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Anarchy in fantasy depicts a lawlessness world. This image features a city with a castle on a hilltop above it. The city has both rectangular- and square-shaped buildings with a wavy roof on each one. The buildings come in four colors: light yellow, brown, light blue, and white. The roofs come in the following colors: dark blue, red, light black, and dark brown. Many of these buildings have windows and some have a visible door. The road itself runs down the middle of the image, swaying to the right and then the left, ending at the doorstep of the castle. The road also meets two others, one that runs to the left, and the other to the right. Behind the city is a grassy field with blades of grass scattered throughout. A river cuts through the field, meandering from the left edge to the right edge of the image. The castle itself is white with gray shadows. It has four red turrets and diamond-shaped windows. Smoke billows forth from the buildings and castle, as if they're on fire. The grassy field is yellow-orange and the sky is a pale yellow with gray clouds.

Anarchy in Fantasy: A World Mired in Great Chaos

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CONTENTS The Premise Governments in fantasy maintain order and stability. They rely on several mechanisms to keep things calm and peaceful between citizens and other countries. In exchange for keeping people safe, they must comply with the rules and regulations they set forth. On the opposite end is chaos. Nowhere is this more evident than […]

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A tyrannical government in fantasy rules its lands from dark towers or castles. This dark gray tower has a diamond-shaped hole at the top where parts of it jut out in different directions. On the tower's front is a series of steps going diagonally. A path runs from the door to the bottom of the image. On each side is a rock plateau. Behind the tower is a gray mountain range with a volcano on the right side. The volcano has a ring of clouds swirling above it. Above the mountains is the black sky with gray clouds.

The Tyrannical Government in Fantasy: When Great Might Makes Right

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CONTENTS Overview Power is concentrated in either the hands of one person, few people, or a whole lot of folks. How they use it is up to them. People use it for both good and evil, as befits human nature. With power invested in only one person’s hands, it can transform him into an unrecognizable

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