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Mar 2021

Hey, everyone!

Since we just released a new story that takes place in the same universe as our other works, I thought it would be a great opportunity for everyone to share their worlds in this thread!

Don't hesitate to talk about your ideas, characters, places, and anything else you think it's worth mentioning!

As for us, we have three stories that happen on the same continent and are intertwined in something bigger.

Check them out!





Now, let me hear about the universe you created!
I'm sure it will be fun!

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Thank you for the thread! I always love seeing your work and universe. I write a dark sci-fi New Gods series I do all the art, music, animation, and writing for. Industrial? Check! Biohorror? Check! Red? Check?



Haha!
I'm already a fan of your work. The world-building of yours is just amazing.
Love the lava vibe it has!

so, i have three universes at the minute - but one of them is pretty much just regular old earth.

misfortune mirai universe - the way that your life plays out is all determined by a single tattoo you earn once you turn 11 years old. for example, the tattoo of a crow means bad luck and death in your life, whereas the tattoo of an angel might mean you have a blessed, relaxed life. some tattoos even go as far as finding soulmates; if someone has the matching tattoo to you (normally interlocking hearts) you become soulmates. theres also pretty advanced technology in this universe, things like dna modification to create 'designer' illnesses and diseases or to enhance the athletic abilities of a person.

witching hour universe - witches and witch hunters exist in this universe, though not like stereotypical witches/witch hunters. witches don't need anything like a broomstick or wand, but they do like to mess about with a cauldron every now and again. most people admire witches, and a common activity to do on a night is to go watch magical displays. some people, however, despise witches and find their existence both unnecessary and a nuisance. these people most likely are very judgmental or had a bad experience with a witch in the past.

wOw, i didn't think i wrote that much, but alright then.

Eventually, I want to go deeper into the creation of artifacts and how the museum was founded. I am also planning on exploring the history of the curator position and the "others" that Alex referenced in the season finale. I also can't wait to explore Jamie's history and her mother's backstory.

Nice. Time to fry some gray matter.

So my comic Plot Armor Academy2 takes place in a world where fictional characters reside before and after their publication.

Rule of thumb is, as long as someone thought something up, it exists within it.
You made a doodle today? That doodle is now a resident of "Stick figure village."
Someone ripped off My hero Academia again? Their OC most certainly went to school in my universe.
Had a nightmare the other night but already forgot all about it? Threat not, for that eldritch abomination you ran away from still terrorizes the citizens of the metaverse.

Fourth wall breakers like Deadpool or Rick, who can enter other peoples mediums are seen as dangerous mercenaries, who could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of fictional characters.
Retired characters or the ones already in the public domain teach the newer iterations of themselves how to behave like ... themselves once they hit the shelf.
Every single conspiracy theory about the government or scientific breakthrough that turned out to be nothing but someone's delusion is completely real and definitely a thing somewhere within this metaverse.
The outer gods created by H.P. Lovecraft and mythological beings from around the world fight for power every single day with no one able to stop them since many of the DC, Marvel and Disney characters strong enough to stop them are being forced to stay published and outside the public domain, as if on purpose.

Long story short. It's a brutal universe where everything from rule34 to the fanfic you posted several weeks back is an actual location, ready to be explored, and the most valuable resource, Plot Armor, is being highly regulated and guarded by the large corporations and ancient fictional families that resided within this world for eons.

Enjoy sleeping tonight :smile_cat:

LEGEND AND LORE1 ... briefly. :smiley:

Fantasy/Action/Comedy Comic Series

Not going to lie have you heard of a series called Warehouse 13. It's an old syfy channel series and it is phenomenal. This sounds super similar. If you are ever looking at a way to brand it just brand it as Warehouse 13's little sister. XD

I'm actually a big fan of Warehouse 13. It's an awesome show. There has been a few series that deal with magical artifacts, my series is my take on the subgenre.

Mine is a universe that takes place in current time on our earth but in alternate version. One where gods of my own creation exist unbeknownst to humanity. A couple of our gods get enter-tangled in my main characters lives. There is actually an expansive storyline told over 5 novels in my main universe. But then I have a secondary universe that intertwines into my other one. My fans and friends say I created a subway map.

In total there will be 10 books that take place in the universes I created that make up the cosmic mass that is my storyline. For these two series. The rest of my novels if I ever get out of this universe expansion will take place outside of this existence.

I always like when creators don´t forget their universe and expand it in different ways - because for me a story is never only just the characters and their struggles but the overall :slight_smile:

Maybe that is a reason why the story I am working on, is not your typical "good vs. evil" (tbh, there is no real evil) but more a journey through a world where the main character, after being connected to something from the past, starts to journey through her world and tries to find out more about the mysterious past of it and begins to see things, people have forgotten. And what this has to do with a war hundred years ago, a war that seemingly nobody seems to remember and isn´t written down.

Great idea! I have a big universe which encompasses every story in what I call my 'Dragonfeathers Project'. (Of which Blue Star Rebellion is one such story.) I'll put the elevator pitch for the universe below!


In the very oldest of Elven tales, passed down from the time before written history, there are legends of a group of immortal beings. Each the vessel of a specific elemental essence, it was their duty to roam from planet to planet, preserving the Leystream - the magical energy which flows through all the universe. They were known as the Keepers, and they made their home on a floating archipelago in a sea of stars within the hidden heart of the cosmos.

Throughout the cosmos there exists evidence of prior civilisations, destroyed in what is known as the Cataclysm; an enormous burst of energy which destroyed buildings, technology, and nearly every living being it touched. Entire worlds were cast back into the dark ages. History was lost, knowledge forgotten, and the time before the Cataclysm fell into legend, and half-forgotten history.

What caused the Cataclysm is the subject of much debate. Common legends from worlds light-years apart warn of wars, corruption and decadence summoning forth a force called Scrios, which tore the fabric of the cosmos asunder. These legends describe a great sacrifice; a Keeper of Light who flew into the Leyspring - the very heart of creation itself - and, by splitting her essence into two halves, stitched this fabric back together at the cost of her very existence.

This sacrifice saved the cosmos, but it was not without cost. The resulting burst of energy did not - could not - discriminate. Some worlds were luckier than others. Some recovered faster. Others did not recover at all. It has now been two thousand years since history was reset. The intercosmic community is blossoming once more, and while many planets are peaceful and co-operative, not every civilisation view the cause of the Cataclysm in the same way.


Jade Kingdoms is actually the first work in a trilogy. Jade Kingdoms: The Age of Silent Time is what I'm working on now, with her webcomic series of short comics teasing bits and pieces of what happens in this book, and what might perhaps show up later.

Jade Kingdoms tells the tale of the three remaining Primal Races. Beginning with the opulent Jade Kingdom, which is one of the three remaining strongholds left on the planet where life can thrive. The home ground of the Vritra, keepers of the Sentient Mind and descendants of the primordial Dragon, they offered their walls as a safe ground for the Lesser Races.

High in the skies thrive the Garuda, the upkeepers of the Living Flesh and masters of the physical realm. Unwilling to let her people roam the world free, Queen Minerva amuses herself with gladiator battles and dire gauntlets as she awaits the day death is returned to her people.

And surrounding both, is the scarred and battered planet itself, the World’s Bones. It’s sentience was long ago taken by a High Blood Priestess, whom successfully managed to fuse and become the new incarnation of the planet’s soul. She holds the Lifeblood prisoner, and caused the planet to decay and erode making it uninhabitable.

The Primal Races live separately, having ended the Genesis Trinity’s original purpose of having Sentience, Flesh and Bone unite as one and live under the same banner. But something stirs within the rich walls of the Jade Kingdom, a tiny whisper reaching the ears of its Jade Princess, Suren.

The Sentient Mind comes with pressure and pain, and for millennia Suren’s people (and she herself) heaved under it’s weight. But the whisper is urgent, and the Jade Princess followed it’s distorted footsteps in the far East Kingdom, where she learns of a frightful vision where none of the Primal Races exist in time.

Breaking with the traditions their creators couldn’t manage to right, Suren rises up to find an alternative to the cycle of downfall that is intent on plaguing the people of the world.

Starting, with bringing light to her kingdom.

My story takes place in a world/universe similar to ours except that supernatural beings exist and as a result it adds some little layers of fiction to actual historical events and wars, as well as the existence of fictional places and historical heroes.

That sounds really cool. Can you link to it? Also my universe doesn't really have big baddies either just people who seem like big baddies. XD

That woulda won me over and made me want to just sub and read forever... But I already am. So what can I do. Does Tapas have a sub twice?

This is such a fun promotion!

I have two current comics.

Milord and the Tailor is a webcomic in the Kingdom of Leaves. It is a magical place with colorful charactered based off different tea blends and herbs. The main religion is to the five celestial faeries but some people pray to one or all of them.

The Red Kettle Spell Shoppe
The other one is a blend of Eastern and Western folklore in a whimisical island called Yamakiri where magic and non magic beings some what co exist.

Our world as we know it. Except that it ended. It's freezing and everything is covered in dust and grime. You can't see more than half a mile in any direction for the smog. Everything smells bad, especially what few people are left. Said people are broken, egotistical assholes. They huddle round a fire and tell the stories of their lives.

My universe takes place in one very similar to our own but with different historical events - also 1000 or so years into the future.

The year is 30XX. A millennium ago, the human race was nearly wiped out by a nuclear apocalypse. Through a combination of cybernetics and genetic mutation, humans have evolved and gained astonishing abilities.

Yeah, I just think this is more fun - keeping it more "down to earth" (even in a fantasy story ^^) gives you just so much more :smiley:

And linking... ok... I have to be honest... we (my artist and myself) just started posting this month :sweat: So we only have three pages up yet, a reason why I don´t like to advertise it so much. But if you want to take a look, you can find it here: https://tapas.io/series/FoxSpirit/info2

Again don´t expect too much :smiley:


Ok, strap yourselves in, because this will be depressing and, if you are like my mom when she heard about the concept, you will wish to never have heard about it before in this chaotic time.
My series takes place in a post-apocalyptic nuclear winter. Energy resources have terminated and the radiation has messed up many people on earth, causing thousands upon thousands of deaths and societal disruption.
However, there is one portion of the population who has developed resistance to the radiation and can even emit it from their bodies. those are the people with heterochromia (different colored eyes). Finding that their radiation can be used as an energy resources, politicians around the world have agreed to build energy plants to house multiple Heteros (people with heterochromia) and have them work and extract their inner radiation, aka. something like concentration camps.
Sakurako, the story's Hetero protagonist, escaped as a child from one of these energy plants, and has been traveling alone in the deserted ice-age landscape. She tries her best to survive and avoid the Radiocorps, the military group ordered to capture any stray Heteros. But after some series of events, she decides to fight for the freedom of people like her.
Let me know what you think about this concept, and if you want you are free to check out the comic!

So far I have three in my Prometheus Reanimated universe (2 novels and 1 short story series.)
The best way to describe it would be a nightmarish alternative history set in the 1920's. Historical events and literary characters come to life in the form of Misters and Misses who investigate paranormal instances on the behalf of the mysterious Society. Its all a massive combination of gothic literature, weird history, and the works of H.P Lovecraft (HP is actually a main character though he is my alternative version of the author.)
If you like your protagonists to be non human give these a try.



Only one updates regularly, but I have several comics that take place in the same universe, a vain attempt for me to create a big shared universe like Marvel or DC.

First, is my main, regularly updating comic, Almighty Protectors:

But then you have the comic in the universe with the most issues, an anthology:

And then these even less-often updating ones:




The short version of my comic, The Sparrow1: Imagine if Percy Jackson crossed with the Avengers and added some more gay.

The longer version: Imagine if all those myths and folktales of the past were real. Creatures like nymphs, goblins, witches, and ogres live among humanity. They integrate so well in modern society that humans barely notice. Some of these supernatural beings stand out as protectors. These mythological superheroes defend the innocent from folklore’s creepies and crawlies. Demigods and guardian spirits clash with demons and beasts. Meanwhile, many supernatural beings make their way the same way we do. They go to their day jobs, raise their children, go out to party and just live their lives.

Thank you for the thread!

What I have posted on here of Demon Story1 doesn't fully show the world it primarily takes place in--although you get a small taste of it in the prologue.

The world that Demon Story mainly takes place in is a world ruled by demons--who are only called that by humans who fear them, in actuality they are just long-lived beings who have both an animal and human form, and supernatural powers that relate to their specific animal. Demon and human society have clashed for millennia, an almost instinctual hatred running between the two groups. And yet, within the storm of hate, sometimes seeds of love can bloom and the product of that are the half-demons who occupy the lowest wrung of the societal ladder. Demons subjugate them cruelly, humans use and abuse them, elves typically ignore their existence. Being a half-demon isn't just hard, it's nearly impossible to live in a world that's so cruelly stacked against you.

But many half-demons persist even in the face of hate and discrimination.

Half-demons, btw, are unique beings for many reasons. The first reason is that from the time they're born until they hit puberty, they look like and for all intents and purposes ARE normal humans. But when puberty hits, it causes a change in their body make-up and their demon blood "wakes up", bringing with it a variety of changes that vary from half-demon to half-demon, even amongst ones that share the same kind of demon. Most will have their ears altered into a reflection of their demon side's ears, but some will have tails, wings, or other animal traits develop either instead of or alongside the typical ears change. Some changes are advantageous, but many at first can be crippling. Every half-demon experiences their changes differently. They also typically have powers and abilities that, while related to their demon side, are completely different from those that demons have.

"Wait okay but you mentioned elves?!"

Ah yes, elves are in this story too but due to various reasons that are plot-related, they are a species on the brink of extinction with a society full of its own problems and conflicts with demons and humans both. You learn about them eventually.

What I have up so far on here is only the beginning portion of the novel itself, but I've also written various side stories involving characters who appear later on that showcase these aspects of the world. You can find them here on my AO3.

THE Day I Become Overlord Universe:
A Universe is a vast place . The part of the universe where life exists is called the Palactic world. The Palactic world is primarily divided into 4 regions. The Xenon Region, the Quaxilo Region, The Permesia Region and the Anatov region. These regions are also ruled by certain governments which combined is known as the Galactic Province. The government is funded by Royal people of different planets or galaxies. These Royal people are known as Unikings. The center of the universe is a dark and mysterious place. No one knows what's in there. It is said to be a place where the law doesn't exist. it is also said to be the place where the universe first began expanding from. It's called the Void center. Only 3 individuals have ever come out of this place alive. The current Overlord is one of them.

My series is loosely based on One Thousand and One Nights, so I decided to immerse myself in the Middle Eastern/ Persian/ Mesopotamic universes and folklores. Alongside with Djinns, you'll find yourself gathering the thoughts of Lamassus, Urmahlullus, Qareen and many other middle eastern folk creatures and fairytales! I hope you like it, and remember: good wishes, sometimes, belong in real world just as they do in fairytales...


My current work in progress, Calliope, is a 6 book fantasy series that takes place in the world of Praecanto.

While it is currently inhabited by mortal humans, Praecanto was once a word of magical beings. Witches and wizards primarily inhabited the lands, which were ruled by the Caeli - magical beings who originally created the world. But the witches and wizards nearly destroyed Praecanto, and as punishment, the Caeli banished them to the In Between - a void world which they are damned to live in for all enternity.

Since their banishment, the world prospered, and human mortals came to inhabit the world. However, unbeknownst to them, magic still ruled the world, hidden in the shadows, waiting to reclaim their home.

Read more about the mysteries of Praecanto!

Historical fantasy set in the late nineteenth century. Real life events blended with superpowers and magical curses.

If you like modern-fantasy, found family and a bit of mystery why not check out TLC?

The comic is about a young girl that gets kicked out of an orphanage for her unpredictable powers and ends up getting taken in by a shapeshifter into a mish-mashed adopted family. she has to learn what it means to be herself, be part of a family, and uncover whatever the family's butler is hiding before its too late!

The comic has got aspects of modern fantasy, mystery, found family, slice of life and LGBT themes (mostly in later chapters). I'd probably rate it at PG-13 (specific Pages with PG-13 content are flagged as such in the episode tittles as well)

Heres the link if interested!

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Since it's a Star Wars fan comic. it already has a world to it. But it's a new timeline to Star Wars. It is set between the Old Republic and Disney Star Wars new High Republic. In this new timeline the Jedi are in a Civil War with ex-jedi called The Purifiers.