Land Cruiser type-1:

Front armor:15mm

Side armor:12mm

Rear armor: 8mm

Engine: HVK 125 engine/125 HP engine

Crew: 10

Crew types: 1 driver,2 MG turret gunner's,2 gunners, 2 loaders, 2 MG loaders, 1 radio operator

Weapon: 4.7cm L/15 cannon or 47mm L/15 cannon, .50cal MG

Design: half rhomboid design, reason to put 2 MG turrets to remove blind spots and the bogie suspension system was covered by the side skirts, and has -6.1° and +18° btw it means gun depression and elevation

Edeltraud FT-1:

Front armor:13mm slope at 58°

Side armor:9mm

Rear armor:6mm

Engine: HVK 90 engine/90 HP engine

Crew: 4

Crew types: 1 driver, 1 gunner/MG gunner, 1 loader, 1 radio operator

Weapon: 3.7cm L/12 cannon or 37mm cannon, .50cal MG

Design : 1 turret and has 5 crew and has the bogie suspension system was covered by the side skirts, engine located at the rear turtle at the middle and the driver is located at the front and has -6.9° and +19° btw it means gun depression and elevation

World 1: Which origin would better suit elves whose main virtues are respect for nature, precision, and meticulous future planning—and who don't hide their emotions—but whose main flaws are stagnation, arrogance, and hubris? Option A: Fae nobles who became physically embodied due to exile. Option B: Fae who voluntarily gave themselves physical bodies to avoid being easily altered by the narrative of the Faelands

World 2: Who would have a better chance of surviving between 1800 and 1900—a period when magic is returning? Option A: Fully non-human beings who remained hidden for centuries in tiny populations but are now emerging to reclaim their lands. Option B: "Non-humans" who are actually humans mutated by magic. Option A mostly hibernated in hidden locations and possesses vast magical knowledge, but also suffers from mythological weaknesses and logistical issues (e.g., giants needing to eat huge amounts). Option B is what I described above.

Hallo zusammen, ich bin noch relativ neu oder besser gesagt seit meiner Zeit als Teenager zurückgekehrt in der „Kunst des Worldbuildings“.

Was ich also gerne wissen würde: gibt es hier bestimmte Grenzen was ich hier an Welten posten darf? Mich persönlich zieht es zur Zeit in Richtung Shared Superhero Universe. Ich habe mich dabei an unsere eigene Erde gehalten und mache es eher wie DC Comics und gestalte meine eigenen Städte, Stadtstaaten, Stadtteile, Dörfer, Inseln, Inselstaaten und Länder.

Meine eigentliche Frage ist wohl eher: interessiert sich hier jemand für so etwas? Und dann noch: ist es schlimm, dass ich aktuell eher KI zu Bilderstellung verwende?

I'm just a little out of the loop, and would love to hear the general consensus.

Obviously AI art really shouldn't be getting used, but for those perfectionists out there who lack a single artistic bone in their body- drawing your own characters or ideas as stick figures really isn't too appealing.

And while I DO want to hire an artist... at the end of the day this is a hobby, and professional artists are incredibly expensive- far too expensive for a 23 yr old.

SO, with all that mind-

If I went online and just found a cool creature design, regional map, or city/kingdom image- should I be reaching out to those artists to ask if I can use it for my small time hobby? What if I can't find the artist?

If I wanted to share my writing here, and I attached a picture found through that, what would the feedback be? I can assume it'd be bad, but I'm just looking for engagement and feedback, and typically thats more common when a picture reference involved.

(Before someone says- "You should just make your own art! Learn to draw! Take some classes! Who cares if its bad?" Sadly, i do. Plus its just not enjoyable for me. I love to write and worldbuild, but anytime I've tried to draw my imagination, I've just lost interest over the final product. Just a bit of a perfectionist.)

(Also 100000% would never try to pass off any art as something done by me. Of course id keep their signature or reference them somewhere.)

(I dunno if im aloud to post stories here, lol)

There was once a man named John. He lived alone in a small cabin atop a hill, surrounded by empty great plains that stretched for miles in every direction. The nearest town being so far away that he could go weeks without seeing a single person.

His home was usually cold and surrounded in deep fog, which often made ghouls, a perfect environment to match his dull, miserable feelings towards life.

John had never been a special man. His parents had sheltered him from almost everything when he was young, up to the moment they died in a farming accident, their bodies reduced to wet, smelly, red meat. He was never particularly handsome or interesting, enough for a women to want him, and every attempt at companionship collapsed.

His life was pathetic, empty, pointless, and he couldn't take it anymore, there had to be a reason, there had to be some greater purpose behind his waste of a life. So he prayed.

John was never a religious man, but at this point, he would have prayed to anything that might listen. He prayed and begged toward the ceiling of his lonely cabin. “DEAR LORD, WHY? WHY DO I EXIST?” He continued begging and crying until eventually God arrived.

He…or rather, “she”, (because John somehow knew that it wanted to be called “she”) appeared before him. She resembled some sort of strange animal, with long ears that curled into thin spirals, black leaking voids where her eyes and mouth should've been (the sins of man he assumed), and Long, white hair that hung down toward her short gown.

John was slightly confused, but he knew for a fact that this was God.

She spoke to him. Her mouth hung open as a high, scratched voice emerged from it, carrying a strange tone of amusement that John both did and did not notice.

“Yes,” he whispered to her response as he fell to his knees, weeping. “Yes, Lord. I beg you. I must know. Why do I exist? What is my purpose?”

And so with a giggle, a widening smile, an excited little spin, and a playful wink of her eye, His wish was granted. For half a second, John saw everything. Not just his own pointless purpose, but everything, the reason for existence, the answers to every question, every truths and every lie, the beginning of everything and the end. For half a second, he understood, knew everything that could be known, and then It was gone.

God had vanished as though she had never been there, leaving John alone with the knowledge that he once knew everything, his true purpose now locked away somewhere deep inside his mind, buried beneath an impenetrable fog. He knew the answer was still there just far beyond his reach, teasing him, and God loved it.

John isolated himself for several weeks. No one cared to check on him, as he barely kept himself together through sheer force of will.

Eventually, John would reach his limit, he could no longer bear to live, and so, alone in the darkness of his little cabin atop a hill in the great plains, John hanged himself.

And that is were he rotted, eaten by ghouls, and erased from memory, taken by God.

I gave myself the exercise of writing two different short stories, one where we discover a way to “erase”generational trauma and it goes horribly wrong, and one where it all goes well. This was kind of inspired by talking to friends about how hard it’s been to imagine positive futures like maybe old school sci-fi. Maybe accordingly, it was straightforward to think of scenarios where this all goes wrong, but I’m genuinely stuck on what could be the super positive scenario.

In my head any world where we’re able to “erase” trauma like that would imply some serious different society where mental health is highly valued, and people have access to it, which in turn makes it difficult to imagine realistic-ish conflicts. Alternatively, when I think of something on the smaller scale, like maybe the first person receiving this or the erasure causing relatively small changes, my brain goes back to how that actually sounds more like a slight dystopia.

Any ideas or advices or inspiration from other solar punk/positive kind of sci-fi stories you’ve read?

Does anybody know any map making sites that don't use ai that could be recommend to me?

Edit: yes, I have googled it. No, I have not gotten anything good.

Core principles or pillars:

Equal access, universal base:every citizen starts at the same baseline, Universal public education, and guaranteed basic living standards to ensure that true Merit can emerge regardless of birth, wealth, and background

Earned Franchise (weighted civic voting): voting power is NOT static. While every citizen retains a baseline vote (1.0 weight) on broad national direction and human rights, their up vote weight increase (up to 3.0x) on specific technical, economic, or policy matters as they complete non-partisan, public domain knowledge modules and community service metrics.

Techo- Meritocratic candidacy: to run for a specific public office, candidates must meet objective prerequisite qualifications relevant to that role (e.g., a Minister of energy must hold advanced background or certified competence in energy systems, infrastructure, or environmental science but it may vary sometimes). The public then democratically elects the winner from among the qualified field.

Dynamic recalls and Impact storing: representatives are tracked via transparency metrics and public KPI board's. Falling below predefined performance metrics triggers an automatic recall referendum before their term's end

Structural break down

Legislature: dual-chamber system: the popular assembly(Direct/Weighted votes) plus the Academy council (Domain Specialist selected via democratic merit-list) their objective is by balance popular will with technical viability and long term planning.

Ecosystem: Anti-Dynastic wealth caps and campaign flat-funding. Private money in campaign's are strictly prohibited: all qualified candidates recieve identical public funding tool's and their objective is by stopping oligarchys before they form, lobbyists influence, and generational wealth advantage

Judicial: Tribunal of Merit integrity, an independent, audited body of statisticians, ethicists, and legal scholars their goal is by ensuring merit-testing remains un-rigged, non-partisan, and updated for changing times

Visual identity and visuals:

The sigil: a golden balance scale integrated with an upward-pointing geometric Delta. The scale represents the democratic fairness, while the Delta signifies continuous improvement, knowledge, and elevation through merit.

Motto: "aequalitas in exordi, efficientia in moderando" (equally at the start, competence in governance).

Official colors: Navy Blue (stability and integrity) Teal (rationality and progress) and white (transperency)

Manifesto: "democracy without competence leads to populism and decay; competence without democracy leads to tyranny and stagnation We. reject both the arrogance of un-elected elite's and the chaos of mob rule. We champion a society where every child begins at the same starting line, and every leader has proven they possess both the skill to guide and the character to serve".

(Btw incase you don't know it's basically my own universe and the setting is placed at the world of Terra which I basically created for Empire of War and Empire of Peace and also forgotten about the Meritocratic Republic of the Borislavian Federation)

I started using Nortantis recently to create maps for the fantasy book I am writing and wanted to know what your recommendations were?

Thanks everyone!

Alternate history world.
For context the plane has been built from the ground up to be a carrier capable multirole fighter for a low cost.
The kix-5 is hraxis’ first native multirole aircraft, price at 34 million USD it has a per flight hour cost of 12,000 USD. Made in 2023 and production starting in late 2025 It is capable of holding up to 10,000 pounds of ordnance but chooses to only carry standard 4 standard 120 kg missiles for fuel efficiency (commonly imported pl-15 missiles) capable of pushing mach 2.4 and with a cruise speed of mach .6 it’s airframe is capable of withstanding 12 g’s reliably and the air frame is capable of withstanding up to 19 g’s without its wings shearing off though it has major damage and stress. The most common variant is carrier capable, it is HASS system compatible and as of 2026 only 32 have been made, ten of which were bought by india and in the one month of the jet being in the hands of militaries it has exceeded 500 flight hours.

Some parameters:
Its actual combat speed is mach 1.7
It cannot reliably hit over 10 Gs

By order of President Louise Maignon, I am to stand at the public's discretion for questions. I understand any questions may be adressed, yet there may be questions I can not answer, either because of secrecy requirements, or because I have no knowledge thereof.

I welcome your questions.

(OOC: Hello, I am the author of the series the Vice-Admiral is from. It's called Heir To The Empire (yes, I know there are Star Wars Expanded Universe books with the same title, I don't care) and it follows officer cadets through certain points of their military careers in an industrialized world (technology level cca early 20th century) where magic is somewhat prevalent (roughly half of all people can use it, but there are different thresholds at which one can use magic, thresholds that depend on, among other things, experience and training). Vice-Admiral Hernault appears in one book of the series (so far), the soon-to-be-released third book, The Unfolding Order, which covers a tournament for officer cadets from the International Military University, or IMU, where the leads study, along with other cadets from the ARAF (Allied Republican Armed Forces) member countries. I will occasionally chime in to add context to the various answers, if need be.)

(And yes, this is the 2nd time I'm trying this out)

Where should I share an original power system for writers?

Hello everyone!

I’ve created my own fictional power system and I’m thinking about making it open-source, so writers can freely use it in their novels or other fictional works.

It’s a complex and interconnected system with several unique mechanics, and I’d really like to see another writer actually use it in a story someday. If that happens, I’d definitely be one of the first people to read their work.

The system is quite complicated, though, so I think it would need an experienced writer to properly integrate all of its mechanics into a story.

So I’d like to ask:

• What is the best subreddit or platform for sharing something like this?
• What is the best way to present a complex power system so people understand it?
• How can I reach writers who might actually be interested in using it?
• Are there communities specifically for sharing fictional power systems?

I’m mainly looking for advice on where and how to publish it.

Thanks!

ladder system

It is the summer of 2030, and the Second American Civil War has culminated in one of three federal factions the government split into being defeated on all fronts. The remaining two federal governments work towards the reunification of the United States of America while its citizens recover from the mass destruction.

Not everyone wants anything to do with them. Across contested and poorly governed territory, thousands of Americans live as “nones”, people who refuse allegiance to any faction and instead try to live, work, trade, and travel between different territories as normally as possible. Some are refugees, some are smugglers or contractors, and some simply want to be left alone after years of war.

This takes place in an America imagined to be rife with political radicalism. My current in-universe split has nearly 40 different factions occupying territory in America at the start of the war. Of course, by the end of the war this is probably reduced/consolidated down to sub-10. If this information changes anything.

How realistic is this? Would rival governments tolerate a politically unaffiliated group moving between their territories, or would military checkpoints, conscription, documentation, and suspicion eventually force most people to pick a side?

I was doing a bit of thinking about my setting and the addition of native american folklore in it. I'm not a native american just so everyone knows but I genuinely find it fascinating. I was thinking about how native folklore would work in terms of storytelling. I can see a weird western or a period horror where a wagon train of pioneers finds out the hard way that they really should have respected the bison more when they encounter White Buffalo Maiden. Or a hiker on the Appalachia trail meets with one of the most dangerous creatures in any native folktale, the Raven Mocker.

I know about the whole "a true worldbuilder procrastinates all day" joke but how do you guys actually make something?
I'm kinda lost on how this whole process works. Like where do you put the lore? This question may sound dumb but the longer I thought about it the more I’m confused. I have disconnected ideas and concepts that seem interesting on their own but it just feels like there's no right way to glue them together into one coherent world. It's like laying the groundwork for a city but the architects can't even decide where to place the first brick. They're too uncertain whether the frame would interfere or block potential future buildings or if the core structure is solid enough to withstand the rest. Because if you commit to one idea as groundwork, you establish some baseline. Does there have to be a theme across your entire world? Is it bad if you try to shoehorn a theme to a bunch of superglued ideas? Should you avoid supergluing? I've written drafts and little segments of concepts but none of them ever feel like the real thing, just disjointed experiments. Sorry if this sounds silly but this is an honest problem I have. I've got ideas but I just can't make them. How do y’all escape this cycle (if you do)?

Working with a setting where the society is really advanced, but magic also runs parallel with technology. There are medicine academies as well as specialized druids. Both can heal, depending on level of knowledge and accessible materials of the healer.

But I'm really wondering how would y'all work with this concept? What differences in methodology or results or requirements or whatever can be found between the two? Why would an ill person choose one over the other?

Basically, how to make them unique while providing the same result? (Other than A uses shiny magic and B uses scalpels and syringes)

I am currently designing a scenario in which a remote landmass is entirely separated from the main continent and was discovered and settled by a particular "First Wave" group (Intelgians) well before any other people arrived. Eventually, a second wave of competitors from the mainland comes to this landmass. I'm aiming to make the logistics, culture, and history of the situation seem realistic, and I'd really like to know how you all deal with this kind of situation in your own worlds. In particular:

How does the "First Wave" population naturally spread out over the generations across a continent that had never been touched before?

By the time the later arrivals show up, is it realistic for the first group to still be a unified group.

When a more recent, possibly more advanced or richer group from the mainland arrives, what form does the tension take? (In my world, a whole other species arrives that is normally adapted to grassland regions, so I guess there would be tension over these flat plains regions.)

If you've ever dealt with a similar situation in your own projects, how did you work out the details?

I’ve been working on a region in my setting where the government redrew provincial borders after a war and quietly removed several tiny settlements from official maps.

One of them, Ravelin, still has around 600 people living there.

The road signs were taken down. The nearest administration insists their addresses technically belong to another town 40 km away. Mail arrives only because the same postal worker has been doing the route for years. Birth certificates use the neighboring municipality. Utility crews still know where to go, but new employees occasionally show up convinced the village doesn’t exist.

The residents have leaned into it. Businesses print “Ravelin” on receipts even though that name has no legal status. Locals repaint an old roadside sign every time somebody removes it. Teenagers joke that crimes committed there don’t count because “you can’t arrest someone in a place that isn’t real.”

Obviously that last part isn’t true, but the attitude is becoming part of the town’s identity.

It made me curious about worlds where geography and bureaucracy disagree.

Do you have settlements, districts, borders or entire regions that officially disappeared while people simply carried on living there?

(Note: English is not my first language, so please excuse any awkward phrasing! This is an original sci-fi setting I've been developing in Chinese.)

I’ve been working on a fictional setting called Yuanli (源历), and I’d really like to hear what people think about the worldbuilding and evolutionary progression so far.

The basic premise is that the “infected” are not supernatural undead. They are the result of an alien/biological parasite gradually evolving alongside human biology.

The history follows four distinct generations of this organism.

Gen-I — The Reanimated (初生种)

The first generation appeared near the end of the human era, during a period of catastrophic wars, environmental collapse, and energy crises (approx. Yuanli -40).

- The parasite could not control living humans yet; it entered dead bodies and reanimated them.
- They had zero consciousness, memory, or intelligence. Their sole biological imperative was transmission via biting and scratching.
- Destroying the brain or heart was ineffective, as the parasite diffused throughout the entire muscular and nervous system.

Humanity eventually discovered their fatal weakness: Water.

The parasites were hydro-sensitive. Entering large bodies of water slowed them down drastically, and prolonged immersion forced the organism out of the host tissues. Governments and desperate civilians trapped and dumped millions of infected corpses into lakes, rivers, and deep reservoirs.

Humanity declared victory. They were catastrophically wrong.

Some families had secretly preserved infected loved ones, hoping for a cure. Those hidden vectors, combined with millions of dormant parasites trapped beneath global waterways, survived.

And beneath the dark waters, they evolved.

Gen-II — The Mimic (拟生种)

Years later (Yuanli -26 to -23), the parasite returned.

- This time, it crossed the barrier to infect living humans (initially preying on immunocompromised or wounded hosts).
- Gen-II exhibited crude human behavioral mimicry: nodding, waving, walking upright, and scripted gestures.
- However, the mimicry was uncanny and mechanical. The predatory drive still frequently broke through.

Humanity realized the water bodies they used for corpse disposal had become a global ecological incubator. While Gen-II was relatively easy to identify and eventually died out due to metabolic burnout, humanity made the mistake of assuming the nightmare was over a second time.

Gen-III — The Resurrection / Infiltrator (复生种)

By Yuanli -20, the organism made a terrifying evolutionary leap.

The parasite could now:
- Extract and replay the host’s episodic memories.
- Flawlessly replicate natural human speech, personality quirks, and emotional patterns.
- Integrate human genetics to enhance physical prowess (approx. 130% human baseline).
- Shift transmission from savage attacks to stealth infection via micro-abrasions and minor blood contact.

A Gen-III infected individual could live, work, and sleep beside you without detection.

The psychological horror: Gen-III was neurologically unstable. The host’s original consciousness was suppressed, not erased. Occasionally, human consciousness would fight back—causing sudden inexplicable emotional outbursts, tears, or violent physical seizures as two minds fought for the vocal cords.

Humanity was paralyzed by paranoia: Is this still my spouse/child, or a parasite wearing their face and memories?

Global martial law was declared. Humanity entered The Great Quarantine Era.

Gen-IV — The New Species (新生种)

At Yuanli Year 0, something entirely unprecedented was born: Serafina.

Gen-IV was not a parasite puppeteering a human. The two genomes achieved complete, stable biological and neurological fusion.

- The original host ego was dissolved, but the parasite developed an autonomous, self-aware individual consciousness.
- Metrics: ~150% human physical capability, ~150% cognitive processing, hyper-sensory perception capable of rapid predictive deduction, a lifespan of ~200 years (interspersed with periodic biological torpor/hibernation).
- The Psychological Divergence: Gen-IV understands human emotions (love, grief, hatred, attachment) intellectually and can experience faint affective echoes. However, they are not governed by them. To them, human irrationality and violent tribalism are baffling evolutionary artifacts.

The Paradigm Shift: Succession, Not Apocalypse

Humanity initially formed a fragile alliance with Gen-IV to eradicate the unstable, feral Gen-III vectors.

However, humanity’s covert "Extermination Factions" sought to dissect Gen-IV and eradicate all parasite DNA. Upon discovering this betrayal, Gen-IV severed ties.

A three-way conflict erupted between Humanity, Gen-III, and Gen-IV.

Gen-III was exterminated. Gen-IV emerged victorious and established a rulerless, high-tech society governed by a planetary neural consensus.

They did not commit genocide against humanity.

Instead, humanity was cordoned off into designated Sanctuary Reservations. Humans retain full cultural, artistic, religious, and biological autonomy, provided with abundant resources—but are forbidden from expanding beyond their borders.

This establishes the central existential tension:
- Is humanity being protected, peacefully imprisoned, or curated as an endangered ancestor species?
- Gen-IV does not hate humans. Some revere mankind as their biological origin; others view humans with detached curiosity; some believe humanity will naturally fade away.

The successors inherited the Earth. But they did not inherit human nature.

Simplified Timeline Summary
- Yuanli -40: First Gen-I outbreak during global collapse.

- Yuanli -33: Water submersion strategy eliminates Gen-I; dormant aquatic contamination begins.

- Yuanli -26 to -23: Gen-II emerges with crude mimicry.

- Yuanli -20: The first confirmed Gen-III case is captured after displaying superhuman strength. Martial law & Great Quarantine begin.

- Yuanli Year 0: The first Gen-IV (Serafina) awakens. The birth of a new civilization.

Questions for Feedback:
1. Does the four-generation evolutionary progression feel biologically and narratively convincing?
2. Does Gen-IV feel like an actual distinct post-human species, or does it risk feeling like generic "superhumans"?
3. Is the water-submersion origin of the second outbreak compelling, or does it feel too convenient?
4. Which generation strikes you as the most terrifying or intriguing?
5. What specific aspect of this world (the Reservations, Gen-IV neural consensus, the Quarantine Era) would you want to see expanded?

I would love any harsh criticism, plot-hole checks, or worldbuilding ideas!

Hi. I just started world building a few days ago, so my ideas aren't fully formed yet. please forgive me. and while the topic of this post is discrimination, please do not under any circumstances condone discrimination.

The world I’m currently creating is one where the construction of high rise buildings and transmission towers as well as space exploration is restricted to protect against getting too close to the gods who exist in the heavens.

Although it’s set in the 2000s and 2010s, cell phones haven’t advanced, and there is no sense of security provided by technology. Although it’s a world free from technology, this isn’t for aesthetic reasons it’s about the dangers that arise precisely because there’s no access to the internet, safety is hard to ensure, and there’s no oversight.

I want to create a world that focuses on those elements. To put it very roughly, I like the slightly retro atmosphere of the ’80s and ’90s, so I want to take elements from the real world, adapt them, and create a world that suits my aesthetic.

However, in this world, people cannot take photos of suspicious people with cell phones or smartphones, nor can they immediately call the police if they find themselves in danger. Serial killings will likely continue to occur even in the 2010s. As a result, local communities will likely band together to keep strangers at bay.

This is where my biggest concern lies. This will likely lead to discrimination against people of other races and social minority groups, but is it really okay to touch on this theme?

I plan to create an alternate reality that’s quite close to reality, and I want the people to be human. Since this is an even more sensitive issue than fantasy races, please give me some advice on how to handle it.
since I’m not American, if I decide to approach this topic, I’ll need to be extremely cautious and thoroughly study the issue of discrimination. I don’t want to fetishize racism. However, I feel that not addressing it as a theme would actually be dishonest, so please really help me out!

Well I am working on a setting where there is basicly an organization called MedicCare which uses Humans as test subjects and transforms them into kinds of monsters. The first picture is my original design of this robot like thingy which I drew like 5 years ago. It's pixel art cause I am terrible at drawing real art. So I am not sure rather I like the second one more, because of the resemblance to the original, or the third, basicly cause I don't need to keep it original and it looks more intimidating I think. I would like to know what you people or M22 Locusts think.

I made some bee-like(in behavior, not appearence) faeries and I wanted to do a infrographic but ended up thinking "I'm just gonna end up explaining bees."

Do I really just write how bees work but replace the word bee with fairy, or do I omit all Literally Bee lore of the faeries and only write what's not bee about them? Most people don't actually know about bees, so it might be necessary, though. But I'm asking for what you think.

It's just that I did research about bees for the faeries a while ago but lost what I wrote, now I have to do it again and it made me wonder about the literally bee faeries.

Context for how the faeries actually are: They have a queen, a bigger fairy that lays eggs. They're born as larva(but look a bit more like maggots), then go through metamorphosis while in a butterfly-like cocoon. The adult faeries like to just live life and do stupid things sometimes but they also have a job to collect food, they normally get sugar and sweet things life fruit and nectar, or ice cream. The worker faeries area actually called Civil faeries, in contrast to the Queen fairy, and the drone is a Despot fairy. Despot fairies are homeless bums who fend for themselves and go looking around for Queens that need mates, some are allowed to live with the civil faeries and the queen, but if resources because scarce, they get kicked out mercilessly. The faeries live in hives, the faeries are human hand sized so the hives are either gigantic, or they're smaller structures spaced out, but all part of a single hive. Fairy honey and royal jelly also exists, other species may give hives a lot of food so they overproduce, the faeries go "eh, whatever, we're getting food anyway" and trade any extra honey for more food, the faeries can be a bit shortsighted.