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Hydrographic survey updated.

Two oceans, two rules. The Kolomor demands noise to break the Blue-Dream. The Syredrian demands silence to pass the abyss.

In Gyrthalion, geography is the antagonist.

The Atlas is updated: wbrunesmith.substack.com/p/the-master...

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The Master Atlas: Table of Contents:
A Roadmap for Arcane Architecture
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January 30, 2026 at 7:03 AM
2 new Atlas entries are live, the tectonic and hydrographic foundations of the setting. The Glossary is fully updated with last week’s terms. Tomorrow, we start the deep dives into specific water bodies.

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Worldbuilders & Runesmiths | WBRunesmith | Substack
A journal of arcane architecture, mythic geography, and the art of worldbuilding. Click to read Worldbuilders & Runesmiths, by WBRunesmith, a Substack publication. Launched 24 days ago.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The Archives are open.

Episode 01: THE FIRST RHYTHM is live.

Before the gods, there was the Mzura—the Heavy Blindness. Discover the terrifying cosmology of the Gyrthalion setting.

Watch now: youtu.be/S-TUix44PH8
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Before the Gods: The Cosmic Forge & The First Silence | Gyrthalion Lore 01
YouTube video by World Builders and Runesmiths
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January 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
The library is starting to fill. 🕯️

I’ve moved the foundational logic for Gyrthalion into a permanent archive. 7 new entries are live, covering tectonic architecture and the phonology of the Old Gyrthalic language.
Read the full workbench update here:

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January 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
We’ve moved away from the 24 day. We measure "The Fifths."

Watch the full architectural breakdown of this "Pocket Planet" on YouTube: youtu.be/OazSMnGqCek

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January 4, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Your players live in the NOW. They do not care about the war that happened 5,000 years ago.

Stop writing history textbooks. Start writing current conflicts.

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December 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
If you want the full 300-page Field Manual, you can grab the Paid Version here:
wbrunesmiths.gumroad.com/l/suvxp

I also teach the system on YouTube (Building Gyrthalion). Volume 2 (Magic Systems) is currently in production.
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WorldBuilder's Guidebook: Big Book of Templates
The Architect’s Grimoire: 300+ Pages of System-Agnostic DesignA map is not a world. A list of names is not a history.We have all felt it. You have the spark—a frozen wasteland of sleeping gods, or a c...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM