannot fly lest the wind tear their spirit and flesh apart. The other half became Haraspira, those who cannot land lest their hearts cease to beat and their bones crumble to dust. They together would form the Elscorin, which was less a group that wanted vengeance and more needed to rely on each other to survive.

The Board of Scholarship and Enlightenment(BSE)

Originating from Dalirna, the Board is meant to establish and regulate universities throughout Dalirna and any others they founded in conjunction with other kingdoms. They maintain a high quality of education with appropriate academic material and funding in order to ensure that graduates will be at the top of the job market for their major.

The Archivists’ Society

Originating in Dalirna, this society is basically a guild for writers around the world. They have their own weekly newspaper(more like a pamphlet or booklet) called The Inkwell where writers both in and out in the guild(but they have to pay a publishing fee) can submit writing to be published in the booklets.

Guild of the Elemortian Scribes(GES)

The more academic counterpart of the Archivists' Society, they generally deal with publishing and field writing for academic pursuits as well as copying of old texts to be preserved. Many professors are in this guild as it allows an easier passage from post-graduate to a job in the teaching profession.

The Eyes of the Augurer

The mages' society of Dalirna, they encompass all the types of magic professions in the kingdom and their duties may range from managing the barriers around each city and town to actively monitoring and trying to divert major sandstorms into the sea, along with other things.

The Artisans’ Guild of Elemortia

Also originating in Dalirna but quickly became a powerhouse guild of all the Elemortian kingdoms, they deal with all crafted goods and have become an economic power and regulator to ensure fair trade between merchants, buyers, and sellers. Some say they can bypass kingdom regulations if need be, even though the Artisans' Guild didn't stem from the Dalirnan nobility or ruler.

The Pyres of Condemnation

The group that deals with prisoners and crime crackdowns in Flaerna. Public opinion of them isn't the highest, but they do their jobs well and provide large amounts of employment for Toliskvya Flaernans deemed too dangerous(more to themselves than others) for common trade jobs.

The Economic Sect of Flaerna

The sect is filled with rich nobles and businesses that flourished during the Ember War, with the majority being blacksmiths and ration producers(don't ask how a wasteland can make rations I don't have an answer tbh). It has recently made a shift towards more common trades but controls much of the flow of money coming in and out of Flaerna. They are in a sort of competition with the Artisans' Guild when it comes to controlling Flaernan markets.

The Global Trader’s Association For Bejeweled Goods(GTABG)

Coming from Föllen Alatsa, the organization controls the flow of jewelry and quality metals and gems to prevent imitations and ensure that the materials came from legal sources. Jewelers from other kingdoms with land that can produce precious minerals quickly joined the association when it was created, and the association would become close partners with the Artisans' Guild.

Mineral Harvester Coalition/Miner's Union(MHC)

This organization goes under two names for the two sides of it: the side that deals with exporting both common and precious minerals, and the side that deals with internal issues in Föllen Alatsa, namely the disconnect between the nobility and miners in terms of what actually goes on in the tunnels. The Miner's Union can be thought of as the side that deals with the ethics rather than business.

The Jewelrycrafts and Metallurgy Society(JMS)

Originally, they were part of the GTABG until they split off to focus less on the sales part of the trade and more on training and employment side of things, though they're still global. They also encompass smithing and the newly emerging engineering fields rather than only jewelry. For people seeking apprenticeships in any jewelling or metallurgy fields, the usual process is to join the Society stating your desired specialization and region, and then you'd be assigned to a master craftsmen from your kingdom with boarding and pay covered by the trade apprenticeship programs of the kingdom.

Wardens of the Bloodied Grotto

This group exists solely to keep regular civilians away from the Cave of Bloodied Quartz in order to protect them from the almost corruptive abilities of the quartz within. The group occupies the two guard towers at each of the two entrances and consists of trained guards ordered to immediately execute anyone that approaches within a certain distance of the blocked off entrances, as well as mages personally trained by Lustariseans to maintain the barrier that protects the stone around the cave to prevent someone mining into it by accident.

The Cave Watchers

The guard force of Föllen Alatsa's sprawling cave system, they have to deal with crime as well as monitoring the caves at all times to predict a collapse and minimize the potential deaths. Their methods aren't perfect, so it's very common for them to be skilled in healing and earthen magic whenever they fail to reach a collapse point in time to evacuate the miners. They also employ mages known as Earthspeakers whose specialty is to artificially stabilize major ore vein tunnels in order to further minimize risk of collapse points, and though they are more sensitive to tremors, when a tunnel is about to collapse there is little they can do but evacuate the people in it.

The Sentinels of The Archer

The Archer of Light was one of the first of the survivors to begin using light magic after the debris leftover from The Fall started to, well, fall. The accounts from that era of early Hikarinan history say that they would strike the debris in the sky with their arrows in order to expose more of the sky and sunlight, along with protecting those that hadn't adapted yet from the beasts that evolved during the darkness post-Fall. They left no descendants behind, but the Sentinels of The Archer would come around after their death to continue their duties. Nowadays, they're pretty much just the elite guard force of Hikarina. Many members swear an oath of celibacy but it isn't mandatory.

The Selectors

I wouldn't count this as a royal council because they aren't actually involved in political decisions so that's why they're here.

The group consists of 9 members of unknown race(suspected to be elementals by regular citizens) that determine who will be the next Matriarch of Jivankova when the current one is close to her death. The process entails the General Selection of powerful Jivankira Elthir from the general populace, then the Proper Selection where the group of powerful individuals are further filtered through an examination, and then all of the final group are to undergo the ritual to become a Matriarch. The ritual almost always filters the final group to one person that survives, but if another person lives, the two are to duel to the death as there can only be one Matriarch alive at a time. The group that failed the Proper is executed to prevent a potential overthrow of the new Matriarch. The Selectors do not have any say in anything until the Matriarch is nearing death and the cycle continues.

The Assembly of Asuremancy

The Assembly consists of only Lustarisean and Geintori Asuremancers and is led by the Shin'nyo Apolis Asuremant, Suigimano Shinoto. They very rarely have a presence outside of Lustarise's caves, but are incredibly accomplished in the usage of Asurei well beyond what other elven races usually can achieve. There is a special screening done every 10 years from the birth of a Lustarisean up until their 200th birthday(for late bloomers this is usually the latest their talent will express itself) to determine whether or not they have the potential to join the Assembly. They are given the choice to accept or decline(but can join later) if they pass the screenings. Every Lustarisean and Geintori can use Asurei, but not every mage of their kind is a proper Asuremancer.

The Walekrian Guild of Fine and Performing Arts(WGFPA)

They contain most(if not all) the artists of both fine and performance arts in Walekria and aid them in gaining a name for themselves in the professional field as well as exhibiting their work. Similarly to JMS, apprenticeships and immediate employment are offered by the guild. As a side note, they do get offended if people call their musicians bards.

Royal Institution of Biological and Geographical Oceanographic Study(RIBGOS)

While it is a university, it also is an organization for graduate students of the university to further research into the field. They're paid well as is, but are able to take an extra job as a professor if they desire an extra income. Due to the nature of the job requiring being able to travel to the underwater parts of the university and cities, most of the members of the institution are Walekrians, but you may see the odd Zodianan from a water sanctuary here and there as well as other elven races in commissioned vehicles.

The Conservationists of Permafrost-Bound and Arctic Sea Artifacts(CPBAS)

As the(very long) name says, the organization's purpose is to conserve and research artifacts from the past that was frozen beneath the permafrost of Halinskor and under ice floes or floating in the sea. Yukiosans are not built to dive, so the organization is very reliant on the Anctora variant of Avianaens that are able to dive into the sea's twilight zone. They have a strict policy that any artifact they find that can be accurately traced to a living relative has to be returned to them unless they give explicit consent for the organization to keep it for history.

L’ombrene Necrose

A society meant to provide for the extra needs of Yūregian undead, such as repairing of injuries and providing materials to make their bodies last longer.

The Cult of the Black Moon

A Yūregian cult that worships the Black Moon. They are not as extremist as the Cult of the Doomsayers, but are still considered at least odd by general Yūregian society. They believe some sort of being lives inside the Black Moon and will lead them to another world when a great calamity befalls Elvaria. They're allowed to openly worship so long as they don't do anything illegal per se.

The Apothecarium

Yūregian society is currently split into 3 groups- the Apothecarium, the Necrivana, and the Oltharan. This split is occurring over the debate on whether or not necromancy is an ethical and proper "cure" for the curse or plague that affects Yūregian society. The Apothecarium is the side that is strictly against the practice of necromancy, believing that investing more research into alchemy would produce a cure that doesn't require dying first as they view the condition as the result of a disease. Besides politics, the Apothecarium is also a guild that produces the vast majority of medicine and potions in Yūregia.

The Necrivana

The Necrivana are the group in Yūregian society that believe necromancy is the only way to solve the condition which they consider to be a curse. This is the group supported by the majority of noble families.

The Oltharan

These are the Yūregians that are either advocates of both necromancy and alchemy as solutions or do not want to support either side in case the kingdom is torn apart in a civil war over this issue. They are actually the minority in views and have very little political backing as the society usually pushes people towards choosing a side.

The Society of Harvesters

A Yūregian group of necromancers that work towards finding a solution for the "curse" that affects Yūregian society. They are led by the Premiède Patrimonte Mähdrecher, Roderikcht Marcheuse Fantoine, and thus holds a fair amount of political influence as well as noble support.

The International Academia of Astronomical Sciences and Observatories(IAASO)

Founded in Zodiana, the academia is both an actual university and an organization. Unlike RIBGOS, members of other kingdoms are able to attend the academia and join the organization as a researcher(side jobs as professors are also offered) so long as they have the sufficient drive to study astronomy and have completed their basic schooling.

The Royal Zodianian Society of Traditions(RZST)

The Society manages festivals and prepares the kingdom's cities and towns for observances of events significant to Zodianan culture. This organization was created when the Ember War ended, as though tradition dictated that affairs of tradition were given to the youngest member of the royal family, there is only one living member of the direct bloodline left so it would be better to relegate the duty to a separate party.

The 13 Sanctuaries

Zodiana has 13 sanctuaries that each specialize in their own craft or production along with allowing Zodianans to study one element besides the stellar energy they are born with. The main 12 sanctuaries have their own leader that is a member of the Starsword Council, and the sanctuaries themselves are split into 6 elements: flame(Ailes and Laeis), water(Cavenor and Saritoris), earth(Tevara and Secrion), nature(Vogira and Cariscron), ice(Peisica and Aquival), and air(Gimera and Larinen). The 13th sanctuary, Ocphis, is limited to Sarkathian Zodianans as it embodies the purest form of Qilanar's power, and those that feel most drawn to it are rejected by other elements. Elven races from the Elemortian kingdoms are able to attend the universities each Sanctuary contains but the populations are still majority Zodianan.

The Global Committee of the Culinary Arts(GCCA)

A recently formed group that is the board of culinary achievements and consists of top chefs from every kingdom(except Åskorhal, Jivankova, and Lustarise for obvious reasons). It used to exist during the Cycelian Empires Era but had been dissolved after The Fall, and has since been remade for the sake of tradition. Their most recent(and first) activity was the Global Elvarian Cooking Competition, a resurrection of one of the old traditions of the original GCCA. The chefs on the committee plan on creating a special restaurant rating system to identify restaurants and taverns with excellent food and dining experiences to award them in order to bring them the popularity they deserve.

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yo! do you have a tag list for your writing/worldbuilding posts? absolutely love your stuff but i cannot keep up b/c of the amount if people i follow haha

Hello and thank you so much! I don't have a tag list yet but I can add some from here on out for art and writing posts 👐

Will post this weekend

Will it be the completed Boriasonde post? Probably not, I'm at a deadlock at what to write for it and I have two versions.

The other High Realms posts already explain a lot of what happened to Boriasonde and the Tilemgians, so I've been stuck deciding between how the Tilemgians experienced the Tearing of Boriasonde vs what happened to them afterwards.

When the post comes out it'll be shorter than the other three for sure.

From an actual poet: "In the middle of life, 

death comes to take your measurements. 

The visit is forgotten and life goes on. But the suit

is being sewn on the sly." - Black Postcards by Tomas Transtromer From my own work(look I saw a comment asking about self-written poems so I thought I'd include my own):

"Within the gaps of my fingers,

Are inkstains ingrained in my skin,

Blemishes of black and blue that never washed off,

Grasping at the strings of fate I cannot see." - Inventory by me

hey reblog this with a piece of your favorite poem, please

Examples of Jivankira Elthir clothing

Despite the Urthalisan refugees having joined the population of Jivankira Elthir during the Age of Shadows and have since become physically indistinguishable, part of Kavathanar known as The Crescent, which is the inner side of the Dinhrang Mountains, still is majority inhabited by descendants of these survivors.

Though they go by the name Jivankira Elthir, they've kept some of the Urthalisan culture to this day and continue to create clothing and buildings in a similar style, but of course with some changes due to influence from native Jivankiran culture and drift over time.

Compared to real world cultures in history, the Urthalisan descendants follow a Le dynasty Vietnamese style, and native Jivankira Either follow a middle Egyptian style.