Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-18)

> Issue 18 — WAWA submissions start soon!

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Woo, 2026 New Year's Resolutions have been made! Not too much worldbuilding done this past month because I was reading a lot of your guys’ stuff. But I did add some navboxes and category pages to my /dev/null world, so hopefully that will make it easier to navigate. I also added navboxes to my Root Directory challenge hub world.

I do not know what I’ll be submitting to the Worldbuilding Awards, if anything, but I’ll probably have a think and polish up some things this month.

Side note, so close to 100 followers on Legends of the Dragonguard!! It’s at 93 as of writing this. :)

Community Highlights

Highlights Archive

Karak-Nul & Gak-Nul by ThePinkGM

Amphitere by PrincessESH

The Undoing by Demongrey

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Hawkwing

— /dev/null —

Construct

< Additions >

2026 New Year's Resolutions

Cliffhanger

Ridgeback Drake

Örldwyrm

— /dev/null —

Navboxes and Category pages!

Categories:

architecture

Locales

Nodes

society

Characters

Culture

Organizations

biota
technical

Conditions

Hardware

meta

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#dpr #worldember #nyr #wawa

Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-17)

> Issue 17 - AAAHHH 2026

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AAAHHH it’s 2026 now! I’m not ready! I hope your WorldEmber went well, mine did. The other WA events didn’t go too well for me this past year, but this WorldEmber went much better. I didn’t get through as many articles as I would have liked, BUT most of the articles I wrote were over 1k words, so the quality of them has improved :) I think my backlog list of articles to create actually INCREASED this past month instead of getting smaller, haha! I have too many ideas.

I have another world, but didn’t manage to get around to adding anything to it; I had too many ideas for the dragonguard world. I added 4 new dragonkin species! I didn’t get to 100 world followers by the end of the year, but I am less than 10 away, so that’s still pretty cool!

You can check out my WorldEmber 2025 page to see a list of articles I wrote. The New Year’s Resolutions and Reading Challenge will come soon when WorldEmber ends in a few days. In the meantime, you can also read last year’s resolutions.

Community Highlights

Highlights Archive

Exapataosaurus by Callyxtus
Dragons by Hatwolf
Elignatidae Family by Mochi
Mochi's Mocha by Herr_Wilhelm101
Qwash Al'Rihma - The sunscale snake by Tyrdal

< Updated >
Draconian Concord
Blackreach
Dragonkin 

< New Additions >
Scorch
Emberscale Wyvern
Brightgill
Ebonhollow Expanse
Hawkwing
Eldryan Sword
Fireblood Drake
Mushroomhoppers
Shortail Drake

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#dpr #worldember

Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-16)

> Issue 16 - MY 2ND WORLDEMBER

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AH! WorldEmber is here again, and it’s my 2nd one :) I’ve got many ideas in my create backlog list, but I still went for the normal 10k WorldEmber word goal. I did well last year, but let’s see how well I do this time.

Last month, I tried to work on a handful of characters for NovelEmber, but I kinda failed at that. I only managed to add a little bit of info to their side panel infoboxes. I wanted to create some backstories and other things, but I just didn’t have a clue what to do. At least I did something, so I’ll still get the participation badge.

But WorldEmber will go much better! It already has, within these past few days :) Also, a few months ago, I started a new world, so this WorldEmber for me will most likely include both!

NOW GO WORLDBUILD >:)

Community Highlights

Highlights Archive

Terraverde Basin by Tillerz

Dragon's Hoard by Blue Fairy 74

Hidalgo’s Troupe by Dimitris

Jengo’s Fire Roasted Sausage Bites by solomonjack

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NovelEmber 2025

WorldEmber 2025

Azier Solara

Vailstrym

Airigold

Anaq

Zoltar

Ivis Larkspur

Thornfire

Sören Whitmore

Ari

Vexx Corvance

Ignistra

Valen Blackthorn

Quicksilver

Damaris Castle

Icebound Keep

< New Additions >

Blackreach

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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-15)

> Issue 15 - 2nd NovelEmber! WorldEmber is coming..

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Oh man, I barely squeaked out the Spooktober prompts, but I managed to get one more than the 13 needed to complete it! Quite a handful of them were for my newer cyberfantasy world, but there were plenty for the Legends of the Dragonguard. I’m eager to expand the ones I left as a stub :)

But now it’s NovelEmber!! And WorldEmber prep. I don’t think I will be doing the same goal I did last year, which really tired me out, and what I was writing halfway through wasn’t all that great. So instead, I’m going with a rebel goal this NovelEmber; it won’t be a specific word goal. I’m going to focus on character development and backstories, and work on some smaller story elements.

Oh boy, I’ve got a lot of ideas piling up for WorldEmber, and it’s also the Prep month for it! I have enough ideas I could probably do WE 2 times over (last year I was close!), haha, but no promises. I just need to actually do it and not procrastinate like I did during Spooktober.

WorldEmber / Prep

NovelEmber

Community Highlights

Highlights Archive

Mindraisers by Rumengol

Mykket by Razhea

Dryads by C. B. Ash

Folkland by Imagica

< Updated >

Bleeding Sun Hot Sauce Myth

< New Additions >

Ridgeback Pass

Icebound Keep

Damaris Castle

Damaris Island

Dragonslayer Challenge

Jett Landric

Rhydian Barrow

— /dev/null —

Void

city_1

Aegis Protocol

Null Device

Null Pointer Exception

Bug

Ana Logue

Echo

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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-14)

> Issue 14 - Spooktober! And a NEW WORLD!

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I'm disappointed that the Aliens lost in the Worldbuilding Showdown challenge at the beginning of September. I wasn't sure what to write about for the Legends of the Dragonguard world, but it just so happened that I started a new world that week!

That’s right! I’ve got a new world! It’s a dystopian cyberfantasy hellscape world that features unique things, such as the Bitwise Shifters that I wrote for the Elves vs. Aliens challenge.

I was messing around in my test world one night, thinking about redesigning the Dragonguard homepage. I renamed the world to something that was more fun than “Null Test” and gave it the name /dev/null. I like computer-related things and find the concept of null interesting. (if my username wasn’t obvious enough)

/dev/null, also called Null Device, is a device file that discards all data written to it but reports that the write operation succeeded. I had ideas come to mind when I renamed the world, and, with a little CSS later, I now have a rough foundation for my world!

If you'd like to explore my vision of a cyberspace realm, check it out!
/dev/null

Oh, and here’s a very rough and garbage “intro” article.
description.txt

Now these posts are labeled as Dragonguard Progress Reports, so I may or may not log worldbuilding updates from the other world in here. I haven’t decided. However, that world does have its own changelog, though I did it a little differently than LotD. I used a discussion board, so you guys can comment on each “version”!

Here’s a link to it: devlog.txt

In Dragonguard news, my storyteller friends have given me feedback on my world. So, things have updated, such as the menubar on the side. I removed the repeating menu item with the same name as the spoiler button and grouped some items together.

Also, I’ve received my Blue Mission from Blue Fairy 74, so I’ll be revising some out-of-date articles in each of the main categories over the next year. :)

Oh, and now that I have more than one world, I’ve also created a hub world! I’ve decided to also put all WA event stuff on this world, so it will no longer be on the Legends of the Dragonguard world. I’ve also decided to move my “Community Highlight” to this world, too, in addition to most technical stuff I had on the LotD world, and archived things.

Right now, I’ve got my Spooktober 2025 article up! :)

If you have joined the “Event Updates” subgroup on the Dragonguard world, you can now follow my hub world to receive event updates, as I will no longer be using that subgroup.

Root Directory hub world.

Community Highlights

Highlights Archive

The Emberhand by Jaxon Lee Rose

Katyr Ainham by Pandora9

Faerie by Demongrey

Al'nahar by Tyrdal

Leymen’s Tongue by Myth-X

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Dragonguard

< New Additions >

Spooktober 2025 (hub world)

#dpr #Spooktober2025

Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-13)

> Issue 13 - Summer Reading is over! A NEW CHALLENGE APPROACHES

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Summer Reading is over! It was a blast reading your articles! “Title” is probably not a very popular article type people like to write about, but I saw many unique and interesting titles and honors for the prompt I was judging. :)

In case you missed the livestream that concluded the Summer Reading event and announced the winners of the prompts, the winner I chose for my title prompt was The Emberhand by Jaxon Lee Rose!

The Emberhand is a short and sweet article, in which I particularly enjoyed how it fostered a sense of community and the symbolism reflected in its name. It is a clean, well-written article that, although being an experimental role, demonstrates how even inconspicuous positions can carry great responsibility.

Congrats to all the winners, and I hope you all had a great Summer Camp!

And a NEW challenge approaches for September! First-ever Worldbuilding Showdown on World Anvil: Elves vs Aliens!

On a side note, a few Anvilite friends have been adding each other into their worlds. I already had a few of them in my world, but I never kept a list of who had me in their worlds.

So, to give appreciation to those who wanted to add silly ol' me into their worlds, I created a page listing these articles. A few other Anvilites followed suit as well.

Easter Eggs (Anvilite cameos in my world are listed under the "People" section. There are more coming! I just haven't added them yet, but I've got ideas!)

Flying to Distance Lands (Me in other Anvilites' worlds <3)

And here are a few of said Anvilite friends’ articles, too.

Fan Mail by Blue Fairy 74
Honorable Mentions and Honorable References by Tynen
Echos & Shadows by Demongrey

Featured this Month

Featured Archive

Yonderhythm by Mochimanoban

Deep Space Leviathan by nnie

Scalykind by kitoypoy

Kiulúsh - Butterfly Guardians by Blue Fairy 74

< Updated >

Easter Eggs

Information Brief

Dragonguard

Crystallization

< New Additions >

Summer Reading 2025

Flying to Distant Lands

#dpr

Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-12)

> Issue 12 - One year of DPR reports!

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Can’t believe it's been one year of DPR reports!! And, Summer Camp is just about over, so it's time to read everyone’s submissions.

I didn’t make my goal of silver for this year’s Summer Camp, but I did at least get copper, so I’m happy with that.

I also started featuring other Anvilite’s work that I like on my world’s homepage (and discord), every Tuesday I’ll pick a new thing to feature, and write a little blurb about it and what I liked (I did forget one week because it was a day before I left for a family reunion).

I’ll list the articles featured this past month below! There’s also a form post you can check out to see all the previous featured things.

Featured this Month

Featured Archive

The Anvilgate by Make lore, not war (First featured article! End of June)

Bottled Sleep by Demongrey

Fal Nép by CoolG1319

Mirastelai by Hanhula

Dragon Tattoos by SoulLink

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Shatterscale Rift

Ancient Dragonkin

< New Additions >

Ridgford

Ridgeback Mountains

Rift Vinetail

Khael’dran

Legend (title)

Crystal Tea

Crystal Tea Myth

#dpr #SummerCamp #SummerCamp2025

Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-11)

> Issue 11 - Summer Camp is here!!

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Summer Camp is here! And it’s my first time being a sponsor! (You’ll see later)

Last year, I used my own tracker based on Graylion’s tracker. I recently made a tutorial for it a couple weeks ago, so if anyone wants to use it in their world, you can grab it here:

Summer Camp Tracker

Inspired by Demongrey's article in his world, The Million Islands, I thought it was neat to highlight the community's favorite articles, so I did the same, with the addition of my personal favorites.

Favorite Articles

I also tweaked my homepage a little during the Summer Camp prep. I now have a featured section at the bottom, just above the community section. :smile: About every week or so, or when I remember to, I’ll feature a new article I like from the community! I wanted to give some love back to the community.

I also created a forum post listing all the previously featured items, along with my blurb about them.

Featured Archive

I've also created a new channel/role on my Discord for featured items, so you can get notified of such things instead of checking my homepage every time. (You should totally join it!)

Discord Server

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{ Technical }

Homepage

Acknowledgements

AI Usage

Easter Eggs

Shatterscale Rift

< New Additions >

{ Technical }

Hall of Fame

Summer Camp Tracker

Favorite Articles

Draconian Deck

Rift Scarab

#dpr #SummerCamp #SummerCamp2025

Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-10)

> At #10 already?? Oh boy, Summer Camp prep! I also made a card game.

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Oh boy, Summer Camp is coming! The preparations for it are happening right now :slight_smile:

I’m pledging to achieve the Silver Badge as I have several things going on in July. Hopefully, the laptop I ordered will arrive in time.

Asmo hosted a fun little challenge last month, Dip a Toe In, to write an article that could exist in the world of another World Anvil member. Inspired by BlueFairy74's Dragon's Hoard board game, I created a dragon-themed card game called Scourge War.

< Updated >

Notebook: Short Ideas

Coalition Officer

Dragonguard

Archon of the Dragonguard

< New Additions >

Rewrite Challenge 2025

Summer Camp 2025 / Prep

Scourge War Card Game

#dpr