Creators & Roles

Kat Rosemond, speculative fiction writer, is an up-and-coming author from Miami Gardens, Fl. She’s attending Miami Dade College to become an English teacher while establishing her writing career. Most days, she can be found writing on her laptop with the work of Hans Zimmer playing on her headphones as she works. When she’s not writing, she spends her time dueling her friends in The Saber Legion. It has been her dream since she was ten years old to be a published writer and she is doing her best to make that happen.

World summary/overview

The story takes place in the 23rd century on Earth. The countries of North America have been formed into the country of TerraDiem. The borders have been closed since the formation of the country under order of the first Chancellor Adair.

The country is divided by class with the poorest and those with little offer to the nation live further from the resources it has to offer. In the two centuries of Adair rule, there have been several attempts made to overthrow the government and expose the mistreatment of its citizens.

The content of former North America has been ravaged by climate change, changing what the map looks like. Most of Mexico is under water. The lands west of the Rocky Mountains are arid deserts. The northern Midwest part of the country, between the Rockies and the Apalachians is home to production and industry while the southern states have gourmet and organic farms. The eastern seaboard is where the elite of TerraDiem live and vacation.

The culture of TerraDiem is an elitist utopia for the ones closest to the Government. It becomes a dystopia the further away from the center of government you get. While the wealthy elite have garden parties, the middle class work hard on the farms that supply the elite their food. Those that cannot afford to live in luxury are forced into hard labor and enslavement in factories and factory farms. There is little in the way of infrastructure for those people, leaving them to fend for themselves.

Technology

The technology of this world is a slightly more advanced version of the technology we have today. While there are cell phones and computers, those kinds of things are intentionally kept out of the hands of those deemed less than worthy.

Culture

The culture of TerraDiem is an elitist utopia for the ones closest to the Government. It becomes a dystopia the further away from the center of government you get. While the wealthy elite have garden parties, the middle class work hard on the farms that supply the elite their food.

Those that cannot afford to live in luxury are forced into hard labor and enslavement in factories and factory farms. There is little in the way of infrastructure for those people, leaving them to fend for themselves.

Government

The government of TerraDiem is a totalitarian government. It is a capital G government with the Chancellery passing through the family of Ellis Adair. The current Chancellor of TerraDiem is Graham Adair, the great-great-great-grandson of the first Chancellor.

Pens Down 2023: TerraDiem

“Pens Down” serves as a creative worldbuilding workshop hosted by Syllble, where world creators extend invitations to writers and artists from the Syllble community. Together, they collaborate to bring these fictional realms to life through writing and imagination.