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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)

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She/her, author of fantasy novels with Shadow Spark Publishing✨ Fantasy gamer, anime nerd, reader, pixel art🌈 Monthly Worldbuilders host Autistic ace vampire🧛‍♀️ LGBTQ+ safe🏳️‍🌈 Occasional 18+ content🔞 NO AI Links to my stuff: https://linktr.ee/kiraofthewind

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 39m ago

#MythAugust Among the Decatheon, they are all officially equal, but the others will defer to Lucognidus in times of crisis. Not out of any sense of 'obedience' (they would scoff at the idea), but rather because they trust that he knows best. Then there are demigods! Some semi-important ones:

Beneath Sawyer: Laynie – euthanasia, mercy Pristis – assassinations, dancing Cozama – rainbows Garnet Skull – bones Danyun – bureaucracy Syndark – autumn Gemna – weapon-crafting Veldorix – war Pasviem – archery Beneath Windesoar: Tempest – storms Nyu – torture Zephyr – breath Beneath Cherribell: Zolana – baking, food Etoile – spring Dattai-They – weaving, clothes-making Seion – Vaccines Clover – alchemy, herbalism Kuu - mushrooms (a thousand other demis for specific plants) Beneath Entomothy: Auris – light, healing Phinoi – female fertility Moranthi – male fertility Zera – wine, drinking, merrymaking Pheala-She – hatching Gwenynen – honey, mead, bees Quoron – music, singing Beneath Flamboil: Malfazar and Liobalva – sun Auris – light, healing Ashen Soul – hearth and home Embernight – coal, charcoal, warmth Hope Lantern – hope, ambitions Kathorn – summer Hammer - blacksmithing Beneath Sparkato: Irene – magnetism Scarlet – obsession Tova – nerves Janae – circuitry, technology Xen-dro – Cosmo’s sky Beneath Machenerate: Reimedius – gemstones Argentum – silver Walinyrya – clocks, clockwork, clock-making Deepest-Tunnels – mining, tunnel-digging Thousand-Speaking-Pipes – languages, speech (a thousand other demis for specific mountains, land formations, and minerals) Beneath Lucognidus: Megaera – vengeance Mimi – hallucinations Cera – balance Vinoc – terror Neri – truth Sophia – wisdom Barum – intuition Sergey – memories Pieta – experience Mazetikel – books Lazurka – solitude Somniel – sleep Yume – dreams Dura – integrity Pia – kindness Arachne – connections Kaspar - genius Zaiu - regret Vernai – luck Zenith – libraries Ginoveras - grudges Tharla Von – cunningness They-Who-Have-No-Name – names Kneecaps (Eol’on) – puppetry, manipulation Knuckles (S’faira) – betrayal Haolu – artistry, creativity Yukina – gravity Dian – strategy, games Xochitl – exploration Telos - purpose, destiny Beneath Liqua: Ekira – dueling Yelena – seashells Belesh – sand cont'd
🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 14h ago

#MythAugust 5 Today is about hierarchy! Who ranks highest or lowest among your gods/spirits/whatever? Is there a consensus about this ranking? As usual, interpret the question as loosely as you need to to fit your specific worldbuilding, and feel free to skip if it's not relevant to you! 😊❤️

#MythAugust prompt for Aug 5: Let's talk hierarchy! Which of your deities are more powerful/respected? Are there minor deities who serve the big ones? Background image features a classic painting of Thor wielding his hammer with lightning, about to smote his enemies. Below the hashtag in small text it says "Presented by @professoremily.bsky.social." At the bottom of the image in small text it says "Feel free to yap about a fantasy mythology you already have, or use these prompts to create a new one! Don't forget to interact with others :-)"
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 47m ago

#AnthropologyAugust In the PD, species=/=society, so the highest level of medicine available in Aloutia is available everywhere... kinda. There's one big exception: the vassal state of Ulinor, which is technically under Aloutian rule, but they have a deal with the Emperor that allows them secrecy.

MYSTIC@mystic888wizard.bsky.social · 4h ago

#AnthropologyAugust Today let’s get into some of the knitty gritty of your species. Which species in your setting has the most advanced medical technology? Have any of them developed medications or vaccines? Have any of the groups in your worlds figured out modern medicine? #promptgame

Day 5 : Which species has the most advanced medical technology? Does everyone know about germs?
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 60m ago

#CartAugust This waterway cuts through the continent. Ships can pass through, but they can only go the entire way west-to-east. The water stops being Lord Deep Sea at the narrow strait of Moonslight and Svetmuny. Passing through is considered a trial for new ship captains since they must rely

zoomed in map of Aloutia showing the Inner Slevango River. Along the way are the cities of Moonslight, Svetmuny, Stariymost, Cloudybrook, Yetrius City, Vela, the Summershade Shroomery, the Wreath, and Garlandtown.
Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 13h ago

#CartAugust Still talking about the features of the terrain. Today: water! Where is it, and can we use it to get around! Is it fresh and life-giving or poisonous? If you don't have water, talk to me about navigable ways

#CartAugust: a prompt game for map nerds! by mcburnellauthor.bsky.com Natural features: Day 5, Waterways Rivers, lakes, or oceans. What's the most noteworthy stretch of water here? Is it a navigable way or a death wish?
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2h ago

#Critterary THE LESHIY ART IS BEING MADE! I might have art of it by the time the month is over, so stay tuned 👀 To describe it in text: think of it like the Pokemon Sawsbuck, but with two seasons (rainy and dry) but also a bunch of variations in rainy season (like, different kinds of flowers).

The Pokemon Sawsbuck, a deer with different antlers and fur based on the four seasons
Serra Leta@serraleta.bsky.social · 14h ago

Today we're talking appearance! What exactly does your creature(s) look like? Any variations/regional differences? #Writing #WritingPrompts #Critterary

#Critterary 2: The New Batch (of prompts) - An August writing prompt game. Today's Theme: Appearance. Description time! What does your creature(s) look like? Size, shape, weight, colours, texture, special features... Bottom Tagline: Celebration of all things creatures! Hosted by Serra Leta. Art is a man bent on a knee, examining something with a magnifying glass. Background is a fern-filled jungle.
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 15h ago

#AwesomeCharacters It was Grilled. I mean, obviously. Who else would it be? I don't think I'm worried OR mad, tbh. You know when mom characters say "I'm not angry, just disappointed." Yeah, I'm that mom.

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 20h ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters You and all your characters are staying together somewhere! You hear a loud crash, then silence. Which one do you immediately suspect, and what do you think just happened? Are you worried or mad? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · yesterday

#AugustWorldbuilders Five Saints Academy is the most elite of the elite schools and any kid who manages to get in did so because they're a fuckin' nerd or a cheater. Bullying is nearly nonexistent because they see that as chicken shit. These are their fellow elite scholars; better to make friends.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2d ago

#AugustWorldbuilders, hey there friends! What is the general vibe like at your world's school? Are the students polite and mature? Are there bullying problems? Do they do a lot of group work or is it more focused on individual study?

MonthlyWorldbuilders prompts daily feed card #AugustWorldbuilders Hosted by Kira of the Wind Week 1: Education 4. What is the school culture like? Is there bullying? Group work? The background shows space full of stars and nebulas. The colors are mostly blue and pinkish-purple. A bright star shines off to the side
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · yesterday

#AnthropologyAugust The Phthirapterans (Phthira, pronounced 'thira') are the smallest species, on average, with full-grown adult members ranging from an 1-3 inches tall. They are mostly humanoid, some insectoid, and always winged. Imagine them like little fairies who want to live in your hair.

MYSTIC@mystic888wizard.bsky.social · 2d ago

#AnthropologyAugust Once again doing the opposite, we just talked about the largest intelligent species, now what is the smallest? Does your setting have goblins or gnomes? Or does it have even smaller creatures like bugs or fairies? Does their size affect their interactions with other species?

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · yesterday

#MythAugust I hesitate to say the Gods are in any factions, but there are ever-shifting alliances and rivalries. Some relatively permanent alliances: Cherribell-Machenerate Sawyer-Flamboil-Lucognidus Flamboil-Windesoar Some relatively permanent rivalries: Liqua-everyone Windesoar-Sparkato

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 2d ago

#MythAugust 4 Today, tell me about the different factions among your gods/spirits. Think like the Æsir & Vanir in Norse mythology, or angels & demons in Christianity. What's their relationship? Are they sworn enemies? Sometimes allies? Interpret the question however makes sense for your story!

#MythAugust prompt for Aug 4: Are there different factions among your deities? If so, what is their relationship to each other? Background image features a classic painting of Thor wielding his hammer with lightning, about to smote his enemies. Below the hashtag in small text it says "Presented by @professoremily.bsky.social." At the bottom of the image in small text it says "Feel free to yap about a fantasy mythology you already have, or use these prompts to create a new one! Don't forget to interact with others :-)"
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · yesterday

#CartAugust These mountains are called the Kamblu Mountains, though I have only The Twenty Thousand Rivers labeled for clarity's sake. At the highest and most central plateau, there is a portal to Blue Home (ocean planet) where tons of water shoots out at all times. Those waters create

close up of a map of Aloutia showing the center of the Twenty-Thousand Rivers region, with the Water Temple, Takyu City, Jena, Lelth, Mirth, Macadalia Tower, and Minirya nearby
Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 2d ago

You shall not pass! Hey #CartAugust crew, time to dive in and really start looking at your maps. Today, we're talking elevation: highs, lows, and if you have neither, barriers to movement. Tell me about the geology, the history, famous explorers who lost their lives there... What do I need to know?

#CartAugust: a prompt game for map nerds by @mcburnellauthor.bsky.com Natural features: Day 4, Barriers. Talk to me about elevation changes in your world. Mountains, canyons, caves. Which is most interesting and why?
Tru Skies@trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · yesterday

If you're a new writer looking to publish your book, my biggest piece of advice is to do research into publishing, no matter whether you want to go trad or self-pub. And PLEASE avoid vanity presses and hybrid publishers that ask you to pay to publish your book.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2d ago

Alright, I watched the Inept Villainess series, and you were right. It was actually pretty damn good (so far). I'll keep watching it as it continues to air this season😊

Kira of the Wind (anime and gaming account)@kiraofthewind8.bsky.social · 2d ago

I've now seen 4 eps of Inept Villainess and... I love it?? I went into it thinking that I'd be kinda meh on it. A lot of these villainess shows have an interesting premise, but the execution usually leaves a lot to be desires. The first ep was "good" but it just got better with each one.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2d ago

The Pentagonal Dominion is a wide, deep fantasy world with so many factions, I wasn't sure where to begin! But then I thought: keep it simple. Keep it related to the title of your books. And so, allow me to introduce the four merchant groups mentioned there: knowledge, magic, light, and bone!

SFFWriter Challenge Day 3 Factions in the Pentagonal Dominion The Merchants The background is black with gold sparkles in the corners, and the covers of my two books: Merchants of Knowledge and Magic, and Merchants of Light and Bone
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2d ago

#AnthropologyAugust I mentioned the Odonata and Iurion yesterday for 'least common' and the reasoning for that is because of their immense size. The Iurion are larger, with the one at the end of MoLaB being over 10,000 feet tall... and that was only the part of her that came out of the ground

MYSTIC@mystic888wizard.bsky.social · 2d ago

#AnthropologyAugust We have talked about the rarest, and the most plentiful but now let’s talk about the biggest. Do you have any intelligent species that could be considered megafauna? Or even larger that might be kaiju sized? #promptgame #prompt #writesky #writingcomunity

What is the largest intelligent species in your setting?
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2d ago

#AugustWorldbuilders Because of how rare magic users are in the PD, they don't have a specialized school... usually. But with the second generation of Derisids being born, their population has exploded and the Emperor and Chancellor have set up resources to make Five Saints Academy a 'magic school.'

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 3d ago

Good day, #AugustWorldbuilders! Today's Q: does your world have specialized schools for people seeking a specific job or trade? Or anything like a magic or military school?

MonthlyWorldbuilders prompts daily feed card #AugustWorldbuilders Hosted by Kira of the Wind Week 1: Education 3. Are there specialized schools, like magic, military, or for specific professions? The background shows space full of stars and nebulas. The colors are mostly blue and pinkish-purple. A bright star shines off to the side
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2d ago

#CartAugust Depends on which stories we're talking about here😅 For the Good Thyme Inn/Greed Wars era, the only changes would be political boundaries. They start as part of the Queendom of the Morning, a vassal nation of Aloutia, but end up in the Commune of Morn, a separate vassal state.

Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd@mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 3d ago

#G'day #CartAugust crew! Today, we're living dangerously, brushing up close against the demon Spoilers. The question: if you made two maps, a prologue and an epilogue, would they be the same? And if not, how have the events of the story changed this world?

#CartAugust: a prompt game for map nerds by @mcburnell.bsky.com Intro: Day 3, A world in flux. If you were to make two maps, one true to the first chapter of your story, one true to the last, would they be different? In what ways? (how to treat potential spoilers is entirely up to you) ** Don't forget alt text. I know it's hard to know what to inlcude in images that are really info-dense, but do your best.
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2d ago

#MythAugust It's obligatory for me to post this, for the lolz. Not your traditional alignment chart, mind you... I can't really classify them as good or evil because they all have *something* about them that's morally grey. Even Sparkato who's evil 99% of the time has his moments of clarity

Modified DnD-style alignment chart, but the categories are: (on top): Accidentally genocidal, horny, bitch (one the side): Edgelord, And Sad, Mastermind Accidentally Genocidal Edgelord = Windesoar Horny Edgelord = Sparkato Bitchy Edgelord = Liqua Accidentally Genocidal and Sad = Machenerate Horny And Sad = Entomothy Bitch And Sad = Cherribell Accidentally Genocidal Mastermind = Sawyer Horny Mastermind = Lucognidus Bitchy Mastermind = Flamboil (Icsnow not on the graph because she literally doesn't have a personality) Art of all the Gods done by Karkki
🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 3d ago

#MythAugust 3 What kind of moral code do your fantasy gods or spirits follow, if any? Do they share similar moral values to the people, or is their sense of morality completely alien? Do they even do "morality" at all? As usual, interpret as you wish and don't forget to interact with others! ☺️

#MythAugust prompt for Aug 3: How does your deities' sense of morality align with that of people? I.e. are they moral, immoral, amoral, a mix...? Background image features a classic painting of Thor wielding his hammer with lightning, about to smote his enemies. Below the hashtag in small text it says "Presented by @professoremily.bsky.social." At the bottom of the image in small text it says "Feel free to yap about a fantasy mythology you already have, or use these prompts to create a new one! Don't forget to interact with others :-)"
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 2d ago

#Critterary Leshiy (plural: leshie) are called that in pretty much every other language in the PD They are cervids and would be related to other cervids by our classification. By the classification the PD people use, leshie are Plant elementals, too!

Serra Leta@serraleta.bsky.social · 3d ago

Names, names, names... Starting off we're discussing if your creature(s) has any other names (in any language) they might go by in your story, categorization, and if there's any other family tree relations. #Writing #WritingPrompts #Critterary

#Critterary 2: The New Batch (of prompts) - An August writing prompt game. Today's Theme: Species Name/Relation to Other Creatures! Starting up with names! What other names does your creature(s) go by? Do they have an in-depth categorization (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, etc.?) Are they related to other creatures in your story? Bottom Tagline: Celebration of all things creatures! Hosted by Serra Leta. Art is a representation of a family tree, where a stick tree has the end of each branch represented by a cycle. Background is a fern-filled jungle.
Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 3d ago

Question for people who read steampunk: What PHYSICAL objects or contraptions come to mind when you think of a steampunk setting? I mean, besides the machinery. Gears, pistons, valves, etc. What do you imagine these things are actually *powering*?

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 3d ago

I want to mention something else related to this, lol Five Saints Academy is a Mind elemental institution, and thus their believe the number 8 is holy. To that end, everyone believes that it's the academy's "destiny" to eventually have eight patron saints. But it can't be forced.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 3d ago

#AugustWorldbuilders Five Saints Academy is the highest of higher education, so we're done with the basics. For the first two years, students have to take a class from each of the colleges (general topics of study), then from Years 3-5, they focus on the college of the saint they declared to.

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)@kiraofthewind.com · 3d ago

#AwesomeCharacters Grilled will ONLY take it from Shallot, Parsnips, or Aubergine 💀 He'd very likely tell anyone else to screw off Shallot doesn't take criticism from anyone, either, now that I think about it😅 And Parsnips is a simp for her, so he would only take criticism from her.

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3d ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters How well does your character handle criticism? Are they easily insulted? Does their confidence suffer from a critique? Do they ignore or shrug it off entirely? Do they learn from it? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts