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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-14)

> Issue 14 - Spooktober! And a NEW WORLD!


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I'm disappointed that the Aliens lost in the Worldbuilding Showdown challenge at the beginning of September. I wasn't sure what to write about for the Legends of the Dragonguard world, but it just so happened that I started a new world that week!

That’s right! I’ve got a new world! It’s a dystopian cyberfantasy hellscape world that features unique things, such as the Bitwise Shifters that I wrote for the Elves vs. Aliens challenge.

I was messing around in my test world one night, thinking about redesigning the Dragonguard homepage. I renamed the world to something that was more fun than “Null Test” and gave it the name /dev/null. I like computer-related things and find the concept of null interesting. (if my username wasn’t obvious enough)

/dev/null, also called Null Device, is a device file that discards all data written to it but reports that the write operation succeeded. I had ideas come to mind when I renamed the world, and, with a little CSS later, I now have a rough foundation for my world!

If you'd like to explore my vision of a cyberspace realm, check it out!
/dev/null

Oh, and here’s a very rough and garbage “intro” article.
description.txt

Now these posts are labeled as Dragonguard Progress Reports, so I may or may not log worldbuilding updates from the other world in here. I haven’t decided. However, that world does have its own changelog, though I did it a little differently than LotD. I used a discussion board, so you guys can comment on each “version”!

Here’s a link to it: devlog.txt


In Dragonguard news, my storyteller friends have given me feedback on my world. So, things have updated, such as the menubar on the side. I removed the repeating menu item with the same name as the spoiler button and grouped some items together.

Also, I’ve received my Blue Mission from Blue Fairy 74, so I’ll be revising some out-of-date articles in each of the main categories over the next year. :)


Oh, and now that I have more than one world, I’ve also created a hub world! I’ve decided to also put all WA event stuff on this world, so it will no longer be on the Legends of the Dragonguard world. I’ve also decided to move my “Community Highlight” to this world, too, in addition to most technical stuff I had on the LotD world, and archived things.

Right now, I’ve got my Spooktober 2025 article up! :)

If you have joined the “Event Updates” subgroup on the Dragonguard world, you can now follow my hub world to receive event updates, as I will no longer be using that subgroup.

Root Directory hub world.

Root Directory

The central directory of Nulcheck's worlds; this hub serves as a navigation center for worlds, event and challenge pages, along with technical resources.


Community Highlights

Highlights Archive

The Emberhand by Jaxon Lee Rose

Katyr Ainham by Pandora9

Faerie by Demongrey

Al'nahar by Tyrdal

Leymen’s Tongue by Myth-X


< Updated >

Dragonguard

< New Additions >

Spooktober 2025 (hub world)

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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-13)

> Issue 13 - Summer Reading is over! A NEW CHALLENGE APPROACHES


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Summer Reading is over! It was a blast reading your articles! “Title” is probably not a very popular article type people like to write about, but I saw many unique and interesting titles and honors for the prompt I was judging. :)

In case you missed the livestream that concluded the Summer Reading event and announced the winners of the prompts, the winner I chose for my title prompt was The Emberhand by Jaxon Lee Rose!

The Emberhand is a short and sweet article, in which I particularly enjoyed how it fostered a sense of community and the symbolism reflected in its name. It is a clean, well-written article that, although being an experimental role, demonstrates how even inconspicuous positions can carry great responsibility.

Congrats to all the winners, and I hope you all had a great Summer Camp!

And a NEW challenge approaches for September! First-ever Worldbuilding Showdown on World Anvil: Elves vs Aliens!


On a side note, a few Anvilite friends have been adding each other into their worlds. I already had a few of them in my world, but I never kept a list of who had me in their worlds.

So, to give appreciation to those who wanted to add silly ol' me into their worlds, I created a page listing these articles. A few other Anvilites followed suit as well.

Easter Eggs (Anvilite cameos in my world are listed under the "People" section. There are more coming! I just haven't added them yet, but I've got ideas!)

Flying to Distance Lands (Me in other Anvilites' worlds <3)

And here are a few of said Anvilite friends’ articles, too.

Fan Mail by Blue Fairy 74
Honorable Mentions and Honorable References by Tynen
Echos & Shadows by Demongrey


Featured this Month

Featured Archive

Yonderhythm by Mochimanoban

Deep Space Leviathan by nnie

Scalykind by kitoypoy

Kiulúsh - Butterfly Guardians by Blue Fairy 74


< Updated >

Easter Eggs

Information Brief

Dragonguard

Crystallization

< New Additions >

Summer Reading 2025

Flying to Distant Lands

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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-12)

> Issue 12 - One year of DPR reports!


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Can’t believe it's been one year of DPR reports!! And, Summer Camp is just about over, so it's time to read everyone’s submissions.

I didn’t make my goal of silver for this year’s Summer Camp, but I did at least get copper, so I’m happy with that.

I also started featuring other Anvilite’s work that I like on my world’s homepage (and discord), every Tuesday I’ll pick a new thing to feature, and write a little blurb about it and what I liked (I did forget one week because it was a day before I left for a family reunion).

I’ll list the articles featured this past month below! There’s also a form post you can check out to see all the previous featured things.


Featured this Month

Featured Archive

The Anvilgate by Make lore, not war (First featured article! End of June)

Bottled Sleep by Demongrey

Fal Nép by CoolG1319

Mirastelai by Hanhula

Dragon Tattoos by SoulLink


< Updated >

Shatterscale Rift

Ancient Dragonkin

< New Additions >

Ridgford

Ridgeback Mountains

Rift Vinetail

Khael’dran

Legend (title)

Crystal Tea

Crystal Tea Myth

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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-11)

> Issue 11 - Summer Camp is here!!


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Summer Camp is here! And it’s my first time being a sponsor! (You’ll see later)

Last year, I used my own tracker based on Graylion’s tracker. I recently made a tutorial for it a couple weeks ago, so if anyone wants to use it in their world, you can grab it here:

Summer Camp Tracker

Inspired by Demongrey's article in his world, The Million Islands, I thought it was neat to highlight the community's favorite articles, so I did the same, with the addition of my personal favorites.

Favorite Articles

I also tweaked my homepage a little during the Summer Camp prep. I now have a featured section at the bottom, just above the community section. :smile: About every week or so, or when I remember to, I’ll feature a new article I like from the community! I wanted to give some love back to the community.

I also created a forum post listing all the previously featured items, along with my blurb about them.

Featured Archive

I've also created a new channel/role on my Discord for featured items, so you can get notified of such things instead of checking my homepage every time. (You should totally join it!)

Discord Server


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{ Technical }

Homepage

Acknowledgements

AI Usage

Easter Eggs


Shatterscale Rift

< New Additions >

{ Technical }

Hall of Fame

Summer Camp Tracker

Favorite Articles


Draconian Deck

Rift Scarab

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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-10)

> At #10 already?? Oh boy, Summer Camp prep! I also made a card game.


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Oh boy, Summer Camp is coming! The preparations for it are happening right now :slight_smile:

I’m pledging to achieve the Silver Badge as I have several things going on in July. Hopefully, the laptop I ordered will arrive in time.

Asmo hosted a fun little challenge last month, Dip a Toe In, to write an article that could exist in the world of another World Anvil member. Inspired by BlueFairy74's Dragon's Hoard board game, I created a dragon-themed card game called Scourge War.


< Updated >

Notebook: Short Ideas

Coalition Officer

Dragonguard

Archon of the Dragonguard

< New Additions >

Rewrite Challenge 2025

Summer Camp 2025 / Prep

Scourge War Card Game

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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-9)

DPR 9
by Nulcheck
Issue 9 - April showers bring May flowers!
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Only one new article this month, but the main Dragonkin article has been reworked, now with tabs! I added additional general info about the dragonkin in my world, as well as some images, moved the cladogram to its own tab, and added a gallery. I’ll probably work on the layout a bit more, but that’s for later.   Also, I finally got around to adding the subspecies to the different borewyrms. I’ve had them for a while but never got around to adding them to the articles.   And finally, I’ve added most of the ideas I had in my quick notes channel on my discord to the public notebooks in my world for all to see. So, there’s that.
< Updated >
Notebook: Short Ideas
Notebook: Ancient Dragonkin
AI Usage
Dragonkin
Earthwyrm
Sandwyrm
Borewyrm   < New Additions >
Messenger Bee   #dpr
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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-8)

DPR 8
by Nulcheck
Issue 8 - LotD's birthday was last week! And April is upon us now.
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Well, Legends of the Dragonguard is now a year old! My world's first birthday was on the 25th, and it was a perfect excuse to have pizza and cake (Ha, like I needed an excuse for that).   In light of the Dragonguard’s birthday, I uploaded what I wrote for NovelEmber 2024 as a rough “rough draft” version of the manuscript to World Anvil! It was public before, but not in an easy-to-read format, but now it is! I made a post about that on World Anvil a few days ago.   Legends of the Dragonguard | NE24RD   There were not too many additions this month; I procrastinated too much. I did enter into the 12in12 community challenge for this month about food, but that’s the only new article. There have been, however, a few article updates! And more to come. :)
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Zella Solara
Dragonguard
Borewyrm
Anaq
Dragonkin   < New Additions >
Emberland Potato Soup
Legends of the Dragonguard | NE24RD Manuscript   #dpr
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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-7)

DPR 7
by Nulcheck

Issue 7 - New homepage, more character lore, and second round of Worldbuilding Awards voting starts in a week!
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The first round of Worldbuilding Awards voting is over!   I have added secret spoiler content to some articles; they are hidden by default. If you want to see them, grab your security clearance by joining the subgroup below!
TS/SCI Clearance   < Updated >
Homepage
Information Brief
Content Warning
Dragonkin
Shimmerhorn
Dragonguard
Dragonbane Order
Sabretail
Valen Blackthorn
Vexx Corvance   < New Additions >
{ Technical }
AI Usage
Security Clearance



Whiptail Wyvern
Quicksilver
Mk11 Repeater   #dpr #wawa
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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-6)

Issue 6 - Worldbuilding Awards voting starts soon, let's gooo!
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The first round of voting for WorldAnvil's Worldbuilding Awards is almost here! I've submitted to a few categories; you can check them out in my Worldbuilding Awards overview article.
  I've never won anything in life, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Best of luck to everyone else, too!
  I've expanded the Dragonguard's structure and history. I’ve also updated the introduction page along with several other articles. Currently working on redesigning my world’s homepage, too. But, there's still more work to do!
 
Worldbuilding Awards 2025
Generic article | Oct 1, 2025

Worldbuilding Awards Entries 2025

2025 New Year's Resolutions
Generic article | Oct 1, 2025

WorldEmber reading challenge and 2025 resolutions.


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Dragonguard
Information Briefing (formally "LotD Guide")
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2025 New Year's Resolutions
Worldbuilding Awards 2025
Pickled Green Tomatoes
Azurbay
Director of Finances and Resources
Director of Public Affairs
Air Marshal
Field Marshal
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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-5)

Issue 5 - WorldEmber is just about done, and it's time for a new year! Y'know what's funnier than 24? 25!
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Happy New Year! A whole month of worldbuilding is now over, with many new additions and changes!   < Updated >
Nyxara
Dragonguard
Archon of the Dragonguard
Airigold   < New Additions >
Lleah
Shimmerhorn
Drakeridge
Christopher Merrick
Fleet Admiral
Director of Logistics
Dragonguard Council
Coalition Officer
Wyvern Wasp
Seastone
Basilisk Crab
Sentinel Commander
Scalemite
Outpost Zero
Graphene Battery
Forgefest
Mochi's Mocha
Global Logistics Agency
Small Tactical Universal Battery   #worldember #dpr
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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-4)

Issue 4 - With 20k words for NovelEmber down, it's time to get right into WorldEmber!
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Well, I've completed my NovelEmber goal of 20k words a few days ago — a 30 day writing streak at almost 21k words! I'll have to add what I've written in the manuscripts here on WA for rough draft readers or something, but you can read what I wrote for every day on my Substack.
  But with November over now, it's time to go right into the next event: WorldEmber! I've got a backlog of stuff I need to create pages for.
  And if you want to get notifications for only certain things within my world, I've set up a Notifications page!
Also, I've added content warning tags on the homepage, to denote the kinds of sensitive content is within the world. Any page that has such content is tagged and will display a spoiler at the top.
  I've also created a page with more information about the Content Warnings on the site.
Content Warning
< Updated >
Notebook: Short Ideas
Notebook: Ancient Dragonkin
Dragonguard
Valen Blackthorn
  < New Additions >
{ Technical }
Notifications
Content Warning
Generic Random Generator
Simple Prompt Tracker
  #novelember #worldember #dpr
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Dragonguard Progress Report (DPR-3)

Issue 3 - Now more mobile friendly! And also, other spooky updates.
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  Spooky month came with a World Anvil challenge: Spooktober! This time around, my submissions were stories told by pirates.   But now it's time for a whole new event for World Anvil: NovelEmber! Let's write 50k words! (Or whatever your goal is)
November is also the prep month for WorldEmber, so I gotta make a prep page for that.   I have decided to share my writing progress on my Substack and add to it as the days go by.     I created a word goal tracker, if anyone wants to use it. I've also made a list of character traits and put them in a sortable, searchable table!
Word Goal Tracker
Generic article | Sep 7, 2025

A tutorial on how to use the Word Goal Tracker; a simple tracker / log for a writing goal.

Character Traits
Generic article | Sep 7, 2025

A list of character traits and their description.


Also, I've been updating the site to make it more mobile friendly.  
  • ​The sidebar menu is now hidden on mobile; you have to expand it with a trigger button. The TOC is still kind of in the sidebar, but there's a separate trigger button below the menu trigger that will expand the sidebar but only show the Table of Contents.
  • The navboxes at the bottom of pages are now displayed as a single column on mobile.
  • Event banner at the top changes to fit smaller screens.
  • Some specific pages got better mobile friendliness, too!
  • Rayhaven Dragonguard Academy instructor tables are now displayed as a single column.
  • The Characters page now has a tab for displaying the legend on mobile, kind of like another sidebar.

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    Notebook: Short Ideas
    Notebook: Ancient Dragonkin
    Ivis Larkspur
    Vexx Corvance
    Draconian War   < New Additions >
    { Technical }
    Character Traits
    Spooktober 2024 Event Page
    Word Goal Tracker
    Article Tracker



    Pirate Tales: Legend of Mako
    Pirate Tales: The World Hole
    Pirate Tales: Void Leviathan
    Pirate Tales: Ancient Novascale
    Pirate Tales: Captain cuts out pirate's tongue
    Pirate Tales: Fate of the Stormrider
    Pirate Tales: Harboring a Necrodrake
    Pirate Tales: Gilded Scales
    Pirate Tales: Dragonspire Lair
    Pirate Tales: Forgotten Forest
    Pirate Tales: Drake of the West
    Pirate Tales: Armored Wyrm   #spooktober #novelember #dpr
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