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Here are the notes from the creation session for Bits and Baubles: Industrial High Fantasy.

1. List Media 2. Gather Inspirations
The Count of Monte Cristo Patient plotting (evil)
Kingkiller Chronicles Unreliable narrator
Macbeth Tales of betrayal
30 Rock Idiot wrangling
Star Wars Wide setting spanning
3-4. Describe Genre and Scale
Genre type: High Fantasy
Descriptor: Industrial
Scale: Large scale
5. Establish Facts
Q: Who do people believe betrayed Queen Selenium? A: The head of the Office of Production of Magical Bits and Baubles
Q: Which outside faction(s) are plotting to take over the Queen's dominion? A: The Guild of Unnaturals
Q: Who can help you cheat your way to the top of the social ladder? A: Pamplemousse Kettlegreen
Q: Where are the borders of the Queen's domain? A: From the Frothy Sea to the Corporate Nation of Gearwhistle
Q: Who is responsible for disciplining the pupils? A: The Ministry of Mediocre Mind Management
Q: Who was recently brought up on charges of mismanagement of MoMMM? A: Augusta Wyldfyre
Q: Who started the conflict between MoMMM and the Guild of Unnaturals? A: Hugo the Charitable
Q: Who benefits from the conflict between MoMMM and the Guild of Unnaturals? A: The Corporate Nation of Gearwhistle
Q: What does Gearwhistle seek to gain? A: Machina's Bauble secrets
Q: What is the Monarchdom of Machina's longest-running unfinished undertaking? A: The Colossus of Machina
6. Title
Bits and Baubles: Industrial High Fantasy
7. Create Sparks
Queen Selenium is cursed to lose days off her life as Idiots do stupid things
The Guild of Unnaturals is full of people wrongly accused of Idiocy by MoMMM
There is no known successor to the throne, and the Queen is dying
There are tensions and economic sanctions between Machina and Gearwhistle
The Office of Production of Magical Bits and Baubles is draining the froth from the Frothy Sea to power their production
Hugo the Charitable is an agent of Gearwhistle
A plague of Idiocy is ravaging the land
Pamplemousse Kettlegreen is importing Idiots from other countries to overthrow the Queen
8. Select the Issues and Aspects
Legacy: Plague of Idiocy Aspect: Idiocy is contagious
Current: No known successor to the dying Queen Selenium Aspect: Search for a successor
Impending: Hugo the Charitable is an agent of Gearwhistle Aspect: Spies abound
9. Create Faces
Legacy Supporter: General Kipling, "loyal" servant of the Queen, trying to weaponize Idiocy
Legacy Rejector: Doctor Penny Carrot, Idiocy plague researcher
Current Supporter: Sir Sterling Silverknife, the Queen's most loyal retainer
Current Rejector: Queen Selenium, monarch of Machina in search of immortality
Impending Supporter: Richard "Dick" Moneybags, CEO of Gearwhistle
Impending Rejector: Countess Louise Apricot, the Queen's spymaster
10. Create Places
Spark: Tensions & economic sanctions
Place Name: Valley of Cogs
Descriptor: Natural resource. Mine-rich, hotly-disputed area on the border of Machina and Gearwhistle
Situational Aspect: Smells like motor oil
Spark: Pamplemousse Kettlegreen is importing Idiots
Place Name: Pamplemousse's compound
Descriptor: Near the Valley of Cogs, sits over tunnels used for human trafficking
Situational Aspect: Built by idiots
Spark: Guild of Unnaturals full of wrongly-accused Idiots
Place Name: Wood of Wiseness
Descriptor: Forest full of GoU members, with a giant tree fort
Situational Aspect: Not dumb, just stoned
Spark: Queen Selenium is cursed to lose life
Place Name: Prismatic Palace
Descriptor: Very shiny palace where the Queen lives; attracts Idiots
Situational Aspect: Very shiny

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