Wanted: Topics for August (Patreon)

Please choose one topic from each of the lists below, and reply with the respective letter and number of your two chosen topics in the comments below.

Voting will go until July 21st, 11:59 PM (Pacific Time).

Topics marked with the asterisk (*) have been chosen by backers at the $10-a-month tier. They will be available for voting this month only, unless they are suggested again for September.

Please reply with your choices in the comments below.

A Soldier's Guide to the Infinite Sea

A) Garing, Gutierrez, and Truscott - A History: A brief history of GG&T, from its humble beginnings during the Petty Kingdoms era, through its establishment as a major armsmaking firm during the Wars of Unification, to its current status as the Unified Kingdom's largest gunmaker.

B) The Saintly Martyrs: An overview of the worship of the Saints in the Northern Kingdoms, including biographies of selected Sainted Martyrs, iconography, and cosmology.

C) Old Calligia - What We Know: The Kian poet J'eanne Lieux once said that "The only thing we know about Old Calligia are the lies". While not entirely true, very little of the long-gone northern realm has survived. This essay from the University of San'heu attempts to put together the pieces.

D) Warfare Then and Now: A relatively broad overview of the history of war and warfare in the Infinite Sea, taken from a part of a Callindrian children's book.

E) Edmund Garing, In His Own Words: An autobiographical account of the junior partner of GG&T, edited by the Countess of Welles for her report on the War in Antar.

F) Clerks and Commoners: Selections from a children's book written for the scions of the Tierran nobility, meant as their first real education in the classes and dynamics of the Baneless classes.

G) A Report on Tutors and Tutelage: Commissioned by the Royal University of Aetoria, this report investigates the education baneblooded children receive before they are admitted to the University itself.

H) A Call to Arms to the Faithful of the Tree: A religious tract summarising the worship of the Tree of Life, and calling for a renewed age of religious devotion in an age of Takaran secularism.

I) The Compleat Knight: A somewhat tongue-in-cheek guide to the behaviours expected of a Knight of the Red.

J) The Senior Service: A rather self-serving pamphlet extolling the virtues of the Royal Tierran Navy in the context of the army's new prominence following the Dozen Years' War.

K) The Warlords of Calligia Pt 3: A continuation of a report from an official of the Ministry of Planning, regarding the factions in post-war Antar.

*L) A Richshyr Memorandum: A report from Takaran Military Intelligence (not Imperial Intelligence) regarding developments in Tierran gunsmithing.

*M) Notice to the Territories Under Military Administration: A pamphlet intended to explain the realities of the Tierran occupation to the residents of southern Antar - written evidently before it was realised that most Antari were illiterate.

*N) Addendum - The 611 Campaign: An appendix to the Second Welles Report, detailing the Duke of Havenport's campaign following the Second Battle of Kharangia.

*O) The Minor Pantheons: An overview of those Saints not included in the major pantheons of the Blue, Red, and Green.

An Adventurer's Guide to the Fledgling Realms

1) Festivals of the Fledgling Realms Pt 2:  Festivals from outside the Concordat's borders, like the Iron Marches and the Island-Cities.

2) On Creeds and Cults Pt 2: A description of the religious practises of the Island-Cities.

*3) A Map of the Nizam i-Khazar: A geographical outline of the greatest of the Fledgling Realms, from the Great Western Ports to the Passes of the Merchant-Princes.

A Creator's Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding

A1) Using Genre Conventions: Every genre comes with its own traditions and conventions. Some of them can be helpful, others... less so. How do you tell the former from the latter?

A2) The Heroic Antagonist: Not every protagonist is on the right side. Not every antagonist is a villain. How do you make the antagonist of your story the good guy without making him too sympathetic to work as an enemy?