@greenwolf I have everything written I just need to get off my lazy but and code it
Sooo i read the general idea at the top and the Comments. Its sounded like it would be an entertaining game, but i was wondering. When they finds out of the mistake, do they force you to crossdress, make you do it out of your free will or will use some magic on you to change your gender? Has the pc a choice where he sais for example i will not crossdress and they say: yes you will if you dont your family will pay or just use some magic on you? Sorry if the questions is bad ones, they just appered in my head.
@Dalar it’s more of if you tell them you’re not the prince/ss they’ll think you’re an imposter and your head doesn’t stay on your shoulder for long. So it’s not really forced or of your own free will but self preservation instinct. I’m glad you think it will be entertaining. The only bad question is the one unasked.
Well then i suppse one shall not deny them their fake royalty. ^^
But you did not answer if it is forced crossdressing or forced gender change. But i guess that it is crossdressing?
I thought that Katgirl did answer that it was cross-dressing.
Although with a world of magic, an actual spell would solve so many problems. But if there was such a shape-shifting spell they could just use it on anybody and wouldn’t need the MC.
Or maybe it’s an illusion with the underlying premise that the illusion needs to be cast on someone very similar in order to be believable.
Now, with magic it would provide an additional reason to stick around and not run away. If they didn’t stay around then they wouldn’t be able to have the spell reversed.
Please no involuntary gender changing magic. Gender changing magic usually turns out to be a one way irreversible street. The male to female transformations in particular usually have a nasty habit of turning out to be completely and utterly irreversible in fiction.
I also hope that in terms of gender balance your world is at least on par with such fiction as “Song of Ice and Fire” where skilled (and devious) women at least have a chance at real power and influence in the “game of thrones”. Having to pretend to be a meek and compliant Disney princess in tiara’s and pink ballgowns would be just about unbearable (although it would be a compelling reason for the original princess to run away, I suppose).
@fairygodfeather most castles have anti-transformation wards to stop assassins and such from going “lol you though I was your son? Surprise mofo!”
@idonotlikeusernames Any gender changing magic will be voluntary. Only one/two character(s) are stereotypical princey prince and princessy princess (but they have a reason for acting like that and they don’t act that way the whole time).
Update: You can name your MC and it’s past the prologuey part. Not done with the chapter yet, but almost there. So my main questions are:
- is there anything else about Efflorescence you want me to explain?
- can you think of any more day celebrations? (I’ve thought of three/four but everything else I come up with starts to sound like Chinese New Year stuff)
- any questions in general?
Uhhh, maybe a Festival of Lights, Where the people celebrate…fire…You know, Light lanterns, Throw them into the air stuff like that, Would be kinda romantic some maybe thats where you can introduce LI’s 
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I say at least one for each season.
Harvest Festival. Doesn’t need to be called that but basically a day celebrating when the crops come in, with a huge feast.
Mid-Winter/The Shortest Day/Festival of Ice. Where they celebrate having endured the shortest day of winter.
Yeah should be a Valentine’s Day, romance style festival as well, with jumping over bonfires too. If it’s to be a fire festival than firebreathing and fireworks and food. Mmmm food.
Maybe there should be a festival or celebration of sorts that celebrates a very reknown and respected/admired king/queen or war hero? There could be reenactments of the deeds they did, or something like that (like, say if they defeated a fearsome creature/warrior who terrorized the people and then there would be a mini play to reenact what people say happened). A bit like keeping a day specially for honoring their memory.
Or perhaps something that celebrates a person, though not a real person, but someone from a very well known tale or story or myth of some kind–the point of celebrating being that even though not actually having ever existed, the idea of what the person did/tried to do gives the (real) people hope or faith in the thought that they will always find a way to survive and will never be truly gone/defeated. Something like that.
Festival of lights. ((Romantic.))
History: When the Gardens of life began burning, People watched the destruction of there beloved plants, With both sadness, And Curiosity. Then the people remembered the burning of there flowers after they themselves where given the ability to produce there off spring. Then the people Began holding a Festival Once a year, It lasted 9 Days, It is A Time of Intense…Love. Its a time when normal cowards come to the front with there crushes and admit there true feelings, Controlled fires burn everywhere, From Lanterns with Colored fire, To the Large Bonfire that rests in the center of the town/Castle.
Brewfest. ((Festival of drunks…))
History: Every year, A special kind of Honey is produced by the Bees, It occurs shortly after the Festival of Lights. And this Honey, When put into brew, It creates some of the finest, Wine, Beer, Brew. In the known world. And it became that two kings previous, He wanted to buy this wine from a merchant, But didnt want the price, So he created Brewfest, Right around the time of the honey, So that all Alcohol would be a cheaper price. A time of Drunken Chaos, Those not drinking lock up there possesions a bit tighter, and take to the streets lightly armed to defend themselves, The town watch is also on High Alert.
Orphan Week. ((Dedicated to War Orphans… Time of great love for children))
History: Orphans week came about at the end of the last Civil war, When many died, Leaving many Children Orphan. So the newly crowned king Built Orphanges across his Kingdom, And created Orphans week, Where soldiers and other Proclaimed Heroes will guide the Children for a week, Showing them there Path, And having fun with the hero/ Soldier. Which all comes together at the end to share there stories, And Proclaim the Hero of the Year.
((Also, If you need any Guilds…Here you go!))
Assassins.
Rangers.
Royal Guard.
Royal Assassins.
Royal Rangers.
And I have more, But Ill wait for that Lol
@LOR Well there is this King who had a big impact on the kingdom (if that was good or bad depends on who you) but for the most part he’s celebrated.
@Fairygodfeather a harvest festival food/crops related day would fit the reborn theme
@greewolf I alright had the idea for a day when it’s “encouraged to use their gift” *coughcough* nowgomakebabies *coughcough* and the lights would be a grand theme for that. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, there hasn’t been war for as long as anyone can remember for certain reasons…there will be a Children’s day, of course, which is basically a giant toy expo with a carnival at the end.
So now I have all 15 days! Woop!
Yaaaaaayyy I was Helpful!! Whoops If you need any other help just ask…Im literally swiming in Ideas…
well we have festivales that selebrates the turning o the sun in winter and summer, you can go with obvius names like winters turn, sumers turn, or more fantasy like name like sun wake and sun sleep or something like that
Someone seems to have stolen some festival ideas from World of Warcraft.
Let’s see, what do we have real world.
In my country we have,
Hogmanay/New Year’s Day, with Hogmanay traditions being it’s good luck if a tall dark stranger is the first person to knock on your door in the New Year. When I was young there was first-footing, when people would visit eachother and be invited in for a drink. There was also fireworks, the ships go mad with their horns, there’s music, singing of Auld Lang Syne, and lots and lots of drinking to celebrate the new year. Then on New Year’s day there’s lots of delicious food.
Burns Night, celebration of the poet, Rabbie Burns, and doesn’t involve burning much, but does involve saying poetry and eating haggis neeps and tatties. Burning those would be a drastic improvement.
Valentine’s Day of course.
April Fool’s Day.
Then there’s Pancake day. Mmmm. Then Lent. Then Mother’s Day (it’s a different time here in the UK than in the USA). Then Easter. Then Father’s Day.
May Day too with people dancing around the May pole. Not sure if they do that nowadays but every year the may pole was dragged out of my school’s store cupboard and we were made to tie knots in the ribbons.
There’s the Queen’s jubilee, royal weddings, etc thrown in there sometimes. Olympics every four years. The first Saturday of every month has an international street-market in my city, which is not as exciting as it sounds.
Then Halloween.
Guy Fawkes Night/Bonfire Night where we burn an effigy of a man who failed to blow up the houses of parliament and set off fireworks.
There’s various Saint Days, but other than Valentine’s Day, and the commercialisation of St Patrick’s Day I don’t think any of those are really celebrated that much.
No Thanksgiving here in the UK or Independence Day.
We did have the tattie holidays in Scotland though. “The “tattie holidays” are a week or fortnight long break for Scottish schools in mid-October so-called because they were the period of time that pupils that pupils left the classroom and went out in the fields to help pick the annual potato crop.”
Which then takes us into Xmas and New Year again.
A large portion of those holidays have religious ties of course. Anyway I think real life can provide plenty of inspiration for other sorts of events. Also, things which the protagonist can participate in. Competitions, contests, fairs, a theatre troup or circus group arriving in town.
Oh! I did actually have that written down. I’m not sure where it disappeared to though. I think copy/paste may have eaten it. Yes, I’d definitely count Remembrance Sunday.
Me? Copy ideas from WoW? Impossible…*closes the WoW callender I have*