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		<description>the whimsical world of bardic wizardry</description>

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            <title>jan 2026 roundup</title>
            <link>https://mortaki.neocities.org/</link>
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                &#x3C;ul&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added Agnes to the writer&#x27;s webring&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;updated the writer&#x27;s webring widget so it&#x27;s pretty now (hopefully)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added a button that links to the changelog rss feed to the index page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added Linky to writers webring&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;revamped library front desk (finally)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;revamped harry potter fanfic shelf; others should follow soon&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;joined writing castle guild on melonland&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;joined rimring&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;revamped all works page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;redid the lair, it&#x27;s now mortaki original!&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;/ul&#x3E;
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:41:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>dec 2025 roundup</title>
            <link>https://mortaki.neocities.org/</link>
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            &#x3C;ul&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;added ttrpg page (planar orbs). the guild is now accessible lol&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;added Jason to the writer&#x27;s webring&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;/ul&#x3E;
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>nov 2025 roundup</title>
            <link>https://mortaki.neocities.org/</link>
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            &#x3C;ul&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;current research changes&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;moved wizardry stuff around&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;reformatted the grimoire using tiddlywiki&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;reformatted the shora lorebook using tiddlywiki (red handed is next... probably)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;got rid of the mystic tongues section; conlangs will be in the lorebooks instead&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;added the guild notes to the site, just not accessible right now lol&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;finally made the witchcraft lorebook also using tiddlywiki, still a wip tho&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;/ul&#x3E;
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:19:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>oct 2025 roundup</title>
			<link>https://mortaki.neocities.org/</link>
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                &#x3C;ul&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;launched &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/writers/main&#x22;&#x3E;writer webring&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;joined &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://tinydiorama.neocities.org/cozydrinks/&#x22;&#x3E;cozy drinks webring&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added some badges and buttons to index page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;edited the layout of the index page a bit&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added the ruse to the &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/main&#x22;&#x3E;all works&#x3C;/a&#x3E; page (I forgot lol)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;made a changelog rss feed, retroactively added everything since the relaunch&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;made a update rss feed for &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/redhanded.html&#x22;&#x3E;red handed&#x3C;/a&#x3E;, &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/shora.html&#x22;&#x3E;shora&#x3C;/a&#x3E;, and &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/theruse.html&#x22;&#x3E;the ruse&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;rearranged the index page (again) and added the &#x22;alive internet theory and web revival&#x22; section&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;new redhanded update: chapter &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/redhanded/rh-reader.html#4&#x22;&#x3E;four&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;new bardic work: &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/poetry.html#ideal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x22;idealistic&#x22;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;; a poem&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;new bardic work: &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/poetry.html#birthday&#x22;&#x3E;&#x22;birthday&#x22;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;; a poem&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;made a &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://ko-fi.com/mortaki&#x22;&#x3E;kofi&#x3C;/a&#x3E; and linked it on my index page; optimistic? maybe. yolo.&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added lots of little hover text on the index page for funsies&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;did an itty bitty, tiny amount of work on the &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/lore/sm-worldbuilding.html&#x22;&#x3E;shora lorebook&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;put &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/theruse.html&#x22;&#x3E;the ruse&#x3C;/a&#x3E; on the backburner so to speak; it can be found on the all works page but has been removed from the current works section. it will still receive updates though infrequently&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;replaced the ruse with a teaser for &#x22;The Consorts&#x22; in the current works section&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;updated the mordecai experiment to better reflect progress and the creative direction of the project&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;css changes on index page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;changed the &#x22;the middle of everyhere&#x22; experiment&#x27;s codename to &#x22;sun magic&#x22; bc a codename should be short dammit (sun magic was the working title for a long time)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;updated the guild experiment&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added the &#x22;bardic philosophy&#x22; section to the index page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;LOTS of text on the index page now, so added some links for navigating to different sections&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added fwonsh to neighboring mages under &#x22;friends-ish&#x22;&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added a shroom guardian to the lair&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added a patron to the lair&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;joined nobility clique&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;new &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mordecai.bearblog.dev/what-works-for-me/&#x22;&#x3E;grimoire entry&#x3C;/a&#x3E; about my writing process&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;changed the lair&#x27;s header links; now links to the &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mordecai.bearblog.dev/&#x22;&#x3E;grimoire&#x3C;/a&#x3E; and a new collection/resources page called the &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/notebook&#x22;&#x3E;spellbook&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added more mobile compatibility to the index page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added trigger warnings to &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/redhanded.html&#x22;&#x3E;red handed&#x3C;/a&#x3E; page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;joined bookworm clique&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;/ul&#x3E;
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			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 14:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>sept 2025 roundup</title>
			<link>https://mortaki.neocities.org/</link>
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                &#x3C;ul&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;new bardic work: &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mordecai.bearblog.dev/why-im-not-afraid-of-ai-as-an-artist/&#x22;&#x3E;&#x22;why I&#x27;m not afraid of ai as an artist&#x22;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;; an essay&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;new bardic work: &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/poetry#lament&#x22;&#x3E;&#x22;love&#x27;s lament&#x22;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;; a poem&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;new bardic work: &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/poetry#respect&#x22;&#x3E;&#x22;disrespectful&#x22;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;; a poem&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added new buttons to Mages of Inspiration in the Neighboring Mages annotation&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;new &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mordecai.bearblog.dev/questbook/&#x22;&#x3E;grimoire entry&#x3C;/a&#x3E; about the making of the questbook&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;did some work on the Shora &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/lore/sm-worldbuilding&#x22;&#x3E;lorebook&#x3C;/a&#x3E; (nowhere near finished lol)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added pdf versions of &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/redhanded#all&#x22;&#x3E;redhanded&#x3C;/a&#x3E; chapters&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added some noodles to the experiments tab: mortaki and the middle of everything&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;new &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/library/bookshelf&#x22;&#x3E;library&#x3C;/a&#x3E; arrival: Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card (read this years ago lol)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;library &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/library/bookshelf&#x22;&#x3E;book&#x3C;/a&#x3E; updates: reviews and summaries added for Red Rising and How to Lose the Time War&#x3C;/li&#x3E;                                    &#x3C;li&#x3E;libary &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/library/manga-shelf&#x22;&#x3E;manga&#x3C;/a&#x3E; updates: reviews and summaries added for Honey Lemon Soda, Sasaki to Miyano, and Spy x Family&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;new bardic work: &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/poetry#bloodshed&#x22;&#x3E;&#x22;bloodshed&#x22;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;; a poem&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;entered testing phase for the &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/writers/main&#x22;&#x3E;writer webring&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;did some rearranging in the lair: experiments and annotations have now swapped formats&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;added new experiments: the guild and the world fair&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;li&#x3E;made new site button to better match current index page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
                &#x3C;/ul&#x3E;
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 25 12:53:11 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>aug 2025 roundup</title>
			<link>https://mortaki.neocities.org/</link>
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            &#x3C;ul&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;made brand new index page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;made brand new wizard page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;made in browser reader for &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/redhanded/rh-reader&#x22;&#x3E;redhanded&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;set up &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/lore/guides/main&#x22;&#x3E;guidebook&#x3C;/a&#x3E; for the both conlangs (not filled out)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;set up &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/lore/main&#x22;&#x3E;lorebooks&#x3C;/a&#x3E; for shora and redhanded (also not filled out)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;updated redhanded chapters &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/redhanded/rh-reader#1&#x22;&#x3E;one&#x3C;/a&#x3E;, &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/redhanded/rh-reader#2&#x22;&#x3E;two&#x3C;/a&#x3E;, and &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/redhanded/rh-reader#3&#x22;&#x3E;three&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;set up the &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mordecai.bearblog.dev/learning-in-public/&#x22;&#x3E;grimoire&#x3C;/a&#x3E; (for documenting my learning process and essays)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;brand new &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/library/main&#x22;&#x3E;library&#x3C;/a&#x3E; set up; you can now see covers for books and manga and each fandom has its own shelf for fanfiction (some shelves still need to be made)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;new bardic work: &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://mortaki.neocities.org/works/theruse&#x22;&#x3E;The Ruse&#x3C;/a&#x3E;; it now has its own page&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;li&#x3E;&#x22;noodles&#x22; have been moved to the experiments tab in the wizard&#x27;s lair (still a wip)&#x3C;/li&#x3E;
            &#x3C;/ul&#x3E;
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			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 25 12:53:11 -0500</pubDate>
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