Welcome back to Wittering of a Worldbuilder. Today I give you another weekly wittering in which I will be taking on a worldbuilding prompt and attempting to use it to delve into different aspects of my world – Egaar. I will be freewriting a lot of my responses and they will hopefully provide me with new, useful information about Egaar and its people. Hope you enjoy!
Category: Magic
Let’s talk about Magic #2: Ley Lines – Part 2
In the World of Egaar, I have created a magic system that combines elements of multiple magic systems, as detailed here. This is mainly to allow for a wide array of magic to exist in my world. My system includes magic as an energy, a substance, a divine gift and as something present in nature to some extent. As a result, the Ley Lines of my world are equally as complex in the way they operate and have various elements of the ideas I have expressed above. I will give the disclaimer that not everything is perfectly ironed out and within the world there are competing theories and beliefs, so it muddies the waters a little with regard to the exact details. Also, as a worldbuilder, I reserve the right to have some rough edges where I can’t be bothered to do the mental acrobatics to figure it all out. Enjoy!
Continue reading “Let’s talk about Magic #2: Ley Lines – Part 2”Let’s talk about Magic #2: Ley Lines – Part 1
Magic is a cornerstone of fantasy. If you have a fantasy setting it is likely you have magic within it. Understanding the magic in your world can be important when it comes to story, theme and worldbuilding, so today we will continue to look at how I went about creating the magic system for my world – The World of Egaar.
Ley Lines – What are they in your world?
Continue reading “Let’s talk about Magic #2: Ley Lines – Part 1”Let’s talk about Magic #1: Origins and Sources
Magic is a cornerstone of fantasy. If you have a fantasy setting it is likely you have magic within it. Understanding the magic in your world can be important when it comes to story, theme and worldbuilding, so today we will start to look at how I went about creating the magic system for my world – The World of Egaar.
Origins and Sources of Magic – Where does magic come from?
When beginning to craft a magic system, it is important to figure out where the magic comes from in your world and there are many common sources you can choose from:
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