Artisan
Those who dedicate their lives to the mission of crafting a bright, new world together.
Whatever it is you need, you can count on me to make the best and most beautiful you'll ever lay eyes on!The artisan is the partner profession to the Adventurer, and both have many different subtypes and definitions! There's no doubt, however, that the artisans tend to find themselves to be a much more diverse group, as far as the many different paths they might take in their professions.
Heart and Soul of the World
To be an artisan in Ayun Sovos is to pour your heart, soul, and endless love into everything you do. Incredible things happen when your brain and your hands work together, and even greater things happen when you work together! The combined might of two artisans, or an artisan and an adventurer, is a force to be reckoned with!Crucial Partnerships
Artisans tend to work frequently with adventurers to source rare materials and lost knowledge. Recipes of all kinds can be found locked away in ruins lost to time, and many reagents and materials are no walk in the park to acquire! While the artisans do the making, it's often up to adventurers to help source materials, fight off challenges, and do critical research that makes wonders possible.Just like how artisans will team up with adventurers, they'll often team up together as well! Many projects require more than just one mind to bring to life; there are only so many professions one can feasibly take up and master all at once — though you can certainly be a master of several trades! — so adding more skilled sets of hands to big projects is often more than just helpful, it's necessary! The many combinations of professions can at any time be needed to push a project forward, so it's often up to artisans to build their networks well, or do business with those who can connect them to the folks they need to support their dreams.
Faith and Spirit
To be an artisan is to embody one half of the world's creation myth. Walking the path of the artisan is an act that honors the god of art who crafted the very world in collaboration with the god of life; the latter of the two gods is the one which inspires, as one might expect, the world's adventurers.Every act of creation is a revelry and a blessing! Even those who do not take up the mantles of faith feel the benefits of the god of art smiling on their crafts and rewarding them with precious experience that they may take into their next great artisanal endeavor.
Station, Stationary!
Artisans are typically known as the folks who stay put to work on their passions, while adventurers are the ones who do the most traveling, but travel isn't just limited to the adventurers!Artisans love to travel the world just as much, but there is some truth in the sense that workshops tend to be quite stationary.
Multiclassing
Artisans and adventurers alike need not swear off one path by choosing the other — many artisans venture off on their own quests! Likewise, many adventurers take up the trades to bolster their field skills.The distinction between the two lies in which side has the greatest hold on the heart and guides the path forward.
Types of Artisans
There are nearly too many flavors of artisan to list, but they can be pretty handily broken up into several main groups, with some exceptions fluttering in and out of each category as needed. They get tougher to track as different skills and trades blend together, so let's not think too hard about putting them in boxes and sealing them shut!This isn't just a house, anymore. It's a home!
The Artists
Artisans of aesthetic disciplines
Visual wonders, elegant solutions, and premier aesthetics are the domain of the artists!
Whether you are a "true" artist, who produces fine arts in the forms of paintings, sculptures, and more, or a true artist of your craft who can transform the practical into the extraordinary with your touch, to be an artist is to add beauty to every corner of the world.
Types of Artists:
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The Industrialists
Artisans of practical disciplines
Infrastructure, practical solutions, and accessibility are the hallmarks of the industrialists! Everyone has a problem they need solving, and you're able to take on a healthy chunk of them.
From building homes and bridges to installing communication lines, your work may not always be the prettiest, but it's all but essential, and forever in demand.
Types of Industrialists:
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The Culinarians
Consumable craft and support
Utility, consumable solutions, and nourishment are what the culinarians strive for! No matter where you turn, folks seek tasty meals and refreshing drink, and adventurers their go-to alchemical brews and magical gizmos.
From cooking to brewing, and tinkering to enchanting, you'll be supporting and enhancing the lives of all who cross your path.
Types of Culinarians:
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Artisans Around the World
The same disciplines can look quite different, depending on where exactly you look. Just as fashions shift with each pin on the map, architectural styles vary between cities, different foods find each dinner table, and different arts take the stage in each great gallery.Fieldcraft & Floralworks
The artisans of Brightfield are known for their love and adoration for the simplest things in life, often prioritizing the practical skills above most others. The exception tends to come in the form of food and hospitality; the culinarians of the land are best known for their exceptional Anseni pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread, among a wild assortment of additional delectable bites. These are made possible, however, by the humble Brightfield farmer, a collective of industrious folks who work hard to ensure that there is never a time of year where their neighbors are forced to go without their beloved dessert pumpkins.Artists of Brightfield often come in the form of florists, woodworkers, and paper-makers, making great use of the lands around them which always explode into bloom through the spring and summer months. These florals are so impactful to the local culture that they spawned an entire annual revel, the Festival of Blooms, to celebrate and share their crafts with one another and — now that Iverra has grown far more popular — the world beyond.
Reconstruction & Glasscraft
The artisans of Nahuara have a deep appreciation for a high-quality bauble. When combining their unique mix of arid and tropical crafting materials with a deep passion for glasscraft, Nahuaran artisans routinely fashion incredible trinkets, fit for any display. Authentic Nahuaran glassware is quite sought after for its unique yellow tone that's warm and cheerful, and rather impossible to replicate artificially. It doesn't stop artisans around the world from trying, though.The capital city of Nahuara, Vasareno, is known to be the "City of Renovations," making for a hungry market for industrial artisans and artists alike, as city residents practically tear down and rebuild their homes on a routine basis to pursue fun, new architectural styles and home designs. The former glasscrafters' guildhall can be found in this city, but the guildhall's status as a museum of Nahuaran glasscraft means this historic workshop is not getting renovated any time soon; if you visit the city, you can't miss it!
More artisans from around the world will be uncovered as Ebi resumes her journey on the Path to Adventure!
Will you walk the path of the Artisan?
Just reading this well written article made me pretty sure I would love your world!
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Thank you!! I really hope you do! <3 It's a delight to write for this world :)
Craft a bright new world, in Ayun Sovos!