Building a Setting from the Ground Up!
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- Hey all? You like rocks? I hope so! this video's all about setting up a story from the very beginning, before culture, cities, civilization and characters, with a focus on the immediate resources that can be available within your setting. Hope it helps! :)
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Some useful notes on metals, mainly from old research I did while procrastinating on doing an art history essay school
-Although sources differ, early Ironworking methods to my knowledge create inferior tools to bronze if given a high enough Tin count. A main reason the move was made was that tin was a rare metal only found in certain areas (for example, in Ireland our Bronze Age people got their tim from Wales). A major collapse of civilisations in the Mediterranean the end of Bronze Age lead to all a collapse in trade, meaning this weaker metal was a substitute.
- This doesn’t mean Iron was disadvantageous, for Iron is a lot more common in the earths soil than the materials needed to make Bronze, which made it more practical and common when it comes to tool use. A good example of this would be in warfare, as metal weaponry could now be produced to an entire army, sculpted with the techniques already developed through bronze and gold use.
-Steel, like Bronze, is an alloy, instead being an alloy of Iron made with Carbon, initially using coal.
-Bronze, though usually made copper and tin, refers to several other copper alloys. Copper and Zinc and Copper and Arsenic are such examples. These also have other uses, but I forgot them :P
Arsenical bronze isn't actually substituting tin with arsenic, but adding small amounts of arsenic to another bronze recipe. It tarnishes differently depending on the amount of arsenic, and even a tiny amount of arsenic makes the bronze far tougher and harder- Compared not only to primitive ironwork, but also most pre-modern steels. As a fun fact about fiction, Tolkien probably based Mithril on arsenical bronze. The Sword of Goujian, a gorgeous ancient Chinese sword found in a tomb, was made from different ratios of arsenical bronze to form its complex geometric tarnish pattern.
That said, you're right about iron's commonness being advantageous. A popular theory is that the reason ancient humans switched to using iron and eventually steel was that it became difficult to find tin in the areas where that happened (particularly the mediterranean), so making bronze became extremely difficult; Another issue was that arsenical bronze (aka the good kind) produced toxic fumes in the forge, making it difficult and dangerous to smelt.
Steel isn't _just_ iron and carbon; It also contains other metals, nickel usually being a large component. Iron and carbon alone produce pig iron, which is heavy, brittle and not very useful except as cookware or grates. (Cast iron and wrought iron are made from pig iron.)
to my knowledge the greeks refered to the early iron age as a dark age because fpr example they could not get bronce and had to use iron istead which they saw as inferior.
@@lubenicmackavic2780 more because Greek society effectively collapsed in that period. It was so bad the writing system stopped existing
@@Emery_Pallas I am aware. I was not saying it was, i should i worded differently. The iron part was certainly playing into that though
A note on the video from someone who coincidentally learned about metal deposits recently: Copper and Iron aren't usually native metals in nature! The deposits where it's almost pure usually happen really sporadically (with some exeptions, see the Great Lakes Copper Deposit), and most of where they do show up is in much larger ore deposits, which need to be melted down. There's a fair bit of variation here, so keep in mind real life examples while worldbuilding!
While I do worldbuild for storytelling, my favorite hobby is literally worldbuilding and thinking too much about the tiny details is everything to me. I adore this stuff.
There’s something about Worldbuilding that is fun
*laughs in 283 google docs of material relating to just one fictional universe*
@@DirectorDeltathis is what i do instead of school work
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This is not only world buildings tips. This is an introductory video on mineralogy, biology, botanics and anthropology.
I love it.
An important note, in case it escaped your notice: While Aluminium is indeed one of the most common metals, it has been historically one of the hardest metals to mine. As such, up until the industrial revolution, Aluminium was considered rarer and more precious than gold or silver.
Finally! My Biology degree is useful for something! Loved to see someone hyperfixated on small aspects of worldbuilding that isn't me.
Hehe hyperfixated is definitely the word - glad you enjoyed it! It's awesome to see someone who knows the subject matter watching! :)
Aluminum is primarily extracted using a relatively new chemical process, and has ben a valuable and metal for a long time. Napoleon had a set of Aluminum cutlery to be brought out when he had important guests. @hannahsmth
I frequently fixate on specific aspects of the seting, sometimes at the exclusion of others as well.
Bruh, this is a ridiculously underrated channel
She’s the goat
amphibians actually thrive in cold environments outside the arctic circle, its reptiles that struggle with the lack of heat. europe especially is filled with newts and toads and frogs, and colder climates in america and asia are home to the three largest species of amphibian on the planet with the three extant giant salamanders.
For anyone reading this struggeling with creating their world: Artifexian has some really useful videos on where to place climate zones, ocean currents, wind patterns, resources, etc. Might save you some research work on the geological parts. He also goes quite in depth into plate tectonics and such, so it can help you create a really 'realistic' natural world, if that's what you want.
Might want to include Obsidian in your Native Elements, obsidian can be found around volcanoes and can be easily chipped to incredibly sharp edges, in fact obsidian can be made so sharp that it’s still used today for the finest of surgical scalpels. So very useful as arrowheads, spear points and knives. The main downside of obsidian is it’s brittleness but for an example of a larger weapon utilizing it you can check out the Aztec Macuahuitl, which according to one conquistadors account was so sharp it could decapitate a horse in one swing. Pretty sure the Aztec warrior swinging it was basically their version of Goliath but still not a material to overlook since it can be utilized as early as the Stone Age.
Thank you for including Fahrenheit! That was a very small but VERY NOCTICEABLE detail. Thank you. AMAZING VIDEO! Definitely inspirational to say the least and very informative!! I will say I will be watching everything here!
This is incredible! I always thought that I put too much time into research for settings but now I see I don't do enough! Immense thanks for all the details you put into this!
I like how youtube recommended me this after I started writing a new story and accidentally wrote paragraphs about the paper industry in my fantasy world
I’ve been trying to make sure I understand my setting.
Right now I’m worried my characters might exist in a vacuum because I haven’t really built anything beyond the land my story takes place.
Part of me thinks I need to go back and work on things like plate tectonics and continents, and the topography (especially if I want my setting to be in a savanna)
I do have a good understanding of the flora and fauna in my setting
I’m just impressed by how people can present their world building by showing the whole world but zeroing in on a specific setting. I just feel… like mine is underdeveloped by comparison
Hey its OK if your world isn't super developed yet! There's no shame in going back to tweak things and then running your existing elements back to make it all cohesive. And besides there's hundreds of different ways to write, you really don't have to build up every blade of grass if you don't want to! It all depends on your themes and the story you want to tell, if you wanna focus just on the savanna setting without branching into things like tectonics that's absolutely fine! Personally for my story I feel its necessary to be a bit overzealous - and I'm not going to pretend it doesn't help a lot of writers to go so in depth, since it definitely helps me! But you shouldn't feel like your world is underdeveloped because at the end of the day you call the shots and the scope can be as big and small as you want it to be :)
@@hannahsmth thanks for that. It helps
and that’s why I’ve been researching swordfighting for years!
actually tho I’ve found group-level combat to be more useful for writing, since it benefits the narrative more to have clear goals and structure, whereas a fight between two dudes can absolutely just be them smacking the tar out of one another.
Ooh! "Aestetic Elements" is an amazing term!!!
Calling naturally-occurring metals "native" runs into the issue of glossing over the utility of what that term is used for irl--that is, metals that occur in usably-pure concentrations without needing smelting (ex: finding a lump of metal inside a rock, gold flecks in a stream, etc). In the context of worldbuilding, the main benefit of native metals is showing where gold rush-style mining towns are most likely to form, but meteoric iron (that is, native iron gathered from a fallen asteroid) is a nice source for culturally significant artifacts or cheating an iron sword into the bronze age. You need less heat to forge iron than you do to smelt it from ore, after all.
Another thing native metals are useful for is showing where even low-fuel societies can engage in metalworking. Your average plains nomad likely doesn't have the charcoal on-hand needed to smelt something from ore, but dried animal dung is a decent substitute if you just need to hammer metal into shape.
A major source of native copper in the Americas is Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Which has was traded far and wide across the continent and has ended up in sites as far away as Louisiana.
From a world building perspective the value of native copper is that you can cold work it with occasional heating called "annealing" to remove stress in the surface of the worked copper. (A relatively low temperature process, atleast much lower than actually melting the metal)
This is in stark contrast to iron ore refining which is so much more work intensive that its was considered a downgrade from bronze by ancient Mediterranean cultures. The iron age happened because the apocalypse called the brinze age collapse took out the trade routes importing tin into the region.
And then alloys are their own special thing, at the simplest explanation they are careful mixtures of metals and sometimes nonmetals like carbon. They are typically better than the pure elemental metal, but generally come after the primary metal was used.
How any of this relates to world building is simple, basic resources define where cultures can become more powerful and what regions bigger nations will fight over. (In the modern era everyone is dependent on oil which makes the Middle East significantly more geopolitically important than it otherwise should be.)
there are several uses for precious metals, mainly revolving around non reactivity. Like bone replacement prothesis (maybe teeth, maybe kneecaps), piercings and jewelry (although copper jewelry is really prominent on some cultures), in corrosion resistant alloys like sterling silver, used for intricate machining pieces that are susceptible to corrosion/ have to work for a long time (automatic watches, sewing machines, several analog measuring devises)
and lets not forget conductivity and electronics!
for gemstones its a little more complicated but the basics are: hard gemstones (not just diamonds) are used for making high quality grinding wheels and "cutting"(which is more of grinding pieces if the material away than wedge cutting) also used for pieces exposed to friction wear. Some gems are valued because of the substances that can be extracted from them (fluorite and sulfur are big ones) pigments too, really dangerous pigments like arsenic and mercury specially so. Some gemstones are valued for their refractive properties, not just to make eyeglasses, but also telescope and microscope lenses (pure clear quarts is really valuable for this reason [ also its more heat resistant than glass]) other optic devises, prisms.
What a wonderful channel, ill have to continue my binge tomorrow
Honestly I think this might be my favorite part of world building, yes making continent spending multi cultural empires are cool, but Really Making a World is just something magical
I really like world building and love to see other people do it so great video
Will probably use your channel as a resource/jumping off point for any world building I do for tabletop related stuff. Very good stuff
your art is always so cool! i love your style
I am enjoying your channel, I hope it goes viral.
The best thing you can do in life is ask yourself questions. By asking a question, you can seek an answer. Once you start looking for an answer to your question, you can find it and keep it jotted down, then move on to another. I would recommend asking a load of questions first, marking each one down, and then answering each one individually and continuing to ask more questions about those answers before spreading out an entire world. All it takes is a few important questions, and you will be able to go anywhere with them.
I sometimes spend almost as much time building out my worlds as I do writing stories for them, which for one such story set across various alien planets, was both an extremely fun creative exercise and a frustratingly complex challenge...
I just found out about this channel and I thoroughly enjoy it! Your art style is very pleasing and your enthusiasm for worldbuilding is infectious! I have quite a bit of experience in worldbuilding, be it making my own worlds, helping others, or leading online worldbuilding communities. I'd like to give some constructive criticism to this video just to help you out, because this channel has potential and I'd like to see you fulfill it.
1. Kudos on the overview and philosophy of worldbuilding, you covered the wide range of forms it can take very well!
2. This was mentioned in another comment, so I'll keep it short. Native elements are generally speaking elements that can occur as pure in the Earth; no smelting or processing required. Native iron is just iron, native gold is just gold, etc. The presence of these can jumpstart a society by giving them access to "refined" resources early on. Fun fact: A lot of this native metal comes from space in the form of meteorites, and these were utilized worldwide!
3. Your definition of a non-native metal is properly called an alloy, though some alloys can occur naturally. Galena is not an example of this, for it is an ore (lead sulfide with silver impurities).
4. Gold, silver, and platinum are extremely useful in industry for mirrors, electrical contacts, catalysts, etc. I don't know what tech level you are aiming for with these descriptions, but I presume it includes modern times because platinum was discovered and utilized only fairly recently, and the energy-intensive process of smelting aluminum was also a recent find, downgrading it from a precious metal to a common one.
5. Phenomenal crash course on the uses of plants and animals!
6. Colder average temperatures do decrease the diversity of amphibians and bugs, but they also do so for every other animal. Nothing special about warm-bloodedness here; cold temperatures are tough for diversity across the board.
7. I like the little discussion about the relationship between a civilization and nature. It indeed can be as awful or mutually beneficial as one wishes.
8. I definitely agree with the frustration that can come with reading a work of fiction that is not well worldbuilt. Keep in mind one caveat, though: Judge work based on the technology of the time. It's easy to forget that we live in an age replete with information that is easier to find than ever. Works created earlier would not only be restricted by the knowledge of the time, but by the accessibility of that knowledge via local public libraries and the speed of communication between people. Of course, this gives us all the more motivation to tear apart poorly made cash grabs that took no advantage of modern knowledge, which often plagues cinema.
I'll keep watching your vids, and I hope you keep making them! I hope my feedback was worth something to you.
Yeah a new video, love to see more about your world.
What a lovely channel I found! Great video.
I'm worldbuilding a DND setting from scratch so looks like I'll be binging your vids!
Woww love this, as aspiring concept artist i gound this is gold!
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I love watching your videos while working on my own WB project
Earned my sub before the world building started
This is my first time here and I am pleased to see the ancient prophecies were correct.
You truly are the lost heir to the Holy Trinity of Worldbuilding Guides.
Rise now, and take your rightful place alongside Artefaxxian and Atlas Pro.
We will prepare the way.
Your disclaimer made me giggle and I instantly found you super charming for it.
Frankly you're REALLY underselling lead, weird to say I know, but having a stone that was so durable yet easy-to-work metal is crucial for a burgeoning civilization.
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Aluminum was not available until the industrial era. I think Zinc was the same. If you are including modern materials and uses, like aluminum or diamond for cutting, gold, platinum, and silver do have uses. Silver, especially, was used in photography for a long time.
So, the usefulness of your "aesthetic elements" actually depends a lot on TL (tech level), and even in low TLs some of them are very useful. Just a few examples:
-Malachite and turquoise are copper ores, and cinnabar is the principle ore of mercury (which has all kinds of uses, apart from being super toxic). Note that copper was kind of the first "aesthetic metal," on the other hand; Its earliest uses were pretty strictly as jewelry for wealthy and powerful people, before gold and silver were found in sufficient quantities to take that role, and before copper's biggest claims to fame became first bronze and brass, and later electronic wiring and superconductors.
-Gold is biologically inert, making it ideal for housing things like implants, and it's also an excellent conductor often used in contact plates for electronics.
-Silver has antimicrobial properties.
-Platinum (and iridium) are crucial for large-scale high-efficiency solar power, and some promising leads with 3D graphene aside, are one of the big things actually stopping us from adopting that power option on modernday Earth.
-Jade is one of the absolute toughest minerals (meaning that, notwithstanding how easy it is to scratch (it kinda isn't, it's harder than quartz but still much softer than diamond), it is incredibly difficult to break (by comparison, diamonds and even sapphires are fairly easy to shatter into tiny bits with percussive force)).
-Quartz, on that note, is used in atomic clocks. It's also used to make glass.
-Sapphire is pretty much second only to diamond in mohs hardness (scratch resistance, and ability to scratch other materials), making sapphire dust almost as useful of an abrasive. If you have a recently-made, higher-end smartphone, its screen is probably made from sapphire too (pretty much only low-end androids don't have sapphire screens at this point). Phone manufacturers do that so they can objectively correctly advertise their screens as "hard" and somewhat misleadingly as "durable," so that they're almost impossible to scratch, and, crucially, so that they shatter super easily (again, sapphire and diamond are hard but not tough; in other words they are brittle), forcing you to buy a new one.
-Technically still sapphire (they have the same crystal lattice, but a red sapphire is called a ruby), but rubies are used for lasers. (So are other sapphires, sometimes.)
-Tantalite is an ore of tantalum. (Tantalite is usually only considered a gemstone as manganotantalite, which is also the heaviest non-toxic, clear, facetable gemstone; That's just fun rock trivia and not practical info on the gem's usefulness, though.)
-Flint and obsidian's usefulness is well-known (both have been or sometimes still are considered gemstones); Obsidian remains useful in eclectic cases today due to the sharpness of an obsidian blade (it's sometimes used in scalpels).
Also depending on its makeup bronze also often tarnishes blue or green. Arsenic and zinc content tend to alter that.
I tend to write in hard research because I can’t help but love that which I write and who I am writing, and I want to do everything to make their world beautiful and full.
This was a fun video to watch, I’ve been working on a world for a certain project I’m working on so this was oddly good timing too, I hadn’t thought about what animals could be used for other than meat and pelts before so that could be really useful for me. Can’t believe this got into my recommended though, my recommendations aren’t usually that good. Anyways first video from this channel I’ve seen but I subscribed anyway, hope I see more of your videos in my recommendations.
i love your vids
today diamond coated drill are used to bore tunnels and rubies are used in water jets to cut almost anything. So the pretty metals and stones in a setting could be practical and aesthetic
I love your style and presentation, I would’ve really loved your videos a year ago, I just don’t need the information anymore, writing a different story with a more modern setting. Still much love, and I will still be subscribed
I played in a resource based game one time. My character was named King of Cows, the Lord of Dairy. I paid a lot money for this marketing campaign. The goal was to convince kids to eat two bowls of cereal a day. It was somewhat successful.
Nice drawing style
Just found your channel and I love it. I love the idea of building a world for campaigns but find it such an overwhelming task with how many factors are involved. You explain it so well
Note: an animal bladder is used to make water skins
ThE INITIAL SEARCH FOR LEAD IS SO RELATABLE LMAOOOO
Great Video !
Beautiful thumbnail.
Very cool, but remember, another settlement needs our help.
I too have been writting a story set in the Paleolithic and i STG i spend more time researching nature facts and tutorials on how to make tools the "olden way" than actually making up plot points and characters : v
Love the video, I have got to read up more on Foraging, and learning that birch tree bark can be eaten makes me intrigued as to how it would taste. I was reading a fantasy book recently called The Grace of Kings, and the character Jia plays a lot with how herbs and stuff work, and the part reminds me of that.
Mind if I ask, do you have any resources to use as a starting point for this part?
Thankyou for liking the video! And good question; uhhh unfortunately there's so much information out there I really couldn't suggest a single resource for absolutely everything. A decent jumping off point though is Wikipedia: which has a "list of forageable plants", and while I wouldn't take what Wikipedia says at face value without backing it up with other sources, it's a good jumping off point! Other than that there are hundreds of survival guides and tutorials, foraging hobbyist communities and more that helped me with compiling as much as possible on foraging. Hope that helps? ^^"
I really like thinking of the stock market and how demand and supply is effected by mountains and stuff
My plan for the worldbuild of the short stories that I'm writing is to say the name of the tech that allows whatever I need to and then skip back to the plot as fast as I can!
6:45 Quartz: Piezo electric effect.
Rubies: Low friction bearings inside watches.
superb
The area you used really looks like world of banner lord 2
REALLY liked this one!
Almost out of content on your channel.
Great stuff!
Thanks for Makin it!
you are amazing thanks for that
Aluminum was actually very expensive to produce until a modern method of production was developed. I feel it would be out of place in a fantasy environment unless a magical process is used to refine it.
I keep telling myself I dont have a type, but your character's white hair drew me in, the content caused me to subscribe. Now its time to binge the backlog of content!
Something interesting about ruby and sapphire is that are made of aluminum oxide and are pretty much one step below diamonds in terms of hardness and are commonly used in sanders or high precision cutters. So not *entirely* useless. Also crystals are used by wizards in most settings.
Just btw, I’m not criticizing you, just adding to what was said
Universe Creator Survival Guide: "Just nuke the earth, and plunge it into a moderate ice age."
The whole radioisotopes of lead comes from that lead can either come from nuclear decay of heavier elements, or from neutron star collisions. The heavier nuclei decay at sort of random, and less stable forms of lead decay faster than more stable forms into either non-isotopic lead or other elements.
If you ask where lead comes from, it doesn’t really help world building unless you deal with in which stage the universe at large is in. If you want to know where to find lead, then that is a different geological question I don’t really know how to answer.
It’s technically possible to manufacture lead in the very real nuclear transmutation sense, but this is almost completely for research purposes.
Just coming from a mechanical engineer.
Brass was also used to decorate armor
5:29 I mean, those got proper uses with late industrialization.
Brass is extremely useful for the fire department. While most nozzles now-a-days are plastic there are a few special nozzles that are still brass.
I love the video, though I do have a small point about Rowan fruit, it is very high in vitamin C and Pectin, and while eaten raw it may cause an upset stomach, it isn't necessarily poisonous raw. I eat about a handful of the fruit a couple times a day when its in season, as its one of the most abundant wild fruits where I am in Alaska, in addition, as a cousin of pears and apples, it can be added to jams, jellies, pies, sauces, or cidres as a way of stretching the less abundant fruits
Napoleon had tableware made from aluminum. For the flex.
Bronze can also be made with arsenic in stead of tin
Thanks for teaching me pine is edible
Are you by chance a geographer? Im noticing a lot of overlap with my geography studies
If you're not starting with the Directional Rotation of your Planet, Continental and Ocean Plate Tectonics and even Ocean Currents and their effect on Climate are you *really* doing hard research for your Worldbuilding?
How did the planet form. What kind of star did the cosmic dust that became your planet form around? What strange powers hallucinated your world into being?
Just how many elephants down is it?
@@0astarael0 How Old is your Universe and how much time is left until it reaches it’s Heat Death
14:27 you mention what sounds like 'slow fruit?' Googling didn't get me anything, do you know what fruit that is? I'm curious about the dye.
Oh! It's written as "sloe fruit" :)
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I shall breifly mention here: limestone.
It's an important rock, concrete, toothpaste, steel, paint etc...
It's 100% something I consider when worldbuilding.
What if the trade of those bread ingredients affects what the characters can access?
9:17 I see the Redmi Note 9 Pro watermark on the marble image.
It’s not too relevant for fantasy world building, but the precious metals of Gold, Silver, and Platinum are all essential for the production of computer components (circuit boards, ray tubes for older tech, hard drives, fiberglass cables, etc.) and other industrial works like tools. They are also important in dentistry!
So if you’re doing more grounded, sci-fi, or sci-fantasy world building it would be good to understand how precious metals do actually have major use!
Not my current novel being placed in a sci-fi post apocalyptic second earth which is currently being battered by an ice age.
I’m trying to figure out your accent. It seems a mix of South African and New Zealand?
7:50 Okay, Imma gonna stop you right there. Brass and Bronze are, at least historically, synonymus. Braes (with the funny ae character) was the old english word for bronze, and bronze wasn't in use until 18th century (in english, however brass is also not a word in other languages until around the same time).
Historically, people didn't make the distinction, or if they did, it was classified as different kind of bronzes. Instead of giving it a specific name, these were often called "bronze from a place", like Corithian Bronze, that was actually a high copper alloy with gold or silver (or both).
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geography should be done before geology, because geography can affect Geology, Flora, and Fauna. a Mountain in the north already gives you an idea of the available resources, and animals.
Pun intended?
Please don't hurt me like that in the first half minute of your video.
Worldbuilding *can* be used to create the setting for your story, but it's not what it is for. Worldbuilding can very well stand as an artform for its own sake.
And this is important - if you're doing worldbuilding in service of something else, you'll want to pay attention to a few restrictions, and make sure that your worldbuilding actually remains in service to whatever you're originally doing it for, while if you're doing it for its own sake, you don't want to wrongly believe that these specific rules for specific purposes are to be applied in every case.
Oh I'm sorry! I didn't mean to exclude any viewpoints, personally my experience of worldbuilding is mainly through the lense of a narrative. But you're absolutely right in saying it can serve as its own artform. The videos I've made on worldbuilding are focused mainly on the narrative as well, with the worldbuilding a highly necessary and valuable tool to elevate the narrative, and I meant no disrespect to those who worldbuild for the sake of the world rather than the story.
@@hannahsmth It's okay, I overreacted in the moment. It makes sense that your perspective informs what you say about the topic. Thank you for your understanding!
Actually you should create your dictionaries first, and then analyze them for their preferences. How many words use A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z and sort the alphabet highest use to lowest, and then the words by appearance of lowest use letter. Then when you have a rise and fall of linguistic creativity, give meaning to the words so you know where in the rise and fall of your cultural growth these developments are occuring. So maybe they wear animal skins, but if elves were silk, the silk might be woven from strands of tree resin.
useful to known info by a gem cutter
the officially most usefell gem is quarz, not diamond. at least when it comes to ancient civilizations. of course we like to say "oh look at all the stuff we can use diamonds for. the hardest stuff for highstes quality..." these diamonds are what I refer to as industrial diamonds. diamonds can be made in labs (sorta), and low quality diamonds are used for that stuff as well (but yk more expansive). i am not saying diamonds cannot be used for that by ancient or old civilizations, but its hard to use diamond that way.
quarz on the other hand is so abundant is hard not to use it. it is much softer than diamond,but it is still harder than stones like marble and granite. the egyptians used quarz sand and copper saws to cut granite. and I learned in school that ancient drills used sand in a similar way to make holls into stone. also you know what sand paper is? depending on the type of paper you got, the is quarz dust on it. lastly agate (a microcrystalline quarz) has even today industrial applications. quarz in general is very acid resistant, and agate bowl are used by (some) pharmacists to mix and grind things. agate is also really tought and unlike macrocristalline quarz also somewhat heat resistant (or at least it can absorb more in my experience).
I am not saying that diamonds are useless, there are many things that quarz cannot do, but that goes the other way as well. besides, diamonds are not indestructable, they break and split like many other gems and if you heat them too high they evaporate as the carbon reacts with oxygen in the air and they also do not get that big and are pretty rare. quarz gets big, like real big, and is found pretty much anywhere is some form. but it is not nearly as hard and macrocristaline quarz can be fragile.