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Taking a quick break from the dragon redesigns, which video would you most like to see next? Thanks!

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If you woke up in Tumiun tomorrow, which continent would you want to live on? Tell me why in the comments!

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October Update! — Tome Of Tumiun

Hi everyone!

First of all, I’m sorry for skipping September’s update. I didn’t want to write one before I had a clear picture of where the Tome stands, so I waited a little longer. Here it is!

The good news is that I’ve already written lots of content for the Tome. Pages and pages of the Cartographer’s writings, histories, legends and the updated/translated short stories. But now that so much of the text exists, I’ve had to zoom out and look at it as a whole, and I’ve realized that the order I planned back in June doesn’t quite work anymore. I want the Tome to read as one logical journey, where every chapter builds on the ones before it, and right now there are too many places where things repeat themselves, or where a thread just leads nowhere. It's turning the Tome into a confusing slog to get through, and I really don’t want that for you. So I’m currently re-ordering the structure, which takes a lot of logistics and rewriting, since moving one piece around often means rewriting the pieces around it too.

I also want to be upfront with you, progress has been slower than I’d hoped. Between a newborn and a toddler, work on the house, a broken computer and everything else that happened this summer, I haven’t had as many writing hours as I’d planned, and the restructuring has added some extra work on top of that.

That said, I’m not announcing a delay, yet. When I set the Fall 2027 estimate, I built in some wiggle room for exactly this kind of thing, and the next few weeks will tell me a lot. I’ll give you a clear update next month on whether I'm still on track, and if anything does need to change, you’ll hear it from me as soon as I'm sure.

For now, I’m still working in plain text. The layout, with all the illustrations, maps and decorations, will come once the writing is finished, because it’s much easier to design pages around text that won’t change anymore. But I didn’t want to leave you empty-handed, so I made another spread to give you a little taste of what’s to come! I've enclosed the first page of the Song of Kaan, the most legendary explorer in the history of Tumiun. The full song takes up a whopping 9 pages as of right now hahah! Visit this link to check out a higher res version, because YouTube compresses the heck out of it:

i.ibb.co/sJy1vBcF/Tome-Mockup-Kaan-JPG.jpg

Thank you all so much for your patience and your support. It means more than I can say, and I’m doing everything I can to make the Tome something you’ll be proud to have on your shelf.

Much love,

Rick

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Which of these aspects of Tumiun would you most like to learn more about? Leave a comment if it's something else :)

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To all the worldbuilders out there, how long ago did you start building your main/current world?

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What do you like seeing most on this channel? If the poll doesn't include your answer, let me know in the comments :)

While writing the script for my next video, I found myself wondering what kind of content you're actually most excited about.

More than 70% of you found this channel through the only two videos where I talk about my own worldbuilding journey and the hobby itself. But the vast majority of my videos are about the lore of Tumiun.

Right now I'm aiming for more of a balance, with about 60% Tumiun lore, like the dragon designs and the bigger story videos with the Cartographer and the Wanderer, and about 40% worldbuilding talk, where I share my experience, tips and ideas. But before I decide, I'd love to hear what you'd like to see more of!

And if you feel like sharing, tell me in the comments what it was that made you subscribe. Just trying to get to know all of you a little bit better!

Thank you :)


Rick

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New dragon video coming this weekend!

In a couple of days I'll be uploading the latest part of the Dragon Redesign series, featuring the Stormwings of Ambarna, based on the epic real-life bearded vultures known for eating bones, dyeing their feathers with mud, and generally being awesome animals! I hope you'll enjoy them. I certainly loved illustrating them and working out their lore :)

Oh, and by the way, there's a new narrator in this video: the seasoned Horrorhunter telling his trainees all about this mighty branch of dreadbeasts. I tried pushing my voice acting abilities to their limits for this character, I hope it won't be too painful listening to 10 minutes of a Dutchie attempting a Scottish accent hahah!

Thank you all so much for sticking around during my summer hiatus, and apologies for all of the delays! Things have finally settled down after a new baby, home renovations, a broken computer, and the added workload of the Tome of Tumiun. Balancing everything has been incredibly difficult, but things are looking up, and I'm aiming to release at least one video a month from now on! And don't worry, it won't all be dragon redesigns, heheh. I've got some very different videos in the works too, including a more personal one about worldbuilding itself, and the Cartographer's Avanima video later this year of course.

The Discord server launch has been moved to October, because I wanted to prioritize getting a new video out first. Patreon supporters, YouTube members and Kickstarter backers will get in a few days before everyone else, just to test everything out together. See you all very soon :)

Much love,

Rick

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Tome of Tumiun Progress Update! — August

Hi everyone, I want to give you all a quick update about the Tome and the channel as well!

This past month has been very chaotic, yet very productive at the same time. After learning that my expectations for the quality of the Tome, the add-ons, and the premium features of the Collector's Edition are very hard to meet in Europe for a (somewhat) reasonable price, I requested quotes from many different printers around the world who could match what I have in mind for the look and feel of all items in the Kickstarter. I've received a lot of samples and had extensive conversations with printers across the globe, finally settling on a company called QinPrinting, located in Shanghai. They were extremely helpful in finding ways to get exactly what I need for the Tome and the add-ons.

They're one of the very few companies able to print every version of the Tome, including the Collector's Edition, plus the giant map posters, the bookmarks, and the laminated lore print sets, all together as one order, which really helps reduce shipping costs for all of us. They sent me a sample art book with a debossed black leather cover, gold foil, and gilded edges, and it looks so good that I simply cannot wait to have the Tome in all of our hands next year!

I'm also making good progress on the contents of the Tome itself, going through all of my old notes and ideas daily and turning them into cohesive bits of the Cartographer's writings. I'm aiming to write at least one page a day, while also writing and illustrating the new dragon video detailing the Stormwings of Ambarna, enjoying life with a little one-month-old, and doing some much-needed work around the family homestead. I find myself wishing for more hours in the day, every day, but I'm also the happiest I've ever been!

Unfortunately, the upcoming dragon video will have to be pushed back a few weeks, to September. I had my laptop die on me and am currently waiting for my new PC to arrive. Haven't been able to illustrate, record, or edit for the past week, with another whole week to go! I hope to have the upcoming Discord server ready before the next video drops, and I'm planning on having a soft launch with just the Kickstarter backers and channel supporters first to test things out and see if everything works, and then a few days later I'll share the invite with everyone else.

I'm really looking forward to sharing videos again, I'm itching to hit that upload button! I've got a lot of fun videos coming over the next few months, mostly shorter, lower-stakes ones first, just to get back into the rhythm. Later in the year you can expect the first of the Stretch Goal videos: the Cartographer's Avanima video, where he creates a brand new map and tells you everything you need to know about the history and lore of the land of the dragons.

I'll see you all in a few weeks, and I hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Much love,

Rick

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