Welcome to Ascala

Hello. C J here. I’m mostly wrapping up some of the last planning for Eternity today, in particular the Quantum Expansion set Song of Eternity. Quantum will feature the whole region in all its steampunk beauty. Uprising will also feature more detailed locations and character biographies. Uprising is now being made using AI art because I’m having fun seeing what the medium can do. The project here will just be tons of typing and art from now on for Song of Eternity. None of this requires math anymore.

I’m thinking about what I’m doing next and if I want the next Expansion after Eternity to happen at all I should start working on it now. Ascala is my next planned setting region with its card set Five Million Strong. I’m also thinking about my project to draw all the first three generations of Pokemon as humanoid characters as inspiration for the species in my setting. I thought, why not put the Pokemon in Ascala? I’ll have to draw every species my setting has to do it and allocate them to part of the city but this sounds like a good idea.

I might even theme the Districts of the city after Pokemon types. One of the goals for Ascala and Five Million Strong is to create a generic fantasy city where everyone’s fursona can live and work together. These ideas will work together well. Here’s a totally new piece of art that happens to look like a pikachu set in the city. This pikachu is a species called Astrals. Astrals are living energy and this breed can shapeshift at will. More soon.

C J Mcpherson

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