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The Fantasy Kraken: The Powerful Leviathan of the Sea

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CONTENTS Overview Many stories in fantasy feature at least one part where the protagonist travels across the sea. Some lean deeply into life on the ocean, highlighting how sailors survive and receive sustenance as they navigate the world’s seas whereas others explore a darker side of the ocean. The seas are known for vicious monsters […]

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A brown fireplace with a roaring fire in the middle. Above the fireplace are 2 blue windows with sunbeams going towards the fireplace. The background is a blue gradient from a darker blue at the top to a lighter blue at the bottom. The Sunlit Hearth explores a variety of topics such as classic fantasy, modern fantasy, and realism in fantasy. It also looks at fantasy charm, good fantasy maps, and great fantasy maps. Other topics include reusing story ideas, rejected story ideas, the war of good vs evil, fantasy nature, and fantasy countries.

The Sunlit Hearth: Telling Great Stories with Fantasy Countries

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CONTENTS Introduction When people think of their favorite fictional worlds they love spending time in, they think of the cities and other locations that they fell in love in when they discovered them the first time. These places are part of what’s known as fantasy countries and these realms have an outsized influence not just

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