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    Character development.

    First of all, Gurkhal and Asura Levi thank you for the great replies. You've given me a lot to think about. Which is good. I will answer some of the questions asked. Since they are obvious to me, but not to you because I have that all in my head. Armir - The disease that claimed his family...
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    Character development.

    Lar is th MC. didn't write one for him.
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    Character development.

    Hi all, I just finished small surmaries of some of the characters in my story. I'd like to know if i'm on the right path and what you think of them. here they are: Armir One-eye – Armir is a dwarven miner. As his name suggests he only has one eye. In his younger years a shard of rock...
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    The Desolation of Smaug

    Nice, Nice! I can't wait to see Beorn.
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    Historical, mythological and public domain warriors?

    Ragnar Lodbrok - first viking to succesfully sail the open sea and discovering britain Ragnar Lodbrok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia King arthur - duh Spartacus - slave gladiator who rebels against the romans.
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    Races of Fantasy

    Wow, I love the way the "races threads" are trending at the moment. Clearly a lot of people here have great imagination and have put a lot of work into their races. Thank you all for sharing your creations. I intend to do the same thing here. But in a more open context. For I see no reason to...
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    Races of my World

    Very nice! I am intrigued by the unnamed ones. the other two are fantastic as well. as for the name of the unnamed. try to think of what they would call themselves. Perhaps even what othe people call them in the myths and legends. Like the Inuit. Western culture has called them eskimo's for as...
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    Naming a Wizard...

    An other question about Merlin. A white stag is his symbol, right? or is represented by one? Just trying to figure out what familiar he has :p
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    Naming a Wizard...

    Thank for the great refrences. As for Meave. She has no "th" because she is also a female. So 3 male wizards and 2 female :P
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    Naming a Wizard...

    Hi all, I'm having a Little trouble naming one of my wizards. But first let me tell you a bit more about my wizards. In my world there are five wizards. They are humans with graet magical power. which is extrordinary, why? Because humans do not posses magic in my world. Though humans have the...
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    Familiars

    First of all, I'd like to thank you all for your replies. Secondly, I think I found the familiar I was looking for. Lightning Bird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is not one of the options I gave. But I chose this one because you gus made me think more about it. I thank you for that as...
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    The Name Thread

    From the options you have given I think The Hungry Sea is the best, with The sea of Jaws as a close second. For The Sea of Jaws I like the way it sounds the best. So perhaps make a combination of the two? like The Sea of Hunger?
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    Familiars

    You are absolutely correct about the dragonriding thing. And indeed the Idea of a familiar comes from witch-hunters, or the general idea that people have with witches. But in later fiction Familiars are also based on the native american cuture of having a animal spirit to guide you. That is...
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    The Name Thread

    Yes, I have seen it in Naruto. It is what Itachi uses, right? I believe that in the anime it does not generate heat as normal fire does. But rather just consumes everything it touched. I'm not trying to get a discusion going about the anime and what is and what isn't. Just saying what I thought...
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    Alchemy a Fantasy Art?

    I concur. What I know of alchemy (which isn't much), it is just the same as science, but in an other time. I might just be wrong though.
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