Recent content by Ivan Sailor

Allurement maybe? What you're describing seems very similar to thaumaturgy.

Well, thanks for the encouragement. What was the book called?

Of course I was joking. I probably should have mentioned that from the beginning. I'm going for Gandesii (the Arabic pronunciation) like I said in the first post. Thanks to everyone for the replies though.

Thanks to everyone fr the help, I've finally decided to call them the Gandalfians of the Gray Continent thaks to penpilot's comment. Thanks for the help everyone. Maybe their mortal enemies could be the Sarums of the Great Tower.

This is a series of questions I wanted to ask since I've been having these ideas that seem really awesome to me, but might in fact be really bad for a story. I am writing my first novel and I'm afraid of encumbering it with all this stuff. First of all, I'd like to know if changing the point of...

Uh, thanks. I guess I'll go for the Arabic pronunciation then.

In my current WIP I have a female character from a continent named Gandes. English isn't my first language and I have no idea what to call the inhabitants of the region. Gandesians? Gandesii? Gandes-men/women? Any help would be greatly appreciated. PS. Is this the right thread for this? If not...

1. I am very fond of the idea that power is corrupting. In the most realistic scenario, the mage would probably not be the good guy. At best he would be an antihero. Also, nobility. If they are not considered completely evil and hunted down for it, mages would probably be the nobility. Already...

This Thread is awesome. I think it should be made sticky along with the one about swords. I have a few questions though. Beyond the Recurve, Reflex, Longbow (or stick bows? which is it?) and weird Japanese Yumi are there any other types of bows? I have a carbon (I think) recurve bow. One of the...

The psychological thriller "Unthinkable" is a great source of information not only on methods of physical torture but also psychological ones as well as their moral outcomes. Also, the episodes from Game of thrones in the third season where spoiler* Theon is tortured *end of spoiler are also...

Wow, I wasn't expecting such a warm welcome, so thanks a lot. Thanks for the recommendation, I've already tried to read Joe Abercrombie's "Red Country" but gave up halfway trough because the plot was moving forward very slowly, but I'll try The First Law. It has a pretty good rating on...

First of all, my name is Ivan and I hail from Romania. I barely have any writing talent whatsoever due to the fact that my first language is obviously Romanian. But I love fantasy books and I'm especially fond of the darker, grittier fantasy books that have been coming out lately. My favorite...