World Building

2. A visual tool showing the layout of your world’s locations.
4. Populated areas where people or beings live, trade, and govern.
7. Something you created to explain or organize parts of your world.
9. An ancient object with history, power, or mystery.
10. Different types of living creatures you invented or adapted.
16. The science of life, used to design creatures or beings.
17. A type of government where people help make decisions.
18. The sequence of events in your world’s history.
19. The people or beings who move the story forward.
23. The system of leadership and rules in your society.
25. A large body of salt water that may hold secrets or entire civilizations.
26. Creatures with intelligence or power that you imagined.
27. The key tool you used to invent your world.
29. Describes your approach to making something entirely new.

1. System A set of rules and logic for how magic works in your world.
3. A man-made item with cultural or magical importance.
5. A threat or risk that adds tension to your world.
6. A place full of trees and mystery—could be magical or dangerous.
8. The background and past events that shape your world.
11. The customs, beliefs, and art of a group in your world.
12. Untamed land outside cities, full of unknowns.
13. The collected knowledge and traditions of your world.
14. Stories passed down to explain natural events or the gods.
15. How living and nonliving things interact in your world's environment.
18. The shape and features of the land in your world.
20. A famous tale in your world, often involving heroes or relics.
21. Short for "point of view," the perspective through which your story is told.
22. The study of rocks, landforms, and what your world is made of.
24. The natural surroundings that influence life in your world.
28. Visual or written pieces used to bring your world to life.