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Worth the Candle: A Brief Description of Aerb is exactly what it says on the tin: a brief description of Aerb, the setting of Worth the Candle. (Although not quite as brief as the one-page primer at the beginning of Worth the Candle: The Exclusionary Principle, 9th Edition.) Sometimes known as the worldbuilding doc among fans.

Published by Alexander Wales on Archive Of Our Own.

The nine chapters cover:

  1. History - general Timeline stuff and overview of the major eras.
  2. Athenaeums
  3. The Empire of Common Cause
  4. Cosmology - physical structure of Aerb, the planes.
  5. Magics
  6. Entads - their mechanics, as well as a list of some notable Entads.
  7. The Exclusionary Principle
  8. Mortal Species
  9. A Few Major Cities