Tell us a bit about your comic/novel's world one random factoid at a time!

[Chita]

Cool idea! Here are My worldbuilding factoids:
• Asters' hair color ins't anime like for no reason. Since they're bound to the stars their hair will have the color that the sky has when they're born.

• The first generation of asters have pure white wings. A child of two of them will have his wings mostly white but with hints of his parents' hair color in the area near his back. The wings will be more colorful as the generations go on.

• All have golden/yellow eyes, though they can be darker or lighter.

[DruidPeter]

@aqua03 That is incredibly random and fascinating. A strange mix of regular, mundane legal entities discovering and exploiting what typically would only be accessible to the highest of the high tech corporations of the world. It makes for... huh. A very strange juxtaposition. Are these two factoids specifically relevant to the plot, or do they more or less form back-story so as to set the stage for your plot? I think I'll probably check it out!

As for myself, here are some interesting factoids, about my world, The Kolldrunn:

1. The Kolldrunn is one planet out of a three planet system: Kolldrunn, Wohlodt, and a third object that orbits much farther out at a highly elliptical and retrograde orbit. The solar system itself is actually a rogue system, in that it does not belong to any particular galaxy, but rather was ejected from the rotational disk of its home galaxy countless eons ago, and no wanders the inky blackness of deep space. This means that the night sky of the Kolldrunn constitutes only 5 objects: 3 stars that appear in a line and rotate as one in exactly the same path each night. (These are the three nearest, and hence visible, galaxies). A single star, the position of which changes throughout the year in the night sky( this is Kolldrunn's sister planet, Wohlodt), and the moon!

I'll just place one factoid down for now, but this was a great idea for a thread, aqua03. Thank you!

[droidmonkey1]

I have 3 comics running but this is the only one that have a "world".
1. the MC world is a way station between live and the afterlife, therefore he can go anywhere through time and space.
2. the magic words are combination of words from different languages that are threaded on a phrase, the magic spell as it were.
3. the escaped souls get magic powers that is manifestation of their previous life in a way. A soul of a card shark could have powers related to cards in some shape or form.

DEADHUNTER | Tapas

[aqua03]

Thanks! It kind of factors into the plot of sorts for Edible Green Tea. (It's currently in more newspaper comic esque form until I reach strip 101, then I'm gonna let it lie and figure out if I want to go with my plans to reboot it into a slightly more story focused comedy series.)

Here's another factoid about Edible Green Tea:

Scientists discovered that climate change in that world was not humanity's fault, but instead was the fault of a couple of Norse gods fighting over the thermostat.

And here's some factoids of my work in progress comic DRGN:

• The six main Dragoon Armors the heroes use are tied into the six main elemental biomes and the six main seasons of the home planet of Anticthon among being tied to a few other aspects of dragon culture and mythology.

• The six Knightro elemental spirits the heroes are partner with were all originally part of one being called "Skybreaker the Dragon King" until they were split up to create the individual armors and render them safe for dragons and other beings to use.

• Anticthon originally had just one super continent until the Great Netherworld War released massive amounts of raw magical and elemental energy caused the world to split into five major continents plus many islands along with flooding a large portion of the planet.

If you guys have any more factoids, don't be afraid to share them!

[nathanKmcwilliams]

The country in which my protagonist Rip Vykirson lives is known as Valhalland.
Valhalland is considered a Reservation by the IGPU and as such the inhabitants are allowed to live their lives uninhibited by galactic law.
Valhalland was formerly known as Aasgard, ruled by a class of warriors who had abilities, while the normal people did not and preferred to spend their days farming and living off the land.

[Rodimus13]

The world effectively became 3 countries as everyone banded together for each side of the debate. When a 4th side tried to really shout and say this was dumb.... they were blown up with a giant lazar weapon destroying the moon colonies.

[aqua03]

Was the fourth country the Purple country?

[writercynknapp]

I have several stories within "Sprites Save The Universe". It is a multiverse with numerous planes of existence. Elementals exist one per element type, per species to serve the whole multiverse. See "Love Whispers Of Elementals" for a valentines sample.

[Jenny-Toons]

Our Universe | Tapas

• Brenda and Christina are actually alternative reality versions of two characters I have in a developing story DOLLS.

• The story was supposed to be a oneshot and was inspired by a short story I wrote.

• I gave Christina starry eyes because the color pallets are interchangeable. Sometimes, she has blue starry eyes. Sometimes they're purple.
  

  
  

[Rodimus13]

White- for the moon. They got blowed up.

[nostalgicroxas]

In Nearly There Nicely they utilize electricity in the main kingdom the story takes place in different then we do here. They use it for simple things like ovens and refrigerators, less so for lighting (though some lamps are electric). This isn't the case in neighboring kingdoms (that the story doesn't need to explore much).

[spadesart]

in SPIRE the world it takes place in is a "modernized" high fantasy world. high fantasy is interesting but i wanted to explore how the invention of technology would affect it. some areas are more advanced than others (like the solarpunk/ecosocialist flora kingdom versus the more aged city that william and cog lived in, and the eclipse airship being somewhere in between that.) and once the world is explored more theres going to be these hints of magic and the previous era that still creeps past the modernized look of the world.

[aqua03]

Funnily enough, I had a similar idea for DRGN. The "What if we had a typical high-fantasy world, but they somehow advanced beyond medieval status?" type of work, though wit ha healthy dose of retro futurism as well.

[indagold]

Might as well kill two birds with one stone:

• All Broken Gods and Castle by the Beach take place in the same universe but on two different islands and Castle by the Beach takes place years before Broken gods.

•The world they are in is separated by nothing but sea but there are two massive islands each story revolves around: All Boken Gods takes place in Burgonia Island and Castle by the Beach in Marks Isle.

• Marks Isle is inhabited by mostly one race of people whereas Burgonia was completely uninhabited for centuries because it was too holy to set foot. A schism happened making Burgonia open to immigration leading to the island filled with many different people and creatures from all over the world. The population of both islands is vastly different.

[dawgofdawgness]

• My comic is supposed to be a modern take on fame and obsession, so it takes place in modern-looking areas (in NYC), and characters are constantly using their smartphones or using the internet. The only thing not modern about it is the jazz lol
• My MC has an older sister named Alice, but Alice is also my internet persona.
• Frances' trumpet is named Lucifer, after her favorite [fictional] jazz musician.

Leftovers | Tapas

[mrtoontastic]

Here's a little factoid about Orujinshinaka, the town where two of my novels take place!

The hometown of Sonia, Mellisa, Julianna, and unfortunately the major area where the centuries-old Dark Lord, Solaria, sends his dark forces to attack the planet. The evil force needs more power, and the only thing drawing it is the amulet worn by the unlikely fabled champion herself, Sonia. The town is quaint, but combusting. There’s a local city, named “Takosaka,” with the hustle and bustle of places like New York City, but also has areas that are as quiet and “home-y” as Durham, North Carolina. There’s three notable sections of town: The suburbs of Apple Creek, the City of Takosaka, and the countryside of Bally-Borough. Despite the name, Orujinshinaka is quite an American place. It’s only named that way because the person who founded it was an old Japanese man who was crazy enough to settle it between two neighboring states. It’s cozy, yet active. If you ever want to see the sunset rest between two hills, this is the place. You could even vacation here with its annual town halls, freshly farm-picked produce, and even some creative malls like “The Hilltop Skylines,” to make your stay just a bit sunnier.

Sonia: Legends of Eternal Darkness | Tapas

Mellisa and Julianna | Tapas

[baasinsimple]

• The most common Breed of dog in Dimhin seems to a Borzoi mixed with an unknown breed of dog culminating in something called a Mika

• During the famine which was due to a blizzard and a war with the southward countries, Seeds and good plots of land were as good as gold, people used those for trade, so the 'Dimhin Merchant's guild' was formed by people who were able to tough out the famine for the sake of their newfound wealth.

• Dimhin is one of the smaller countries of the Eastward Continent since the people of Dimhin were never concerned with expansion as much as they were just concerned with fighting each other.

The Quos: Dimhin | Tapas

[GusC]

The most interesting and relevant factoids for non-readers can be found in real life history as much as in the comic. By the 18th century, the old world aristocracy and nobility were buckling as banks and centralized government bureaucracies gained power. Militaries and civilian populations did not need to rely on local lords or feudal economics; instead, they could rely on logistics born of one hundred clerks writing bank notes and funding payrolls.

Firearms led to the death of classical chivalry. The perceived nobility of battle was wiped away by peasants being able to topple a knight with a sloppy volley. Technology threw the social ladder into upheaval, even as the strata remained static. Standing armies comprised of volunteers and conscripts could be trained to effectiveness in weeks rather than months. Colonial holdings demanded a corporation approach to people and resource management, which wreaked proverbial havoc on world culture.

The 17th-18th centuries are by far the most underrated periods of human history. So many parallels to today.

[Kann]

Plot of my comic takes place in a small town in Aomori prefecture in Japan. Winters there can be pretty harsh but I liked the name "Aomori" too much to change the place. XD

Any character with blue, mint or green hair cannot dye it. Hair dye will just instantly wash off. They can bleach it though. But having magical powers is worth having blue hair for your whole life I think. XD Babies are born with white hair that gets it's color when they're 3-4 years old.

[sofiapmoya9]

this is quite interesting!
Hmm, I´ve got many little facts but three...ok.
1- There´s no real food being massively produced for humans in 2154. So people eat bars and proteic smoothies. Though, food is rare and a luxury, druls have their own farms and plantations. sadly only druls can bare to eat the food they produce without dying of intoxication

2- The Tunnels, the place where almost 66% of the drul population lives, was originally built in order to protect an entire city from ww3 bombings.

3- Even tho the planet is earth, there are no countries. Only cities ranging from 1 to 600. These being the biggest of our Earth. The story unfolds mostly on what would be a decayed New York and Manhattan.