Earlier than we start, we wish to prolong a heat congratulations to the glad couple – David and TJ (Naelin and TJ on World Anvil)! World Anvil was created as a platform for our customers to create worlds. We by no means anticipated to have the honour of these customers making lives collectively too! 

The couple bought married on the finish of July, so we wished to take a seat down with them and chat about their marriage ceremony, how they met, and the way their ardour for writing and worldbuilding introduced them collectively!

What Initially Drew you Guys to World Anvil & What Have been Your Targets? 

Naelin:

“About 15 years in the past I began constructing my world by making an attempt to place my characters and creatures in the identical place. As time handed I struggled documenting the intricacies and shortly sufficient a Google Docs stopped being sufficient. I googled and tried a number of instruments till I discovered WorldAnvil in 2019, I fell in love immediately, WA was precisely what I used to be in search of.

One in every of my precise objectives in life was for somebody to find out about my world earlier than I died. Not solely have I achieved it, however these days I’ve folks actively asking questions, in search of info and galvanizing me to create new content material. It’s greater than I’d have ever imagined.”

TJ:

“I discovered World Anvil by the /r/worldbuilding subreddit from one among Dimitris’ early posts concerning the web site again in 2017, previous to that I’d solely been worldbuilding for a number of months or so after getting hooked on Artifexian’s YouTube movies! 

My objectives again then have been to have a lot of enjoyable going full-nerd into the completely different areas of worldbuilding (like cartography, conlanging, and naturally, writing). I don’t suppose it’s a aim that may ever be “accomplished”, and I’m actually glad to have discovered such a broad pastime that caters to my artistic wants.”

How did you each meet by World Anvil? Which a part of the group have been you participating in?

Naelin:

“I discovered TJ in the beginning of WorldEmber 2020 as a result of his Voice of The Folks video, and the next torrent of thirst over his “WE is coming” vampire gif. I discovered it amusing and shared the story with some pals, who later advised me it was ‘apparent from kilometres away that you just fancied him’. Oops.

After a while my pal EvanArix shared with me the “Forbidden Tomes” article that TJ did for WE. We each discovered it implausible and located that his sense of humour was effectively according to ours, and the three of us shared being trans guys. We reached out to him and Ademal about making a small group of trans folks from WA, and the remainder is historical past. Historical past that incorporates A LOT of Evan working as a matchmaker since TJ and I are shy dunces that didn’t dare speak to one another. It’s all his fault.”

TJ:

“I might need raised a number of eyebrows in proclaiming the daybreak of WorldEmber 2020 with a vampire gif (from the Spookiful Folks Halloween dress-up in Discord). That 12 months I made a decision to actually write about what I wished to put in writing about, and cease writing issues I assumed my world ought to have. My Forbidden Tomes article particularly caught Naelin’s consideration and from there I used to be ambushed in my Discord DMs by a really giggly and shy EvanArix and Naelin, who had lovingly nudged Nae into speaking with me.

We bought tremendous into WorldEmber collectively and located much more pursuits, and on Christmas day we made it official (technically it was the twenty fourth for me due to time zones, so we have a good time each days)

I like participating in the entire challenges and competitions along with my wonderful nerd husband! Now we have discovered our household by World Anvil’s group, too.”

Did your mutual love for worldbuilding / writing encourage something in your marriage ceremony?

Naelin:

“Oh boy, did it? In fact it did.

We spent a number of time discovering methods for WorldAnvil and our worlds to be represented on the marriage ceremony. 

Some early concepts included making a cake within the form of an anvil (which can be featured in TJ’s world Melior as an precise custom) to the concept of doing the marriage in Gretna Inexperienced, a spot the place you truly get married over one.

We settled on getting an anvil for the marriage ceremony, and acquired a lovely jewellery anvil that we laid on the desk in the course of the ceremony the place we defined the importance of it. 

We timed every thing to have the ability to do our occasion on a date that we share in our worlds as a day of celebration of affection and dedication, it was laborious however we managed it!

Our invitation contained each of our world’s maps within the background as effectively, and our witnesses have been EvanArix and Julian, each folks we met by WorldAnvil.”

TJ:

“Sure! Our marriage ceremony invitation featured each of our world maps, and on the ceremony we introduced with us a (very shiny) little anvil to place our rings on. We had a stunning choose who requested us all about how we met, and EvanArix and Julian have been there too so as to add their healthful and mischievous particulars to our story.”

Sustain with Naelin and TJ!

Naelin and TJ have printed some wonderful work on World Anvil, and if their story has touched you, why not take a look at their worlds too? Lose your self to the opposite tales they’ve advised!

Symbols of Energy (Naelin):

In a world the place two dominant species preserve a tense and violent relationship, a cataclysm left the Tetsus weakened, and the Societarians struggling to reinstate their nations and states, and present that they’re nonetheless capable of defend themselves.

Symbols of Energy explores subjects of rebuilding, each day life and studying. It’s small scale and private, centered on folks and small communities.

Melior (TJ):

Fifty years in the past, the world of Melior was forcefully launched to magic throughout an apocalyptic invasion.

People are questioning their outdated traditions and faiths as they battle to rebuild amidst the brand new risks of on a regular basis life.