Recent content by SithLord

Not so much a plagiarist pursuit, but more of a "misrepresentation" matter.

You could make it like some designer potion that the nobles consume or trade or sell and the heroes of the story, peasants in their own right, discover that this potion is "people". Hints of Soylent Green, vampire legends or the modern conspiracy of Pizzagate.

In my high fantasy, work in progress, I have made drafts of my three part story using simple sounding words as "place holders" for some of my spells or rituals until I could study and research a better, more precise form of linguistics that could be read easier or used to be more impactful. I...

Yes, that will occur. As will leather armor being incinerated near instantly from the fantasy napalm or lax protection from the more trained soldiers they're fighting against. The plate armor, because of the fantasy napalm, will fuse and melt into the flesh (I've imagined this quite...

I prefer to write in omniscient third. In my WIP that is a three part, three novel series, I have created one chapter in each book that happens to switch to first POV only the one chapter and one time. First book is POV for my male lead protag, second book has my female lead protag, and third...

Well, I will ask then. I have this large siege battle I've been planning in my head, mapping on paper and putting into my OneNote notes as to sequence, positions, weapons, etc. The battle itself is a naval affair with disembarking soldiers. There is a large city, mapped like Venice with the...

You could always use a "mystical" energy source. For example, Volkisch legends of Imperial Germany began to believe in a mystical source called Vril which became integrated into Theosophy and Nazi Occultism.

My "Chosen One" is in the vein of, "he was prophesied by these people" but these people, "said another prophecy". While others lost the meaning of said prophecy over the years and thought it meant something else. While my magick body believes it one way, while others in the same magick body...

I personally don't do it on paper, I prefer to use a program like OneNote (included with MS Office). With OneNote, you can create a new Notebook, then create tabs for ALL of your categories then even put pages and subpages into each tab. Plus, with any MS Office product, you can save your work...

Long time lurker but haven't joined until recently. Found that there are many good threads and articles relating to fantasy writing and world building and enjoy providing and receiving input, brainstorming and other activities that further the craft.

With different cultures come different laws and rules. While in my WIP, the protagonist's society generally frowns upon murder and if caught, the punishment fits the crime dependent upon the victim / suspect relationship within the society. For a noble to murder a servant or random person...

In one society, the one my protagonists grew up in, those with physical deformities are usually left alone, some make it some don't. If they're noble, they may be shunned by their family if they could get away with it (such is the case with one protagonist who was a noble but exhibited magick...

Maybe airmen (for vagueness or official rank identification) as in the modern Air Force.

You could always play on the trope that the Dark Lord is running both sides, your characters don't know, your audience doesn't know but you as the author in the head of your Dark Lord, knows. Therefore funding and hiding under the eye of your antagonist is covered, but there are agents or...

In my WIP, magick is latent in certain, talented individuals. These individuals, over time, have developed their own council and embody an "ecclesiastical" ruling body where instead of ruling like kings, they are more or less a moral guide to lead the normal humans. Think of them as the...