Happy timezones, Anvilites! Here’s what’s new this week:

Have you seen these WorldEmber prizes?

With the help of this year’s amazing community judges, you can get some really cool prizes if you win a WorldEmber special category! Here’s a taste of a few of them:

  • : Tradition, offering custom art
  • : Geography, offering an LED dice set
  • : Ethnicity, offering custom character art
  • Make lore, not war: Natural Law, offering a Wonderdraft+Dungeondraft bundle, a custom CSS theme, or a $50 gift card
  • : Plot, offering a $100 gift card
  • : Character, offering a stainless steel pen with your name engraved on it
  • : Species, offering custom art inspired by the winning article
  • : Item, offering a seat in a 12-session professionally GMed campaign

Check the challenge page to see all other categories and the full details! https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/worldember-2025/homepage

Worldbuilding a Portal Fantasy or Isekai Setting

What is portal fantasy, what are some common tropes, and where can you start building a portal fantasy world? Check this week’s video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Di7BSes45w

WorldEmber Christmas Party

This Saturday we’ll have the last community stream of the year before the holidays! Tune in on Twitch at 6pm UK/10am Pacific: https://twitch.tv/worldanvil

Featured article: Crescent Moon

This week’s featured article is Crescent Moon, by ! Check out this article about one of the protagonists of Mytharae (with really shiny art), and give it some love! https://www.worldanvil.com/w/mytharae-coolg1319/a/crescent-moon-person

Crescent Moon by CoolG