world building

I don't see a lot of Naria type fantasy out there, where the reader can learn something about Christianity via a fantasy story, so I'm thinking about writing some. I'm pondering creating a world based on real biblical history. My concern is that I'll need to use fiction to fill in some of the...

Hello people. I'm starting a new world building project for my fictional universe and need a bit of help deciding things. It's going to be a planet very distant from earth, it will be considerably warmer then earth. Now for the backstory I've just started, it will have been a naturally habitable...

I'm about to start a story somewhat based on Greek Mythology (but Science Fantasy), But I don't really know what my magic system should be. I've never really worked on magic systems for any of my writing. All I know is that I want it to be alongside technology and wielded by wizard priests...

First and formal, How you guys doing, I am a new member of this amazing site. I am a college student that is working on a video game with a small team, we are building a world for our new game. the presentation of this world in the game will be something like Dark Souls (telling the story, the...

Hey there I was just wondering if I could step outside my own head and get the communities thoughts on a magic system I've been developing. This is in a very early phase. The world of Torrent is deeply connected to the Spirit World. Spirits are everywhere on the physical world. They exist as...

When you read the phrase “dragon magic” what comes to mind? I’m working on a piece that deliberately caters to old tropes of fantasy and trying to work within the old expectations to create something that feels fresh by the characters that live within the world and the magic they use. I’ve got...

Hey guys! Hope you're all healthy and doing fine! I want to talk a bit about conlanging in worldbuilding. I'll ask y'all a few questions: -Have you ever created a world especially created for your conlang? Similar to what J.R.R. Tolkien. -How much do y'all focus on conlanging in your worlds...

I'm looking for some unique, original creatures from cultures and mythologies around the world to use in my canon of stories. And some of the most creative kinds of creatures, I think, are of the aquatic variety. Of course, my mind immediately turns to mermen (and, by extension, the similar...

I love J.R.R. Tolkien. He is an incredible writer and an extremely creative world-builder. It was his writing that inspired me to turn my creative energies to fantasy writing. That said... Do you find yourself defaulting back on Tolkien's pre-established tropes and race archetypes? I know I...

I’m drafting a fantasy story from the perspective of the monsters and while I’m brain storming I thought I’d reach out to my fellow fantasy writers and see what monsters interest y’all the most? Are there any particular creatures you’d like to see more in books? Anything with an old favorite...

Hey folks!! Had quite some fun with our last discussion over "empires" and now I have a new topic in mind! How important is culture in a fantasy world? In my own fantasy world, that is only populated by humans, I find creating new and diferent cultures important. Combine this with my love for...

One of the things that we read backward into earlier times, including data at settings, is a casual attitude toward sex. TV and movie versions of fantasy novels often add these elements where they didn’t exist (thought not GoT). Why were sexual mores so much more strict in almost all earlier...

I have a question for the community: Let's say that we have a planet, very much like the earth (tilted at 23.5 degrees) and its sun (a normal yellow star). The planet is populated by normal human beings or human-like beings who have been living on its surface for countless years (say 2-3...

Okay, so I was going to do this in a more structured fashion, with headings and everything, but I decided it was taking too long for my procrastinating self to rearrange everything, so here I am with something more organic. The world of Experia began with an odd idea: In A World with Save...

Today's entry is about the magic of Terra. If you haven't seen the first two parts of this little worldbuilding series of mine, be sure to check out Fantasia: The World of Terra, and Fantasia: The Inhabitants of Terra. Magic Magic is the practice of harnessing spiritual energy that allows...

In my world there is a language that only the spirits and some of the magic using mortals know, though anyone has the ability to learn it. This language automatically connects to the Spirit Realm, so it would probably be disastrous for a non-magic using mortal to try to speak it. Anyway, for now...

Hello! I'm new around here so I hope I'm doing this right. I have this story that I created for my nieces and nephews years ago. This story was born after I read them stories such as Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Worst Witch, Diskworld, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Chronicles...

I’m making tech levels for my sci fi world. It starts with the Post-Information Age, which is around (2030-2050) Next is the Fusion Age (2050-2100) Next is the Nano Age (2100-2150) Next is the Age of Ascendence (2150-2200) Finally we have the Omnipotent Age (2200+) For each age I need an...

I'm going to open this page for discussing about the lore of the mixed-fantasy world I'm creating and expanding. To start, here's the (really shortened) timeline.

Ok... the planet has three moons. A, B, and C. A is closest and the smallest. B is inbetween, in both orbit and size. And C is the largest and furthest away. Lets say Moon C orbits every 60 days. To me, that would mean that Moon B would orbit every, say... 45 days. And Moon A every 30 days...