Wanted: Topics for February

This is the voting post for February's articles.

Please choose one topic from each of the two lists below, and reply with the respective letter and number of your two chosen topics in the comments below. Voting ends on 11:59 PM PST on January 21st.

Topics marked with the asterisk (*) have been chosen by backers at the $10-a-month tier. They will be available for voting this month only, unless they are suggested again for March.

Note that since we're still below the $500 a month threshold, there will be no installment of A Creator's Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding this month. Once donations surpass that level again, I'll begin soliciting suggestions for new articles at the $10 a month tier.

Please reply with your choices in the comments below.

A Soldier's Guide to the Infinite Sea

A) Trade and Commerce: A description of the major trade routes in the Infinite Sea, as well as an overview of which power imports and exports what, and how this shapes their foreign policy.

B) Garing, Gutierrez, and Truscott - A History: A brief history of GG&T, from its humble beginnings during the Petty Kingdoms era, through its establishment as a major armsmaking firm during the Wars of Unification, to its current status as the Unified Kingdom's largest gunmaker.

C) Antagia's Rebellion: An overview of the last years of the Octovian Empire, the rising of the houses of Antagia and Khorobirit, and the final fall of the Heirs of Saint Stanislaus.

D) The Saintly Martyrs: An overview of the worship of the Saints in the Northern Kingdoms, including biographies of selected Sainted Martyrs, iconography, and cosmology.

E) The Curtain of Storms - A Primer: Very little is known about the Curtain of Storms, mostly because there have been no successful attempts to explore it. This pamphlet, printed by the Halford Foundation, ties together shards of fact with webs of speculation, but that is more than what most can offer.

F) Old Calligia - What We Know: The Kian poet J'eanne Lieux once said that "The only thing we know about Old Calligia are the lies". While not entirely true, very little of the long-gone northern realm has survived. This essay from the University of San'heu attempts to put together the pieces.

G) Warfare Then and Now: A relatively broad overview of the history of war and warfare in the Infinite Sea, taken from a part of a Callindrian children's book.

H) Edmund Garing, In His Own Words: An autobiographical account of the junior partner of GG&T, edited by the Countess of Welles for her report on the War in Antar.

I) Instructions to Traders and Travellers (Pt 3): The third part of a series of pamphlets issued by the Takaran Ministry of Barbarian Affairs, this one covering some of the minor powers in the Infinite Sea, including Azulae, Callindria, and Rathkurin.

J) A Selection of the Unified Kingdom's Noble Houses: Consisting of entries from Fernandescourt's Great Armourial, this article would offer short histories and profiles of relatively minor baronial houses, much like that of the player character of the Dragoon Saga.

K) Clerks and Commoners: Selections from a children's book written for the scions of the Tierran nobility, meant as their first real education in the classes and dynamics of the Baneless classes.

L) Intelligence Assessment - the 4th Duke of Cunaris: An Imperial Intelligence dossier collating basic information about Sir Johannes d'al Findlay, 4th Duke of Cunaris.

M) Tierra - Her Peoples and History: A "brief" overview of Tierra's ethnic groups, and how they have influenced Tierran history since the days of first settlement.

N) A Report on Tutors and Tutelage: Commissioned by the Royal University of Aetoria, this report investigates the education baneblooded children receive before they are admitted to the University itself.

P) A Call to Arms to the Faithful of the Tree: A religious tract summarising the worship of the Tree of Life, and calling for a renewed age of religious devotion in an age of Takaran secularism.

Q) The Compleat Knight: A somewhat tongue-in-cheek guide to the behaviours expected of a Knight of the Red.

R) The Senior Service: A rather self-serving pamphlet extolling the virtues of the Royal Tierran Navy in the context of the army's new prominence following the Dozen Years' War.

*S) Intelligence Committee Briefing - Far East Operations: Notes regarding the major factions of the M'hidiyossi Civil War, as delivered to the Takaran Senate Intelligence Committee.

*T) An Explanation to the Callindrian Envoy: A description of the ranks of the Tierran Peerage and the general strata of Tierran society and how they relate to each other, addressed to an unfortunate Callindrian diplomat.

*U) On the Use of the Bane as an Implement of Healing: An overview of the mechanics of banehealing, and how it's used by the Orders of the Blue.

*V) Addendum - Mechanical Developments in the Northern War: A series of notes by the Kian Ministry of Planning regarding technological developments resulting from the War in Antar.

*W) Excerpts from Food Diaries: Assorted notes and records regarding the food and available to the Tierran Army in Antar, from the rations of the ordinary infantryman to the table of the Duke of Havenport.

*X) List of Holdings in Trusteeship: Excerpts from an Intendancy document recording names and descriptions of noble houses rendered extinct by the War in Antar.

An Adventurer's Guide to the Fledgling Realms

*1) Sex Work in the Fledgling Realms: How does the oldest profession function in the Fledgling Realms?

*2) Feast Days of the Concordat: A list of major holidays in the Concordat.

*3) The Last of the Black-Clad: A collection of letters, notes, and journals from the remnants of Milius Black-Clad's former bandit army.