Gusts from the waters cooled the men and women kneeling on the rocky shore. The repeated motion of the waves was the only sound engulfing the ears of the many. Before all of those who kneeled was their transcendent lord, Metod and his wife of this deific lake. And below the man – no god –...
I'd have to say, you can't go wrong with C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. Those books are what got me into fantasy and I they are intentionally for children that are your brother's age.
Hey, guys! I'm fairly new to this website, but I've been crafting worlds since I could walk. Noticing that there was a Research forum on here, I felt compelled to give a good bit of advice: Read the mythology. Without mythology, there would be no fantasy genre. All of those epics, fables...
It really depends on who's reading your writing! Personally, I look for these kinds of races in fantasy. Yeah, they may be generic, but they are the races I'm familiar with and what I just like to see! I'd have to agree with Ailith that you should maybe follow these "guidelines" with these...
It's really up to you what you want in your world! I think monotheism works very well in a fantasy world. It creates a much more powerful, personal god that actually makes a great character. The god would always be present and referred to. And actually, in my world, I have only one god, but...
You know, I enjoyed this game a lot. I was disappointed about Skyrim. The only good thing to the Elder Scrolls V, to me, was the embellished world. I'm picky about video games. However, Reckoning was a resurrection to my roleplay gaming. I enjoyed the character creation, the combat, the...