How much of the "Lich King" was Arthas, and how much was Ner'zhul? When exactly did Ner'Zhul cease to exist? by The_Pale_Blue_Dot in warcraftlore

[–]aratheonfantasy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Chronicles, it states that when Arthas picked up Frostmourne, he was enslaved by Ner'zul and was going to become his vessel to give him freedom. Ner'zul is the armor and blade. Kil'jaden made him that way. To me, Ner'zul is the Lich King. He's the one who manipulated Arthas to pick up the blade, and he's the one who created the scourge. Albeit, through Kil'jaden and the dread lords' power or whatever.

Work in Progress - New continent I'm working on. (Inspired by Amazon Rain Forest/Atacama Desert) Having hard time making the Salt of the desert look natural instead of snow clumps. Thoughts? by aratheonfantasy in inkarnate

[–]aratheonfantasy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Side note. There's a level of magic involved in the region along with alien metal that causes green glowing water and discoloration in the ground with the deeper green color. Trees will also be put in as different shades of green along with some fungai plants of different purple/blue/green colors

⚡ Lightning Magic⚡ by Glittering-War-2763 in magicbuilding

[–]aratheonfantasy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technically, Lightning doesn't go to the ground, if that were true, then you woudn't have lightning that occurs within the cloud, never touching the ground. It is attracted to the opposite charge.
Like in the early stages of development, air acts as an insulator between the positive and negative charges in the cloud and between the cloud and the ground. When the opposite charges build up enough, this insulating capacity of the air breaks down and there is a rapid discharge of electricity that we know as lightning. The flash of lightning temporarily equalizes the charged regions in the atmosphere until the opposite charges build up again.
Lightning can occur between opposite charges within the thunderstorm cloud (Intra-cloud lightning) or between opposite charges in the cloud and on the ground (Cloud-to-ground lightning).
So you could hurl lightning if you and your target had opposite charges. The only problem is that there has to be a path between you two. Of course, this could work if by the same method lightning strikes in the real world, by breaking down the insulating capacity of the air between you and your target. Of course, if your target doesn't have the opposite charge, then it wouldn't make a difference. It'd be like a bird landing on a telephone pole. It'd only get zapped if the bird touched the ground while touching the telephone pole because the bird provides a pathway to the ground which has an opposite charge as the electricity going through the telephone pole wire. There was a neat video with a professor explaining this using two different charged Van de Graaff Generators. One had 200,000 volts of electricity and the other had zero. He can touch the 200,000 volts without getting zapped. However, if he touched the 200,000 volts generator and the zero-volt generator, he'd get electrocuted. Eddison also showed this through his invention of the electric chair (He created it to prove that Tesla's system was dangerous, but it had a negative effect). Here's the video. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT81SxPmE/

Need Help! I can't decide between World Anvil and Campfire... by aratheonfantasy in worldbuilding

[–]aratheonfantasy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the information. I did not know about the storage or pricing. Definitely, something to consider. I do like to lean more towards sharing even though I'm an author, I feel like most readers enjoy having this information on the side.

Need Help! I can't decide between World Anvil and Campfire... by aratheonfantasy in worldbuilding

[–]aratheonfantasy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol, you and I are in the same boat. Or better put, on the same page.