Adventures In Calthumbria Sci-fi Universe
About:
Behold! Adventures In Calthumbria is a medieval sci-fi series set in a universe unlike anything you have ever known! Immerse yourself in a mythic world of coral castles, seaweed forests, nine-hundred kingdoms, and an abundance of wizards, monarchs, heroes, and unusual creatures of legendary lore! Embark on your gallant quest, far traveler, but beware...A mounting crisis involving an endangered species known as the Calthumbrian Sea Porcupine leaves the fate of all Calthumbria hanging in the balance! Find out why by reading here.
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Proposal:
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Adventures In Calthumbria is an entire universe of its own, an enigma whose meanings are conveyed through runic scriptures, royal tapestries, bardic sagas, and soon through the conjuring of magic illusions that move of their own accord (animated cartoon series, an interactive online RPG game, and more!)
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There is a podcast currently in the making, and an illustrated book wil be published as well. But, Calthumbria's storytelling potential is far greater than that! With enough support, making cartoons and video-games is the least of our potential! The great odyssey awaits, so join us, traveler, on a marvelous adventure!
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How You Can Help:
Adventures In Calthumbria needs help raising funds for publication, sound and video equipment, studio space, future projects, and contributing artists who are making these worlds manifest. Calthumbria is currently a DIY project, financed pretty much entirely on its own. The best way you can help is by donating! By joining Calthumbria's Patreon for as low as $2, you will be rewarded with early VIP release events, ad-free access to the podcast, an inside look at the artists' creative processes, footages of bloopers during recording sessions, as well as awesome prizes (like pins, map posters, book copies, and watercolor postcards!) The Creator of Calthumbria also accepts one-time donations.
Want to show your support, but don't have funds at this time? Please subscribe to Calthumbria's Reader List, in which you will receive monthly email updates! (Unsubscribe at any time.)
About the Creator:
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Max Silver (he/they) is the creator of this enterprise. He is the author of multiple unpublished manuscripts, a devious doodling artist, and a funky banjo-musician.
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The tale of Calthumbria began as a short story no longer than 15 pages, written in 2012. It was not until 2020 that Max began to truly flesh out Calthumbria, which evolved into a podcast series whose episodes were originally recorded via online Zoom meetings during the COVID pandemic. The book is now a trilogy, and the series seems to go on with no end in sight.
It is the creator's hope that Calthumbria brings you joy, laughter, and a healthy means of escape. It is not a bad thing to take breaks from reality every once in a while, so that you may return to life fully recharged! He also hopes this work inspires folks with neurodivergent brains to keep working on their passions and never give up. The sooner that stigma against people with various mental health conditions ends, the better.
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About The Podcast Team:
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Max Silver (he/they): Writer, Director, Illustrator, Creator, Voice Actor
KC Van Der Zee (they/them): Creative Consultant, Voice Actor, Music Composer
Adam Kennedy (he/him): Sound Designer
Yusef Graves (he/him): Voice Actor
Gabriel Martin Labrosse (he/him): Voice Actor
Latashia "Sarge" Govan (she/her): Voice Actor
Jet Noir (he/him): Voice Actor
Chris Steele (they/them): Voice Actor
Matteo Lovik (he/him): Voice Actor
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Statement
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Tales of speculative fiction, sci-fi, and fantasy help us broaden our imaginations and come up with creative solutions for real-life problems. When a reality is presented to us that shares some similarities but is ultimately different from our own, it is easier in this imagined space to think outside the box. By allowing ourselves to observe even the most ordinary of things in an environment where hypothetical what-ifs can flourish, there is opportunity for gaining newer perspectives and better insight, because the lens of fiction operates outside the usual perceived range of limited possibilities. As a result, fiction is a powerful tool that can be used to expand your intelligence, exhilarate your senses, and explore the most profound secrets of the universe, whether these mysteries are shrouded by the future, buried under the past, obscured by others, or perhaps they are hiding right in front of you, and all it took to see them was a different point of view!
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As creatures of habit who get easily bored, we need stories that amuse us. The world can get tedious sometimes...so why not escape into another one every now and then? What rich discoveries you will encounter, in the vibrant realms of Calthumbria! While I cannot guarantee that everything here will make absolute sense, I can guarantee plenty of laughter, silliness, satire, mildly inappropriate language, and intrigue.
One element all these worlds have in common is that they are unlike any other galaxies, fictional or otherwise, that you have ever witnessed. There is always a new beginning, another phenomenon, an uncharted territory on the map! I encourage you to take the less-trodden trail. While the journey might get weird, it will be a lot more interesting and worth it in the end.
Sincerely,
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Max Silver
Creator of Calthumbria
