Welcome to the first of many dives into the Noble houses of my world, Egaar! Today, we are looking at the House of Lignaard, a well-known house from the Tarantulan Empire, with close ties to the Tarantulan royal family. This write up provides a brief summary of different aspects of the house and roughly follows my guide: The Makings of Nobility. I hope it gives some interesting insight into one of the noble houses of my world and inspires you in your worldbuilding.
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Weekly Wittering: Prompt #11
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!
Prompt #10 – What are the famous ruins in your world and what secrets lurk within?
Continue reading “Weekly Wittering: Prompt #11”Fantasy Short: She is the enemy of knowledge
As part of my continued desire to better my writing ability, I have taken to using writing prompts to inspire myself. I find them to be an excellent source of inspiration and they help to spark my imagination in ways I may never have experienced without them. Thus, I am able to create short scenes of fiction to help bring to life my ideas. What follows is but one of these shorts: She is the enemy of knowledge
Continue reading “Fantasy Short: She is the enemy of knowledge”Fantasy Short: Negotiations
As part of my continued desire to better my writing ability, I have taken to using writing prompts to inspire myself. I find them to be an excellent source of inspiration and they help to spark my imagination in ways I may never have experienced without them. Thus, I am able to create short scenes of fiction to help bring to life my ideas. What follows is but one of these shorts: Negotiations.
Continue reading “Fantasy Short: Negotiations”Fantasy Short: Brood
As part of my continued desire to better my writing ability, I have taken to using writing prompts to inspire myself. I find them to be an excellent source of inspiration and they help to spark my imagination in ways I may never have experienced without them. Thus, I am able to create short scenes of fiction to help bring to life my ideas. What follows is but one of these shorts: Brood.
Continue reading “Fantasy Short: Brood”Fantasy Shorts: Corncakes
It has been a while since I sat and wrote any form of narrative and I feel that I have gotten out of practise writing stories. To combat this, I have decided to use writing prompts to create short scenes of fiction entirely on the spot. These began as ’10 minute writing prompts’ but I quickly found that I needed longer to achieve my desired outcomes. I intend to share these pieces with you all as I progress and shall endeavour to share one piece every week. What follows is the first of these Fantasy Shorts: Corncakes
Continue reading “Fantasy Shorts: Corncakes”Weekly Wittering: Prompt #6
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!
Prompt #6 – What ancient creatures of your world have been mythologised into fiction and legend?
Continue reading “Weekly Wittering: Prompt #6”Weekly Wittering: Prompt #1
Evening all! Welcome back to Wittering of a Worldbuilder. I know it’s been a while, but due to the current situation with Coronavirus in the UK I thought it’d be a good time to get back into worldbuilding.
Today marks the beginning of a regular posting 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 to these prompts and they will hopefully provide me with new, useful information about Egaar and its people.
Prompt #1 – What ‘fantasy resources’ exist in your world?
Continue reading “Weekly Wittering: Prompt #1”Bestiary Builder: Using dogs in Fantasy
Do you ever struggle to create realistic creatures for your fantasy worlds? Ever struggle to understand how to create different breeds or sub species of animal? Then today is your lucky day, as we begin our exploration into building a fantasy bestiary.
Now there is probably some logical starting point for this sort of thing, such as microorganisms or insects, but I personally enjoy writing what currently piques my interest. So today we will begin with the animal commonly referred to as man’s best friend; the dog. Whether this accolade is truly accurate in today’s society is highly debatable due to the vast amounts of other pets now owned by mankind. But looking back through history, the dog certainly has a commendable record of service to humanity.
Let us now dive into the interesting history of the dog and explore how it was used, and indeed can be used in both the real world and our own creations. I will, as always weave in fantastical interpretations and ramblings as we go and may give some examples from my world to hopefully inspire your own creations. Enjoy!
Fantasy Field Trip: Ludlow Castle
Ever stuck for fantasy writing ideas? Or struggle to bring a setting to life? Then turn off the computer, forget about writing for an hour and go on a Fantasy Field Trip! Whenever I fancy a break from writing I will often venture out to interesting locations nearby. Whether meaning to or not, I will often return from my escapades brimming with ideas and inspiration drawn from different places I visit. What follows is a documentation of one of my excursions and an explanation of my random thoughts and ideas drawn from what I have seen. Hopefully it may give you an insight into the random way things rattle around my brain and may possibly inspire you to view the world similarly. Enjoy!
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