#MarchoftheCORE 2023!

Command Colonies of the Foundation Region

Over the past few years I’ve been working to lay out a Foundation for others to join me in the expansion of The CORE Realms and even further beyond…

Then last year I began my first CORE challenge titled March of the CORE!

It ran through the entire month of March (as one would expect) and each week gave a different prompt. If you know anything about the CORE, you’d know about the Pillars of The CORE and how they are the five main worlds I tend to focus on.

If you are unfamiliar with them, here’s a run down on the Pillars:

Entry 7: Pillars of the CORE

March of the CORE (2022)

Since last year was the 1st time I ran this challenge, there were only two Archivist (Participants) that submitted incredible content toward the March! One of those participants being

Winston Malone

of

The Storyletter

.

Here’s a shoutout to Winston & FlawlessWaffless for their Amazing Works:

Battle of Mages:

FlawlessWaffless from Minds has made an EPIC piece featuring a Mage blocking powerful winds, for the Battle of Mages!

A Prayer at the End of All Things

Illustrious Gardens:

FlawlessWaffless from Minds has continued with a surreal piece that depicts a pathway through a dense forest.

Ethereal Gardens of the Vine-Bound Spine

Ferocious Beasts:

This was the final week an Entry was submitted, and it came from

Winston Malone

who wrote Crocodilian Chapter 20 for his final submission.

Crocodilian ~ Chapter 20

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March of the CORE (2023)

This all leads up to this year! I do plan on having another March of the CORE, just this year the theme will be different.

For this year, one of my goals is to bring in more creators in expanding the CORE Realms. So instead of having multiple prompts throughout the month of March, I’m thinking one giant prompt for you all to have the entire month to submit what you’ve made.

What will that prompt be?

For those unfamiliar with the Foundation Region of the CORE, it is the region where the Pillars reside along with 150+ Command Colonies with more being established every array.

I’ve created a few Command Colonies myself over the past few years, however, I haven’t made as many as I’d like!

This is where you’d come in!

Create Your Own Command Colony!

For #MarchoftheCORE 2023, you as an Archivist are on an Exploration Mission with an elite CORE Command Squadron to protect you. Your Directive is to discover a new world to call a Command Colony!

For a better understanding of Command Colonies & the Foundation Region, read through the following Entry:

CORE Command

Once you’ve grasped at what CORE Command is and how the Command Colonies utilize the Foundation Initiatives, you can begin making a Command Colony.

Aspects to Start With:

To assist you with making your own Command Colony, here are some aspects you should think of before starting:

• Which Realm: The 5 Pillars are from 5 Realms

  • Votonic, Realm of Power: This realm consists of a focus on power and potential. Higher Entities worshipped are known as Guardians of Votonic and occasionally culture specific deities. Habitable worlds are usually a healthy mixture of Science Fantasy tropes within the Realm of Votonic.

  • Phoenis, Realm of Freedom: This realm consists of a spatial region known as The Bestia where the phoenix that make up the stars reside. A Phoenix is usually a star here and is worshipped as a way for the Cantol (or other avian species) to be reborn. Habitable worlds are usually filled with Beasts of all kinds with different Science Fantasy elements sprinkled in.

  • Synchronis, Realm of Advancement: This realm consists of a focus on advancing societies to their highest point. This is the Science Fiction realm where spacefaring civilizations, cyborgs, A.I. robots, and more comes from. Habitable worlds could be terraformed or have some interesting ways of how the Prime (or alien species) evolved.

  • Magenium, Realm of Elements: This realm consists of a focus on magic and Gods. The Temporal Shift of Elicc is where your Command Colony would reside, which is the Shift of Divinity. Habitable worlds in this space can access the ordered structures of the Elemental Domains, or the chaotic randomness of the Planar Unity (space beyond the CORE). This is your Epic Fantasy world (or whatever fantasy subgenre you choose).

  • Evemore, Realm of Sentience: This realm consists of a focus on emotionality as the Evemore Pantheon falls under the Dusk or Dawn Era Shifts. Much like a Yin-Yang ordeal, you will most likely focus in the Dawn, where more positive emotions reign. Habitable worlds tend to lean more fantasy in its Science Fantasy tropes.

• Colony Origins: All Aspects of your Command Colony’s Origin

  • Cycle Established: What Cycle was the Command Colony found? Choose a Cycle between 17-140 ACR (After the CORE Reset).

  • Liberation: Decide whether or not your Command Colony had a tyrannical society that the Sodorian Alliance helped liberate.

  • Artifact: Decide if your Command Colony was discovered through the research of a powerful artifact.

  • Inhabitants: Decide if your Command Colony has native lifeforms that are either primitive or advancing their civilization structure.

  • Civilization Level: Determine if your Command Colony is at a particular civilization level.

    • Level 1: Tribal

    • Level 2: Societal

    • Level 3: Planetary

    • Level 4: Interplanetary

    • Level 5: Interstellar

    • Level 6: Intergalactic

  • Energy Well: Decide if your Command Colony has an Energy Well that can be accessed by Rune Forgers & the Sodorian Alliance. Note: See The Flow Disk or Rune Forger Codex Entry.

  • Physics: For those who like diving into the physical laws of the universe, here are some aspects to think about for your Command Colony.

    • Location in the Solar System

    • Any Lunar Satellites or if the Command Colony is a lunar world

    • Gravity

    • Atmospheric Conditions

    • Nature & Environmental Effects

    • Continents/Regions

    • Ecosystems & Biomes

For those who want to see how I’ve been developing my Command Colonies, come and follow my Twitter account where I post #CORELore Tweets twice per day! Here are the CORE Lore Tweets I made on Command Colony, New Vo’mark.

Arthadian Anthologies @msarthadian

#CORELore 331: Command Colony, New Vo’mark, is considered a focal colony in the battle against Counter Command. Especially with the rumors about how the Zellic Dynasty might be linked to the insurgency. #newexpandinguniverse #scififantasy #ttrpgcommunity #worldbuilding

Arthadian Anthologies @msarthadian

#CORELore 332: New Vo’mark is said to be like a Pillar Colony, established as a place where Alliance affiliates could meet aside from The Harborer. #newexpandinguniverse #scififantasy #ttrpgcommunity #worldbuilding

Arthadian Anthologies @msarthadian

#CORELore 333: New Vo’mark has approximately 6 Capital Environments spread across its surface with its own Colony Transport system like that of the Pillars. #newexpandinguniverse #scififantasy #ttrpgcommunity #worldbuilding

Planning Stage & Incentives:

If you are interested in this year’s March of the CORE, make sure to subscribe for future updates as I will be posting additional Entries to help you with making your Command Colony!

I do plan on adding an incentive to this year’s challenge. Something along the lines of those who add in more aspects of the CORE will be voted on whose Command Colony is best. The winners will receive a paid reward on top of having their Command Colony featured in an Entry!

Thank you for checking this out and please share this around for others to help in making The CORE Realms just as vast, if not more so than Star Wars! I want to be able to encompass as many worlds as possible for infinite possibilities…