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    Cynocephalus and fungihumanoids trading

    , the cynocephalus and fungihumanoids,in medieval Europe has sometimes traded with each other usually, when its coming to stuff like trading supplies like wood and silver for medicine and trade involved with helping eachother. so for example, a cynocephali will gain things like medical fungi...
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    The rot

    Fungihumanoids,call demons the rot as to them demons are nothing but a rotting spiritual disease that's caused nothing but sin and spiritual sickness,as they understand that demons are outside of space and time,as whenever a demon effects them they feel spiritual sickness.
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    Creation of the fungi of eden

    In our Doctrine of our people, the lord finished the creation of the world and looked upon all he'd had made as it was all very good. among the plants of the garden of eden he formed the first fungus,chaim-pitrya ,a pure and living network woven into the soil. it was not created for food,or...
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    the Fungi of Eden

    the first fungi of Eden ,was one of the many traditions the fungihumanoids believe in tradition that,the first ever mushroom made by God was within the garden of eden before the fall, believing they are connected to the lord and are even connected to adam and eve in a way but due to this being...
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    Abbagon - A world of Holy Wars, magical bloodlines, and ancient feuds

    Hey, guys. This is a basic summary of my setting main conflict- I'm looking for feedback on how this conflict could play out, what scenarios could arise within it, and things that I could remove, change, or expand upon. If you're curious for more, please ask. Like most worldbuilders, I'm...
  6. Naruzeldamaster

    What would you put in 'lore' books, if your book or books had one?

    Let's assume that you were finished with whatever book/books you were working on and were asked to provide a lore book to accompany it. I would put a lot of stuff about the different race's culture and how the theme of 'data' more closely links to the environment and lifestyle of the world. I'm...
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    Hello fellow world builders!

    Okay so to start off I'm one of these hobbyist world builders who will probably never get around to writing an actual story in my setting. I'm having way too much fun creating all the history/background, culture, politics and elven migration patterns to bother. I love fantasy but am also a...
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    I want to know your opinion on orcs in my fantasy novel and how they came to be

    The archaic orcs descended from the third wave of archons who rejected their civilization and migrated north.Northern humans eradicated most of the orcs, and the remaining orcs diverged into kobolds, goblins, trolls, and ogres. The Tursarians started the orc breeding program to create better...
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    Hello! :D

    My name is Andrei and I'm a 17 year old male working towards my dream goal of having an indie animated show on YouTube in the future, the world, as well as the plot and characters are all under construction at the moment and I would apreciate any feedback, tought and opinions, suggestions and...
    • MemeLover_37
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  10. Lillith_Sorvalen

    Good afternoon

    Good afternoon, everyone! My name is Lillith, and I’m a passionate dark fantasy author, world-builder, and indie game developer. I recently released my first short story collection, The GlyphLight Chronicles – Volume I, and I’m currently working on several new projects. I love crafting...
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    Reversia; a Clockwise Earth

    The Clockwise World New canon map V6 by Molotovsnowman as of March 1, 2024. Biome map by Molotov too Keep in mind this map assumes preindustrial CO2 levels. According to a quick Google search, otl earth has warmed up by roughly 1.1C since the start of the Industrial Revolution thanks to...
    • ForbiddenParadise64
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  12. Dankolisic

    Questions about development of distant lands

    To summarize quickly: The book is a fanatasy/mystery novel. The story is a side of it's own, but something about the world bothers me. So, just to summarize the lore of the world: It is a planet, with one large continent. On the north, northeast of the continent, among the mountains, a race...
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    Closet Nerd in need of help

    Lurker here, I'm what some might consider a "closet nerd" I'm in the military and lift everyday so my friend group usually consists of people that do that but sometimes I crave for people with similar interests (WoW, lord of the rings, starwars, anime, legos and stuff) to approach me but to be...
  14. CrazyWolf1996

    So I'm Writing a Series

    I've been working on this for a long time. Like a decade. I've been trying to develop the idea more, and feedback is always appreciated. So to keep things brief, here is the basic idea of what it is: In a post-apocalyptic, post-human world, wolves are now top of the food chain. They have made...
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    In a world where fantasy creatures live among us in coexistence, like Netflix's Bright movie, what would count as "Fantasy"?

    I have been thinking about this concept for a bit and can't seem to get a grasp on it. I hope some of you might be able to share your thoughts on this kind of topic :) Thanks !
  16. Adiam Gaunt

    Gods as head of state. (1/?)

    Salves comes, this is my first post and I'm sure only the beginning. I am currently in the midst of worldbuilding a setting that I intend to use in my future creative projects, based around one idea: What if the Gods of a setting, instead of being shunted off into their own little planes of...
  17. Nimbia: Nomads of Otto

    The Child God

    "We will walk into the horizon every day and every night, we will seek injustice and take down those who impart it, so are the orders of the Son of the Wind" Youngest of all of the four brothers, Otto arrived to a world were pretty much everything was taken, and so, he tried to learn from his...
    • Hunter
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    • Category: Mythic Worlds
  18. Nimbia: Nomads of Otto

    Nimbia: Nomads of Otto

    Here walks the young king Otto and his caravans of wanderers, bending time and seeing prophecies, while riding beasts and the wind itself, they travel long and wide through all Nimbia, through the forests, to the frozen lands, even the plains and deserts of the barren lands of the south, here...
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  19. Nimbia: The druids of Prima

    The godess of Spring

    "I shall see my forest reborn rather than consumed by these vile plague that has corrupted my sons" _Prima, The Mother of all Prima was the second of all five entities to reach Nimbia, she is represented as a young woman, who has green hair and long pointy ears, with pale skin and yellow eyes...
    • Hunter
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    • Category: Mythic Worlds
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    A World with a Planetary Ring

    So, I'm writing a story about a world that once had three moons, but one was destroyed as a result of a battle between an alliance of the realm's races and a dracolich made out of thousands of corpses (makes more sense in context, honestly). I was planning on the event causing a nuclear winter...
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