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Hi, The story I'm writing takes place in Medieval Baghdad, and there are some scenes that take place in the woods. My question is what kind of trees would normally be found there? Also what wood would be commonly used to make furniture (both high-end and low-end) and other amenities? Thanks...

I cannot really use the enhancing-the-little-light aspect because a part of my story takes place among the exiles of the mer-world. There are mer-people banished to total darkness, and as a result they become grossly disfigured. I guess I'll go with the special stone thing and create my own...

In my story, a few humans travel underwater to the kingdom of the mer-folk. It is at the bottom of the sea, which I assume to be quite dark. There is a little glowing moss and reeds etc, but these would not be really useful to the humans. So I added the concept of stones that emit light...

Hi, I'm George from India. I'm currently working on a book, and this site appears to be great fun. I'm not a big fan of the epic/ high fantasy genre, mostly because I find the world building quite tedious. I like historical fantasy and fiction a lot. I guess because the world is already...