Recent content by TheMirrorMage

I'd just like to piggy-back on this to plug an infamous Dutch cartographer, van Deventer, who produced some of the most accurate maps of the mid-to-late 16th century Netherlands. While he didn't cover a large area, his style is somewhat reminiscent of typical fantasy-style maps. He's mentioned a...

I believe it's a one-off payment

Used to use a free program called The Guide until I bought Scrivener and switched to that. Both have basically the same functionality when creating an encyclopedia for your world, but Scrivener has a few more formatting options, is probably more user friendly and has other functions. For...

I tried low fantasy a few years ago but sadly didn't get past the worldbuilding with it, but if I wanted to go the "medieval-esque fantasy" that would be the route (essentially avoiding a thought-out magic system). Now I've got more time on my hands I'm working on (and intending to stick at)...

Lots of different responses here - wasn't really expecting that to be honest, but its nice to see everyone has their own approach. I like the idea of considering (if not developing) characters and themes while worldbuilding, which is what I'm trying to do with my world. I'm hoping to find a...

What could be interesting is a "temple" in the form of an ornate, architecturally brilliant version of the usual location. Imagine if a blacksmith was given the same treatment as one of the train stations you mention, or indeed a "liquor house", which instead of serving just a relatively small...

If you feel polytheism is cliched, check out this chart which shows the development and connectivity of religions over time. Monotheistic and polytheistic religions seem to dominate, particularly in Europe and West/Central Asia, with much of the rest of the world following some form of animism...

I had this general idea in mind for a story, and since writing it down I've been trying to mould a world around a basic story arc. I've gotten a few days into the world-building process and I'm starting to feel constrained to a story that almost doesn't even fit with my world anymore. I had...

My world hasn't got any religions (but one does work it's way in as part of the plot), so an Order would be similar to the Golden Fleece. It may tie in with the disappearance of the King (since the Order of the Golden Fleece was formed by a king and some knights), perhaps one of the members...

Thanks guys for all the responses Personally I always considered a knight only being knighted by a monarch, although potentially a lord. Never by another knight, though. Freeriders would be horseback combatants who didn't fight for any lord in particular. Riders would be the "recruits" of...

Googled "fantasy writing forum" MS was the first result cheers guys for the help so far

I wasn't entirely sure which forum to put this thread in, please excuse me if it's in the wrong place. In my WIP, the capital city has been taken by the enemy, and no-one knows whether the king is dead or alive. In other parts of the kingdom, the regional lords have granted privileges to some...

I am in agreement with psychotick, since the "proper" use of "Sir" is, in essence, a rank (to denote Knights). People would write Private, Corporal, Major and General with capitals (if anything, it's to avoid confusion with private, corporal, major and general). Like psychotick says, "Sir" is a...

I uploaded five individual images of covers to the gallery, along with these four rows of three covers. I have a quite a few still on my computer. I used three fonts, all of which were free for commercial use: Underground NF, =10&l[]=1&text=Crossing+the+Dropline"]Anchor Jack and Antique Book...