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	P.S. If you haven't seen it yet, I also have a third project, beside this one and my main project which is also published (at least partially) here on Campfire Explore, under the name The Legion of The Immortal Soldier. You can find it by searching in explore, or clicking on my profile, go check it out and let me know what you think of it!		P.S. If you haven't seen it yet, I also have a third project, beside this one and my main project which is also published (at least partially) here on Campfire Explore, under the name The Legion of The Immortal Soldier. You can find it by searching in explore, or clicking on my profile, go check it out and let me know what you think of it!

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I've always really liked worldbuilding and I've always really enjoyed exploring the world of a story, in many cases more than the story itself. (this would probably explain why a ton of tv shows that I've loved have gotten cancelled after just one season) I often think about how the same concepts, mechanics, etc can be used elsewhere, how different types of people/characters would interact with them. I'm sure this is something many of you are intimately familiar with.

I've had one main project which I've been working on since middle school, that I've always kept coming back to, whenever watch or read other things. I always think about “how could X fit into the project.” However, fairly often, there are concepts, themes, ideas, etc which just don't mesh well with existing canon. Because of how broad the magic system is in that project, I can very often get away with “people thinks it's one thing happening, but they just aren't away of this underlying explanation.” Which has allowed me to emulate a lot of “god tier” type of stuff, but I still don't get to explore the actual history of stuff like gods and creation.

Additionally, there are plenty of other topics which I've walked away from because they contradict existing canon. In most of these cases, I haven't disliked the new idea, it just liked the existing idea more. So this will be a place for me to explore those ideas more freely. For example, in my main project, I technically have “vampires”, except they're very different from the more traditional vampires you might think of. Vampirism isn't a curse or a disease, they're a species. They don't drink blood, the association just comes from their natural affinity for blood magic, and has been twisted by stories over time. However in this project, I can explore a whole ton of different types of vampires, or any other creature/monster/species I want with hardly any restrictions.

I'm also hoping, by making this process as open and public as possible, that there can be some collaborative elements to this project. I think it will be fun to have a project that people can actively see grow and where anyone can comment with ideas, predictions, etc about any aspect of the world.

Finally, if I'm being honest, I've also just hit a bit of a writing roadblock in my other two projects, so this will be a good project for filling in the gaps when I don't know what to do over on them. Especially since I'm sure it will be rife with inspiration which I can then use for those other projects.

If you've read to the end of this, thanks for checking it out and I hope you stick around to see where this thing goes.

- Michael

P.S. If you haven't seen it yet, I also have a third project, beside this one and my main project which is also published (at least partially) here on Campfire Explore, under the name The Legion of The Immortal Soldier. You can find it by searching in explore, or clicking on my profile, go check it out and let me know what you think of it!

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