Here it iiiissss!! The last page in the Introduction, I'm so stoked!!

I also finally got to name-drop the "working title," if you will, for the world TCotC takes place in. To clarify, the sapients and humans living in this world still call their home planet "Earth," their solar system has the same planets, the star is still called "Sol," etc., but I decided to name the whole universe TCotC takes place in "Altrea." As the page above implies, this is a very on-the-nose portmanteau of "alternate reality" -- I wanted some short and sweet name to allow for the real world and this fantastical one to be compared to one another without things getting too confusing... So, this was my solution. While the portmanteau might be a bit on the nose, the name has actually stuck -- I've even started pronouncing it differently ("all-tray-uh") in my head to really sell it to myself, too, haha.

So, that's the first segment of TCotC complete. 17 pages, wow. I can't believe my original gameplan didn't involve an introduction like this -- looking back and seeing all I've done, I see how essential it was for worldbuilding and exposition to have this little introductory chapter.

I'll be taking the next week off to try and build back up a buffer for Chapter 1 of TCotC; in the mean time, let me know what you guys think! How was the introduction? Are the mechanics of this fantasy world explained well enough, or do you think it needs out-of-text clarification for you to get the full picture?