In the far North of a continent lives the Bear Empire, an arctic (late Middle English: via Old French from Latin arcticus, articus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos ‘bear, Ursa Major, pole star’, yes, this is a pun nation) empire; in this empire and many of the adjacent ones (although the Bear Empire, being expansionist, does not get along great with its neighbors), magery is, if not common, existent, marriages and most other things are a village or town affair and are rarely monogamous, and people pay homage to not only Mama Bear but several other of the spirit-gods who make up the nationalities within the empire.
Born from a Seventh Sanctum prompt for a story often called Row-Mance.
Running in the Bear Empire
Content Warnings: violence, dubious consent, magically forced obedience, implied sexual activity, nudity
- Running in the Bear Empire – a beginning of a story
- Caught, In the Bear Empire – a continuation
- Moving Through the Bear Empire
- Hiding in the Bear Empire
- Traditions in the Bear Empire
- Dying in the Bear Empire
- Poaching in the Bear Empire
- Sneaking through the Bear Empire
- Waiting in the Bear Empire
- Magic in the Bear Empire
- Rainclouds in the Bear Empire
- Weather in the Bear Empire
- Arrows in the Bear Empire
- Prey in the Bear Empire
- An Inn in the Bear Empire
- Teamwork in the Bear Empire
- Thimbleful Thursday: Parts and Points
- Captive in the Bear Empire
- Eighteen: Lies and Murder in the Bear Empire
- Nineteen: “Disputes” in the Bear Empire
- Twenty: Surprises in the Bear Empire
- Twenty-One: Revelations in the Bear Empire
- Twenty-Two: Confidences in the Bear Empire
- Running in the Bear Empire 23: Morning
- Running in the Bear Empire 24 – the Bear
- Running in the Bear Empire 25 – Magery
- Running in the Bear Empire 26: A Place
- Two “PrepTober” Pieces
- Running in the Bear Empire 27: Climbing
- Running in the Bear Empire 28: Blood
- Running in the Bear Empire 29: Third
- Turn Around_
- Running in the Bear Empire 30: Job Description
- Running in the Bear Empire 31: Imperial Bed
- Running in the Bear Empire 32: Buttons
- Running in the Bear Empire 33: Consummation
- Running in the Bear Empire 34: What’s Your Name?
- Running in the Bear Empire 35: Hunting
- Running in the Bear Empire 36: Guests
- Running in the Bear Empire 37: Halorans
- Running in the Bear Empire 38: Loyalty
- Running in the Bear Empire 39: Prices and Paranoia
- Running in the Bear Empire 40: Spies
- Running in the Bear Empire 41: Discovery
- Running in the Bear Empire 42: Home
- Running in the Bear Empire 43: Trapped
- Running in the Bear Empire 44: Tricks
- Running in the Bear Empire 45: By The Numbers
- Running in the Bear Empire 46: The Nameless Claw
- Running in the Bear Empire 47: You Will Die
- Running in the Bear Empire 48: War
- Running in the Bear Empire 49: Lies
- Running in the Bear Empire 50: Inn
- Running in the Bear Empire 51: Lady
- Running in the Bear Empire 52: Tales
- Running in the Bear Empire 53: the Swan
- Running in the Bear Empire 54: This Means W-
- Running in the Bear Empire 55: Coming Home
- Running in the Bear Empire 56 – His Grace by the Claw of the Bear Herself
- Running in the Bear Empire 57 – Chief of the Claw of the Bear, Wife to the Emperor
- Running in the Bear Empire 58 – Husband and Emperor
- Running in the Bear Empire 59 – Debreif
- Running in the Bear Empire 60 – The Claw’s Hunter
- Running in the Bear Empire 61 – By Your Hand
- Running in the Bear Empire 62: Breathe
- Running in the Bear Empire 63: Panic
- Running in the Bear Empire 64: A Long Journey Across the Hall
- Running in the Bear Empire 65: An Emperor Indeed
- Running in the Bear Empire 66: Father Snake
- Running in the Bear Empire 67: Target
- Running in the Bear Empire 68: Run
- Running in the Bear Empire 69: End
Cyberpunk Bears
Old Bear
- #Lexember is coming!
- #Lexember – Day One (shhh) – “Keep Me Safe.”
- Lexember Day “Two” – Comfortable?
- Lexember Day Three – Mama Bear
- Lexember: Uninvited Guests
- Lexember – Technology
Arctic World Building
- World Building June Day 9 & 21 – Religions and Bear Necessities
- World Building June Day 13 – Money and Mooches
- World Building June Day 13 – A Diagram?
- Lord Eigeran (a wiki page)
- #WIPWorldBuilders / #WorldBuildingWednesday – The Bear Empire
Hmmm. I was hoping for Chapter 51, not a Landing Page. However, I also am happy to wait another week. And it’s good to have the landing page, too.
Oops! Well, there will be a Chapter 51 soon 😀 It’s done being written, at least 😉