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Yeah, I've looked but only after rifling off this post. Mythic scribes is always a good place to come for advice first.

Thanks!

You could try looking at (not a real world religion) the fire benders from avatar, maybe? I know its not really a "religion" but you might want to take a look at how the fire shapes their culture...?

A very interesting insight, Yora. I think the best way to do this is to look back to stories from a long time gone - they are often the most romantic at heart. We have a lot to learn from them. In many ways what might be best is to tackle this thing head on - go full on in with all the muscle...

Aye. Again, before epic fantasy got really popular in the 90s I think most fantasy could be criticised this way but we have so many new things on the market now.

Thank you for the insight :D

I mean... are you sure? Browsing through my local bookshop I don't seem to see many. I think the most signifacant "Tolkien Rebrand" I've seen in a while is actually Wheel of Time (hear me out) - it doesn't really pick up its own feel until like book 5, and reads more like Tolkien before then...

So recently I got into a couple of discussions with some friends about reading, and the subject of fantasy was brought up - one of them said that, to paraphrase, "fantasy is just Tolkien" - and a few days later at my local book club the same subject was brought up and it was all "no, we can't do...

I keep a sketchbook and file. Other than that, its either all in my head or spilled on the paper. I also have random piles of paper which probably contain stuff that's important.

Usually, I do the history before the religion. I know that sounds weird given as it isn't how real world religion forms, but I find it really works for me. The questions given by the peoples and histories of the world give rise to the answers given by the religions. Sometimes I may take...

Amen. I would say more, but I believe most of what I would be able to contribute to this thread has already been said. Very thorough, guys.

I believe in many ways comment #2 sums up my views on this subject.

Thanks for the clarification. I don't have the technical knowledge, but most of these old forts take on a form similar to that of a stone castle, with high walls and a couple of gates. These places are turned into fortresses in the absence of occupants: they are not very practical places to...

Oh, hell yeah! M'armies rocking elephants all day. For example, the Persian Empire had armies from literally all over the politically relevant world at that point. They had everything from Scythians to Indians to Ethiopes. Really, the stuff you can do with the massive world of three thousand...

Ah-hah! You've given me a chance to ramble! Anything from ancient history is pretty fair game for epic fantasy. It feels like epic fantasy whenever I'm reading books about it: the scale, the ideas at play, the modernity and complexity of the characters - it all fits. Alexander the Great himself...