Sunfire

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.

The Sunlit Hearth: How Great Fantasy Maps Help Worldbuilding

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CONTENTS Overview What purpose do maps serve when it comes to worldbuilding? Besides the obvious, that is showing how places in the world are linked to each other, they provide useful information both to the characters and the audience viewing them. You could even go so far as to say that designing great fantasy maps […]

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This green-colored fantasy orc is clad in black armor and is holding a sword in his left hand. He stands in front of a purple-pink diamond gradient background with the latter directly behind him.

The Fantasy Orc: An Evil Follower of the Powerful Dark Lord

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CONTENTS Introduction The big bad of a fictional world doesn’t just rely on himself to cause trouble for everyone. He has underlings whose sole purpose is to carry out his will and work to bring his plans for world domination to fruition. One longstanding servant he uses is that of the feared fantasy orc, a

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