Aluras Imaginary World Wiki

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This website describes Zioragn, the imaginary world I created as part of my HON 2210 class.

= Gnome-ipedia =

A comprehensive resource to help you learn more about the specifics of the world.

 * Gnomes
 * History
 * Religion

= Map of Zoiragn =

View the layout of Zioragn and learn more about its geographical features.
= Narrative =

Read a short story that takes place in Zioragn in 2022.
=Reflection= I knew off the bat I wanted to create a magical world but it took some thinking to decide what species I wanted my main characters to be. I knew I didn’t want to use humans because I was hoping for a small enough creature to be able to crochet a life-sized version. After bouncing ideas around with my mom, we decided that gnomes are underrated and deserve some attention. I picture my gnomes as just small people, about a foot tall. Luckily, their hats add some height.

I have enjoyed creating this world and all of its components, especially my crochet components. Creating the ‘life-sized’ version of Ivy was fun but challenging, as she’s the first stuffed animal I’ve ever made. The remaining components were meant to represent the garden Ivy would likely have both in her home and office. In this planter, she would grow lavender for the pleasant smell and medical plants at work, such as aloe or elderberries.

My favorite part of the world building process was developing the magic and all its rules. I knew off the bat I wanted the magic to be study-based. I’ve worked very hard to do well in school and get to where I am now, so I’m very passionate about hard work and doing your best. So, I wanted my world to reflect this.

Although my story doesn’t go into great detail about religion, I felt it was a crucial element to include in my comprehensive guide. My story begins with an attack that kills many gnomes and this made me consider what beliefs the gnomes would hold about prayer. One of my biggest critiques of human religion is that God is made to be feared. He can love you and protect you, but there are conditions on this love or bad things will happen. So in my Gnomes’ religion, the Gods are revered for being kind and loving.

The hardest part of the process for me was coming up with names, hence why most of the characters have themed named and the central locations are self explanatory. To come up with many of unique names, I played around with random letters to find a cool looking combination, and then made sure I could pronounce it. In general, it was harder for me to come up with the physical elements of the world than the societal/ magical elements.

I wish I had put more preparation into the final presentation. Going in, I felt confident I could do an elevator pitch on my world. However, once I arrived I felt intimated by my classmates’ use of technology. Although the syllabus said no PowerPoints, many of my classmates had presentations or pulled up their websites, but I had been focused on finishing my visual component that I planned to make the focus of my presentation. I had not initially planned on presenting my map and wish I had edited it more beforehand. I also left out some key points I had wanted to include about the magic in my world as well as the basics of the religion. I could have rehearsed more and would’ve liked to have felt more confident sitting down after presenting.

The readings were important in helping me figure out which perspective I wanted to write my story in. When I was first drafting the narrative, I was having trouble finding my voice and couldn’t decide how to write my story. I found I didn’t want a second person point of view after the one weekly assignment. I really enjoyed Dawn and used it as inspiration for the structural components of my narrative. I also tried to pay attention to info dumping in my narrative, and referred back to Dawn if I was having trouble.



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