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The divine right of kings but it's a curse

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Inktober Day 22 - Camp

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Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours

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I just learned this fact and I can't help but share it with you!!!

In 13th-century European castles, separate fortresses were rarely built. Instead, one of the towers was significantly larger than the others and served as sleeping quarters for the lord or the king and his family.

Medieval life was full of changes and conflicts. Periods of peace were often interrupted by wars and sieges. To protect the ruler and his family, spiral staircases were built in the towers, winding clockwise. This design made it harder for attackers, as defenders could strike while using the wall as a shield, whereas attackers, especially right-handed ones, faced difficulties.

Additionally, the steps were uneven in height and length, making it easier for defenders, familiar with the layout, to move quickly. Attackers, in heavy armor and unfamiliar with the stairs, risked losing balance. This design significantly complicated sieges, particularly when climbing upward, giving defenders an advantage.

Thus, clockwise spiral staircases were not only convenient but also a crucial part of defensive strategy.

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The divine right of kings but it's a curse

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What's the trope name for when someone finds out they're the Chosen One(tm) and is like "No, thank you" and goes and does something else

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we should abandon the current US government system and replace it with the ranking system in warrior cats don’t @ me

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Some people have asked me if I can publish my mapmaking tools. So I developed a software. 🙂

Here is the result:

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Is your Main Character Developed Enough? - Quiz | Quotev

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Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.

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Thought: what if they were all nomadic peoples before the main country settled? Like a tower of babel kind of thing?

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Things almost every author needs to research

How bodies decompose

Wilderness survival skills

Mob mentality

Other cultures

What it takes for a human to die in a given situation

Common tropes in your genre

Average weather for your setting

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Timothy Hickson's youtube channel is a great resource for most things involving writing but especially for worldbuilding, and character arcs.

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Character naming resource

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Archery & Fantasy Warfare Resource