Development Prompts
The Development Prompts are a set of prompts that you can complete for each Edeia you own. The main goal of this is to have fun and help guide the development of your Edeia, and the main reward is considered the development and content you make for yourself.
That said, there are some rewards, which you can see in the Rewards section. You can redo the prompts if you want, but you may only earn rewards once for each Edeia you own. There is no time limit. If you do not seek rewards, you can complete as many or as few as you like.
You may commission, request, or otherwise get others to complete your prompts for you, but they must be made specifically for the prompts.
For each prompt, unless otherwise specified, you must fulfill the following requirements:
If it is artwork:
Your Edeia character must be fullbody or almost, allowing for artistic cropping.
If multiple Edeia characters (including previous form) are depicted, partial body (thighs up or equivalent) is acceptable.
Fully colored and shaded
Certain artstyles and stylizations may be "complete" without shading, and may be acceptable. Consult Auspice in regards to whether a particular non-shaded artstyle would be permitted.
Full color background with some kind of environment. It may be blurry/undetailed, but it should give the sense of location - are they in a building, a meadow, a forest, underwater, in someone's Abstraction, etc.
Include a blurb of at least 20 words to explain the context of the piece.
If it is writing:
Minimum 1000 words
The writing must primarily focus on the Edeia the prompts are being completed for, though the point of view may be from that Edeia or from an external point of view.
The format can be narrative prose (including dialogue etc.), a synopsis-like summary of events, or something with elements of both. For other kinds of writing, consult Auspice.
If it is a comic:
At least four panels
For at least one panel, your Edeia character must be fullbody or almost, allowing for artistic cropping
For at least two other panels, the Edeia must be halfbody (50% showing) or more.
It may be colored or monochrome, and shading is optional. However, it should be somewhat polished - a sketch comic would not be permissible.
A background with some environment should be depicted in at least one panel; the rest can have no background or reused backgrounds.
If it is animation:
Your Edeia character must be fullbody or almost, allowing for artistic cropping
Coloring/shading optional - could simply be monochrome and/or lineart
At least 4 unique frames of the Edeia character (animations of just a small part do not count)
Any additional frames do not need to meet the fullbody and uniqueness requirements
A background with some kind of environment (does not need to be animated)
Include a blurb of at least 20 words to explain the context of the piece.
You may make a big piece (e.g. artwork quality comic, long writing, long comic, long animation, etc.) that fills multiple prompts, but they must meet each of the requirements separately.
The Development Prompts
1. Early Life
For this prompt, depict your Edeia in their previous form.
Your entry should explore questions such as:
What sort of life did they live?
What era did they begin their life in?
Are they native to the world of Ideation, or are they from a different dimension? Are they from a different timeline?
2. Journey
At that moment, observing him at the brink of death, I descended. I called upon some strange power welling up within me, a power I did not fully understand. I asked him, "Are you satisfied dying here?" I asked him, "Would you fight against death if you could gain the strength to help others again?" He said, "Yes. Yes, if I could." And at that moment, something seemed to fall into place for me. I will help him, I thought. I will help him sacrifice all he is to better the world.
— Selva, previous form of Ascetic
For this prompt, depict your Edeia in their previous form.
Your entry should explore questions such as:
How did they get their Idea?
How did they develop and use their power?
What were some important experiences or discoveries about themself that led to the formation and solidification with their identity, prior to Actualization?
3. Actualization
Possibility appeared before them once more and asked, What is it that you seek?
"The Truth. The whole Truth. Nothing but the Truth."
Then go, and find it.
Power enveloped Truth, flooding their very being. In that moment, their identity coalesced; in that moment, they Actualized. They arrived in the ancient past, before humanity even came to be, as Truth.
Depict the moment of Actualization for your Edeia.
This prompt is more flexible with artwork requirements. There must be some representation of the Edeia form and the previous form, but this may be abstract/surreal.
Your entry should explore questions such as:
How did they Actualize?
Why did they Actualize?
What was the moment that they embraced their identity wholly, and transformed into a new being? What led up to it?
Do they recall all their memories, did they forget certain things, or did they forget most or all of their previous existence?
4. Magic
"You ask for power, human. I am willing to grant it, for the vision you hold of your kingdom. What will you do with it, I wonder? What Rules shall you bind yourself to for the sake of the future you seek?"
— Ruler bestowing their magic of Rules upon Idren Valiat.
You have two options: A) Depict your Edeia using their particular Idea magic, and/or B) explore how they use their Abstraction.
For option A, your entry should explore questions such as:
What sort of abilities does your Edeia have, and how do they use them?
Do their abilities simply help them exist in a way that feels best to them?
Do they use their abilities to enact their will upon others and the world?
Does your Edeia get into conflicts with other Edeia?
Does your Edeia use their power on non-Edeia, whether the intentions are benevolent, malicious, or anything else?
For option B, your entry should explore questions such as:
What does their Abstraction look like?
What purpose does their Abstraction serve for them - a personal sanctuary, a storage space, a place to rest, or a place to have fun? Does it have some specific purpose, as with the section of Memoir's Abstraction that he dedicates to being a library?
Do they intersect their Abstraction with the physical plane to create a space that is connected to reality but they have more control over, as Simulacra has done with her Simulacrum?
5. Relations
Depict a relation in your Edeia's life, preferably one that has personal meaning or impact on the Edeia, whether in the past or present. The relationship can be positive or negative, platonic, familial, romantic, etc. - any kind of relationship with any other character, Edeia or non-Edeia. It can your character or someone else's character.
Your entry should explore questions such as:
What sort of interactions has your Edeia had with other beings, whether in their current state of existence as an Edeia, or in their past as their previous form?
How do they spend their time with others?
For artwork, the other character must be halfbody or more.
6. Existence
One might ask why I prefer the mundane methods of kintsugi. Using my magic, it would be very easy to repair all of these in an instant, but the process is a key element of the experience, as I see it. Gathering the pieces, seeing how they fit together, carefully reconstructing the form with care... these are all needed to truly feel the essence of kintsugi.
— Mu, Edeia of Kintsugi.
This is a sort of flexible prompt to tell us something about your Edeia. Some options:
Purpose: What meaning do they ascribe to their existence? For what purpose do they exist? Is it just to live their life the way they want to, or do they have some goal to accomplish or duty to fulfill?
Present Day: In the present day of the Age of Reunion, how does your Edeia live their life? Do they interact with reunited society, or keep to themself? Do they remain in the dimension of Ideation, or wander across different dimensions?
The Presences: How has your Edeia interacted with the NPCs of Ideation? Regularly, rarely? Did they appear at a particularly impactful moment in their life? Please keep in mind the interaction guidelines of each of the NPCs, unless you have discussed a more specific relation with Auspice.
Travels: If your Edeia travels to different dimensions, what is that experience like for them? Was there an experience that was particularly impactful to them?
Fusion: Have they ever fused? With whom? For what reason?
Magic, Part 2: A repeat of the Magic prompt, but with a concept you did not explore previously; if you focused on their Idea magic before you can focus on their Abstraction now; if you focused on their Abstraction before you can focus on Idea magic now.
Other: If you have an idea for a different story, feel free to consult with Auspice to see if your idea will work!
Rewards
For completing all Development Prompts, you will be eligible for volunteering the Edeia depicted for monthly prompts and submitting official locations based on your Edeia. You will also receive a voucher, which you may spend on items in the voucher shop, which have limited stock.
As mentioned previously, these rewards are secondary to the experience of developing, creating, and sharing content of your Edeia. These are not meant to be commensurate with the efforts associated with six quality pieces.
To claim rewards, you must do the following:
Post: Prompts must be posted on some social media somewhere, such as Deviantart, Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, etc. or Toyhouse. Toyhouse submissions can be authorized only, as long as Auspice can see it. It is highly preferable for the prompts to be posted publicly; please provide a reason if you want to keep it private to Toyhouse. Public postings can be heavily watermarked, but please provide a more discernible version for the claim.
Claim: Post a claim message with all six prompts at once to the #prompt-submissions channel in the Discord server. You must provide links to all the posts; including the images themselves is optional (unless the posting is heavily watermarked).
You are welcome to share the pieces in the #artwork channel of the server as you complete them.
Monthly Prompt Eligibility
You may volunteer your Edeia for a monthly prompt that features them and their lore specifically. It is still up to Auspice whether or not they accept, and if they do, they may work with you to adjust the prompt (difficulty, requirements, details, etc.) before releasing it. To suggest a prompt with your Edeia, please make a post in the Prompt Suggestion Box of the Discord Server with your idea and a link to your Edeia's profile/info. Your prompt idea may be anywhere from a vague idea to having the exact prompt text given.
The prompt can be for fun (some random event, like a festival/celebration, or a strange occurrence for other to react to), something more lore-related (how would Edeia react to some important event or circumstance related to your Edeia), something in between, anything you can think of. Overly general prompts such as "how would your character interact with this Edeia" without any further guidance are discouraged.
As a note, though it is unlikely, Auspice may also specifically request for someone else's personal Edeia to be featured regardless of whether or not the Development Prompts have been completed.
The following are not strictly required but would be greatly preferable and improve the likelihood of me accepting, and grease the wheels of the process:
A completed conceptualization form
Information available to read on your Edeia's profile - especially considering that others may need to know for the prompt. If your Edeia's profile information is private, you can provide a brief blurb/description of your Edeia, including personality, abilities, history, etc.
At least level 3 in the Edeia Discord server, indicating participation in the community
Those who have completed and claimed rewards can be seen below. If the Edeia is transferred, the eligibility is no longer valid.
Voucher Shop
You may earn one voucher for each Edeia you own that you complete a set of prompts for. The stock is limited and decided by Auspice - items may be added and removed as they please. You may inquire about certain items or about restocking in #questions-suggestions-feedback, but it is up to Auspice whether they will be added.
Each item may have wildly varying "value" - it is up to you how you want to spend your vouchers. Certain things may only be available in the voucher shop, such as Special Trait vouchers that do not count for any special trait limits, and MYO artist applications while an application cycle is not open.
Available items can be seen below.