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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A broom handle split in two so I can dual-wield it. As for what I can do? That would be block with one while bonking enemies in the head with the other.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 06/06/2026

The real reason for the crime bills is here: They were *enormously* profitable for everyone but Black people. If I tax a Black woman earning minimum wage $20K? You see how evil that is. But if I falsely arrest her son and put him in pretrial detention for a year? She'll pay $20K keeping him alive.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

From my self-initiation ritual. Yes, those red spots are drops of my blood. #chaosmagic #chaossky

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

#chaosky This Saturday will have been 2 weeks since I performed my Chaos Magic self-initiation. I was excited about it in the lead-up. The ritual itself gave me a dopamine hit. Grounding myself afterwards wasn't too hard. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#JanuaryWorldbuilders #CosmicEgg For the most part, yes. But the nonhuman folk race cultures of #Tirial don't always assign gender roles you might expect. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#JanuaryWorlbuilders #CosmicEgg #Tirial Umaryn is a commoner and a tavern girl. She's on the upper end of her social strata due to her family owning an inn. She got 4 years of private tutoring abroad. However, in her home village she's a social outcast.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

#JanuaryWorldbuilders I'll go with #Tirial in the #CosmicEgg for now. In Tirial, most societies are feudal. Social class is divided mostly between "high-borns" and "low-borns" with some gray areas and gradations in that structure. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#JanuaryWorldbuilders #CosmicEgg I've been told all my life that the supernatural was "objectively real." I asked myself what that would actually look like and the first thing I came up with was, "If it interacts with the natural world, it's categorically natural. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

#JanuaryWorldbuilders #CosmicEgg #Tirial Something Umaryn finds helpful would be the enchanted swords she becomes soul-bound to, Flamedealer and Cinderwind. However, she initially would rather be rid of them since she knows they will radically change her life.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

#JanuaryWorldbuilders A big problem for my characters on #Tirial? That would be the gods themselves. Deities in the #CosmicEgg can and do make mistakes. And when a god fucks up, the consequences are world-shaking for mortals.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

It's been awhile so it's time for a life update. I'm going to try out something called Chaos Magic. I'll be lighting candles, crafting sigils, and doing a form of ritual magic. As you may know, I'm an atheist. How do I square Chaos Magic with atheism? I'll explain. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#JanuaryWorldbuilders #CosmicEgg #Tirial The Rot Freak is something terrifying. It's a hillock of rotting flesh surmounted by immense cadaverous-looking heads. But it's alive and anything organic it touches quickly rots away. It's a mistake of the gods, basically.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#JanuaryWorldbuilders In the #CosmicEgg multiverse, there is a world called #Tirial. The Uslarif, a race of immortals dwells there. Their history is grand. They have existed for so long as a race they've lost large parts of their history. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#JanuaryWorldbuilders The #CosmicEgg was created when Aeton committed ritual suicide and all of his potential flowed from his wounds to form the multiverse. Before that, he was the only being in existence and the most powerful deity ever. Why did he do it? It's a secret. 🤫

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#JanuaryWorldbuilders Hi! I'm Michael and I'm building a fictional multiverse for fantasy writing projects called the #CosmicEgg. All across this setting, everything that appears "supernatural" is actually just eldritch naturalism.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 31 #Tirial I'd like to see some cosplay of all the main cast but especially Umaryn since she's my flagship character.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 30 I'm working on a character and the setting he comes from. It's just a sketch at the moment but it goes something like this: /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 29 #CosmicEgg Plans for next month? Ha! Every time I make plans, the universe seems to wreck them to one degree or another.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 27 & 28 #Tirial As you read the book I'm working on, I want you to have all the feels. Wonder, joy, tension, sadness, anger, curiosity... the whole bit. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 26 #Tirial We commonly see Umaryn wearing a dress, sandals, and a vest while carrying copy of her favorite book, Ey Leenmulanth.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 25 #CosmicEgg Despite being an atheist and the cosmology of my multiverse being written from that perspective (ask me if you want), there is a lot of pagan symbolism. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 23 & 24 #Tirial I'll just provide a map of a town called Ba Mors. In the novel, we don't actually visit the place but Umaryn mentions it. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 21 & 22 #Tirial Housing is at a Medieval level except where modified by things like the science of chymistry such as light sconces and chymic ovens. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 14-20 #Tirial The strategy for Hill Tumbling generally involves the smaller players supporting the biggest player. "Smaller" is relative in this case, as the Eotan folk race are all roughly 6'2". /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 13 #Tirial The Eotan known as Dofdt Shnassgeng is believed to have been one of the greatest players of "Hill Tumbling" to have ever lived.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 12 #Tirial Some forms of sport sword fighting use wooden swords with rounded "blades." You can't get sliced by these weapons but injuries still happen from time to time. Helmets are required for a match.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 7-11 #Tirial The one universal constant in clothing is no black robes during the day. They are hot and uncomfortable. Most such clothing is loose fitting. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 6 #Tirial The way desert dwellers survive is mostly by sticking to areas with water: oases, rivers, and underground aquifers. They also have individuals with the ability to cast invocations.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 2-5 #Tirial Desert society varies by which folk race one is referring to. In the Ilevar and Khetem Deserts there are 3 main ones. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

#OctoberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 1 #Tirial The Khetem Desert stretches over a large swath of the continent of Dadithaer.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

#SeptemberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 2-7 (Seasons) Seasons are divided differently on #Tirial. Raintide-Rainiest time of the year. Often still a bit chilly. Very similar to Early Spring. Considered the start of the New Year by most Tirialan cultures. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

#SeptemberWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 2 #Tirial Saga of the Misbegotten takes place during the Blossomcrest Festival Week, although it gets ruined by the arrival of the Rot Freak.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

#AugustWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 1 #Tirial Saga of the Misbegotten takes place during the season of Blossomcrest, which is analogous to Late Spring.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

#AugustWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 9-12 #Tirial Gods tend to interact with the mundane in subtle ways... most of the time. One typical way is to send dream visions to the clergy as a way of communication. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

#AugustWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 8 #Tirial #CosmicEgg First, gods are the Platonic embodiment of one or more concepts. For example, you can have a deity who is the god of war, kingship, and thunder. He'll have vast power in those areas.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

#AugustWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 7 #Tirial Most education is done by private tutors. Some is done by the military or noble houses. The Tethlim, Slehu, and Uslarif folk races have actual public schools for their children. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

#AugustWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 1-6 #Tirial Not everyone can attend schools or private tutoring, since #Tirial is at a Medieval level of technology (mostly). However, all members of the Uslarif folk race get a formal education. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

#JulyWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 1 #Tirial There are wars in the Far South on the continent of Kharoon and the Far North on the Continent of Dadithaer. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

#JuneWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 30 #CosmicEgg I pre-plan a lot of my world building before I write. But it's impossible to plan out every single detail ahead of time. Some of it comes during writing.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

#JuneWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 29 I'm happy with the direction of my WIP. I just wish I was doing it as my day job rather than in my spare time.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

#JuneWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 28 By far, the most common punishment for breaking the law in most cultures of #Tirial is jail time or imprisonment. It can range from one night for being a drunken ass or years for more serious crimes. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

#JuneWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 23-27 #Tirial Crime snippet Nars added, “That part’s true. Ms. Umaryn is a scurrilous little sneak with a lifelong habit of eavesdropping. She’s like a thief in training. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

#JuneWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 21 & 22 #Tirial The myth about the Rot Freak is that it's supposed to be *dead*. Oops! It tlooks like some gods either fucked up or did something shady. /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

#JuneWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 20 The Rot Freak makes its lair in an abandoned stone temple of the long gone human race, who are extinct of #Tirial.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

#JuneWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Day 19 #Tirial The Rot Freak and other Misbegotten don't have ecological niches. They destroy ecologies simply by interacting with them.

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

#JuneWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #booktwt Day 18 A common animal companion/pet on #Tirial is the tuft-eared marmalot. They're like Earth house cats but come in a wider variety of colors and patterns (such as red). /1

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Michael Dharma @michaeldharma.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#JuneWorldbuilders #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #Booksky Days 16 & 17 Rot Freak Snippet It was an abomination: a mottled brown cephalopoidal foot surmounted by six gigantic corpse-like heads. The thing was like a hillock of decaying flesh that would dwarf a cottage. /1

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