The Refugium: An Overview

[@sawendev]

"Which I steadily began writing up into a book. But then I got distracted from the story by the worldbuilding, and then I got distracted from the worldbuilding by the conlanging." I relate way too much to these sentences.

[@alostalex7449]

I also relate to this because I get distracted from everything by anything

[@Enkrod]

This move is called the Tolkien

[@px6883]

Reverse Tolkien

[@masicbemester]

Big fat mood

[@CapyMartinBara]

I felt a sharp pain in my soul hearing that

[@Vardanix2468]

Honestly if he were to continue his alien biospheres series into sapience and make a history like this world's i would honestly just die from joy

[@druidiclich3011]

Agreed

[@TheWilyx]

Please yes!

[@oogaboogabe3464]

I'd love to see him come up with some languages for them too

[@Vardanix2468]

@@oogaboogabe3464 oh yes that would also be incredible!

[@dboot8886]

I just assumed that's what he was doing.

[@23AlexandreJ]

"Flying spiders" man are you trying to create Australia or something?

[@Sci0927]

animals in the alien biospheres series eh.

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

@@Sci0927 No, he mentioned it in this video.

[@ashenen2278]

@@fomalhaut_the_great I think he meant that animals in the Biosphere series are more Australianesque, as the bigger animals look like giant spiders

[@dani.lepore9410]

Man, there are fucking armored bear-trap-mouthed fish. It is worse than Australia😰

[@RoberttheWise]

From the creator of the squid faced elephants and mandible jawed spider-horses of the alien biosphere: Flying spiders.

[@NcxX-c8f]

18:48 If you can pause right there, there's a single frame of some kind of logo. Please be foreshadowing. And please more Refugium: this is even better than I had hoped. Edit: yep, it’s Aan

[@px6883]

Lol I noticed it earlier but I thought it was an editing mistake. I managed to stop it right were it shows the logo. Looks really strange tbh

[@dandanthedandan7558]

I thought I missed a video or something cause I don't recognize this logo, hope it's foreshadowing

[@alostalex7449]

Oh it most definetly is foreshadowing

[@someperson7635]

I can't wait to see what it means.

[@deadmanomegagaming4061]

@h I'm on mobile :,(

[@adridaplague-boi]

Refugium? An interesting name, to say the least. I like it. I’d love to see what happens when they discover electricity and explore the shadow lands, it sounds really interesting.

[@andresmarrero8666]

Or lava flows, or glowing orbs of light due to chemical and pressure differences. They don't really need to harness electricity like we did.

[@dandanthedandan7558]

The sun is also inherently magical but the people don't seem to have magical tools or spells so I'm curious about this too

[@ape_on_rhino8467]

They will found our that the rest of the planet is ded and they are in fact one planet drifting through void between galaxies, kept alive by the unexplainable energy source.

[@ape_on_rhino8467]

@@dandanthedandan7558 sounds like it's not their design. And the whole world sounds like science experiment of some sort. I like it.

[@John_Buckson]

Yeah like the thermal vents but on land or even other suns

[@devinhoxha1757]

Tsannur:Collapse 6 times China:Those are rookie numbers

[@halyoalex8942]

I had flashbacks to History of the entire world I guess as soon as he mentioned that

[@Pharry_]

France: are you challenging me?

[@lyly_lei_lei]

“China is whole again!” “Then it broke again!”

[@wtc5198]

Albania?

[@nix3l_]

The amount of effort you put into this is just breathtaking, i could barely make one conlang, let alone an entire world of them. Its very inspiring . Ive been watching you for a while, and seeing an overview of everything is really appreciated! Thanks!

[@TheZetaKai]

I believe that, if you get nothing else from Biblaridion's fantastic body of work so far, you should know that you CAN make a conlang, one that you are proud of and others will be interested in. All you need is a little thought, a lot of time, and some modicum of work, and you can take what you've learned here and make something that will inspire other would-be conlangers.

[@Duiker36]

I personally realized that I have no particular interest in conlanging. Linguistic trivia is fascinating and seeing how stuff fits together is amazing, but what I'm into is the worldbuilding, so I focused on what I cared about rather than trying to do everything. So my world has one-dimensional languages that were generated by a script, but all of my effort goes into figuring out how the societies work and where they came from.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Wow. I’ve literally never considered a world like this. With different physical mechanisms to create reality. Most fictional worlds are boring compared to this. It’s genuinely incredible.

[@thegreatdream8427]

Reminds me of a world of mine from when I was 12 that's on the inside, rather than outside, of a giant sphere, with the sun (actually the corpse of a god, slowly decomposing and going black) in the middle. I should do something with that.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@thegreatdream8427 good idea. These worlds are fascinating. My love is history. Fictional history can be just as compelling.

[@kirkkerman]

You should check out Worldbuilding Notes, she has a lot of worlds with interesting physical mechanisms!

[@sleepiestgf]

"Due to certain events" ominous

[@anrylstudios]

*Diana Cavendish profile pic* ah, a fellow conlang weeb

[@jslice6137]

little do we know it’s just climate change

[@sleepiestgf]

@@jslice6137 lmao

[@Pharry_]

I like to imagine they managed to get up to the sun and somehow managed to blow it up thus freezing over the refugium and killing everyone

[@ellies_silly_zoo]

@@Pharry_ Tower of Babel: USA Edition

[@mosterchife6045]

I hope later when they have better technology they go explore the dark lands. I really wanna see what’s in there. I think it could be done using flashlights and very insulated suits akin to our space suits that we use, just minus the oxygen tanks and probably colored black instead of white to attract more heat. I’d also bring weapons in case those silhouettes of beasts that you mention weren’t fairytales. And of course, a lot of food.

[@penfelyn]

A lot of food and a lot of fuel

[@mosterchife6045]

@@penfelyn Yeah, fuel too.

[@aeaeeaoiauea]

17:45 "Many say that staring into the darkness for too long will drive one mad" If it does actually drive one mad, you can't really do anything to go there, there's probably something very powerful you don't want to see. I'm interested to see how scary the darkness could be.

[@mosterchife6045]

@@aeaeeaoiauea Considering Biblaridion’s universes are usually science based, I feel like the going mad part might be a fairytale.

[@aeaeeaoiauea]

@@mosterchife6045 Yeah, true.

[@toastpuppy3491]

This looks promising...

[@rasmusvanwerkhoven1962]

Agreed

[@vulcariusrex]

@@isaiahsalesin6985 triple agreed

[@Eli-gg3po]

@@vulcariusrex quadruple agreed

[@alostalex7449]

Heptuple agreed, or is it septuple? I forgot honestly

[@lordxperimental6960]

Octuple agreed

[@daver645]

Yes. More refugium is DEFINITELY needed, would love to hear more about the Nhlogqwa- BTW are they racially distinct from the other groups or just an extension of one of the other races?

[@probablynotyou9286]

They are the speakers of Ilothwii

[@SC-zq6cu]

I think they are the same race/subspecies as the thireans and the people of Tsannur. Thirea is the only major landmass close to Nhlogqwa so I don't think its anything else. Also, I think if it were a distinct race/subspecies he would mention it like he mentioned for the other cases.

[@TheKalihiMan]

In the Ilothwii video, he mentioned that the Ilothwii language was suspected to share a very distant common ancestor with the Thirean languages Nekachti and Edun. This leads me to suspect these peoples are of common stock, but that they have probably formed a distinct population given the time since divergence and the geographical isolation of the islands.

[@gunjfur8633]

"things from the outer darkness" sounds staight up lovecraftian

[@Flowtail]

if it were up to lovecraft, the "things" would probably just be some K'ama people

[@kasane1337]

@Daniel Marinho Hey, do you happen to know the name of Lovecraft's cat?

[@farmerchuck7294]

@@Flowtail painfully true

[@andrewjennings7306]

@@kasane1337 the cat that lives in Paris

[@tomm5663]

I know I’m 5 months late, but I noticed something this time I didn’t pick up on when first viewing this. On the volcano island, supposedly on the very edge of the world, perpetually shrouded in twilight, there are ruins. Many, many, ruins. Now the people that lived here a few thousand years in have developed ways to deal with the cold, but I’d say those who first colonised the islands wouldn’t have been able to survive, and certainly not thrive, in such a frigid environment. And certainly it wouldn’t be one of the first civilisations. So what’s going on here? Well here’s my crackpot theory. The people who first colonised the volcano islands thrived because it wasn’t cold, it was paradise. Once upon a time, those islands were warm, or at least warm enough to support decent civilisation. But it’s now began to grow colder. And colder. And colder. This leads to one, terrifying conclusion. The sun is _shrinking_

[@dyingbattery228]

This is a very scary conclusion, but at the same time makes complete sense.

[@cometnight0]

More ideas: -The sun is moving. -The sun has been reborn. (Sorta like the Aztec mythology concept of there being fives suns and therefore five ages.) Since there are the godlike essences, maybe as they each struggle for control, the world stops and restarts again? What about those things in the nightlands? Are they eldritch-godlike beings or are they just another part of what the essences control?

[@SupahTrunks7]

What if Aan is the most powerful essence bc it literally keeps the sun in place/from shrinking/from dying? It keeps the others in check by basically being undestroyable if you want anything to actually rule over after defeating it.

[@40watt53]

@@cometnight0 I love the idea of the sun moving. Imagine this whole thousands-year empire is built around worshiping the sun and sticking to their ancient traditions but then within like a month the sun has moved 2000km towards those dudes you don't like.

[@kakahass8845]

Yeah, the way he talks about the story and how he mentions "Their ultimate fate is unknown" means the sun is shrinking and the story is probably gonna be about finding a way to survive or factory reset the sun.

[@TruckTheDuck]

2:51 if, hypothetically, someone were to scour the umbral plains, seeking vengeance against the dark lords who had wronged him, would those that tasted the bite of his sword call him anything in particular?

[@hiddengardenflowerdance]

@Ezh__ Its a Doom reference lol

[@sam-zb1jy]

tHe dOOm SlaYeR *doot*

[@geraldtheoctopus1594]

The Gloom Slayer

[@Pharry_]

This feels like an obvious reference to something that I don’t get

[@eyx9421]

18:47 flashy flashy

[@davidelambardi]

Astounding. The description of the dark region alone gave me chills. You translated a maritime ecosystem into a terrestrial one, with light gradually disappearing not with depth but distance. I'm wondering if bioluminescent animals could live at its border, sustaining themselves by "what enters their realm", sorta like abyssal creatures does into Earth's seas.

[@penfelyn]

No one: Biblaridion, describing his concultures: S O P H I S T I C A T E D

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

They are all sosphisticated except for people that may live in that huge deserr

[@mosterchife6045]

When you make a sentient/sapient species on your alien planet you should make a language for them too

[@myrinsk]

Yeahhhh

[@johnroach9026]

Yes but knowing the species currently around, it's going to be those damn tree spiders that evolve language

[@MRCOLOURfilld]

@@johnroach9026 maybe, but I would love to see an aquatic species evolve sentience.

[@approximateCognition]

*Languages

[@ancientswordrage]

What makes you think Bib hasn't?

[@anapricot-t1c]

Mapping vids in 2019: "Germany in a nutshell" "Italy vs. Poland" "Alternate future of Europe" Mapping vids in 2020:

[@ashenen2278]

Вижу, вы человек изысканного вкуса🧐

[@plant5875]

is it really mapping tho

[@penfelyn]

Oh, a biblwatcher with a russian name. I thought that I won't find any beside of me

[@ashenen2278]

@@penfelyn да я тоже в шоке)

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

@@penfelyn a what?

[@benjamins4699]

The Night Lands are so eerie! Legitimately terrifying! Well done!

[@DStrormer]

Neat. I particularly dig your cosmological structure of multiple moons passing intricately between the land and sun in a manner that feels constructed, like the workings of a machine.

[@Utnapishtim89]

So I'm guessing shadows in this world would be somewhat unusual (outside the obvious Shadow Lands’ “shadows”), since shadows cast by the sun would be more or less permanent. I wonder what sort of unusual flora/fauna might develop within the larger areas of shadow cast by mountains, or canyons or other large features. I also wonder if reflecting light would play a large role in the lives of the world’s people. Since the light from the sun is unmoving, you could easily set up any type of polished surface to reflect the sunlight towards a specific spot, and it wouldn't waiver or need adjusting (during the day obviously). Shutters and other simple mechanisms could be used to suddenly light, or darken, areas. The layout of buildings could be altered if natural light could be artificially directed into normally dark interiors; I can especially see religions utilizing reflected light for dramatic effect within their architecture or rituals. Things like solar ovens, water heater, etc. could be set up and would have a permanent, consistent, and easy to scale output. Long range communication systems could be set up relatively easily using focused light bounced from one reflected surface stationed at towers or some similar type of relays. I am absolutely not any sort of expert on light, or optics or anything related to this, so I will leave it there. I am worried I might be missing some obvious issues that make all of these concepts untenable, but my mind immediately ran away with ideas about this, and I wanted to at least mention them. One final thought: Since every "night" is essentially an eclipse, I wonder if the people of the world would give any special significance to those odd, crescent-shaped shadows that things like trees, and any other variation of a pinhole, cast right before and after totality. Or, would they just be considered completely normal, and treated as nothing more fantastic than an indicator for when night is approaching? Either way, I assume the people in the areas that experience the eclipses would have unique words for them, and they would likely feature in poetry and various sayings/idioms. Sorry if that is a bit of a ramble. I felt the need to write this all down quickly before the concepts could get away from me. I just love these types of what-if worldbuilding concepts. Great vid Bib!

[@TheZetaKai]

This is a very underrated comment, & is indicative of the kinds of imaginative consequential worldbuilding that Bib should incorporate into the Refugium, if he hasn't already.

[@40watt53]

Absolute banger comment wtf Ever see those solar furances where they get all the light from a massive french hill and put it into one little spot? Imagine that but it was built in like ancient china for some cool reason im not creative enough to think of

[@hansmorktopphol901]

Will you ever talk about how lexical stress can move from one syllable to another? Like how proto-Germanic had a sound change that moved stress to the first syllable of the root of the word, or how stress was moved from the final to the penultimate syllable in Cornish during the eleventh century

[@thorndust5329]

Sometimes is just... happens

[@TheRealFlenuan]

The case with Proto-Germanic is just an example of leveling. In other words, in Pre-Proto-Germanic stress was unpredictable and had to be “memorized” for every word and created meaningful distinctions, whereas by Proto-Germanic it had become predictable and non-distinguishing.

[@novvain495]

In Proto-Germanic's case, it was because the distinction between PIE "accented" and "unaccented" syllables was destroyed and replaced

[@bagelmeister2295]

"Home to all except one of my conlangs" hmm, I wonder which...;p

[@JontyLevine]

Little does he know that the gods who built this world spoke Thandian. And for that reason alone, their speech is not decipherable by us mere mortals.

[@adridaplague-boi]

It might be the one he’s currently making a series about

[@Thelukestudio]

@@adridaplague-boi it definitely is that one, he said it in one of his videos iirc

[@Alice-gr1kb]

Thandian was kinda the oldest iteration of Edun. notice how “Tsann(ur)” and “Thand” line up, and how langs like Ilothwii were made soon after the abandoning of Thandian

[@mgreen2541]

that doesn't include discontinued and scrapped projects tho

[@BoisegangGaming]

5:48 ".... flying spiders...." Thanks, I hate it.

[@colireg]

he had a glyph for flying spider in one of his conlangs. now it makes sense.

[@alostalex7449]

And you'll also hate that it is hypothetically possible for them to exist in real life _i am sorry for having to bring that up to your information table_

[@azechase6597]

@@alostalex7449 a number of spiders have bodies that can function similar to parachutes or sailing, so that they can glide in the wind or fall gracefully from heights. This is how golden orb weavers migrate.

[@samuelmarger9031]

[ɨᶰɢɨ] At least how I think it is pronounced.

[@alostalex7449]

@@azechase6597 huh, good to know

[@Forestman000]

Are we all just going to ignore that right at the start he literally says that something happened to the entire populace? And then proceeds to constantly refer to every civilisation in the past tense.

[@px6883]

I absolutely love this world. Such a creative premise that would serve for so many great stories.

[@jehooft8569]

I'm really interested in this world now. Especially the eeriness of the dark lands and the "enormous ineffable things" that roam there. What's past these giant sheets of ice in the oceans? As mankind progresses, they would discover more and more about these fringe lands. It's all so interesting I'm really hoping to see more of this

[@eybaza6018]

They would explore the dark lands in a similar fashion to our world humans exploring outer space.

[@VisiblyPinkUnicorn]

"But then I got distracted from the story by the worldbuilding" Same, same. Finished my novel's second draft just an hour ago after five years passed just writing, deleting, rewriting, redeleting and re-rewriting the worldbuilding :-D

[@0Aquamelon]

I SAW THIS AND GOT SO HAPPY

[@jensl5956]

I never clicked on anything this fast in my life

[@slamwall9057]

Neither have I

[@px6883]

Same

[@muhtesemsiyanur]

Same

[@jadonschroer8143]

I feel you brother

[@joaovitorvignoly7755]

YESSSS

[@tux1468]

I seriously want there to be a series about exploring the unknown parts of Refugium, like what's in the dark area? Or what are those moons supported by? These are burning questions that just NEED to be answered.

[@bretttracey8406]

My world is also roughly circular and flat with a central star, has an alternate biosphere somewhat, and is season-less with a sun-worshipping imperialist human empire! Ours are different enough that I don't feel the need to scrap anything, but man, it's weird how completely different people can come up with such similar stuff. Loved this, really hope to see more Refugium!

[@alexp.4270]

I 100% would love to see more content on the Refugium. Running a table top game in this setting sounds like tremendous fun.

[@MapIeJam]

Theoretically if there is one sun then there may be more. I would like to believe that there are more oasis's of life far out in the darkness. makes me want to borrow your idea and make a sister "world" using the same mechanics as yours. of course i would need your permission. :)

[@kebi7792]

Do get inspired, but do not copy the idea. I've found it very enriching to take a general idea or mechanics and ponder about its possible variations I could use in my worldbuilding. That way I'm not copying anyone's ideas, but rather making myself discover entirely new things!

[@lordxperimental6960]

Tbh it sounds like this man could make a book out of this idea. I'm not too sure if you should go around copying it too much.

[@MapIeJam]

@@lordxperimental6960 it wouldn’t be copying it would be using similar world mechanics

[@MapIeJam]

@@kebi7792 it wouldn’t be copying per say it would be similars world mechanics.

[@lordxperimental6960]

@@MapIeJam I know those are your intentions, and it's okay to do it unless you go full on public like Mr Bibliaridion over here.

[@scptime1188]

Been waiting for this ever since you mentioned it. Good work bib!

[@Liggliluff]

I like how Thandian is included in the document. "Naturalistic (done badly), Deleted, still kept alive"

[@rossglore345]

I've been watching your Alien Biospheres videos. I'm really glad I checked this video out though, it's absolutely fascinating. I'd love to hear more about it

[@Win090949]

Headcanon: this world used to be a futuristic planet, spherical and everything (not earth). Then everything collapsed when their sun died. The remaining geniuses built an artificial sun over tsannur that only shines in a 6000 km radius. They also built moons for day/night cycle. A long time passed and humans started over. Nobody of the present knows any of the “sun dying” story. Edit: grammar

[@ferociousfeind8538]

Not only is this intensely fascinating, but it goes to show how differently a world that is flat would behave from ours. It can sometimes seem quite similar (hence all the flat-earthers) but it is undeniably a different beast altogether. If someone tried to claim the world was round within the Refugium, they'd rightly be laughed out of town, banished to live outside of their magical sun's influence, probably.

[@Smol_Schan]

imagine it is, and there are several more suns scattered about the world. it would make sense. light doesn't just "fade" it could very well be disappearing off of the horizon.

[@spiderking8011]

@@Smol_Schan it still behaves as if it's flat though because the sun doesn't move.

[@alkebulanawah4242]

You just take the fun out everything 🙄

[@Mr.Amidar]

I don't know much English, so I'm sorry. Biblaridion, you are a very good author and Creator of worlds. With your brilliant imagination, you can write books. So I'll be waiting for a book on this world. I liked everything about this world: the very concept of having a shelter that is illuminated by the sun. And these five main ones and one far moon are brilliant. By the way, it reminded me of Atlantis (this was a cartoon) I also liked the concept of the animal world from extinct animals: Andrews, halicoteri, Trilobites (for which a separate like). I also liked the animals you made up: Flying spiders, seal-like animals, and beautiful flightless bats. I will wait for the next videos on Refugium, especially about its animal world and the geography of the no written lands. Continue at the same pace and you will succeed. Definitely like it.

[@uzer12345]

О я тебя видел на переводе от хамибина

[@Mr.Amidar]

@@uzer12345 да

[@oceanusprocellarum6853]

Bravo a thousand times over!!! I cannot explain how incredibly inspiring and immersive this was. Every aspect of the world was beautifully fleshed out and explained. I mean come on, I've never cared for anthropology or weather systems/topography in my life but now you've got me invested in those aspects of your world. In my mind, it all feels real. Honestly I wish it was (it would be darn cool to have labyrinthodonts and terror birds alive again). You do amazing work as always. I look forward to hopefully reading any sort of book or lore of this in the future!

[@amehak1922]

I have worlds I've been working for over a decade, I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[@raphaelzakhm7310]

Why not try to share them as well? Biblaridion proves that people are interested in well thought worldbuilding

[@amehak1922]

@@raphaelzakhm7310 writing a fictional travel guide about them.

[@Brightgalrs]

"The only refuge for the inhabitants in the midst of an otherwise forbidding, unknowable void, a tiny speck of light and life in a vast oppressive, all-encompassing cosmic darkness." Okay, I can definitely see why you would worship the sun.

[@yinayush8991]

I love how the background music mirrors that of the conlang showcase videos, with the same music playing at 7:00 as the Edun showcase etc.

[@arthurgabriel2625]

Biblaridon be posting really good content ngl doe😳

[@Jarethenator]

This here and the alien biospheres series are the crown jewels of this channel.

[@marcocamaiti212]

Beyond the rest, I love the biogeographical aspect of this. So well-detailed

[@widmawod]

I would love to see something like Feature Focus but for the social aspects of language, like "Feature Focus: Standard/Prestige Varieties" or "Feature Focus: Dialectal Variation".

[@Miki_Naz]

Wow, this is so damn interesting. Both the concept of the world and cultures in it seem SO unique and exciting. I really wish to learn more about this.

[@Liggliluff]

I can't help but read your comment in a sarcastic tone XD

[@emtheslav2295]

This is how you train for fast screen tapping

[@inari.28]

i just watch on 0.25 speed lmao

[@kevincsellak296]

Wow. I can show nothing but praise for your amazing skill, dedication, craftsmanship, and investment in this project. Truly inspiring. Yes, we would love to see more of these kinds of videos, even if they are far apart and less detailed than this one. If you ever do write that book, you can be sure we'll buy it. Keep on going great.

[@Nazar_Melnyk]

Uf, the story about dark lands is so terrifying, besides realization of the probable endlessness of this darkness...

[@lukesmith8896]

And the disrepair and age of the ruins on nhlogqwa imply that it used to be where the sun was above

[@matt_huesman]

It’s always makes my day to watch your videos. I can’t even begin to imagine how you start would plan all think all these things through. 👍

[@bunkfoss50yearsago53]

5:39 There have actually been flightless bats but they didn't last long and went extinct pretty early after starting to exist (according to the fossil record which isn't very good) Edit: They did still have wings however the were just too big to fly unlike the ones in this video which just had no wings

[@kakahass8845]

There still are flightless bats.

[@memeboi6017]

18:47 weird simboly

[@dmsammy7051]

Man, i'm gonna start on some Refugium fanfiction, as long as that's ok with the creator, of course.

[@samueltrusik3251]

This was an AMAZING video. I think it`s the only video better than your alien biospheres series.

[@GuyFromCanada]

Absolutely love this, would definitely watch more worldbuilding and exploration of this world

[@walterl322]

I expected a round world with a small, yellow sun, this was an extremely unexpected twist😂 But it was really interesting and actually quite inspiring for my own projects

[@wyvernscale9634]

Oh my goodness my previous comment was right, you have such an amazing world! Imma go binge the conlang showcases, you're amazing

[@Thebioknight]

Absolutely love the worldbuilding. I would like a future video expanding more on the biospheres and climates that would arise in such a world. The main things that intrigue me are how flora would adapt to these static climates that exist. Assuming these are earth-plants ported over, we know some attributes that would determine growing zones. For example, woody plants cannot exist on earth in climates with yearly average temperatures below 5 Celsius; this is one reason why treelines exist on mountains and in the polar regions. Another factor is that the process of photosynthesis cannot occur at temperatures above 38 Celsius, so likely no plants can live on that central plateau. Another thought: a static sun would mean that shadows are permanent. Any buildings, or local topography, that has a side with an angle steeper than the sun's rays at that location would have strong shadow that prevents plant growth. This would probably matter most with mountain ranges, where you would have permanently dark valleys on the sun-shadow side. This would also mean forest canopies would develop perpendicular to the sunrays. Normal forests in and near the sunny region, but in the umbral regions forests should become more staggered strips of Tall, short, med, and then Tall as the sunlight is blocked and absorbed by the trees. Overall, there are so many cool environments that I could imagine would develop in the Refugium, and I would love to know your thoughts and ideas on this.

[@BannersglareTheDreamWriter]

18:22 That took a bleak, Lovecraftian turn.

[@hansmorktopphol901]

This is great, and I’d love to see more from the Refugium!

[@JontyLevine]

Hmm, I can't help but wonder as to what the origins of this world might be. It's hard to say for certain, but the way the outer moon orbits in a perfect whole-number ratio to the orbits of the inner moons suggests this world (or at least this particular part of it) was engineered and not formed through entirely natural means. But who knows? Do the gods really inhabit this world, or are they a force beyond it? Either way, I can imagine it would be trivially easy for the people to design a calendar system with exactly 360 days, and 72 'weeks' consisting of 5 days each. I suppose then the *real* question is: what counting system would they predominantly use? The 360-day year favours base 12, whereas the 5-day week favours base 10.

[@anapricot-t1c]

*E L E V E N*

[@LittleGoblinBoi]

@@anapricot-t1c how about base 13?

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

10.999999

[@carso1500]

maybe the world was created by an ancient human civilization as a safe heaven before the entire universe was engulfed by the eldrtich gods (because lets be sincere, the darkness is obviously inhabited by those beings)

[@novaace2474]

Just did the math, this would have a surface area of ~314,159,265 square kilometers, and earth has a surface area of ~510,100,000 kilometers, meaning this would only be about 3/5 the size of earth.

[@eumemo4814]

I think your math is wrong

[@Enceladus2106]

I love how creative you are with your worldbuilding. I swear I could listen to you talk about your world and how it works for hours, it's just too fascinating! Super impressive.

[@Ditidos]

I love it, I definetly want to see more of your worldbuilding projects. Very interesting stuff.

[@WasatchWind]

This reminds me of the world of the Stormlight Archive - and that's just about the highest praise I can give.

[@halyoalex8942]

I see you're a man of culture as well ;)

[@WasatchWind]

@@halyoalex8942 Strength before weakness

[@halyoalex8942]

@@WasatchWind Journey before destination

[@Mr.KokoPudgeFudge]

18:48 wtf was that logo? Also, I would love to see more of the Refugium.

[@NurComments]

I love how this is kept so simple compared to the newer very professional worldbuilding channels, yet it's so detailed, moody and captivating. as someone who worldbuilds without being a visual artist, very cool to see how you were able to compensate that through sheer effort

[@vaultdude4871]

Using extinct animals for fantasy settings is something that I myself I do.

[@eybaza6018]

Who doesn't?

[@part9952]

I just found out about your channel and i gotta say im really amazed. I myself started a „con-universe“ where i try to piece together all of my con-langs, con-worlds and con-cultures in 2014 and didnt really think that there are any other people doing this as well! I thought i‘m a bit strange for developing and creating such a complex connected universe as a hobby in my free time but its really great seeing others doing it as well! I love your work! Subbed immediately!

[@Dantheawesome2705]

This was one of the most fantastic, well thought out videos I have ever seen! I am super looking forward to whats coming! Loved the detail in all your alien biosphere videos as well even if the creatures are pure nightmare fuel

[@render6030]

A single frame has got me hooked on this world's story. I hope you really continue to share this amazing story with us! But damn you man, this vid is going to stick in my head for weeks now, the theory's are forming and questions rising in my head! thanks for the awesome content! KEEP IT UP!

[@PalaeoJoe]

This was a lot of fun I'd like to see more from the Refugium in the future

[@sleeppy_D]

I'm in love with this world! I would love to see more content about it, I have so many questions. Reminds me of SCP 5005: Lamplight because of the stationary light source vs mysterious void that can drive crazy. Really well done.

[@falnica]

Calling it now, the Sun moved a long time ago, which made civilization collapse, that's why Nhlogqwa is the oldest human settlement, that's why they had writing before everyone else, and why they lost it, and someday the sun will move again

[@kakahass8845]

In my opinion the sun is dimming, which is scarier since there's nothing you can do to stop it as the habitable area becomes smaller and smaller.

[@Asurnasurpal]

This is fantastic! I'd love to have some more detailed explorations of this setting. And of course, I can't help but confess that I'm crossing my fingers that eventually Alien Biospheres will progress to similar discussions of grand civilizational exploration and conflict.

[@OutHere1]

Hey dude, first off no hate and I’m wishing you the absolute best with this project, but this is remarkably similar to a world I’ve been tinkering with, also for about a decade now. I had the idea while looking up at my fan and textured ceiling and imagining it as a map with a stationary, unmoving source of light in the center and “fan blade” moons. It seems like you must have had pretty much the exact same thought. After I had the initial idea, I gradually added to it. PBS Eons and other such content that I’ve watched throughout the years inspired me to start populating the world with prehistoric/prehistoric-inspired animals. Again, it wouldn’t surprise me if your creative process has been similar. When you see a cool animal in a video and you have a world-building side project (however seriously or casually you approach it), it’s a very short leap to think of something similar to add to it. Now, you’ve clearly been more active in developing and promoting your take on the idea - I’ve been toying with the possibility of making videos and fleshing the idea out more someday (just trying to finish university first) - but I have to say, it makes me kinda anxious that the idea is no longer exactly “mine”. Thought I was sitting on a gold mine of creativity. I have no clue how actively I’ll pursue this idea once I finally have the time, but I’m getting this out there now just in case people think I stole my idea from you. Again, best of luck in your creative endeavors, and I might have to go back to the drawing board to make it a bit more unique.

[@ShahrukhKhan-qo9pw]

Would love to see your vedio!

[@milesfoster8190]

Last time I was this early the animals still hadn’t left land

[@the7th494]

What

[@otakuman6049]

@@the7th494 reference to alien biosphere

[@CabbyHat]

This is extremely cool - I'd love to see more, especially about Nhlogqwa

[@Nicktechno-jl2pd]

I really want to know more about The Refugium. You are so creative!!

[@shu830]

18:48 does anyone know what does this mean?

[@kevincastillomorales4858]

Nope its foreshadowing

[@darnellsimpson4413]

I love and appreciate, the originality, of the entire presentation!!!

[@judebrading4575]

I was loving this until I heard flying spider.

[@prospero4060]

Same lol

[@lordxperimental6960]

Imagine that thing flying at you full pelt. Shivers. Actual shivers.

[@theuniversalstegosaurus7911]

Can't wait for flying rats

[@lordxperimental6960]

And..... Flightless bats which are practically freaking demons

[@Mikeinator_]

They probably come in swarms.

[@TitansTracks]

@18:48 - It's aliens! For real though this looks very interesting. I was drawn to this channel because of the Alien Biospheres saga, but this Refugium idea reminds me of 2 things: The excellent world building that Kruggsmash does with his Dwarf Fortress series & it reminds me of Lamplight from the SCP series. You would crush it writing an SCP, I feel like it'd be pretty damn detailed and entertaining. The amount of creativity in this video is just amazing! 💎

[@chookidipop4451]

lovely to see you again

[@williamcarmichael7777]

One of the coolest worlds I have ever seen... recently became interested in conlangs and found your channel. This video made me click subscribe. Please let us know if you ever get around to finishing that book! Phenomenal languages and world-building!

[@flameendcyborgguy883]

" There are some things i cannot talk about yet" Me: Hmm... My gamer senses are tingling... *quick flash of the flag* *rewinds, and on minimal speed tries to stop on the map, but cannot* Ok, so flag if i seen it properly is green circkle on a white background with golden cros with ring around it center.

[@gal749]

Interesting. Now I'm gonna binge on your conlang showcases.

[@harper5128]

quality as always man

[@bloodypigeon]

Thanks Bib, I had wondered about how this world would be after watching the conlang videos, and then you anounced you would make it soon after.

[@chrisgaming9567]

You aren't the same BloodyPigeon from Discord, right?

[@bloodypigeon]

@@chrisgaming9567 It's me the admin from the Alien Biospheres Discord servers, yes

[@chrisgaming9567]

@@bloodypigeon Oh, well just to let you know, I still exist. I know you probably wish I didn't.

[@bloodypigeon]

@@chrisgaming9567 Can we just not have this convesation, or at least leave it out of KZbin? if you wanna talk, talk to the other team leads. I don't want you to not exist, I was/am just disappointed in you.

[@chrisgaming9567]

@@bloodypigeon Yeah, I wasn't planning on having a long conversation here either. Although you should probably edit out the "disappointed" excuse because no-one reading this is going to fall for that.

[@cassiopeiasfire6457]

Damn. I *really* enjoy worldbuilding that uses a rather outlandish concept (like a flat world with a fixed sun) and takes it seriously and fleshes things out logically from there. Your Alien Biosphere series, the glowfic Silmaril, Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere, some of my favorite stories and worlds are structured like this. The alternate evolutionary path is also lovely, and I'd love to see more sophisticated biology in fantasy worldbuilding.

[@supercyc10]

You basically described a smaller scale tidally locked planet and I love it xD

[@MmM-sd1yn]

Don’t think I missed that at 18:48 Sneaky....

[@jrfw96]

You are insanely intelligent. To create so many new planets, cultures, languages, and animals all in your free time is truly amazing

[@matthewcarter7309]

Love this kind of content, especially with your genius.

[@ukishnzer]

"The lands of perpetual evening". The awesomeness of that sent shivers down my spine.